Hear Me Out!

Any hope for a familiar reality within these podcast walls best retire and retreat, lest that ill-fated hope slowly and painfully perish of thirst for lack of viable sustenance. For real, this episode is a party, packed with enough Mischief Night Mayhem to make your head spin! No regular format this week - only extra spooky games, trick-or-treaters that give treats, cartoons in costumes, costumes...

BOOYAH it’s round two with screenwriter and podcaster, Scotty Landes!! Aileen and Nicole are delighted to have one of Hollywood’s most positive dudes back on the pod to discuss a smorgasbord of topics, from international travel to horror movies to wizards being fired from their jobs. Btw who hired the wizard in the first place…? Scotty also dives into the nitty gritty of working within the never-e...

Welcome to the floor show! Whether you feel like a wild and untamed thing or see yourself as a more subdued Colonel Mustard type, this episode has something for everyone: music, comedy, glitter, communism (it’s just a red herring), monkey brains, human brains, butlers, maids, time warps, secret passageways and Tim Curry Tim Curry Tim Curry!! Ooh and curry popcorn! On this dark and stormy night, Ai...

As Dolly Parton once said, “Find out who you are and do it on purpose, with purpose” and over the course of this week’s episode it becomes 100% obvious that Dolly was a self-assured, intelligent woman of her word.  Join Aileen & Nicole as they have a rootin’ tootin’ boot scootin’ good time celebrating the life and work of the beloved legend of sight and sound, Miss Dolly Rebecca Parton. They c...

Have you enjoyed the last year of Hear Me Out! as much as Hear Me Out! has enjoyed bringing you the last year?? Hope so because this episode is nothing short of a disco dance party celebrating the joy and growth the podcast has experienced over the last 12 months. Aileen and Nicole completely abandon all of the show’s traditional formats to make room for a supercut of lol-inducing cut-ups, a slew...

“Happy Friday, HMOmies! Today is August 21 and it’s a great day to learn something new. The lunch ladies are serving grape jelly Uncrustables and iced brownies for lunch, and don’t forget - any Ramones records found during our mandatory drug testing will be added to the ever-growing bonfire in the courtyard. Let’s make today amazing!!” Woohoo! It’s back to school season and Hear Me Out went all in...

From the grey divides of cold war Berlin to the colorful landscape of the New Zealand bush, there’s nowhere a Sam Neill performance could go that audiences wouldn’t lovingly follow. Didn’t matter if he was dastardly chopping a finger or tenderly resting atop a dinosaur, his presence spiced up any film’s storyline. He brought depth and humor with him to every character he embodied, all for the love...

~*Here's just a little something from the new book we’re working on! We don’t want to have to drink : ) *~ O blivious B oy! S elfish E mpty-headed S plinters S pawned I ll-fated O ne-wish N ikki! And now, foolish Bear, you must face the choices you make through the very actions you refuse to take. May they strike as hard as bricks and offer as much comfort as you did Sandy. Who’s ready to dive int...

Yeehaw! Hop on board with Aileen and Nicole as they kick the tires, light the fires and get ready to defeat some alien scum because it’s the 30th anniversary of Independence Day , big daddies!!! Hunker down in your bunkers as the ladies navigate their way through the movie’s plot and fun facts, nuking the conversation with plenty of sidebar games and activities. If this is all getting a little too...

At 100 years old - today! HBD, Mel! - Melvin James Brooks (né Kaminsky), continues his work as a comedic force with which to be reckoned. In honor of one Hear Me Out’s favorite guys, here is a re-release of our episode covering his life and work. Ain’t it good to still be the king? Original description: Men in tights! Interracial friendships! Sexually liberated women! Satire in the face of fascism...

With a prolific career spanning nearly seventy years, Steven Spielberg is one of the world’s most beloved movie directors and his latest effort, Disclosure Day , proves in a big way that he’s still got it . Aileen and Nicole go in depth (big spoilers!) discussing the new release: their thoughts, feelings - oh so many feelings - and theories regarding what it all means and why it made such an impac...

Awoken and emblazoned by the power of atomic energy over 70 years ago, Godzilla swiftly became the Japanese King of the Kaiju, securing a place in pop culture as one of the most iconic and revered forces of nature of all time. Skreeeonk! This week, Aileen and Nicole tackle the bookends of this infallible beast with their breakdown of 1954’s Godzilla (Gojira) and 2023’s Godzilla Minus One mixing su...

To say four movies about technicolor hyper-sexual goth ~VIBES~ led Aileen & Nicole to reconsider all of their life decisions up to this point might be a slight exaggeration. Not much of one though. But hey! At least they had a good time and something something it’s all about the journey, right?  And what a journey it is as the ladies wrap up the second part of this series with The Love Witch a...

