The Secret Origins of Mint Condition: Comics, Movies, TV, Sports, Gaming and more
Welcome to the Secret Origins of Mint Condition. Join your hosts James, Joe , and Chris as they delve into the topics of comics, pop culture, sports, gaming and more.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 68 minutes
- Episodes
- 285
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
62. Remembering Neal Adams and George Perez
In this episode, we honor and remember the recently passed comic book legends Neal Adams and George Perez. We talk about how we felt about their body of work, their impacts on the industry, and some …
61. Things We Changed Our Minds On
In this episode, we return to an idea we had during the pilot episode of the podcast: “Things We Changed Our Minds On.” We go through a list of things on which we have changed our minds over the cour…
60: Sports Edition with Special Guest Arco Esposito Part 1
In this part 1 of a 2-part deluxe Sports Edition, we welcome returning guest and friend of the show, Arco Esposito. In this first part, we get some sports history from Arco before diving deeply into …
60: Sports Edition with special guest Arco Esposito Part 2
In this part 2 of our deluxe 2-part Sports Edition, we pick up where we left off: jumping into the NHL playoffs, talking about the UFC/MMA world, a return to the Brian Flores controversy, and much, m…
59. Reaction Show Edition: Picard Season 2 Wrap Up and Strange New Worlds Episode 1
In this Reaction Show Edition of the podcast, James, John and Josh are joined by special guest Jack Adrien and Joe Peluso to talk about the final episode of Picard Season 2 and launch into the new St…
58. The Mother's Day Special
In this episode, we celebrate Mother’s Day! We talk about our own moms and how they inspired us. Chris and James also share how their wives are also inspiring as mothers. We then launch into spotligh…
57. The Redemption of Darth Vader?
In this May the 4th Star Wars Day Special Edition Podcast, we talk about the Michael Corleone of the Star Wars Universe…Darth Vader. But we have a very specific Star Wars discussion about him focused…
56. Reaction Show Edition: Picard Season 2 Episode 9 "Hide and Seek"
In this Reaction Show Edition, James, Josh and John talk Picard season 2 episode 9 "Hide and Seek". They discuss the haunting revelation about what happened to Picard's mom and how that fits into the…
55. Expanding our Knowledge of The Expanse: Season 1
In this episode, we talk all about the first season of The Expanse. If you are a fan of this podcast, you know Chris loves The Expanse which has started James and Joe watching the show. With the mass…
54. Reaction Show Edition: Picard Season 2 Episode 8 "Mercy"
In this Reaction Show Edition, James talks all things Picard season 2 episode "Mercy" with John and Josh. They dive deep into what is going with Q and the revelation that the Q Continuum is dying, Th…
53. The State of the Comic Book Industry
The State of the Comic Book Industry
In this episode, we talk about the current state of the comic book industry. Covering such topics as: the rise of Manga, the failings of DC and Marvel to get comi…
52. Reaction Show Edition: Picard Season 2 Episode 7 "Monsters"
In this Reaction Show Edition, we are talking about Picard Season 2 Episode 7 “Monsters”. We good deep into a discussion about mental health, both in the show and in our society as a whole, the chara…
51. Sports Edition 4/14/22 with Special Guest Richie Garofalo
In today's Sports Edition, we give an update on the NBA, NHL, NFL, PBA, UFC, and of course, a dive into the MLB after Opening Day.
00:00 James kicks off the show and asks Richie to share the story of…
50. The One Where Adrienne Garofalo Shows Up
In this episode, we are joined by special guest Adrienne Garofalo. We talk about what got her into comics, her favorite comic book characters, the buying of Mint Condition, the store birthday parties…
49. Reaction Show Edition: Picard Season2 Episode 6 "Two for One"
In this Reaction Show Edition, James is joined by Josh and John to continue their exploration of Picard season 2. They discuss everything from episode 6 “Two for One”, the changes in the Borg Queen, …
48. What is Star Wars?
In this episode of the podcast, we tackle the huge question: What is Star Wars? In order to do this, we assembled a panel of previous guests, so join us in welcoming John Whittemore, Jack Adrien and …
47. Reaction Show Edition Picard Season 2 Episode 5 "Fly me to the Moon"
In this Reaction Show Edition James is joined by John and Josh to talk about Picard season 2 episode 5 “Fly me to the Moon”. They delve into the Gary 7 connection to the original series, what is Q pl…
46. Sports Short 4/1/22 MLB, NFL, NHL and more updates
In this week’s sports short, we talk new MLB rules, updates to the NFL Rooney Rule, the hiring of a minority assistant coach for all teams in the 2022 season, Chris gives a rundown of Hockey moving i…
45. Getting to Know Your Hosts
In today’s episode, you get to learn more about your hosts as Chris puts James and Joe in the interview chair. Asks all type of interesting questions ranging from morning routine, funny moments at Mi…
44. Reaction Show Edition: Picard Season 2 Episode 4 "The Watcher"
In this episode of the Reaction Show Edition, we talk about Picard season 2 episode 4 “The Watcher”. James is once again joined by John and Josh to breakdown all the parts of the show. They talk abou…