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You….Doin’ That Thing You Doooooo. That’s right, we talked about the Tom Hanks Beatles-esque classic That Thing You Do! It turns 25 years old this year so we needed to get a recurring guest that loves this movie so much, Nathan Stone! We always have such a good time talking with Nate and his takes are super snappy in this one. We end the episode with a Starting 5 game and our Patrons get to hear u...

We’ve reached the end of our epic Harry Potter journey and have come to the amazing conclusion with Deathly Hallows Part 2. To celebrate this momentous occasion we brought back 2 previous guests of the Podwarts Express with Sami Matarante and Jenika Marion. These two are such Harry Potter enthusiasts and their super fun energy and thoughtful takes were delightful throughout the entire Podwarts Exp...

We’ve reached our penultimate episode of the PODWARTS EXPRESS and finally made it to the Deathly Hallows Part 1! It’s been quite the journey and we’ve been enjoying every minute of it! Our good friends Reilly and McKenzie Zamber of The Hound + The Fox are mega Harry Potter fans and made it onto the Podwarts Express just in time. We love having them on the show and you’re going to love hearing thei...

We are coming down the track and getting closer and closer to the end of this ride. The PODWARTS EXPRESS has stopped at Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and we got a couple guests who have already boarded the train at previous stops with Sami Matarante and Neil Ghosh. They are such big Potter enthusiasts that we had to get them back to give us their thoughts on the Half-Blood Prince. We end...

Chugga Chugga Choo Choo! Next stop: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix! We’ve been having a blast breaking down all of these Harry Potter films and we finally got HP super fan, Jenika Marion, back on the pod to discuss one of her favorite films! She has some history with the Order of the Phoenix and it was fun hearing her break it down. This episode ends with an Imitation Game and our Patro...

We are cruising along on the Harry Potter train reaching our half way point with Goblet of Fire! To join our TriWizard Tournament we got recurring guests Adam Rupp and Neil Ghosh. These guys know their Harry Potter and this film is one of their favorites of the series. They have some great takes and some fun facts they shared with us. This episode ends with an Imitation Game and our Patrons can li...

Toot Toooooooot! We’re back on the Podwarts Express and we’ve reached our Azkaban stop, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. We brought back to the pod one of our favorite guests that we’ve known since Junior High, Broadway/Film actor Benny Elledge! We found out that Benny is a big Harry Potter fan and has some very strong feelings about certain casting decisions. You’re not gonna want to mis...

We are chuggin’ along on the Podwarts Express and the next stop is Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets! We had Amberly Hall on the pod way back on our Drop Dead Gorgeous episode and she explained to us then her love of all things Harry Potter. We knew we had to ask her back when we started this series and she graciously accepted and brought along her man/Rob’s bandmate, Austin Brown. These two...

ALL ABOARD THE PODWARTS EXPRESS!!! The time has finally come to break down all of the Harry Potter films! Buegs has been counting down the days and is so excited to talk some Harry Potter. To start off the Podwarts Express we got a Harry Potter expert in Sami Matarante to discuss Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. She was just at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter hours before we recorded and...

We’ve been waiting for the release of this film for a long time. In fact, we’ve had it on the schedule for over a year and had to keep rescheduling as the release kept getting pushed back. It’s finally here and we were stoked to bring back our good buddy and Marvel Super Nerd, Reilly Zamber, to talk about it. We had such a good time hearing all of Reilly’s takes and fun theories on where he thinks...

Lin Manuel Miranda strikes again with his New York based musical, In The Heights. We have been very excited for the release of this film for some time because we knew that Kelsey Lundquist is OBSESSED with it. We always love having her on the show and we had a blast hearing her takes. We ended this episode with an Imitation Game and our Patrons can hear us draft our Top 5 Movies Where A Main Chara...

It’s been 15 years since we were blessed to see Emma Thompson narrating Will Ferrell’s life as an IRS agent. One of the very few serious/grounded Will Ferrell roles happens to be a favorite of ours and the 15th anniversary gave us an excuse to talk about it! One of our favorite recurring guests, Seggie Isho from Straight No Chaser, is also a big fan of Ferrell and this film. We always enjoy hearin...

We got some of our favorite people on the planet back on the pod: Luke Pierce, Abe Sword, Tim Foust and Jenika Marion!!!! All of these people are so much fun and we just had a fantastic time playing games and hanging out for an hour and a half. The title of this Movie Game Night is a joke within the episode so you’ll have to listen to understand what that’s all about. Enjoy! 1:07 Luke Pierce, Abe...

