Indiana Jones Minute

Everybody, we've got some terrible news about the Ark. But the good news is Dr. Eric Wells joins us again to weigh Indy's heart against the Feather of Truth, and to take sides between God and Shishak.

Well, if Indy's going to be stuck in the Well of Souls for the rest of his life, we might as well actually look around and learn about Egypt. Good thing we brought Egyptologist Dr. Eric Wells (of the Soulses) with us!

Spielberg finally gets his Bond on, Marion is resilient as ever, and it turns out it's totally worth it to bring John Brueggen with you to the Well of Souls even if he does ruin your snake-in-shoe fetish. Warning: This episode contains not only snakes, but an ear worm.

Gerry is crushed to learn that movies are often not technically accurate. Pete ruins the entire movie by pointing out the nightmare detail you never noticed. But we should be okay since our guest is John Brueggen the snake expert, who has the perfect gift idea for the Belloq who's taken everything!

Indy and Sallah pack up the Ark in an appropriately magic crate, Belloq and Toht have bro time in the desert, and our guest Jamie Anderson confirms that there are in fact Indy moments in real archeology, just not the destroying everything kind.

Belloq puts on a brave face with Toht's return, and God wins over science in how to make an Ark glow. Meanwhile, it turns out neither Tom nor Gerry paid attention in Sunday School, and Pete and our guest Jamie Anderson are hallucinating cats.

Whether or not Belloq is drunk, he's still maybe getting somewhere with Marion. Then Toht ruins everything, still obsessing about dresses. Also, who is Toht and what's he wearing? All these questions lead our guest Jamie Anderson to warn us against falling down the wiki EU wormhole.

Indy and Sallah think this massive stone sarcophagus lid looks like it would be good for smashing, and Belloq doesn't know what he's drinking or where it comes from, but with our guest Jamie Anderson, we try to help him figure it out.

Who's playing whom in this tent? And seriously, why DID it have to be snakes? And even the presence of a level-headed archeologist like our guest Jamie Anderson can't keep the Well of Souls from becoming the Well of Carbonite.

Tom is right there with Marion, falling under Belloq's spell. Unless she's not. Love, deception, and charred snake are in the air as our guest Doris Weiss coaches us on how to watch Raiders in Germany.

Marion must be into Belloq because she dismisses the chaperone and hides a knife so it doesn't make him nervous. Also, Gerry finds snakes at the DMV and Tom gets homework from our guest Doris Weiss!

Marion slips into something a little less comfortable and no one, not even our guest Reed Cavanah, handles it any better than Belloq, who at least slaps on cologne.

Raiders Minute 62: Rabbit Rabbit. How big is this desert? Where are we? And is Marion in a living nightmare? Our guest Reed Cavanah helps us evaluate Belloq's first-date skills. Bonus: Gerry says "rumpus" and "mischief."

Sallah is a good friend, Indy is--say it with us--a lousy archeologist, and Han Solo is in for a rude awakening as our guest Reed Cavanah helps us peer into the Well of Souls.

It takes finding the Well of Souls for Sallah to lose his marbles. But not his toes! John Ingle and Mitch Brian from the Alien Minute podcast join us under a Ten Commandments sky as we peer into the blackness of their final minute with us.

There's lightning in the sky (and on the Coruscant News Network) as we get another rendition of Raider's only musical number. And have you heard? There's a connection between this movie and Scrooge McDuck! Bonus: John Ingle and Mitch Brian from the Alien Minute podcast get us to obsess about movies even more than we already do!

A lot of talking and walking in the desert, but does this minute include the best single moment in the entire movie? John Ingle and Mitch Brian from the Alien Minute podcast think so. So does Christy! And Pete and Tom! We can't all be wrong!

Indy does what he does best and we couldn't be more disappointed in him. But then he does another thing he's good at and we love it. Ger was so disgusted with Indy, he didn't come back today, but Christy joins John Ingle and Mitch Brian from the Alien Minute podcast as we weigh some more of Pete's Han/Indy evidence!

Indy dodges a Nazi hall monitor and runs into Marion Ravenwood! How is she still alive?? Our guests this week, John Ingle and Mitch Brian from the Alien Minute podcast, sit us down and patiently explain that they musta switched the baskets.

What does God need with a light show? Why is Belloq digging in the wrong place? How is Indy so smoking hot? Our guest Kevin Maher invokes the Blues Brothers to help us understand.

Indy fulfills the chalkboard prophecy from earlier in the film as he places the Staff of Ra and marvels at the German graffiti, all of which reminds our guest Kevin Maher of a rightfully forgotten classic film.

Indy may not know much about archeology, but he sure knows how to play with sand. With the help of our guest Kevin Maher, we try hard not to touch our own hole jokes with a five-kadam pole.

What do you get the pharaoh who has everything, including the Ark of the Covenant? A confusing Map Room! Our returning guest Kevin Maher tries to dust the sand off our confusion while Pete explains what's really going on with Sallah and those yelling Germans. And Gerry says "rumpus" again.

Indy hides a staff from Tom in plain sight as our guest Kevin Maher from Kevin Geeks Out joins us on our decent into the Map Room! Bonus(?): Pete and Gerry sing their favorite Egyptian dig tune.

Gerry's connection, like a bowl of dates, is slathered in poison sauce, but Pete lays down a nice groundwork for him to harmonize over, like a regular Indy and Sallah. And Prof. Christy Porter re-returns to help us pass final judgement on that monkey.