15 Mostly Sacramento Podcasts To Check Out

Podcasting at Empire's

On our FB Page, we asked about local podcasts and you came through with quite a list! Here they are. They range from mostly geek related to horror to creatives to sports. If you come across an active Northern California podcast that should be included, let us know in the comments and we'll update the list.

In most cases we used their own podcast descriptions. If you'd like us to update your description, just let us know.

Please note: Some podcasts contain explicit material.

Active Sacramento podcasters 

• Inside The Bucket: The official podcast of SandwichJohnFilms.com with contributors John Meneghetti and Matt Cummings (as well as special guests) who discuss the movie news, TV shows, reviews, giveaways and screening tickets. We are the largest distributor of online passes to screenings in the Northern California area. (Added 06.16.2014)
• He’s Got Issues: Comic book news, highlights and reviews.
• Metropolis Comix Podcast: The Metropolis Comix crew explore the hottest comics, latest comics news, and whats hot at Metropolis Comix
• Fist Full of Potions / MultiTap Podcast: Fist Full of Potions = Gaming news and opinions. MultiTap = Gaming discussions from Now and Then.
• Geek Life: Comics, games, movies, zombies. All that and much more.
• Short Nerdy Guy: My name is jay and I love reading comic and drinking coffee, so I wanted to share my thoughts and my passion for these things that I love.
• Geek Charisma: For the love of geeks, tune in.
• The Gravy Age: Comic books, movies, and other geek news.
• The Capeless Crusaders: Geeky goodness, news and reviews.
• The Mouths of Madness: Horror, sic-fi, and all that.
• cinePLEXED: A podcast about movies. Each week a bunch of fools get together and discuss the latest movie news, rumors, and trailers coming out of the world of cinema, as well as reviewing two films that we sometimes pick at random, and sometimes pick with a theme. cinePLEXED is also slowly turning into the umbrella name for our little network of podcasts, because we can’t afford to put all of our shows in their own feed.
• The Junior & Leo Show: We explore the creative mind by talking shop with creators from a vast array of mediums. Actors, Writers, Comedians, Artists, Podcasters, Wrestlers, etc… we talk to them all!
• SacAnnex: Sacramento sports, opinion, and laughs.
• Geek Girl Crafts Podcast: We are three geek girls that love to craft and talk about our particular geek genres in excruciating detail -- from SF/F, conventions, anime, gaming, books, movies, and everything else in between. And then we'll talk more about costuming & cosplaying, fiber arts, and anything craft-related.
• A Podcast for All Intents and Purposes: Nerdly info, fun, and happiness.
• Empire’s Comics Vault’s Podcast, aka, Empire’s Open Podcast - Talking comic books, movies, television and other topics on the minds of the shop’s fans. 

Local podcasts on hiatus (we hope):

• The Nerd Sharks: Um. Nerds. Talking. It gets crazy.
• Con Nachos Podcast: A PODCAST OF TWO NOBLE HEROES TALKING ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS DO
• Game of Bros: This is what happens when Bros get together and talk while recording.

FCBD Teaser Video from Fist Full of Potions

It was fantastic to have podcast coverage of our Free Comic Book Day Mini-Con. Not only did we have Comics & Coffee but also that fun-tastic gents of Fist Full of Potions.

Here's the FFoP FCBD Mini-Con teaser video. Coming soon we'll have even more video goodness from Fist Full of Potions. We'll share it as soon as it becomes available. In the meantime, enjoy.

Fist Full Of Potions Podcasting Live at FCBD 2014!

Fist Full of Potions (FFoP) is a Sacramento area video game focused website, dedicated to bringing a unique brand of humor and analysis to the world of gaming.

Read on to learn more about Fist Full of Potions, including their appearance at Free Comic Book Day and an exclusive interview with these amazing podcasters (and while you're at it, remember to check out Empire's Comics Vault's podcast, aka, Empire's Open Podcast).

At Free Comic Book Day Mini-Con

They'll be joining Empire's Comics Vault on Saturday, May 3, for our annual Free Comic Book Day Mini-Con where they'll podcast in the shop. Maybe you'll get a chance to join them!

About FFoP

Everything they produce is done in their free time, in-between our day jobs and personal lives. Everything is funded out of pocket and no profit is received for their efforts. Now that's passion!

For FFoP, this is a way to gain experience in video game journalism and an outlet for their passion. Whatever the reason may be, they're joined forces because of their love for video games. While they don’t expect to be the next big thing in video game journalism, they constantly strive to leave their own unique mark on the Internet.

Everyone on the FFoP team has grown up with some sort of interest in comics. Whether it's following the Marvel and/or DC weeklies or whether it's catching strips from the Sunday paper occasionally. Video games only help to preserve their passion for comics by giving them a new way to experience the comics they love, from games like Maximum Carnage on the Super Nintendo to more modern interpretations of these characters like Ultimate Alliance.

