Best Hollywood Bound Podcasts (2025)

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238: No Excuses, Just Purpose: How Ronnie Hudson II Makes Acting Work as a Father & Engineer 50:07

4d ago50:07

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How do you chase a dream when you’ve got mouths to feed, bills to pay, and a full-time career that demands your time and energy? In this heartfelt and motivating episode, I sit down with actor and engineer Ronnie Hudson II—aka the Tech Thespian. A husband, father, and award-winning performer, Ronnie shares how he balances family, work, and his comm…

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17 – Faith, Focus, and Fire: Kingston’s Code

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Faith, Focus, and Fire: Kingston’s Code introduces 13-year-old Kingston Smith from Columbia, South Carolina, whose swagger, leadership, and high baseball IQ set him apart on and off the field. With a game rooted in discipline, driven by faith, and inspired by flashy pros like Elly De La Cruz, Kingston is building more than a highlight reel—he’s cra…

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The Virgin Suicides TEASER 13:50

9d ago13:50

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Get access to this entire episode as well as all of our premium episodes and bonus content by becoming a Hit Factory Patron for just $5/month. We got our hands on Sofia Coppola's diary and read it to try and make sense of her dreamy, quietly devastating debut The Virgin Suicides. Adapted from the Jeffrey Eugenides novel of the same name, Coppola's …

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237: From Spain, With Soul: Jasmina G. Pizarro on Art, Intuition, and Staying True 31:55

9d ago31:55

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What does it mean to be a true artist—one who creates not for fame or applause, but because the soul requires it? In this heartfelt and inspiring conversation, I sit down with Jasmina G. Pizarro, a tri-lingual actress from a small town in Catalonia, Spain. With warmth, grace, and a magnetic spirit, Jasmina shares how she’s built a life rooted in cr…

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16 Softball, Superpowers, and Big Banana Ball Dreams

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Softball, Superpowers, and Big Banana Ball Dreams shines a spotlight on Savanna, a rising 8U softball star with a heart full of grit and energy. She joins The SLIDE Podcast to share her incredible story. Although she faces blindness in one eye and autism, Savanna proves that nothing can stop her from playing hard and having fun. Coach Aaron hosts t…

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Roman Reigns Goes Hollywood: 6 Years of AEW | Dirt Sheet Radio EP.197 2:33:13

10d ago2:33:13

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You're listening to Dirt Sheet Radio! We've got the DoN go home AEW Dynamite recap! Looking back on six years of AEW! ROMAN REIGNS GOES HOLLYWOOD!! The return of NXT UK... Uh I mean.. The debut of NXT Europe!! Jeff Cobb no more! Say hello to JC MateoBy Jon Escudero

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15 FamBino Fire: Fielding, Fun, and Fierce Competition

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FamBino Fire: Fielding, Fun, and Fierce Competition FamBino Fire: Fielding, Fun, and Fierce Competition blazes onto the scene with an action-packed conversation featuring FamBino winners Marley and Rilee. Joined by guest co-host Anne Belle “AB” Crowe, this episode of The SLIDE Podcast takes listeners inside the high-energy infield competition hoste…

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U.S. Go Home 1:27:09

23d ago1:27:09

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We finally bring the brilliant, indelible work of Claire Denis to the pod with a discussion of her 1994 TV movie U.S. Go Home. Produced as part of the anthology series Tous les garcons et les filles de leur age… alongside work from other French visionaries like Chantal Akerman, Olivier Assayas and André Téchiné, Denis' film is an elliptical, compas…

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14 – Home Runs, Hustle & Hollywood Hopes

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Home Runs, Hustle & Hollywood Hopes Home Runs, Hustle & Hollywood Hopes lights up this episode of The SLIDE Podcast as 10-year-old Mikey Tolentino from Santa Clarita, California, shares his big-league aspirations. A standout first baseman for TBI National 10U Gold, Mikey’s love for the game is as strong as his belief in himself, on and off the fiel…

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13 – Built Different, Powered by Grit

