During the next few weeks, we are doing a few 2025 Summer Releases, First up, it's Celine Song's second film Materialists with Eileen Jones of Filmsuck and Jacobin!!! Eileen's review of Materialists: https://jacobin.com/2025/06/materialists-rom-com-dakota-johnson Back in 2023, Forrest, Conan Neutron, and Kristina Oakes talked on an episode about Ce…

Forrest, Conan Neutron, Kristina Oakes and Josh Duggan of Unkind Rewind @UnkindRewind about about Jackie Brown! After Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino's third film Jackie Brown was released in 1997. Starring Pam Grier two decades after Foxy Brown and an aging Robert Forster and Samuel L. Jackson as well as Robert De Niro, Bridgett…

Forrest, Conan Neutron, and Kristina Oakes talk about Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas with Josh from @TheAfternoonTune_ !! #goodfellas #martinscorcese #rayliotta #robertdeniro #wiseguy #moviepodcast #filmpodcast #taxdriver #meanstreets #deniro #henryhill #thesopranos #loraine #tonysoprano #mafia #mob #joepesci #mafia2 #mafiaringtone #scorsese #casino …

We are BACK streaming with Forrest, Kristina @cosmepolitics and Matt Strackbein @TheLetterhack to talk about Dario Argento's 1977 horror film Suspiria (and about the 2018 Luca Guadagnino remake) One of two incredibly influential horror films Argento worked on in 1977-1978, the other one being Dawn of the Dead Suspiria is famous for its vivid colors…

Talking to Dan Tremaglio about dreaming, writing, his Mount Rushmore of authors, and his excellent new book The Only Wolf Is Time https://www.dantremaglio.com/ https://www.instagram.com/dantremaglio/?hl=en https://www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/the_only_wolf_is_time/By Aug Stone

Forrest and Kristina Oakes are holding it down while Conan is on tour and we are talking about Adam McKay's The Other Guys with @deaddomain !!! Six months ago, we had Adam McKay on the podcast to talk about his filmmaking career youtube.com/live/ldHeFeHLWQI Adam McKay's last movie with Will Ferrell before he switched to his more political films lik…

Forrest, Conan Neutron, and Kristina Oakes talk about 'Walk Hard: the Dewey Cox Story' Co-Written and Produced by Judd Apatow and Jake Kasdan, coming a few years after Ray (2004) and Walk the Line (2006), Walk Hard is a pretty incredible satire of the music biopic Starring John C. Reilly as the early Rock n Roll legend Dewey Cox, Jenna Fischer, Tim…

Forrest, Conan Neutron, Kristina Oakes and Matt Strackbein AKA @TheLetterhack talk about Joe Dante's The Burbs!!! Starring Tom Hanks, Bruce Dern, Carrie Fisher, Rick Ducommun, Corey Feldman, Wendy Schall, and Henry Gibson. Tom Hanks is Ray Peterson and Bruce Dern is Mark Rumsfield who come to the conclusion that their new neighbors are ritualistic …

Forrest, Conan Neutron, and Kristina Oakes discuss Ryan Coogler's new vampire film Sinners!! From the director behind Black Panther and Creed Ryan Coogler, who also wrote and produced, comes a Vampire Film set in the Mississippi Delta in 1932 under Jim Crow. Starring Michael B. Jordan starring as two brothers, the Smokestack Twins. Also starring Mi…

Forrest, Kristina Oakes, Conan Neutron and Phil Marinello of the Substance Pod to talk about Cuckoo!! The Substance Pod on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyJ1Bgzq17PDNiAR1pnDXcw Starring Hunter Schafer, Dan Stevens, Jan Bluthardt, Jessica Henwick, Marton Csokas, Kalin Morrow and Mila Lieu Directed and Written by Tilman Singer, a horror mo…

Talking to Brian Alan Ellis about KISS, KISS, more 80s hard rock, KISS, his writing, House Of Vlad Press, and more KISS. Check out his latest collection, The Errors Tour. I have never laughed harder at a book https://houseofvladpress.com/brian-alan-ellis https://www.instagram.com/depressedwriterasshole/ https://x.com/brianalanellis…

Forrest, Kristina Oakes, Conan Neutron BACK FROM JAPAN, and Lauren Chouinard talk about Frank Oz's 1986 Little Shop of Horrors!! Based on Roger Corman's 1960 film Little Shop of Horrors filmed in 2 days on sets that were about to be destroyed leftover from his last film about a man eating plant named Audrey Jr., the musical adaptation of Little Sho…

