Best Dynamite Fox Podcasts (2025)

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Preview: Pokemon and Wrestling Crossover 17:46

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1d ago17:46

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This is a special preview of bonus content for MaxFun Members. To sign up for a membership and help this show continue for as little as $5 a month, go to maximumfun.org/join. Brenda Snell and Austin Taylor from the MaxFun podcast “Secret Histories of Nerd Mysteries” join producer Julian Burrell for an unusual conversation: Pokemon. Already a worldw…

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Movie Critics & Criticism 23:10

3d ago23:10

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Here’s a question that every moviegoer has likely asked at one time or another: what exactly is the point of movie criticism... or, more to the point, movie critics? On this week’s show, Nathan Weinbender, Mary Pat Treuthart, and Dan Webster try to provide an answer.

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Total Divas: Where are they Now? 1:08:48

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It’s all the latest and greatest of wrestling headlines ahead of Saturday Night’s Main Event. The biggest match of the show will be Jey Uso vs. CM Punk for the World Heavyweight Championship. But did the WWE kind of shoot itself in the foot with their talking segment? The Main Event In July of 2013, WWE launched Total Divas on the E! Network. That …

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"A House of Dynamite" & "After the Hunt" 23:10

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Among the many reasons for why a film succeeds—directing, acting, cinematography and clever use of computer graphics—quality screenwriting is key. On this week’s show, Dan Webster and Nathan Weinbender discuss a pair of films by critically-acclaimed filmmakers that swim, or sink, based on the strength of their screenplays.…

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Ep. 458: What’s going on with the World Heavyweight Title? 44:12

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It’s a big week for championships in the WWE this week– the deck continues to be shuffled ever since Seth Rollins was injured. Titles were defended and lost across both of the main shows. Which of these new champions are we most excited for? And where are those who came up short left in the final months of wrestling in 2025? The Main Event In April…

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"The History of Sound" & "Souleymane's Story" 23:10

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Thomas Jefferson wasn't the first writer to wax on about the pursuit of happiness, but his famous Declaration of Independence references always struck an emotional chord. On this week's show, Dan Webster, Mary Pat Treuthart, and Nathan Weinbender discuss two films that feature characters on quests for something that, at least tangentially, involves…

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Ep. 457: Alicia Fox/Veronica Crawford has returned to WWE 50:31

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WWE’s Crown Jewel PLE is in the books– and we actually think that Perth Australia got a pretty solid show! Hal, Danielle and Julian discuss what they think worked: Roman continuing his drama with the Bloodline was really compelling and something that we missed a lot; John Cena and AJ Styles had a great match acknowledging their collective decades o…

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"The Smashing Machine" & "Anemone" 23:10

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As the daily TV news leads warn us, violence is an ongoing part of our contemporary life, which makes the various examples of it perfect fodder for the movies. On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Mary Pat Treuthart, and Nathan Weinbender discuss two movies that incorporate violence, or references to it, at their very core. The first is the aptly titl…

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Ep. 456: Should wrestlers ever sing? 50:30

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This weekend is WWE’s Crown Jewel in Perth, Australia. It’s the rare edition of the event that isn’t taking place in front of a backwards murderous regime. So for now, the biggest drama is whether or not the ESPN app is finally ready to handle a WWE PLE… and if WWE can manage to turn around its recent string of pricing out its fanbase. The Main Eve…

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"One Battle After Another" & Paul Thomas Anderson 23:10

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Of all the American filmmakers to emerge in the last three decades, no one has produced a more admirable body of work than Paul Thomas Anderson. On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Mary Pat Treuthart, and Nathan Weinbender discuss Anderson’s latest effort, the Leonardo Di Caprio vehicle “One Battle After Another,” and then they tackle the filmmaker’s…

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Super Eyepatch Wolf wants better for John Cena 58:34

