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For the past several years, Dean Haglund, Phil Leirness, and Jon Lawlor have been getting together almost weekly to hold each other’s feet to the fire in the pursuit of creating art that is filled with life, while also learning how to live more artfully. Now, Chillpak Hollywood Presents “The Art Life” as a regular podcast! This week, Jon discusses getting waylaid by computer problems AND sewer lin...

Our first installment of 2026 finds your friends in podcasting discussing why the President of the United States is so insistent on there being another Rush Hour movie from director Brett Ratner. Then, Dean and Phil delve into the two final “Mission: Impossible” movies, both 2023’s Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One and 2025’s Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning . Then, they delve...

On this episode, Marc regales hosts Phil Leirness and Dean Haglund with both his Top 5 and Bottom 5 shows of 2025. These can be brand new shows OR brand new seasons of established shows. When we use the word “Bottom”, we mean that these are the shows that most disappointed Marc, not necessarily the shows he found to be the worst. Yet, when we use the word “Top”, we DEFINITELY mean these are the sh...

For the past several years, Dean Haglund, Phil Leirness, and Jon Lawlor have been getting together almost weekly to hold each other’s feet to the fire in the pursuit of creating art that is filled with life, while also learning how to live more artfully. Now, Chillpak Hollywood Presents “The Art Life” as a regular podcast! The gentlemen get the new year underway by discussing what they are proud t...

Our final installment of 2025 finds your friends in podcasting discussing Dean’s holiday travels, the health of Phil’s wife, the latest on the sale of Warner Bros. Discovery and the use of AI (and self-learning programs) in a wide array of fields. Then, Dean and Phil get down to the serious business of discussing such award-hopeful movies as The Secret Agent and Jay Kelly , the comfort food that i...

John E.L. Tenney is one of the most well-recognized investigators of Paranormal and Occult phenomena in the world. Jessica Knapik is a noted cosmetic tattoo artist and has been featured by Cosmo, Vogue, Elle, MTV, and many more. You can usually find her at haunted locations and paranormal events across the country. Together they co-host the wonderful “ What’s Up Weirdo? ” podcast. Dean Haglund wel...

Dean and Phil got together high atop a certain “historic building” in downtown Los Angeles to watch the sunset on the winter solstice, to enjoy a lovely bottle of Malbec, and to record this week’s show! They discuss Dean’s holiday travels, the big forthcoming change to the annual Oscars telecast, and the changes in the beaks on songbirds at UCLA! After that, they discuss the unique legacy of actor...

For the past several years, Dean Haglund, Phil Leirness, and Jon Lawlor have been getting together almost weekly to hold each other’s feet to the fire in the pursuit of creating art that is filled with life, while also learning how to live more artfully. Now, Chillpak Hollywood Presents “The Art Life” as a regular podcast! On this episode, the gentlemen discuss the big stage show Phil hosted last...

One of the most popular ongoing segments in Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness’ long-running, weekly “Chillpak Hollywood Hour” has always been when they celebrate the lives and legacies of those who made indelible marks in the arts or in media. Some listeners have even let us know they would gladly listen to whole shows about celebrity deaths . Now, thanks to Chillpak Hollywood Presents … , those list...

Dean and Phil share seasonal decoration news, holiday plans, and Christmas travel tales. Then, Phil tells a hilarious story about an awards screening he attended. Wake Up Dead Man (“A Knives Out Mystery”) gets a deep dive analysis which leads into a new way of discussing the issues surrounding Netflix’s pending purchase of Warner Bros. Media. After that, the Netflix films Jay Kelly and Carry-On ge...

For the past several years, Dean Haglund, Phil Leirness, and Jon Lawlor have been getting together almost weekly to hold each other’s feet to the fire in the pursuit of creating art that is filled with life, while also learning how to live more artfully. Now, Chillpak Hollywood Presents “The Art Life” as a regular podcast! This week, the gentlemen discuss how art institutions might take advantage...

On this week’s show, Dean Haglund is finally using a microphone once again. It makes his audio better, to be certain, but somehow it also manages to create several cameo opportunities for his dogs! Don’t let those moments dissuade you, however, as this week’s show is an utterly fascinating conversation between Dean and his longtime co-host Phil Leirness. They go deep, discussing the potential sale...

Dean Haglund, Phil Leirness and Jon Lawlor have been collaborating on podcasts for a long time! For the past several years they have been getting together almost weekly to hold each other’s feet to the fire in the pursuit of creating art that is filled with life, while continuing to learn how to live more artfully. Now, Chillpak Hollywood Presents “The Art Life” to you on a regular basis! This wee...

One of the most popular ongoing segments in Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness’ long-running, weekly “Chillpak Hollywood Hour” has always been when they celebrate the lives and legacies of those who made indelible marks in the arts or in media. Some listeners have even let us know they would gladly listen to whole shows about celebrity deaths . Now, those listeners will have their chance! Those celebr...

Dean and Phil compare notes on their Thanksgivings and reveal how (and probably why) Phil got sick on his birthday! Then, they discuss a wide array of brand new and classic movies from various genres and from locales around the world, including Richard Linklater’s Nouvelle Vague , Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value , the noir classic The Postman Always Rings Twice , the groundbreaking indie Chan is...

Join host Phil Leirness as he goes deep into contemporary television with Marc Hershon and you might just come away with one or two episodic series you will want to check out, and maybe even one or two you will wish to avoid! The series covered on this installment: “Dept. Q”, “Stumble”, “A Man on the Inside” (Season 2), “Pluribus”, “The Beast in Me”, and “The Mighty Nein”. Marc Hershon is a brandi...

Almost every week, Dean Haglund, Phil Leirness and Jon Lawlor get together via zoom to explore questions pertaining to the creation of art that brims with life and using creativity to live more artfully. If you like diving deep into the creation of fine art, music, movies and more, then pull up a chair and join the party! This week, the importance of limitations, the human behavior on display in g...

This week, Dean and Phil will begin to slowly roll out the new era of Chillpak Hollywood, releasing much more content each week. Phil provides details at the outset of this brand new episode of the show that has been changing the way people listen to the internet since May of 2007! Then, he and Dean engage in much show biz “water cooler” discussion. The most famous modernist home in the world is u...