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401. The Best Movies of 2022 with Charles Hood and Drew Taylor from Light the Fuse Dec 31, 2022

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Filmmaker Charles Hood and film journalist and author Drew Taylor return for their fifth appearance on the show to once again count down our three warring lists of the best films of the year just gone. It's been another brilliant year at the movies, and we hope this spoiler-free conversation inspires you to check out some of our choices that you might not yet have seen.

Happy New Year everyone!

Peter Cooper on Jim Lauderdale 'Pretty Close to the Truth' (REPOST) Dec 08, 2022

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Reposting this episode in memory of Peter Cooper, who we sadly lost today.

Journalist and singer-songwriter Peter Cooper of the Country Music Hall of Fame joins me to talk about Jim Lauderdale's classic 'Pretty Close to the Truth' album and how the changes in country music in the 90s created the need for the Americana music genre, the migration of people like Jim and his friend and collaborator Buddy Miller from California to Nashville, and how Jim helped Peter propose to his wife.

Peter Cooper on Tom T Hall 'In Search of a Song' (REPOST) Dec 08, 2022

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Reposting this episode in memory of Peter Cooper, who we sadly lost today.

After crouching to fit under the doorway, singer/songwriter/journalist and gentle giant Peter Cooper steps into the portable pod booth to chat with host Jeremy Dylan about a classic from one of the classiest songwriters in country music - Tom T Hall's 1971 album "In Search of a Song".

Along the way, they break down tracks including "The Year Clayton Delany Died", "Trip to Hyden" and "A Million Miles to the City" and talk about Hall's songwriting research trips, how he broke his own songwriting rules, the difference between poetry and song lyrics and why you shouldn't waste time complaining about music you hate.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Nick Cave 'The Good Son' (REPOST) Nov 29, 2022

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Reposting a classic episode while we take a few weeks off to take a breath and record.

Former Deputy Prime Minister, long-serving parliamentarian and occasional DJ Anthony Albanese MP joins me on the show to talk about his favorite album by one of his favorite artists - "The Good Son" (1990) by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.

We talk about the origins of his Nick Cave fandom, seeing him live with the Birthday Party and later with the Bad Seeds, how this album represents a period of Cave in transition, why 'The Ship Song' ended up on his playlist when he guest hosted Rage and which Nick Cave song got people moving in his recent DJ set.

Also, we talk about why his electorate has Australia's best concert venue (the Enmore), the advantages of going to gigs in Canberra, why bad governments breed good music, protest songs and the Reclink Community Cup.

400. BETTER CALL SAUL wrapup ft Tom Schnauz, Patrick Fabian, Peter Diseth, Sharon Bialy, Carrie Wittmer and Bob Odenkirk Nov 04, 2022

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Today we celebrate out milestone 400th episode with a special tribute to one of the all time great TV dramas, which recently concluded it's brilliant run. Better Call Saul is the rare spinoff that not only lived up to its parent show, it actually surpassed it.

Today I'm joined by writer/director/executive producer Thomas Schnauz, actors Patrick Fabian (Howard Hamlin) and Peter Diseth (Bill Oakley), casting director Sharon Bialy and journalist and cultural critic Carrie Wittmer, plus I revisit my 2020 conversation with Jimmy McGill himself, Bob Odenkirk.

Thanks for everyone who joined us today, producer Georgia Mooney for helping pull this together and to everyone who has joined me for the past eight years and 400 episodes, either as guest or listener. We're just getting started!

399. Bradley Morgan on U2's The Joshua Tree: Planting Roots in Mythic America Oct 21, 2022

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Author Bradley Morgan joins me to dive into his fascinating book 'U2's The Joshua Tree: Planting Roots in Mythic America'. We unpack the political underpinnings of the album, how the album has been recontextualised by the political environment of today, resisting nostalgia, how the members of U2 embraced the myth of America and then dissected it, the anti-cynicism of U2's music, how U2 appeals across political divides while foregrounding politics in their own music, their surprising late awakening to American roots music, the story behind One Tree Hill and Bradley's pilgrimage to the site of the album cover photo.

398. Tom Schnauz on The Monkees Oct 06, 2022

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Today Better Call Saul writer, director and executive producer Tom Schnauz joins our rare three timer club as he returns to the show to talk about the legendary Monkees. We talk about the false perception of the Monkees as a 'fake band', the Monkees TV show and how it introduced Tom to their music, Tom's friendship with Micky Dolenz, the original audition notice that led to the band's formation, how and why Tom used two deeper cut Monkees tracks for montages in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul and some Monkees trivia direct from Micky himself.

397. Patrick Fabian on Rush 'Permanent Waves' (1980) Sep 23, 2022

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After eight years and almost four hundred episodes, we finally talk about Rush! Better Call Saul Star Patrick Fabian joins me to preach the Canadian gospel as we chat Geddy, Neil and Alex's classic 1980 album 'Permanent Waves'. We talk about Patrick discovering Rush as a high schooler in Pennsylvania, taking the 'magic bus' to see the band at his first ever arena show, 'growing old' with the band as he's gone to see them over four decades, the skewed gender balance of Rush fandom, how Patrick ended up with a pair of Neil Peart's drumsticks and that time he met Def Leppard.

396. Lola Kirke on Joni Mitchell 'Hejira' (1976) Sep 15, 2022

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Today singer-songwriter and actor Lola Kirke joins for a rollercoaster of a conversation about Joni Mitchell's classic Hejira album and a lot more besides. We talk about how Lola was turned on to Joni by her then boyfriend, only for listening to the music to inspire her to leave him, Joni's cross-country road trips and how they inspired the songwriting, whether people can write music like this in the 'content' era, how Lola forced her way into a Last Waltz tribute where she performed 'Coyote', Joni's social media presence, celebrity autographs and how this record inspired Lola's latest single 'All I Had To Do'.

395. Is Batman: Mask of the Phantasm the best Batman film? with Amon Warmann Aug 25, 2022

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Empire Film Magazine and Fade to Black's Amon Warmann joins me to try and answer one of the great nerd questions of all time: Is a 75 minute animated film from 1993 actually the best Batman film ever made?

Warning: This is a spoiler-filled conversation after the first ten minutes.

Amon and I go for broke digging into a film we both love dearly covering topics including:

- Best Batman film vs best film starring Batman - The love story that drives the film - How the film and its parent show Batman: The Animated Series took key inspiration from classic Hollywood films of the 30s, 40s and 50s. - Why this 'kids' film is one of the most emotionally mature superhero films ever made. - How the film finds a unique way to tell Batman's origin story - Kevin Conroy's definitive and multi-pronged take on Batman - The strategic use of the Joker and how it parallels The Silence of the Lambs and Sexy Beast. - How to go dark without slipping into pretension or self-parody. - Vengance vs Justice. - Shirley Walker's incredible classic score.

Plus we game out an alternate history of the 90s where Warner Brothers looked to this film for inspiration after parting ways with Tim Burton instead of making Batman Forever, and speculate on appropriate candidates to take over from Michael Keaton. Plus we have a spirited argument about whether a film should ever be three hours long.

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