1M ago58:34

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Danielle and Lindsey are joined once again by our pal John Walsh, best known as Super Eyepatch Wolf on YouTube. It’s been a while since he joined us, so we’re excited to catch up. Plus we’ll discuss a bit more about WWE’s WrestlePalooza, AEW’s All Out and where the Big Business TKO version of WWE is falling short. The Main Event Well in the never e…

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Music Career Documentaries 23:10

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Life just wouldn’t be the same without music. And as a sign of that, a number of documentary filmmakers have lately been celebrating the lives and careers of musicians. On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss this filmmaking trend, and offer up their thoughts on a few of the films that you might want to c…

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Ep. 454: WWE Unreal - Did it work? 52:28

1M ago52:28

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Hal, Lindsey and Julian are back in the fold, ready to discuss Wrestlepalooza. This was the first PLE that’s part of WWE’s partnership with ESPN. And just being able to watch the show presented difficulties for both us and a lot of other fans. Perhaps that could have been forgiven if the show was great– but we agree that it was middling at best. Ve…

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Re-Run: Jamie Loftus is dedicated to the Big Show 26:27

2M ago26:27

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This episode originally aired in 2024. Jamie Loftus is a huge fan of The Big Show, as she explained the last time she was on our show. In 1999, The Big Show was the WWF champion. In the storyline, his father had just died. And the man who really had a problem with it was the Big Boss Man; he interrupted the ten bell salute, read a poem making fun o…

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"Caught Stealing" & "Splitsville" 23:09

2M ago23:09

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If relationships are key to humankind’s survival—which they are—then they’re even more important to the plot of pretty much any movie you can name. On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Mary Pat Treuthart and Nathan Weinbender discuss a pair of movies that depend, in some fairly essential ways, on the relationships forged—and in other cases broken—by a…

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Re-Run: RJ City loves wrestling celebrities 33:07

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This interview was originally published in 2022. Hal, Danielle and Lindsey are joined once again by our pal RJ City. WrestleMania 38 featured a surprising amount of celebrities in major matches on the card. This continues a proud tradition in wrestling of bringing famous people on to have a good time and hopefully bring new eyes on the shows. RJ wi…

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"Highest 2 Lowest" & "High and Low" 23:10

2M ago23:10

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A study released last October showed that movie remakes tend to lose money. Yet the film industry, for a variety of reasons, keeps churning them out. On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Mary Pat Treuthart and Nathan Weinbender discuss one recent remake, Spike Lee’s film “Highest 2 Lowest,” which is his version of Ed McBain’s 1959 novel “King’s Ransom…

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Re-Run: Big-E’s journey after wrestling 31:40

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This interview was originally published in February. Hal and Danielle are joined by former WWE Champion Ettore “Big E” Ewen. It’s been some time since we’ve seen him in a wrestling ring. But he’s stayed extremely busy: You can catch him on the Peacock series “Laid” and on Netflix’s “WWE RAW Classics.” Hosted by Hal Lublin and Danielle Radford Produ…

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"Weapons" & "Cloud" 23:10

2M ago23:10

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One of the joys of moviegoing is the chance to enjoy the kind of intensity that comes from indulging in a fictional world. On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss two films that offer that type of opportunity. The first is “Weapons,” a box-office-busting exercise in horror, and “Cloud,” a psychological th…

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Who are the best wrestlers turned actors? 43:29

2M ago43:29

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Hal, Danielle and Lindsey are shocked to see WWE’s partnership with ESPN manifest itself VERY early. Wrestlepalooza will air live at the end of September from Indianapolis. But there are a lot of issues revealing themselves in the modern WWE streaming portals– Lindsey will explain that no matter how much you’re paying for Netflix, you’re still deal…

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"The Naked Gun," "Happy Gilmore 2" & "Freakier Friday" 23:32

2M ago23:32

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The actor Peter Ustinov is reported to have said: “Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.” That holds true whether you’re Lenny Bruce, Weird Al Yankovic or Leanne Morgan. On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss a trio of films, all of which are either sequels or reboots and all of which—like their…