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Built Different, Powered by Grit Built Different, Powered by Grit kicks off with a powerful return from the Twinstripe Reporters and TrippDog, bringing their baseball energy and signature fun to the mic. This time, they welcome 14-year-old Hayden Clark, a young athlete whose resilience and heart set him apart in every way. From the moment Hayden sh…

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Liv Morgan Goes Hollywood, Mayu Iwatani Joins Marigold, AEW Dynamite Recap | Dirt Sheet Radio: Ep 195 1:48:32

1M ago1:48:32

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You're listening to Dirt Sheet Radio!! Jon returns from Japan Mayu Iwatani leaves Stardom. AEW Dynamite Recap with Hangman Page entering the Owen Cup finals against Will Ospreay! John Cena vs Randy Orton! ONE. LAST. TIME!! FOR THE LAST TIME! Bron Breakker, Seth Rollins, Paul Heyman. What's does the future hold for this... dangerous alliance? Liv Mo…

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BONUS: The Shrouds TEASER 17:13

1M ago17:13

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Get access to this entire episode as well as all of our premium episodes and bonus content by becoming a Hit Factory Patron for just $5/month. David Cronenberg returns to the big screen this week with The Shrouds, perhaps his most autobiographical film to date. The film involves grieving tech entrepreneur Karsh (played brilliantly by Vincent Cassel…

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12 – All Gas, No Brakes: Kalea & Jace Bring the Heat

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All Gas, No Brakes: Kalea & Jace Bring the Heat Sibling Stars Making Waves in Youth Baseball and Softball All Gas, No Brakes sets the stage for a high-octane episode featuring Kalea and Jace Winston—siblings who are proving that talent, work ethic, and leadership can all run in the family. Hosted by Coach Aaron with co-hosts Banana Jake and Lily Sc…

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236: Going Viral with Purpose with Eliana Ghen 1:09:57

1M ago1:09:57

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In this candid and inspiring episode, Chris sits down with Eliana Ghen — award-winning actress, writer, and digital powerhouse with over 10 million TikTok followers and a Webby Award under her belt. You’ve seen her in Cobra Kai, Dopesick, The Girl from Plainville, and her feature film The Christmas Cowboy on Amazon Prime. Now, hear the real story b…

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BONUS: Forever Roxie feat. Henry S. Rosenthal 43:18

1M ago43:18

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The Roxie Theater, a San Francisco landmark in the Mission District, is one of the oldest continuously operated cinemas in the United States, with its history tracing back to the early 1900s. Recently, The Roxie kicked off the public phase of their fundraising campaing, Forever Roxie, in order to purchase their buidling, invest in technology upgrad…

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11 – Jakobi Davis: Fueled by Love, Focused on the Game

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Jakobi Davis: Fueled by Love, Focused on the Game Jakobi Davis: Fueled by Love, Focused on the Game opens with an emotional tribute to a mother’s influence and blossoms into a powerful story of growth, leadership, and relentless baseball drive. In this episode of The SLIDE Podcast, Coach Aaron and young field reporters dive into a conversation that…

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A Confucian Confusion 2:17:59

2M ago2:17:59

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We inaugurate the brilliant Taiwanese master Edward Yang with a conversation about his transcendent 1994 social satire A Confucian Confusion. Following up his staggering masterwork A Brighter Summer Day, Yang turned his attention to Taipei in the 1990s at the height of its rapid evolution into a port city of global capital and the effects this shif…

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Bound feat. Xuanlin Tham TEASER 16:33

2M ago16:33

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Get access to this entire episode as well as all of our premium episodes and bonus content by becoming a Hit Factory Patron for just $5/month. Xuanlin Tham, author of the new book Revolutionary Desires: The Political Power of the Sex Scene returns to the show to discuss the Wachowskis' debut feature - the sharp, sexy sapphic neo-noir Bound. Embolde…

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235: Navigating Markets, Art & Humility with RACHEL McVAY 49:17

3M ago49:17

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ABOUT RACHEL: Rachel McVay is an American actor rooted in UK training. Classically trained, with an MFA from the prestigious Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and a BFA in Theatre & Dance, Rachel also studied with the Royal Shakespeare Company and RADA. She has made her mark as a dynamic stage, TV, & film actor, often employing her skills in stunts, s…

