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Caleb Shaw Podcasts
Crazy college teenage convos of everyday people!
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Just random intense conversations you don’t want to miss!
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I like to talk to interesting people. Christian Husband Father Veteran Business Owner BJJ Student
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Dads are always willing to share their knowledge and this is where you can find some of it. Join Randy and Caleb our resident dads as they discuss a variety of topics from a Dad’s perspective.
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Husband and Wife duo Caleb and Alicia Shaw tackle the monumental task of breaking down and analyzing the entire manga-canon anime of Naruto, Naruto Shippuden, Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, and Boruto: Two Blue Vortex through the lenses of culture, music, production, plot, and legacy.
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Two friends and longtime fans discussing everything about Avatar: The Last Airbender. Join them for interesting facts and trivia, tropes and tricks, and re-experience the nostalgia of Avatar: the Last Airbender as only a super fan can.
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Exclusive news and analysis from our team on professional football in Chicago. Professional football served Chicago style. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/shaw-local-s-bears-insider-podcast--3098936/support.
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Matt and Laci dive deep into a different movie every week. Whether it’s a great movie, a terrible movie, or somewhere in between—we unpack the history behind its production and the people who made it, then discuss, review, and make fun of the movie itself. Why do we call it a Load Bearing Beam? Because it's a movie you love so much that it holds up the foundation of the very structure that is you. Laci Roth and Matt Stokes are a married couple that needs to find stuff to watch together. On t ...
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Host Jennifer Miller Hammel and producer Rob Webb, volunteer board members for Pacific Opera Project, along with audio magician David Hobbs bring you a look inside the productions of this exciting and innovative young opera company through musical selections and interviews with cast and crew. Tickets and more info: www.pacificoperaproject.com
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Bears vs. Commanders: Previewing a rematch between Caleb Williams and Jayden Daniels
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53:24The Chicago Bears will return from their bye week when they play the Washington Commanders on Monday Night Football. Shaw Local's Michal Dwojak and Joe Aguilar break down the latest news from Halas Hall and preview Monday's much-anticipated game. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/shaw-local-s-bears-insider-podcast…
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Chicago Bears stun Washington Commanders on last-second field goal
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53:47The Chicago Bears came back Monday night to beat the Washington Commanders on a last-second field goal. Shaw Local's Michal Dwojak and Joe Aguilar break down the win and talk about what it means for the rest of the season. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/shaw-local-s-bears-insider-podcast--3098936/support.…
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28 Years Later (with Screen Time Kota)
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1:55:16We had some scheduling snafus that caused the delay of our Saw episode, so our schedule is getting pushed back a week. Luckily, we had this beautiful podcast about 28 Years Later set to release on the Patreon later this month, and instead, we’re putting it out for free for all the fine folks out there. Matt and Kota have a very spoiler-filled discu…
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174. Interview With The Vampire (1994)
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2:37:10Laci and Matt revisit Interview With The Vampire (1994), a movie the podcast covered back in 2018, in the Old Testament days. Much more care and attention is given this time, because there’s so much to love… and so much to be confused by. Has a movie ever been dragged down so much by its whiny-baby lead character as this movie is by Louis (Brad Pit…
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Recapping a thrilling 25-24 Chicago Bears win over the Raiders
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57:42The Chicago Bears held on to beat the Las Vegas Raiders, 25-24, on Sunday in Las Vegas. Shaw Local's Michal Dwojak and Joe Aguilar break down the big win and what it means for the rest of the season. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/shaw-local-s-bears-insider-podcast--3098936/support.…
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Bears vs. Raiders: Previewing a big Week 4 matchup
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51:06The Chicago Bears travel out west to play the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday. Shaw Local's Michal Dwojak and Joe Aguilar give the latest news from Halas Hall and preview Sunday's game. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/shaw-local-s-bears-insider-podcast--3098936/support.…
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In the origin story of Michael Myers, the slasher killer from the legendary Halloween series of horror films, young Michael sees his sister….. Wait, what? Oh, this is Dennis the Menace? In which a little slingshot punk from the 1950s rides around on a tricycle in 1993 and torments an innocent old man? And you're telling me it’s not about Michael My…
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A Bears win? A Bears blowout? Let's talk about it
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52:14The Chicago Bears won their first game of the season Sunday when they beat the Dallas Cowboys 31-14. Shaw Local's Michal Dwojak and Joe Aguilar recap the win and what it means moving forward. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/shaw-local-s-bears-insider-podcast--3098936/support.…
