The world's greatest vegetarian Clojure podcast. Support us on https://patreon.com/defn Hosted by Josh Glover and Ray McDermott
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If you have a question, we have the answer... well, maybe not THE answer but definitely AN answer. Give us a listen and exchange some of your free time (or if you have an absentee boss, some of your work time) for a little bit of humor and hopefully some education. Topics range from bodily functions, ghosts and travel planning to literature, relationship woes, tantric massage and scientific discoveries. No topic is too out there and no question is ever wrong. Join Teapot, Mr. Clay, Dora the ...
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Join veteran radio hosts Josh Barsky and Paul Black as they attempt to navigate the unknown. New episodes every Sunday at midnight.
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TexasTails covers all things Texas Outdoors. This conservation centric outdoors podcast is hosted by Josh Shive and James Kosub
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A podcast from real human beings talking about themselves
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Listen weekly to inspiring messages from our Lead Pastor Josh O'Callaghan and the LifeHouse team.
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Comedian Andrew Santino interviews friends in and out of the entertainment industry as they reflect on deviant stories of their past; while sipping whiskey. Available on all streaming services and Spotify.
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Multi-award-winning comedy nights Always Be Comedy is finally exploiting those sweet, sweet contacts… WITH A GIG-THEMED PODCAST! Guests curate their ideal comedy gig: who would they have open? Close? What dream moment from their gigging days would they love re-enact at this gig? And what live comedy nightmare from their past must not happen again under any circumstances? There’s this and so much more...
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Julia La Roche brings her listeners in-depth conversations with some of the top CEOs, investors, founders, academics, and rising stars in business. Guests on "The Julia La Roche Show" have included Bill Ackman, Ray Dalio, Marc Benioff, Kyle Bass, Hugh Hendry, Nassim Taleb, Nouriel Roubini, David Friedberg, Anthony Scaramucci, Scott Galloway, Brent Johnson, Jim Rickards, Danielle DiMartino Booth, Carol Roth, Neil Howe, Jim Rogers, Jim Bianco, Josh Brown, and many more. Julia always makes the ...
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The official podcast of comedian Joe Rogan.
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A public community affairs show that speaks to and addresses current issues that affect our lives hosted by Chip Washington.
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Not just another bad movie podcast, Blank Check reviews directors' complete filmographies episode to episode. Specifically, the auteurs whose early successes afforded them the rare ‘blank check’ from Hollywood to produce passion projects. Each new miniseries, hosts Griffin Newman and David Sims delve into the works of film’s most outsized personalities in painstakingly hilarious detail. Produced by Ben Hosley.
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An oral history of save-our-show TV fan campaigns. Have you ever wondered why your favourite TV show was cancelled before its time, and did anyone try to save-the-show? On The Bubble podcast is here to answer those questions, and more. In 'On The Bubble podcast', Josh Liston delves into the who's, the how's, the when's and the why's, of save-our-show fan campaign. With a pinch of rich audio production and more than a pinch of a heavy Aussie accent, Josh is here to share the stories of TV's m ...
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The Bump and Stacy Show is an energetic mix of entertainment and fun. Featuring 'The Huddle' during football season, and 'The Dugout' during baseball season.
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Motocross fans of the world connect to their sport every week on the groundbreaking PulpMX.com Show. Tune in Monday nights at 5PST/8EST for an entirely new way to get your bench racing fix.
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This is a podcast detailing all things funny while following Declan Brooks and his crazy conversations with his brother and producer, Raymond.
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HERbivores is a podcast about health and veganism. Meet Ingrid, Tania, and Ray— three vegans with different health and fitness backgrounds discussing their plant-based diet journies.
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Fantasy Football Podcast Cover art photo provided by Josh Rose on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@joshsrose
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Sharing real life stories of people who have gone through addiction recovery and hearing about the highs and lows of their journeys. Plus you get to hear how they are doing today and what helped them find victory through addiction.
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Former MLB player for the Dodgers Scott VanSlyke and Josh Reed tackle Sports+Faith+Culture latest headlines along the way having great guests with interesting stories! We have special contributions from former Rams center and 15 yr NFL vet Andy McCollum and former MLB All Star center fielder Andy Van Slyke. www.tripleplaylife.com
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A show about video games, video game culture and video game history. New episodes every Sunday at 7PM EST.
