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Walter Rhein PodcastEscapist Delights in a Crumbling Democracy w/ Lawrence WinnermanHey Everyone!Today our special guest is Lawrence Winnerman from “The Daily Whatever.” We had a blast, and I got to get Lawrence’s pick for the definitive Gen X movie.I should come up with a question for every episode and have everyone write down their answer for the big reveal. That was kind of fun.I was just reflecting with Ben as to how much I enjoy these talks. It’s great to have an open topic such as film/shows/video games to form the basis of a discussion with all thes...2025-06-281h 00
The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, June 27: Fucked-Up Friday with Füsun Aydin & Frederic Poag AND Dirty Talk with Füsun and Lawrence!!!Thank you Jason Dyer, Alexandra Porter, Anthony Burke, April K Wilson , Becky Martinek , Beth Cruz , Beth Plank , BiffBiff BJ Roberts , bluePNWcats , Brandon Ellrich , Mariellen , Carissa Rogers , Carol Duffy , Cat , CatherineC , Celice Carlough , OldHenCharlie , Cheryl , Christine Balint , Charles , Craig Nixon , Craig Pulliam , Dale Scaringi , Dana DuBois , dani clark , Dan Thornton , Dar Gfree , David Long , Deb17☘️☘️ , Deanna Surber , Denise Cronin , Julie D , Draft of a woman , dra_ma_r , Elli , Emily Suyat , Elaine the Mean Old Feminist , Adrian , saint francie , Füsun Aydın , Gary Whaley , 2025-06-271h 58
The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, June 26: Awakenings with Char SundustThere are many things I’ve gotten wrong in my life, but friends ain’t one of them. I am lucky and blessed to have several women whom I have known for years that I consider to be best friends. Today I was lucky enough to be on a Substack Live with two of them!Char Sundust joined me to cover for Dana DuBois, who, it turns out, completed her top secret mission early. Char and I started talking about our friendship and her work. Chat, I am here to tell you that she undersold the power of w...2025-06-2657 min
The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, June 25: A Good Vintage with Sacha CohenDana DuBois and I were absolutely delighted to have Sacha Cohen from A Good Vintage on the show today, it soon became clear that if we lived closer, we’d be hanging out with her over long, lazy apéro afternoons! Sacha and her husband Jason are not expats—yet! They are taking slow and easy moves towards an expat life. The remarkably clever thing about this approach is that they get to live in various parts of France and experience the local culture along the way. Currently in Dijon, Sacha’s substack is awash in good bread a...2025-06-2554 min
Walter Rhein PodcastWhat a Nuclear Engineer Has to Say About What's Really Going on in IranHello Everyone!What I really appreciate about Substack is that it allows me to connect with so many intelligent and accomplished people! I was chatting about this talk with Robin Wilding and she called Robert Danna a “treasure!” I think so too.It’s wonderful to get the straight truth from experts in our field. Why don’t people like Robert ever appear on the news?I think the media mechanism has pressured us all into getting our information from certain ignorant sphincter mouths in pursuit of the patriarchal ideal. We’ve come to neglect...2025-06-241h 02
The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, June 24: Fuck Diabetes (and Israel and Iran too, apparently (and Trump))Sometimes our freeform days are the most fun; often they have some of the biggest news. Today was both, and a whole helping of kick in the pants, too.We started by debating the meaning of Trump’s on camera “fuck” at Israel and Iran. Is the world’s best negotiator all out of non-swear words?Furthermore—what is happening? Why is all of this unfolding the way it is, and why does it seem so…strange? Does nobody involved know what they’re doing? Or is there some overarching mysterious plot we’re all not privy to?2025-06-241h 05
The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, June 21: Happy Funtime Goodnews!Whew, that was fun! A huge, giant The Daily Whatever thanks to Karen Marie Shelton and Robin Wilding who helped me steer this ship while Dana DuBois is away on her top secret mission to dismantle the Iranian nuclear weapons program!Karen, Robin, and I had a fabbo time sharing the GOOD NEWS that is out there in the world, if only you look for it. We had so much good news, we did like seven rounds of sharing stories—so many I can’t list them all here!Giant thanks to our incredible chat—we’re...2025-06-211h 03
