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Episode 32 – There’s Nothing We Can Do About It!

Kendall Duke is back to finish up our discussion on the Game of Thrones series finale/final season and we try to answer the question of if the roller coaster is worth the ride!

There’s also a special guest appearance by a real, live dog!

SHOW NOTES!

Corey Smithmier did the show’s closing music “Let’s Be Friends Again: The Series Theme Song”. Corey’s got a band called Strange Wave Connection and you should check them out!

The show is on Patreon!

Support the show to get fun rewards, behind the scenes stuff, early access to episodes, and all new shows about all kinds of things you love!

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Follow Chris on Twitter: @thechrishaley

Follow Keep It Close To Me on Twitter: @KICTMpodcast!

Email the show with your questions, comments, concerns and whatever else at keepitclosetomepodcast@gmail.com!

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Episode 31 – Don’t Put All Your Dragon Eggs In One Basket!

By now you probably already know who won the throne games!

In this our 31st episode, Kendall Duke returns to talk with me about our feelings on the Game of Thrones series finale! We also attempt to answer a number of difficult questions about our future with the franchise and about ourselves as people!

Does that sound appropriately epic?

Other topics discussed include expectations and disappointments, the exciting appeal of boring video games, Detective Pikachu and The Pokemon Life Swap™, mysterious toys from the distant past, and, of course, Disney’s John Carter.

SHOW NOTES!

I talk about this thing for a few minutes for some reason.

Corey Smithmier did the show’s closing music “Let’s Be Friends Again: The Series Theme Song”. Corey’s got a band called Strange Wave Connection and you should check them out!

The show is on Patreon!

Support the show to get fun rewards, behind the scenes stuff, early access to episodes, and all new shows about all kinds of things you love!

Download the episode and Subscribe on iTunes!

Follow Chris on Twitter: @thechrishaley

Follow Keep It Close To Me on Twitter: @KICTMpodcast!

Email the show with your questions, comments, concerns and whatever else at keepitclosetomepodcast@gmail.com!

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Episode 30 – Throne Games!

WHO WILL WIN THE THRONE GAMES???

In this our 30th episode, Kendall and I are here to talk all about HBO’s Game of Thrones and its incredibly polarizing final season!

And just in time for the series finale! ?

There are a lot of spoilers, a discussion of strategies for dealing with personal awkwardness, and some very brief Road House talk.

Here is the trailer for Road House.

Let us know what you think in the comments!

SHOW NOTES!

Corey Smithmier did the show’s closing music “Let’s Be Friends Again: The Series Theme Song”. Corey’s got a band called Strange Wave Connection and you should check them out!

The show is on Patreon!

Support KICTM to get fun rewards, behind the scenes stuff, early access to episodes, and all new shows about all kinds of things you love!

Download the episode and Subscribe on iTunes!

Follow Chris on Twitter: @thechrishaley

Follow Keep It Close To Me on Twitter: @KICTMpodcast!

Email the show with your questions, comments, concerns and whatever else at keepitclosetomepodcast@gmail.com!

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Episode 29 – Stick the Landing!

YOU COULD BE SPIDER-MAN!

We’re back with an all-new episode and we’re talking all about Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse!

This movie was AMAZING and we had a great time talking about it!

Also covered in this episode: some other topics! 

But mostly, it’s just about Into the Spider-Verse.

I made a Spider-Gif

Let us know what you think and, by all means, let a friend know if you enjoy it!

SHOW NOTES!

Follow Matt on Twitter why don’t you?

Corey Smithmier did the show’s closing music “Let’s Be Friends Again: The Series Theme Song”. Corey’s got a band called Strange Wave Connection and you should check them out!

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The show is on Patreon!

Support KICTM to get fun rewards, behind the scenes stuff, early access to episodes, and all new shows about all kinds of things you love!

Download the episode and Subscribe on iTunes!

Follow Chris on Twitter: @thechrishaley

Follow Keep It Close To Me on Twitter: @KICTMpodcast!

Email the show with your questions, comments, concerns and whatever else at keepitclosetomepodcast@gmail.com!

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Episode 28 – Movies Long, Trailers Short!

Welcome to 2019!

My good buddy Matt Drane and I are back talking about all kinds of things!

As you can see from the cover, there’s an in-depth look at the latest Captain Marvel trailer, a lot of comic movie talk, the imagined frustrations of writing big time comics, and how reading comics can be like riding the world’s worst roller-coaster!

SHOW NOTES!

Follow Matt on Twitter why don’t you?

Corey Smithmier did the show’s closing music “Let’s Be Friends Again: The Series Theme Song”. Corey’s got a band called Strange Wave Connection and you should check them out!

Patreon-comic

The show is on Patreon!

Support KICTM to get fun rewards, behind the scenes stuff, early access to episodes, and all new shows about all kinds of things you love!

Download the episode and Subscribe on iTunes!

Follow Chris on Twitter: @thechrishaley

Follow Keep It Close To Me on Twitter: @KICTMpodcast!

Email the show with your questions, comments, concerns and whatever else at keepitclosetomepodcast@gmail.com!

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Episode 27 – Smash Bros Assemble!

It’s our 27th episode!

This week my buddy Matt Drane is back and we talk about Super Smash Bros, Ant-Man & The Wasp, Avengers 4 (aka Endgame) rumors, Batman: The Animated Series, the return of Young Justice, the DC Universe streaming entertainment platform, a Superman video game that will probably never get made, and a bunch of other stuff. You’d honestly be better off just listening to the episode at this point.

