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Epsiode 221 - The Best TV Shows of 2025 with Hayley Leier
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In one of our greatest holiday traditions, Hayley Leier (ADHD-DVD) returns to talk about the best TV shows of the year. Pluribus! Severance! The Chair...
Episode 220 - The 2025 Tom Waits Birthday Bash
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Happy birthday Tom Waits! This year, inspired by the new Knives Out, we're talking about Tom's songs in movies and TV. From The Wire to Beavis and But...
Episode 219 - Peacemaker Season 2 with Rachel Hadaway
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The delightful Rachel Hadaway (host of Rachel's Chart Chat on the People are the Enemy podcast) returns to talk about Season 2 of Peacemaker. We're ta...
Episode 218 - Cranksgiving 2025
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's the most sacred holiday on our calendar! After doing two commentary tracks and two drinking game commentary tracks, this year EJ drank weed soda ...
Episode 217 - Podlands
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, EJ watches his favorite new show of the year, Pluribus! Also, Roofman is surprisingly delightful and we wrap up the Predator franchise (for...
Episode 215 - Podcast of Podcasts
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week's episode was hastily thrown together while I edit next week's episode. So we talk a little about Slow Horses, Chair Company, Down Cemetery ...
Episode 214 - An Elevated Transporter
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In a little bit of a catch-up episode, we make some Cranksgiving plans, and discuss the alphabetical order of James Bond movies. Plus, the Predator re...
Episode 213 - The Enthusiasm List for November and December
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, EJ talks about the things he's looking forward to before the end of the year. TV! Movies! Games! Comics! Podcasts! The main five forms of e...
Episode 212 - Chairs and Peace
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, EJ discovers that he's somebody's type. We review the premiere of The Chair Company (awesome) and the finale of Peacemaker (also awesome), ...
Episode 211 - A Brief History of Stilt-Man
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we're talking about One Battle After Another and also a history of Daredevil's tallest villain. In the Franchise Report, a Predator 2 viewi...
Episode 210 - Slow and Low
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we're looking at some recent TV shows that have thematic connections if you squint hard enough - Slow Horses, The Lowdown, and Task. Plus s...
Episode 209 - The Happy List
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's a crumbling nightmare world out there, so EJ's talking about the things that make him happy. The movies, games, podcasts, comics, and TV shows th...
Episode 208 - We're All Doing Our Best Here
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We're getting back to the original premise of the show this week (EJ talks into a microphone to get away from crushing depression). There's a little b...
Episode 207 - Jaws: A Good Movie
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's a media catch-up week with new seasons of Peacemaker and Only Murders in the Building, plus Alien: Earth and The Paper. And over on the movie sid...
Episode 206 - Superman with Tim Kenny
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Kenny returns to the show to talk about Superman (2025). We both liked it and we have a lot to say! Too much? Possibly! We also talk about the Pea...
Episode 205 - A Very Limited Fall Preview
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, EJ looks at some of the September and October releases that are on his radar, for good or for ill. (Spinal Tap 2 seems, if we're being hone...
Episode 204 - A Coward Watches Weapons
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, EJ enjoyed a movie that was probably too scary for him and feels like he's missing important cultural context for Shin Godzilla. We also ta...
Episode 203 - I Tell You What
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We're talking about the revivals of The Naked Gun and King of the Hill. Is it OK for Liam Neeson to make a racial profiling joke? Is Dale Gribble stil...
Episode 202 - The Visible Woman
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, EJ's talking Fantastic Four: First Steps and the idea of superheroes as progressive fantasy. Plus, a back-to-back watch of Hot Fuzz and The...
Episode 201 - Goat Friend
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, EJ makes friends with animals both (very) big and small. Then, he hops on the Switch 2 train and reviews Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong B...
Episode 200.5 - A Superman Review
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This was supposed to be a short episode because I lost my voice but it still seemed important to give my thoughts on Superman (2025) after devoting an...
Episode 200 - Superman Talk!
