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Zach Phillis
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Burritos And Other Less Important Things
Impossible Missions and Where To Find Them
Inspired by the most recent (final?) addition to the Mission: Impossible franchise, The BAOLIT buds chat about Tom Cruise, corroded dynamite, white dreads, pressure psychosis, and other highlights of some of our favorite impossible missions in cinema history.Films Discussed:Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckonning Gone In 60 Seconds The AbyssSorcerer
2025-07-09
1h 41
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Microdosing the 2005 Lotties, Pt. 1: Violence and Political Revolution in Hollywood During The George W. Bush Administration Through The Lens Of Graphic Novel Adaptations
How much clearer could a title be? Movies discussed: -A History of Violence -V for Vendetta-Sin City
2025-04-30
1h 29
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The 2025 Coulda Woulda Should-Awards, Part 2 (BAOLIT Oscars Post-Show and 2025 Awards)
BAOLIT (and their one true Gabe, Gabe) wraps up their 2024 movie coverage with a recap of the 2025 Oscars, and then fixes all of the show's mistakes by crowning their own set of winners in the big categories.
2025-03-12
2h 18
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The 2025 Coulda Woulda Should-Awards, Part 1 (BAOLIT Oscars Pre-Show)
The first of BAOLIT's annual Oscars pods, continuing their tradition of wagering the functionality of their livers on their ability to predict the whims of Academy member, as well as discussing the upcoming ceremony, and making their personal picks of the nominees. Guest: Gabe Hayes
2025-02-28
1h 11
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BAOLIT Year In Review: 2024
The BAOLIT boys kick off a new season with a look back at the last year in movies.
2025-01-22
1h 28
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BAOLIT 2024 Summer Movie Extravaganza
BAOLIT talks summer movies!
2024-09-25
1h 19
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BAOLIT Is So Over/BAOLIT Is So Back
Coming off simultaneous parental and migratory leaves, the BAOLIT buds return to talk about four of their favorite comfort watches: -The Last of Sheila-Back To The Future-Men In Black-Moneyball
2024-08-07
1h 38
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BAOLIT Pretty Bubble Monkey Men, Women, Boys and Showgirls
BAOLIT Season 7 Is Here! And to celebrate, Nate and Zach chat about four movies with very little thematically in common. Films Discussed: Monkey Man (2024)Pretty Woman (1990)Bubble Boy (2001)Showgirls (1995)
2024-05-01
1h 39
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The 2024 Coulda Woulda Should-Awards (BAOLIT Pre & Post Oscars Show)
BAOLIT and their one true Gabe Gabe reunite to talk all things Oscars, first doing some predictions ahead of the telecast, and then recapping and handing out some awards of their own.
2024-03-15
3h 34
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2013 Lotties, or Zach And Nate Question Why They Do This To Themselves
The BAOLIT buds reunite to talk a few of their all-time favorite movies and cope with the self-imposed panic attacks they suffer while trying to redo the Oscars for the 2013 film year.
2024-02-22
1h 50
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The BAOLIT End Of 2023 Extravaganza (feat. Lots Of People!)
It might be 2024, But we're still talking 2023 with the BAOLIT hosts and a bunch of pod friends, handing out fake awards to the highs, lows, and shoulder shrugs of the year in movies.
2024-01-25
2h 21
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BAOLIT Presents: The 2003 LOTTIES (20 Year Retrospective)
Nate and Zach (and briefly their good friend Lauren) revisit the cinematic highlights of their middle school years with the latest edition of their annual retrospective awards show, The 2003 LOTTIES!
2023-12-20
2h 36
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BAOLIT Black & White (& 2013)
The BAOLIT buds get ahead on their 2013 Lottie's prep with a double feature of two 2013 Black And White features. Films Covered: Frances HaNebraska
2023-11-29
49 min
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The Scorsesawards
In celebration of Martin Scorsese's latest release, Killers of the Flower Moon, Zach and Nate discuss (and hand out a few awards to) some of the highlights of the storied director's filmography.
