Tessa Swehla

Rockumentaries and Concert Films! Amy, Awesome; I F*****' Shot That, No Direction Home

Episode  |  July 18th, 2022  |  1 hr 3 mins

a24, amy, amy winehouse, bob dylan, joan baez, martin scorsese, no direction home, pete seeger, the beastie boys

That's right...Sam hosted this episode! We're talking rockumentaries and concert films. Because 'The Song Remains the Same' was so terrible. This week, we're talking about films centered on Amy Winehouse, the Beastie Boys, and Bob Dylan.

Tessa Watches LOST - Episode 15

Episode  |  July 15th, 2022  |  41 mins 1 sec

bad robot, carlton cuse, damon lindelof, jj abrams, lost, recap, rewatch, tv

This week, we're talking about "The Constant" and "The Other Woman."

Jack Assigns! Dick, Wet Hot American Summer, Local Hero

Episode  |  July 11th, 2022  |  43 mins 54 secs

amy poehler, bradley cooper, christopher meloni, comedy, comfort films, dick, films, h jon benjamin, janeane garofalo, kirsten dunst, laughter, local hero, michelle williams, nixon, paul rudd, watergate, wet hot american summer

In our second ever guest hosted episode, Jack assigns us three comfort films from his personal canon: 'Dick,' 'Wet Hot American Summer,' and 'Local Hero.'

Westerns! Fort Apache, A Bullet for the General, Yellowstone

Episode  |  July 4th, 2022  |  1 hr 22 mins

a bullet for the general, film, films, fort apache, henry fonda, john wayne, kevin costner, shirley temple, spaghetti western, the dollars trilogy, western, westerns, yellowstone

This week, we are joined by Ryan to discuss a classic American genre: the western!

Tessa Watches LOST - Episode 14

Episode  |  June 30th, 2022  |  30 mins 50 secs

bad robot, carlton cuse, damon lindelof, jj abrams, lost, recap, rewatch, tv

This week, we're talking about "The Economist" and "Eggtown."

Tessa Watches LOST - Episode 13

Episode  |  June 23rd, 2022  |  38 mins 14 secs

We're back with for Season 4 of 'LOST'! This week, we're talking about the first two episodes of the season, "The Beginning of the End" and "Confirmed Dead."

Ep. 105 - The Song Remains the Same, New Spring, These Three/The Children's Hour

Episode  |  June 20th, 2022  |  54 mins 53 secs

audrey hepburn, led zeppelin, lillian hellman, new spring, robert jordan, shirley maclaine, the children's hour, the song remains the same, the wheel of time, these three, wheel of time

Tessa and Sam are back! Sam talks about the Led Zeppelin rock doc 'The Song Remains the Same,' while Tessa discusses both film adaptations of Lillian Hellman's play 'The Children's Hour' and Andy can't get enough of the Wheel with Robert Jordan's prequel 'New Spring.'

Ep. 104 - Stop Worrying! There Probably Is an Afterlife, Loop Hero, The State of Indie Games w/ ProbablyJacob

Episode  |  June 13th, 2022  |  1 hr 10 mins

Andy is joined by youtubist ProbablyJacob to talk about spirituality and the afterlife in academic book form with Stop Worrying! There Probably is an Afterlife, and Andy uses this as a chance to talk about Loop Hero!

Andy Assigns: Anime Rom-Coms

Episode  |  June 6th, 2022  |  56 mins 15 secs

Andy assigns Tessa, Loz, and Elyse some anime rom coms to watch - Kobayashi's Dragon Maid, Kaguya-Sama Love is War, Horimiya, and My Dress Up Darling

Ep. 101 - Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance, In The Mouth of Madness, Cosmic Horror Vol 2 WITH TOREN!

Episode  |  May 23rd, 2022  |  45 mins 18 secs

Andy joins Toren Atkinson, lead singer of Darkest of the Hillside Thickets in discussing the 1972 classic action film series Lone Wolf and Cub. We also talk Sam Neil in John Carpenter's In The Mouth of Madness and talk cosmic horror

Nigel Assigns! The Mountain Goats, Help! I'm a Fish, Bridge of Clay

Episode  |  May 9th, 2022  |  1 hr 23 mins

albums, animated, book, books, bridge of clay, film, help! i'm a fish, literary fiction, markus zuzak, music, tallahassee, the mountain goats, zopilote machine

In our first ever guest hosted episode, Nigel assigns each host pop culture content that is important to her: The Mountain Goats, 'Help! I'm a Fish,' and 'Bridge of Clay.'

Sam Watches Star Trek - Episode 15 (A Pod-wraiths Takeover)

Episode  |  April 28th, 2022  |  1 hr 36 mins

anton yelchin, chris pine, film, idris elba, john cho, justin lin, karl urban, kelvinverse, kirk, leonard nimoy, mccoy, movie, recap, shohreh aghdashloo, simon pegg, spock, star trek, star trek beyond, the original series, tos, zachary quinto, zoe saldana

Sam Watches Star Trek - Episode 15 (A Pod-wraiths Takeover)

Pitchfork's 200 Best Albums of the Last 25 Years, Part 2

Episode  |  April 25th, 2022  |  1 hr 45 mins

fiona apple, madvillain, music, neutral milk hotel, pitchfork, radiohead

Sam and Tessa are joined by friend of the pod Lozy to break down Pitchfork's 200 Best Albums of the Last 25 Years. Why do so many people hate joy?

Pitchfork's 200 Best Albums of the Last 25 Years, Part 1

Episode  |  April 25th, 2022  |  1 hr 20 mins

frank ocean, kendrick lamar, music, pitchfork, sufjan stevens, tame impala, the strokes, vaporwave

Sam and Tessa are joined by friend of the pod Jarret to break down Pitchfork's 200 Best Albums of the Last 25 Years. Turns out we're not through with vaporwave just yet!

Sam Watches Star Trek - Episode 14

Episode  |  April 21st, 2022  |  52 mins 46 secs

alice eve, anton yelchin, benedict cumberbatch, captain pike, chris pine, eric bana, film, jj abrams, john cho, karl urban, khan, khan noonien singh, kirk, leonard nimoy, mccoy, movie, pike, recap, simon pegg, spock, star trek, star trek: into darkness, the original series, tos, zachary quinto, zoe saldana

Sam Watches Star Trek - Episode 14

Sam Watches Star Trek - Episode 13

Episode  |  April 15th, 2022  |  57 mins 25 secs

anton yelchin, captain pike, chris pine, eric bana, film, jj abrams, john cho, karl urban, kirk, leonard nimoy, mccoy, movie, pike, recap, simon pegg, spock, star trek, the original series, tos, zachary quinto, zoe saldana

Sam Watches Star Trek - Episode 13