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Matt has assembled his friends Wade Hymel and Patrick Perot to do a deep dive into Nickelodeon's Doug—specifically, the episodes "Doug Can't Dance" and "Doug's Garage Band." In this free preview from the longer premium episode (available on Patreon: https://bit.ly/47U3oGh), Matt, Wade, and Patrick explore the long history of the TV show and of Doug…
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Previewing the Bears' Week 3 matchup vs the Dallas Cowboys
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47:42The Chicago Bears will try to win their first game of the season Sunday when they host former head coach Matt Eberflus and the Dallas Cowboys. Shaw Local's Michal Dwojak and Joe Aguilar break down the latest news from Halas Hall and Sunday's game. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/shaw-local-s-bears-insider-podcas…
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The year is 2000. You are a 12-year-old boy. You spend your days watching Total Request Live and hoping they’ll man up and play “Stellar” by Incubus. You spend an inordinate amount of time choosing the coolest song lyrics to leave as your AOL Instant Messenger away message. And you head out to the cinematorium to see three women kick ass in Charlie…
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Breaking down the Bears' blowout loss to the Detroit Lions
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48:53The Chicago Bears dropped to 0-2 after a blowout loss to the Detroit Lions in Week 2. Shaw Local's Michal Dwojak and Joe Aguilar break down what went wrong. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/shaw-local-s-bears-insider-podcast--3098936/support.By Shaw Media
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Previewing the Bears' Week 2 matchup at Detroit
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49:02The Chicago Bears will head to Detroit to play the Lions on Sunday in Week 2. Shaw Local's Michal Dwojak and Joe Aguilar break down the latest news from Halas Hall and preview Sunday's game. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/shaw-local-s-bears-insider-podcast--3098936/support.…
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171. FernGully: The Last Rainforest
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1:22:34They thought they were making a movie that would save the environment and destroy extractive industries. Instead, they made a generation of millennials horny as hell for cartoon trees. FernGully: The Last Rainforest is a fascinating mid-budget animated film that presents a mighty counterweight to the Disney behemoth of the early 1990s: Modest in sc…
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Episode 409: After one game, are the Bears a fraud?
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53:10The Chicago Bears opened the 2025 season with a come-from-ahead 27-24 loss to the Minnesota Vikings. Shaw Local's Michal Dwojak and Joe Aguilar break down what happened in the loss and how it will impact this season. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/shaw-local-s-bears-insider-podcast--3098936/support.…
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Episode 408: Bears vs. Vikings season opener preview
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57:24The Chicago Bears will open the 2025 season against the Minnesota Vikings in front of a national audience on Monday night. Shaw Local's Michal Dwojak and Joe Aguilar make their season predictions and preview Monday's game. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/shaw-local-s-bears-insider-podcast--3098936/support.…
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Final Thoughts on The Rock + Answering Listener Questions!
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54:57We weren’t expecting this miniseries on Dwayne Johnson to be so relevant, but as he debuted his “new look” at the Venice Film Festival and began his awards season campaign, Laci and Matt react to the news of the week and unpack his public comments. Johnson reflected on his own career with many of the thoughts we’ve had as we’ve gone through his fil…
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170. Jungle Cruise (Summer of Rock)
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2:15:21This is the end, beautiful friends. We conclude the Summer of Rock with the much-better-than-I-remembered Jungle Cruise, a movie we abruptly pivoted to covering after trying to watch Black Adam and giving up out of boredom. We cover the history of movies based on theme parks, the rocky production of Jungle Cruise, its unfortunate failure at the box…
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Episode 407: Recapping the Bears' 2025 training camp
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51:09The Chicago Bears wrapped up training camp and released their initial 53-man roster with just under two weeks left before the start of the regular season. Shaw Local's Michal Dwojak and Joe Aguilar break down what happened over the past six weeks and what it means for this season. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast…
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Episode 406: Previewing the Bears' preseason finale against Kansas City
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55:02The Chicago Bears will end the preseason with a game at the Kansas City Chiefs on Friday night. Shaw Local's Michal Dwojak and Joe Aguilar preview what they're looking forward to in the preseason finale. More Bears news: https://www.shawlocal.com/bears/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/shaw-local-s-bears-insider-…
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They went and made a dang spin-off to the Fast & Furious franchise, and it made a ton of money, and there's no chance it'll ever get a sequel because no one liked it. Especially not Matt. Matt is utterly miserable talking about Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019), but Laci's able to help him get through it by diving in to all the messy dra…