An excellent conversation with Kyle Seibel about writing, performing, perseverance, and his killer new story collection Hey You Assholes https://www.instagram.com/kylerseibel/ https://x.com/kylerseibel https://bsky.app/profile/kylerseibel.bsky.social https://www.clashbooks.com/new-products-2/kyle-seibel-hey-you-assholes-preorder…

Great conversation with The Church frontman about his many projects, what he wants from music, and new album The Road To Tibooburra https://www.instagram.com/stvklby/ https://www.thechurchband.com/By Aug Stone

Forrest and Kristina Oakes are joined by Rayyvana ( @RayyvanaPolitics ) to talk about the iconic Wachowski Sisters original 1999 The Matrix! Are you Red Pilled? Are you Blue Pilled? More Importantly, are you Movie Pilled? Keanu Reeves stars as Neo in a dystopian future where humankind is trapped inside a simulated reality called the Matrix Laurence…

Forrest and Kristina Oakes are joined by Ron Placone to talk about his 2023 film Left at Wall!! #RonPlacone #indiefilm #indiefilmhustle #indiefilmmaker #progressive #progressivepolitics #leftatwall #filmpodcast #film #moviepodcast #podcast #independentcinema Conan is in Japan on tour the first two weeks of April... if you're in Japan especially in …

Forrest and Kristina Oakes are joined by Julia Linger to talk about Jay Roach's Bombshell Bombshell is a FOX NEWS biopic about the women who stood up to Roger Alies where literally everyone starring in it is more likable than anyone at Fox.. Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, John Lithgow, Margot Robbie, Kate McKinnon #fox #bombshell #megynkellyshow #…

Forrest, Conan Neutron, Kristina Oakes and Kev from Austin Danger Pod talk about Justine Triet's Anatomy of a Fall. This is our last Justice Night Extravaganza episode, Starring Sandra Hüller, Swann Arlaud, Milo Macahdo-Graner, Antoine Reinartz, and Jehnny Beth With many similarities to Anatomy of a Murder, bringing this full circle. #anatomyofafal…

I had a freakin' blast chatting with the Powerhouse of ROCK that is Conan Neutron. We covered just about everything in this marathon session, and his latest Conan Neutron & The Secret Friends record, The Way Of The Neutron, is great, one of the best records I've heard this year https://neutronfriends.bandcamp.com/album/the-way-of-the-neutron https:…

Drummer David Silver of Season to Risk talks about how he got the STR gig and shadowing Shiner drummers Jason Gerkin and Tim Dow in the beginning, their subsequent tour with COC (Reed Mullin’s amazing playing), how ALL the members of Shiner are connected to STR, their van wreck, their flooded studio, their burned masters, a record that was released…

A real pleasure to finally chat to Tim Lane, author of Your Silent Face and Phil's Siren Song. Talking books, music, Joy Division of course, the brilliant 80s bands that soundtrack his novels, and much more https://www.yoursilentface.com/ https://www.instagram.com/inlovewithplaid/ https://augstone.substack.com/p/the-counterforce-no-41-books…

Forrest, Conan Neutron, and Kristina Oakes talk about Robert Luketic's Legally Blonde Starring Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Selma Blair, Matthew Davis, Victor Garber, and Jennifer Coolidge It tells the story of Reese Witherspoon's Elle Woods who attempts to get her ex-boyfriend back by getting her law degree from Harvard #legallyblonde #reesewit…

Forrest, Conan Neutron, and Kristina Oakes talk about Sidney Lumet's 12 Angry Men!!! Produced by Henry Fonda and written by Reginald Rose who wrote it for Westinghouse Studio One originally Sidney Lumet's directorial debut tells the story of a jury who are arguing the guilt or innocence of a young kid accused of murdering his father. Starring Henry…

A fun chat with filmmaker Bobby Miller about his debut novel, Situation Nowhere, in which a new energy drink is causing folks to explode. Talking books, film, comics, and more https://www.bobbymillertime.com/ https://thebobbymiller.com/situationnowhere https://bsky.app/profile/bobbymillertime.com https://augstone.substack.com/…

Drummer Jeff Gensterblum of KC post hardcore OG’s Coalesce talks about his recent sub for drummer Tucker Rule on the recent Thursday tour, we try to figure out how ewe actually know each other via NYC, the impetus for relocating to Kansas City/leaving Brooklyn, NY, crazy Coalesce gigs both present and past, his work around for double bass parts, hi…