We hope you enjoy it!

SHOW NOTES!

Please watch this tribute to Captain America in the MCU and just try to say he’s not the absolute best of the best of the best.

Follow Matt on Twitter why don’t you?

Corey Smithmier did the show’s closing music “Let’s Be Friends Again: The Series Theme Song”. Corey’s got a band called Strange Wave Connection and you should check them out!

Patreon-comic

The show is on Patreon!

Support KICTM to get fun rewards, behind the scenes stuff, early access to episodes, and all new shows about all kinds of things you love!

Download the episode and Subscribe on iTunes!

Follow Chris on Twitter: @thechrishaley

Follow Keep It Close To Me on Twitter: @KICTMpodcast!

Email the show with your questions, comments, concerns and whatever else at keepitclosetomepodcast@gmail.com!

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Episode 26 – Venom R Us!

It’s our 26th episode!

This week we talk about the Venom movie, the Spider-Man game, and ask ourselves what we would do with “spider-powers”!

All of this plus a brief history of the Friday the 13th movie series, praise for Halloween (2018), and much more!

We hope you enjoy it!

Let us know if we got things wrong, what you would do with spider-powers, and anything else that springs to mind while listening to this episode!

SHOW NOTES!

Follow Matt on Twitter why don’t you?

Corey Smithmier did the show’s closing music “Let’s Be Friends Again: The Series Theme Song”. Corey’s got a band called Strange Wave Connection and you should check them out!

Patreon-comic

The show is on Patreon!

Support KICTM to get fun rewards, behind the scenes stuff, early access to episodes, and all new shows about all kinds of things you love!

Download the episode and Subscribe on iTunes!

Follow Chris on Twitter: @thechrishaley

Follow Keep It Close To Me on Twitter: @KICTMpodcast!

Email the show with your questions, comments, concerns and whatever else at keepitclosetomepodcast@gmail.com!

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Episode 25 – Video Games!

It’s our 25th episode!

WARNING: I start this episode by saying it’s going to be another episode of Comics Rule Everything Around Me, but this turns out to not be the case, and it is instead a new episode of plain ol’ Keep It Close To Me where my buddy Matt and I talk about video games!

We talk about a lot of video games, actually. A lot are comic/superhero related, but there’s a surprise or two in there as well.

We also try to answer some deeply personal questions like “Does being bad at video games make you feel bad about yourself?”

We hope you enjoy it!

Let us know if we got things wrong, what video games you love, and anything else that springs to mind while listening to this episode!

SHOW NOTES!

Here’s an excruciating playthrough of the first level of Superman 64 and a fun video about the history of how one of the worst games of all time happened.

If you’ve never seen it, here’s the Super Mario Bros. 3 commercial I mention this episode. It really pulls off the double magic trick of making SMB3 seem both exciting and like a very big deal without showing a second of gameplay.

Superman for the Nintendo! What could go wrong?

A lot!

Follow Matt on Twitter why don’t you?

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The show is on Patreon!

Support KICTM to get fun rewards, behind the scenes stuff, early access to episodes, and all new shows about all kinds of things you love!

Download the episode and Subscribe on iTunes!

Follow Chris on Twitter: @thechrishaley

Follow Keep It Close To Me on Twitter: @KICTMpodcast!

Email the show with your questions, comments, concerns and whatever else at keepitclosetomepodcast@gmail.com!

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Episode 24 – The War Infinite!

It’s our 24th episode! 

And it’s even kind of a sequel to our 3rd episode: The War Civil!

This week, Matt and I talk about Avengers: Infinity War!

We had a great time talking about it for this Avenger-sized extra-long episode, but there are major spoilers, so please don’t listen until you’ve seen the movie!

Follow Matt on Twitter why don’t you?

Patreon-comic

The show is on Patreon!

Support KICTM to get fun rewards, behind the scenes stuff, early access to episodes, and all new shows about all kinds of things you love!

Download the episode and Subscribe on iTunes!

Follow Chris on Twitter: @thechrishaley

Follow Keep It Close To Me on Twitter: @KICTMpodcast!

Corey Smithmier did the show’s closing music “Let’s Be Friends Again: The Series Theme Song”. Corey’s got a band called Strange Wave Connection and you should check them out!

Email the show with your questions, comments, concerns and whatever else at keepitclosetomepodcast@gmail.com!

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Episode 23 – Mailbag!

It’s our 23rd episode!

Do you like hearing your questions answered?

If you answered “yes”, then this is your lucky day!

If you answered “no”, then… maybe you’ll enjoy hearing other people’s questions answered!

Some of the topics discussed include Black Panther, Chris Jericho, Green Lantern, wrestling, Abraham Lincoln, Superman comics, wrestling, cartoons, Ikea, and somehow even more wrestling!

Follow Matt on Twitter why don’t you?

Patreon-comic

The show is on Patreon!

Support KICTM to get fun rewards, behind the scenes stuff, early access to episodes, and all new shows about all kinds of things you love!

Download the episode and Subscribe on iTunes!

Follow Chris on Twitter: @thechrishaley

Follow Keep It Close To Me on Twitter: @KICTMpodcast!

Corey Smithmier did the show’s closing music “Let’s Be Friends Again: The Series Theme Song”. Corey’s got a band called Strange Wave Connection and you should check them out!

Email the show with your questions, comments, concerns and whatever else at keepitclosetomepodcast@gmail.com!

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