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War Movie Theatre A Few Good Men - with Hadley FreemanYou want answers? You think you're entitled? You can't handle the truth! This week we're marking the death of Rob Reiner by watching the closest thing he made to a war movie: A Few Good Men. Was Tom Cruise ever snappier? Was Jack Nicholson ever shoutier? How many of those medals did any of the characters deserve? Joining Rob is Hadley Freeman, Sunday Times journalist, author, and interviewers of everyone who made a film in the 80s.Next week, we're enlisting the aid of a Playboy model to retake our ship, as we...

2026-01-011h 17

The Review Review Being John Malkovich / He's 6 7, But Actually (Guest: Rob Weldon)Message us ANONYMOUSLYWriter, and local celebrity (Burbank, CA and greater valley) Rob Weldon (Author/Creator "The Omnist Series") is back in the Paul Blart chair to dig into our collective subconscious, and his choice "Being John Malkovich," (1999 D. Spike Jonze). Starring: John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, and if yoooouuuuu ccaaannn beeellliiieeevvveee it JOHN MALKOVICH. The adventure of debating actors' height, the thrill of quirky set design, the stickiness of the poo tube! You kids think you're so damn clever...6 7...whatever. 11.25!****A member of the “Review Review,” family is in the fight of her life...

2025-11-252h 05

War Movie Theatre All Quiet On The Western Front (1930)Is this the war movie that explains all war movies? Rob and Duncan watch the first version of All Quiet On The Western Front, made barely a decade after the First World War ended. Somehow, it turns out to be a chance to talk about Starship Troopers again.[Apologies for a fat-finger error that led Rob to delete the first five minutes of this episode when we first uploaded it. All fixed now, we hope, and Duncan is working on a suitable punishment.]Next week, we continue Great War Month with Biggles.

2025-11-1354 min

War Movie Theatre Is Paris Burning - with Karim PalantZut alors! This week we're popping over the Channel to watch the Frenchest war movie ever made, the true story of the frantic arguments on both sides about how to save - or destroy - the city. Featuring effortlessly cool members of the Resistance, battles of bicycles, and a furious Fuhrer. Rob and Duncan are joined by former Labour party policy man Karim Palant, whose entire street WhatsApp group was mobilised to find a cable that would let him watch his DVD. Next week, we're off to Canada to watch 49th Parallel.

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War Movie Theatre The English Patient - with Lucy BeresfordThis week, a Booker-winning novel that becomes an Oscar-winning film. A tale of war and love in the desert, based, very loosely on a real World War 2 espionage mission. Rob and Duncan are joined by the author and psychotherapist Lucy Beresford, to talk about her relationship with war movies, why she loves this film, and whether it would have been better if the studio had got their way and cast Demi Moore in the lead. Help us out by doing our listener survey: http://bit.ly/warmovietheatre-survey...

2025-10-021h 00

War Movie Theatre Aliens - with Brian RafteryIs this going be a bug hunt, or a stand-up fight? Rob is joined by Brian Raftery to talk about James Cameron's 1986 magnificent take on the Alien universe. Has there ever been a better sequel? Is it really a Vietnam allegory? And after all that time in hyper-sleep, shouldn't Ripley's savings be worth more?Next week, it's Cold War countdown Fail Safe.The podcast series by Brian mentioned in the show are "Do We Get To Win This Time?" and "Mission Accomplished", from Ringer podcasts.Help us out by doing our...

2025-09-181h 18

War Movie Theatre Memphis Belle - both of themRob and Duncan have done their job for Uncle Sam. Now they're podcasting for themselves. This week we're watching the 1990 movie Memphis Belle and the 1944 documentary that inspired it: The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress. Is the crew going to finish its 25th mission? Which of them will go on to save Frodo? And would Eric Stoltz have had a better career if he'd realised Back To The Future was a comedy?You can watch the 1944 documentary here: https://youtu.be/DW4F_ZMrS3A?si=g7HPQtEnXfQkdMxzNext week...

2025-09-1159 min

War Movie Theatre Classic Episode: The Longest Day with Al MurrayPub landlord and war-waffler Al Murray joins Rob and Duncan to watch The Longest Day in this episode from 2024. Can any American be more gratuitous than John Wayne? And while everyone knows Sean Connery was in the film, not that many people know about the TWO other Bond stars in tiny roles...Next week, we're back with a new episode, watching Platoon.Help us out by doing our listener survey: http://bit.ly/warmovietheatre-surveySuggestions? Comments? Drop us a line at warmovietheatre@gmail.com.Visit us at facebook.com...

2025-08-2844 min

War Movie Theatre Classic Episode: Where Eagles Dare with Tim ShipmanContinuing our August season of repeats, this week's classic episode, first aired in May 2024, sees Rob and Duncan high in the Bavarian Alps on a mission of such complexity that they need special guest Tim Shipman to tell them what's going on. But can they trust him? Can they trust anyone? And what will win the Broadsword Radio Award for Total Implausibility? Next week: King RatHelp us out by doing our listener survey: http://bit.ly/warmovietheatre-surveySuggestions? Comments? Drop us a line at warmovietheatre@gmail.com.Visit...

2025-08-1448 min

War Movie Theatre Classic Episode: Casablanca with Hadley FreemanThe first in our August repeat run is the revival of our Christmas 2023 episode on Casablanca, with special guest Hadley Freeman. A passionately political film disguised as a romance, this is also a Jewish movie where no one mentions being Jewish, and a war movie where the war is all offscreen. It's hardly a surprise that Rob and Duncan think Humphrey Bogart is cool, but Hadley's pick for the sexiest man in the film is frankly a shock. .Next week: Where Eagles Dare with Tim Shipman. Help us out by doing our listener survey...

