Podcasts by Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome
A podcast about movies
Further podcasts by Windy Bowlsby and Melissa Kaercher
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Episode 63: But What About the Lacrosse? from 2023-12-13T15:45:09.240320
Dear listeners, we are well aware that we are middle-aged ladies, so we brought on young’un Kate Cornish from the North Star Roller Girls to discuss teen comedies! (Okay, so we admit Kate is old...
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Episode 177: Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour / Deep Rising from 2023-11-26T22:24:13
Dearest listeners, we come to you today with Taylor Swift and Treat Williams and Tempest Prognosticators! Movies discussed: Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour Deep Rising (1998) Other things discussed:...
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Episode 176: Dark Night of the Scarecrow / V/H/S/85 from 2023-10-31T20:10:54
Happy Halloween, dearest listeners! Today we bring you a couple final films for the spooky season! Also, a note for the month of November: Windy is traveling for a couple weeks, so we won’t be r...
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Episode 175: Megalomaniac / Conann / Passion / Razorback from 2023-10-20T02:45:23
Dear listeners, we come to you today with barbarians, ballet, and boars! Movies discussed: Megalomaniac Conann (aka She Is Conann) Passion Razorback Other things discussed: Afternoon of a Faun (...
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Episode 174: Fear Street / Bottoms / No One Will Save You from 2023-10-15T01:43:43
Dear listeners, we are back with our regular episodes! This week, we are ready for spooky season! Movies discussed: Fear Street Bottoms No One Will Save You Other things discussed: Hubrisween Or...
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Episode 173: Fantastic Fest 2023–Day 8 REPOSTED from 2023-10-15T01:40:13
Dear listeners, we are back today with tales from THE FINAL DAY of Fantastic Fest 2023! We just realized that the actual sound file never uploaded correctly, so we’re posting it now! Movies disc...
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Episode 172: Fantastic Fest 2023–Day 7 from 2023-09-29T14:00:41
Dear listeners, we are back today with tales from the day 7 of Fantastic Fest 2023! Stay tuned daily for the next week for more updates from the film festival! Movies discussed: Mancunian Man: T...
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Episode 171: Fantastic Fest 2023–Day 6 from 2023-09-28T14:00:54
Dear listeners, we are back today with tales from the day 6 of Fantastic Fest 2023! Stay tuned daily for the next week for more updates from the film festival! Movies discussed: Kill The Creator...
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Episode 170: Fantastic Fest 2023–Day 5 from 2023-09-27T14:00:32
Dear listeners, we are back today with tales from the day 5 of Fantastic Fest 2023! Stay tuned daily for the next week for more updates from the film festival! Movies discussed: #Manhole Tiger S...
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Episode 169: Fantastic Fest 2023–Day 4 from 2023-09-26T18:03:08
Dear listeners, we are back today with tales from the day 4 of Fantastic Fest 2023! Stay tuned daily for the next week for more updates from the film festival! Movies discussed: River Crumb Catc...
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Episode 168: Fantastic Fest 2023–Day 3 from 2023-09-25T15:09:49
Dear listeners, we are back today with tales from the third day of Fantastic Fest 2023! Stay tuned daily for the next week for more updates from the film festival! Movies discussed: One Percente...
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Episode 167: Fantastic Fest 2023–Day 2 from 2023-09-24T15:01:36
Dear listeners, we are back today with tales from the first full day of Fantastic Fest 2023! Stay tuned daily for the next week for more updates from the film festival! Movies discussed: Enter t...
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Episode 166: Fantastic Fest 2023–Day 1 from 2023-09-23T14:46:40
Dear listeners, we are back today with tales from the opening night of Fantastic Fest 2023! Stay tuned daily for the next week for more updates from the film festival! Movies discussed: Toxic Av...
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Episode 165: Fantastic Fest 2023–Day 0 from 2023-09-21T18:07:41
Buckle up, dear listeners, for it is the most Fantastic time of the year! Yes, Fantastic Fest is upon us, and we will be posting daily through the entire film festival! Today we bring you genera...
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Episode 164: Legally Blonde / Jawsploitation from 2023-09-19T23:10:53
Finally, we are back, dear listeners! We recorded this episode in late August, and it just took a while to get it edited and posted. Join us for musicals and sharks! And good news: this week, Fa...
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Episode 163: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 / Playtime from 2023-08-19T04:14:06
Dearest listeners, we bring you our glimmers of joy this week, complete with space raccoons and bad French accents! Movies discussed: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Playtime Other things discuss...
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Episode 162: Barbie (now with spoilers!) / The Rocking Horsemen from 2023-08-10T14:00:50
This week, dear listeners, Windy has caught up with Barbie and goes into The Spoiler Zone! And Melissa has been catching up with Nobuhiko Obayashi movies and with Ted Lasso! Movies Discussed: Ba...
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Episode 161: Oppenheimer / Barbie / Theater Camp / Pride / Beyonce from 2023-07-28T04:04:47
Dearest listeners, this week brought us so much joy that we had to make an extra-sized episode just to hold all our pink, rhinestoned, union-solidarity glee! Movies discussed: Oppenheimer Barbie...
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Episode 160: Polite Society / Bullet Train from 2023-07-23T04:16:42
Dear listeners, we found a lot of joy this week, everything from Pakistani martial arts films to assassins on a train to cheap Beyonce tickets! Movies discussed: Star Trek Into Darkness Polite S...
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Episode 159: Dial of Destiny / Nimona from 2023-07-15T04:50:02
Dear listeners, today we bring you our myriad joys we had over the 4th of July week, from Indiana Jones to CONvergence! Movies discussed: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny Indiana Jones and ...
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Episode 158: Across the Spider-Verse / Ghosted / Kandisha from 2023-06-30T04:13:59
Dear listeners, this week, we revel in the joys of the Spider-Verse, as well as comforting streaming movies and… Moroccan she-demons? Movies discussed: Across the Spider-Verse Ghosted Kandisha A...
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Episode 157: Goodnight Oppy / Folk Horror / Fast X from 2023-06-23T03:08:58
Dear listeners, today we wax rhapsodic about movies featuring Mars rovers and folklore horrors, with a chaser of Jason Momoa appreciation! Movies discussed: Goodnight Oppy Woodlands Dark and Day...
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Episode 156: Flux Gourmet / Velvet Buzzsaw / The Square from 2023-06-15T22:05:24
Dearest listeners, this week we discuss a trio of movies that poke at the art world! And then we discuss monster erotica for some reason! Movies discussed: Flux Gourmet Velvet Buzzsaw The Square...
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Episode 155: Map of Tiny Perfect Things / Autopsy of Jane Doe from 2023-06-09T04:53:06
Dear listeners, this week we bring you a range of delights, from time loop romances to autopsies gone wrong! We also cannot remember the word “antipode”! Movies discussed: The Map of Tiny Perfec...
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Episode 154: War from 2023-06-01T14:00:49
Dear listeners, this week we bring to you an episode about a 2019 Bollywood film named War, which brought us so much joy this week! Movies discussed: War Pathaan Other things we liked: Wonderspa...
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Episode 153: Baby J / Soul from 2023-05-27T03:30:38
Happy Memorial Day Weekend to our US listeners! This week, the movies that brought us joy are about… addiction and death? Sure, why not! Movies discussed: John Mulaney: Baby J Soul Other things ...