2023-11-15
1h 48
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That's How It Could Have Happened: BAOLIT Talks Alternate Endings (feat. Kapil Easwar)
Longtime on-and-off-pod friend Kapil Easwar joins BAOLIT to talk movies with alternate endings, his new youtube channel, evolving newsroom ethics, their coastal elitism, and Nate's William Hurt obsession. Featured Films: -Clue-Broadcast News-Election
2023-10-18
1h 45
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Past Lives in Paris, Texas
A BAOLIT double feature of one of 2023's best new movies and an 80s Art-House classic. Featured Films:-Past Lives-Paris, Texas
2023-10-04
1h 05
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The SWEATIES: A BAOLIT Celebration Of Summer
Zach and Nate talk summer movies in all their endless, sweltering glory, and hand out their new summer-movie-specific awards, The SWEATIES. Featured Films:-Stand By Me-Adventureland-Mystic Pizza
2023-09-13
1h 51
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Barbenheimer And Other Less Important Things
BAOLIT takes on the summer movie event of the summer, Barbenheimer! And also a few other summer movies!! Summer!!!Featured Films:-Barbie (feat. Lauren Marchioni)-Oppenheimer-Mission Impossible: Dead Reckonning (feat. Ivy Olcott) -Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
2023-08-23
2h 26
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A Totally Normal BAOLIT Movie Swap, V1: "A Hidden Life" & "In The Cut"
Ever find yourself wondering what early 1940s rural Austria and early aughts seedy and sex-crazed New York City have in common? Then this is the episode for you! Zach and Nate exchange two of their respective favorites, Terrence Malick's A Hidden Life and Jane Campion's In The Cut , and the results are totally normal, thanks for asking!
2023-07-19
55 min
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Spider-Man: Across The BAOLIT-Verse
...In which a multiversal collection of BAOLIT hosts come together to celebrate the release of Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse and chat about a few other films featuring multiple actors portraying the same character. Featured Films:-Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse-Freaky Friday-I'm Not There-Synecdoche, NY
2023-06-28
1h 47
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Beau Travail Is Afraid of Virginia Woolf of Wall Street
Inspired by the most recent Ari Aster release, the BAOLIT buds stretch the limits of their linguistic capabilities by constructing an episode theme entirely based on other movie titles they can mash up with Beau Is Afraid. and the results are predictably unhinged. Featured films:-Beau Is Afraid (2023)-Beau Travail (1999)-Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1966)-Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
2023-05-25
1h 37
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The Keanuthon
In celebration of the release of John Wick 4, Zach and Nate are joined by celebrated Keanu-ficionados Ivy Olcott and Gabe Hayes to discuss the life and career of one of modern cinemas brightest shining stars, The Babayaga himself, Keanu Reeves. The four hosts talk through their personal histories with Reaves, the qualities that make him so exceptional, the grandeur of his most recent release, and finally, in quintessential BAOLIT style, compete to draft their perfect composite Keanu Reeves movie. Films Discussed:-John Wick 4 -Every Other Keanu Reeves Movie Ever.
2023-04-26
1h 50
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The Heelies - An Unnecessary Celebration of Good Actors Breaking Bad
In the 4th episode of BAOLIT season 6, Zach and Nate hop on the pod to chat about a few of our favorite coke-filled crucifixes wearing, jazz whitesplaining, bad-hair-dye-job having, unrepentant child-murdering villain turns from historically heroic actors. Featured films:-Collateral (2004)-Once Upon A Time In The West (1968)-One Hour Photo (2002)-Cruel Intentions (1999)
2023-04-12
1h 56
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The 2023 Coulda Woulda ShouldAwards: BAOLIT Recaps and Redoes the Oscars
Zach, Nate, and perennial guest Gabe return to settle their outstanding Oscar bets, debrief on this year's ceremony, and hand out their own set of awards to their personal favorites from the year 2022 in movies.
2023-03-15
2h 31
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Triangle of Bad Takes - BAOLIT Predicts The 2023 Oscars
The BAOLIT gang and frequent guest/only listener Gabe put their livers on the line wagering shots on the upcoming 2023 Oscar winners, with results being recorded immediately after Sunday's ceremony.
2023-03-10
2h 00
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The Vroomies - An Unnecessary Celebration of Movies About Planes, Trains, and/or Automobiles
In celebration of the latest installment in the Gerard Butler Expanded Universe, "Plane," Zach and Nate take a journey into the world of all things cinematically vehicular and/or vehicularly cinematic to discuss and award a few vehicle-movie all-stars.Films Featured This Episode:-"Plane" (2023)-"Strangers On A Train" (1951)-"Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby" (2006)-"Planes, Trains, and Automobiles" (1987)
2023-03-01
1h 42
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A BAOLIT Mini: Babbling For A Bit About "Babylon"
The always marvelous Lauren Marchionni joins Zach and Nate to debrief their respective watches of one of the most chaotic, confounding, triumphant, and at times misguided films of 2022: Damien Chazelle's Babylon.Warning: Spoilers Abound for BABYLON!