2025-08-0744 min

War Movie Theatre Prisoner of War - with Phil TinlineIn what is surely the most obscure episode of any podcast ever recorded, Rob and Duncan are joined by author and documentary-maker Phil Tinline to watch 1954's "Prisoner of War", the film that was going to turn Ronald Reagan into a major movie star. The reason that never happened wasn't simply the quality of the movie. It was also because of a shift in the US military's attitude to prisoners returning from Korea, which makes this film a fascinating window into the changing mindset. "Every man has his breaking point," Reagan warns, but why did that...

2025-07-311h 09

War Movie Theatre The Wild Geese - with Tim ShipmanPop down to Africa, would you, and pull off a quick coup? This week, Rob and Duncan are joined by Tim Shipman to watch the most 1978 film ever released. Richard Burton! Richard Harris! Roger Moore! It's The Wild Geese!Problematic moments, war crimes, it's got them all - or has it? Marvel as Duncan explains that the Geneva Convention might not apply. Thrill as Tim describes how, in a way, the film is sort of a documentary. Inspired by one group of mercenaries, it ended up inspiring another group of mercenaries, who themselves inspired a third...

2025-07-2453 min

War Movie Theatre Attack! With Mark GreigRob and Duncan are joined by screenwriter Mark Greig to discuss Robert Aldrich's 1956 noir war movie Attack. Will they make it to the end of the episode with one of them killing another?Next week, it's back to the desert, with Lawrence of Arabia.Help us out by doing our listener survey: http://bit.ly/warmovietheatre-surveySuggestions? Comments? Drop us a line at warmovietheatre@gmail.com.Visit us at facebook.com/WarMovieTheatre or on Bluesky and Twitter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2025-07-101h 17

War Movie Theatre Five Graves to CairoRob and Duncan watch the 1943 film that promised to tell audiences the secret story of British victory in the desert. That was not in any sense true, but unknown to the filmmakers, this movie would inspire a real D-Day operation. More than that, it's an early Billy Wilder film, with all his trademark style. War movie? Spy story? Film noir? You decide.Next week, Robert Aldrich's Attack!Help us out by doing our listener survey: http://bit.ly/warmovietheatre-surveySuggestions? Comments? Drop us a line...

2025-07-0350 min

War Movie Theatre Das Boot - with James LandaleRob and Duncan are joined by Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale to pick noses, smell farts, and torpedo Allied shipping in the greatest submarine movie ever made, Wolfgang Petersen's 1981 Das Boot. If the submarine war was hell, then making this film wasn't much more fun. But find out how the crew ended up giving Indiana Jones a lift.Next week: Five Graves to Cairo. Help us out by doing our listener survey: http://bit.ly/warmovietheatre-surveySuggestions? Comments? Drop us a line at warmovietheatre@gmail.com.Visit us at facebook...

2025-06-261h 20

War Movie Theatre Master and Commander - with Alex Massie and Henry DyerRob and Duncan are joined by Alex Massie and Henry Dyer to watch Peter Weir's magnificent 2003 Napoleonic naval epic. How did it compare to the novels? Is this the only war movie in history where an American character was removed? And why are people getting bits of the script tattooed onto their bodies?Next week, we're still at sea with Das Boot.Help us out by doing our listener survey: http://bit.ly/warmovietheatre-surveySuggestions? Comments? Drop us a line at warmovietheatre@gmail.com.Visit us at facebook.com...

2025-06-191h 25

War Movie Theatre Mosquito Squadron - with John CraceRob and Duncan are joined by John Crace, sketchwriter for The Guardian, to watch Mosquito Squadron, a film John's dad took him to see in the cinema. Is this the perfect example of the less-than-golden age of war movies? Is there any movie it doesn't rip off? What does it say about life on the home front? And, hang on a second, were the land-based bouncing bombs real?Next week, all aboard HMS Surprise as we watch Master And Commander.Help us out by doing our listener survey: http://bit.ly/warmovietheatre-survey

2025-06-1255 min

War Movie Theatre GloryRob and Duncan turn their attention to the American Civil War, watching the 1989 true story of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, one of the Union Army's first African American regiments. The film won Denzel Washington an Oscar, launched Andre Braugher, and caught Morgan Freeman just as his career was taking off. But it also captures much of the changing way war was fought in the Nineteenth Century, which gives Duncan a chance to plug his new book Blood And Treasure: The Economics of Conflict from the Vikings to Ukraine.Next week: Mosquito SquadronHelp...

2025-06-0555 min

War Movie Theatre Starship Troopers - with Jonn ElledgeKlendathu must be destroyed! Rob Hutton and Duncan Weldon are joined by Jonn Elledge, best-selling author of A History of the World in 47 Borders, as they strap on their helmets and go on a bug hunt to watch Paul Verhoeven's oft-misunderstood masterpiece Starship Troopers. Clunking misfire or brilliant satire of modern fascism? Next week, it's Ferris Bueller's Civil War, as we watch Glory.Help us out by doing our listener survey: http://bit.ly/warmovietheatre-surveySuggestions? Comments? Drop us a line at warmovietheatre@gmail.com.Visit us at facebook...