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Tennis talk, for people that love to PLAY tennis.
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Motorcycle racing podcast covering all aspects of the sport with co-host Dom Herbertson and rolling co-hosts Josh Corner, Joe Akroyd and Christian Iddon. We talk all things motorbikes, covering Road Racing, BSB, WSBK, MotoGP and much more. Follow us on socials: Instagram: @chasintheracinpod Facebook: Chasin' the Racin' Podcast X: @motorbikepod
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Movie and Television Reviews and Recommendations. Directors, actors, cinephiles mentioning recommending their favorite movies. Physical media reviews included!
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An Aussie Simpsons podcast with in-depth episode reviews, interviews, Top 10s and more. Hosted by Brendan Dando and Guy Davis. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/four-finger-discount-simpsons-podcast--5828977/support.
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The Agency Hour is for digital agency owners like you who want to start, grow and scale their businesses. It’s like hanging out with friends while getting a masterclass in how to tackle the most significant obstacles you’re facing as an entrepreneur.
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From reaction to the day's biggest news to on the fly reaction as games wrap up, The Fan At Night has all angles of Pittsburgh sports covered for you well into the night.
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Vox Pop is WAMC's live call-in talk program. Host Ray Graf and a great roster of experts tackle everything from car and home repair to tax prep, history, science and astronomy… birds, pets and wildlife biology... and a few surprises, too!Every Monday is a "Medical Monday." Every Friday is a "Food Friday."There are several ways to join the conversation:Call in during the show from 2-3 p.m. at 1-800-348-2551 (1-800-34TALK-1)Email [email protected] during the showTweet us @WAMCVoxPopYou can subsc ...
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Award-winning journalist Ernest Owens reviews the latest headlines, controversies, and all the other things you give a damn about.
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Glory Daze with Johnny Manziel is an interview series from Almost Friday Media that celebrates and explores the most nostalgic eras in sports. Hosted by former Heisman Trophy winner and infamous first-round pick, Johnny will sit down with some of the most iconic and legendary names in sports for authentic conversations, look backs, and more. Like coming home and watching Tavon Austin and John Wall highlights with your buddies at 4 AM, these conversations will dive into the glory of sports’ b ...
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THE FARM is a gripping narrative audio drama podcast about family secrets, rural suspense, and a woman’s fight to reclaim her legacy. Produced by Little Fish Entertainment, this slow-burn thriller blends mystery, betrayal, and emotional depth in a small-town setting. When a high-powered architect returns home after her father’s sudden death, she uncovers a conspiracy that could cost her the farm—and her life. The Farm is a mystery-thriller audio drama about family secrets, betrayal, and surv ...
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Talking Baseball from a Texas perspective! We talk Rangers baseball along with the rest of the sport! Stop on by!
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Every Play, every game right here on WGR Sports Radio 550, WGR550.com. The official voice of the Buffalo Bills! Football On-Demand Audio Presented by Northwest Bank, For What's Next.
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I'm Daniel Berrios. This is my journey to learn about the movies - the art form I adore - one review, interview, editorial at a time. Take care of yourselves. Take care of each other. Take care of the movies.
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A podcast about cults.
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Comic and man of the world Bert Kreischer shares his wisdom and life with you.
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Oscar winner Mahershala Ali (Moonlight, House of Cards) will play detective Wayne Hays, a state police detective from Northwest Arkansas. Stephen Dorff (Somewhere, Immortals) is set to play Arkansas State Investigator Roland West. Carmen Ejogo (Selma, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them) will play school teacher Amelia Reardon, who is connected to two missing children. Additional cast members include Josh Hopkins, who will play Jim Dobkins, a private attorney in Fayetteville, Arkansas in ...
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Essential film reviews, TV reviews, and all conversations around movie and non-movie related stuff brought to you by Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo. Plus a whole bunch of recommendations to watch in cinemas, on all streaming services and on physical media. Want more Kermode & Mayo? Subscribe to Kermode & Mayo’s Extra Takes to get ad-free listening plus access to our subscriber-exclusive show, TAKE TWO, with new episodes every Friday. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, or at extratak ...
