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The Deep Dive Podcast

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Welcome to The Deep Dive Podcast family of shows! Each episode explores a different facet of the entertainment industry. MYSTERIES OF THE DEEP looks at Hollywood’s most unusual twists and turns. PILOT ERROR explores those TV pilots that never got off the ground. HOLLYWOOD HYPE showcases all the myriad methods used to get you into the movie theater. THE DEEP DIVE MICROCAST takes a media-related topic and distills it down in under 15 minutes.

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It was the little home video format that could...until it couldn’t. MYSTERIES OF THE DEEP presents...The History of the LaserDisc! 10.02.2023 23:09

Remember when the world was in black & white? Neither do we! The Deep Dive Microcast dives into the kaleidoscopic cacophony of chromaticity that is Technicolor! 03.02.2023 12:12

THE END IS NIGH! So, stop wasting time! Listen to The Deep Dive Microcast’s look at the history of ’End of the World’ movies! 27.01.2023 20:02

THIS WEEK: Tom & Manda use A.I. (Actual Idiots) to find the best/worst on screen Humanoid Robots! 20.01.2023 54:29

On this edition of PILOT ERROR: It was a show called TURN-ON that turned so many people off, it was taken off the air midway through the first episode! Listen and find out why... 13.01.2023 15:05

On this edition of MYSTERIES OF THE DEEP, we dive into the reason so many ’bad’ movies are released in January! The answer may surprise you(but probably not)! 06.01.2023 15:29

How did New Year’s Eve get to be so rockin’? Ring in the new year with the history of Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve! 30.12.2022 17:49

What do Santa Claus, book banning, divorce and comic books have in common? Why, The Christmas Panic of 1953, of course! 16.12.2022 15:39

”Christmas movies are always great!”, said no one ever. But, what was the first? Find out on this episode of MYSTERIES OF THE DEEP! 01.12.2022 16:53

You know what’s funny? Sitcoms! What’s funnier? A sitcom about the harsh lives of early settlers! Don’t believe it? Listen and you can ’thank’ me later! 18.11.2022 13:38

Watching Dorothy and her pals on TV has become a tradition for generations of Americans. How did it get that way? Listen and find out! 11.11.2022 27:58

HALLOWEEN SPECIAL! Mysteries of the Deep presents a (sort of) chilling tale of zombies, ghouls and copyright law! Don’t listen alone! 31.10.2022 28:45

Nothing up our sleeves...except Halloween Horror Month WEEK FOUR! It’s all about that old Black Magic! Tom & Manda craft their best picks for menacing magical movies! 28.10.2022 1:00:50

Halloween Horror Month-WEEK THREE! Tom & Manda bury themselves in movies about spooky cemeteries and freakish funeral homes! 21.10.2022 37:46

WEEK TWO! Ever stayed at a Motel 666? Or a Scare-a-ton Hotel? Then listen to Tom and Manda as they pick their favorite hostile hostels! 14.10.2022 52:51

You’ve waited all year for this: Halloween Horror Month is here! WEEK ONE: HOUSEHOLD HORRORS! Tom & Manda look at movies that are NOT up to safety codes! 07.10.2022 58:51

It’s a mysterious triangle-shaped area where strange occurrances take place! Not, not THAT one! MYSTERIES OF THE DEEP takes you to The Beverly Hills Bermuda Triangle! 23.09.2022 22:39

Another TV pilot that crashed and burned! This time, the 1964 horror anthology THE UNKNOWN! Did you know about it? 16.09.2022 20:10

PART TWO OF TWO! Summer is almost done, but we’re not! This week, there’s blood in the water as we deliver our favorite end of summer splashers! 09.09.2022 1:05:10

PART ONE OF TWO! Say goodbye to the beach with a special look at our favorite End of Summer Slashers! 02.09.2022 48:18

THIS WEEK: We dive into the terrible tragedy that plagued the set of TWILIGHT ZONE-THE MOVIE! 19.08.2022 17:23

THE DEEP DIVE MICROCAST presents a look at the classic 80’s ”Friday the 13th” TV series...that had no Jason in it at all! 12.08.2022 16:17

POW! ZAP! CANCELLED! Who is BATGIRL and why was her big-budget movie scrapped at the last minute? 06.08.2022 23:46

So, you want to make a movie inside DisneyWorld? Without permission? It’s been done! Listen to the true tale of ESCAPE FROM TOMORROW! 29.07.2022 17:07

It’s I LOVE LUCY, but with Adolph and Eva! What could go wrong? Find out on this episode of PILOT ERROR! 22.07.2022 20:03