2025-05-291h 00

War Movie Theatre A Canterbury Tale - with Sanchia BergRob and Duncan are joined by journalist Sanchia Berg for another Powell and Pressburger outing. This time, it's 1944's A Canterbury Tale, where three pilgrims try to unravel a mystery in the wartime Kent countryside. Not a hit on release, it's since found an obsessive fan base. But will it win our hearts?Next week, in a slight change of pace: Starship TroopersHelp us out by doing our listener survey: http://bit.ly/warmovietheatre-surveySuggestions? Comments? Drop us a line at warmovietheatre@gmail.com.Visit us at facebook...

2025-05-2249 min

War Movie Theatre BONUS: Britain's Top 10 WW2 MoviesTo coincide with VE Day, we asked Deltapoll to find the nation's favourite WW2 movies. Now that people have stopped shouting abuse at *us* over the resuls, we thought we'd take a look at them. With Rob, Duncan and Deltapoll's Joe Twyman, who's here to tell you you're not as normal as you think you are. Help us out by doing our listener survey: http://bit.ly/warmovietheatre-surveySuggestions? Comments? Drop us a line at warmovietheatre@gmail.com.Visit us at facebook.com/WarMovieTheatre or on Bluesky and Twitter. Hosted...

2025-05-1227 min

War Movie Theatre The Bridge On The River Kwai - with Miles JuppActor and comedian Miles Jupp (whose own war movie credits include Napoleon and Rogue Heroes) joins Rob and Duncan to discuss Alec Guinness's Oscar-winning performance in the 1957 classic. The film was based on a novel by a Pierre Boule (who would go on to write Planet of the Apes) who decided to transpose his experiences at the hands of his fellow Frenchmen into British characters. At the time it had the most expensive set ever built. Director David Lean hadn't even wanted Guinness - Miles shares his own tales of realising he wasn't the first choice...

2025-05-0856 min

War Movie Theatre EMERGENCY EPISODE - The RockEMERGENCY EPISODE! Prompted by Donald Trump tweeting about Alcatraz, Duncan felt he had to watch 1996's The Rock, which Rob thinks is probably a war movie. Is this the first second-screen movie? Does director Michael Bay understand subtlety? How much Nicolas Cage is too much? And is Sean Connery really playing James Bond for the last time. We're back to our regular schedule on Thursday, with The Bridge On The River Kwai.Help us out by doing our listener survey: http://bit.ly/warmovietheatre-surveySuggestions? Comments? Drop us a line at...

2025-05-0644 min

War Movie Theatre Civil War - with Helen LewisRob and Duncan watch 2024's Civil War with Helen Lewis of The Atlantic, whose forthcoming book The Genius Myth is dedicated to the film's director, Alex Garland. Is it really more of a road movie? How come Texas is in an alliance with California? And that's the guy without the camera doing there, anyway?Next week: The Bridge on the River Kwai.Help us out by doing our listener survey: http://bit.ly/warmovietheatre-surveySuggestions? Comments? Drop us a line at warmovietheatre@gmail.com.Visit us at facebook.com...

2025-05-011h 05

War Movie Theatre I Was Monty's DoubleThis week Rob and Duncan pretend to be Duncan and Rob, in an elaborate plan to persuade the enemy that the podcast will actually be taking place in the Mediterranean. That's right, we're watching I Was Monty's Double, starring John Mills. The true story of Operation Copperhead is told in Rob's book The Illusionist, out now in paperback.Next week: Civil War (2024)Help us out by doing our listener survey: http://bit.ly/warmovietheatre-surveySuggestions? Comments? Drop us a line at warmovietheatre@gmail.com.Visit us...

2025-04-2442 min

War Movie Theatre Red Dawn (1984) - With Joe TwymanRob and Duncan are joined by pollster and war movie nut Joe Twyman to watch the 1984 teen-resistance classic Red Dawn, starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey, and just re-released in glorious 4K. Think of it as Dirty Dancing: The WW3 Years.It features a Problematic Moment so Problematic that it ended up being cut, a director who demanded he be paid in firearms, and Joe's unforgettable description of watching the movie on a US military base in Baghdad.Next week: I Was Monty's DoubleSuggestions, comments, offers of cash? warmovietheatre@gmail.com

2025-04-1752 min

War Movie Theatre Dunkirk (2017)Duncan and Rob are back, fighting to get off the beach and home to England in Christopher Nolan's 2017 blockbuster Dunkirk. How did he persuade Americans to bankroll this? How did he persuade them to go and see it? And can we see a future for plucky novice actor Harry Styles?Help us out by doing our listener survey: http://bit.ly/warmovietheatre-surveySuggestions? Comments? Drop us a line at warmovietheatre@gmail.com.Visit us at facebook.com/WarMovieTheatre or on Bluesky and Twitter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

2025-04-1045 min

Between 2 Pints Behind the Scenes of Reboot Rewind: The Making of a 90s Animation Documentary with Jacob WeldonIn this episode of Between 2 Pints, we sit down with Jacob Weldon—an exceptional filmmaker, editor, and co-creator of ReBoot Rewind. We dive deep into the making of this documentary series that revisits ReBoot, the iconic 90s computer-animated show that helped define a generation.Jacob shares the inside story behind ReBoot Rewind—a project that involved interviewing over 50 people connected to the series. From surprising connections to major films like Mad Max: Fury Road, to the challenges of documentary filmmaking, this episode is packed with behind-the-scenes insights and untold stories.Discover what it took to brin...

