Podcast Episodes

101. The Failure of Orson Welles w/ Darius Csiky

Zoomer Orson Welles protege joins me for a Citizen Kane-like adventure through the entire career of the man who believed in magic perhaps too much -- or, perhaps, too little. We look at almost every …

Published on 6 months ago

100. Advise and Consent w/ Jack Mason

Best novel about Washington D.C. and first movie to openly depict homo is a harrowing, eternal tale of the lonely gay man who stands up to the communist blob. Jack Mason of The Perfume Nationalist jo…

Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago

99. Bob Dylan: The Unknown Ideal

I review the Oscar-nominated biopic A Complete Unknown, before reprising my own interactive case for Bob Dylan the artist, the man, and the prophet on a mission to make America great again.

Origina…

Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago

98. Hollywoodland Art Right w/ Wyatt Torosian

It's one thing to see a sign, it's another thing to live up to it. As the tree of liberty shows new life in Washington, Wyatt Torosian joins me for a Hollywoodland tour into the storybook origins of …

Published on 7 months ago

97. Blue Velvet at Bob's Big Boy w/ Matthew Wilder

Coffee and milkshakes at the historic diner where David Lynch saw Frank Booth fuel this meditation on the secret ingredients of his genius in the early period from ERASERHEAD (1977) to the world-alte…

Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

96. Lynch Highway w/ Yeerk

What did David Lynch know that we don't know? The first stop on that investigation is LOST HIGHWAY (1997), the ultimate movie about O.J. and Nicole and the burning of Los Angeles.

Also reviewed: "D…

Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago

95. The California State

As fires continue to rage, two men share the harrowing experience of losing their homes this month -- Max in Altadena, Matt Himes in Pacific Palisades -- and we consider the suddenly viable question …

Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago

95. California Red

As more fires rage, two men describe the harrowing experience of losing their homes to the flames this month -- Max in Altadena, Matt Himes in Pacific Palisades. I conclude by assessing the suddenly …

Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago

94. The Burning of Los Angeles

What happened? What does it mean? Who is to blame and what signs have emerged from the burning of Los Angeles?

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Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago

Smoke Break: Fire!

There is a fire.

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Published on 8 months ago