The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, June 19: Expat Dads in France 🇫🇷 with Rich KaganChat, who amongst us hasn’t had a moment where they’ve thought “You know, fuck this America shit. I’m going to sell my things and move my husband and adorable daughter to quasi-rural France and ride this shit out while drinking some lovely wine with a nice baguette and brie.”?I have! Many times! And I don’t even HAVE a husband and an adorable daughter!But Rich Kagan does, and he and his family have been in Carcassone, France (it’s not just a game! It’s a real place!) We had a great c...2025-06-1958 min
The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, Jun 18: Talking TaylorHuge thanks to everyone who tuned in for our Live chat with Steve Uppendahl today! It was a blast to talk about parenting teen daughters and traveling internationally to take them to see Taylor Swift—as well as the impact Taylor has had on them (and us).Here are links to the stories:Steve’s story is on Medium so the link won’t unfurl, but you can find it here.To the Whatevers—BiffBiff, Brandon Ellrich, Callie🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇲🇽, Cat, OldHenCharlie, Craig Nixon, Damon Kenner, Dan Wann, DILLIGAF?IDO, Eileen Dougharty, Füsun Aydın, John saxon, Karen Marie Shelton...2025-06-1859 min
The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, June 16: Weekend Review & Human SovereigntyKeeping this writeup short, Chat! It was a jam-packed episode, with so much to cover from the weekend. We talked about the assassination of MN lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, and the attempted assassination of State Senator of John Hoffman and his wife—and the sheer lack of surprise that the gunman was a disgruntled MAGA fool.The No Kings protests were huge, and Trump’s parade was bust. Meanwhile…Israel and Iran are trying to wipe each other off the map. Kiss your ass goodbye, maybe?We wrapped up talking about my pie...2025-06-161h 04
The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, Jun 13: Fucked-up Friday with Ossiana TepfenhartThank you Amy Beeman, Andrew, Stephanie Beauvais, Beth Cruz, BiffBiff, Brandon Ellrich, Callie🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇲🇽, Carolina Baffigo, Cat, Cecily Wilson, OldHenCharlie, Chris Esko, Claire at Backpacking Bella, Random_Crow, Craig Nixon, Dale Scaringi, Damon Kenner, Eileen Dougharty, Everett Taasevigen, Füsun Aydın, GenXcellent, Greg, Sarah, Ira Krakow, Jeremy George, Jon Michael Ahrens, Joseph Tucker, Karen Marie Shelton, Victoria Quinn Quinn Stephens, Keith Lowell Jensen, Lahboss, Lee, Linda k Messamore, The One Minute Daily Boost, Melissa Mazzei, Corey L. Jackson, Mondopopsickle, Cary, MorganX, Murle Scrutchin, Peter William Murphy, 2025-06-161h 00
Walter Rhein PodcastAnother Movie Chat Where We Try to Take a Break From PoliticsHello Friends,It was nice to have Peter William Murphy join us again. I’m getting a kick out of his chaotic Monday podcast. He’s been pulling out all the stops and he’s the first Substack user I’ve seen to openly parody the idea of a livestream. I guess Ben is their next guest, so I’ll be sure to tune in to that.We can’t take ourselves too seriously… lord knows there are enough jerks out there who take themselves too seriously.This week, we went all over the place with...2025-06-151h 00
The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, Jun 12: genxy meets GenXcellentChat, we had so much fun with Liz LaPoint from GenXcellent today! It totally smelled like teen spirit up in the joint, full on Marsha! Marsha! Marsha! meets the Tarantula Tiki God episode times infinity +1. What am I saying?GenXy meets GenXcellent was a kick in the pants! A house on fire! By the end of the hour we all agreed that there wasn’t enough time, and that we could have kept going, well, forever. Because one thing we’ve learned, if you get two or more GenXers talking about being GenX? There’s nothing that can sh...2025-06-121h 01
The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, Jun 11: Fathers and fatherhood with the Opinionated OgreLawrence Winnerman and I knew we wanted to host a pre-Father’s Day Live where we shared stories about our dads. We decided we needed to bring on an amazing father as our guest—and The Opinionated Ogre was a top choice. So we asked him.He replied yes, and then shared a link. “You might want to read my story first…” he told us.And… whoa. After reading it, we knew he was the only possible guest for today’s show. Here are our stories:* “I’m Not Your Biological Fa...2025-06-1159 min