2025-03-2032 min

Listen to Latest Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Historical Sir Walter Scott: A BBC Radio Drama Collection: Five Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisations including Waverley and Rob Roy by Walter ScottPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/808337to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sir Walter Scott: A BBC Radio Drama Collection: Five Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisations including Waverley and Rob Roy Author: Walter Scott Narrator: Sean Chapman, John Ransome, George Woolley, Irene Allan, Jill Meers, Liam Brennan, John Buick, Gerda Stevenson, Richard Greenwood, Tom George, Alec Guinness, Brian Hewlett, Full Cast, John Rowe, David Rintoul Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 2 minutes Release date: January 2, 2025 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: Full-cast BBC adaptations of five of Sir Walter Scott’s ‘Waverley’ novels, plus a play adapted from his journal starring Alec Guinness, and a docume...

2025-01-025h 02

War Movie Theatre The Pianist – with special guest Clare MulleyWatching the war movies that make us bloody glad it’s not the 1940s, with authors Rob Hutton and Duncan Weldon. This time, acclaimed author and historian Clare Mulley of The Spy Who Loved fame joins us to watch Roman Polanski’s harrowing story of the Holocaust, escape, chance survival and guilt, The Pianist (2002). As we discover, Adrian Brody’s astonishing physical transformation to play the role is not even the half of it. Written and presented by Rob Hutton and Duncan Weldon. Audio production by Tom Taylor. Art by Jim Parrett. Group Editor: Andrew...

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War Movie Theatre The First Of The Few – with special guest J. Willgoose Esq of Public Service BroadcastingWatching the war movies that make us think we’ve discovered the real secret of flying, with authors Rob Hutton and Duncan Weldon. This time we wheel, bank and glide with The First Of The Few, Leslie Howard’s stirring 1942 portrait of the birth of the Spitfire fighter plane and its doomed progenitor RJ Mitchell – played by Howard himself.Our special guest J. Willgoose Esq of esteemed “collage rock” band Public Service Broadcasting has previous form with the movie: their pulse-quickening early single Spitfire was built around samples of its dialogue. What will we think? Is this movie hero...

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War Movie Theatre A Matter Of Life And Death – with special guest Luke TurnerWatching the war movies that make us think mistily of Blighty, with authors Rob Hutton and (usually, but he’s on leave this week) Duncan Weldon. This time: Don’t be upset about the parachute, we’ll have our wings soon anyway, big white ones. Upper lips will wobble as brave airman David Niven enters the afterlife in Powell & Pressburger’s 1946 masterpiece A Matter Of Life And Death, the film that launched a thousand parodies.Luke Turner, author of Men At War: Loving, Lusting, Fighting, Remembering 1939-1945 joins us to ponder this metaphysical classic. Can love conquer the grav...

2024-07-2553 min

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War Movie Theatre Saving Private Ryan – with special guest Mark UrbanWatching the war movies that stiffened our upper lips, with authors Rob Hutton and Duncan Weldon. This time: The mission is the man, and the cast is (literally) to die for. Steven Spielberg’s emotional, epic, stupendously violent Saving Private Ryan from 1998 is the war film that reproaches every “Achtung, Fritz!” actioner. Military historian and BBC legend Mark Urban joins our crack team in the undergrowth. Are these the greatest battle scenes ever filmed? Will the first 20 minutes of this podcast cure our lads of their taste for war? What do you think? Written and presented by Rob Hu...

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War Movie Theatre Zulu – with special guest Sathnam SangheraWatching the war movies that put a bit of iron in our blood, with authors Rob Hutton and Duncan Weldon. This time: Used to be that a Sunday didn’t pass without red-jacketed Michael Caine and Stanley Baker staging a last-ditch defence of Rorke’s Drift on TV… but they don’t show Zulu much these days. Why on EARTH should that be?Special guest Sathnam Sanghera, author of Empireland and the new Empireworld, has never seen Zulu until now. He joins Rob and Duncan to talk over the issues… FAHSANDS of ’em. Will we end with a rousing cho...

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War Movie Theatre The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp – with special guest Alex von TunzelmannWatching the war movies that made us shape up and stop shilly-shallying, with authors Rob Hutton and Duncan Weldon. This time: “This is not a gentleman’s war…” With historian Alex von Tunzelmann of Paper Cuts podcast fame, we watch a film regarded by some as the finest British movie ever made, Powell & Pressburger’s epic, moving The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp from 1943. Made during the actual war, denounced for humanising Germans (but did it?) and hated by Churchill, this tale of ageing, the price of war, love and what it means to be English gradually makes its way to...

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War Movie Theatre The Train – with special guest James LandaleWatching the war movies that made men* of us, with authors Rob Hutton and Duncan Weldon. This time: Is a work of art worth a life? All right, what about a podcast then? This week we’re watching The Train, John Frankenheimer’s intense 1964 epic of bravery and moral torment. Can the French Resistance stop the Nazis spiriting a trainload of looted art away from Paris? Has a black-and-white movie ever looked this good? Is it basically steam-train porn? Plus: Burt Lancaster, secret acrobat. On the train to hell with us, BBC Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale.* also wome...

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War Movie Theatre The Sound of Music – with special guest Helen LewisWatching the war movies that stiffened our upper lips, with authors Rob Hutton and Duncan Weldon. This time: What do you mean, it’s not a war movie? It’s got Nazis in it. What more do you want? Our manly duo are tempted by political journalist Helen Lewis into watching the 1965 nuns, guns and arias extravaganza The Sound of Music. Will their emotionless exterior crack beneath Julie Andrews’ relentless sunniness, like “being hit over the head every day with a giant Valentine’s card”? Can you spot fake, painted Salzburg from the real thing? Is it really a war movie af...