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80s kids Jimmy, Eric, Josh, Kane & Jeremy are celebrating the greatest decade of all time! The party includes: A PLETHORA of guests, storytelling, totally RAD events, and much more. Join us on this epic 80s adventure!
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Don't you love a great lunch and conversation with an interesting friend? You know, the kind that you talk about for years to come. Phil Rosenthal, creator, and host of Netflix's "Somebody Feed Phil," already knows how to find fascinating people, foods, and cultures. While he always likes eating lunch, he's even more enthusiastic about a lunch that includes a conversation with smart people who share their stories. From Straw Hut Media
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David and Josh, friends and co-creators of The JD Talks, discuss pretty much anything from sports to movies to politics to everything in between.
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For over FIFTEEN YEARS, Nobody Likes Onions has been making audiences laugh at the absurd, the obvious, and the wrong. Comedian Patrick Melton, along with other entertainers from around the world, gather around microphones three times a week to present their unique observations and opinions about current events, pop culture, and real-world experiences in their personal lives.
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197. ADA: MY MOTHER THE ARCHITECT (2025) dir. Yael Melamede
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20:52ADA: MY MOTHER THE ARCHITECT is a documentary directed by Yael Melamede, the daughter of the titular mother, Ada Karim-Melamede. Karim-Melamede is one of Israel's finest architects, receiving the Israel Prize for architecture in 2007, an honor she shares with both her father and brother. She co-designed Israel's Supreme Court with her brother from …
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197. Cannes 2025 Lineup Part Deux | Oscar Voters - Now? - Required to Watch All Nominees Before Voting
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34:20This week, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced some new rule changes regarding eligibility and voting for the Oscars. The main change? Oscar voters are, as of this season, REQUIRED to watch all nominees in each category they vote in. Why this wasn't a rule beforehand is beyond me, but y'know, if the best time to throw water at…
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195. Listener Request | I SAW THE TV GLOW (2024) dir. Jane Schoenbrun
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24:49--- Follow The Movies on Instagram & Letterboxd Throw a couple dollars in the tip jar!
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194. Best Picture Showcase - A COMPLETE UNKNOWN dir. James Mangold
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29:19--- Follow The Movies on Instagram & Letterboxd Throw a couple dollars in the tip jar!
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193. Cannes Film Festival Announces 2025 Lineup
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40:13This week, the Cannes Film Festival announced its lineup for their 78th edition. Taking place in the beachside town of Cannes, France from May 13-24, the festival opens up the movie lover's summer to the widest swath of exceptional global cinema, blockbuster premieres and the first glimpses of next year's Oscars contenders. This episode sees me fum…
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192. Best Picture Showcase - WICKED dir. Jon M. Chu
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34:39Just because ANORA wears the Oscars' Best Picture crown doesn't mean the movies nominated turn to dust. In fact, as the Best Picture nominees slowly trickle out to home video, discussing them feels more pertinent. A movie's lifespan isn't limited to the awards calendar, especially when it comes to WICKED. Jon M. Chu's fantasy musical, based on the …
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191. THE LUCKIEST MAN IN AMERICA (2025) dir. Samir Oliveros
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29:10THE LUCKIEST MAN IN AMERICA stars Paul Walter Hauser as Michael Larson, an ice cream truck driver who travels from Ohio to California with hopes of contesting for the Big Bucks on PRESS YOUR LUCK. What follows is a lucky streak that'll put Larson in the history books...that is, if the game show execs don't discover his secret and pull the plug. Dir…
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190. Interview | THE LUCKIEST MAN IN AMERICA Director Samir Oliveros
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13:05Samir Oliveros directs THE LUCKIEST MAN IN AMERICA, a comedy starring Paul Walter Hauser as a man who, in 1984, takes game show execs and a studio audience for the thrill of a lifetime as he aims to pocket the most money ever won on PRESS YOUR LUCK. The execs say he must be cheating. The audience cheers him on, a bumbling working-class zero given t…
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189. WOLF MAN Blu-ray Review (2025) dir. Leigh Whannell
