Ghostbusters Day has once again come and passed. And, with a new Ghostbusters feature film on the horizon, you can bet there’s plenty to talk about on the podcast. So Chris and Troy will do their best to talk about the videos, the announcements, the teaser posters, Uncle Dan hitting the morning talk show circuit (and Twitter), and everything else that was dished out to us on the calm before the storm. Plus, the boys try to talk about things happening on the island of Manhattan that may be Ecto related, some upcoming Spirits Unleashed content, merch they’re excited about including the Magnoli “Hunting Jacket,” and more!
#902 - "WGBI Ghostbusters Day 2023" - June 5, 2023
The time has come, it’s Ghostbusters Day (week) again and 2023 is going to be a big one! With a new Ghostbusters film and plenty of new and exciting things on the horizon, Troy and Chris thought being accompanied by a unique one of a kind WGBI radio broadcast this week would be a fun way to celebrate. So, plug in those AirPods, or crank this up in your Ecto’s stereo, and live it up. Ghostbusters Day comes but once a year!
#901 - "The Build Continues" - May 22, 2023
Hey, does this pole still work? Welcome back to the Ghostbusters Interdimensional Crossrip podcast! This week on the show, Troy and Chris talk a little about the state of the podcast, how we’ve figured out we’ll continue, and what that means is in store for your earholes in the future. Then, after we take care of the old business, it’s onto the new as we discuss the Eaglemoss Ecto-1 build continuing by Fanhome (spoiler, we may both not be continuing with the build — ooooh, drama), and the latest on the Ghostbusters: Afterlife sequel filming in London now. We haven’t had a chance to chat latest casting announcements, how the WGA and possibly other strikes are impacting production, and a whole lot more!
#803 - "WGBI Halloween 2022 Spooktacular" - October 19, 2022
Once again, our Mix Master Chris Stewart returns to the airwaves to provide you with yet another epic Halloween treat for 2022, join him for music, rarities, the strange, and a few surprise cameos. As always, a can’t-miss episode of the Crossrip that only comes around once a year!
#802 - Jenn Fujikawa, Author "Ghostbusters: The Official Cookbook" - October 10, 2022
This week on the show, we’re over the moon to have Jenn Fujikawa the author of Ghostbusters: The Official Cookbook joining us! Jenn chats about the recipes within the book, the process of their creation, and the collaboration with co-author Erik Burnham to frame the book around a narrative structure. Plus, we get a sneak peek at some concoctions that you’ll be able to create at home! Make sure to check out Jenn’s food blog at JustJennRecipes.com and pick up your copy of Ghostbusters The Official Cookbook on October 25th!
#801 - The Crossrip Annual 2022 - October 3, 2022
No, your eyes and ears aren’t deceiving you - it’s a new Crossrip! Troy and Chris reunite (and it feels so good) to look back on the year that was our hiatus from October 2021 to date, and we take the opportunity to chat about the passing of Ivan Reitman, the future of the franchise with the codename Firehouse sequel, Dark Horse Comics, Netflix series, the animated film, Spirits Unleashed, and a whole lot more. Plus, it’s our first real opportunity to broach the topic of Ghostbusters: Afterlife and just what it means to both of us. Don’t call it a come back, call it a quick visit and join us, won’t you?
#745 - "Bringing Year Seven to a Close" - December 28, 2021
Ghostbusters Afterlife is coming to digital and physical home video releases, there’s a preview version of the original Ghostbusters film coming with it and… hey, just what the hell is going on with the podcast? Well, Troy will do his best to talk about all of the above as he closes out our seventh year of Ghostbusters podcasting and does his best Milt to tell the future of the show.
#744 - "Ghostbusters Shopping Network Year Seven" - December 13, 2021
Two weeks to go, and if you’re still looking for the perfect holiday gift for the Ghostbusters fan in your life good ol’ Mr. Chris Stewart has the program for you! This year, he’s focusing on the makers in our community, creating cool things by hand - plus a few items that should be on every Ghostbusters fan’s wish list.
