What’s Wrong with Wolfie? show

What’s Wrong with Wolfie?

Summary: We are a retro and modern-day pop culture based podcast. Mainly covering films and TV shows starting from the 80’s onwards, we also aim to cover other areas of pop culture including video games, music and much more. If you would like to hear four guys chat from their own perspective and memories then grab yourself a cup of tea, pull up a chair and come on in.

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 The Video Games of 1999 | The Sega Dreamcast | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:44:21

What a way to end our run through the 90s by dedicating the last episode to one of the best consoles of all time.....the Sega Dreamcast. We delve into our Dreamcast histories by reliving our origin stories, discussing the ahead of it time features of the console, the controller and VMU  with our top three games to end off this Dreamcast extravaganza!!  MUSIC CLIPS It Doesn't Really Matter | Metropolis Street Racer Unblessed Soul (Ivy Theme) | Soul Caliber Bugging Running Beeps | Rez Shenhua - Sedge Flower | Shenmue Thank you so much for listening, If you enjoyed this episode then please consider leaving us a rating or review on APPLE PODCASTS or SPOTIFY and spread the word on your favourite social media platform, we would really appreciate it. If you want to join the conversation on retro or modern-day pop culture with other like-minded people, then please join our DISCORD  You can find all our links including our Twitter handles, links to everywhere we are, written articles and more on our WEBSITE. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thewolfiepod/message

 The Wolfie Christmas Special 2022 | Jingle all the Way | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:15:43

Welcome to The Wolfie Christmas Special 2022!!!  This year we decided to tackle one of the '90s more decisive Christmas movies - Jingle all the Way!  Was this a turkey of a film or does it actually contain some humour, Arnie's acting and that kid who played Anakin who actually does alright are just some of the topics we cover plus we bring back a festive what's in your glass. From all of us here at What's Wrong with Wolfie? We hope you have a great holiday season and a happy new year!!! We will see you all in 2023!!!  Music  Intro - Jerden Cooke Find Jerden on Twitter Backing Music - An 8 Bit Christmas by chefelf - You can listen to the full album on YouTube  Music Clips are taken from the Jingle all the Way Soundtrack by David Newman Thank you so much for listening, If you enjoyed this episode then please consider leaving us a rating or review on APPLE PODCASTS or SPOTIFY and spread the word on your favourite social media platform, we would really appreciate it. If you want to join the conversation on retro or modern-day pop culture with other like-minded people, then please join our DISCORD  You can find all our links including our Twitter handles, links to everywhere we are, written articles and more on our WEBSITE. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thewolfiepod/message

 The TV Shows of 1999: Spaced | Bits | Red Dwarf | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:23:45

On our last TV episode of the 90s, we cover three quintessential British TV shows. All show us what delights the TV world had for us at this time. Spaced was the kick starter that eventually brought us the Cornetto trilogy, Red Dwarf (which ended its original run this year) showed it was possible to mash up sci-fi and comedy successfully and Bits gave us hope after the end of GamesMaster. Fingers Crossed our audio issues are finally resolved as Chris got the chance to christen his new microphone and we treat you all to a small rendition of the Red Dwarf theme.....sorry! Thank you so much for listening, If you enjoyed this episode then please consider leaving us a rating or review on APPLE PODCASTS or SPOTIFY and spread the word on your favourite social media platform, we would really appreciate it. If you want to join the conversation on retro or modern-day pop culture with other like-minded people, then please join our DISCORD  You can find all our links including our Twitter handles, links to everywhere we are, written articles and more on our WEBSITE. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thewolfiepod/message

 Prepare to Fast Forward | #3 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:27:15

Welcome to episode three of Prepare to Fast Forward! Our chance to leave the past behind us and chat modern day pop culture.  We welcome back to the pod, Jason & Rich's former Dreamcast Years co host Steve! And not only is he here for this episode, but he will be joining the Wolfie crew permanently from the start of season two!!!  This time around we discuss Sonic Frontiers, Andor,  all the weird but exciting news that has recently fallen from the world of Dr Who and Jason reviews Nostalgia Nerd's latest book Gadgets, Gizmo's and Gimmicks, plus the new roughlite from Team 17 Bravery & Greed! Also in this episode - Jason gets picked on while he tries to do his first ever book review, Chris is still on his crappy mic thanks to the issues with the Royal Mail we are currently experiencing and Rich comes up with a new name for The Book of Boba Fett. Music clips used in this episode: Cyberspace 1-5: Chemical Plant Zone from Sonic Frontiers Dancing Across Space and Time from series thirteen of Dr Who Intro/outro music created by Jerden Cooke Find him on Twitter  Thank you so much for listening, If you enjoyed this episode then please consider leaving us a rating or review on APPLE PODCASTS or SPOTIFY and spread the word on your favourite social media platform, we would really appreciate it. If you want to join the conversation on retro or modern-day pop culture with other like-minded people, then please join our DISCORD  You can find all our links including our Twitter handles, links to everywhere we are, written articles and more on our WEBSITE. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thewolfiepod/message

