Glenn Fleishman
Glenn Fleishman appears regularly on the Mothership and the Game Show channel, where he invented the terrible quiz program Inestimable. He’s a tech journalist, book author, and print and type historian based in Seattle. Glenn has written for dozens of publications as a tech journalist. His latest books are How Comics Are Made (Andrews McMeel, June 2025), tracing the path from newspaper cartoonist’s hand to printed page; and Six Centuries of Type & Printing, a brisk jaunt across the technology that started the flood of printing and its evolution to the present day. Ask Glenn about flongs!
Podcasts Hosted by Glenn Fleishman
Guest Host
The Incomparable Mothership
- 626 Don't Copy That Chip 'n Dale Floppy
- 619 Who Will Speak For Fish Police?
- 97 Everybody Loves Hypnotoad
- 87 Where Do the Dragons Go to the Bathroom?
- 70 At the Time, They Were Just Average Height
TeeVee
Bonus Track
- a5 Batman Is NOT the World's Great Detective!
- a3 You Asked Fourble It, You Got It
- 70b They May Be Giants
Game Show
- 256 Is Somerville a Real Place?
- 227 The Unethical Zoo
- 223 Democracy, Get It While It Lasts
- 177 Tony's Organs, Free to a Good Home
- 174 Kermit Is Immeasurable
- 149 A Heart-Stricken Moose
- 86 Death and Ferris Wheels
- 83 I'm Hungry and I Like Cake
- 75 It All Boils Down to Valerie Bertinelli
Afoot
- 13 Mysteries We Dropped
- 12 Forget It, Fake, It's Chinatown
- 10 Phryne with a Fringe on Top
- 9 Bugs Meany Was Framed
- 8 And We Would Have Recorded Away with It, Too
- 7 When a Man's Partner Is Killed (Several Times)
- 6 Veronica Mars: Season 1
- 5 Heaping Helping of Holmes, Part 2
- 4 Heaping Helping of Holmes, Part 1
- 3 Radio Mystery Shows
- 2 Make Mine Marple!
- 1 Good Eve-a-Ning
Sophomore Lit
Panelist
The Incomparable Mothership
- 762 Wolf in Goat's Clothing
- 755 Is This... Dystopian?
- 713 Weird Guy in the Meat Locker
- 698 Incarnation of the System
- 658 Nowhere In Time
- 655 Princesses Don't Have to Wear Pink
- 654 Goth Girl Handbook
- 652 A Long Zoom
- 651 Breakfast Club for Superheroes
- 648 Magical NDA
- 647 Obnoxiously Vegan
- 646 A Christmas Quarrel
- 634 Addicted to Sand
- 622 The MacGuffin Twins
- 617 Group Therapy for One Guy
- 614 Eternal Spotlight of the Sunless Mind
- 603 Witness for the Airship
- 600 The Machine Was a Vampire
- 596 Tom Bombadilification
- 568 Collateral Damage
- 540 Too Good to Live
- 537 Roast Me, Amigo!
- 528 To Quantity!
- 524 ASMR From Hell
- 522 Burning Man for Aliens
- 520 Words Aren't Cool
- 511 Whales Are Powerful Magicians
- 503 God Is a Job Nobody Wants
- 410 I Am Not a Crackpot
- 406 A Really Kinky Bunny
- 400 Snellology
- 398 Apart From All the Skiing
- 393 The Ol' Reverse Lucifer
- 387 Good Job, Jerks - The Best of 2017
- 366 Spoon!
- 365 Humour With a U in It
- 364 The Show of Theseus
- 361 Things Inside Other Things
- 350 Magic Pixie Dream Girl
- 345 Evil Giggle
- 344 Metaphors All the Way Down
- 330 Team Killer Robot
- 328 Panspermia, but for Clothes
- 320 The Power! The Power! The Power!
- 300 The Incomparable Is People
- 294 Science Is Never Frightening!