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We're celebrating 200 episodes (depending on how you count) with some pre-movie Superman talk. EJ talks about some favorite stories, scandalous behavi...
Episode 199 - Marge Be Not Dead
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, EJ worries about the fact that people didn't understand a Simpsons episode and now he has thoughts about media literacy. There's some talk ...
Episode 198 - Against All Odds, More Ballerina Talk
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
EJ remembers a point he wanted to make about Ballerina, so we're talking about it two weeks in a row. Also, 28 Years Later and no more than 1/3 of Eli...
Episode 197 - A Normal Person Watching Movies
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
EJ is back on the beat after a short vacation in which he helped both a lost dog and a drunk woman. He's got threatrical reports on From the World of ...
Episode 196 - Goodbye to the Forties
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On the verge of a birthday, EJ mostly just wants to talk about The Final Reckoning and Friendship (the Tim Robinson movie, not the abstract concept). ...
Episode 195 - Incorrect Neil Simon Attribution
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, EJ figures out which Jason Statham characters could have prevented the pandemic, checks in with some recent TV show recommendations (Four S...
Episode 194 - Talkin' Trailers
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, EJ watches the trailers for Superman, Nobody 2, and Ironheart. He also talks about them, in case you were wondering how that affected you. ...
Episode 193 - Pitt Pilled
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, EJ finishes watching The Pitt, fumbles through talking about a sensitive subject on Andor, and revels in the weirdness of The Rehearsal. Al...
Episode 192 - Much Ado About Holland
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, EJ talks about Amazon taking over the rights to James Bond, anti-fascist TV, and the bizarre streaming movie Holland. Also, general enthusi...
Episode 191 - Summer TV Preview
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, EJ goes over the TV shows he's watching, and the upcoming stuff he's excited about. Duster! Poker Face! Murderbot! The Four Seasons! Catchi...
Episode 190 - I'm Asking You to Trust Me, One Last Time
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode has it all! If by "all", you mean "Mission: Impossible trailer talk, some quick takes on recent TV, and a mental health check-in". In t...
Episode 189 - The Jason Statham Film Festival Post-Show
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We wrap up the Jason Statham Film Festival with a brief look at A Working Man and conclude that watching 50 movies of wildly varying quality was a goo...
Episode 188 - The Jason Statham Film Festival: The Beekeeper
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We're reaching the end of the Jason Statham Film Festival, so we're closing it out with our friend, and huge Statham fan, Gen to talk about The Beekee...
Episode 187 - Two Banes and an Open Mind
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we're catching up on movies and TV. Daffy Duck! Daisy Ridley! Daredevil! The Severance season finale! Deli Boys! Also, EJ's doing a Mission...
Episode 186 - Moe'z Tavern and other San Francisco Fun
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
EJ's back from vacation, so that means it's time for a trip report! Family and friends! Ant-Man! Acrobats! Pinball! An unlicensed Simpsons-themed bar!...
Episode 185 - No Clear Title Emerges
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week we talk about a couple of celebrity deaths and EJ commits to trying to watch Twin Peaks. He talks about seeing a TIm Heidecker show for free...
Episode 184 - Facts About My Outie
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, EJ is excited about Severance and appalled by Saturday Night Live. He's also pretty darn pleased with Captain America: Brave New World and ...
Episode 183 - The Jason Statham Film Festival - Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre with Zach Dirksen
05 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Zach Dirksen (Fool's Gold Variety Hour) joins us to talk about 2023's overlooked Jason Statham movie Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre. It's a weird...
Episode 182 - Vin Diesel's Instagram
30 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we're dealing with Vin Diesel's absolutely bonkers social media post about how Fast X Part 2 will heal Los Angeles, and then the Jason Stat...
Episode 181 - Melons and Trailers
22 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, despite crippling anxiety in re: the state of the world, EJ wants to talk about a fun cozy video game. And then, live commentary on the tra...
Episode 180 - A Look Back and A Look Ahead
15 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the first episode of 2025, we rank the 25 best TV shows of 2024 and the 25 things we're looking foward to in 2025. That's a total of 50 items which...