 The 50th Episode | with Mr Biffo & Sanja Rose | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:20:19

Welcome to our 50th episode of What's Wrong with Wolfie?!!!!! We celebrated in style by welcoming two legends to The Wolfie Pod, from the YouTube channel Digitiser Mr Biffo and Sanja Rose. They brought with them a film, TV show and video game pick each, which we were more than happy to discuss with them. Also discussed was Andor (with maybe slight spoilers?!?) and The Last of Us. As always Chris managed to squeeze in some Star Trek and we learned all about why Beanus brought a REAL knife to the Digitiser Halloween episode. Mr Biffo very kindly gave us permission to use some of his music from his latest album 'Borders of Winters' in this episode. The tracks used were from first to last played: Ohya Ascending Borders of Winter Last Chance Mr Biffo's picks:  Film: The Empire Strikes Back TV: Dr Who and Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Good Job Video Game: Half Life 2 Sanja's Picks: Film: Cinema Paradiso TV: Stath Lets Flats Video Game: Animal Crossing: New Horizons MR BIFFO & SANJA LINKS Mr Biffo on Twitter Sanja on Instagram Digitiser on YouTube Mr Biffo's Music (Bandcamp Link) Marrilion Podcast (Acast Link) Thank you so much for listening, If you enjoyed this episode then please consider leaving us a rating or review on APPLE PODCASTS or SPOTIFY and spread the word on your favourite social media platform, we would really appreciate it. If you want to join the conversation on retro or modern-day pop culture with other like-minded people, then please join our DISCORD  You can find all our links including our Twitter handles, links to everywhere we are, written articles and more on our WEBSITE. *We used a new recording system for this episode, which was ok. The  audio quality is fine, but it is not up to our usual standards. We are working on other means to secure an improved quality for the next episode. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thewolfiepod/message

 Halloween Special | Ghostwatch with Chris Scullion | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 02:22:50

Welcome to our second of two episodes based on the amazing drama that is Ghostwatch and if you haven't listened to our first episode yet then please do as it was a great conversation with the director of the Ghostwatch documentary Behind the Curtains. His documentary is now available through the BFi player. But, for this episode video games journalist Chris Scullion returns to the show and we discuss our Ghostwatch journey, when we first saw Ghostwatch and the effects it had on us, plus we run through the show itself, sharing our thoughts on what worked, what didn't and everything else in between. Rich couldn't make it to the recording thanks to some train issues but we did manage to catch up with him a few days later and hear his thoughts on Ghostwatch. INSIDE NUMBER 9 EPISODE Thank you so much for listening, If you enjoyed this episode then please consider leaving us a rating or review on APPLE PODCASTS or SPOTIFY and spread the word on your favourite social media platform, we would really appreciate it. If you want to join the conversation on retro or modern-day pop culture with other like-minded people, then please join our DISCORD  You can find all our links including our Twitter handles, links to everywhere we are, written articles and more on our WEBSITE. Chris Scullion Links CHRIS'S BOOKS (Amazon Link) CHRIS'S HORROR WEBSITE STAR TREK VIRGIN WEBSITE VISIT V.G.C (Chris's day job) TIRED OL HACK (Chris's personal retro gaming website containing articles, videos and podcasts.) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thewolfiepod/message

 Ghostwatch Special | A Conversation with Rich Lawden | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:18:08

Ghostwatch is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year and to celebrate we have two episodes lined up for you. In this first episode, we were delighted to be joined by Rich Lawden, the director and producer of the Ghostwatch documentary Behind The Curtains. Rich told us about his experiences with Ghostwatch and the effect it had on him and others, and he also discussed how he came to create the documentary, how the show has lived on for so many years, meeting Craig Charles dressed as Lister and much more!  Look out for our second episode on Ghostwatch featuring video games journalist Chris Scullion as we discuss our Ghostwatch memories and the program itself. Thank you so much for listening, If you enjoyed this episode then please consider leaving us a rating or review on APPLE PODCASTS or SPOTIFY and spread the word on your favourite social media platform, we would really appreciate it. If you want to join the conversation on retro or modern-day pop culture with other like-minded people, then please join our DISCORD  You can find all our links including our Twitter handles, links to everywhere we are, written articles and more on our WEBSITE. RICH LAWDEN LINKS TWITTER  YOUTUBE  WEBSITE  BOOK (Amazon Link) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thewolfiepod/message

