The Wait For It Podcast
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Fan talk with a Florida convention pulse.
The Wait For It Podcast is a pop-culture conversation show built around movies, anime, gaming, creator interviews, convention coverage, and monthly catch-ups. Phil Barrera and Mr. Eric Almighty keep the tone loose, jokey, and fan-first while still making room for creators, guests, and touring productions.
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The Wait For It Podcast is a pop-culture show with a wide lens and a local pulse. Phil Barrera and Mr. Eric Almighty move between movies, anime, gaming, comics, creator interviews, convention coverage, Broadway tours, and monthly entertainment-news catch-ups. The register is casual. The curiosity is real. Episodes often start from the plain fact that two fans watched, played, attended, or noticed something and want to talk it through in public. That gives the show a conversational ease, especially when the subject could otherwise become overly formal. Sentimental Value, for example, is framed as an Oscar-season international film worth attention, but the discussion is positioned around personal reaction rather than dense symbolic analysis. The show knows what kind of room it is building. It is friendly, lightly chaotic, and comfortable with jokes about its own seriousness. That tone carries into recurring What Did I Miss? episodes, where pop-culture stories from the month become a reason to bring in guests, trade reactions, and sometimes wrap with a game. The interview lane is just as important. A Beetlejuice musical episode turns toward practical stage effects, touring performance demands, and the spectacle of a real sandworm puppet. A Creator Spotlight episode with Tiffany, a.k.a. It's a Batsy Tiff, leans into Jacksonville nerd-community familiarity and playful banter. A Marcus Walker: Kingslayer Protocol episode connects comic storytelling, Kickstarter work, manga influence, American comics, and Saturday morning cartoon energy. Live Brick City Anime Festival interviews add floor-level texture, from voice-actor moments to maid-cafe explanations and quick recommendations. The show’s best quality is its porousness: local fandom, touring entertainment, indie publishing, anime events, and mainstream film all sit beside each other without needing a hard boundary. It is built for listeners who like pop culture as lived community, not just as release schedules and rankings.
Made for: Best for listeners who follow movies, anime, games, comics, conventions, and creator culture through casual conversation. It especially fits fans who like local-community energy mixed with broader pop-culture news.
What sets it apart: The show pairs broad fandom chatter with access to Jacksonville and Florida events, touring productions, creator spotlights, and convention interviews. Its strength is the mix of friendly banter, recurring monthly formats, and direct conversations with creators, guests, and fan-community figures.
Hosted by MrEricAlmighty and PhilTheFilipino, the guys discuss all things in Pop Culture from movies, gaming, anime and anything in between. New episodes every Wednesday, all you have to do is...WAIT FOR IT!
This is the show that takes you from Kingdom Hearts lore to the luxury of convention carpet.
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A backstage Broadway chat with enough craft detail to make the spectacle feel real.
This interview treats Beetlejuice the musical as more than a crowd-pleaser. With an ensemble member in the chair, it stays close to the physical work of the role, the stage tricks, and the sandworm that keeps the show feeling oddly alive.
A lively convention floor snapshot that keeps its focus on atmosphere as much as guests.
Brick City Anime Festival 2026 lands like a quick walk through a convention floor, with The Wait For It Podcast moving between guests, panels, and the odd calm of a carpeted room that should not be that quiet.
Loose bonus episode banter, lifted by guest chemistry and a wheel that keeps the conversation moving.
The April 2024 bonus episode of The Wait For It Podcast plays like a loose hangout. Phil and Eric spend time with longtime podcast friends, look back at the month, and let the talk wander through pop culture before the game segment starts.
Wrestling toy talk with full collector brain.
The Wait For It Podcast records four Bold Matsuri interviews with One Piece voice actors Colleen Clinkenbeard, Ian Sinclair, Stephanie Young, Lucy Christian, and Sunny Strait.
Phil Barrera and Eric Almighty open The Wait For It Podcast’s Patreon-month discussion of Stardust by saying they chose it from multiple Patreon options, with a shoutout to Vintage for supporting the show.
Neftali Benitez, an ensemble member of the Beetlejuice national tour, joins the Wait For It Podcast to discuss the production ahead of its Jacksonville run from May 12-17.
Two co-hosts discuss the Oscar-nominated Norwegian film 'Sentimental Value' as part of their March movie coverage, offering casual insights from film enthusiasts.
This episode features an interview with Tiffany (Itsbatsyy), a local creator from Jacksonville's nerd community, discussing her background and connection to pop culture events.
This episode features an interview with the co-creator of the comic book project 'Marcus Walker: Kingslayer Protocol,' discussing its Kickstarter launch, creative influences from anime and manga, and the guest's background in the entertainment industry.
The Wait For It Podcast covers Brick City Anime Festival in Ocala, Florida across two days, conducting short interviews with voice actors, cosplay guests, and vendors.
The hosts and guests discuss pop culture stories from January, including movies, gaming, and TCG, with a game at the end.
The Wait For It Podcast opens its International Feature series with Anatomy of a Fall, a 2023 film Phil Barrera and Mr.
Hosts Phil and Eric recap pop culture news from December 2025 in a casual year-end episode.
The hosts welcome a guest to discuss pop culture predictions and reflections on 2025 and 2026.
The hosts discuss the DreamWorks film Rise of the Guardians, sharing their thoughts on its cult classic status and why it deserves more attention.
The hosts and guests discuss what listeners missed in pop culture during November, including movies, gaming, and anime.
Hosts Phil and Eric discuss the 2025 film The Roses, a non-traditional romantic comedy starring Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch.
The hosts discuss the 2022 film 'Prey' from the Predator franchise, analyzing its place in the series and their thoughts on the movie.
The hosts interview David Herringer of InfinityCon about organizing a local convention in Florida.
The hosts play and discuss the Telltale game The Wolf Among Us, recommended by a Patreon member, as part of their gaming series.
Eric from the Wait For It Podcast interviews actress Katie Sackhoff at Ocala Comic Con about her experience playing long-term characters like Bo-Katan in Star Wars and the transition from animation to live action.
Hosts interview voice actress Rue Ryder about her career and pop culture topics.
The hosts review the 2024 Oscar-winning international film I'm Still Here, discussing its heavy subject matter and true story background.
The hosts interview Matthew Medney about his comic book publishing company Gungnir and discuss the Marvel movie Thunderbolts.
The April 2024 bonus episode of The Wait For It Podcast is built around a ‘What Did I Miss?’ recap game and a wheel that decides which pop-culture stories come first.