Episode 179 - Murder at Christmas Manor
24 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Holidays! In keeping with tradition, we have an original Christmas story that EJ sent to his friends a couple of years ago and hasn't looked at ...
Episode 178 - The Best TV Shows of 2024 with Hayley Leier
18 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's our favorite annual tradition, as ADHD-DVD's Hayley Leier stops by to talk about the best TV of the year. And since TV spent most of the year get...
Episode 177 - The Jason Statham Film Festival: Hobbs & Shaw with Tom Oord
12 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tom Oord (Fool's Gold Variety Hour, my actual cousin) joins the Jason Statham Film Festival to discuss Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw. ...
Episode 176 - The Tom Waits Birthday Bash - The Song Draft
02 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
NOTE: Due to technical issues (read: the producer not recording the microphone that we were talking into), the sound quality is a little shaky this ep...
Episode 175 - Cranksgiving 2024 - The Crank Drinking Game
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's Cranksgiving! You know, the holiday when people watch both Crank movies. For our fourth annual Cranksgiving episode, it's the Cranksgiving Drinki...
Episode 174 - Election Talk with a Beaver Chaser
14 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
EJ is dealing with a lot of stuff after the election. He's maybe not smart or informed enough to just talk politics at length, but he needs this. But ...
Episode 173 - The New King of Drugs
23 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
EJ has news of an important lifestyle change and then talks a lot about a TV show and a video game, both from 2019. Perpetual Grace, Ltd and Baba Is Y...
Episode 172 - Warning: Contains Saucy Talk
10 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Yes, there is some saucy talk but nothing that will require you to picture EJ doing anything disreputable or even fun. We've got thoughts on The Wild ...
Episode 171 - LOST 20th Anniversary with Hayley Leier
02 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We're celebrating the 20th Anniversary of LOST with fan-favorite Hayley Leier (ADHD-DVD). Just having a great time talking about our favorite show: Th...
Episode 170 - Running Out of Stathams
18 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After weeks of technical issues, EJ is back to talk about watching the last Jason Statham movie he hadn't seen with the deeply average Mechanic: Resur...
Episode 169 - The Jason Statham Film Festival - Parker with Justin Morissette
26 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We're rewinding the Film Festival to take another look at Parker with special guest Justin Morissette (ADHD-DVD)! We talk about Taylor Hackford, Jenni...
Episode 168 - The Catch-Upisode
14 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After a hectic few weeks, EJ checks in with the movies and TV he's been watching. Twisters, Deadpool/Wolverine, Caped Crusader, Sunny, Time Bandits, a...
Episode 167 - The Chicago Report - Comedy Bang! Bang! and James Bond
07 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Back from vacation, EJ's got all the details on his Chicago trip, especially the James Bond exhibit at the museum and especially especially the Comedy...
Episode 166 - The 2024 Jason Statham Birthday Bash
25 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's Statham's birthday on Friday and after thirty-some episodes of talking about his movies, we're talking some more about his movies! This year, EJ ...
Episode 165 - The Jason Statham Film Festival - Furious 7 with Lenny Burnham
16 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lenny Burnham (House of House, Chapter Surfing) returns to talk about Statham's first full movie in the Fast and Furious franchise. We talk about Deck...
Episode 164 - The Jason Statham Film Festival - Spy with Hayley Leier
09 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Returning Champion Hayley Leier (ADHD-DVD) is back to talk about 2015's Spy, an out-and-out comedy where our guy gets to be really funny. We discuss M...
Episode 163 - The Wild Card Defender Has Logged On
03 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, EJ's avoiding the real world by watching The Bear and House of the Dragon. Plus, The Quick and the Dead absolutely rules, Ant-Man 3 remains...
Episode 162 - Awkward Eye Contact
27 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
True life stories of awkward interactions! Positive reviews of nerd TV shows that have made dummies angry for bad reasons! The Franchise Report brings...