 The Video Games of 1998: Resident Evil 2 | Grim Fandango | 1080° Snowboarding | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:06:41

We say goodbye to 1998 by celebrating this pioneering year in games by discussing three wonderful games that were released this year. From zombie bashing to hitting the slopes we had some happy memories of these games which we shared on the podcast. Rich was still suffering from his cold a tad, and we tried to cut all we could of the signs of this but a few still got through so apologies for that, Chris was still hungover from his James Bond 60th celebrations and Jason was shaken to learn about who was involved with the creation of 1080° Snowboarding! Thank you so much for listening, If you enjoyed this episode then please consider leaving us a rating or review on APPLE PODCASTS or SPOTIFY and spread the word on your favourite social media platform, we would really appreciate it. If you want to join the conversation on retro or modern-day pop culture with other like-minded people, then please join our DISCORD  You can find all our links including our Twitter handles, links to everywhere we are, written articles and more on our WEBSITE.  Clips for this episode were taken from the following videos (All are YouTube links) RESIDENT EVIL 2 GRIM FANDANGO 1080° SNOWBOARDING --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thewolfiepod/message

 The TV of 1998: Buffy the Vampire Slayer | That 70's Show | Robot Wars with Jason Maddison | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:24:28

Jason Maddison, designer of the upcoming PS3 book from 2 old 4 gaming joins us this time as Rich couldn't make it. Jason also designed our new logo which will be unveiled closer to when season two begins.  As you know, our picks include some amazing TV from 1998, but were these shows that you enjoyed at the time? let us know on our socials or email us at thewolfiepod@gmail.com Next time on What's Wrong with Wolfie? is the Video Games of 1998, look out for that in a couple of weeks! Thank you so much for listening, If you enjoyed this episode then please consider leaving us a rating or review on APPLE PODCASTS or SPOTIFY and spread the word on your favourite social media platform, we would really appreciate it. If you want to join the conversation on retro or modern-day pop culture with other like-minded people, then please join our Discord by CLICKING HERE You can find all our links including our Twitter handles, links to everywhere we are, written articles and more on our website. Please give it a visit by CLICKING HERE JASON MADDISON LINKS JASON'S TWITTER 2OLD4GAMING TWITTER (PS3 Book) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thewolfiepod/message

 Prepare to Fast Forward | Ep 2 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:28:08

Welcome to our second episode of Prepare to Fast Forward, the podcast where we fast forward from the past to the present and chat modern-day pop culture!  Star Trek: Lower Decks, Everything, Everywhere All at Once and Cobra Kai are all included in what we have been watching and for our main topic we discuss the recent D23 event and what our highlight of the announcements was, plus we also bring up the re-release of GoldenEye on the Switch and Xbox. Thank you for listening, If you enjoyed this episode then please consider leaving us a rating or review on APPLE PODCASTS, SPOTIFY or PODCHASER and spread the word on your favourite social media platform, we would appreciate it. If you want to join the conversation on the '90s or  modern-day pop culture with other like-minded people, then please join our Discord by CLICKING HERE You can find all our links including our Twitter handles, links to everywhere we are and more on our website. Please give it a visit by CLICKING HERE The wonderful Intro music you hear on this podcast was created by Jerden Cooke. Find him on Twitter HERE --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thewolfiepod/message

 The Movies of 1998: Godzilla | The X Files Movie | The Truman Show | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:26:00

We wave goodbye to 1997 and jump into the movies of 1998. With only two years left on our journey through the 90s is nearly over, we still have a few great episodes to come, including our 50th at the beginning of November! Look out for info on how we plan to celebrate that soon! Back to this episode and we think we picked some absolute bangers for this year including Godzilla, The Truman Show and The X-Files movie! We give our usual thoughts and memories of these great films and we also briefly talked about the GoldenEye re-release which was recently announced! Next time it's the TV shows of 1998! any favourites, let us know and we will share them on the show! Thank you so much for listening, If you enjoyed this episode then please consider leaving us a rating or review on APPLE PODCASTS or SPOTIFY and spread the word on your favourite social media platform, we would really appreciate it. If you want to join the conversation on retro or modern-day pop culture with other like-minded people, then please join our Discord by CLICKING HERE You can find all our links including our Twitter handles, links to everywhere we are, written articles and more on our website. Please give it a visit by CLICKING HERE --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thewolfiepod/message