2024-05-3046 min

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The Review Review What We Do In The Shadows / Cloud A**less? (Guest: Rob Weldon)Message us ANONYMOUSLYAKA EPISODE 50!! Welcome, and Bonjour from Detroit to you from us, and our guest, Author of "The Omnist Series" Rob Weldon! (https://www.theomnist.com/the-omnist-series) We recorded this episode deep in the annals, via a garage, in the house from "Barbarian," to discuss "What We Do In The Shadows" (2014 D. Jemaine Clement & Taika Waititi). Starring: Taika Waititi, Jemaine Clement, and Rhys Darby. We debate vampire "rules," in films. If Paul IS in fact an "energy vampire." And the return of our most consistent sponsor...Ownlee Fanz (Dad had to change the spelling for l...

2024-05-291h 33

War Movie Theatre Enemy At The Gates – with special guest John NivenWatching the war movies that stiffened our upper lips, with authors Rob Hutton and Duncan Weldon. This time: Jude Law is a young Russian sniper in the somewhat messy yet highly entertaining ‘Enemy At The Gates’ from 2001. Why does Kill Your Friends author John Niven love it despite its many shortcomings? Would anyone have time for a love triangle in the middle of a war, much less a knee-trembler in an icy tunnel? Can they swerve the ’Allo ’Allo Bad Accent Factor? Or is it all a terrible pain in the Urals? Note: anyone who attempts to retreat from this mov...

2024-05-2348 min

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War Movie Theatre Where Eagles Dare – with special guest Tim ShipmanWatching the war movies that made us the men* we are today, with authors Rob Hutton and Duncan Weldon. This time: “Broadsword calling Danny Boy!” It’s the big one as we skydive in on the Platonic ideal of the war-action pic, the 1968 classic Where Eagles Dare. Clint Eastwood and Richard Burton must break Allied asset General Carnaby out of Nazi prison the Schloß Adler with the pulchritudinous aid of Mary Ure. But is all what it seems? Sunday Times chief political commentator Tim Shipman joins us to let out the rallying cry: “Dad, they’re on the cable car!”

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War Movie Theatre The Longest Day – with special guest Al MurrayWe’re back with a brand new name but the same doughty, never-say-die attitude, to watch the war movies that made us the men* we are today. Every week authors Rob Hutton and Duncan Weldon gather under the blackout curtain to view a classic war film – and now they’re joined by equally battle-fixated chums too.This time on the podcast formerly known as A Pod Too Far: Darryl F. Zanuck’s 1962 D-Day mega-epic The Longest Day with comedian, WWII buff and tank fan Al Murray. What are the best bits? Did your favourite moments really happen? Would you...

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The Dark Mind Podcast Rob WeldonIn this episode, we delve into the life and creative process of Rob Weldon, the mastermind behind "The Omnist Series." Residing in Los Angeles as a post-modern monk, Rob's decision to live without internet or cable has fueled his imagination, giving birth to the expansive universe of his series. Despite his solitary lifestyle, Rob's affinity for craft beer adds a flavorful twist to his character. He joins Vince on the show to discuss "Consumia's Spiritual Emporium: Book One of the Omnist Series." Together, they delve into the...

2024-03-261h 08

War Movie Theatre Christmas Special: CasablancaIf it’s December 1941 in the podcast, what time is it in New York? Rob Hutton sticks his neck out for no one. Duncan Weldon’s killed two German couriers in an effort to impress him. But of all the gin joints in all the world, who’s this walking into theirs?For our Christmas special, we’re joined by the journalist and author Hadley Freeman as we watch Casablanca, a war movie disguised as a romance. But who’s Humphrey Bogart’s real love interest - Ingrid Bergman or Claude Rains? And what’s it like to see the fil...

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War Movie Theatre Stalag 17It’s Christmas 1944, and Rob Hutton and Duncan Weldon are in a muddy, frozen POW camp, dreaming of Betty Grable. But is one of them a rat?We’re watching Billy Wilder’s Stalag 17, the film that won William Holden an Oscar and may have inspired the sitcom Hogan’s Heroes. Comedy? Drama? Escape movie? Or a mix of all three?A Pod Too Far was written and presented by Robert Hutton and Duncan Weldon. Audio production by Robin Leeburn. Theme music by Simon Williams. Artwork by James Parret. Lead Producer is Anne-Marie Luff. Group Editor...

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War Movie Theatre The Cruel SeaThis week Rob Hutton and Duncan Weldon are fighting seasickness and dodging torpedoes as they take the podcast on a submarine hunt.We’re watching the 1953 classic The Cruel Sea, a frank picture of the terror and exhaustion of convoy duty, and the toll it took on the men and women of the Navy. Was Donald Sinden ever better, and did Jack Hawkins organise the worst pub quiz ever?A Pod Too Far was written and presented by Robert Hutton and Duncan Weldon. Audio production by Robin Leeburn. Theme music by Simon Williams. Artwork by Ja...

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War Movie Theatre Merrill’s MaraudersIt’s 1944, and Rob Hutton and Duncan Weldon are trying to take the podcast 750 miles through the Burmese jungle for reasons that no one can really explain to them.This week we’re watching the 1962 movie Merrill’s Marauders, the tale of a heroic American unit going through hell. Who will win Best Death? Who won’t?!A Pod Too Far was written and presented by Robert Hutton and Duncan Weldon. Audio production by Robin Leeburn. Theme music by Simon Williams. Artwork by James Parret. Lead Producer is Anne-Marie Luff. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. A Pod Too F...