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41:36I missed Leigh Whannell's newest film, WOLF MAN, in theaters. Bit of a bummer since he's a director who's earned my highest personal honor of earning my view purely off of goodwill - no trailer, no social media post needed. So what was I to do? Nothing, but that's where Universal Pictures stepped in and (thankfully) sent me a review copy of the WOL…
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188. In Four Films: Tara Giancaspro
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2:23:53Today on IN FOUR FILMS, we ask Tara Giancaspro: "Using only four films, who ARE you?" She's a New Jersey-based writer, poet, songsmith, pop culture muser, frequent podcaster, actress, production assistant, music video extra and doting mother to two cats, Simone & Lugosi. To call her a multi-hyphenate just feels like I'm underselling it. Tara's four…
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187. Interview | AUDREY'S CHILDREN Director Ami Canaan Mann
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11:57Ami Canaan Mann directs AUDREY'S CHILDREN, the story of Dr. Audrey Evans (Natalie Dormer), an oncologist whose staging system revolutionized the way we treat childhood cancers. Before the '70s, the pediatric neuroblastoma survival rate was 10%. After implementing her work, the survival rate is now over 80%. I interview Canaan Mann about meeting Dr.…
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186. AUDREY'S CHILDREN (2025) dir. Ami Canaan Mann
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27:17AUDREY'S CHILDREN stars Natalie Dormer as Dr. Audrey Evans, the oncologist whose staging system revolutionized how childhood cancers are treated. Before her work in the '70s, these cancers were handled with a sort of one-size-fits-all approach. The result of Evans' research was a categorization of cases, impacted by age, tumor location, length of t…
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185. Interview | HOOD WITCH Director Said Belktibia
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34:08I interview HOOD WITCH writer/director Said Belktibia about his new thriller, which sees Golshifteh Farahani play the target of a literal witch hunt through urban France. She makes a living selling mystical products and alternative healing remedies and after one of her clients dies by suicide, is accused and then chased by the mob. Now, she, along …
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184. HOOD WITCH (2025) dir. Said Belktibia
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17:25HOOD WITCH stars Golshifteh Farahani as Nour, a single mom living in urban France who makes her living selling supplies for alternative healing, witchcraft, spells, you name it. She sees herself akin to the ones who sold shovels during the Gold Rush. If people want to believe, she'll happily oblige them. However, after one of her clients dies by su…
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183. THERE'S STILL TOMORROW (2023) dir. Paola Cortellesi
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22:44THERE'S STILL TOMORROW eclipsed BARBIE at the 2023 Italian box office. How? I can only presume Paola Cortellesi's black-and-white, darkly comedic directorial debut about an abused housewife quietly plotting her escape struck a chord with audiences whose mothers and grandmothers experienced this tumultuous post-WWII Italy. In the Rome of 1946, Ameri…
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182. VOICES CARRY (CINEQUEST 2025) dir. Abby Brenker and Ellyn Vander Wyden
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25:45In Abby Brenker and Ellyn Vander Wyden's VOICES CARRY, which premiered last Saturday, March 15 at the 2025 Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose, California, a woman (Gia Crovatin) returns to her lakefront childhood home, confronting the difficult memories of her mother's untimely death. Discovering an old diary in the shed, she's shocked to discover…
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181. ANY DAY NOW (2025) dir. Eric Aronson
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31:05In 1990, millions of dollars worth of art was robbed from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner museum. The crime remains unsolved but provides a backdrop for ANY DAY NOW to explore a story of an insecure 20-something to learn the value of self-respect and the confidence that comes with exercising such respect. Steve (Taylor Gray) is the 20-something i…
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180. Interview | ANY DAY NOW Actor Paul Guilfoyle
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21:21I interview Paul Guilfoyle, star of the new coming-of-age-meets-heist-film ANY DAY NOW about his relationship to Boston as one of its sons, the Dropkick Murphys, classism, the eternal struggle of discovering (or uncovering) one's authentic self & the delicate balance of being both vulnerable and tough on screen. In ANY DAY NOW, Guilfoyle plays art …
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179. THE WORLD WILL TREMBLE (2025) dir. Lior Geller
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29:19To describe Lior Geller's THE WORLD WILL TREMBLE as a rough watch seems an understatement. This tells the story of two Jewish prisoners, played by Oliver Jackson-Cohen & Jeremy Neumark Jones, who escape a Polish Nazi death camp and end up providing the world's first eyewitness account of the Holocaust. And god, what an account. This movie's less th…