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Episode 152: Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Inferno / Air from 2023-05-19T21:35:56
Dear listeners, this week we bring our joy to you with some of our favorite things: underdog sports movies and obscure French auteur movies that never got made! Movies discussed: Henri-Georges C...
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Episode 151: Arrival / Boss Level / Homecoming / Decline of Western Civilization from 2023-05-12T03:32:48
Dearest listeners, we apologize for skipping last week, but we now bring you two weeks worth of joy! Space aliens, time loops, punk rock, and Beyonce ahoy! Movies discussed: Arrival Boss Level T...
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Episode 150: Slings&Arrows / Dungeons&Dragons: Honor Among Thieves from 2023-04-27T15:33
Good morrow, dear listeners! Today we bring you the myriad delights of our previous week: Slings&Arrows, Dungeons&Dragons, prurience&Pittsburgh, and more! Things discussed: Slings and Arrows (TV...
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Episode 149: The Raid / Tetris from 2023-04-20T15:33:23
Dear listeners, we come to you this week with an episode about several things that made us happy recently: The Raid, Tetris, Martha Raye, and so many other delights! Movies discussed: The Raid T...
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Episode 148: XanaCineHoliday 4, Part 2 from 2023-04-13T14:00:31
Dear listeners, today we bring you the exciting conclusion of our XanaCineHoliday disucssions! We surprise each other with movies new and old, silly and serious, and big and small. Movies discus...
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Episode 147: XanaCineHoliday 4, Part 1 from 2023-04-07T05:21:23
Dear listeners, today we bring back one of our favorite traditions of Pleasure Domes past: the XanaCineHoliday! This esteemed holiday is when Windy and Melissa pick out a weekend, assign movies ...
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Episode 146: Judas and the Black Messiah / BlacKkKlansman / Don’t Worry Darling from 2023-03-30T14:04:53
Good morrow, dear listeners! In this episode, we discuss several films we recently watched on very long airplane flights, and we wax rhapsodic about food. (We might have recorded this podcast wh...
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Episode 145: Movie Set Visit / Moulin Rouge on stage / That Thing You Do from 2023-03-23T14:00:31
Dear listeners, this week we have some very special treats for you! Melissa and Windy sign in from London, where they bring tales of visiting the set of The Gorge, seeing the West End stage adap...
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Episode 144: Off Topic Collection #9 from 2023-03-16T14:00:29
Dear listeners, we are still traveling, so today you are receiving a new “off topic” episode, which is constructed of some of the more interesting bits we edited out of our previous episodes. So...
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Episode 143: When Nature Attacks with David Canfield from 2023-03-09T15:00:55
Dear listeners, we have a surprise for you this week! Back in 2016, we recorded an episode that was never released, a two-hour talk with film critic David Canfield about our favorite “nature get...
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Episode 142: Cocaine Bear / M3gan from 2023-03-02T15:00:07
This week, dear listeners, we bring you tales of birthdays, bears, and ‘bots! Movies discussed: Cocaine Bear M3gan People Discussed: Elizabeth Banks Alan Tudyk Other Things Discussed: The Pavek ...
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Episode 141: B-Fest 2023 from 2023-02-23T15:00:33
Dear listeners, this week Melissa brings you to the wilds of Evanston, Illinois for the 40th anniversary of B-Fest, a 24-hour film festival of bad movies, cult movies, and other mayhem. Killer c...
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Episode 140: Avatar 2 / Throw Down / Buster Scruggs / etc from 2023-02-16T15:00:58
Dearest listeners, it’s Windy’s birthday, and we’re bringing you our finest film finds of the previous week. Blue aliens, drunk judo masters, Japanese love letters to Sam Raimi, singing cowboys,...
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Episode 139: All Quiet on the Western Front / The Ascent / Pathaan from 2023-02-09T15:00:26
Dear listeners, this week we bring unto you a brief discussion about war movie narratives, wrapped in a discussion of three war and war-adjacent movies that we saw this week. Show notes under th...
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Episode 138: Oscars / Come From Away / Space Sweepers from 2023-02-04T20:48:29
Oh my, dear listeners, what a week! The Oscar nominations have arrived, Windy wants to talk musicals again, and Melissa has love for a Korean space epic. Show notes under the cut! Movies Discuss...
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Episode 137: 40 Year Old Version / Smile / Togo from 2023-01-26T15:00:23
Good morrow, dear listeners! This we bring you tidings of more movies we have discovered recently. Puppies and rap battles and smiles all around! Show notes after the cut: Movies Discussed: 40 Y...
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Episode 136: The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion / 9 Deaths of the Ninja / The Advent Calendar from 2023-01-20T03:39:25
Greetings, dear listeners! With special guest Kelvin Hatle, we bring to you our favorite recent movie discoveries. Includes yakuza, ninjas, and creepy German antiques! Show notes below the cut! ...
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Episode 135: Hello Again and The Best of 2022 from 2023-01-12T05:27:52
Dear listeners, we have returned after a long hiatus! We are excited to catch up with you and to chat about the great movies of the past year! Please excuse some of the audio quality. We were tr...
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Episode 134h: The Eclectic Mayhem Raids Again! Part 8 from 2019-09-27T19:26:16
Dear listeners, we are back with tales and movies from the final day of Fantastic Fest 2019! Movies and parties and intergalactic funk bands! Show notes below the cut! Movies Discussed: The Plat...
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Episode 134g: The Eclectic Mayhem Raids Again! Part 7 from 2019-09-26T17:28:12
Dear listeners, we are back with tales and movies from Day 7 of Fantastic Fest 2019! Now with more Dracula! Show notes below the cut! Movies Discussed: The Death of Dick Long Wyrm Dogs Don’t Wea...
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Episode 134f: The Eclectic Mayhem Raids Again! Part 6 from 2019-09-25T17:10:03
Dear listeners, we are back with tales and movies from Day 6 of Fantastic Fest 2019! Time travel! Crocodiles! Time travel with crocodiles! Show notes below the cut! Movies Discussed: Memory: The...
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Episode 134e: The Eclectic Mayhem Raids Again! Part 5 from 2019-09-24T17:05:18
Dear listeners, we are back with tales and movies from Day 5 of Fantastic Fest 2019! The second half of the fest has begun, so we are starting to catch the movies we’ve heard good things about i...
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Episode 134d: The Eclectic Mayhem Raids Again! Part 4 from 2019-09-23T17:07:46
Dear listeners, we are back with tales and movies from Day 4 of Fantastic Fest 2019! Settle in with some panna cotta and have a listen! Show notes below the cut! Movies Discussed: The Last to Se...
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Episode 134c: The Eclectic Mayhem Raids Again! Part 3 from 2019-09-22T16:52:28
Dear listeners, we are back with tales and movies from Day 3 of Fantastic Fest 2019! Water buffalo, crocodiles, and psychadelia, oh my! Show notes below the cut! Movies Discussed: Maggie May (sh...
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Episode 134b: The Eclectic Mayhem Raids Again! Part 2 from 2019-09-21T14:40:28
Dear listeners, we are back with tales and movies from Day 2 of Fantastic Fest 2019! Alpacas are the way of the future! Show notes below the cut! Movies Discussed: Son of the White Mare Night Ha...