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Becky Lynch is a GOAT ft. Denise Winkelman 41:09

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Hal and Danielle are joined by Denise Winkelman. A former wrestler and current comedian, she tells us about some of the stories about getting trained to be a “Mad Scientist" character. Plus, we’ll learn more about some of the big names she’s worked with as well as the… interesting financial advice she was given early on. Plus, did Naomi just delive…

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"Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan" & "My Mom Jayne" 23:10

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Over the decades, show business has given us any number of celebrities who at times seem as familiar to us as actual member of our own families. On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss a pair of streaming documentary features that focus on well-known public figures from the past—TV host Ed Sullivan in Net…

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Is Iyo Sky the Best Wrestler Today? 40:50

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Say it ain't so… Naomi was not medically cleared to perform last Monday Night on RAW. With the caveat that we don’t know the reasoning yet, we rampantly worry about what the future holds for her and the World Championship. Plus we’ve got some fun things to discuss about the current state of the World Heavyweight and WWE Championships as the scene f…

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Summerslam 2025 40:59

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It was the first ever two night Summerslam event in history. And it was marred in controversy for booking decisions and real-life implications: The most striking is that for the first time in recent memory, WWE publicly acknowledged Donald Trump on its show. The relationship between the company and some of its executives (including Paul Levesque) i…

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"Sorry, Baby" & "Oh, Hi!" 23:10

3M ago23:10

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Movies that open at film festivals seldom achieve blockbuster status, but the best ones—and even some that are merely good—usually end up reaching their desired audiences. On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss a pair of Sundance Film Festival releases that are well worth checking out: the first is Eva V…

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"Eddington" & "Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight" 23:10

3M ago23:10

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Like most everything in life, perspective is all. And when it comes to movies, perspective is reflected in what’s also known as point of view. On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss two movies that reveal their narratives through the eyes of very different characters. The first is the Ari Aster feature “…

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Hulk Hogan is dead 59:24

3M ago59:24

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We had some major late-breaking news that necessitated coverage: the death of Hulk Hogan. Most outlets have focused on his status as a high profile figure of wrestling and pop culture. But for many, he’s remembered as a man whose racist opinions were recorded and published; in addition to being a liar who made false claims to support his own narrat…

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"Superman" & "Jurassic World Rebirth" 23:10

4M ago23:10

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Summer wouldn’t be summer without a few movie blockbusters, and this summer of 2025 certainly has its share. On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss a pair of big-screen bonanzas, both of which are part of far-larger franchises. The first is the newest iteration of “Superman,” this one directed by James G…

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Naomi is a World Champion! 55:07

4M ago55:07

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Take a deep breath because with all of the wrestling from last weekend you have little time to rest before SummerSlam. After so many wrestling shows, we have so much to get through and unfortunately it’s not all good news: Adam Cole was pulled from AEW All In for an injury that was severe enough that he considered immediate retirement. And Seth Rol…

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"F1" & "The Life of Chuck" 23:10

4M ago23:10

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Fantasy in its various forms is the lifeblood of moviemaking. And this is true whether you’re talking romance, action, comedy or any other genre you can name. On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss a pair of films that indulge in fantasy, each conforming to its particular genre. The first is the racing f…

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Great American Bash, All In, Saturday Night’s Main Event and Evolution Preview 50:18

4M ago50:18

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It’s an absolutely massive weekend of wrestling! Who can say if anyone will actually be able to watch it all? Danielle and Julian first tell Hal about their experience at AEW Dynamite 300, where they saw tons of matches and moments and tried not to block the aisle for picture time. Then the team will dive into the first crop of shows and how they p…

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Best Films of the 21st Century 23:10

4M ago23:10

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One of the favorite games that most, if not all, movie fans plays is: What are your top 10 movies? Well, the New York Times just compiled a list 10 times as big. On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss that list, something the editors are proclaiming as the "100 Best Movies of the 21st Century," and list …