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178. Interview | THE WORLD WILL TREMBLE Director Lior Geller & Actor Jeremy Neumark Jones
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26:15On this episode, director Lior Geller and actor Jeremy Neumark Jones join me to discuss their new film, THE WORLD WILL TREMBLE. Based on a true story, the film centers on two men, played by Jones and Oliver Jackson-Cohen, who escape a Polish Nazi death camp, delivering the world's first eyewitness account of the Holocaust. This movie's a devastatin…
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177. Best Picture Showcase - EMILIA PEREZ dir. Jacques Audiard
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34:53EMILIA PEREZ, Jacques Audiard's audacious trilingual crime musical, is our next stop on the Best Picture Showcase! The most critically divisive of the nominees tells the story of a Mexican drug kingpin (Karla Sofia Gascon) who enlists a junior lawyer (Zoe Saldana) to help her transition into living life as a woman via securing gender-affirming surg…
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176. Best Picture Showcase - ANORA dir. Sean Baker
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30:45The next stop for the Best Picture Showcase leads us to the nominee widely considered the frontrunner for this year's Best Picture Oscar, ANORA. This movie, produced, edited, written and directed by Sean Baker, follows the whirlwind romance of a Brooklyn sex worker named Anora (a hot-headed Mikey Madison, and by the way, it's Ani, not Anora, she do…
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S4E21. Interview | COLD WALLET Director Cutter Hodierne & Actors Josh Brener, Raul Castillo and Melonie Diaz
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22:16Today on The Movies, I got a double-interview episode! I interviewed the director and actors from COLD WALLET, a new crypto thriller about a group of Redditors looking for revenge against the influencer responsible for scamming them out of a "life savings" level of money. They break into the influencer's home in pursuit of his cold wallet, a USB dr…
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174. COLD WALLET (2025) dir. Cutter Hodierne
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28:03In COLD WALLET, a trio of Redditors (Raul Castillo, Tony Cavalaro, Melonie Diaz) take it upon themselves to make a crypto influencer (Josh Brener) pay for tanking the coin, freezing user assets and suddenly demanding they owe the app almost double what they paid to get to said position. Their plan? Find the influencer, steal his cold wallet drives …
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173. Best Picture Showcase - CONCLAVE dir. Edward Berger
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27:23The Best Picture Showcase rolls on with Edward Berger's CONCLAVE, a drama about the election of a new Pope after the sudden death of the old Holy Father. Left with the responsibilities of wrangling every cardinal from 'round the world, along with their egos and ideologies, is a soon-to-be-exhausted Cardinal Thomas Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes). As the d…
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172. ARMAND (2025) dir. Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel
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24:40ARMAND follows Elisabeth (Renate Reinsve), a single mother of the titular 6-year-old. She's called into Armand's school for a parent-teacher conference alongside Sarah (Ellen Dorrit Petersen) and Anders (Endre Hellestveit) the parents of Armand's best friend, Jon. To say it's bad news is the most severe understatement. Jon has accused Armand of sex…
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171. Interview | LIFELINE Director Feras Alfuqaha
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32:15Feras Alfuqaha loves to gab about moviemaking. His directorial debut, LIFELINE, premieres in select theatres and VOD on February 21st. It's the story of a suicide hotline volunteer (Josh Stewart) who receives a call from someone he believes to be his younger self (Judah Lewis). The caller says they're at a motel with gun in hand; they'll kill thems…
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Feras Alfuqaha's LIFELINE stars Josh Stewart as Steven Thomas. Steven's spending his New Year's Eve volunteering at a suicide hotline during the graveyard shift. He's the only guy in the office during a time of year in which folks tend to really feel their pain. The holidays can be rough on some of us. Steven handles a series of calls but one stand…
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169. Interview | WE BEAT THE DREAM TEAM Director Michael Tolajian
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28:53I interview Michael Tolajian, the director of the new basketball documentary WE BEAT THE DREAM TEAM, premiering on Max February 17. We talk the personal impact the 1992 Dream Team had on Tolajian, the process of establishing relationships with his documentary subjects, which of his favorite directors could stand a chance in the NBA and a whole. lot…
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168. WE BEAT THE DREAM TEAM (2025) dir. Michael Tolajian
