Chillpak Hollywood Hour

Original Air Date: Monday 4 April, 9 pm Eastern Description: This week, Dean and Phil follow up on one of their best episodes ever by discussing the importance of manners as they relate to masks, shoes, and award shows! They have some bracing words about the nature of "safety" in show business. Then, they turn their attention to the Oscar-winning documentary Summer of Soul before discussing Oscar-...

Original Date: February 24, 2015 Today is the day the annual movie awards season comes to a merciful conclusion and your friends in podcasting stick the final nail in its coffin with their annual review of the Oscars telecast wherein they reveal who they predicted would win in all 24 categories. As always, there’s a wager involved and for the 2nd year running, you’ll be treated to some classic cli...

Original Air Date: Monday 28 March, 9 pm Eastern Description: Phil (in Hollywood) and Dean (in the environs of Detroit) checked in with each other before, during and after Sunday night’s Oscars and recorded their conversation about the movie industry’s big night. There are insights, there are jokes, there is snark, there are criticisms, and oh, yes, Dean has been drinking!

Original Air Date: Monday 21 March, 9 pm Eastern Description: Phil has been chasing trains all over California and he has stories. St. Patrick's Day was this past week and Dean and Phil have jokes about that. In "Celebrity Deaths", Oscar-winning actor William Hurt gets remembered and the controversy surrounding celebrations of his legacy will get examined. Star of the original "Godzilla" and a gre...

Original Air Date: Monday 14 March, 9 pm Eastern Description: Dean starts the show by talking about shoveling his driveway. Phil talks about location scouting and chasing trains. Then, they roll up their sleeves and in “Celebrity Deaths”, they remember 8 actors and 1 legendary studio exec turned producer who was responsible for some of the greatest and most beloved films of the past 45 years. Spea...

Original Air Date: Monday 7 March, 9 pm Eastern Description: On this week's episode, Dean and Phil pick up right where they left off last week when they were discussing the SAG Award winners. Specifically, they will analyze what the foreign-language "Squid Game" winners tell us about the ways Americans in general (and younger generations in particular) consume their entertainment and their opennes...

Original Air Date: Monday 28 February, 9 pm Eastern Description: Phil is back from Hawaii and bringing with him observations about how the islands AND America have changed since he last visited the spots he traveled to (24 and 36 years ago respectively). He and Dean bring back "What We're Reading" after a lengthy absence, and the discussion of books will lead to discussions of comedy, the Golden A...

Original Date: October 22, 2012 Dean Haglund is in Fargo, North Dakota. Phil Leirness is on set somewhere, directing and producing 2nd unit on a feature film. So, how are your friends in podcasting able to bring you this brand new installment of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour? Why, through the magic of podcasting, of course! If you love Star Trek … If you love Star Trek: The Next Generation … If you...

Original Air Date: Monday 21 February, 9 pm Eastern Description: This week's episode is a very unusual installment, even by our very unusual standards! Part 1 features Dean and Phil continuing their discussion of last week about the future of awards shows in general, and the Oscars in particular, while paying tribute to two great films from last year that went overlooked by the Academy: David Lowe...

Original Air Date: Monday 14 February, 9 pm Eastern Description: Since it is Valentine's Day, it's only fitting that Dean and Phil are offering up a show that is nothing less than a love letter to movies, movie-going AND great comedic acting on television! In addition to a great story about Howard (“Dr. Johnny Fever”) Hesseman that involves the legendary Jack (“Dragnet”) Webb, and analysis of a ha...

Original Date: February 8, 2016 If you haven’t listened to last week’s episode #455, make sure to do so BEFORE you check out this week’s brand new show. Your friends in podcasting pick up where they left off as both Dean and Phil will reveal their Top Four favorite television series of 2015 (10 thru 5 were counted down last week). After that, Phil explains why he is so thrilled about the sequel to...

Original Air Date: Monday 7 February, 9 pm Eastern Description: Season 1 of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour ended in November of 2019 after 652 episodes. Season 2 ended last week after 113 episodes. This week, Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness launch Season 3 as they make the move to Subspace Radio! They will "re-set" their topics, bringing back the "Explanation of the Week" while discussing something c...