2023-02-15
47 min
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The Unbearable Length of a Massive Podcast: BAOLIT’s 2022 Year End Bonanza
The Baolit Buds are joined by a "smattering" of guests (Zach's words, blame him) to hand out some awards to the best and worst films of 2022.
2023-02-01
3h 02
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2017 LOTTIES (With All Apologies To Sacramento)
Zach, Nate, and honorary BAOLIT-er Gabe Hayes join forces to offend the city of Sacramento, Dave Matthews Band devotees, and fans of Gary Oldman's Darkest Hour Best Actor Oscar win as they rehash and rerank the year 2017 in movies.
2022-12-29
2h 51
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A BAOLIT Mini: Gabbing About Glass Onion
Zach and Nate took a BAOLIT field trip to their hometown theater and caught the newest installment of Rian Johnson's brilliantKnives Out series, Glass Onion (now streaming on Netflix) and hopped on the pod to talk about the absolute blast they had watching it. Warning: Spoilers Abound for GLASS ONION!
2022-12-23
29 min
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A BAOLIT Mini: Blathering About Banshees of Inisherin
Zach and Nate dig into one of their favorite films of the year, The Banshees of Inisherin, the newest movie from the dynamic trio behind In Bruges (Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, and filmmaker Martin McDonagh).
2022-12-14
27 min
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2012 LOTTIES
Zach and Nate and dear friend Kapil talk Channing Tatum, Scientology, Acapella, and everything else important about the year 2012 in movies.
2022-12-07
2h 35
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A BAOLIT Mini: Talking "Tár"
Zach and Nate sprint almost directly out of their screenings of the new Cate Blanchett/Todd Field film "Tár" to discuss one of their favorite movies of the year, as well as the definitive rankings of Mahler's symphonies.
2022-11-09
37 min
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BOO-LIT 2022 (Feat. Nicky Bootz)
Spooky episodeThe Fog (1980)The Wailing (2016)Censor (2021)Barbarian (2022)
2022-10-29
1h 20
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2002 LOTTIES
The BAOLIT buds (and two time guest/glutton for punishment Jon Smokowicz) are back, talking down the year 2001 in all its horny, proto-EDM soundtracked glory.
2022-09-28
2h 46
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Double Features
We each chose movies and then somebody else chose a movie that they thought would make for a good double feature. Spoiler: all good movies!Chris - Evil Dead II --> Nate - A Simple PlanNate - Hero --> Zach - Ghost Dog: Way of the SamuraiZach - Call Me By Your Name --> Chris - God's Own Country
2022-09-08
1h 47
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NOPE!
The BAOLIT buds take a look at the new Jordan Peele blockbuster NOPE, as well as a few movies they initially said "Nope!" to. Included Films: -NOPE-Zero Dark Thirty-Spring Breakers-The Duff
2022-08-17
1h 33
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FIRE ISLAND
BAOLIT tackles fires and islands:Fire IslandMuppet Treasure IslandMan on FireReign of Fire
2022-08-04
1h 22
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The BAOLIT A24athon
Longtime friend and creator of the Official BAOLIT Bingo Board Jon Smokowicz joins the pod to talk all things A24, and then the whole team fantasy drafts their perfect imaginary A24 movies.
2022-06-29
1h 57
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The Godfather Trilogy Lotties
Zach has finally seen The Godfather. The crew hands out awards, but this time they're Godfather-themed!
2022-06-08
54 min
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The BAOLIT Nicolas Cage Draft (Feat. Gabe)
Gabe joins again as the gang competes to draft their ideal Nic Cage movie. Shenanigans ensue.
2022-05-04
1h 17
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BAOLIT Pro Skater
Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off, Lords of Dogtown, Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl), Mid90s, Minding the Gap
2022-04-20
1h 29
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The Oscars 2022: ATS (After the Slap) [Feat. Gabe]
Gabe joins again for an Academy Award recap as well as our picks for what should have been nominated in each of the major categories. Chris Rock and Will Smith did not attend.
2022-04-06
2h 32
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The Oscars 2022: Pre-Slap Shot Bets (Feat. Gabe)
Gabe, Gabe of all Gabes joins to discuss and wager upon the major nominees for this year's Academy Awards. Chris Rock and Will Smith did not attend.