Episode 161 - Life After Clifford
20 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's all movie talk this week as EJ goes to the theater for Inside Out 2, and then re-watches Arrival and experiences the actual madness of Clifford. ...
Episode 160 - The Jason Statham Film Festival: Fast and Furious 6 with Katie Wright!
11 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When you’ve got a movie where Jason Statham has only 20 seconds of screen time, you need a great guest to cover it. And we’ve got one with actress...
Episode 159 - Original Title: Hummingbird
06 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, EJ has a trivia update and a depressing look inside his birthday celebration. The Acolyte and Hacks are good TV shows, and the Jason Statha...
Episode 158 - A Fake Australian Accent
30 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
EJ is pleased to report that he's enjoying the new season of Doctor Who. Also, he had a great time at Furiosa and doesn't care about the box office. I...
Episode 157 - OK, I'm Still Talking About Apes
23 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
One more episode of Ape Talk as EJ remembers when somebody got stabbed at his showing of King Kong (2005) and reflects on comics' greatest gorillas. I...
Episode 156 - 500!
16 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, EJ remembers to talk about the new season of Fargo. Also, he doesn't spoil the wild thing that happens in Sugar but he does mention that a ...
Episode 155 - Pod for the Planet of the Cast
09 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, EJ talks more about a single picture of Superman than you would ever think possible. There's some TV talk and then we go to the movies and ...
Episode 154 - My Man, Caesar
02 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, EJ is feeling bleak but at least he watched Fallout and Baby Reindeer, among other things. He says at least one thing that he definitely sh...
Episode 153 - A Surprising Amount of Basketball Talk
24 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
EJ is back from vacation! He met an Instagram dog, saw his first NBA game, and almost missed his flight, among other things. Check out his audio vacat...
Episode 152 - An Issue With Scale
10 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There's a Trivia Night report and some recent TV recommendations. Plus, the Franchise Report deals with some damn dirty apes and the Jason Statham Fil...
Episode 151 - Somewhere in Hidden Earth...
04 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
EJ did things this week! A trip to the courthouse and a more fun trip to see Joe Pera! Plus, we've got Godzilla X Kong, The Thing prequel, and Dirty H...
Episode 150 - The Jason Statham Film Festival: The Expendables with Larry Young
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Writer, publisher, and raconteur Larry Young (Astronauts in Trouble, Black Diamond, Loose Cannon, a million other things) joins the Jason Statham Film...
Episode 149 - The Grace Poll
21 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, EJ's watching Apples Never Fall and Girls5Eva. He's distressed about some James Bond rumors and he's baffled by actors who look substantial...
Episode 148 - Dune 2: High Voltage
13 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we're talking Fargo and Dune 2, both of which are great. Then the Franchise Report wraps up the Muppets with Muppets Most Wanted (Good!) an...
Episode 147 - Men of a Certain Age and Transporter 3 with Rachel Hadaway
05 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A short-lived TV show AND a Jason Statham movie? That's right, Rachel Hadaway (Rachel's Chart Chart on the People Are the Enemy podcast) returns to ta...
Episode 146 -The Jason Statham Film Festival: Death Race with Lenny Burnham
21 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lenny Burnham (House of House; Chapter Surfing) returns to talk about Jason Statham's 2008 film Death Race. It's a movie that is both as dumb as you w...
Episode 145 - Rowlf!
15 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
EJ talks about his favorite Muppet and whether or not said Muppet was inspired by Tom Waits. Also, Tracker Talk (but not much of that since nobody act...
Episode 144 - Just Talkin' Movies
08 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, EJ watched some movies! In theaters! He also saw some TV and played a video game from 2009. Everything is going very well for him and there...
Episode 143 - In the Pod of the King: A Dungeon Cast Tale
01 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
EJ talks about nostalgia and Oscar nominations before getting into this week's movies. The Jason Statham Film Festival lands on In the Name of The Kin...
Episode 142 - The Jason Statham Film Festival - Crank with Tim Kenny
24 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Oh, it's a big one. One of the top movies in the Statham canon and the main reason we're all gathered here. TIm Kenny stops by to talk about 2006's Cr...