Original Air Date: Monday 31 January, 9 pm Eastern Description: Will this week be the final episode of "Season 2"? Will it be Dean and Phil's final show Odysy Radio? They will discuss these matters (but, spoiler alert: yes to both!). They will also discuss Dean’s coddling of robots, Phil's latest round of eye surgeries, Dean's forthcoming watercolor series, Paul Thomas Anderson's Licorice Pizza, t...

Original Air Date: Monday 24 January, 9 pm Eastern Description: Dean and Phil discuss the death of a genuine L.A. icon, the changes sweeping thru Phil's beloved neighborhood, the "right" time to move, a TCM podcast about Peter Bogdanovich, his film Saint Jack, workplace safety on the films of Roger Corman and more thoughts on the recent releases The Last Duel and Nightmare Alley. All that, plus th...

Original Air Date: Monday 17 January, 9 pm Eastern Description: Dean and Phil discuss Martin Luther King Day, share three messages from loyal listeners like you (yes, YOU!), reveal a handful of new nicknames for Phil, and analyze three recent cinematic releases. They also celebrate the lives and legacies of several music legends, a couple of beloved sitcom stars, and a true Hollywood icon.

Original Date: June 19, 2009 At the end of last week’s show, Dean and Phil promised a theme show this week focusing on the greatest heroes and villains ever to grace the silver and small screens. Unfortunately, technical difficulties are preventing that show from coming your way. The good news is that we have a very cool theme show for you anyway, as Dean and Phil reveal their Top Films of All Tim...

Original Air Date: Monday 10 January, 9 pm Eastern Description: Because people have asked, on this week's show, Dean and Phil will explain (yet again) why this is "Season 2" of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour! They will also follow up on last week's "Twelfth Night" episode all about Shakespearean film adaptations with stories about Peter Greenaway's Prospero's Books, the Shakespearean qualities of De...

Original Date: April 2, 2018 Your friends in podcasting have been teasing episode #568 for weeks! They had really been looking forward to counting down their all-time favorite Mystery films and the final results prove to be a lot of fun. So, get those Netflix queues handy, because Dean and Phil will hit you with more than two dozen movies they discuss at length with four films actually finding a p...

Original Air Date: Monday 3 January, 9 pm Eastern Description: We hope this finds you having enjoyed a happy and healthy New Year. Twelfth Night is a festival that takes place on the last night of the Twelve Days of Christmas, marking the coming of the Epiphany. Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" (or "What You Will"), is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 160...

Original Date: January 1, 2018 This week’s show is an interesting one that your friends in podcasting recorded together in Los Angeles. It starts with Dean describing two “Live Events of the Week” – a production of Something Rotten! and the debut Maurice and Paul Marciano Art Foundation exhibit at the Scottish Rite Masonic Center on Wilshire – and Phil describing the truly horrible Office Christma...

Original Air Date: Monday 27 December, 9 pm Eastern Description: On Christmas Eve in the nation’s capital, your friends in podcasting (and broadcasting!) got together in-person for this very special (and pre-recorded) holiday treat! Dean discusses his Los Angeles adventures, including the Cerritos mall, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and nudists! Phil discusses his east coast adventures, in...

Original Air Date: Monday 20 December, 9 pm Eastern Description: Somehow, through almost 15 years of bringing you YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour free every week, Dean and Phil have never dedicated an entire show to the career, artistry and genius of Bill Murray. This week, that oversight gets remedied, as your friends in podcasting march right into the holidays by programming a film festival they ar...

Original Air Date: Monday 13 December, 9 pm Eastern Description: It’s the midst of the holiday season. Travel plans are ramping up and the awards season is starting to heat up! The American Film Institute has revealed its honorees as the top (ten) films of 2021 and a consensus has begun to form through critics Top Ten lists about the best movies of the year as well. Dean and Phil discuss it all. T...

Original Air Date: Monday 6 December, 9 pm Eastern Description: Your friends in podcasting (AND broadcasting!) have quite the week to discuss! As the holidays approach, and Covid-19 dashes Dean's travel plans, Awards Season in Hollywood gets underway. The National Board of Review and the New York Film Critics Circle announced their winners of the best in cinema for 2021, and a consensus has begun...

Original Date: December 22, 2014 Before taking off on their holiday travels, your friends in podcasting, Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness are doing what they do best: Making sense of a (show business) world gone wild … They weigh in on the cyber terrorist attack against Sony. They celebrate a milestone achieved by one of their favorite shows. They discuss live events starring the likes of Angela Lan...