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22:58A name like the Dream Team understandably comes with baggage. Who could make up a roster so great, the result can only be described as a dream? In the basketball world, guys like Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Scottie Pippen, John Stockton, Karl Malon-shall I go on? These men were recruited to represent the United States in the 1992 Bar…
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167. I LOVE YOU FOREVER (2025) dir. Cazzie David & Elisa Kalani
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24:03I LOVE YOU FOREVER is an anti-romcom. I don't say this in a way that suggests a cheeky, defiant stance against Valentine's Day. I say this because it weaponizes romcom tropes against us in its telling of an abusive relationship. You can track the trajectory: lonely 20-something girl (Sofia Black D'Elia) meets accomplished 20-something guy (Ray Nich…
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166. Best Picture Showcase - THE SUBSTANCE dir. Coralie Fargeat
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43:55Continuing the Best Picture Showcase, in which I cover this year's Oscars nominees for Best Picture, the road takes us to a tour-de-force of an original, pulse-pounding, "sickly entertaining" movie, Coralie Fargeat's THE SUBSTANCE. This is an audacious, whip-smart body horror movie that's bound to break your heart as much as it'll force you to reco…
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165. Best Picture Showcase - DUNE: PART 2 dir. Denis Villeneuve
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25:37I continue covering this year's Oscars nominees for Best Picture with Denis Villeneuve's DUNE: PART 2, the continuation of Villeneuve's attempt to create high-minded blockbuster fantasy to a new generation. When I was a kid, I had LORD OF THE RINGS. As a 30-year-old, I have this.Think the darkness of EMPIRE STRIKES BACK with the expansive scale of …
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164. The FANTASTIC FOUR Trailer Is Okay, But That's Just Not Good Enough.
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21:02Marvel Studios released the first teaser for THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS, premiering July 25th in theaters. After decades of attempts to try and get Marvel's "First Family" right, this movie, directed by Matt Shakman, looks to plant its flag as the first entry in the franchise to satisfy both fans and critics alike.What did I think of the trail…
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163. Best Picture Showcase - THE BRUTALIST dir. Brady Corbet
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32:33Welcome to the Best Picture Showcase, a miniseries on THE MOVIES where I review each nominee for this year's Academy Award for Best Picture. With each installment, I hope to answer the following: 1) What's the movie about? 2) What's it feel like to sit through the movie? 3) Did I like it? 4) Should it and will it win Best Picture? What's my current…
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162. Interview | ART AND LIFE: THE STORY OF JIM PHILLIPS Director John Makens
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16:44I interview John Makens, the director of ART AND LIFE: THE STORY OF JIM PHILLIPS. The 81-year-old graphic designer Jim Phillips may not be instantly recognizable, his art - the "Screaming Hand," the "red dot" Santa Cruz Skateboards logo, the myriad of custom skateboarding full-board decals, the cartoonish California outdoor mosaics, the rock poster…
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161. ART AND LIFE: THE STORY OF JIM PHILLIPS (2025) dir. John Makens
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22:02Jim Phillips is an artist whose cartoonish mosaics of California outdoor life have informed public understanding and appreciation of skateboarding, surfing, hot rod and rock music cultures. In ART AND LIFE: THE STORY OF JIM PHILLIPS, documentarian John Makens tells his story, from the times when Phillips sketched for fiberglas companies amidst a su…
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160. Listener Request | DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978) dir. George A. Romero
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37:15On this episode of The Movies, I fulfill another listener request! My buddy Jarrett Barnard sent me a stone-cold classic to cover: 1978's DAWN OF THE DEAD, directed by George A. Romero. Widely regarded as the best of Romero's DEAD franchise, this film about a group of survivors waiting out the zombie apocalypse inside a shopping mall is a hallmark …
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The nominations for the 97th Academy Awards dropped yesterday morning to the usual flurry of praise and disappointment. (No BABYGIRL? Academy, you will ROT.) Today, I list the Best Picture nominees along with their other nominations, discuss some other movies that jumped out at me and set the stage for the Best Picture Showcase. Before the ceremony…
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158. Interview | BIRDEATER directors Jack Clark & Jim Weir
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34:33On this episode, I interview BIRDEATER directors Jack Clark and Jim Weir. The movie, about a bride-to-be invited to her fiance's unhinged bachelor party, has taken Australian audiences by storm since its Sydney Film Festival premiere in 2023. Featuring at Melbourne International Film Festival & SXSW, the movie's garnered audience and critical prais…