The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, June 9: LA: The Beginning of the EndgameThanks to our amazing The Whatevers crew for another fun day in the chats, even as we were discussing serious topics.We covered both of my recent articles about the situation in LA:andWe’re keeping a watchful eye, and hoping for peace and healing for everyone in LA. Fuck Trump!Thank you Barbara , BiffBiff , Brandon Ellrich , Callie🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇲🇽 , Cat , Craig Nixon , Damon Kenner , Dana DuBois , Füsun Aydın , Sarah , Jennifer Karger Lange , Karen Marie Shelton , Kevin Alexander , Lahboss , LetsGetIntoIt2025 , The Momster , The One Minute Daily Boost , Lorraine Gaudet , Timothy Massey , MorganX , Peter Wil...2025-06-091h 02
The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever: June 7 - Saturday Grab BagWe here at The Daily Whatever try to run a tight ship, with planning and production values and whatnot, but sometimes things don’t go according to plan—a lesson we’ve learned a lot this week!Today, Dana DuBois was going to ask me about the story I was supposed to have just published—but I collapsed into bed at 8:30pm last night, and never got to finish it. The joys of working two jobs, and co-hosting an every day podcast, I suppose.But hey, we’re scrappy GenXers, and so we winged it, and it end...2025-06-071h 25
Walter Rhein PodcastTalking Movies, Bob Dylan, Kubrick, Horror, and Sailing Around the WorldHey Everyone!I keep saying that one of the joys of Substack is that it allows the opportunity to have conversations with writer friends I’ve known only through their work. It’s really cool to read somebody’s articles and then discover how much they exceed your expectations when you have a conversation with them.I wish I lived in a town and had all these people as my neighbors. Imagine that! Imagine if we could go for coffee and there would be Cory Vinny or Brandon Ellrich or Sarah Paris or all the other...2025-06-051h 17
Walter Rhein Podcast3 Stories by Walter RheinHello Everyone!I really enjoyed this! Yesterday I was watching “A Complete Unknown” and I always feel inspired when I listen to good wordplay. That reminds me that I should probably start each morning by sitting down and reading some poems. I always write so much better after a catalyst of quality like that. The pilot light springs to life.POOF!And then I can get to work.As I was watching the movie, I thought of three of my stories I was most proud of (well, two stories and a kind...2025-06-0442 min
The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, June 3: Queer History with Wendy the DruidAttention, students! School is in session, the library is open, and it is Time. 👏 To. 👏Learn. 👏 Queer. 👏 Herstory. 👏 Periodt. 👏Wendy🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🌈 the Druid joined Dana DuBois and lil’ ol’ me ( Lawrence Winnerman ) for the first of what we hope are many sessions of schoolwerk. First of all, Wendy is the owner of ThistleAndMoss.com, a Substack dedicated to—an amazing combo of things: Queerness, Druidic work, politics, poetry, and elevating other Queer voices. Go subscribe now!And Chat, what didn’t we talk about? Also Chat, what didn’t you talk about? The Daily Whatever is known for having and active and spicy ch...2025-06-031h 04
The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, May 31: Meet the Whatever communitySaturdays tend to be pretty chill here at The Daily Whatever (unlike weekdays when we’re super locked-down and professional). We wanted today to feel like a gathering of friends. So we put it out there to our community of regular “Whatevers”—those who frequent the podcast—that everyone was welcome to come online to say hello, and tell us what they’re into and how they came to find us.Unsurprisingly, everyone was wonderful. First Sarah came on and shared her multihyphenate interests: everything from writing to canning to making her own CBD healing creams. We a...2025-05-311h 10
Walter Rhein PodcastEscapist Delights in a Crumbling Democracy w/ Brandon EllrichHello Friends!Ben and I were delighted to have Brandon Ellrich come and give us his thoughts on some of his favorite films last Thursday. You can subscribe to his newsletter here:I chatted with Brandon after the talk and we discovered that technology played a little trick on us. We occasionally dropped our connection and that made us lose parts of the conversation. He mentioned how he saw in the replay that I asked him some questions that he didn’t hear during the live. The same thing happened from my end, so there is...2025-05-311h 04