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War Movie Theatre Paths of GloryIt’s 1916, and Rob Hutton and Duncan Weldon have failed to capture an impossible target in the trenches of France. One of them must now be shot for cowardice, but who? (Duncan, obviously.)We’re watching Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece Paths of Glory. But is it a war movie or a courtroom drama, or is it really a film about office life?A Pod Too Far was written and presented by Robert Hutton and Duncan Weldon. Audio production by Robin Leeburn. Theme music by Simon Williams. Artwork by James Parret. Lead Producer is Anne-Marie Luff. Group...

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War Movie Theatre WaterlooIt’s 1815, and Rob Hutton and Duncan Weldon have liberated the podcast from Elba in a final bid for glory. But first they must face the Duke of Wellington.With Ridley Scott’s Napoleon in the cinemas, we’ve wheeled the TV into the classroom to watch Waterloo. Has there ever been a better movie of cavalry charges? Does any of the first hour matter? And just how many Soviet soldiers were involved in making it?A Pod Too Far was written and presented by Robert Hutton and Duncan Weldon. Audio production by Robin Leeburn. Theme...

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War Movie Theatre Force 10 from NavaroneIt’s 1943, and Rob Hutton and Duncan Weldon have realised that the only way to save their podcast is to blow up a dam in Yugoslavia.It’s time for Force 10 From Navarone, the first war movie Rob can remember watching. Does any part of it make sense? Any part of it at all? And could Harrison Ford find a single nice thing to say about it?A Pod Too Far was written and presented by Robert Hutton and Duncan Weldon. Audio production by Robin Leeburn. Theme music by Simon Williams. Artwork by James Parret. Lead...

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War Movie Theatre Kelly's HeroesIt’s late 1944, and as the Allies advance through France, Rob Hutton and Duncan Weldon have spotted a lucrative business opportunity. There’s a bank vault full of podcasts for the taking. The only problem is that it’s 30 miles behind enemy lines.This week, we’re talking about Kelly’s Heroes. Is it based on a true story? Was a Tiger tank really a piece of junk? And did anyone tell Clint Eastwood he was in a comedy?A Pod Too Far was written and presented by Robert Hutton and Duncan Weldon. Audio production by Robin L...

2023-11-0929 min

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War Movie Theatre King RatIt’s 1945, and as the war draws to a close, Rob Hutton and Duncan Weldon are just trying to stay alive in a Japanese POW camp by trading pieces of the podcast for food.We’re watching King Rat, the 1965 film based on James Clavell’s novel-memoir about his own years in a camp. It’s a film about hunger, class, desperation and survival, but it’s also a key moment in the James Donald Extended Universe. Ultimately, is it Not Bad, or Bloody Marvellous?A Pod Too Far was written and presented...

2023-11-0233 min

2023-11-0229 min

War Movie Theatre Ice Cold in AlexJune 1942. Tobruk has fallen, Rob Hutton and Duncan Weldon struggle to get their podcast back through the desert to Alexandria where a barman is keeping a chilled bottle of Carlsberg for them.This week, we’re watching Ice Cold In Alex, undoubtedly the best movie ever to be used as a beer commercial. Did Sylvia Syms ever have a better role? Has there been a worse spy than Anthony Quayle? And does anyone know where we can find a copy of the butchered American version?A Pod Too Far was written and presented by Robert Hu...

2023-10-2636 min

2023-10-2639 min

War Movie Theatre Battle of BritainJune 1940, and the podcast stands alone, facing a Nazi horde just across the Channel.A Pod Too Far returns with a new series, and this week, Rob Hutton and Duncan Weldon are joined by historian James Holland in his trusty Spitfire as they watch 1969’s Battle of Britain. Is it simply a series of brilliant aerial sequences mashed together with some composite characters? What’s the real claim to fame of the beach that plays Dunkirk? And would it be worse to be married to Christopher Plummer or Susannah York?Never in the field of huma...

2023-10-1957 min

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Dudes with Brews on a Porch Rob Weldon is Back!Author Rob Weldon joins the show to talk about his latest book "Wide-Eyed Wyatt's Liquid Nap", book five of his Omnist series. Check out Lodge III October 14th, 2023 in Burbank. Rob Weldon drank Ghost Town Brewing's "Nose Goblin", Burbank Bob drank Cellarmaker Brewing Company's "Distorted Bliss", Drew drank Lion's Tail Brewing's "Pucker Patch Slushee". Find all things Rob Weldon at here! Follow Rob: Instagram: @blood.wren Facebook: Rob Weldon Threads: @blood.wren

2023-09-1834 min

Dudes with Brews on a Porch Writing Books with Rob WeldonAuthor Rob Weldon joins Drew and Burbank Bob to talk about his new books, Mostly Human, Mostly Cat and The Omnist and the Cosmic Egg. Drew prompts the Robs with writing ideas, publishing in modern times, and more. Warning: There are some spoilers about Mostly Human, Mostly Cat. Follow Rob Weldon: Instagram: @blod.wren Facebook: The Omnist Series Mastadon: @RobWeldon Buy Rob's books here: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Rob-Weldon/author/B0B75PTSS1?ref=ap_rdr&store_ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true

2023-02-2756 min

War Movie Theatre The Man Who Never WasThis week Rob and Duncan are washing up on the shores of Spain with The Man Who Never Was! This 1956 spy thriller is the first cinematic telling of the story of Operation Mincemeat – popularised, of late, in a Ben Macintyre book and a subsequent movie version – and starred Clifton Webb and Gloria Grahame. What was the best death in a film about a corpse? What was Noël Coward's epitaph for Clifford Webb's mother? And it's Rob's turn to decide whether this was the operation that changed the course of the war...Presented by Robert Hutton and D...