A STREAM FOR THE YOUTS Forrest, Conan Neutron, and Kristina Oakes talk about My Cousin Vinny!! This is our second Justice Night Extravaganza episode. Joe Pesci is Vinny, a lawyer who had to take the bar six times before passing and has never won a case, who must travel down to Alabama with his fiance Mona Lisa (Marisa Tomei) to defend his cousin (R…

Drummer Sean St Germain of Rickshaw Billie’s Burger Patrol talks about their recent tour, having a sense of silliness on-stage, the origins of the band name and the formation of the band, early shows in Austin, TX, Canadian Rednecks and other funny accents of the NE Coast, Sean’s recent fascination with King Crimson, some of their favorite towns to…

Forrest, Conan Neutron, and Kristina Oakes talk about Otto Preminger's Anatomy of a Murder. We are doing Justice Night Extravaganza, a full month of Justice related movies! #ottopreminger #hollywood #justice #court #courtroomdrama #anatomyofamurder #jimmystewart #classicmovies Conan's former Protonic Reversal cohost Brenna has thryoid cancer and is…

Forrest, Conan Neutron, and Kristina Oakes are joined by special guests including Lauren Chouinard, Leslie Lee, and Julia Linger to cover the Oscars!!! The 97th Academy Awards are the 3rd time we've covered the Oscars on Movie Night Extravaganza. We've talked about most of the Best Picture Nominees, watch those here! https://www.youtube.com/playlis…

Guitarist, Singer, Songwriter, Podcast Host, and more-Conan Neutron stops by to talk his new record; Conan Neutron and the Secret Friends: "The Way of the Neutron", the process of working with Dale Crover of the Melvins on drums for all the records thus far, demoing -vs- going into the studio, working with Australian band DEAD, some his favorite gu…

Forrest, Conan Neutron, Kristina Oakes and McKenzie Wilkes of Criterion Connection and Austin Danger Pod talk about Greg Kwedar and Clint Bentley's Sing Sing Starring Colman Domingo as falsely convicted playwright and actor Divine G, in this true story of the Rehabilitation Through the Arts program, which helped prisoners at Sing Sing Maximum Secur…

Forrest, Conan Neutron, and Kristina Oakes cover the Best Picture nominees we aren't covering as full episodes in a speed round Including the Brutalist, Emilia Perez, A Complete Unknown, and Nickel Boys #emiliapérez #acompleteunknown #bobdylan #timotheechalamet #thebrutalist #brutalism #oscars #academyawards #bestpicture #nickelboys #oscars2025 #ad…

Forrest, Conan Neutron, and Kristina Oakes talk about Edward Berger's Conclave with Lauren Chouinard Based on Robert Harris's 2016 novel of the same name. Conclave is a political thriller that depicts the conclave to elect a new pope after the previous pope suddenly dies. Starring Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, Isabella Rosselini, John Lithgow, and …

Drummer Jon O Garrett of Turbid North talks about the Antartica origins of the band as well as the six years it took to put out their record “The Decline”, growing up playing in bands/in bars with his early band The Destro, the busy last few years of touring with bands; Warbeast, Mas Generator & Shock Withdrawal, Tommy Buckley of Soilent Green as a…

Forrest, Conan Neutron, and Kristina Oakes are joined by Julia Linger to talk about Wicked Part One!! John M. Chu (Crazy Rich Asians) directs the film adaptation of the 2003 Stephen Schwartz Broadway musical Starring Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum, Ethan Slater, and Jonathan Bailey. It was nominated for Best Picture, Bes…

Drummer Bob Pantella of Atomic Bitchwax & Monster Magnet talks about AB’s recent 25 year anniversary tour, some of their longer tours, how he built up his own studio in New Jersey, his favorite Franken-Kit in the studio for recording, we revisit some of our favorite rock drummers from the 70’s/80’s; Ian Paice, Cozy Powell, Carmine & Vinnie Appice a…

Forrest, Conan Neutron, Kristina Oakes, Kt Baldassaro and Becky Rice talk about Jesse Eisenberg's second feature film A Real Pain. Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Kieran Culkan, Jennifer Grey, Will Sharpe, Kurt Egylawan, Daniel Oreskes Jesse and Kieran star as cousins David and Benji who take a trip to Poland to see where their grandmother came from and …

A pleasure to chat with Goolkasian, Heather Morgan, & Adam Wade about the first Replaced By Robots mini-album. A psychobilly/surf-rock cheerleader freak-out heralds three killer new wave tunes. Plus Goolkasian tells a good Cars-related Elevator Drops story. And much more... https://replacedbyrobots.hearnow.com/the-experiment https://replacedbyrobot…

