Join Bill and Barb for their Civil War battlefield travelogue ~ Part II Highlights include: Civil War battlefield travelogue - Shiloh – Day 2: - Cherry Mansion (where General Grant stayed in Savannah, TN). - Return to Fraley's Field. - Paying respects to Albert Sydney Johnston. - Checking out the Confederate artillery line near the Hornet's Nest. -…

Episode 5: "The Atomic Job" was one for the ages! Peggy assembles a motely crew of agents (and a butler) to infiltrate a heavily guarded Roxxon facility. If kind of gives this episode an Ocean's Eleven feel. We'll call it Carter's Five! Whitney has completely turned to the dark side. Peggy takes a nasty fall. There's romance in the air between Viol…

Episode 4 (Smoke and Mirrors) provided some of the best one-liners ever. "Jarvelous" anyone? This episode was all about the flashbacks. From present day L.A. to 1920s Oklahoma and England. Talk about jet lag. Vernon Masters makes his presence felt. Mr. Hunt comes down with a case of malaria. Doctor Wilkes is starting to fade even further from exist…

Episode 3 of Math Talks introduces a fun math game called Mystery Number! This game is a perfect way to occupy time in during a car ride or waiting for a meal at a restaurant. Mystery Number gives kids a chance to think critically and flexibly about numbers, utilizing their understanding of place value, mathematical operations, digits, and more. Th…

The gang from The Automat had a hard time keeping up with an action packed episode 3 (Better Angels). So much going on in this episode. Poor Doctor Wilkes met his demise in episode 2, or did he? We get a closer look Arena Club's inner sanctum. Whitney Frost's true identity is revealed. Jack is in Los Angeles, just in time to throw a wrench in the i…

Episode 2 (A View in the Dark) amps up the action! Adam and Caitlin finally have a name for the shape-shifting blob (zero matter). It's confirmed, Wilkes is a good guy. Keep an eye on that Whitney Frost. There's a lot more to her character than we originally thought. Want to join in on the fun? Email your Agent Carter questions and comments to atom…

Welcome back Carter! Season 2 is finally here! New characters. New locations. New story. New flamingo? Join Adam and Caitlin as they discuss "Lady in the Lake". Want to join in on the fun? Email your Agent Carter questions and comments to atomicrocketstudios@gmail.com or hit us up on Twitter @RocketShows For more thought-provoking and entertaining …

Welcome to an extended addition of CWBG. Join Bill for an in-depth discussion of Great Battles of the American Civil War – The GMT Series (Series 3). Topics Bill covers include: What makes Series 3 different than what came before? 1) Fog of war: -- Old series: Individual games in the series achieved uncertainty with special rules such as the US ent…

Episode 8, Valediction, wraps up the amazing first season of Agent Carter. Peggy and the rest of the SSR have their hands full in the season finale. Want to join in on the fun? Send your Agent Carter questions and comments to atomicrocketstudio@gmail.com and we'll read them on a future episode! The post The Automat: An Agent Carter Podcast ~ S1:E8 …

On this edition of Civil War Board Games, we’re taking a gaming break and hitting the open road. It’s time for an all-important history lesson on Fort Donelson and the Shiloh National Military Park. Join Bill and Barb as they narrate the first Civil War Board Games travelogue! Want to join in on the fun? Send your Civil War Battlefield tour experie…

It's time to Walk the Swine on The Muppet Minute! Piggy and Reese Witherspoon engage in an all out construction war. Fozzie discovers comedy gold when he starts using his girlfriend as the subject of his jokes. Scooter and Rizzo get into a fender bender and decide to leave the insurance company out of the picture. I'm sure that will end hilariously…

Welcome fellow Muppet minions! You just made the supremely wise decision of clicking on The Muppet Minute! Bravo! This is the ONLY place where you can find 60 second reviews of ABC’s hit series, The Muppets. Get ready as we race through episode 4, "Pig Out". Want to join in on the fun? Send your questions and comments to atomicrocketstudios@gmail.c…

Things go from bad to worse and back to bad again for Peggy Carter. You could say it's a real SNAFU for the SSR. Join Adam and Caitlin as they pick apart the amazing 7th episode of Agent Carter. Want to join in on the fun? Send your Agent Carter questions and comments to atomicrocketstudio@gmail.com and we'll read them on a future episode! The post…

It's time for The Muppet Minute! Adam expertly dissects episode 3. Guess what? He didn't really care for it. Never fear! Adam still makes with the funny and reads an iTunes review to boot. Want to join in on the fun? Send your questions and comments to atomicrocketstudios@gmail.com The post The Muppet Minute S1:E3 ~ Bear Left Then Bear Write appear…

Welcome to our first Civil War Board Games mailbag episode. Bill and Adam respond to listener questions and comments including game recommendations, war gaming experiences and much more. Games we discuss include Great Battles of the American Civil War, Musket and Pike, Shot and Shell, Ironclads. Want to join in on the fun? Send your questions and c…

Join Adam as he rockets through episode 2 of The Muppets. Want to join in on the fun? Send your questions and comments to atomicrocketstudios@gmail.com The post The Muppet Minute S1:E2 ~ Hostile Makeover appeared first on Atomic Rocket Studios.

