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1 - A Prelude to an Introduction, Part 1a, with Alan Sanders

alan sanders of #TheWilderRide joins me to talk about podcast openings but instead we talk about reading a script vs speaking off the cuff, podcast editing, Joey Tribb...

2 - A Prelude to an Introduction, Part 1b, with Alan Sanders

Alan is with me again to talk about podcast introductions, but instead we talk about shock jock The Greaseman, speaking with accents, podcast voice, meeting his #TheWi...

3 - A Prelude to an Introduction, Part 1c, with Alan Sanders

Alan is here again to finally talk about The Wilder Ride's introduction, but first, my abandoned podcast Mandalorian Time Machine, my recently completed show Mandy Suc...

4 - A Prelude to an Introduction, Part 2, Problematic Introductions

It's just Robert, sharing the intro to Mandy Sucks Minute, sharing some flubs of the title, my lazy Sean Connery impression, and putting the sounds of a cock and a bul...

5 - A Prelude to an Introduction, Part 3a, with Sean German

Sean German of Spinal Tap Minute and Groundhog Minute joins me to talk about movies we'd like to do MxM style. Instead, we talk about National Lampoon's Christmas Vaca...

6 - An Interlude, Regarding Old Man Marley and A Christmas Carol

In this special holiday interlude, I explore the connections between Home Alone and A Christmas Carol, as alluded to last episode. We will return to the conversation w...

7 - A Prelude to an Introduction, Part 3b, with Sean German

We talk Hitchcock Minute, Into the Night Minute, a Groundhog Day deleted scene, YouTube comments, a one-side oral history of Spinal Tap Minute, the Groundhog Day Proje...

8 - An Introduction... Finally

But it still feels incomplete.

9 - A Distraction Involving the Golden Globes, Part 1, with Alice Lauren

Instead of Tristram Shandy, we talk 1917, Parasite, subtitles, Cold War, Loveless, White Crow, White Nights, Tarantino, Joker, Fargo, The Farewell, Marriage Story, Lit...

10 - A Distraction Involving the Golden Globes, Part 2, with Alice Lauren

Booksmart, Hustlers, Lolita, Midsommar, The Lighthouse, The Irishman, Rise of Skywalker, Aladdin, Police Academy, Death Bed: The Bed that Eats, Beware: Children at Pla...

11 - A Distraction Involving Hitchcock Minute, Part 1

Instead of Tristram Shandy, allow to me explain how recording my 10 episodes examining North by Northwest went, how I was drinking and swearing, and then let us settle...

12 - A Distraction Involving Hitchcock Minute, Part 2

Talk of my hosting duties for two weeks of Hitchcock Minute continues, with a Murray Pomerance quote about movie theater behavior, and a Groundhog Day Project entry ab...

13 - A Distraction Involving the Oscars... Part 1?

In this episode, ostensibly I'm sharing my picks for some top Oscars for next week, but really I'm letting you in on my favorite films with a bit of a list. An incompl...

14 - A Distraction Involving (More of) My Favorite Films... Part 2?

Is this episode just a list of movies? Yep.

15 - A Prelude to a Bracket, AKA A Distraction Involving My Favorite Films, Part 3

Narrowed my favorite films to a list of 369. Here, I describe the process of that list narrowed further.

16 - A Prelude to a Bracket, Part 4 - Backsliding to 380

In preparation for my top film bracket to begin A) I have backslid to 280 films and will have to redo some of the process, 2) am discussing a little more of the proces...

17 - The Tragic Bracket of My Favorite Films, Part 1

It's not as if I can never watch one of these movies once it is removed from the bracket, but it kinda feels like that... or worse. Like I'm choosing among my 128 favo...

18 - The Tragic Bracket of My Favorite Films, Part 2

From 64 down to 32. With far less pressure but still a few kinks.

19 - The Tragic Bracket of My Favorite Films, Part 3

It did not take long for my bracket to break me and for me to break my bracket. So, now, narrowed down to 36 films, I recombine them for some upcoming conversations wi...

20 - The Bracket Is Dead, Long Live the Bracket, Part 1, with Sean German (Group 4, Part 1)

In which we compare and contrast #BrigsbyBear and #DaveMadeaMaze, with mentions of Born into Mafia, Bosch, mandalas, and talk of the creative process.

21 - The Bracket Is Dead, Long Live the Bracket, Part 2, with Sean German (Group 4, Part 2)

#BrigsbyBear vs #DaveMadeaMaze. Mentioned: Little Rascals, Breakin 2, Rochelle Rochelle, Mighty Ducks, Little Giants, Black Mirror, Wilder Ride.

22 - The Bracket Is Dead, Long Live the Bracket, Part 3, with Eric Nash (Group 15)

#AcrosstheUniverse vs #Adaptation. Mentioned: The Beatles, Band Aids, 2001, Noah, mother!, Tree of Life, The Fountain, and Weezer.

23 - The Bracket Is Dead, Long Live the Bracket, Part 4, with Luke Allen (Group 13)

#AboutTime vs #TheFisherKing. Mentioned: Fathers & Daughters, The Blue Lagoon, Across the Universe, Emo the Musical, Rat Race, letterboxd, IMDb ratings, The Aberdeen C...

24 - An Interlude Regarding My Favorite Film in 6 Parts, Part 1

I take a look at Minute 24 of Tristram Shandy, I explore what kind of movies I like, and I explain why Brigsby Bear, Dave Made a Maze, Across the Universe, Adaptation...

25 - The Bracket Is Dead, Long Live the Bracket, Part 5, with Thomas Howeth (Group 14, Part 1)

#ExMachina vs #EternalSunhineoftheSpotlessMind. Mentioned: DMing D&D, CritStorm Cast, The Lobster, IMDb app, Annihilation Minute, Eugene Goostman, and Replika.

26 - The Bracket Is Dead, Long Live the Bracket, Part 6, with Thomas Howeth (Group 14, Part 2)

#EternalSunshineoftheSpotlessMind vs #ExMachina. Mentioned: our D&D characters, relationships, Total Recall, Hearts Beat Loud, and parasocial relationships.

27 - The Bracket Is Dead, Long Live the Bracket, Part 7, with Niall McGowan (Group 11, Part 1)

#SFW vs #RubySparks. Mentioned: Purple Rain, Danny Rubin, Hear No Evil, celebrity, Ingrid Goes West, the Saw series, Life of Brian, Being There, comedy, Gen X vs Gen ...

28 - The Bracket Is Dead, Long Live the Bracket, Part 8, with Niall McGowan (Group 11, Part 2)

#RubySparks vs #SFW. Mentioned: patreon, Shark Exorcist, Suburban Sasquatch, Neil Breen films, The Batman, the Riddler, 500 Days of Summer, fictional psychiatrists, St...

29 - The Bracket Is Dead, Long Live the Bracket, Part 9, with Sarah Black (Group 10, Part 1)

#LifeAsAHouse vs #Mother! Mentioned: late-stage capitalism, Wuthering Heights, dehumanization, intergenerational trauma, addiction, creation/destruction.

30 - The Bracket Is Dead, Long Live the Bracket, Part 10, with Sarah Black (Group 10, Part 2)

#LifeAsAHouse vs #Mother! Mentioned: facing mortality, childhood trauma, Two Minutes About Time, and relationship building.

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