Drummer Rey Washam (Scratch Acid, Rapeman, Helios Creed, Ministry & more) talks about how amazing Austin was in the 80’s, the origins of Scratch Acid; from David Yow asking him o join to hanging out and listening to records to finally recording and touring, The new Touch & Go Scratch Acid Box Set (and remastering process), He and bassist David Sims…

It's our first episode of Oscars Month!!! Forrest, Conan Neutron, Kristina Oakes, and Kt Baldassaro talk to Eileen Jones of Jacobin and Filmsuck about Sean Baker's Anora! Starring Mikey Madison as Ani, a dancer and sex worker from Brighton Beach, who gets married to a Russian Oligarch's son Vanya she meets at the club. When Vanya's parents find out…

I had a great conversation with Ali Smith about music, writing, photography, punk ideals, rock n roll adventures, and her excellent memoir The Ballad Of Speedball Baby https://www.alismith.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@mommaloveAli https://www.instagram.com/mommaloveali/ https://www.instagram.com/speedballbaby/ FB: Ali Smith Photo https://augstone.…

Forrest, Conan Neutron, Kristina Oakes, Kt Baldassaro and Harry Marks of @lobbyintros talk about Alexander Mackendrick's 1957 satirical noir Sweet Smell of Success Starring Burt Lancester and Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison, and Martin Milner Telling the story of newspaper columnist J.J. Hunsecker, based on Walter Winchell, who uses his connections to …

Psyched to chat with one of my favorite pop stars, TheBabeGabe (BLACKSTARKIDS), about her new solo career and first single and video, PSA. Honored that this is her first solo interview https://www.instagram.com/ughthatsgabe https://x.com/_TheBabeGabe https://bsky.app/profile/thebabegabe.bsky.social https://thebabegabe.bandcamp.com/album/psa-single …

Forrest, Conan Neutron, Kristina Oakes, Kt Baldassaro, Marta Mcfly @mcflysmoviehouse and Rayyvana @RayyvanaPolitics discuss David Lynch's Lost Highway We planned this episode a couple months ago, before we obviously found out that David Lynch had passed. So, I'm sure we're going to talk about David Lynch in general during this episode, but it's not…

Hopefully one of your new favourite bands, Chemtrails are great rock n roll, with good lyrics and an infectious glammy stomp to boot. A fun conversation with Mia and Laura from the band https://adoseofchemtrails.bandcamp.com/ https://www.instagram.com/chemtrails_band/ https://pnkslm.com/pages/chemtrails https://augstone.substack.com/…

Forrest, Conan Neutron, Kristina Oakes, and Kt Baldassaro talk to Alexis Gentry of @trashwire about S.S. Rajamouli's 2022 action historical drama RRR. S.S. Rajamouli has been called India's biggest director of all time. RRR stars Ram Charan and NTR as two of India's Revolutionary Figures Alluri Sitarama Raju and Komaram Bheem. It also stars Ray Ste…

Talking John Frusciante, Kurt Vonnegut, music, writing, and of course his new book Horse Girl Fever with Kevin Maloney https://kevinmaloney.net/ https://x.com/kevinrmaloney https://www.instagram.com/kevinrmaloney https://www.clashbooks.com/new-products-2/kevin-maloney-horse-girl-fever-preorder https://twodollarradio.com/products/maloney-kevin https…

Forrest, Conan Neutron, Kristina Oakes, and Kt Baldassaro talk about Robert Eggers NEW Nosferatu remake starring Bill Skarsgård as Count Orlok, Lily Rose Depp, Nicholas Hoult, and Willem Dafoe That's right, Robert Eggers made Nosferatu "Count Orlok" again after Herzog's questionable choice to call Klaus Kinski's Vampyre "Count Dracula." Back in Oct…

Forrest, Conan Neutron, Kt Baldassaro, and Kristina Oakes talk about Olivia Wilde's Don't Worry Darling. This is our last Dystopian December episode AND our last episode of 2024! Harry Styles and Florence Pugh star with Chris Pine and Olivia Wilde in one of the most controversial and polarizing films of 2022. Florence Pugh stars as Alice, a House W…

Forrest, Conan Neutron, Kristina Oakes and Zach Marsh talk about Blade Runner 2049 We have previously talked about Blade Runner, in December 2023, for Conan's birthday stream https://youtube.com/live/rLpLuIWnvwk Directed by Denis Villeneuve and filmed by Roger Deakins and starring Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, and Ana de Armas, it's safe to say this…