Gobbledygeek 150, "Kickstart Your Allies (feat. Magdalena Burnham and Andrew Ruiz)"

Paul and AJ have newfound allies in writer Magdalena Burnham and director Andrew Ruiz, who join them to discuss their television pilot project Allies. They've taken to Kickstarter to fund a pilot about the queer teen experience, following members of the gay/straight alliance at a Montana high school. That's right: independent TV, it's a thing! Magdalena and Andrew discuss the dearth of LGBTQ characters on TV, their influences, and their goals (Kickstarter and otherwise). Plus, the boys are excited about the return of Saga and AJ is disturbed by Berberian Sound Studio. Next: they warned you, remember the rules, you didn't listen. But now you'll have to listen to AJ and Paul revisit Gremlins 2: The New Batch.