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Episode 405: Evaluating the Bears' preseason game, joint practice with the Buffalo Bills
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51:30The Chicago Bears wrapped up another week of training camp after going against the Buffalo Bills in a joint practice and preseason game. Shaw Local's Michal Dwojak and Joe Aguilar break down the week and what's left of training camp. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/shaw-local-s-bears-insider-podcast--3098936/sup…
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168. Baywatch (with Caleb Hogan) (Summer of Rock)
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2:48:49There were big expectations in 2017 for the Baywatch movie. 21 Jump Street had shown that raunchy, irreverent takes on cheesy '80s and '90s TV shows could earn bofo box office, and with the dual star power of Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron, it looked as if Baywatch couldn't miss. But critics hated it and the movie was a flop at the box office, cancel…
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Episode 404: Breaking down the Bears' preseason opener against the Dolphins
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48:08The Chicago Bears continued their preseason by hosting a joint practice and their preseason opener against the Miami Dolphins this past week. Shaw Local's Michal Dwojak and Joe Aguilar break it all down. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/shaw-local-s-bears-insider-podcast--3098936/support.…
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We're off for the week but here's an extensive chunk from our premium episode to tide you over till then. It's a spoiler-filled discussion of The Fantastic Four: First Steps with our guests Neophyte Reviews and Screentime Kota. The Summer of Rock resumes in one week with an episode about Baywatch (2017)! Another MCU movie has arrived, and Matt’s be…
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167. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (Summer of Rock)
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1:47:21Sony made a sequel to Jumanji, that sad Robin Williams movie from the ‘90s, 22 years later? And it made a billion dollars? And everyone liked it?? It’s true. And as a result, every time a movie studio makes a questionable legacy sequel this is why. They’re telling themselves: “It worked with Jumanji.” It’s why Disney is putting out a Tron movie thi…
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Episode 403: Breaking down the first week of Chicago Bears training camp
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43:35The Chicago Bears are over a week into their first training camp under new head coach Ben Johnson. Shaw Local's Michal Dwojak and Joe Aguilar break down the first part of training camp and what they've learned so far. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/shaw-local-s-bears-insider-podcast--3098936/support.…
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Pain & Gain is Michael Bay’s magnum opus, a razor-sharp dissection of the American id. This movie has it all: Con artistry, prosperity gospel, and drugs, drugs, drugs! It also features career-best performances of Dwayne Johnson, Mark Wahlberg, and Anthony Mackie, and it’s easily Bay’s best movie. Indeed, it’s a look at an alternate career for Johns…
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Episode 402: 2025 Chicago Bears Training Camp Preview
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47:15The Chicago Bears will start their first training camp under new head coach Ben Johnson this week. Shaw Local's Michal Dwojak and Joe Aguilar preview camp and the major storylines they're looking at over the next six weeks. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/shaw-local-s-bears-insider-podcast--3098936/support.…
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Laci and Matt hop in a go-fast car and head for Rio de Janeiro to join up with Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel), Brian O’Conner (Paul Walker), and their whole extended family, as they attempt the heist of the century. All while trying to evade federal agent Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson), the deadliest agent you’ll find in Hillary Clinton’s State Departme…
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Jurassic Park (with In Love With Horror) (Summer of Spielberg Re-Release)
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2:05:36It is with heavy hearts that we have to push back our release schedule one week. Actually, no, our hearts are light and full of joy. A new baby has been added to House Stokes in the form of past guest Elliott (from the Home Alone 2 episode) and his lovely wife having a baby. Said baby was just very inconsiderate in arriving at precisely the time we…
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Jurassic Park Franchise Rankings + Godzilla (2014)
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25:37Hey folks, we're off this week, but we'll be back next week with our Fast Five episode, as the Summer of Rock rolls on! In the meantime, enjoy some samplings from the additional bonus material available on our YouTube channel (https://youtube.com/@loadbearingbeamspod). Time stamps: 1:30 — Top-Five Jurassic Park Movies (excluding Jurassic Park) 9:06…
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Well, a movie finally broke us. Horror and mortal terror have a face. In the absolutely dreadful “family film” Tooth Fairy (2010)—quite possibly the worst movie our podcast has ever covered—Dwayne Johnson plays Derek Thompson, a hockey player who specializes in knocking out opponents’ teeth. He has a lot on his plate: He’s dating Ashley Judd, who h…
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Dwayne Johnson followed up his debut lead performance in The Scorpion King with The Rundown. Released as Welcome to the Jungle outside America, The Rundown might be his very best movie. Along with Seann William Scott, Rosario Dawson, and a deliciously hammy Christopher Walken, The Rock is firing on all cylinders as both a physical and emotional act…
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