Episode 141 - Emergency Beekeeper Episode
18 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We had to put a guest episode on hold for a week because The Beekeeper kicks so much ass. EJ just has to be enthusiastic about this wonderful, ridicul...
Episode 140 - More Like Jacked Efron
11 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's the first episode of the new year, and we're kicking 2024 off with a movie and mental health check-in. EJ gets vulnerable and also watches The Ir...
Episode 139 - The Best TV Shows of 2023 with Hayley Leier
26 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Once again we're wrapping up the year with North America's most trusted culture critic, Hayley Leier (ADHD-DVD)! We're talking about the best TV shows...
Episode 138 - Solstice with Korg the Perceptive
21 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Holidays! As is our tradition, this year we're celebrating the season with an original story. This year, the smartest barbarian fights Krampus. ...
Episode 137 - Podcast Minus One
14 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, EJ talks about how great Andre Braugher was. So great. Then there's a look at Godzilla Minus One and The Boy and the Heron. Finally, the Ja...
Episode 136 - The Second Annual Tom Waits Birthday Bash
07 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
EJ celebrates his favorite guy's 74th birthday by talking about his acting career, eventually picking his top five Tom Waits performances. Is one of t...
Episode 135 - An Old Man Talks About Muppets
29 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, EJ talks about Scott Pilgrim, The Curse, and The Holdovers. The Franchise Report wraps up Darkman and kicks off The Muppets, and man does E...
Cranksgiving 2023 - The Crank 2 Drinking Game
22 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's the most magical time of the year! Cranksgiving, the only Jason Statham-themed holiday. After recording commentary episodes for both movies, this...
Episode 134 - Go Into the Water
15 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's all movies this week as EJ likes The Marvels quite a bit and geeks out over the Metalocalypse finale. The Franchise Report burns through 2/3 of t...
Episode 133 - R U Talkin’ Transporter 2 To Me? - with Rachel Hadaway
07 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel Hadaway (Rachel's Chart Chat on the People are the Enemy podcast) is back for another Transporter movie. This time, it's Transporter 2 which fi...
Episode 132 - Many Movies Are Watched
01 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's almost all movie talk this week as EJ watches Freelance, Killers of the Flower Moon, and Cellular. He taps out on the Evil Dead remake because he...
Episode 131 - This Is My Boomstick
25 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week there are positive feelings about Mario Wonder and measured enthusiasm for Gen V. A podcast feud simmers. And then the Franchise Report look...
Episode 130 - Bwah Ha Ha
18 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, EJ talks about the passing of the great Keith Giffen and about meeting the great John Hodgman. The Franchise Report gives up on Underworld ...
Episode 129 - Talkin’ Transporter with Rachel Hadaway
11 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Jason Statham Film Festival welcomes its first guest as Rachel Hadaway (Rachel's Chart Chat) stops by to talk about Statham's first starring role....
Episode 128 - The Beekeeper Hype Begins
05 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, EJ is disappointed by The Creator, moved by Daredevil, and bored by Rise of the Lycans. The Jason Statham Film Festival gets to Mean Machin...
Episode 127 - An Excess of Butt Shots
27 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, EJ checks in on Expend4bles and wants everybody to stop asking Martin Scorsese about Marvel movies. Then, he watches another Underworld mov...
Episode 126 - Third Place
20 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Still reveling from a bronze medal performance in bar trivia, EJ talks about a couple of recent celebrity(ish) deaths and then the Jason Statham Film ...
Episode 125 -Bawlers
13 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, EJ talks about some pop culture things that make him cry before heading back to the Jason Statham Film Festival for 2000's Turn It Up! It's...
Episode 124 - I Say Fun Too Often
07 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we've got some TV recommendations, many of which are animated shows. Then the Franchise Report lets us down with the first Underworld but t...
Episode 123 - The Jason Statham Film Festival Begins!
30 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Finally, we begin the Jason Statham Film Festival, the complete review of every one of his movies. We start with Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels,...