The Agency

Candy and Eugene welcome documentary filmmaker Nico Edwards to discuss outlier travel,  adventure and filmmaking on a 120 foot sailboat going to Antarctica. That's a mouthful. The agents saw two documentaries directed by Nico Edwards and found them both compelling. The conversation with Nico stands out as one of their favorites. The 2017 feature documentary "Sea Gypsies:The Far Side of the World"...

This week the agents watch a German comedy. They talk about learning a new skill and Michael Pollan's new documentary HOW TO CHANGE YOUR MIND.  Please write all your thoughts and dreams to the agents  at:  theagency.podcast@gmail.com

This week: Opening: from Elvis is Everywhere by Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper The Agents discuss a fab cat & mouse cop show called We Hunt Together + (you guessed it) Elvis. We love to hear from you: theagency.podcast@gmail.com Thank you for listening!

Special thanks this episode to Leo Quintao (@quintao.ink on Instagram) and to Flamewise Ink. This week: Agent Eugene gets a tattoo (Rule #6) Interview with tattoo artist @quintao.ink (9:20) Apocalypse and Heroism Croissants Near North Sculpture A Big Head Pour me a shrub, if you will A delayed smash hit I don't know art but I know what I like Email the Agents anytime: theagency.podcast@gmail.com

This week: Corn Dads in restaurants Cleaning chopsticks Napkin Money Breaking Down Top Gun Maverick The Dambusters Top Secret Sewing Comedians in Cars Public Realm Paradise The Honourable Schoolboy Street Festivals..... .....and more. Please enjoy the episode. Email the Agents anytime: theagency.podcast@gmail.com

The agents heard you and your suggestion to watch "Slow West" and Revisionist Westerns as a topic. Candy is sewing and Eugene is cooking. All fun all day. We read email from special agents Vox and Adamandia.   Please share your dreams, hopes, conflicts and requests with us! Email us at: theagency.podcast@gmail.com

Thank you for listening! xxxooo The agents watch three music documentaries. The first, Dave Grohl’s WHAT DRIVES US about life on the road of bands in vans. The next music focused documentary is MARY J. BLIGE: MY LIFE about the 25th anniversary tour celebrating Blige’s phenomenal album “My Life.” And third the music doc-based work is a series set in Virginia of a competition to cast a gospel choir...

This week: Listener mail Bob's Burgers - the movie Paddington 2 - almost perfect John le Carré's final novel Poor Koko Email The Agents anytime: theagency.podcast@gmail.com

Eugene and Candy watch a documentary about aspiring Go game players vying for professional Go player status. The documentary is called "The Surrounding Game". They also talk about some food, art, government grants their email account. And more about Go. Please feel free to write us at: theagency.podcast@gmail.com

Hollywood creates some new works that look at itself. identity and ego-death as the way to have a meaningful life. We watch THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT, MATRIX 4 and THE OFFER.   Eugene gets back to making a fiddle and Candy keeps on dieting.   Thank you for listening. The agents would love to hear from you please email to: theagency.podcast@gmail.com

This week: Drag Race The Tremor of Forgery Stealth Raccoons Warblers and Piping Plovers Listener Meatloaf We Own This City ....and plenty of this and that and the other thing. Please join us.

Everyone seems to be watching THE STAIRCASE and so are we.    On this episode: Camping Birds Birdwatching What we are cooking (meatloaf and chicken thighs) East Side Toronto Don Valley River Cherry Beach Owl Theory The Staircase Tattoos If you have a wolf or rocket tattoo...we apologize in advance.   Email us to share your meatloaf recipe or to ask Eugene to get a tattoo to: theagency.podcast@gmai...

This week: Birds and Cars Museums Fatima to Graceland Atlas of the Heart Sweet Bitter Arm of Gold Barry Spinster We Own this City  

Thank you for listening!!!! Eugene is back and Candy is in Tennessee. News updates on fiddle-making. Compartive notes on meatloaf. Please email the agents about anything at theagency.podcast@gmail.com

This week Candy co-hosts with The Agency's special corespondant Sarah Elliot. We talk about the uptick in documentaries about con artists, especially men, who prey on women. Very sucessful women Eugene was missed but he will be back very soon. Candy also hangs out at The Peppermill in Las Vegas with stand up comic Kristeen Von Hagen. Kristeen is a long time colleague of Candy and she works with th...

We discovered the best movie of 2019, PARASITE...and now we discover and claim the best movie of 2022. EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE It's a consensus among the agents. You must see it! ASAP. Oh and Candy talks about the first time she did acid.   Plus more great tv, JULIA, ALL THE OLD KNIVES and TOKYO VICE.   Please let us know what you're watching loving, thinking and email us at: theagency.p...

The Week: Technology twins Nick Cave & Warren Ellis at Massey Hall Blue Steel (a film from 1990 with Jamie Lee Curtis) Max and Chris (YouTube faves) The Grammys A Casino for Chicago? Winning Time Bruce Willis Listener mail email The Agents anytime: theagency.podcast@gmail.com

This week.... Yes we talk about "the slap" Also... Crimson Tide; The Conversation; Winning Time: the rise and fall of the Lakers' Dynasty; and My Neighbor Totoro. Surprise guest appearance by Claudia Guajardo. Email us anytime: theagency.podcast@gmail.com

We are super excited to talk with author Dennis McCarthy about his 2021 novel THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO BILLY THE KID.   Music found on this episode for educational purposes is the French national anthem on fiddle performed by Charles Morey. Also "Goodbye Old Paint" performed by Harry McClintock and "Captain O Keane" on harp by Paul Hardwick of a Torlough O Carlan piece.   Thank you for listening an...

Special guest: Brian Cherwick from The Kubasonics! Also this week: FIRE Vitrectomy Jack Whitehall - Travels with my father Turning Red Love is Blind ...and more Email us anytime - we love mail. theagency.podcast@gmail.com

This week: The Agents chat with presenters from the Southwest Popular / American Culture Association's 43rd Annual Conference. Deborah Deacon and Stacy Fowler on Women in the Military Lisa Floryshak - Faith-based Cooking Enjoy the program. If you would like to contact the Agents, email anytime: theagency.podcast@gmail.com If you are coo-coo for Coco-puffs about our little podcast and you want to h...

This week: A is for Albuqurque Office Space Then We Came to the End No Sudden Moves Jack Reacher (the one with the tall guy with lots of muscles) YouTube picks ....and more Email us anytime: theagency.podcast@gmail.com We love to hear from you. We'd like to know this week: what was your fave concert experience? Your worst? What was the last concert you attended before the pandemic appeared?

The Agents cover a lot of ground this week... Candy Minx in Albuquerque More Inventing Anna His Girl Friday Charm City Kings The Notebook of Leonardo da Vinci Tokyo Trial Downfall Reacher Juxtapose Radio Email us anytime: theagency.podcast@gmail.com

Eugene makes a movie list of what to watch. Candy agrees to watch one of his picks.  Even more con artist content: Inventing Anna. Fiddle building. Posthumanism: Giles Delueze influences Rosi Braidotti Best and worst concerts (well some of them) The Kid Detective Altered Carbon Bladerunner 2049 Women in refrigerators  Good robots versus bad robots.   We would love to know your best concert experie...

The agents have been busy. This week: Nightmare Alley Collage artist and mail artist Ray Johnson at the Art Institute of Chicago True crime Ghostbusters Power of the Dog + skillet cornbread at the Comfort Food Diner We love to hear from you. Email us anytime: theagency.podcast@gmail.com