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Episode 134a: The Eclectic Mayhem Raids Again! Part 1 from 2019-09-20T15:06:31
Dear listeners, we are kicking the dust off the podcast to bring you tales from Fantastic Fest 2019! Hello from Austin, TX! Show notes below the cut! Movies Discussed: Jojo Rabbit Tammy and the ...
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Episode 133g: Viva la Eclectic Mayhem! Part 7 from 2018-09-27T17:56:18
We return with tales from Day 7 of Fantastic Fest 2018! POM! Show notes below the cut! Movies Discussed: I Used to Be Normal – A Boyband Fangirl Story Laika When the Screaming Stops Life After F...
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Episode 133f: Viva la Eclectic Mayhem! Part 6 from 2018-09-26T15:31
We return with tales from Day 6 of Fantastic Fest 2018! Includes Tenacious D geekery and discussion of crudely drawn genitals! Show notes below the cut! Movies Discussed: Modest Heroes: Studio P...
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Episode 133e: Viva la Eclectic Mayhem! Part 5 from 2018-09-25T15:34:06
We return with tales from Day 5 of Fantastic Fest 2018! French heist comedies, Indian horror, and a flailing description of a Gaspar Noe movie await inside! Show notes below the cut! Movies Disc...
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Episode 133d: Viva la Eclectic Mayhem! Part 4 from 2018-09-24T17:03:58
We return with tales from Day 4 of Fantastic Fest 2018! Includes Drunk Windy content, plus the reveal of the secret screening and discussion of MEATY VIOLENCE. Show notes below the cut! Movies D...
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Episode 133c: Viva la Eclectic Mayhem! Part 3 from 2018-09-23T15:08:14
We return with tales from Day 3 of Fantastic Fest 2018! Nazi zombies, ghost boats, and Nicolas Cage ahoy! Show notes below the cut! Movies Discussed: Level 16 Drug Stories (short film collection...
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Episode 133b: Viva la Eclectic Mayhem! Part 2 from 2018-09-22T15:25:48
We return with tales from Day 2 of Fantastic Fest 2018! Show notes below the cut! Movies Discussed: Keep an Eye Out (aka Au Poste!) Starfish Quake Apostle Sudden Fury Cam You Might Be the Killer...
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Episode 133a: Viva la Eclectic Mayhem! Part 1 from 2018-09-21T15:15:27
Dear listeners, we are back again at Fantastic Fest 2018! In this episode, we bring you the tales of Day 1: the movies we saw, the movie we didn’t see (yet), and random Jamie Lee Curtis sighting...
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Episode 132f: Resurrection of the Eclectic Mayhem: Part 6 from 2017-10-08T14:00:25
Our tales from Fantastic Fest 2017 conclude with the sixth and final installment of our series. If you missed the previous episodes, you can find them all here: Episode 132a: http://wp.me/p42Mnq...
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Episode 132e: Resurrection of the Eclectic Mayhem: Part 5 from 2017-10-07T14:00:43
Our tales from Fantastic Fest 2017 continue (and we finally discuss the elephant in the room). Join us for the fifth installment in our six-episode series about all the films we saw, and check i...
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Episode 132d: Resurrection of the Eclectic Mayhem: Part 4 from 2017-10-06T14:00:58
Our tales from Fantastic Fest 2017 continue! Join us for the fourth installment in our six-episode series about all the films we saw, and check in tomorrow for the next installment! Show notes b...
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Episode 132c: Resurrection of the Eclectic Mayhem: Part 3 from 2017-10-05T14:00:01
We return today with even more stories from Fantastic Fest 2017! Join us for the third installment in our six-episode series about all the films we saw, and check in tomorrow for the next instal...
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Episode 132b: Resurrection of the Eclectic Mayhem: Part 2 from 2017-10-04T14:00:06
We return today with yet more stories from Fantastic Fest 2017! Join us for the second installment in our six-episode series about all the films we saw, and check in tomorrow for the next instal...
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Episode 132a: Resurrection of the Eclectic Mayhem: Part 1 from 2017-10-03T14:00:45
The Pleasure Dome has come back to life with stories from Fantastic Fest 2017! Join us for the first installment in our six-episode series about all the films we saw, all the drama we endured, a...
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Episode 131: XanaCineMovieTradeHolidayDayThing: Part 2 from 2017-05-05T14:00:34
This week, dear listeners, we give you the second half of our XanaCineHoliday experience, where we continue to trade movies until we either fall dead of exhaustion or John Cusack shows up to pun...
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Episode 130: XanaCineMovieTradeHolidayDayThing: Part 1 from 2017-04-14T04:42:14
This week, dear listeners, Windy and Melissa do another variant on the XanaCineHoliday, where they each spent an entire day watching movies they had never seen, as dictated by the other host. Th...
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Episode 129: Thornado! from 2017-03-30T14:00:50
We’re back, dear listeners, with an episode all about power dynamics in the MCU (Marvel Comics movie universe) and superhero movies in general! And for this extremely long (and kinda drunken) di...
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Episode 218: A Nickel Short of Quasimodo from 2017-03-06T15:00:01
This week, dear listeners, we bring you an episode about Abel Ferrara’s 1992 movie Bad Lieutenant and Werner Herzog’s 2009 not-remake Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans! Why? Well, Windy h...
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Episode 127: They Ask So Little of Me from 2017-02-18T15:00:56
In this week’s episode, Windy and writer/TV show host/modern rogue Jason Murphy bring back tales of SFFSFF, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Short Film Festival in Seattle, WA! (Since Melissa got...
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Episode 126: Everything Is Doors Now from 2017-02-03T20:18:14
This week, dear listeners, we bring you straight into the heart of B-Fest 2017, as Melissa, Field Correspondent Kelvin Hatle, and special guest star Tim Lehnerer spend 24 hours in Chicago watchi...
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Episode 125: Not Enough Sharks from 2017-01-19T15:00:15
This week, we present to you our eighth Off Topic episode! That’s right folks! We haven’t had one of these in a while! In fact, our previous Off-Topic episode was in 2015! If you are a newer lis...
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Episode 124: C-Snarkio and the Irish Whiskey Mafia from 2017-01-08T15:00:19
Finally, dear listeners, it’s a new year, and we have a Star Wars movie to talk about: Rogue One! (Yes, here be spoilers!) If you would like to drink along, we suggest either Two Gingers whiskey...
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Episode 123: Gettin’Silly, Gettin’Deep with Sex Canaries from 2016-12-22T15:00:34
We’re back, dear listeners, and we bring you news from Butt-Numb-a-Thon 2016! Meghan Murphy returns as our special guest correspondent, and this year, we are also joined by BNAT newbie, Barb Lin...
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Episode 122: Dormammu, I’ve Come for a Cookie from 2016-11-28T15:00:36
Windy and Melissa both spent the entirety of Black Friday in movie theaters, so this week’s episode is about all the shiny new movies they saw on their latest XanaCineHoliday! If you would like ...
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Episode 121: BabaDook Dook Grey Dook from 2016-11-14T23:19:41
This week, dear listeners, we bring you an episode about The Babadook, and boy do we have a lot to say about it! If you would like to drink along, we recommend Surly Brewing’s Todd the Axe Man I...