2022-04-06
1h 52
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BAOLIT Noir: The Detective Batman Episode
The BatmanThe Maltese FalconThe Third ManWho Framed Roger Rabbit?
2022-03-23
1h 32
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Bong Hits: The Films of Bong Joon-ho (Feat. Nick Arbour)
Nick, fresh off his deployment to South Korea, is here to talk about the films of Academy Award-winning South Korean director Bong Joon-ho:Parasite (2019)Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000)Okja (2017)The Host (2006)Memories of Murder (2003)
2022-03-09
2h 00
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Err on the Side of Correct: BAOLIT Secret Santa (Feat. Ivy)
Nate, Ivy, Zach, and Chris gifted each other movies anonymously, and some guessed more correctly than others.Patriot GamesShopliftersGone GirlEnough Said
2022-02-23
1h 25
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Silence of the Lamb, Lamb, and The Other Lamb
Happy 50th episode and happy season 5! We're talkin' lambs, so buckle up!Lamb (2021)Lamb (2015)The Other Lamb (2019)Silence of the Lambs (1991)
2022-02-09
1h 28
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2021 End of Year Awards
We came up with some pretty stupid awards to hand out to our favorite films (and some of our least favorite films) of 2021. Each of us also lists our top 11 films of the year.
2022-01-26
2h 49
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2016 LOTTIES (Feat. Gabe)
Gabe of the pod Gabe joins us to look five years back to the films of 2016.
2022-01-08
3h 42
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2011 LOTTIES (Feat. Kapil Easwar)
What should the Academy Awards have looked like 10 years ago? Probably not this, but we gave it a shot!
2021-12-17
3h 51
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2001 LOTTIES (Feat. Lauren Marchionni)
Looking back two decades and redoing the Oscars our way,
2021-11-24
3h 13
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Some Like Sleeping With Other People 2 Days In Seattle: Romantic Comedies (Feat. Lauren Marchionni, Cat Silverman, and Ivy Olcott)
Sleepless In SeattleSome Like It Hot2 Days In ParisSleeping With Other PeopleBoomerang
2021-11-02
2h 40
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Silky Mitts: Brews & Bruins Crossover
Hockey movie pod!MiracleIndian HorseSlap ShotGoonIce GuardiansAlso seeing how much Nate knows about hockey (not a lot but maybe more than you'd think!)
2021-10-06
2h 28
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#ColorPalette
The crew discusses movies with colors in the titleThe Green KnightCrimson TideThe Color PurpleBlue VelvetCreature from the Black LagoonDeep Blue Sea
2021-09-28
1h 51
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Movies that Should Have Worked but Didn't
Zach, Nate, and Chris talk about some movies that they had some optimism over, but for one reason or another were poorly received by audiences and/or critics.The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyThe PhotographThe Men Who Stare at GoatsWhere the Wild Things Are
2021-08-15
1h 45
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The Big Pixar Pod
We watched all 24 Pixar movies and then we talked for like 3 hours about them whether you like it or not.
2021-07-23
2h 50
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Before & After
Before SunriseBefore SunsetBefore MidnightEverAfterAfter HoursAfter Earth
2021-07-03
1h 55
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Oscars Snubs
Nate, Chris, and Zach discuss films, directors, and performances snubbed by the academy awards:The ConversationPhiladelphiaRaging BullIn the Mood for Love
2021-06-19
1h 21
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Oscars Picks, Recap, and Redux (Feat. Gabe)
BAOLIT welcomes back Gabe on a special Oscars episode, part one of which was recorded before the Oscars, while part two deals with the fallout of the predictions from part one. Nate, Zach, Chris, and Gabe then give their nominations and winners.
