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Tune in to conversations for the curious about fintech and cybersecurity. The team at DVELP - a London-based software development company specialising in secure platforms for sensitive data - invite you to join them as they chat to tech thought leaders to discover more about the newest trends in this rapidly evolving industry. We will be covering cybersecurity issues as well as all sorts of fintech, from regtech to insurtech. Plug in and charge!
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Hello listeners! We are back with the 22nd episode of Charge! In store for you today, we have a conversation with Tom Reay, CTO of Flux. Flux provide digital receipts, right in your banking app. They're currently available with Costa, Pod and Eat with more partners announced with increasing regularity. Tom explains that Flux face a challenge: their…
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Charge is back! This week we have an interview with girl boss Anisah Osman Britton of 23 Code Street, a coding school for women with a 1-for-1 programme in Mumbai. Anisah chatted to Louisa and Maria Christina about the challenges facing women in the tech industry and how 23 Code Street is helping them get ahead. In the second half of the interview,…
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Deja Vu is rethinking loyalty. Anjalee Sewpaul, CEO and founder of Deja Vu, believes that loyalty is worth more than a discount once you've collected 10 stamps. She wants to reinterpret loyalty rewards in an experiential way and to equip restaurant owners with better data about their loyal customers. We spoke to Anjalee about how she is trying to c…
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On Charge, we usually speak to people involved in startups. Speaking to Dom Sando from MMC Ventures, we got a new angle on Charge’s subject matter: the investor’s POV. MMC Ventures is a venture capital company investing in tech businesses and Dom is on the investment team. He has particular expertise in AI so in the first part of the interview we d…
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Banking-as-a-marketplace is happening, folks! Starling just launched their Marketplace Platform, Monzo are rolling out their Marketplace Beta ... PSD2 is changing financial services!Riding the marketplace wave is newcomer Albert, the pocket CFO for freelancers. They automate and dramatically simplify daily finances including invoicing, expensing an…
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It may be cold and snowy here in London but the #ChargePodcast team are cosied up in the podcast studio! Keeping warm with us this week is Peter Myatt, CEO and Founder of Bean. Bean finds, tracks and manages your bills and subscriptions. The average Bean user saves over £672 per year! Bean is using tech for good to help UK consumers identify and ca…
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Tom and Derrick's look at Edgar Wright's departure from Ant-Man becomes a freewheeling discussion of what Marvel is doing right, what DC is doing wrong, and whatever the hell Fox and Sony think they're doing. Along the way, The Boys Outta Brooklyn review Captain America: The Winter Soldier and The Amazing Spider-Man 2, curse Frank Miller, bless Mar…
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It's time once again for the most anticipated show of the BITD calendar year: The Obscure Movie Episode! Join Tom and Derrick as they discuss Roy Orbison's first and only movie, demonic cars, generational sagas in cartoon form, and Shatner speaking Esperanto! All this plus permanently puckered hands, why adults are scared of teenagers, and secret a…
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The Boys Outta Brooklyn finally make good on a promise they made back in their first year to profile the studio that was The Master of the Portmanteau Film: Amicus Studios! Join Tom, Derrick, and special guest host Jim "Hypnogoria" Moon as they explore this legendary British studio, from its inception right up to the bizarre new wave horror mash-up…
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The Boys Outta Brooklyn are back after a long lay-up, as Tom gives his views on the Veronica Mars movie, and he and Derrick discuss the impact of its surprise success. Plus, Derrick pervs on Tom's college girlfriend and throws him a challenge, and a discussion of why actors are compelled to take on less-than-appealing projects. We used to podcast a…
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It's time for the latest induction into the BITD Hall of Great, Great Men. This time we honor Danny Trejo, a man who is great both on and off screen! Join the Guys Outta Brooklyn as they celebrate the Mexican character actor who shows great character in his personal life as well. Plus, we review Machete Kills, come up with a movie teaming Trejo wit…