While we get ready for barbecues and fireworks for the 4th of July weekend, we should also celebrate the 25th anniversary of the epic alien disaster film, Independence Day! The film where we got to see Will Smith punch out an alien and Bill Pullman inspire us with a presidential speech, turns 25 on July 3rd. We asked Neil Ghosh, a great buddy of ours and recurring guest, to come on back and give h...

The candy-coated classic, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, is celebrating it’s 50th anniversary! 50 years of Everlasting Gobstoppers, Golden Tickets and Oompa Loompas. We knew that Broadway Actress and previous guest, Stephanie Torns, loves this film so we got her to come back on the show and bring along her man/one of our besties, Benny Elledge. These two are a riot and we had a very silly ti...

It’s been 15 years since Meryl Streep played the cutthroat fashion empress, Miranda Priestly, and it remains an iconic cinematic character. The Devil Wears Prada is a favorite of ours and we knew that Sami Matarante also enjoyed it so we were able to get her to come back onto the podcast to talk about it! She has some great takes on this one that should not be missed. We ended with a brand new gam...

25 years ago there was a hostage takeover during a tour of Alcatraz and the only people who could help were Nicholas Cage and Sean Connery. It’s a perfect scenario for a super entertaining film and we were so excited to do an episode on The Rock. Our good buddy Benny Elledge came back on the pod fresh after his leading role feature film debut in Kringle Time, which can be seen at www.brooklynfilmf...

Baz Luhrmann’s film that taught us “the greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return” has just turned 20 years old. That’s right, Moulin Rouge is celebrating it’s 20th Anniversary! This was a big film for us and to talk about this wildly original musical, we got a wildly original musical guy in Austin Brown to come back to the pod. He had some fun takes on this that we t...

We are back with another Movie Game Night and this time we decided to bring our old roommates on the show! Back in 2008 we all lived in a house in the Uptown neighborhood of Minneapolis and it was a very fun time in our lives. Many nights were spent across the street at the Green Mill as we procrastinated on figuring out what life path each of us should take. This was a great excuse to all hang ou...

Shrek is 20 years old and we celebrated by chatting about it with our good friends Reilly and McKenzie Zamber from The Hound and the Fox! We always have such a great time with these two and this was even more special because we recorded this on Reilly’s Birthday! We ended with a fun Imitation Game and our Patrons can listen to us draft our Top 5 Favorite Green Characters! Feel free to listen to th...

Every year we take the Academy Award’s Best Picture Winner and devote an episode to it. This last year’s winner was the Frances McDormand-led road trip romp, Nomadland. This film won Best Picture, Best Director & Best Lead Actress, which gave us a lot to talk about. We had a fun time breaking this down with just the two of us. We end the episode with a Last Man Stanton that was chosen by an Indoor...

If you’re a regular listener to our show, you know that Buegs is a big fan of the comedy led by Kristen Wiig, Bridesmaids. We saw that Bridesmaids was reaching it’s 10 year mark and knew we had to devote some time to talk about it. Some of our favorite people in the world feel the same way as Buegs, so we got Adam Chance and Sami Matarante (Chami) to come back on the show! It’s always a blast havi...

We are back with another Movie Game Night and this time we got the Home Free Founding Fathers: Chris Rupp, Adam Rupp and Matt Atwood. Rob spent many years touring with these guys and we had too much fun reminiscing and playing some movie games. This one got pretty silly, enjoy listening to us have a good time! 1:08 @christhehatguy 1:25 @matthewatwood 2:00 @adamhfbeatbox 2:22 Plugarooni’s: www.chri...

Although a little delayed, the Academy Awards are finally here! And that means we have to give our predictions! Before we make our predictions we do our normal intro where we discuss the last movies we’ve watched, what we’ve been streaming and our favorite recent meals. We had a great time making our predictions and we had very different answers this year. Excited to see who gets the most correct!...

25 years ago Adam Sandler gave us the big-hearted, volatile hockey player turned golfer, Happy Gilmore. To celebrate this momentous occasion we brought back Cash Campbell, who just so happens to be an avid golfer and grew up loving this film as much as us! We enjoyed hearing Cash’s takes on this golf comedy classic. There are some quotes we use in everyday life and many that are used every time we...