- 291 I Like Complicated Books, Glenn
- 287 Hole Farmers
- 282 Head Clara
- 281 I Love a Lot of Awful People - The Best of 2015
- 274 Rudolph's Hideous Mutation
- 270 Love Blooms Naturally on a Vespa
- 264 Passwords Are Wrong, Man
- 250 Stay Inside My Aura
- 224 Canonical Space Goo
- 221 Do the Hand-Wavy Thing
- 220 Authentic Cop Mustache
- 203 Get to the Farting Aliens
- 201 Democracy is Awful
- 200 Butter Zone
- 197 Fail Fast
- 188 Game Show II
- 174b Behind the Christmas Spectacular
- 175 War on Christmas
- 174 The Incomparable Christmas Spectacular
- 171 Pirate Politics (A Winter Reading List)
- 169 A Man with a Long Scarf
- 162 Disintermediated Peep Shows
- 151 Not Technically Incest
- 150 I Look Forward to Ignoring Your Criticism
- 147 Space Fish
- 133b Behind the Incomparable Radio Drama
- 133 Incomparable Radio Theater of the Air
- 125 Kiss the Elf
- 124 Hobbit Hanukkah
- 123 Ski Lodge Pick
- 122 Recursive Clip Loop: Our 2012 Favorites
- 118 The Incomparable Holiday Vault 2
- 112 Schrodinger's Cat Box
- 110 Cyborg Cowboy
- 106 Dance With a Dalek in the Pale Moonlight
- 105 That Mr. Hitler Seems Nice
- 104 Kids Have Bad Taste
- 101 Insular Nerdosphere
- 100 Who Cares What We Think?
- 99 Convenience Store Clerk of Dune (A Summer Reading List)
- 96 Space Fedora
- 86 Like "Catcher in the Rye," Except Crappier
- 85 Game Show
- 80 Khan Film Festival
- 79 Everything Sounds Beautiful in German
- 76 Robert Redford's Foot
- 72 The Screams of Trees
- 71 The Holiday Movie Vault
- 69 Love Conquers All, But So Do Guns
- 60 Thanks For Everything... Now Go Die
- 59 Flitting is in (TV Fantasy Pitches)
- 56 Let Me in the Frickin' TARDIS!
- 55 If a Show Never Airs, Can It Be Cancelled?
- 53 Let's Quilt Hitler
- 52 A Cthuluesque Vomiting of Ideas
- 51 Zombie Marmaduke (Hugo Awards 2011)
- 45 Lesbian, Silurian, Victorian
- 42 42
- 39 Bigger on the Inside
- 36 Impossible Astronauts
- 33 "I Drank What?"
- 32 The Story of Ted Chiang and Others
- 31 Supernatural
- 30 Let Me Show You My Warp Bubble
- 27 Coal Mound Sex Scene
- 25 Studied His Agrippa
- 22 Stephen Fry (Does Not Appear)
- 19 This Podcast Never Existed
- 18 Christmas with the Doctor
- 13 Harry Potter and the Picasso P.I.
- 11 To Be Continued?
- 3 Doctor Sherlock vs. The Melty Man
- 1 We'll Always Have Zeppelins
Random Trek
- 194 "Hollow Pursuits" (TNG) with Glenn Fleishman
- 161 "The Collaborator" (DS9) with Glenn Fleishman
- 120 "The Vengeance Factor" (TNG) with Glenn Fleishman
- 41 Remembering Leonard Nimoy
- 12 "Collective" (VOY) with Glenn Fleishman
TeeVee
- 589 Gargoyles: Awakening, Parts I-V
- 434 The Good Place Rewind: S2E1-2
- 250 Doctor Who S10E5 Review: "Oxygen"
- 109 Doctor Who S9E7 review: "The Zygon Invasion"
- 95 Doctor Who S9E1 review: "The Magician's Apprentice"
- 34 Doctor Who S8E10 review: "In the Forest of the Night"
- 26 Doctor Who S8E6 review: "The Caretaker"
- 23 Doctor Who S8E4 review: "Listen"
Total Party Kill
- 303 The Gleam in the King's Eye, Part 3
- 302 The Gleam in the King's Eye, Part 2
- 301 The Gleam in the King's Eye, Part 1
- 291 The Night Blade, Part 3
- 290 The Night Blade, Part 2
- 289 The Night Blade, Part 1
- 76 Where Do You See Yourself in Five Levels?
Incomparable Radio Theater
Bonus Track
- 300b Hello, Bonus Track!
- 294b Dere He Is!
- 33gs Editing Adventure!
- 282b Last Christmas
- 274b Peanuts Hole
- gs24 Shut the Hell Up, Glenn
- 264b Like Making Pizzas
- 250b Beatle Talk
- 5 Bang! Bang! Bang!