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Episode 120: The Art of Anti-City Violence from 2016-10-27T22:18:23
Lo and behold, dear listeners, we have returned! And with us, we bring special guest star Matthew Kessen, who has been dying to talk A LOT about Shin Godzilla! If you have not seen the film yet,...
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Episode 119h: The Return of the Eclectic Mayhem: Part 8 from 2016-10-01T15:00:24
Dear listeners, we have finally reached the end of Fantastic Fest 2016, so here is our recap of the final day of the festival! This time, we are joined by Susana Soliz, as well as Jerry Belich, ...
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Episode 119g: The Return of the Eclectic Mayhem: Part 7 from 2016-09-29T14:44:31
Rejoice, dear listeners, for our recap of Day 7 of Fantastic Fest 2016 is here! Special thanks to guest star Adam Lueck, who was able to talk to Windy while Melissa is dying of consumption in th...
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Episode 119f: The Return of the Eclectic Mayhem: Part 6 from 2016-09-28T14:08:38
Our health is failing, but our love of movies is relenteless! Our report from Day 6 of Fantastic Fest 2016 is here! Movies mentioned: Solid Silver Anus (short) Iron Spider (short) Clara’s Rage (...
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Episode 119e: The Return of the Eclectic Mayhem: Part 5 from 2016-09-27T17:19:43
We are still alive (somehow), so here is our report from Day 5 of Fantastic Fest 2016! In Ugandan terms, it is BEST OF DA BEST SUPA ACTION! Movies mentioned: Belief: The Possession of Janet Mose...
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Episode 119d: The Return of the Eclectic Mayhem: Part 4 from 2016-09-26T15:04:52
We’re still alive, dearest listeners, so we bring you our episode about Day 4 of Fantastic Fest 2016! Once again, we recorded from inside the festival, so you will hear plenty of background nois...
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Episode 119c: The Return of the Eclectic Mayhem: Part 3 from 2016-09-25T14:27:52
Good morning, dear listeners! Here’s your daily dose of Fantastic Fest 2016! In this episode, we’re trying out the new portable microphone, so we recorded between movies from within the festival...
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Episode 119b: The Return of the Eclectic Mayhem: Part 2 from 2016-09-24T14:07:10
Hello again from Fantastic Fest 2016, dear listeners! Today we bring you our tales from Day 2 of the festival! Movies mentioned: Magadheera Sweet Sweet Lonely Girl The Autopsy of Jane Doe Toni E...
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Episode 119a: The Return of the Eclectic Mayhem: Part 1 from 2016-09-23T14:28:49
Prepare yourselves, dear listeners, for a deluge of news from Fantastic Fest 2016! That’s right, just like last year, we will be posting daily from the film festival, bringing you the latest in ...
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Episode 118: Great Germans of Comedy from 2016-09-22T14:00:50
We are BACK! We are both in Austin, TX preparing for Fantastic Fest, so we decided to shake off the rust a bit and do a little pre-festival podcast about Ninotchka, which we both saw for the fir...
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Episode 117: Bless Your Heart from 2016-06-23T14:00:21
This week, dear listeners, we bring you an episode about Shane Black’s latest film, The Nice Guys! Even better, we recorded this with our Mississippi friends, Lisa Rucker and Jessica Griffis, ri...
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Episode 116: And That’s Where It All Goes Gooey from 2016-06-09T14:00:43
This week, dear listeners, we return with guest Duck Washington for a conversation about science gone wrong in movies! We discuss many of our favorite sci-fi films in terms of ethics, real-life ...
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Episode 115: A Blunt Instrument at the Sharp Utensil Society from 2016-05-26T14:00:56
This week, dear listeners, we discuss the Liz Taylor/Richard Burton film adaptation of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, which was released 50 years ago as of this June! Windy had never seen it b...
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Episode 114: Multicolored Ramen Movie Night from 2016-05-19T14:00:24
Dear listeners, this week we are joined by David Tyler McKay for an episode full of nerdlove for Captain America: Civil War! We start off with a few minutes of spoiler-free territory, then plung...
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Episode 113: The Parrot Is Under Police Protection from 2016-05-15T01:51:15
Dear listeners, this week, we are joined by guest star Paul Comeau for an episode about master documentarian, Errol Morris! Paul was a former cohost of The Geek Life podcast alongside Melissa, s...
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Episode 112: Congratulations, Ulysses S. Grant from 2016-05-08T14:00:24
This week, dear listeners, we bring you a completely self-indulgent episode about our movie-themed weddings! That’s right: Melissa just got married a few weeks ago in a very nerdy fashion, and W...
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Episode 111: Scary Evil Ethnic Natives from 2016-04-29T14:00:47
This week, dear listeners, we have far too much fun discussing RACISM IN MOVIES, because our special guest star is the delightful Duck Washington! Duck is an actor and writer who recently create...
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Episode 110: You Boarded This Bus on Purpose from 2016-04-23T14:00:15
We have a treat for you this week, dear listeners, as we invite special guest star Alee Ellingsberg of Reel Education: Noir to join us for an episode about ASYLUM FILMS! And by Asylum Films, we ...
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Episode 109: We Don’t Need Physics! We Have Cars! from 2016-04-14T14:00:21
We return victorious this week, dear family, with an episode about The Fast and the Furious series! We are joined by Alamo Drafthouse denizen Luke Mullen for this in-depth squeefest about our fa...
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Episode 108: Let’s Pop the Hubris Bubble! from 2016-03-31T14:00:33
This week, dear listeners, guest star Jerry Belich returns to share stories about movie sweding! That’s right: Jerry and Melissa tell backstage stories about making silly YouTube videos! (If you...
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Episode 107: Everybody Needs Frockcoats from 2016-03-24T14:00:32
This week, dear listeners, we bring you a magical double-feature episode about the two magician movies that came out in 2006: The Prestige and The Illusionist! (Okay, there was a third one in th...
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Episode 106: Consider Yourself…So Sauced from 2016-03-17T14:00:18
This week, dear listeners, we bring you an episode about musicals that Windy hates! That’s right, there are several classic musicals that Windy can’t get behind, and we dig into them here! But h...
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Episode 105: Punching Space Sharks from 2016-03-10T15:00:56
Dear listeners, it is time for our seventh Off-Topic Extravaganza! That’s right, the episode number is a multiple of 15, which means this episode is entirely constructed of outtakes from the pre...
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Episode 104: A Pair of Teeth: Part 2 from 2016-03-03T15:00:48
Dear listeners, we return to you this week with the second half of our XanaCineHoliday Extravaganza! That’s right — Windy, Melissa, and Pat Wick all spent an entire day in movie theaters, and th...
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Episode 103: A Pair of Teeth: Part 1 from 2016-02-25T15:00:33
This week, dear listeners, we are joined by Pat Wick for a two-part extravaganza about current movies, because this is our XanaCineHoliday Special! Windy, Melissa, and Pat all spent an entire da...
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Episode 102: Poopception: Part 2 from 2016-02-18T15:00:16
This week, dear listeners, we bring you the second half of our B-Fest 2016 rundown! Kelvin Hatle of the Get Off My World podcast returns to help Melissa relay tales of joy and horror. If you wou...