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It started out as a Point Five about directors of the 1980s and 90s retiring from film, and quickly spun out of control as Derrick and Tom discussed Pacific Rim, Man of Steel, why Hannibal is superior to The Following, and why people are stupid for buying Jordans? Join the Boys Outta Brooklyn for this hour-long, freeform discussion. You know cable …
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The Boys Outta Brooklyn returns to the Coroner's Office for the second episode in a row, this time to tackle the latest TV season. Find out what Tom and Derrick think about racist Martin Mull, cosplay Eliza Dushku, Anna Faris' Adventures in Chuck Lorre Land, and James Spader's Lex Luthoring. All this, plus a rather longish digression into the natur…
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It's time for The Boys Outta Brooklyn to enter the BITD Coroner's Office and cut open another media enterprise. This time out it's Fox Television's serial killing bag o' stupid, The Following! Join Tom and Derrick as they explain how this Kevin Bacon vehicle violates simple narrative principles, and why Kevin Williamson needs to get kicked in the b…
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Once more, The Boys Outta Brooklyn unite with their Brother from the North for a special 1970s-themed Obscure Horror Movies Episode! Join us as we discuss films about murderous old people, blind marauders, lollipop-sucking devils, and adult babies. Plus: gratuitous Don Cheadle Ass, the question of who killed who in Electra Glide in Blue, and the ne…
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In our latest episode, The Guys Outta Brooklyn welcome one of their major fans, and a major presence on our Facebook Group, into The BITD Cave for a freeform conversation about pop culture. Listen in as Tom, Derrick, and Jay discuss the James Bond Expanded Universe, childhood television memories, Stanley Kubrick, reality television, tabloid talk sh…
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In this messy show, Tom and Derrick looks at the rather epic levels of carnage in this year's summer blockbuster, and wonder if it's too much. Are we being desensitized to all this damage? Is it fair for Hollywood to call back to 9/11 for lazy affirmation of their plot developments? And why is Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim a more responsible fil…
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Netflix streaming may be the greatest thing to happen to movie fans since VHS, but there's so much to see that The Boys Outta Brooklyn enlisted the aid of that Instant Depths videonaut Adam Orchekowski to help our listeners discover the gems hidden within that service. Along the way, the trio celebrate The Kids in the Hall, Tim Roth, The Apple, DC …
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The Boys Outta Brooklyn mark the passing of one of the greatest genre writers to ever work a typewriter by posthumously inducting Richard Matheson into The Hall of Great, Great Men. Join Tom and Derrick as they discuss key films both inspired by and written by Matheson, talk about the way he helped bring horror fiction into the living room, and giv…
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To celebrate our latest milestone, The Boys Outta Brooklyn review a quartet of movies assigned to us by the members of the Better in the Dark Facebook page. Listen as Derrick tries to figure out the time travel conundrums of Primer, Tom extols the joys of Dancing Charles Durning, and both of them field questions about Howard Hawks, potential Marvel…
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Tom and Derrick say farewell to one of their heroes by inducting the great special effects animator Ray Harryhausen. Join the Boys Outta Brooklyn as they discuss their favorite moments from his films, and why there's something that makes stop-motion animation better than CGI. Plus, the horror of the pentapod and Honey Boo Boo! You don't want to be …
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In light of the news that the Veronica Mars Kickstarter is leading to a big screen sequel to Tom's beloved show, The Boys Outta Brooklyn examine the impact and implications of what Rob Thomas and Kristen Bell have wrought. All this, plus Chris Carter in a tent, Derrick on a boat, and Tom with more knowledge of The View than is healthy for a heteros…
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The new James Bond film, Skyfall, hit the theaters last year, which means a new edition of Gilt-Edged Bonds (ironically also recorded last year). Join Tom and Derrick as they welcome Russ "I liked Quantum of Boredom" Anderson to dissect the Bond Rubber Match for Daniel Craig. Does this new entry prove that the Reign of Craig shakes with awesomeness…
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In light of the National Broadcasting Corporation's coming in fifth place behind Telemundo, Tom and Derrick once again take their scalpels out to try and figure out why one of the major networks is in a downward spiral! The Boys Outta Brooklyn examine how such incidents as the Conan O'Brien / Jay Leno conflagration, the revolving show runner messes…