Peggy finds herself in all sorts of trouble in Episode 6: A Sin to Err. Turns out Dottie isn't working alone. At least Peggy gets to clobber a few hapless SSR agents. Want to join in on the fun? Send your Agent Carter questions and comments to atomicrocketstudio@gmail.com and we'll read them on a future episode! The post The Automat: An Agent Carte…

Episode 5 (The Iron Ceiling) was fantastic! Howling Commandos, Leviathan, Belarus, Dottie the destroyer, old-timey detective work....this episode had it all. Bonus. Adam speaks Russian at the end of this podcast. Want to share your thoughts about Agent Carter? Send your comments and questions to atomicrocketstudios@gmail.com The post The Automat: A…

Atomic Rocket Studios presents The Muppet Minute. The podcast that reviews each and every episode of ABC's The Muppets in 60 seconds or less! Join Adam as he talks (fast) about episode 1 titled "Pig Girls Don't Cry". Want to join in on the fun? Send your questions and comments to atomicrocketstudios@gmail.com The post The Muppet Minute S1:E1 ~ Pig …

Part 2 of our Great Battles of the American Civil War discussion. Bill and John expertly dissect game play and strategies. Want to join in on the conversation? Send your questions and comments to atomicrocketstudios@gmail.com This episode is sponsored by Noble Knight Games. Where the out-of-print is available again. www.nobleknight.com The post Civ…

On this episode of Civil War Board Games, Bill and fellow war gaming aficionado John discuss Great Battles of the American Civil War. Bill and John provide an in depth analysis including game play and historical relevance. Want to join in on the conversation? Send your questions and comments to atomicrocketstudios@gmail.com This episode is sponsore…

It's another action packed episode of The Automat: An Agent Carter Podcast. Speaking of action packed, episode 4 (The Blitzkrieg Button) is super-charged with action, mystery and cool spy stuff. By the time this episode wraps up, Peggy is at an all time low and a brand new threat makes an appearance. Want to join in on the fun? Email us your Agent …

Welcome to the Automat. Today's special is Episode 3: Time and Tide. Adam and Caitlin open the show with some Ant-Man talk. There is an Agent Carter / Ant-Man connection believe it or not. Despite the delicious foreshadowing, Episode 3 wasn't our favorite. That explains why Caitlin kept getting sidetracked. Everyone is bummed Peggy doesn't have mor…

Prepare to launch into the entertainment atmosphere and catch the pilot episode of Retro & Son Gaming Inc! Retro & Son Gaming Inc. is a show about a gaming nerd reliving his glory days of gaming while bonding with his kids in the process. I am Tom, and you are about to join me and my kids Raeden, Harry and sometimes Thea as I guide them through the…

Atomic Rocket Studios presents Episode 2 of Civil War Board Games. Bill shares his first experience with war gaming and breaks down the difference between campaign games and tactical-level games. We share our simple and complex game recommendations including Blue & Gray, Civil War Brigade, Across 5 Aprils Series and Great Battles of the American Ci…

Prepare to launch into the entertainment atmosphere and catch the pilot episode of Retro & Son Gaming Inc! Retro & Son Gaming Inc. is a show about a gaming nerd reliving his glory days of gaming while bonding with his kids in the process. I am Tom, and you are about to join me and my kids Raeden, Harry and sometimes Thea as I guide them through the…

The Automat is open. Grab some pie and coffee. It's time for episode 2 titled “Bridge and Tunnel”. We both wished the Captain America Adventure Program was a real thing. Adam wrote down the word nitramene so we could stop referring to Stark's missing weapons as “mysterious chemical compound bombs”. Neither host made a connection between the show’s …

Welcome to the Automat. We’re an Agent Carter podcast and episode guide. In this episode, Caitlin and Adam break down the Season 1 premiere of Agent Carter titled “Now is not the end”. Adam is floored when Caitlin describes the color of Agent Carter’s trademark hat as fuscia. It’s red! Argument ensues. Adam has a hard time separating silent-guy one…

Welcome to the world of Civil War Board Games. Join Bill and Adam as they dive into the rich history of war gaming. Episode 1 starts with the basics. Listen to Bill’s thoughts on the popularity of war gaming, the impact of technology on the hobby, how to search out opponents and so much more. Do you have a war gaming question you’d like us to discu…

Welcome back to Math Talks! Ready for a little more of Lilly? This time she's thinking about multiplication as repeated addition. She's also asked to do a little deductive thinking when applying the math to a real world situation. For an extended conversation head over to www.howtomathblog.wordpress.com. Music Info: URL: http://freemusicarchive.org…

Welcome to Math Talks! Here you can listen in on the actual mathematical thinking of kiddos. One of the most important skills in mathematics is to be able to understand and explain one's thinking. Math Talks 1 features Lilly and her thinking about the number 7 and it's relationship to 8 and 15. For an extended conversation head over to www.howtomat…