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Episode 101: Poopception: Part 1 from 2016-02-11T15:00:23
This week, dear listeners, is the first half of our B-Fest 2016 report! Melissa ventured off to Chicago with Kelvin Hatle to watch 24 straight hours of B movies, and so now you can hear the two ...
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Episode 100: The Future Is Domes from 2016-01-28T15:00:47
Dear listeners, we have made it to EPISODE 100! Be prepared to pump power by the hour, because this episode is all about an apex predator of bad movies: the glorious 1980 musical trainwreck, The...
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Episode 99: Your Hopes and Dreams Are Bug Powder from 2016-01-21T15:00:07
This week, we are joined by game designer Jerry Belich for an episode about The Neverending Story! Join us as we revisit this classic from childhood and realize that we have so very many questio...
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Episode 98: So Many Carbs for Your Joy from 2016-01-16T23:00:47
This week, dear listeners, we bring you an episode about war movies, featuring super-special guest star, Pat Wick! This episode was recorded waaay back in October, so we’re extra excited to brin...
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Episode 97: From Ant-Man to Zinzana from 2016-01-07T23:00:26
This week, dear listeners, we bring you an episode about movies that delighted us in 2015! While we fully admit that 2015 was a rough year in many aspects, it was completely loaded with cinemati...
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Episode 96: There Is a Party in My Bottle, and You’re Invited! from 2015-12-31T15:00:54
Buckle up, dear listeners, because this week, we celebrate the New Year with a selection of PARTY MOVIES! (Appropriately, this is an even-numbered episode, so the drunk is especially strong with...
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Episode 95: KlaxOn! KlaxOff! from 2015-12-24T15:00:09
It was inevitable, dear listeners: this week, we talk about Star Wars: The Force Awakens! If you have not seen it yet, fear not: we stay spoiler-free for the first portion of the podcast, then r...
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Episode 94: I Hate Outside from 2015-12-17T15:00:21
Oh, dear listeners, it is the time of year that be bring you the Butt-Numb-a-Thon Report! That’s right, we watched 24 hours of movies all in one luxurious glut, and we talk about all of them — v...
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Episode 93: Jaunty, Yet Evil from 2015-12-11T15:00:57
This week, dear listeners, we talk about NEW MOVIES! That’s right! It’s XanaCineHoliday! We both spent an entire day in a movie theater so we could talk about movies that are in release right no...
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Episode 92: A Jail of Cages: Part 2 from 2015-12-03T15:00:50
This week, dear listeners, Windy, Melissa, and Noel Thingvall bring you the exciting conclusion to our two-part episode about Nicolas Cage! …and really, do we need to say anything more than that...
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Episode 91: A Jail of Cages: Part 1 from 2015-11-27T03:29:07
Happy Thanksgiving, dear listeners! Do you know what we’re thankful for? (I mean, aside from wine?) We are thankful for Nicolas Cage! That’s right, dear listeners! This week, we give you part on...
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Episode 90: Hey Posterity, Enjoy This from 2015-11-19T15:00:49
Dear listeners, this episode is a multiple of 15, which means this is our sixth Off-Topic Episode! I know most of you know what this means, but if you’re a new to our podcast, here’s what’s goin...
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Episode 89: I Believe in Dhoom from 2015-11-13T15:00:44
This week, dear listeners, Windy and Melissa bring you their favorite Bollywood movies! Well, Bollywood and other films from India. But mostly Bollywood. And mostly Shahrukh Khan movies. Serious...
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Episode 88: Onion, Parsley, Shoe from 2015-11-08T15:00:50
This week, dear listeners, Melissa gets all nerdy with one of her favorite areas of cinema: documentaries. She selects a few of her favorites to discuss, and Windy adds a few of her own. If you ...
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Episode 87: Whaps Whapsolically from 2015-10-29T14:00:41
Dear listeners, this week we talk about movie music with our friend and movie fan, Pat Wick! We chat about movie music we love and about some we hate, and then we sing a bit. If you would like t...
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Episode 86: Mechanocinephilia (with the Occasional Devil Cult) from 2015-10-22T14:00:46
This week, dear listeners, we bring you an episode about Melissa’s obsession with car movies! We talk about car chases, car crashes, car explosions, and, of course, devil cults. If you would lik...
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Episode 85: Crotchety Rock from 2015-10-15T14:00:27
Dear listeners, this week, we bring you our first cross-country recording! Through the wonders of modern technology, this episode was created while Melissa was in Minnesota and Windy was in Texa...
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Episode 84i: Fantastic Fest and the Eclectic Mayhem: Part 9 from 2015-10-02T19:22:57
In our final Fantastic Fest daily episode, we once again kidnap film blogger Adam Lueck for his cinematic opinions and dulcet vocal tones! We also talk about the closing night party and sing unh...
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Episode 84h: Fantastic Fest and the Eclectic Mayhem: Part 8 from 2015-10-01T14:52:33
In our penultimate Fantastic Fest daily episode, we manage to whisk away film blogger Adam Lueck to our luxurious parking garage recording studio! Also, Windy is very drunk. Movies mentioned: Li...
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Episode 84g: Fantastic Fest and the Eclectic Mayhem: Part 7 from 2015-09-30T16:05:50
Today, dear listeners, we soldier on with our recaps of FANTASTIC FEST 2015! In today’s episode, we are joined by super-awesome film fan Jessica Cargill, and Windy talks about being whisked away...
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Episode 84f: Fantastic Fest and the Eclectic Mayhem: Part 6 from 2015-09-29T14:53:26
This morning, dear listeners, we continue our march toward our inexorable cinematic doom with our next daily report from Fantastic Fest! Hear about the latest slate of movies, Marko Zaror, and M...
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Episode 84e: Fantastic Fest and the Eclectic Mayhem: Part 5 from 2015-09-28T14:03:18
Wow, dear listeners, we are HALF-WAY through Fantastic Fest! Tune into today’s episode to hear about friendly Turks, Nibbler world records, and Windy’s inevitable transformation into Glow Caesar...
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Episode 84d: Fantastic Fest and the Eclectic Mayhem: Part 4 from 2015-09-27T15:08:06
We continue marching toward our inevitable doom by surviving and podcasting about Day 3 of Fantastic Fest! Hear about our encounters with Turkish film directors, former child actors, and The Eye...
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Episode 84c: Fantastic Fest and the Eclectic Mayhem: Part 3 from 2015-09-26T15:04:47
Good morning, dear listeners! We survived Day 2 of Fantastic Fest, and here’s proof! Join us as we describe the movies we watched and the people we saw punching each other! Movies mentioned: Vic...
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Episode 84b: Fantastic Fest and the Eclectic Mayhem: Part 2 from 2015-09-25T15:00:37
Good morning, dear listeners! Welcome to our second day of podcasting live from Fantastic Fest! This morning, we are joined by Jerry Belich, and the three of us discuss the sights and sounds tha...
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Episode 84a: Fantastic Fest and the Eclectic Mayhem: Part 1 from 2015-09-24T18:35
Howdy, dear listeners! Today’s episode is very short… but that because we’ll be posting an episode every day while we’re at Fantastic Fest! In this episode, recorded today prior to the opening o...