2023-02-2428 min

War Movie Theatre PattonThis week, Rob and Duncan are marching through Europe, led by a certifiable madman. It's Patton! Franklin J. Shaffner's 1970 film (from a Francis Ford Coppola script) won George C. Scott an Oscar for his portrayal of the WWII general (an Oscar that he turned down) but how much did Richard Nixon like this film? How much did Patton hate Montie? And, finally, have be arrived at the operation that changed the course of the war??Presented by Robert Hutton and Duncan Weldon.Produced and edited by Podot. Hosted on Acast. See...

2023-02-1729 min

War Movie Theatre The Dirty DozenThis week, Rob and Duncan are venturing out with twelve of the nastiest sods the Allies had to offer – it's The Dirty Dozen. This 1967 film, directed by Robert Aldrich and adapted from E.M.Nathanson's novel, featured an all-star cast playing a squadron of death row reprobates sent to bomb a chateau full of Nazi generals (an inspiration for later films like Inglourious Basterds and The Suicide Squad). Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, Telly Savalas and Donald Sutherland all star in this, A Pod Too Far's first properly American film!Presented by Robert Hutton and Du...

2023-02-1026 min

War Movie Theatre In Which We ServeThis week, Rob and Duncan are telling the story of a ship... or, at least, the story of Noël Coward's story of a ship. It's In Which We Serve! Directed by Coward and David Lean (shipped in, no pun intended, for the action sequences) and starring Coward, John Mills, Bernard Miles, Celia Johnson and Richard Attenborough, this 1942 movie (yes, the war is still raging) tells what was then a very fresh story of the 1941 exploits of Lord Louis Mountbatten (here referred to as Captain Kinross) and the HMS Torrin. A good film? A good ship? And did this c...

2023-02-0335 min

War Movie Theatre The Eagle Has LandedOn this week's episode, Rob and Duncan are hobnobbing with stars including Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland and Robert Duvall for The Eagle Has Landed! Based on the 1975 novel by Jack Higgins (and released only a year later) John Sturges' film tells the story of a fiendish German plot to kidnap Winston Churchill. Michael Caine is a German! Donald Sutherland is an Irishman! The whole world is topsy-turvy: but, crucially, was this the operation that changed the course of the war?Presented by Robert Hutton and Duncan Weldon.Executive produced by Nick Hilton for Podot.

2023-01-2732 min

War Movie Theatre Went the Day Well?This week, Rob and Duncan are fighting back against the ruthless German paratroopers with the 1942 (yes, mid-war) film, Went the Day Well? Directed by Alberto Cavalcanti and adapted from a Graham Greene story, this is Ealing Studios at its war propaganda finest. Leslie Banks, Mervyn Johns and Basil Sydney both star *and* offer viewers the greatest array of 1940s men's names ever assembled on screen.Presented by Duncan Weldon and Robert Hutton.Executive produced by Nick Hilton for Podot.Produced by Ewan Cameron.For sales and advertising please contact nick...

2023-01-2037 min

War Movie Theatre The Battle of the River PlateToday, Rob and Duncan are off to Argentina, a strange, exotic land where the only thing they talk about more than Lionel Messi, is the 1956 movie The Battle of the River Plate (known to our American listeners as Pursuit of the Graf Spee). Is this the only film in history where battleships are given full acting credits? Does it have the nicest of all the Nazis? And – crucially – is this the operation that changed the course of the war?Presented by Robert Hutton and Duncan Weldon.Executive produced by Nick Hilton.Edited by E...

2023-01-1335 min

War Movie Theatre The Dam BustersToday, Rob and Duncan are flying in low and back to 1955 for The Dam Busters! The true story of Guy Gibson, Barnes Wallis and the famous bouncing bomb – brought to life by director Michael Anderson and a cast including Richard Todd and Michael Redgrave. How did The Dam Busters inspire Star Wars? Were the men in suits the real antagonists? And did they really have to keep saying the dog's name?!Presented by Robert Hutton and Duncan Weldon.Executive produced by Nick Hilton for Podot.Produced by Ewan Cameron.Hosted on...

2023-01-0633 min

War Movie Theatre The Guns of NavaroneOn this week's episode of A Pod Too Far, Rob and Duncan are going to Greece for The Guns of Navarone! J. Lee Thompson's 1961 thriller, loosely set around the Dodecanese campaign and the fictional German fortress on the island of Navarone, brought together an all-star cast including Gregory Peck, David Niven, Anthony Quinn, Richard Harris and Stanley Baker. So, how big were these big guns? Why were the radio codes so damn obvious? And was this the operation that changed the course of the war?A Pod Too Far is presented by Robert Hutton and Duncan...

2022-12-3031 min

War Movie Theatre The Great EscapeHo ho ho! It's Christmas, and what is more festive and merry than The Great Escape? A perennial Boxing Day favourite (except for Rob, who was forced on family walks), John Sturges' 1963 prisoner of war caper featured one of the great ensemble casts in cinema history: Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, James Garner, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasance and many more. They were all trying to break out of Stalag Luft III – but can the film break out of the doldrums of mediocre moviemaking? Why is there an unhelpful American stuck in the cooler? How miserable was the ending in reality? An...