#743 - Arjen Tuiten, Special Make-Up & Live Acton Creature Effects Designer - November 29, 2021
This week on the show, we’re honored to be joined by the amazingly talented special make-up and creature effects designer of Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Arjen Tuiten. Spoiler avoiders beware, we discuss any and all creatures and prosthetic make-up effects that were created for Jason Reitman’s outstanding film and delve into how the original Ghostbusters among other classics from the 1980’s inspired Arjen to get into his chosen profession in the first place. If you love creature design, animatronics, and learning just how all the magic is made, this is the podcast interview for you!
#742 - "Chatting Afterlife with Kevin Lim" - November 19, 2021
After a lifetime of waiting, then just a few months of waiting, and then hang on, back to waiting for over a year, then finally back to waiting a few months, nope, waiting more months, then weeks, days, hours, minutes, seconds... Ghostbusters: Afterlife is here. While Troy is still on sabbatical, trying to return an ancient idol to a museum or deciphering prophetic riddles at the Vatican or some such nonsense, Chris has friend of the show Kevin Lim on to help him parse a little bit of what they saw in their first viewing. And if listening to two Ghostbusters nerds chatter way for an hour isn't your thing - dude, you know what we are here, hours of chatter - Kevin brought some treats from The Kevin and Sonia Morning Show on Kiss Radio Vancouver; Mckenna Grace herself! We are spoiler free in the first part, including Kevin's talk with Mckenna, and then we get downright spoilery in the second half. The heroism of Egon, suspiciously high-powered yet underutilized co-stars, who cried when, and what Ms. Grace has to say about a sequel. Let's go!
#741 - "WGBI Halloween 2021 Spooktacular" - October 26, 2021
We're SO close to the release of Ghostbusters Afterlife that we can listen and smell it. So what can we do to pass the time? Hit WGBI on the radio. That’s right, WGBI is on the air with another Spooktacular mega-mix by the master himself, Chris Stewart. Songs, trailers, soundbites, and a whole lot more are coming your way. Don’t touch that dial, because WBGI is live!
#740 - "The End (For Now) and Unboxing Hasbro Items" - October 11, 2021
First up on the show, a quick message about an upcoming hiatus for the podcast. You can read more on the HQ here. Then we’re off to regular business one last time, talking about NYCC, Adam Savage’s latest Tested where he builds an Afterlife inspired Proton Pack in a day, and then we’re unboxing some amazing items provided to us from our friends at Hasbro including the second wave of Plasma Series figures, Fright Features ghosts, and the Ecto-1 playset! Not to fear, there’s still a couple more episodes coming your way before the feed goes dark a while including our mixtapes and holiday guides.
#739 - "Spengler's Summer Reading" - October 4, 2021
This week on the show, we’re taking a deep dive into a stack of books inside Egon’s farmhouse, talking about Empire Magazine, bobbleheads, talking about upside down proton packs and a whole lot more! First up some Cleanin’ Up the Town news including the domestic release hitting this week and Randy Edelman scoring the sequel “Too Hot to Handle.” Then we’re talking about the latest Ghostbusters Afterlife news including new film score heard in a Muncher cookie video, Empire Magazine comments upcoming, Baskin Robbins tie-ins, and a huge deep dive into the a pile of books that the Central Oklahoma Ghostbusters spent a great deal of time identifying and compiling - and Chris has a few thoughts as to what the reading material on the side table has to say about how Egon’s been spending his time. Don’t worry, a firm spoiler alert will be given before we get too far into it!
#738 - "Ghostbusters Afterlife Poster Chat" - September 27, 2021
A whole lot of chat about the two theatrical one sheet posters released for Ghostbusters: Afterlife this past week! Up first, a little tribute to a comedian we admired, then we really get into dissecting both the domestic and theatrical posters. What are we seeing? What AREN’T we seeing? And which do we prefer? All that plus some chat about Ray Parker Jr.’s documentary, Cleanin’ Up the Town coming to US theaters, and a little rebuttal to a YouTube video suggesting that Ghostbusters cannot be replicated.