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Episode 83: Nobody Wants That Much Dostoyevsky: Part 2 from 2015-09-17T14:00:23
This week, we’re back with Noel Thingvall, and we complete our Akira Kurosawa two-episode extravaganza! (If you did not catch Part One, you can catch it here!) If you would like to drink along, ...
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Episode 82: Nobody Wants That Much Dostoyevsky: Part 1 from 2015-09-10T14:00:53
We return triumphant, dear listeners, with the first part of a massive two-part episode about Akira Kurosawa! That’s right! Strap on your oversized samurai sword and keep track of your gun, beca...
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Episode 81: There’s a Lake in the Way from 2015-08-27T14:00:56
Dear listeners, with Windy moving to Texas and all, we’re getting our pre-nostalgia on with an episode all about Minnesota movies! That’s right… we spend about half the time telling stories, and...
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Episode 80: Cowboy Donuts from 2015-08-20T14:00:49
This week, dear listeners, we welcome back special guest star Eric Knight for an episode about Anthony Mann westerns! That’s right, we get to introduce you to the sub-genre of film noir westerns...
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Episode 79: Fishburgh! from 2015-08-13T14:00:04
This week, dear listeners, Windy expounds about a genre of films that she is inexplicably fascinated by: underdog sports movies! Grab your sportballs and join us! If you would like to drink alon...
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Episode 78: Corn Is Creepy: Part 2 from 2015-08-06T14:00:09
This week, dear listeners, we bring you the second half of our Stephen King movies extravaganza, with special guest star, Molly Glover! We plunge heartily into the good, the bad, and the ugly of...
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Episode 77: Corn Is Creepy: Part 1 from 2015-07-30T14:00:33
Dear listeners, this week’s episode has finally arrived, and it is part one of a two-parter about Stephen King movies! Even better, for this in-depth and very giddy endeavor, we enlisted the hel...
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Episode 76: A Bulwark of Artifice and Awesome from 2015-07-23T14:00:12
This week, dear listeners, we welcome back Cetius the Scotchbringer for an episode about the year 1987! He figures that 1987 was a stellar year for fun movies, and we we completely agree. If you...
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Episode 75: Alpacalyptic from 2015-07-16T14:00:14
It is time, dear listeners, for our fifth Off Topic episode! Like our previous Off Topic episodes, this one is constructed of bits that were cut out of the previous 14 episodes: gaffs, giggles, ...
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Episode 74: Your Soul Is Delicious from 2015-07-09T14:00:37
We have something special for you this week, dear listeners! For this episode, we combined forces with Screw It! A Podcast About Wine and recorded live at CONvergence 2015! That means the audio ...
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Episode 73: Rextopia from 2015-07-02T14:00:37
We have a special delight for you today, dear listeners! Today is the first day of CONvergence 2015, and so we have invited Eric Knight to talk about the 17 years he has spent running the incred...
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Episode 72: My Best Friend Turned Into a Cactus from 2015-06-25T14:00:03
This week, dear listeners, we are joined again by author Pat Harrigan for an episode all about Quatermass! We get into the nitty gritty of Nigel Kneale’s groundbreaking series of stories: the BB...
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Episode 71: Live Chicken Melee Weapon from 2015-06-18T14:00:33
Oh my, dear listeners, it’s time for our second XanaCineWeekend Movie Marathon! For this episode, Windy and Melissa ensconced themselves for an entire weekend, trading off watching movies that o...
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Episode 70: It’s Like the Big Sleep, but Better Summarized from 2015-06-11T14:00:49
This week, dear listeners, we have rejoined with North Star Rollergirl Kate Cornish (aka She Coli) for an episode all about the films of Rian Johnson! So if you have never seen Brick, Brothers B...
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Episode 69: Where Do You Go Wrong with an Oracular Pig? from 2015-06-05T01:14:32
Dear listeners, remember all those weird, dark live action Disney movies from the mid-60s to mid-80s? Well, buckle up for our episode all about Disney Urban Fantasy Movies! For this episode, we ...
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Episode 68: Punchlines Are So Jungian from 2015-05-28T14:00:01
Dear listeners, get ready to be bombarded with quotes, because this week our subject of choice is Monty Python! And joining us for our odyssey through absurdity is returning guest and Python fan...
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Episode 67: Switches Are Fun from 2015-05-21T14:00:58
This week, dear listeners, we talk to Linkara (aka Lewis Lovhaug) about making Atop the Fourth Wall: The Movie, a crowdfunded film based on his popular web video show. We discuss independent fil...
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Episode 66: Ah Yes, Nicely Put, Evoreeny from 2015-05-14T14:00:41
For this week’s episode, dear listeners, we sit back with some wine (a lot of wine) and talk about our favorite feel-good films: movies that we watch over and over and never seem to tire of. And...
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Episode 65: The Ugly Polyester Carpet of the Soul from 2015-05-07T14:00:31
This week, dear listeners, we get literary with an in-depth discussion of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: the book, the BBC miniseries, and the 2011 film! And for our discussion, we are joined by the...
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Episode 64: Let’s Get Destructed from 2015-04-30T14:00:07
Buckle up your seat belts, dear listeners, because on today’s episode we are joined by Kelvin Hatle for a blow-by-blow, film-by-film description of B-Fest 2015! Listen in to find out about such ...
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Episode 62: Turtles All the Way Down: Part 2 from 2015-04-16T14:00:02
This week, devoted listeners, we bring you the second half of our meta movies discussion with Tonya Wershow! Or perhaps more correctly, this is the final few minutes of the discussion, followed ...
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Episode 61: Turtles All the Way Down: Part 1 from 2015-04-09T14:00:10
This week, dear listeners, Tonya Wershow joins us for an in-depth discussion about meta movies! We got so deep into our discussion, in fact, that we had to split it into two halves! (We hereby d...
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Episode 60: All Up in My Limbic System from 2015-04-02T14:00:53
This week, dear listeners, we bring you our fourth Off Topic extravaganza! If you are a new listener, here’s what’s going on: our episodes are heavily edited, mostly because we drink while we re...
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Episode 59: I Will Eat Your Beef from 2015-03-26T14:00:25
For this week’s episode, dear listeners, we decided to discuss movies we just don’t get: films that seem to be almost universally adored, but, because of some personal defect deep within ourselv...
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Episode 58: Superposition Yeti from 2015-03-19T14:00:34
Dear listeners, we have a great episode for you this week, because we nerd out about Hammer Films with our erudite friend and author, Pat Harrigan! We traipse through the history of the famed Br...
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Episode 57: Saltine Lust from 2015-03-12T14:00:30
Dear listeners, if the term “romcom” is poison to you, don’t worry… we know how you feel! That’s why this week, we talk about romantic comedies for people who hate romantic comedies! And joining...
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Episode 56: Mutter Mutter Mutter KNIFE from 2015-03-05T15:00:46
This week, dear listeners, we set Melissa loose on early Hitchcock films! Why? Because she’s seen them all, and can tell you which ones are the best of the Master of Suspense’s early years. If y...
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Episode 55: Neon Escalators and Things: Part 2 from 2015-02-26T15:00:35
This week’s episode, dear listeners, is the second half of our John Carpenter discussion! And, of course, returning from last week is Master of Carpentry, Noel Thingvall! As you can probably tel...
