Ep56 - The Gift of Life, with Dash Kwiatkowski

FEATURED FILM: Pokemon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back (1998). OTHER FILMS DISCUSSED: Jane Austen's Mafia! (1998); 300 (2006); Epic Movie (2007); The Hangover Part II (2011); Evil Dead II (1987); The Departed (2006)

A fantastic conversation with a fantastic human being, podcaster, comedian, paranormal investigator, TikTokateur, future showrunner, Dash Kwiatkowski! Dash and Mixtape discuss the retirement of Ash Ketchum and the years of meaning and joy that Pokemon has brought to Dash's life, plus! Bug Juice and their Twitter presence; Dash's band that had a baby drummer; laughter as a fear response; movies as international cuisine; several food-story-parallels; comic book hauls (who has the space?); little turtles with guns; Mattel's forgotten Monster in my Pocket (or are you just happy to see me?); and finally, Dash makes a psychic prediction for Mixtape's March 2023! This episode was recorded in December 2022 - did Dash's prediction come true? Listen to find out!

Catch Dash talking about Pokemon SOME MORE on March 30th 2023 7:00PM PST on The Digipod Pokecast Show on STAB Comedy Theater's Twitch, hosted by former BYOP guests Milk Surface and Cory Barringer!

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MUSIC: "Adult Problems" by Richard and the Julians Copyright Richard and the Julians 2015; "Popcorn Frog" by MC Chris Copyright mc chris llc 2013.  "Pokémon Theme" (Movie Version) by John Siegler, John Loeffler, Billy Crawford, Copyright Atlantic 1999. "Digimon Theme" cover by Niall Stenson Copyright 2020. Pokemon Theme (Metal Version)" by UMC, Hannes Braun, Copyright 2016. Pokemon Theme Song as Jazz, by Scott Bradlee featuring Sara Niemietz, Copyright 2015.

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