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Logan Kim (born March 16, 2007) is an American actor best known to Ghostbusters fans for portraying the character Podcast in Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) and Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024). He also voiced and played as Podcast in the VR game Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord.
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Kim played Podcast across both entries in the Afterlife continuity. The character is a friend of the Spengler family and an aspiring paranormal content creator.
| Project | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Ghostbusters: Afterlife | Podcast | 2021 |
| Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire | Podcast | 2024 |
| Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord (VR game) | Podcast (voice/performance) | 2024 |
Kim was cast as Podcast for Ghostbusters: Afterlife and developed a close working relationship with co-star McKenna Grace (Phoebe Spengler) during the shoot. The two invented a handshake on set that grew more elaborate each day until it became a full routine by the end of production. They also sang Smash Mouth's "All Star" together on set every day during filming.
On the Afterlife set, someone pranked Kim and Grace by leaving bones at the foot of their trailers and in front of the trailer where they received their schooling.
The Ecto Goggles proved challenging for Kim during filming. He could barely see while wearing them, accidentally struck Grace in the face once, and the goggles fell off his head more than ten times across the shoot. In one notable take, Kim slipped and fell hard enough that the goggles came off and slid across the floor. During the Summerville Foundry scene, another fall alarmed the crew, while Grace was reportedly the only person on set who laughed. Kim started laughing soon after.
The marshmallow residue applied to Kim for the Afterlife sequence involving Mini-Pufts took one hour to apply. The substance was made with cornstarch, with some portions glued directly to his face. A separate set of Ecto Goggles, already coated in the substance, was used for that sequence. Over time the residue would harden like gelatin and the flight suit became increasingly uncomfortable. Kim also lost his voice filming the scene where Podcast screams and tasers Mini-Pufts in Ecto-1, and some marshmallow material got into his eye during that take.
During the elevator ride scene, Kim and Grace communicated with one another using Morse code through their flashlights.
Podcast's real name was originally written into the Afterlife script but was later removed. Kim has confirmed he knows what the name is.
For Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, a scripted moment had Podcast slap his knee and say "slay" after mentioning the New York Public Library lions Patience and Fortitude. Kim felt he could not deliver the line with a straight face, and both the knee slap and the line were cut.
On March 29, 2024, Kim appeared in a promotional video playing as Podcast in the Slimer Hunt mission in Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord, which also featured footage from Frozen Empire.
| Project | Type | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home Movie: The Princess Bride | TV Mini Series | Actor | 2020 |