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BONUS: A.I. Goes Hollywood feat. A.S. Hamrah 1:14:32

3M ago1:14:32

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Film critic and author A.S. Hamrah joins for a conversation on his recent Fast Company piece "Hollywood’s obsession with AI-enabled ‘perfection’ is making movies less human", which details some alarming (and frankly, depressing) recent use cases of A.I. in both studio blockbuster fare and awards-contending independent releases like Brady Corbet's T…

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Dark Angel: The Ascent feat. Comrade Yui 1:44:45

3M ago1:44:45

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Returning friend of the show Comrade Yui swings by to discuss the 1994 Full Moon direct-to-video masterwork Dark Angel: The Ascent. The story follows the exploits of a bored, beautiful young demon Veronica Iscariot (Angela Featherstone) as she defies the orders of her parents and the rules of hell to visit Earth and walk among the humans. It's not …

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Elimination Chamber Predictions, Hardy Boyz, The Rock | Dirt Sheet Radio: a Wrestling Newscast 191 3:03:34

3M ago3:03:34

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You're listening to Dirt Sheet Radio! Ryan Nemith sues AEW and CM Punk. AEW Dynamite Recap and Review The Rock returns to the Road to WrestleMania and shifts the entire landscape, as he is known to do. But something he said about wrestling stories not having to end in matches just doesn't sit right. Giulia is injured. Her title vs title match with …

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BONUS: Babygirl TEASER 15:52

3M ago15:52

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Get access to this entire episode as well as all of our premium episodes and bonus content by becoming a Hit Factory Patron for just $5/month. We're back talking about the recently-released Babygirl, directed by Dutch actor-turned-director Halina Reijn. Despite some initial apprehensions based on the discourse and reviews from trusted sources, we b…

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Affliction feat. Hard Mike & Syd Bricks 1:36:49

4M ago1:36:49

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Fan favorite Hard Mike returns to the show alongside newcomer Syd Bricks to discuss Paul Schrader's Affliction, one of the filmmaker's most well-observed explorations of addiction and the generational cycles of suffering that manifest as a result of leaving personal trauma and pain unresolved. The film follows Nick Nolte's Wade Whitehouse, an alcoh…

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234: Embracing Your Authenticity with Micheal Marcelio 47:07

4M ago47:07

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Micheal Marcelio and I worked together in my VIP RISE program and it was an honor watching him BLOOM! In this interview, you'll get tto know him and his story. I LOVE how he talks about embracing your authenticity!. ABOUT MICHEAL: He attended arts magnet schools his entire life where his passion for theatre was invigorated. Post primary education, …

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Cliffhanger feat. Eamon Tracy TEASER 13:29

4M ago13:29

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Get access to this entire episode as well as all of our premium episodes and bonus content by becoming a Hit Factory Patron for just $5/month. Film critic Eamon Tracy returns to the show to discuss Renny Harlin's mountain-bound Die Hard riff Cliffhanger starring Sylvester Stallone, John Lithgow, and Michael Rooker. A taut, well-staged action thrill…

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233: How to Show Up On Set Like A Student and a STAR 18:27

4M ago18:27

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In this weeks episode I want to give you some tips how you can make the most out of your time on set. I'll help you embrace your worthiness while soaking everything up like a start student. Be sure to like and share this episode. Tag me @hollywoodboundactors to let me know you listened. AND BE SURE TO SUBSCRIBE. Thanks for listening. xo! -Christine…

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232: From Self-Doubt to Stardom: Ursula O. Robinson Interview 1:01:56

5M ago1:01:56

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In this episode of Hollywood Bound Actors, I sit down with the incredible Ursula O. Robinson, the Drama Program Coordinator at South Carolina State University and a viral sensation from Tyler Perry's Divorce In The Black. Ursula gets real about her journey—sharing vulnerable and hilarious stories about battling self-doubt, struggling with weight, a…

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231: Staying Creative No Matter What 12:52