2021-05-01
2h 54
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Alternate Title for "The Apartment" and other Golden Oldies (Feat. Nick Arbour)
BAOLIT Movie Club Season 3, Episode 5Nick: The Apartment (1960)Chris: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)Nate: Ikiru (1952)Zach: Persona (1966)BAOLIT Pick: Roman Holiday (1953)
2021-04-16
2h 20
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2011 Mixtape Draft
Zach, Nate, and Chris draft 15 track mixtapes from a pool of songs released in 2011
2021-04-02
1h 31
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Heist Movies (Feat. Gabe)
Chris - The Sting (1973)BAOLIT - Heat (1995)Zach - Bottle Rocket (1996)Nate - Jackie Brown (1997)Gabe - Ronin (1998)
2021-03-18
3h 05
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Time Travel Movies (Feat. Eric Wall)
Resident time travel expert/enthusiast Eric Wall joins to discuss:Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)12 Monkeys (1995)Primer (2004)About Time (2013)Tenet (2020)
2021-03-05
3h 03
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Movie Club: 3-Star Movies We Love Like 5-Star Movies (Feat. David Katwiwa)
We welcomed on our dear friend Dave to discuss some movies from our childhood that may or may not have aged poorly:Dave - Starship TroopersChris - Blue StreakZach - GoldenEyeNate - The Mask of Zorro
2021-02-19
1h 20
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BAOLIT Movie Club: Movies We Missed
Nate: Atlantics (Mati Diop, 2019)Chris: Mulholland Drive (David Lynch, 2001)Zach: Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994)BAOLIT: Fruitvale Station (Ryan Coogler, 2013)
2021-02-09
1h 58
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BAOLIT 2020 MIXTAPE DRAFT
Nate, Zach, and Chris fight to the death to draft their favorite songs of 2020 to create the perfect 2020 mixtape. Later, they quickly run through their top 11 albums of 2020.
2021-01-22
1h 24
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The Top Films of 2020
Nate, Zach, and Chris each offer their top 11 films of the year 2020, and the reasons why you should watch them (as well as where you can find them streaming).
2021-01-19
3h 36
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The 2015 Lotties (Feat. Kapil): Relitigating the 88th Academy Awards
Zach, Nate, and Chris welcome on good friend Kapil to rectify the mistakes the Academy made regarding the films of 2015.
2021-01-04
4h 13
Brews & Bruins
Brews & Bruins - EP8 S2: House Worth the Trek? Feat. Zach Phillis
Chris and his BAOLIT co-host Zach discuss whether Tree House Brewing Company is worth the effort.
2021-01-01
24 min
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The Top 11 Films of 2010: The Worst Christmas Carol of All Time
Nate, Chris, Zach, and occasionally Ivy discuss the best films from 10 years ago.
2020-12-17
3h 11
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Forgettable Titans: The Top 11 Films of the Year 2000
Ivy, Zach, Nate, and Chris each provide their top films of Y2K
2020-12-02
3h 28
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The Mifunethon
The BAOLIT crew tackles the films of Idris Elba, Saoirse Ronan, Toshiro Mifune, and Frances McDormand.
2020-11-16
3h 03
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Bonus Episode: Happy Halloween!
A bonus horror podcast featuring Lexi, Gabe, Dave, and Zach discussing the following films:The Houses October BuiltWhat Keeps You AliveYou're NextWe Are Still HereHouseboundSinisterThe BabadookMandyThe ConjuringThe Conjuring 2Suspiria (2018 w/ references to 1977 version)
2020-10-30
3h 37
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FMK but F. Gary Gray
The excellent films of Ava DuVernay and Stanley Kubrick, and also the films of F. Gary Gray.
2020-10-22
3h 56
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"Mini" Episode: New Movies
Nate, Zach, and Chris discuss four brand new movies that are currently streaming:1. I'm Thinking of Ending Things (Netflix)2. The Devil All the Time (Netflix)3. Boys State (Apple TV+)4. An American Pickle (HBO Max)
2020-09-25
1h 58
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Dutchboi
It's Round 5 of the BAOLIT Movie Club, and we talked about all of the movies, but most importantly Geostorm and a wild performance by Al Pacino in Scent of a Woman that inexplicably won him an Oscar.
2020-09-16
3h 25
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BAOLIT Hot Takes: Great Movies Are Great
Zach, Nate, Chris, and Ivy discuss some of the greatest films ever made and agreed that they are indeed great. Then they disagreed about other movies. Sorry again to Gabe.
2020-08-03
2h 50
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We're Getting Better (Feat. Gabe)
BAOLIT Movie Club Round 3: The crew recovers from a brutal round two with an incredible slate of films. Follow us on Letterboxd to catch the upcoming lists of movies: topgere, zphillis, Nate Mondschein
2020-07-03
3h 07
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We're Sorry
Round 2 of the BAOLIT movie club was not a good one, but it stoked some interesting conversation.
2020-05-28
2h 51
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A Big Little Women Podcast
Nate, Ivy, Chris, and Zach discuss all of the movies that they assigned each other last episodes, but really it's mostly just Little Women.