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It's time for the 2013 edition of The Obscure Movie Episode! Join Tom and Derrick as they present their annual six-pack of films you might not otherwise know about. From the southwest noir Delusion to the Hollywood action thriller Sunset to the animated epic (that almost destroyed a Canadian movie studio) Rock & Rule, the Guys Outta Brooklyn cover …
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In this Point Five episode, Tom and Derrick discuss rumors of a recent meeting between David Lynch and NBC concerning a revival of Twin Peaks. The Guys Outta Brooklyn talk about the mystique this legendary cult television show had, whether it's possible to recreate that mystique, and what the hazards of returning to past triumphs might be. Plus, De…
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In this episode, The Boys Outta Brooklyn finally start on a journey long ago, where they examine the trendsetting Universal Monster Movie Cycle with the Frankenstein films. Join Tom, Derrick, and the returning Lord Blood Rah as they discuss the series and the people involved with bringing Mary Shelley's characters to life... and go into some really…
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In this Point Five episode, we examine the news from a land far, far away that JJ "Lens Flare" Abrams is going to direct Star Wars: Episode VII. Along the way Derrick and Tom discuss the hazards of The Casting Game, why society is producing so many snotty kids, and create the latest Jedi Knight sensation and his Light-Knuckles! Even Jason Statham h…
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In this episode, The Guys Outta Brooklyn honor one of the most influential figures in the history of genre movies and martial arts: Bruce Lee. Tom and Derrick discuss the philosophy and career of this remarkable man, who managed to change the face of cinema after starring in only four movies (and yes, we do discuss that thing that claims to be his …
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The Guys Outta Brooklyn usher in 2013 by dissecting something that works for a change. Join Tom and Derrick as they try to figure out what makes Person of Interest tick, and cover the canny writing, exceptional casting, and a showrunner who isn't being fired abruptly. Plus, we learn the secret story behind one of Derrick's pulp heroes! Your number …
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In this, the last BITD episode of 2012, The Guys Outta Brooklyn revisit The Summer (now Winter) of Speed to examine a trio of films where the cars are secondary to psychological introspection and angst! Join Tom and Derrick as they express their love of Two-Lane Blacktop! Enjoy Derrick's reminiscences about seeing Vanishing Point in the theaters! L…
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In this bite-sized Point Five episode, Tom and Derrick discuss the films of Tyler Perry, as well as his position in the entertainment industry and the black community. Is Perry pandering to his audience? Is his recent turn as Alex Cross a bid to disassociate himself from his fans, or an attempt to expand his horizons? And does he have an obligation…
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In this episode, Derrick and Tom go out of their comfort zone to discuss the rather large world of documentaries. Join the Boys Outta Brooklyn as the talk about some of their favorite docs, examine the way the genre has transformed and become more entertaining that some fiction films, and celebrate some of the best documentarians out there! Plus, l…
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The Boys Outta Brooklyn once more reunite with their Musical Director, Kelen "B-Hyphen" Conley, to examine the very peculiar, very short movie career of one Anthony Rodgers Nelson, AKA Prince! From the seminal 80s musical opus Purple Rain to the incomprehensibly bad Graffiti Bridge (a film one of us says is the worst he's ever seen), the Boys Outta…
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This is the episode you must listen to, as Tom and Derrick address the recent incidents on Facebook, what to expect in the coming months, and an appeal inviting you to help us make the podcast better - and keep it alive. This is a very frank, very raw 35 minutes, folks, so please be prepared. And be ready to do what you can to make BITD grow!…
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It's time for another review episode, where the Guys Outta Brooklyn take a look at a quintet of movies that range from the brand-extending Bourne Legacy to the brand expanding Expendables 2, and the brand-imitating Hong Kong curio The Bullet Vanishes. Plus, Tom's Tales of Working the Licensed Fiction Mines, Derrick's research for a new Sinbad tale,…
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It's time for one of the highlights of the BITD calender year: The Obscure Horror Episode. Tom and Derrick once more team-up with Dread Media's own Des Reddick to pick a bunch of horror films you may not have heard of! From the bleak coming of (twisted) age story, The Reflecting Skin, to the disquieting snuff mockumentary, S&Man, to not one but two…
