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#210 – Do You Like Pumpkin Spice? Seasonal Drinks, Megan’s Tastes And Returning From Manchester With Megan

This week is another special with Megan & Mike, where they are driving home from Manchester and wanted to talk about their pumpkin spice lattes, their coffee preferences, Christmas pudding, the many flavours Megan does & doesn’t like, their time in the city, the show they saw and more!

Episodes with M&M (not in the car) like this come out every week on https://Patreon.com/GenuineChitChat – M&M talk movies, TV shows, live performances and about their road trips, so if you want to support Mike & Megan you can do-so for only £1 per month, or give a one-off donation at Kofi, and you will receive bonus episodes: https://ko-fi.com/genuinechitchat!

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Megan’s Instagram handle is @GrittsGetsFit if you want to follow her!

Star Wars: Ahsoka has now finished, so you can check out ever episode of th discussion shows where Mike & a different guest each week talk about each episode – listen on the podcast feed of Comics In Motion or watch on YouTube; https://pod.fo/e/1ee8f3 & https://youtu.be/D_CsRBhWx58

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The previous episode of GCC featured Brian Curcio, explaining why he & his partner Myles created Rapunzl before Mike asks questions surrounding the use of financial literacy, why there is such a gap in people’s financial knowledge, Brian’s opinions on investments and cryptocurrencies, what financial freedom is, how these questions can affect society as a whole and so much more – this conversation will hopefully widen people’s horizons on their own finances and get you to ask many questions yourselves!

MORE FREE CONTENT:

5 episodes of Mike, Maff & Dave’s show; Rebels Reviewed is out now, so listen to their thoughts on seasons 1, 2, 3 & 4 and a bonus prediction/wrap-up episode, all found on any podcast app and on YouTube: https://pod.fo/e/1defff – https://youtu.be/BrZrvENUlTM

Mike spoke with Thomas Rochester of Reckless Rebellion to talk about the 3 Thrawn book trilogies: ⁠https://pod.fo/e/1df29c⁠

Mike also appeared on Star Wars Timeline to talk about Ahsoka, as part of the #RoadToAhsoka: https://youtu.be/-qo3tVHyC1U

Find Mike’s other show; Star Wars: Comics In Canon on Spotify & the other podcast apps on the feed of Comics In Motion or on GCC’s YouTube channel. Episodes are out every Saturday; episodes 0-137 are out now; 137 continues with the 2020 main Star Wars comics, ep 136 finishes all High Republic Phase 2 comics with THR Adventure Vol 2 and ep 135 is the second volume of Phase 2 High Republic comics! Previous episodes include the Hidden Empire crossovers, every canon Star Wars comic by Marvel, full High Republic coverage (book reviews & comics) & much more – https://podfollow.com/comicsinmotion

Find all of Mike’s social media & other links at https://linktr.ee/GenuineChitChat or Instagram – Twitter – Facebook – YouTube – Stitcher – Podbean – Spotify

#209 – Delving Into Spooky Season: Why Horror Films Are Appealing And A Trip To Manchester With Megan

This week is a special where Mike & Megan drove up to Manchester and decided to talk about Spooky Season with why Megan likes watching horror films in October, some of their favourites (discussing Saw, Halloween, Scream & more), their trip to Manchester and more!

Megan’s Instagram handle is @GrittsGetsFit if you want to follow her!

Sign up to the Pop Culture Collective newsletter here to keep up to date with Mike and other incredible creator’s many releases: https://pccnewsletter.com

MORE FREE CONTENT:

Mike spoke with Thomas Rochester of Reckless Rebellion to talk about the 3 Thrawn book trilogies: ⁠https://pod.fo/e/1df29c⁠

Mike also appeared on Star Wars Timeline to talk about Ahsoka, as part of the #RoadToAhsoka: https://youtu.be/-qo3tVHyC1U

Find Mike’s other show; Star Wars: Comics In Canon on Spotify & the other podcast apps on the feed of Comics In Motion or on GCC’s YouTube channel. Episodes are out every Saturday; episodes 0-136 are out now; 136 finishes all High Republic Phase 2 comics with THR Adventure Vol 2, ep 135 is the second volume of Phase 2 High Republic comics and in ep 134 Mike tackles the one-shot: Quest Of The Jedi! Previous episodes include the Hidden Empire crossovers, every canon Star Wars comic by Marvel, full High Republic coverage (book reviews & comics) & much more – https://podfollow.com/comicsinmotion

Find all of Mike’s social media & other links at https://linktr.ee/GenuineChitChat or Instagram – Twitter – Facebook – YouTube – Stitcher – Podbean – Spotify

#104 Pt 2 – “You Can’t Out-Train A Bad Diet”: Discipline, Coffee-Love, Food & The Proper Gym Community With Jarrod Speed

This week Mike is again joined by Jarrod Speed; founder of both Limitless Float & Muscle Ape, as well as being a fitness expert and an armed-response police officer, for the second part of their chat!

Part 2’s discussion continues the sports/exercise talk from part 1, before discussing Jarrod & Mike’s overweight youth and health, food & lifestyle in general, being coffee connoisseurs & collective coffee-love, the “gym community”, customer service, the stigma of being wrong, discussing ideas, political discourse, which finishes with Jarrod talking about his upcoming Guiness World Record attempt!