2020-04-28
4h 01
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Ocean's Four (Feat. Ivy)
The world is in a bad place, but this is our time to shine. Time to buckle down and watch a billion movies.
2020-03-27
2h 42
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Top Music & Movies of 2019
For the first time ever, Zach, Chris, and Nate are in studio together. In this episode, they break down the best albums, songs, and films of 2019.
2020-01-26
2h 46
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Best of the 2010's Part 2: Movies and Television
Part 2 of the end of decade mega-episode. Nate, against his better judgment, remains the guest as he, Chris, and Zach discuss their favorite movies and television shows of the decade. Things go off the rails when alcohol and fatigue become a factor.
2019-12-25
2h 28
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Best of the 2010's Part 1: Music
Robert Allen Award winner Nate Mondschein joins the show again to discuss the best music of the 2010's
2019-12-13
3h 04
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Spooky Bad Luck (Feat. Cathy)
Zach and Chris are joined by Cathy Oldershaw to discuss the 2013 Coen Brothers film Inside Llewyn Davis, Seinfeld, and Ad Astra--a movie she hasn't seen. Old Catchy lives up to her nickname by declaring a song from 1982 her favorite new song. Since it's spooky season and the 13th episode, the audio has a ghostly echo and Zach drops the call in the middle of the episode.
2019-10-08
1h 55
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Nate Went to California! (Feat. Nate)
In conjunction with Nate's announcement that he's releasing his first single as a solo artist, Zach and Chris have their friend Nate Mondschein on the pod to talk about how he went to California like a month ago. Cool!
2019-08-30
1h 57
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The Top 11 Movies of 2018
Okay, so maybe we talk about a few more than 11 movies, but you get the point
2019-03-04
1h 53
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Top Music of 2018
Zach and Chris give their top 11 songs and albums of 2018, along with a ton of honorable mentions because rules are stupid.
2019-01-23
2h 24
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Embarrassing Confessions
Zach and Chris go deep on Better Call Saul, discuss some new music, and divulge some embarrassing things that they unironically like.
2018-09-03
1h 03
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The All-Underappreciated Team
You know the drill. It's movies, it's music, it's television. New Stuff: Incredibles, Ant-Man, Hereditary, First Reformed, Westworld, The Leftovers, Twin Peaks, Drake, Kamasi Washington, Rolling Blackouts CF. Old Stuff: Top 3 underappreciated movies and albums.
2018-07-31
1h 28
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Clickbait: Something SO Crazy Happened While Recording This Episode
Listen to find out what it is!
2018-06-13
1h 14
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Great Adjectives
Zach is very sleepy and a bit tipsy, and he has no time for Chris' bullshit. Also discussed: what you need to know to see Avengers: Infinity War, Janelle Monae, Donald Glover, recent albums, and recent concerts.
2018-05-13
52 min
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Zach Didn't Die in a Fire
HBO has a couple shows. They are called Barry and Westworld. One is great, the other is relentlessly confusing. Also discussed: You Were Never Really Here, A Quiet Place, good horror films for people who don't like horror films, and moving apartments in New York
2018-05-10
1h 05
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Chris Learns Who His Congresswoman Is
New albums from Julian Casablancas' band The Voidz, Jack White, and Kacey Musgraves. Zach and Chris briefly recommend some television shows. Sci-fi film Annihilation is discussed.
2018-04-13
1h 25
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Schur We Can: The Office/Parks & Rec (Feat. Emily Morse)
Zach and Chris welcome good friend Emily Morse and her strong opinions to discuss show-runner Michael Schur's projects The Office, Parks & Recreation, and The Good Place.
2018-03-17
1h 22
Burritos And Other Less Important Things
Haters Gonna Say It's Fake (Feat. Nate Mondschein)
Zach and Chris welcome on good friend and music expert Nate Mondschein to talk about Justin Timberlake's... uh... interesting album Man of the Woods. They reminisce about the good times and each count down their top 5 favorite JT songs (38:58). They then discuss the Kendrick Lamar-curated Black Panther soundtrack (58:18), talk about some things they're excited for in early 2018 (1:04:51), and do a quick rundown of the MGMT comeback album (1:17:46).
2018-02-14
1h 29
Burritos And Other Less Important Things
The Top 11 Movies of 2017
Zach and Chris each discuss their eleven favorite films of 2017. They also give their major-category Oscar picks.
2018-01-31
1h 21