These games allow FFoP to become the heroes that they've read about for years -- and let's not forget games like Marvel vs. Capcom or Injustice! Finally the school yard argument of "who would win in a fight" can be realized in a digital form.

The Fist Full Of Potions Interview

Empire's: Describe your creative process.

FFoP: Chaos. When you look out Fist Fist of Potions you see a simple independent blog that produces new content weekly. When you look behind the curtain though, you see the stock market. This is partially due to the team being spread out across the country (as far as Chicago) and everyone's different schedule. Organizing, planning and producing is typically done on the fly. In a lot of cases projects are completed by different people at different times. It makes for frantic creative process but, it gets results. Often times I wonder how we even get anything done, but we do and that's part of the FFoP magic.

Empire's: Where do you draw inspiration? What drives you?

FFoP: People. Everyone who works with Fist Full of Potions has some sort of retail experience and we've seen how there are still people who don't fully grasp or understand the video game industry and its various outlets. The ESRB, violence in video games and the classic "you should be outside" are all topics we like to help educate people on when we have the opportunity to. When there is an informational need in the gaming community, it becomes an engaging challenge to answer the call of that and respond to it as only we feel we can!

Empire's: Why do you love what you do?

FFoP: Because we get to share our expertise on a topic with people who want to learn more. We get to critically analyze a topic and come to greater understanding of it. Most importantly though, we get to hang with our friends and share our love and passion for an industry that so many others appreciate.

Empire's: What are you doing special for our Free Comic Book Day Mini-Con?

FFoP: We will be attempting to podcast, live stream, and everything that we do pre-recorded live. Its going to be a learning experience, but we are excited to get out there and interact with other people who love the things we love.

Empire's: Favorite comic book or comic book movie?

FFoP: The Rocketeer, because hell yes we want a rocket pack!

Empire's: When you're doing what you do, what CD or artist do you listen to?

FFoP: We produce a lot of audio-driven content. In most cases we are listening to the audio from the project; However, when we get a chance to work quietly, it's very diverse. The team has a very eclectic taste in music that spans just about every genre. That being said, the correct answer is the soundtrack to Shatter.

Empire's: What's are 1-3 things you've learned from doing what you do?

FFoP: 

1. It's a lot more work than it looks like.
2. It's not as fun as it looks from the other side when you first start out. Then it becomes as fun as it looks from the other side once everything falls into place.
3. Landing an interview with a known developer isn't as hard as it seems. In fact, it's just a matter of asking.

Empire's: What do you love about Sacramento?

FFoP: It's simple and vast. Sacramento has just about everything you need and if it's not here? It's only 2 hours away. Sand, snow, rain, heat any type of weather is just an hour or so away. Surfing, Rock Climbing, Wine Tasting, Skiing... it's all there. Now, if we could only find the time to do it ... ;)

Good Times with Empire's Comics Vault Movie Crew

Join The Movie Crew, Get Freebies

The first Movie Crew we put together went to see Captain America. We gave out a whole bunch of Captain America comic books that night! We also had a Cap sale that week.

The Amazing Spider-Man Tees

We've seen The Avengers, The Amazing Spider-Man, and now we're off to see The Dark Knight Rises. And yes, there were either freebies (like Spider-Man t-shirts and posters) or movie-related store sales, sometimes a party, but always something!

We Speak Geek

Best of all, we take the time to talk about these movies, to explore what was right, what went wrong, what thrilled us, and what disappointed. Lots of time these topics are fodder for Empire's Open Podcast! We hope you'll join the Movie Crew for our next movie. Watch our blog (right here!), Facebook page, and Twitter for details.

You're going to go see these movies anyway, why not get free comic booky stuff to boot!

Welcome Two New Podcasts to Sacramento -- Geek Charisma and Pizza Party

If you've missed our podcast, we apologize. We're deep in the throes of preparing for Free Comic Book Day. We returning to our podcast by sharing some Lost Episodes from back in the day when we would take hours and hours to edit and enhance the audio. Now, we typically, just go with what was recorded, so you hear it right after we record.
(Incidentally, in case you missed it, Free Comic Book Day is this amazing Geek Holiday that takes place every year on the first Saturday of May. In case you hadn't heard, we turned it into a Mini-Con this year.)

We're excited to welcome Pizza Party podcast and Geek Charisma podcast to the Sacramento podcasting scene.

After the Avengers vs. X-Men party we had at Empire's Comics Vault, Jake DeSersa and Joshua Cargain, members of the Sacramento punk rock band Seeker, decided to pull the trigger on this podcast idea that they'd been kicking around. Patrick Clarke is a permanent co-host, and probably one of Sacramento's top podcast guests.
Patrick can also be heard on Sacramento's Nerd Sharks podcast and Empire's Open Podcast. On the Pizza Party podcast, you'll hear Patrick talks about indie titles in a segment of the show called "Patty's Indie Corner."