Limitless Float – Muscle Ape

Lynd’s Design House – Nutrition Studies

In case you missed last week, in part 1 of their chat, Jarrod & Mike discuss their first experiences in a float tank, Jarrod then explains how floating all works and what they do specifically at Limitless Float, the location of the business and Jarrod’s other business ventures, Jarrod’s advice for new start-ups, Jarrod’s stance on social media and the chat ends on a more sports-orientated discussion.

In the last episode of GCC; number 103, Mike spoke with Janine Mercer of the ODDentity podcast & the Podmoth network, discussing the weirdness of 2020, Funko pops and the fun of collecting, cryptids, vampires, and legends, as well as “hung jesus”, religiousity and legends/monsters, Janine’s collection of artefacts, the love of storytelling, protesting, being on the wrong side of history and more!

Mike was recently on the Scott Pilgrim Vs The World review for the TV & Movies show on Comics In Motion where he discussed the movie with Dave of CiM and Tony of Indie Comic Spotlight (dated 8th October), check it out here: https://spoti.fi/33I9N5L
Mike also appeared on the second episode of Comics On Trial, defending The Phantom Menace against Scott of 20th Century Geek – found on the feed of Comics In Motion
Mike appeared on episode 8 of Max Byrne’s Mandatory Marvel & DC show about The Killing Joke.
Mike also appeared on Tony Farina’s Indie Comics Spotlight to talk about the comic series Second Coming (Episode 13).
Check out the podcast ROOM where Mike is in episode 1 of season 2 called “All Roads Lead To Room” as well as the episode “Jen And The Blob”!

Mike has another show, called Star Wars: Comics In Canon – all episodes can be found on Comics In Motion’s podcast feed and episodes will be out every Saturday; episodes 0-30 are now out, 30 being a discussion on Doctor Aphra with Tony Farina, 29 was the finale of the first run of Vader comics and 28 was a book review of Master & Apprentice. Previous episodes topics include Count Dooku, Chewbacca, Galaxy’s Edge, Darth Vader and the Vader Down crossover event, Lando Calrissian, Mace Windu, Darth Vader, Doctor Aphra, The Rise Of Kylo Ren, Darth Maul beyond The Phantom Menace, how C-3PO got his red arm & more – https://apple.co/39mut2Y

Genuine Chit-Chat is a part of the Brit Pod Scene, so be sure to check out the other members of the family as well as the BPS podcast – www.britpodscene.com

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#73 Pt 1 – When You’re Teaching, You’re Acting: Drinking Espressos, Cartoon Network, God Squad & Italy With Megan Gritti

This week Mike is joined by his girlfriend Megan Gritti for a chilled out discussion about a many great things including movies, teaching, Italy and religion!

Their chat begins with talk of their new pet tortoise Wickette (female version of the ewok name Wicket from Star Wars) before discussing their new coffee machine and the recent love of espresso after a trip to Italy to see Megan’s family, before they discuss Spongebob Squarepants and other kids TV shows which links onto Megan’s job as a teacher of 11-16 year olds. The conversation then leads onto retaliating to bullies when younger, details of the churches Mike & Megan saw while in Italy as well as their stances on religion along with Megan’s involvement in “God Squad” and much more!

In part 2 of their chat Mike & Megan reminisce about hymns from their time in Catholicism (Megan’s Italian family and Mike’s primary school), memories from pre-school, a quick talk on bees & honey farms, before discussing the movie Joker (with no spoilers mentioned) as well as Warwick Davies in Star Wars and after mentioning The Shining they talk about horror films, how Mike & Megan met, oversharing relationships on social media, meeting people in clubs and much more, so be sure to tune in next week!

Mike also guested on The Brave Files to speak about how his dad passing away when he was 19 changed his character, so if you enjoyed episode 24 of GCC, you’re sure to like this too: https://vickeryandco.com/podcasts/86/

In case you missed it, last week Mike spoke with Aidan Rosewell about his Days Of My Life & Room podcasts as well as Aidan’s travels around India & his self-discovery, why he thinks he got into drugs and how they caused his life to spiral, before talking about how the legal & social stance on drugs often causes some of the problems they should be solving, including many of the stigmas surrounding drug-users & addicts, how legalisation or decriminalisation may be a viable option to prevent, Aidan’s stance on redemption, how his past helped him perceive certain issues better, the transitional phase our society is currently in and more!

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Genuine Chit-Chat is a part of the Brit Pod Scene, so be sure to check out the other members of the family as well as the BPS podcast – www.britpodscene.com

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“I Was Meant To Stay For 6 Months!” – GCC #19 Part 1 – Multi-Culturalism, Drug Reform & The Tea-Drinking Polish

Do you wonder about Polish culture, like hearing tired-sounding British dudes talking and really dig women with northern/eastern European accents? If you answered yes to any of those, then this week’s Genuine Chit-Chat is perfect for you!

Mike & his friend Justyna talk about some of the differences between Polish & English culture, why Justyna came from Poland to England (which was over a year ago), multi-culturalism of Britain & Europe, as well as the political system, speaking other languages, coffee & tea (as Justyna is a massive tea-drinker), police in the UK & Poland, as well as drug reform, their opinions on CBD oil, medical marijuana and so much more!

This week is part 1 of their chat, part 2 will be released next week!

Last week, Mike & Josh released another instalment of the mini-series “Science, But Simple” where they debunk scientific misconceptions surrounding GMOS (genetically altered organisms aka food), “Big Pharma” & their alleged cures for all diseases and how cancer actually works and why all cancers are different.

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