The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, May 28: GenX PrideWe had such a blast chatting with our new gay bae Brandon Ellrich! We covered a range of topics ranging from challenging fathers and families of origins, early iconic queer characters in film, and Brandon’s forthcoming Pride tour throughout the midwest. We’re hoping he and Lawrence Winnerman can meet IRL, so stayed tuned into June to find out—Kansas City may never be the same.Huge thanks to Füsun Aydın, Jim Dandy, Karen Marie Shelton, Robin Wilding, Peter William Murphy and all the “Whatevers” for tuning in. Join us every weekday at 10am ET/7...2025-05-2958 min
The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, May 24: AUA (ask us anything!)Welp, that was a blast!It’s the holiday weekend, so I’m gonna keep this short. When you’ve been best friends for over 40 years, turns out you’ve got a lot of goods to share about each other during an “ask us anything.”What questions did we answer? You’re gonna have to listen and find out.Thank you John Pearce, Cat, Peter William Murphy, Lahboss, Karen Marie Shelton, Robin Wilding, The One Minute Daily Boost, Brandon Ellrich and so many others for tuning in!We’re taking Sunday and Monday off f...2025-05-251h 03
The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, May 21: Protecting our trans kidsIn the days following the election, as I grappled with the enormity of what Trump 2.0 would mean, I had a personal struggle as well: what to do with Pink Hair & Pronouns, my publication for parents and caregivers of trans and nonbinary kids?I researched the risks by reading Project 2025. I reached out to the CEO of Medium to ask him about guardrails and protections. And in the end, I realized—it was risky to leave my content up. And even riskier to keep writing.But in the end, I knew: I couldn’t obey in adva...2025-05-211h 06
The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, May 20: Leaving Medium with Patrick StewartPatrick B. Stewart is a writer and publisher and a Taoist/Daoist.When he joined us on The Daily Whatever last week, he dropped a big truth bomb—that Medium stopped giving writers access to the email addresses of their new subscribers, moving forward.And as we GenXers do—he researched. He aligned with his values. And he pivoted—away from Medium, removing his The Taoist Online publication. He plans to relaunch on June 1, 2025 at https://thedaoist.online.On today’s podcast, we discuss why he left, why we think Medium has made these un...2025-05-2058 min
The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, May 12: Medium in Memoriam with Walter Rhein & Patrick StewartFellow Medium mourners,Thank you all for joining me and sharing your memories both fond and frustrating of what Medium has meant to you—with extra special huge thanks to Walter Rhein and Patrick B. Stewart for being such incredible guests.This was exactly the cathartic moment I was hoping for. We shared our stories, our joys, our laments, all of it. We have loved Medium. We continue to love Medium. We hope Medium gets it together, because we’d love to keep writing and thriving there, going forward.Thank you Robin Wilding, Füsu...2025-05-121h 02
Walter Rhein PodcastA Boisterous Discussion About Anime, Thunderbolts, The Iron Claw and a Kiss ConcertHello Friends!I always enjoy these chats with Ben on Thursday. He’s finding excellent guests. The real power of Substack is taking the opportunity to chat with all these wonderful content creators. There are so many rational and insightful people out there—why does the mainstream media have such a hard time elevating reasonable people (is it because the mainstream media doesn’t want to broadcast reasonable perspectives?).Anyway, I tell the famous Kiss story in this interview, and provide a great parenting idea about how you should show your kids Yojimbo, followed by a Fist...2025-05-101h 05
The Daily WhateverThe Daily Whatever, May 5: Cinco de Gato 😻Huge thanks to Karen Marie Shelton for joining us on The Daily Whatever!I believe Karen is the one-and-only person who’s attended every single The Daily Whatever podcasts, so it was a thrill and an honor to have her on. The fact that we spent most of the hour talking about our cats? That was a bonus.I was so inspired, I posted this for you, Karen:If anyone has photos or stories about their cats, please feel free to share them in the comments! Most days we’re gonna be talking abou...2025-05-0558 min