5M ago12:52

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🎉 Happy New Year, Booking Magnets! 🎉 I can feel it—this year is going to push us to grow in ways we never imagined. 💫 In today’s episode, we’re diving into how to stay creative no matter what challenges the industry throws our way. Whether it’s slow seasons, self-doubt, or unexpected twists, your creativity is your superpower. 💪✨ Hit that subscribe…

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Hit Factory's In/Out List 2025 TEASER 14:06

5M ago14:06

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Get access to this entire episode as well as all of our premium episodes and bonus content by becoming a Hit Factory Patron for just $5/month. It's a New Year and we don't feel any different! In typical Hit Factory fashion, the simple task of creating an "In/Out" list for 2025 became a discussion about the infantilization of culture, embracing cine…

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Wrestler of the Year? Match of the Year? Dirt Sheet Radio Year End Awards 2024 1:47:46

5M ago1:47:46

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Join Nick, Jon and Greg as they break down their favorite wrestlers, matches and moments of the year 2024!!By Jon Escudero

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The Long Day Closes feat. Robert Rubsam 1:56:00

5M ago1:56:00

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Brooklyn-based writer and editor Robert Rubsam joins to discuss the work of Terence of Davies and his 1992 masterwork, The Long Day Closes. An impressionistic evocation of memory and sensation, the film is the culmination of Davies' early autobiographical period, exploring the roughly 5 year period between when the filmmaker's abusive father died a…

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The Match Factory Girl TEASER 10:07

6M ago10:07

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Get access to this entire episode as well as all of our premium episodes and bonus content by becoming a Hit Factory Patron for just $5/month. We discuss the winner of our latest Patreon poll: Aki Kaurismäki's The Match Factory Girl, the story of a young working class woman, Iris, looking for love and a sense of belonging in industrialized Helsinki…

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230: 3 Ways to Beat the End of Year Blues 15:23

6M ago15:23

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2025 will have some exciting episodes. Enjoy this replay from my LIVE on Dec. 9, 2024

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Sling Blade feat. Adam Nayman 1:51:25

6M ago1:51:25

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Toronto-based critic, lecturer, and author Adam Nayman joins us to look back at Billy Bob Thornton's directorial debut and acting showcase Sling Blade. Once considered a high-water mark of 90s American indie cinema success within popular culture and the awards circuit, Thornton's film is now often relegated to 'curio' status; a fascinating time cap…

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Ricky Starks-GCW-Effy, Big Justice and Big AJ, WWE Survivor Series | Dirt Sheet Radio 183 2:00:05

6M ago2:00:05

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Happy Thanksgiving!!! You're listening to Dirt Sheet Radio!! Ricky Starks in GCW..... Annnnndddddd he's gone. What went down between AEW and GCW that Ricky Starks ended up being pulled from all further appearances? The Continental Classic begins! Let's talk about those Blocks! WWE Survivor Series is upon us! What does the return of Paul Heyman and …

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M. Butterfly feat. Esmé Holden 1:47:10

6M ago1:47:10

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London-based film writer Esmé Holden joins us to discuss David Cronenberg's M. Butterfly. Based on the Tony Award-winning David Henry Hwang play - itself based on the the real life relationship between Bernard Boursicot and Shi Pei Pu, a Beijing opera singer - Cronenberg's film embraces the conventions of melodrama while thoughtfully exploring gend…

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BONUS: Red Rooms TEASER 12:18

7M ago12:18

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Get access to this entire episode as well as all of our premium episodes and bonus content by becoming a Hit Factory Patron for just $5/month. Following our conversation with the film's director Pascal Plante, we dive into one of the year's best films, Red Rooms: a thriller tailor made for our disaffected, hyper-mediated moment that asks many unset…

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Thesis feat. Pascal Plante 1:22:28

7M ago1:22:28

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Filmmaker Pascal Plante (director of Red Rooms, one of our favorite movies of the year) joins to discuss Spanish filmmaker Alejandro Amenábar's 1996 debut, Thesis. While riveting simply at the topical level of its tense genre thrills, the movie also metatextually concerns itself with the moving image as a mediated reflection of our corporeal realit…

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Hammerstein Ballroom, Eddie Guerrero, Women's US Title | Dirt Sheet Radio 182 1:31:31