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Episode 54: Neon Escalators and Things: Part 1 from 2015-02-19T15:00:31
This week, dear listeners, we bring you the first half of an epic podcasting session about horror director John Carpenter! And joining us for our discussion is John Carpenter expert and returnin...
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Episode 53: Bad Art! No Cookie! from 2015-02-12T15:00:51
This week, dear listeners, we talk about art vs. entertainment! Do movies fall on a scale between the two, or is it all just a Venn diagram of awesome? We drink a lot of wine and try to find out...
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Episode 52: Goth Baking from 2015-02-05T15:00:22
Grab your razors, dear listeners, because this week, we go in depth about screen and video versions of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street! And to join us for our analysis, we grabbed...
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Episode 51: Gloss Gone Horribly, Horribly Wrong from 2015-01-29T15:00:16
This week, dear listeners, bring out your jazz hands, because we talk about BOB FOSSE! Well, mostly Windy talks about Bob Fosse. But that’s alright, because Melissa suggested the topic because s...
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Episode 50: Rock You Like a Muse from 2015-01-22T15:04:06
In today’s very special episode, dear listeners, we celebrate our first year of podcasting with an episode all about XANADU! That’s right, friends, it’s all leg-warmers and ribbons and magical O...
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Episode 49: You’ll Be in a Box and I’ll Be Happy from 2015-01-15T15:00:51
Get out your glitter and your androgyny, dear listeners, because this week we bring you an episode all about the films of DAVID BOWIE! And for this episode full of fabulous, we are joined by eru...
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Episode 48: Tanks, Bazookas, and the Great Whatsit: Part 2 from 2015-01-08T15:00:54
This week, dear listeners, we bring you part 2 of our Robert Aldrich extravaganza! Once again, we are joined by Aldrich super-expert, fellow podcaster Noel Thingvall. Join us as we finish drinki...
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Episode 47: Tanks, Bazookas, and the Great Whatsit: Part 1 from 2015-01-01T15:00:30
Happy New Year, dear listeners! Today, we herald 2015 with the first half of a two-episode pairing about director Robert Aldrich! Even better than that, we are joined by podcaster extraordinaire...
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Episode 46: Let’s Punch Each Other and Become Friends from 2014-12-25T15:00:30
Happy holidays, dear listeners! Our gift to you this year is an extra-long and exuberant episode about our experiences at Butt-Numb-a-Thon 2014! We are also pleased to welcome back our guest sta...
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Episode 45: Time Is a Beard from 2014-12-18T15:00:44
This is our 45th episode, which means it is time for our third Off Topic extravaganza! If you’re a longtime listener, you already know what this means, but in case you’re new to the Pleasure Dom...
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Episode 44: If You Can’t Feel Your Nose, Is It Still There? from 2014-12-11T15:00:09
Oh wow, listeners. This week, we bring you the drunkest drunk we’ve ever drunked. Author and storyteller Rob Callahan returns to join us for an episode about philosophy movies, which is absolute...
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Episode 43: Ri-cray-culous from 2014-12-04T15:00:42
This week, we talk about a fine selection of book-to-movie adaptations! And yes, dear listeners, even though this episode runs extra long, not all of it is about The Lord of the Rings. If you wo...
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Episode 42: A Yertle of Turtlenecks from 2014-11-27T15:00:13
This week, dear listeners, we talk about HOLIDAY MOVIES! And before you run away screaming, we assure you that we will only be talking about holiday movies that don’t get enough love during the ...
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Episode 41: Flower Arranging for Goons from 2014-11-20T18:33:33
Good afternoon, dear listeners! This week’s episode is our long-awaited movie trade marathon! For this episode, Windy and Melissa spent an entire weekend watching movies, recording bits of podca...
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Episode 40: Better Living Through Jameson from 2014-11-13T15:00:35
This week, dear listeners, Sharon Stiteler (aka Birdchick) joins us again for an episode about Mel Brooks movies! We chat about his filmography, his collaborators, and, of course, My Favorite Ye...
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Episode 39: Nerd Police, I Need Backup. from 2014-11-06T15:00:31
This week, dear listeners, we are joined by Rob Callahan and Chris Bowlsby for an episode about game movies! Movies about video games, movies about board games, movies that feature games heavily...
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Episode 38: I’ve Got No Quarrel with a Bomb from 2014-10-30T14:00:57
In this week’s episode, dear listeners, we are joined once again by Matt Kessen for a discussion of Planet of the Apes! Matt Kessen, as you may recall, is the gentleman behind Reverend Matt’s Mo...
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Episode 37: Your Crazypants Are on Fire from 2014-10-23T14:00:01
This week, dear listeners, we have an episode all about ghost movies! Haunted houses, poltergeists, and children in peril… it’s all here! If you would like to enjoy some spirits with your spirit...
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Episode 36: Metal as F*ck from 2014-10-16T17:09:03
Hello, dear listeners! This week, Windy and Melissa talk about ROCK MUSICALS! Because, clearly, we don’t talk about musicals enough! If you’d like to drink along this week, well, you’ll need to ...
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Episode 35: Emotional Turgidity from 2014-10-09T14:00:43
This week, dear listeners, we get down and dirty with the Birdchick (aka world-renowned birdwatcher and author Sharon Stiteler) for an episode all about film director Douglas Sirk! Now, don’t wo...
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Episode 34: Flatitudes, Y’all from 2014-10-02T16:20:24
This week, dear listeners, we are joined by professional puppeteer Gordon Smuder for an episode all about PUPPET MOVIES! And, because we like a challenge, we have decided to discuss only non-Hen...
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Episode 33: Pure Ejaculation of Awesome from 2014-09-25T14:00:44
This week, we get our monster love on with an episode about Guillermo del Toro! To make this episode even better, we are joined in the Pleasure Dome by Matt Kessen, the very tall mad genius behi...
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Episode 32: Ooh, Ruffians! from 2014-09-18T14:00:14
In this week’s extra-boozy episode, we talk about heist movies! Because, seriously, don’t we all want to be part of a heist at some part of our lives? It’s even a great word. HEIST. Roll that ar...
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Episode 31: A Lovely Forge to Hammer Upon from 2014-09-11T14:00:11
This week, we share our love of REMAKES! Okay, we only love good remakes, but there are plenty of good remakes to talk about, right? We certainly thought so! We also thought this week’s wine sel...
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Episode 30: I Expect Jazz Hands from 2014-09-04T14:00:59
This week, we celebrate our 30th episode with our second Off Topic extravaganza! If you missed our first Off Topic episode, here’s what’s going on: while we edit our regular episodes, many thing...
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Episode 29: Kilt Weasels and Other Charismatic Macrofauna from 2014-08-28T14:00:23
Good tidings, dear listeners! This week, we are joined by Jennifer Menken of the Bell Museum of Natural History for an episode all about movie critters! That’s right, we’re bringing SCIENCE to c...
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Episode 28: Sexism, Screenwriting, and Scotch: Part 2 from 2014-08-21T14:00:21
This week, we have part two of our discussion with screenwriter, author, and film critic C. Robert Cargill, which we recorded a few days after our live podcast at CONvergence 2014. That’s right:...