Bright lights! Beautiful people! Big excitement! Maybe none of that at all! Decide for yourself if this week’s movies fit into the theme in part ONE of Aileen & Nicole’s TWO part series discussing and soaking in Technicolor Hyper-Sexual Goth ~Vibes~ or whatever some of these movies think they’re doing… By pure coincidence, part one covers male-directed films while part two will showcase more r...

Grab your red ribbons, put some flowers in your hair and get ready to crash head first into surreal worlds of anxiety, misandry and straight up whatthefuckery as Aileen & Nicole discuss May Day traditions and corresponding themes over the course of almost THIRTY movies and tv shows. Wowza. This episode has a little bit of everything - history, an unprecedented number of mad libs, two different...

Holy cow, you won’t believe this week’s podcast! What is it, you ask? Well, it’s an audio program made available in digital format for automatic download over the Internet but there’s no time for formal definitions - we have spoof movies to discuss!  Take to the skies with Aileen & Nicole as they tell you about it. What? All about the movies Airplane! and They Came Together , which are both hi...

Hey, buds !! Definitely grab a snack for this wild ride because Donovan from the podcast Too T3rpd joins Aileen & Nicole in celebrating the ~magic~ of marijuana, both in spirit and for real for real. Another pal rolls in and out of the conversation for some extra LOLs as an extra treat. Treats are sooo good. Don’t forget to stock up on treats. What? Oh right, anyway, the gang knocks out a coup...

Life handed us a handful of Plemons this week, please enjoy our Plemonade🤗 Intro Music: "Dope" by Soundroll #Uppbeat Outro Music: “Dive Into the Dark” by CKJJ Email us pictures of your cats at hearmeoutpod.info@gmail.com! Follow us on social media and your favorite streaming service via this super handy website: https://linktr.ee/hearmeoutpod.info We love comments, 5 star ratings and new pals so...

In honor of our collab with Maximum Effort’s latest* release, please enjoy a little March Madness ~Hear Me Out style~ with “The World’s Greatest Catchphrases: Pop Culture Icons vs Personal Pan Pizzas Elimination Tournament” woohoo!!! Seriously, though, this minisode is a hot mess of chaos so buckle up and see you at the end of an- extremely -predictable-outcome-in-hindsight but it’s the fun we had...

So what if St. Patrick’s Day is already over? Isn’t the rule that the whole week gets to be birthday week? Wait is that not what St. Pat’s is - Ireland’s birthday?! Jk jk all the Guiness is gone so we had to craic open the Paddy’s and things have gone considerably off the rails. Aileen & Nicole keep things moving, though, with a feisty discussion about The Matchmaker , Waking Ned Devine and In...

Bitchy friends. Bad spouses. Bombs everywhere. Each its own uniquely hellish landscape that has, at one point or another, been analyzed painstakingly so as to be broken down and then crafted into the most enjoyably digestible entertainment. Who the heck can multi-task like that?! Women, that’s who! Probably some other people, too, but today’s class is about women and the films they direct. Aileen...

If your favorite film is Ahhhhhviator and you know just how much ~*God loves a terrier*~ then this is the Hear Me Out! episode for you. Whether you’re here for Cookie, Sally, Kate or Moira, there is absolutely no shortage of delectable activities for whatever your proclivities.  So grab your headphones and listen up, ya filthy animals, it’s been a rocky road to (Dublin) get here but Catherine O’Ha...

Hey friends! Due to technical difficulties, our Catherine O’Hara episode is ever so slightly delayed until next Friday. We’re back on track after that so it’s a one-two hit with a celebration of female directors the following week. What a time to be alive, things are nuts but we sure do love ya. Everyone get some sleep and we’ll see you next Friday❤️

Men in tights! Interracial friendships! Sexually liberated women! Satire in the face of fascism! For almost a century, Mel Brooks has been delightfully sticking it to The Man with his trademark blend of slapstick comedy and social commentary. Love that for him.  In an episode that is on brand with the meshugaas of Brooks’ work, Aileen and Nicole go slightly off the rails while discussing his filmo...

Join the likes of Nigel Tufnel and Dr. Ian Kelson, turn this episode up to 11 and get ready to RAAAGE with Aileen and Nicole as they celebrate the greatest horror movie of 2026 (and of all time??), Nia DaCosta’s 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple . They address the minor controversy surrounding one of the film makers’ character inspirations but spend most of the time gushing. It’s a really good movie...