Fat Dude Digs Flicks Movie Podcasts

Send us Fan Mail The 🎃🔪 HALLOWEEN SCARY SPOOKY SEASON OF MOVIES OF VARYING LEVELS OF SCARINESS 🔪🎃continues!!! On this weeks episode, Shannon Cole, executive director of the Vermillion Cultural Association, joins the show! We chat about what it’s like to write for the military, living in a college town, and supporting and spotlighting the arts in said college town. We then chat about Shannon’s...

Send us Fan Mail The 🎃🎃 HALLOWEEN SCARY MOVIE SPECTACULAR SPECIAL MINISERIES OF DOOM 🎃🎃 just keeps chugging along! This week, Shandra Wonnenberg, host of the Fellowship of the Mic podcast and manager of the Coyote Twin Theater in Vermillion, joins the show! We chat about the roots and rise of her podcast, helping bring the Vermillion Vortex Film Festival to life, being a genre fan, and why hor...

Send us Fan Mail The 🎃🔪HALLOWEEN HORROR SCARY MOVIE SPECTACULAR 🔪🎃 keeps rolling along this week! Madeline Ramirez, co-host of The Grim Cities Podcast , steps into the guest spotlight this week. We chat about researching haunted history, finding a love for the horror genre, the joy of found footage, and why Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats might, low-key, be a horror masterpiece, both on stage and s...

Send us Fan Mail The 🎃🔪 SPOOKY SCARY HORROR HALLOWEEN SPECTACULAR 🔪🎃 continues!!! This week on the program, I am joined by cohost of the That Movie is Fine podcast, Lauren Knight. We chat about movie marketing, appreciating Sylvester Stallone, and the roots of a deep love for horror and practical effects. We then dive into our featured movie of the week, the quintessential horror comedy from 1...

Send us Fan Mail The 🎃🔪HALLOWEEN HORROR SPECTACULAR 🔪🎃 continues this week with South Dakota based artist, Klaire Lockheart. We discuss Klaire’s work and how humor and a little bit of snark can be artistic, the Unaccredited College of Klaire (UCK), the joy of tangible, practical effects, and where Klaire’s love of horror comes from. We then dive into her pick for movie of the week, the final c...

Send us Fan Mail Double episode release weeks are in full effect as we journey through our 🎃💀 HALLOWEEN HORROR SPECTACULAR!!!*💀🎃 On this week’s show, I am joined by the founder and Chief Creative Officer of Bad Hand Books , Doug Murano. Doug and I chat about what it’s like being an independent publishing house, the road to get there, and where Doug’s love of horror comes from. We then dive int...

Send us Fan Mail 🎃💀HALLOWEEN HORROR SPECTACULAR BEGINS!!! 💀🎃 Time to kick-off one of my favorite times of the year! The Halloween Horror Spectacular (name is a work in progress) begins with a conversation with horror photographer, Brandi Hancock. We chat about residing in rural Alabama, teaching yourself new skills so you can pursue your dreams, and the teachers that try their best to stifle a...

Send us Fan Mail On this week’s episode, The Fat Dude is joined by the director of Tater Tot & Patton , Andrew Kightlinger, whose latest film, Lost on a Mountain in Maine , kicks off the Vermillion Vortex Film Festival this Friday night (9/20). The two chat about Andrew’s journey from Madagascar to South Dakota to Los Angeles, and how a box of VHS tapes helped point him on the path to becoming...

Send us Fan Mail The Balcony is OPEN!!! This week, the boys in the balcony dive into some recent watches, including some of 2024’s marquee horror titles. Following that, they discuss the featured topic of the week, a Fall Movie Preview. The guys discuss some stand-out titles playing at the big upcoming film festivals before breaking down some of the major releases from now until the end of the yea...

Send us Fan Mail The Criterion Break is back! On this week’s show, the guys from the back row chat about some recent watches, including a theatrical viewing of the new 4K remaster of Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai. Next, they briefly discuss the upcoming CC40 box set and what their thoughts are on this being Criterion’s big November box set. Finally, for the featured conversation, they chat about...

Send us Fan Mail We’re wrapping up the summer blockbuster miniseries with a Fat Dude foundational film. Billy Yost, musical genius and one of the founding members of the Chicago-based rock band, The Kickback, joins the show this week. We chat about creative success, satisfaction, and disappointment, as well as finding musical influences thanks to the people in your life. We also chat about the per...

Send us Fan Mail The summer blockbuster miniseries keeps on trucking! This week, it’s a podcast team up for the ages as Casey and Sam of Screams From The Basement join the show. The two horror podcasters talk about their hectic schedule for the next few months, and chat with the Fat Dude about finding their podcasting rhythm. The gang then chat about this week’s featured movie, M. Night Shymalan’s...