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157. BIRDEATER (2025) dir. Jack Clark & Jim Weir
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38:18In Jack Clark and Jim Weir's BIRDEATER, a Aussie bride-to-be (Shabana Azeez) is invited to her fiance's (Mackenzie Fearnley) "bucks party" - a bachelor party to us in the States, but god, doesn't that just sound cooler? She's not alone, as one of the boys also brings his girlfriend to this cabin in the Outback, but it's more of a friend-of-a-friend…
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156. The 2024 Movies That Stuck With Me
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2:30:07Sticking with a season-opening tradition, here are the 2024 movies that stuck with me! These are the films I thought about on drives to work and during showers, the ones about which I'd wax poetically to any captive audience I could muster. They made me weep and cackle. They made me whoop with joy. Art requires reflection; this is the cinema I refl…
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Welcome to Season 4 of The Movies! It's wild to think this will be my fourth year reviewing movies, interviewing critics, authors and filmmakers, waxing poetic over the majesty of one Rachel McAdams.This episode sees me addressing the state of my union, sharing goals for the new year (interview Danny Boyle for 28 YEARS LATER, because dear JESUS, th…
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154. Listener Request | FREDDY VS. JASON (2003) dir. Ronny Yu
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38:42FREDDY VS. JASON brings together two titans of '80s horror: Freddy Kreuger (Robert Englund) and Jason Voorhees (Ken Kirzinger). In a bid to regain his strength through surging fear through the souls of Elm Street, Freddy manipulates Jason to doing some killing on his behalf. However, when Jason starts taking the credit and hacking through more of t…
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153. Fantastic Fest #5: WITTE WIEVEN (2024) dir. Didier Konings
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21:24WITTE WIEVEN, directed by Didier Konings, brings my Fantastic Fest 2024 coverage to a belated end.Frieda (Anneke Sluiters) is a pious woman struggling to conceive a child. In her medieval Dutch village, help only comes through God and the Church, via archaic fertility rituals.One day, the local butcher Gelo (Leon van Wass) assaults Frieda, threaten…
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152. Listener Request | TRIANGLE (2009) dir. Christopher Smith
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13:27I kick off the first of 10 listener requests by fulfilling the most important one: my wife's. She chose TRIANGLE, Christopher Smith's 2009 horror film about a mother (Melissa George) whose sailing trip with friends ends with a storm and shipwreck. Their salvation comes in the form of a luxury yacht, but once aboard, the group discovers the yacht's …
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Please rate & review The Movies on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever else you listen to the show! --- Kate Cobb's directorial debut, OKIE, stars Scott Michael Foster as Louie, a writer returning to his rural hometown after his father's death. Going back home is always complicated, but more so because he's unflatteringly based his stories on said…
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150. Interview | OKIE Director Kate Cobb, Writer Kevin Bigley & Actor Scott Michael Foster
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26:45Please rate & review The Movies on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever else you listen to the show! --- I got to interview the creative team behind OKIE: director Kate Cobb, writer Kevin Bigley and actor Scott Michael Foster. OKIE stars Foster as Louie, a writer returning to his rural hometown after his father's death. Going back home is always co…
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149. ALIEN COUNTRY (2024) dir. Boston McConaughey
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21:54Please rate & review The Movies on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever else you listen to the show! --- Before we get started, no, I don't believe there's any relation to Matthew. Boston McConaughey is the director of ALIEN COUNTRY, a sci-fi horror comedy he co-produced and co-wrote with Renny Grames to kick off their production company. It follow…
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148. Interview | I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU ALONE Actor Kenneth Trujillo
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33:34Please rate & review The Movies on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever else you listen to the show! --- I interview Kenneth Trujillo, the lead actor of I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU ALONE, about the process of becoming a mute ex-con in DW Medoff's horror drama. Through his confident performance, he anchors the vicious downer with empathy and cautious hop…
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