#737 - "Egon's Farmhouse Tour" - September 20, 2021
This week on the show, we’re talking about Adam Savage’s amazing set tour of the farmhouse from Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Jason Reitman’s comments to Den of Geek, the 35th Anniversary of Real Ghostbusters (and its return to YouTube), and more! First up, we’re going through all the (non-spoilery) revelations from Adam Savage’s latest Tested behind the scenes video of Ghostbusters: Afterlife and all the toaster, Cheez-It, deliciousness it showed us. Then Jason Reitman had a whole lot to say to Den of Geek and it’s super heartwarming. All that plus some Triplets talk and Chris chats a whole lot about the Mel Magazine Stay Puft s’mores experiment on this week’s show!
#736 - "Afterlife Hits NYCC and Making Of Book" - September 13, 2021
This week on the show, Ghostbusters: Afterlife is going to NYCC, a Making Of and Art book is coming in November, Halloween is coming, and remembering Michael K Williams. First up, we have a special guest as Chris’ son Thomas joins us for the beginning and end of the show and gives us his thoughts on Afterlife, toys, and a whole lot more. We also dive into speculating what may and may not happen at the NYCC Ghostbusters Afterlife panel: will they show the full film? Will they reveal a poster? And who will be there? Also author Ozzy Inguanzo has a “Ghostbusters: Afterlife - The Art and Making of the Movie” book coming November 23rd to coincide with the release of the film, Target is putting up whole endcaps dedicated to Ghostbusters Halloween merch, and a whole lot more!
#735 - "Waiting" - September 6, 2021
This week on the show - yes, Ghostbusters: Afterlife is moving out another week. But it’s for a good reason! Join us as we try to explain why the extra week benefits the film. We’re also talking about Adam Savage’s first behind the scenes piece on Tested where he gets to drive the new Ecto-1 and a whole lot more!
As mentioned on the show, we also tried our hands at a livestream to start building our Ecto-1 Hero Collector sets together with you all, check it out on our YouTube channel here:
#734 - "CinemaCon Surprise" - August 30, 2021
This week on the show, we’re talking about the surprise screening of the entire Ghostbusters: Afterlife film in front of an industry insider CinemaCon audience in Las Vegas. We’ll discuss why it’s a big deal that the whole film was screened, what it means about the filmmakers and the studios’ feelings toward the film, and what it means for the next couple months leading up to the November 11th release. All that plus news on merch, a few new fan films, and more on this week’s show!
#733 - "Ghostbusters II Score Deep Dive" - August 23, 2021
This week on the show, catching up on the news and then taking a deep dive into the newly officially released Ghostbusters II score by Randy Edelman (and as a bonus, our first listen to the Ghostbusters Afterlife score). First up in the news, a merch round-up of biblical proportions: Hasbro Plasma Series Wave 2 figures are hitting shelves, as are family sized boxes of Ghostbusters cereal, tons of halloween costume offerings, and a whole lot more. No, we won’t talk about those images that circulated around the internet last week and we’ll tell you why. Then in the second half of the show, we’re diving into the first listen to Rob Simonsen’s score to Ghostbusters Afterlife as heard in a promotional piece on the official Ghostbusters social platforms and using that as a way into talking about Sony Masterworks’ outstanding release of the Ghostbusters II score. After 32 years of waiting, we have a clean and official listen to the score which answers some questions, opens up a few new puzzles and more. Join us as we talk through some of the tracks, lay one or two of them over the film to see where they may have gone, and a whole lot more!
#732 - "Ghostbusters Afterlife Trailer Listener Feedback" - August 16, 2021
This week on the show, we’re opening up the voicemail lines to get your thoughts and feedback on the most recent Ghostbusters Afterlife trailer. Spoiler alert: there are a few small spoilers in here, and also - it’s all pretty positive!