2022-12-2328 min

War Movie Theatre Escape to VictoryIn case you've missed it, there's a World Cup going on in Qatar. And there's only one place that football and war movies collide: Escape to Victory (known to our cousins in America as just Victory!). With Michael Caine and Sylvester Stallone providing the acting chops, and Pele and Bobby Moore keeping the football end up, is Escape to Victory a successful fusion of these genres? Rob and Duncan sit down to talk through the movie's highs and lows, including whether Gordon Banks could teach Sly to keep goal, if they should've bailed out at half-time, and how much...

2022-12-1628 min

The Next Room with Jane Asher The Ominist with Rob WeldonJane interviews and old friend from her IRS record years, Rob Weldon. She and Rob lost track until they reconnected through social media over a shared passion…writing. Rob’s first book is about Connie, the owner of Consumia's Spiritual Emporium, believes all the “magic” she sells is invented as a marketing device. But when a heavily tattooed Consumerian dies in the Dark Arts room, with all the tattoos on his body missing, the neighborhood is convinced the Emporium is a hub for evil. It’s a fun, fascinating ride and the characters are shockingly real. This is a spirited c...

2022-11-2140 min

Becoming Your Best | The Principles of Highly Successful Leaders Episode 351 - Breaking Free from Defeat and Despair with Weldon LongOn the first day of his seven-year sentence in a federal prison, the third and last time he would be in jail, our guest, Weldon Long, had a moment of clarity. His life was heading directly to make his worse fears come true: living and dying in prison, not being a good father to his three-year-old son, and ending up broke, homeless, and feeling like a total loser.He knew he had to make a radical change and that all odds were against him. In today's episode, you'll learn about Weldon's incredible story....

2022-10-2530 min

Stew on This!Brad Farberman talks jazz and lox while Rob + Karl drink whiskey & tarnish the Stanley CupThis week on a fresh episode of "Stew on This!" with Rob Turner and Karl Engelmann:It’s a NY Theme! Karl & Rob discuss jazz and NYC food with NY Times writer and Middle Blue guitarist Brad Farberman. Rob tries to explain the Billy Strings phenomenon to Karl while enjoying Weldon Mills Reserve bourbon whiskey and pastrami bagel sandwiches with horseradish cream cheese. Middle Blue: Middle Blue — ropeadopeFind the hosts online: Rob Turner: https://twitter.com/RsTnerKarl Engelmann: @karljinglemannShewbird Productions: Shewbird...

2022-09-151h 22

Dudes with Brews on a Porch Author Rob WeldonAuthor Rob Weldon joins Rob and Drew to talk about his new book "Consumia's Spiritual Emporium". They talk process, beer, and more. Drew drinks 3 Sheeps The Wolf Vanilla Rye from 2019. Rob and Rob drink Alvarado Street Brewery's Mai Tai P.A. Buy a copy of Consumia's Spiritual Emporium on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Consumias-Spiritual-Emporium-Book-Omnist/dp/B0B6XSL1TD Follow Rob Weldon: Instagram: @blood.wren Facebook: The Omnist Series Twitter: @WingmanMusic

2022-08-301h 00

Best Seller Secrets Coaching Startups for Success featuring Alisa CohnCoaching Startups for Success– Publish. Promote. Profit. with Rob Kosberg Episode 110 Alisa CohnNamed the Top Startup Coach in the World at the Thinkers50/Marshall Goldsmith Global Coaches Awards in London, Alisa Cohn has been coaching startup founders to grow into world-class CEOs for nearly 20 years. She is the author of From Start-Up to Grown-Up, published by Kogan Page. A onetime startup CFO, strategy consultant, and current angel investor and advisor, she was named the number one “Global Guru” of startups in 2021, and has worked with startup companies such as Venmo, Etsy, DraftKings, The Wirecutter, Mack Weldon, and Tory Burch. She has als...

2022-02-1022 min

A Degree Absolute!EXTRASODE: Village Mailbag, Indoors & OutChris and Glen respond to listener email and then take up a tactical position on the western emplacement of Glen's Remote Mountain Stronghold to discuss their IRL reunion and promised viewing of Rob Marshall's Best Picture-winning 2002 film version of John Kander & Fred Ebb's Chicago. Which has precisely nothing to do with The Prisoner but hey, we are, famously, a tangent-tolerant podcast. Then they read a few more listener emails. It's a bit anticlimactic, honestly. But the reunion was lovely, as are your emails. Write to the Citizens Advice Bureau at adegreeabsolute dot gmail! L...

2021-06-261h 01

In The Past: Garage Rock Podcast This Is How A Fart BreaksNow that Valentine’s Day is over, let’s acknowledge that love stinks!! Just like this song by Rob Thomas from 2005 – another one of the Worst Songs Ever!– “This is How a Heart Breaks.” How can so many one-syllable words mean so little? How much cocaine did the band snort in the studio? How long can Erik & Weldon talk about it? If you love bad vibes and good conversation, then join us in this Hate-In!

2021-02-171h 13

Leadership DNA Goal Setting - Ep 21Now is the time to start planning and visualizing our goals for the upcoming year. In this episode Arturo Gomez and Rob Cressy talk about goal setting. How do they set goals? How much time do they intentionally set aside to plan? Are they setting 1 year goals, 90 days goals, or a combination of both? Why should you consider creating a Word of the Year? Why is writing down your goals so important? Book recommendations:The 10X Rule by Grant Cardone - https://amzn.to/3piWvWtThe Power o...

2020-11-2039 min