Ranked #1
Episode 1: ELECTRIC BLUE CREDITS with New Yorker cartoonist Joe Dator and cinephile Megan Dooley
Episode 1: ELECTRIC BLUE CREDITS with New Yorker cartoonist Joe Dator and cinephile Megan Dooley
We look at the first two minutes and thirty-seven seconds of Kubrick's masterpiece. The music! The flying! The credits! ... Read more
8 Oct 2017
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Ranked #2
Episode 15: TENNIS BALL’S OSCAR MOMENT with animator and radio personality John Schnall from the Midnight Matinee on WFMU
Episode 15: TENNIS BALL’S OSCAR MOMENT with animator and radio personality John Schnall from the Midnight Matinee on WFMU
WFMU Midnight Matinee’s John Schnall sat through The Shining fourteen times when it first came out and lived to talk abo... Read more
28 Jan 2018
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Ranked #3
Episode 51: DANNYYY!!! with Dan Lloyd, “Danny” from The Shining
Episode 51: DANNYYY!!! with Dan Lloyd, “Danny” from The Shining
Dan Lloyd, former child actor, reminisces about playing Danny in The Shining. Download the file here: Shining Episode ... Read more
13 Feb 2019
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55mins
Ranked #4
Episode 1: WELCOME TO THE BRAMFORD
Episode 1: WELCOME TO THE BRAMFORD
New Yorker cartoonist Joe Dator and cinephile Megan Dooley discuss The Dakota, full-body-experience cinema, and Mr. Nick... Read more
21 Oct 2019
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1hr
Ranked #5
Episode 0 Pt 1: THE CONTROVERSY
Episode 0 Pt 1: THE CONTROVERSY
Cinephile Megan Dooley joins in the discussion of the Polanski controversy: his rape case and additional accusations. Is... Read more
7 Oct 2019
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1hr 4mins
Ranked #6
Episode 2: SAD SANDWICHES AND HAPPY CONSPIRACIES with cinephile Megan Dooley
Episode 2: SAD SANDWICHES AND HAPPY CONSPIRACIES with cinephile Megan Dooley
Megan Dooley and I stroll through the Overlook, hang out in the office, discuss some ghostly weirdness, and then have a ... Read more
14 Oct 2017
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Ranked #7
Episode 48: HEEERE’S SHINING SECRETS with Pixar’s Lee Unkrich
Episode 48: HEEERE’S SHINING SECRETS with Pixar’s Lee Unkrich
Oscar-winning filmmaker Lee Unkrich discusses his upcoming book on The Shining, deleted scenes, and reveals the actor wh... Read more
10 Dec 2018
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Ranked #8
Episode 7: SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL
Episode 7: SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL
Musician, writer and scholar Nikolas Schreck discusses the history of Satan in cinema, his relationship with Anton LaVey... Read more
23 Dec 2019
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Ranked #9
Episode 43: HURTING REAL BAD with cinephile Megan Dooley
Episode 43: HURTING REAL BAD with cinephile Megan Dooley
Megan Dooley is back to discuss Stanley vs. Winkle, old-timey cinema, and personal horror stories, including a monster s... Read more
28 Oct 2018
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Ranked #10
Episode 49: CAN’T WATCH, LITERALLY with Andy Newman from The New York Times and Fran Pado from Goddess
Episode 49: CAN’T WATCH, LITERALLY with Andy Newman from The New York Times and Fran Pado from Goddess
Andy Newman from The New York Times and performer Fran Pado discuss Hallorann’s death fixation, validate “redrum” as a g... Read more
31 Dec 2018
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Ranked #11
Episode 4: POPPING OFF HEADS & STACKING BODIES with Tasha Robinson of Next Picture Show & Bob J. Koester of Immunities
Episode 4: POPPING OFF HEADS & STACKING BODIES with Tasha Robinson of Next Picture Show & Bob J. Koester of Immunities
Tasha Robinson and Bob J. Koester ponder the characters’ motivations and eyebrows in this unusual interview scene. Dow... Read more
29 Oct 2017
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Ranked #12
Episode 4: PROFILES IN SATANISM
Episode 4: PROFILES IN SATANISM
The hosts of the Profiles in Eccentricity podcast, John Fahy, Aaron Pita, and Matt Brousseau, discuss famous Satanists, ... Read more
19 Nov 2019
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Ranked #13
Episode 5: THE MAKINGS OF MIA
Episode 5: THE MAKINGS OF MIA
Writer and host of the Night Call podcast Molly Lambert discusses morality in Hollywood, Ms. Mia’s life story, and why D... Read more
2 Dec 2019
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Ranked #14
Episode 2: LOOK WHAT’S HAPPENED TO JOHN CASSAVETES’ SNEAKERS
Episode 2: LOOK WHAT’S HAPPENED TO JOHN CASSAVETES’ SNEAKERS
Kill By Kill podcast’s Gena Radcliffe stops by, along with Megan Dooley, to discuss cannibals, awkward sex, and the infa... Read more
30 Oct 2019
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Ranked #15
Episode 55: THE SÉANCE with Joe Dator and Megan Dooley
Episode 55: THE SÉANCE with Joe Dator and Megan Dooley
Joe Dator and Megan Dooley help wrap up the movie, discussing the credits, and we finally figure out who is haunting the... Read more
29 Mar 2019
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45mins
Ranked #16
BONUS: 2001 Roundtable +Sci-Fi discussion
BONUS: 2001 Roundtable +Sci-Fi discussion
A roundtable discussion of 2001: A Space Odyssey with Vanity Fair’s Bruce Handy, science writer Corey Powell, and The Pi... Read more
10 Apr 2019
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2hr 36mins
Ranked #17
Episode 18: FEMALE HORROR with horror writer/director & actor in “Eyes Wide Shut” Stewart Thorndike
Episode 18: FEMALE HORROR with horror writer/director & actor in “Eyes Wide Shut” Stewart Thorndike
Stewart Thorndike, who played Nuala in Eyes Wide Shut and is a horror movie writer and director (Lyle), discusses Wendy’... Read more
19 Feb 2018
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Ranked #18
Episode 19: THE RED BOOK with listener Brian Dupre and cinephile Megan Dooley
Episode 19: THE RED BOOK with listener Brian Dupre and cinephile Megan Dooley
Listener and Patreon subscriber Brian Dupre, along with Megan Dooley, discusses Wendy in yellow, a mysterious red book, ... Read more
26 Feb 2018
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Ranked #19
Episode 45: UNLOCKING JACK with horror director Vincenzo Natali
Episode 45: UNLOCKING JACK with horror director Vincenzo Natali
Director Vincenzo Natali discusses the surprising Canadian-ness of The Shining, the business of horror, and his own King... Read more
12 Nov 2018
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Ranked #20
Episode 6: DOPEY, GOOFY & SEXISM with Megan Dooley
Episode 6: DOPEY, GOOFY & SEXISM with Megan Dooley
Megan and I discuss ghost wasps and ghost lamps, plus a whole conversations about sexism and how it relates to the Kubri... Read more
13 Nov 2017
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