Walter Rhein PodcastThe Revenge of the Sith, South Park, and America the Motion PictureHello Friends!It was our pleasure to bring along Peter William Murphy this week. He had excellent commentary (and a funny story about ‘The Lion King’). I hope this episode gives you all a little bit of a break from these anxiety inducing times!Thank you Yolanda D., Brandon Ellrich, Larry C. Brown, Joyce Jordan, cheryl mcgrady, and many others for tuning into my live video with Ben Ulansey and Peter William Murphy!“I'd rather Be Writing” exists because of your generous support. If you have the means please consider upgrading to a paid spo...2025-05-0459 min
Walter Rhein PodcastHow Can You Enjoy Superheroes When America No Longer Respects Justice?Here’s my favorite quote from the conversation.“I had no idea what changed in the snowman’s heart to make him go on that killing spree!”—Ben UlanseyTune in to find out the context of that statement, it’s kind of funny.Thank you Rich Dornisch 🏳️🌈, Baz, Polly Walker Blakemore, Brandon Ellrich, Kenyon, and many others for tuning into my live video with Eric Pierce and Ben Ulansey! Join me for my next live video in the app.Thank you for listening! This publication is reader sponsored. Your support means the world to me...2025-04-261h 13
Walter Rhein PodcastEscapist Delights in a Crumbling Democracy w/ Walter Rhein, Ben Ulansey, and Courtney SenderHello Everyone!Thank you Peter William Murphy, Karen Marie Shelton, Yolanda D., Joe Walker, Brandon Ellrich, and many others for tuning into my live video with Courtney Sender and Ben Ulansey!This is the first time doing our movie talk with a guest and I hope Courtney can become a regular contributor. She’s very insightful and I look forward to reading more of her work.As always, we hope this discussion gave you a much needed break from the issues we currently face as a nation. Thanks for tuning in!“I'd...2025-04-171h 17
Walter Rhein PodcastMovie Break: We Discuss Don't Look Up, Transformers One, Walking Dead, The Men Who Stare at GoatsHello Friends!Thank you Baz, Polly Walker Blakemore, Zuri Stevens, Brandon Ellrich, Robert Danna, and many others for tuning into my live video with Ben Ulansey! Join me for my next live video in the app.As always, we love reading your comments as we chat away. I always do my best not to get too much into politics, but it’s pretty difficult with the way the world is going to pieces.Sigh…Still, this is our life and we have to find enjoyment and relief any way we can. Than...2025-04-0358 min
Walter Rhein PodcastThursday Movie Break! We Discuss Dexter, Time Bandits, Katamari Damacy, and Big Trouble In Little ChinaHello Friends!Thank you Earl Brownlee, Lucy Hanson, Brandon Ellrich, Sam samuelson, Ian Huntington, and many others for tuning into my live video with Ben Ulansey! Join me for my next live video in the app.Here’s where you can find our other discussions[Psst: If you’ve got a tutorial for how I can neatly insert a google docs spreadsheet into a Substack post, please share it in the comments]The Boys, First Blood, Severance, Man Vs. Wildhttps://walterrhein.substack.com/p/live-with-walter-rheinA Brid...2025-03-2757 min
Walter Rhein PodcastThursday Movie Break: We Discuss Jurassic Park, For All Mankind, Ladyhawke, and The Secret KingdomHello Friends!Thanks to Caro Henry, Ollie - if Only i, Brandon Ellrich, Kate E, Jonathan Harvey, Peter William Murphy and many others for tuning into my live video with Ben Ulansey! In addition to the movies listed above we also spent quite a bit of time on Robocop, Blade Runner, and others.Here’s where you can find our other discussions[Psst: If you’ve got a tutorial for how I can neatly insert a google docs spreadsheet into a Substack post, please share it in the comments]The...2025-03-201h 03
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryCrann Bethadh Stories and PoetryCead Mile FailtéWelcome to Crann Bethadh Short Stories and PoetryI have a mixed bag of stories and a poem for everyone this week. But first, let me get my adverts out of the way.This once a week podcast is being hosted on RSS.com and is also available on these mobile apps and websites. Spotify, Amazon Music, Samsung Podcasts, Podcast Index, Listen Notes, Apple Podcasts, iHeart radio, Pandora, Tune In, Deezer and Crann Bethadh at Substack.com.My shows are free to subscribe to with these podcast platforms b...2023-10-2142 min
Pop Culture History 101Episode 124 - KW 19 The Crow - 1994Ein Film dessen Premiere der Hauptdarsteller nicht mehr erleben sollte - und der nicht nur deswegen heutzutage von vielen Fans als Kult verehrt wird: Heute dreht sich alles um The Crow von 1994 mit Brandon Lee!
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