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Episode 27: Sexism, Screenwriting, and Scotch: Part 1 from 2014-08-14T14:00:51
This week, we have a very special thing for our fine listeners: our first two-part episode! In Part 1, you will hear us with screenwriter, author, and film critic C. Robert Cargill, in a discuss...
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Episode 26: Zen Master Tai Chi Roadhousey-Fu from 2014-08-07T14:00:06
In this week’s episode, special guest Kelvin Hatle, comedian and erudite thought-leader, returns to the Pleasure Dome to profess his love of so-bad-it’s-good filmmaking. Did Vikings wear bath ma...
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Episode 25: Friends, Romans, Countrymen…WHERE’S THE JOKER? from 2014-07-31T14:00:55
This week, we have DC Comics artist Christopher “Danger” Jones, Esq. back one more time, and we FINALLY ask him about the media thing he cares about most: the Batman. This bat-episode is filled ...
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Episode 24: Musical PTSD from 2014-07-24T14:00:12
This week, we talk to Fes Works from the Webcast Beacon Network! Our topic du jour is musicals… or, rather, how Windy loves musicals and how Fes… has issues with musicals. Our choice of alcohol ...
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Episode 23: Screaming Keeps the Face Supple from 2014-07-17T14:00:08
This week, we talk to Meghan Murphy of Kawaii Not and Murphypop fame! She’s a big horror movie fan, so the three of us finally get down to professing our love of monsters, terror, and gore. We u...
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Episode 22: Dysfunctional Is Still Functional from 2014-07-10T14:00:24
This week, Windy and Melissa make use of listener Ryan Alexander’s suggestion and talk about BOOZE MOVIES! (“Because meta,” writes Ryan.) We, of course, did not do this episode sober. We found a...
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Episode 21: A Bucket Full of Wrong from 2014-07-03T14:00:47
This week, we are joined by erudite comedian Kelvin Hatle as we unravel our feelings about “probematic media”: movies and shows that are great except for that ooooooone super offensive part. W...
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Episode 20: Morality Is Our Weakness from 2014-06-27T01:00:04
This week, DC Comics artist Christopher “Danger” Jones, Esq. returns to discuss “family friendly” movies, and all the problems audiences seem to have with them. And if you thought talking about ...
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Episode 19: Manic Pixie Dream Nuts from 2014-06-19T14:00:27
This week, we are joined by comedian Molly Glover, of Geeks Without God and Fearless Comedy fame! Our subject du jour is one near and dear to our hearts: portrayals of mental illness in film. We...
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Episode 18: It’s Like a Treadmill for My Liver from 2014-06-12T14:00:44
This week, Superman enters our Pleasure Dome! (Wait, that didn’t sound quite right…) Tune in to listen to hear us wax nostalgic about Christopher Reeve and argue about everything else with Man o...
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Episode 17: Our Hand Gestures Are Extraordinary from 2014-06-05T14:00:01
This week, we talk about NAKED PEOPLE! Well, we talk about naked people in the movies. Because nudity is so interesting in an audio format. Our wine pairing for this week is Louis Jadot Beaujola...
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Episode 16: Oh No, There Goes San Francisco from 2014-05-29T14:00:55
This week, we bring in our friend, DC Comics artist Christopher Jones, to talk with us about GODZILLA! We chat about the new film, the Japanese franchise, and other kaiju-related things. Our win...
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Episode 15: I Am So Sorry, Mr. Ghost of John Ritter from 2014-05-22T14:00:31
This week, we are posting an experiment: our very first Off Topic episode! See, if you’ve listened to any of our other podcasts, you already know we heavily edit our material. A lot of what we t...
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Episode 14: Jerkburger from 2014-05-15T14:00:40
This week, we are posting the second half of our recording session with Lex Larson! (The first half can be found in Episode 7.) In this episode, we get uncharacteristically serious and talk abou...
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Episode 13: A Banana Hammock Is Never Safe from 2014-05-08T14:00:33
This week, we are joined by very special guest Romeo Azar, local creative director and Man of Opinions, for a discussion about James Bond and all things 007! Booze fans can also rejoice this wee...
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Episode 12: F*ck Bubble Wrap from 2014-05-01T14:00:29
This week, we are joined by Windy’s husband, Chris “Monte” Bowlsby, and we talk about movies that scarred us as children. Join us in our group therapy! This week’s booze pairing is Montecillo Ri...
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Episode 11: A Loving God Would Not Be Mad at Yul Brynner from 2014-04-24T14:00:30
This week, we chat about religious movies from a secular perspective. Were we able to complete our mission before the laptop’s battery ran out? Listen to find out! We also finally get to read ou...
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Episode 10: The Thousand Parsec Stare from 2014-04-17T14:00:52
This week, we talk about Star Trek vs. Star Wars: comparing and contrasting the two properties, and why we love them both. This week’s booze pairing is either a Schell’s Dark beer (if you side w...
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Episode 9: Joy Flames at the Sides of My Face from 2014-04-10T14:00:04
This week, we talk about dumb action movies and why we love them! This week’s wine pairing is a seriously amazing 2011 Victorian Claret from Guenoc. And a quick note: remember to come to our web...
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Episode 8: The Six Degrees of Seven Bacon from 2014-04-03T14:00:59
This week, we talk about… well, we started talking about something and then wandered merrily into Drunkland. I really can’t explain this episode. This week’s wine pairing is a Ravenswood Wines C...
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Episode 7: Women, Vengeance, and Claw Hammers from 2014-03-27T16:54:38
This week, we talk about Korean cinema with our friend and Pleasure Dome co-founder, Lex Larson! This week’s wine pairing is a Castilla de San Lorenzo Rioja (which we somehow killed before we ev...
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Episode 6: Wait…what was the point? from 2014-03-20T14:00:12
This week, we get autobiographical about why we love movies… and then promptly and frequently wander away from whatever it was we were talking about. This episode was cobbled together from outta...
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Episode 5: My Garden of Dark Black Flowers from 2014-03-13T14:00:52
In this week’s episode, we discuss the glories of films noir, from yesteryear and today. If you would like to drink along with us, our booze of the week is Laphroaig Cairdeas scotch, which seeme...
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Episode 4: Oscars Pajama Party from 2014-03-06T15:00:34
In this week’s episode, we keep special guest Tim Wick awake past his bedtime by keeping him talking about the Oscars after the show! If you would like to drink along with Windy and Melissa, the...
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Episode 3: Butt-Numb-a-Thon from 2014-02-27T15:00:09
Welcome to this week’s super-sized podcast, wherein you get 70 minutes of us talking about the annual Butt-Numb-a-Thon event in Austin, TX! If you care to drink along with us, this week’s wine i...
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Episode 2: Watershed Moments from 2014-02-20T15:00:38
We survived the last podcast long enough to make another podcast! If you care to drink along with us, this week’s wine is a Malbec from Gascon Wines. (It’s lovely.) Please excuse a few minor aud...
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Episode 1: WTFW? from 2014-02-13T05:47:33
Welcome to our inaugural podcast! Please join us in our love of movies. If you care to drink along with us, this week’s wine is a Malbec from Barefoot Wines. Please excuse our audio problems. Th...
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