- 224c They Really Know It's Christmas
- 224b Sans Sarris
- 221b Gerbils and Tamagotchis
- 220b Halloween Candy Criteria
- 201b Shame Hole
- 197b Rated PG-42
- 174b Behind the Christmas Spectacular
- 171b More Glenning
- 151b It's a Trap!
- 150b High Density
- 133b The Incomparable Radio Drama
- 125b Elf Hoverboard Incident
- 124b Cruel Summer
- 123b Balls In the Canyon
- 122b The World is About to End
- 118b I'm Batman
- 112b What is After The Incomparable #112, Alex?
- 110b Timing
- 105b Khan Wednesdays
- 104b You Have Kids, You Should Know Where They Are
- 101b Bang S
- 99b Fifty Shades of Glenn
- 96b Barney Miller in Space
- 86b Dragon Loving is a Personal Question
- 79b After the Movie Draft
- 55b Stuff Cancelled from the Cancelled Shows Draft
Game Show
- 255 They Could Be Doing a Tricksy
- 254 Zero Points For Yugo
- 252 Frog and Sleeves are Casual Acquaintances
- 249 Lousy with Fins
- 247 Two Unpopular Robots
- 246 Bare Butts and Flubber
- 245 A Mind Meld Tenmas
- 244 Dark Christmas
- 240 Remember, I Am Capricious
- 238 Liverpool River Otters
- 234 Do Ghosts Eat?
- 229 Good Lord, Everyone Needs Nachos
- 228 Opossum My Possum
- 225 Glenn Interrupted Himself
- 224 A Book Is Just A Really Long Song
- 201 Muppets Eating Other Muppets
- 199 Awash in Goo
- 197 I Can Hear the Screams in My Head
- 191 Uniqueness Counts Against You
- 189 Your Fifteen Minutes is Up
- 185 Revenge of the Feud
- 184 Rumbledethumps
- 180 Nice Glenns Finish Last
- 178 Q and Eh
- 175 There's No Whining In Geography
- 173 We Don't Need No Stinking Badgers
- 172 National Bola Association
- 171 Cicero Cicero Cicero
- 170 Unfortunately, Six
- 169 The Hairless Head of Lars Huntington
- 168 Chaos is a C Word
- 167 As Wrong As Possible
- 166 My Step-Dad is Aquaman
- 165 Most Valuable Ghost
- 163 Blame it on Burbank
- 160 Interdimensional Shaft
- 154 Ethereal Werewolf
- 152 Everybody Had Weltschmerz
- 150 Can I Have A Ding Ding?
- 145 7 or C?
- 144 Contestants Are Angry
- 141 Do the Toilets Pay You?
- 139 Bring Your Own Backstory
- 138 Quinoa Car
- 130 Jetty Mind Tricks
- 129 The Meatball is a Relic
- 89 I've Studied the Bible
- 87 You Shall Not Pass
- 80 The Answer's Always Michael George
- 78 There Are No Hamburgers in the Phantom Zone
- 74 Baseballers
- 71 The Count Of Monte Brisco County
- 70 A Dog Named Bodyslam
- 67 Welcome to Engineering
- 65 The Famous Mickey
- 63 Tales of Glenn!
- 62 Dr. Tiff and the Electric Catfish
- 60 Feuding Families III: Pity Pass
- 59 We Are the World
- 58 Low Definition XI: Lesser of Two Weevils
- 55 There Is a Sign Here
- 54 Low Definition: Up to the Third Knuckle
- 51 Yule Cat Saves the Kids
- 50 Low Definition: A Family of Clowns
- 39 Low Definition: The Amount of Pan in a Thing
- 38 Game Night: Gospel According to Short Round
- 34 What Am I Doohan Hangin' Round?
- 33 Exits Are Unknown
- 32 Intangibility is a Serious Problem
- 31 Low Definition: Tempted by the Little Man
- 28 Game Night: Dental Dam
- 24 Stephen Hawking Said
- 23 Low Definition: Space Blobs
- 21 Light Lamp
- 8 Je Suis La Poire
- 7 Family Spats
- 5 Lies, Lies, Lies, Yeah
- 0.3 Tennis with Errol Flynn
- 0.2 Game Show II
- 0.1 Game Show