 A Conversation with Retro Faith | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:00:21

This week Jason had the opportunity to sit down and have a chat with the wonderful Faith Johnson. Faith is a staple in the retro gaming community and she runs her own website with retro and modern day game reviews. She also writes for external publications including Retro Gamer and NintyFresh magazines.  Jason and Faith discussed many things including Faith's extensive video game collection, her love for Knuckles and the Sonic franchise, her experiences with speedrunning and plenty more!  Next time, we finally bring you The Movies of 1998!  Share your thoughts with us on which films you loved and which you disliked and we will read them out on the show. You can find links on how to contact us below. Thank you so much for listening, If you enjoyed this episode then please consider leaving us a rating or review on APPLE PODCASTS or SPOTIFY and spread the word on your favourite social media platform, we would really appreciate it. If you want to join the conversation on 90's or even modern day pop culture with other like minded people, then please join our Discord by CLICKING HERE You can find all our links including our twitter handles, links to everywhere we are, our feedback form and more on our website. Please give it a visit by CLICKING HERE RETRO FAITH LINKS TWITTER WEBSITE YOUTUBE --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thewolfiepod/message

 Prepare to Fast Forward | Ep1 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:29:46

Over the past few months we started having this irritating itch to talk about modern day pop culture, so we set to work on creating a space to do just that and here it is! Welcome to Prepare to Fast Forward, where we fast forward from the past to the present and on our first episode we have a chat about what we have been watching recently and discuss what the hell is going on over at Warner Bros! Thank you for listening, If you enjoyed this episode then please consider leaving us a rating or review on APPLE PODCASTS, SPOTIFY or PODCHASER and spread the word on your favourite social media platform, we would really appreciate it. If you want to join the conversation on 90's or even modern day pop culture with other like minded people, then please join our Discord by CLICKING HERE You can find all our links including our twitter handles, links to everywhere we are, our feedback form and more on our website. Please give it a visit by CLICKING HERE Intro music created by Jerden Cooke. Find him on twitter HERE --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thewolfiepod/message

 The Video Games of 1997: The Nintendo 64 with The AMAZING Cliff | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:38:56

We all have a lot to thank the N64 for and in this episode we go through our love for this gorgeous machine, its amazing controller, its innovative accessories and our all time favourite N64 games. Cliff Foster AKA The AMAZING Cliff from N64Life podcast once again joins us to share his insights on this amazing machine. Thank you for listening, If you enjoyed this episode then please consider leaving us a rating or review on APPLE PODCASTS, SPOTIFY or PODCHASER and spread the word on your favourite social media platform, we would really appreciate it. If you want to join the conversation on 90's or even modern day pop culture with other like minded people, then please join our Discord by CLICKING HERE You can find all our links including our twitter handles, links to everywhere we are, our feedback form and more on our website. Please give it a visit by CLICKING HERE CLIFF LINKS N64LIFE LINKS (LinkTree Link) CLIFF ON TWITTER --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thewolfiepod/message

 GoldenEye Special with Special Guest Jim Miskell | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:31:07

This week we are joined by filmmaker Jim Miskell to discuss both of his fan made films based on the N64 classic GoldenEye 'Going for GoldenEye' and 'Bringing Back GoldenEye. Jim is also credited as Writer and Executive Producer on the newly released documentary on GoldenEye 'GoldenEra'. We take a look at all of these projects with Jim as well as chatting about the game itself, James Bond, Star Wars, Jurassic Park and Star Trek! Jim was also very kind in giving us permission to use exerts from two songs from Bringing Back GoldenEye and you can find the full versions here (both are links to Youtube) ETHAN BELLAND     GOLDENEYE (Written by Grant Kirkhope) Thank you for listening, If you enjoyed this episode then please consider leaving us a rating or review on APPLE PODCASTS, SPOTIFY or PODCHASER and spread the word on your favourite social media platform, we would really appreciate it. If you want to join the conversation on 90's or even modern day pop culture with other like minded people, then please join our Discord by CLICKING HERE You can find all our links including our twitter handles, links to everywhere we are, our feedback form and more on our website. Please give it a visit by CLICKING HERE JIM MISKELL LINKS WATCH GOING FOR GOLDENEYE (Vimeo Link) WATCH BRINGING BACK GOLDENEYE (Full Film on Youtube) BRINGING BACK GOLDENEYE WEBSITE FOLLOW JIM ON TWITTER WATCH GOLDENERA (Amazon Link) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thewolfiepod/message

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