7M ago1:31:31

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You're listening to Dirt Sheet Radio! AEW and ROH finally come to the Hammerstein Ballroom 19 years since the death of Eddie Guerrero. Greg and Jon reminisce WWE reveals a Women's US ChampionshipBy Jon Escudero

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WWE,AEW, Pro Wrestling News and Rumors | Dirt Sheet Radio: A Wrestling Newscast 181 1:16:26

7M ago1:16:26

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You're listening to Dirt Sheet Radio!! After a Post Show Rewind Double header, Nick, Greg and Jon bring us a truncated episode of DSR!!By Jon Escudero

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JFK feat. Sami Gold TEASER 10:38

7M ago10:38

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Get access to this entire episode as well as all of our premium episodes and bonus content by becoming a Hit Factory Patron for just $5/month. George Washington University ungergrad and Liberal Currents contributor Sami Gold just informed us that there's an election coming up in the good ol' US of A, so we decided to discuss a foundational text of …

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Bobby Lashley Joins AEW, Rhea Ripley Injured, WWE ID | Dirt Sheet Radio: a Wrestling Newscast 180 1:53:35

7M ago1:53:35

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You're listening to Dirt Sheet Radio!!! Bobby Lashley made his highly anticipated debut at AEW's Fright Night Dynamite, marking a significant shift in his career WWE introduces their New Independent Development Program aiming to attract and develop talent from independent wrestling promotions. Rhea Ripley appears to have been written off of TV afte…

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Wes Craven's New Nightmare 1:32:25

7M ago1:32:25

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An impromptu decision to do something "Halloween-y" led us to 1994 meta-slasher Wes Craven's New Nightmare, the seventh installment in the long-running A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, which sees Craven returning to the director's chair for the first time since the original installment and OG Nightmare final girl Heather Langenkamp returning, p…

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The Jackal feat. Ben Clarkson 1:59:32

7M ago1:59:32

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Justice Warrior Ben Clarkson returns to discuss the 1997 action thriller The Jackal, starring Bruce Willis, Richard Gere, and Sidney Poitier in his final film role. Ostensibly a remake of the the 1973 Fred Zinneman film The Day of the Jackal (itself an adaptation of Frederick Forsyth's 1971 debut novel of the same name), the film attempts to update…

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Brock Lesnar Returning? Jordynne Grace WWE Bound? AEW WrestleDream Review | Dirt Sheet Radio Ep. 179 1:56:08

8M ago1:56:08

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You're listening to Dirt Sheet Radio!! Wrestlevotes vs Fightful. Conflicting reports surface about Brock Lesnar's current WWE status. Jordynne Grace has her TNA Contract amended to end in January. Just in time for the Royal Rumble. Will she bring Jonathan Gresham along for the ride? Timeless Toni Storm is PWI's Number 1 Women's Pro Wrestler of 2024…

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Vive L'Amour feat. Xuanlin Tham 2:30:32

8M ago2:30:32

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Writer, curator, and author of the upcoming book Revolutionary Desires: The Political Power of the Sex Scene, Xuanlin Tham joins us to discuss the work of Taiwanese New Wave director Tsai Ming-liang and his 1994 film Vive L'Amour. It's a quietly devastating exploration of longing, desire, and urban alienation about a trio of young Tapei residents w…

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BONUS: The Substance TEASER 8:15

8M ago8:15

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Get access to this entire episode as well as all of our premium episodes and bonus content by becoming a Hit Factory Patron for just $5/month. We take a moment away from the 90s to share our thoughts on Coralie Fargeat's latest brash body-horror festival darling The Substance, starring Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley. It's a stylish, blunt provocat…

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Buffalo '66 feat. John Semley TEASER 9:07

8M ago9:07

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Get access to this entire episode as well as all of our premium episodes and bonus content by becoming a Hit Factory Patron for just $5/month. Writer, researcher, and fellow podcaster John Semley joins the program to discuss Buffalo '66, directed, written by, and starring the ever-controversial Vincent Gallo and co-starring Christina Ricci, Anjelic…