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It's time for what may be the most controversial Point Five episode to date! Tom and Derrick use the recent outrage over BITD-Approved Geek Goddess Aisha Tyler hosting a video game launch and the casting in The Hunger Games to explore racism in geek culture, a subject one of The Boys Outta Brooklyn has intimate experience with thanks to Dillon, his…
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For the first of two-- that's right, two-- episodes, The Boys Outta Brooklyn welcome back Dread Media maven and patriarch of the First Family of Better in the Dark, Desmond Reddick, just in time to induct one of the greatest guerrilla filmmakers of all time into The Hall of Great, Great Men. From his first film, the bizarre psychological crime flic…
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Just in time for the summer to, well, almost be over, Tom and Derrick kick off The Summer of Speed with one of the most popular car-nographic film series of the modern era: The Fast and the Furious! Join the Boys Outta Brooklyn as they rev up their engines and race though all five adventures with automobile-loving rogue Dominic Toretto and the wors…
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The Boys Outta Brooklyn commemorate the passing of the star of such films as The Wild Bunch, From Here to Eternity, and Escape from New York by inducting him into the Hall of Great, Great Men. Hear Tom and Derrick discuss a wonderful career that saw Ernest Borgnine play heroes and villains, goofs and tough guys, main characters and supporting guys,…
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It's the 25th Anniversary of the Fox television network, and Tom and Derrick celebrate by gleefully unearthing some of the shows and events the first "netlet" neglected to mention when it threw itself a birthday party! Join the Boys Outta Brooklyn as they toast the hotness of Alison LaPlaca and Melanie Chartoff, defend Morgan and Wong from the tong…
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The Boys Outta Brooklyn finally pay off on a long-standing bet with The Gentlemen's Guide to Midnight Movies by diving into the wild, twisty rapids of Eurocrime! Join Tom and Derrick as they cover this seminal trio of films by Fernando Di Leo, which includes two performances by Brooklynite Henry Silva that have to be seen to be believed, as he tear…
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The Boys Outta Brooklyn wander off the mainstream reservation as they take a look at the way indie cinema has transformed into a minor league for the big studios. Tom and Derrick examine how the recent switch to digital projection, Sundance, and other factors have transformed the face of this filmic tradition. Plus, Derrick is reduced to helpless l…
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In this massive review episode, The Boys Outta Brooklyn discuss the movie everyone's been waiting five years for: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel! Just kidding. We do cover that film and the House series finale, but the bulk of the talk concerns the two films by Joss Whedon: Cabin in the Woods and The Avengers! And if that isn't enough, there's lots…
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In this fun-sized Point Five Episode, Derrick and Tom look at some of the stories that emerged from The Upfronts for the coming 2012 season. Join The Guys Outta Brooklyn as they discuss the renewal of Community in light of its show runner's firing, the persistence of period set dramas, broadcast networks trying to be cable channels by having Kryste…
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It's time to induct the latest member of our Hall of Great, Great Men! Just in time for his 90th birthday, the Boys Outta Brooklyn raise their glasses to honor the great Christopher Lee! Join Tom and Derrick as they explain why this is one of the most remarkable actors they've ever discussed, and not just because of his defining horror film roles! …
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Just as his latest collaboration with Johnny Depp, Dark Shadows, reaches the theaters (and that might be part of the problem), The Boys Outta Brooklyn reconvene Director's Court to pass judgement on Tim Burton. Tom and Derrick cover the man's entire career, and try to figure out if he is still blazing new trails or relying on the same old tropes. P…
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In our latest trip to the Better in the Dark County Coroner's Office, The Boys Outta Brooklyn dissect their biggest corpse yet: the entire broadcast television season for 2012! Tom and Derrick try to figure out why this was the worst season in recent memory, examining why most shows failed, and why those few and far between shows succeed for them. …
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