Send us Fan Mail Ah snap! It’s… 🤖🤖 TERMINATOR 2-SDAY!!! 🤖🤖 Blake Ginithan of The Criterion Break and The Balcony rejoins the show as a part of the Summer Blockbuster miniseries. We discuss the summer blockbuster experiences of the past and what our hopes are for the future, as well as our excitement in being part of a blossoming local film community. We then discuss the ins and outs and all th...

Send us Fan Mail The summer blockbuster series keeps chugging along. This week, resident severe (movie) weather expert and reliable podcast cohost, Derrick Veurink, joins Let’s Taco ‘Bout for a double feature. Derrick and the Fat Dude start by discussing this summer’s surprises before a chat about the Jan De Bont weather thriller, Twister . The two talk about Derrick’s history with appreciating th...

Send us Fan Mail The Criterion Break returns, continuing the summer-long theme on the Fat Dude Digs Flicks podcast network with another round of summer blockbusters. First, the boys chat about a recent screening of Brian DePalma’s Blow Out at the State Theater in Sioux Falls. Then, the guys dive into the subject of this week’s episode, the Criterion films of Michael Bay. That’s right! The gang tal...

Send us Fan Mail The Summer Blockbuster season continues! This week, actor and genuine good dude, Jimmy Myers, joins the show. We chat about Jimmy’s love for entertaining others, his job working with people with developmental disabilities, and how he met and fell in love with his wife. We then dive into our featured movie of the week, Steven Spielberg’s classic dinosaur adventure, Jurassic Park. F...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Earth! The Summer Blockbuster miniseries continues! This week, we line up around the block with Ty and Rachael Hudson, hosts of the Summers Off podcast, and longtime friends with the Fat Dude. We throw any semblance of an outline out the window as we catch up on life, with Ty discussing his path towards seeking his doctorate in theater, and Rachael’s adventures as a sch...

Send us Fan Mail This week, Let’s Taco ‘Bout OFFICIALLY kicks off the Summer Blockbuster Miniseries! An event a year (plus) in the making, what better time than now to talk about the great blockbusters of old, when people across the country would go to the movie theater to take in a motion picture EVENT! This week, we kick things off with Parker Magnuson, proprietor of The Parker Cut, and chat abo...

Send us Fan Mail The Balcony is, once again, open! On this week’s show, we discuss several movies we have been watching, including a chat on one of 2024’s best films (so far), Jane Schoenbrun’s I Saw the TV Glow . We then dive into our featured chat on the highest grossing film of 1995, Die Hard With A Vengeance . We talk about our history with this film and series, and how this movie holds up as...

Send us Fan Mail This week, The Break is back! On this episode of The Criterion Break, we briefly chat about two recent Criterion titles that played the State Theatre in Sioux Falls, Fantastic Planet and My Own Private Idaho. We then dive into this week’s feature as we take a look at two musicals from the mind of French filmmaker, Jacques Demy. First on the list, the pastel melancholy of The Umbre...

Send us Fan Mail 💨🪴 FRIDAY HIGHDAY!!! 🪴💨 “I know you don’t smoke weed, but I’m gonna get you high today. Because it’s Friday, you ain’t got no job, and you ain’t got shit to do!” This week, Let’s Taco ‘Bout puff puff gives a new episode for your brain. Zo Richardson of Back Look Cinema joins the show this week to chat with the Fat Dude about his life in finding a love for art and the roots of...

Send us Fan Mail On this week’s episode, we’re changing things up a little! The Fat Dude has spent the week in Omaha and he has some things to Taco ‘Bout. Joining him in his out of town movie adventure is his brother, Matt Heller. The two discuss their feelings about an advance screening of In A Violent Nature . Then, they travel to the desert Wasteland to discuss their feelings on the modern day...

Send us Fan Mail Let’s Taco ‘Bout returns this week with an all new episode! This week, the Fat Dude is joined by the host of the 2 Cents Critic Podcast, Arthur Howell. Arthur and Andy chat about why kids love microbiology, intelligence and a thirst for learning at a young age, latching on to entertainment, and the importance of social activism before diving into Arthur’s pick for movie of the wee...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome! The Balcony is now open! On this week’s episode, with the year one-third of the way done, the guys discuss some of their favorite films so far of 2024. Find out what movies they think are worth your watch! The featured topic of this week’s episode is almost two years in the making. Since 1952, every decade, Sight & Sound magazine creates a list of the top 100 films of...

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