Hobo Radio: A Pop Culture Podcast

For this year's Hobo Madness Tournament, in honor of Saturday Night Live's 50th anniversary, the gang looks at the former cast members and writers that should have been big stars on the show, but weren't.

For this year's Hobo Madness Tournament, in honor of Saturday Night Live's 50th anniversary, the gang looks at the former cast members and writers that should have been big stars on the show, but weren't.

For this year's Hobo Madness Tournament, in honor of Saturday Night Live's 50th anniversary, the gang looks at the former cast members and writers that should have been big stars on the show, but weren't.

We talk to Marc Geller, who plays Kier on the show, about his unusual role, his desire to film a Kier flashback episode and what it was like working with Eric Andre on the Eric Andre Show.

Joel Murphy and Lars Periwinkle are once again joined by Molly Regan to break down the 2025 Academy Awards.

We talk to Ruben about Heart Eyes' tricky tone, how he created such a memorable opening sequence and his desire to continue making Dropout content regardless of how busy he gets.

We spoke to Sydney Cole Alexander, who plays Natalie on Severance, about the temptation to ask Ben Stiller to do "Blue Steel" when he's directing her on set, Severance's many mysteries and that scene from season two, episode three where Natalie presented Seth Milchick with a gift from the board.

We talk to Carol Kane about beating up Bill Murray with her wings in Scrooged, working with John Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands in a play and her bucket list dream of working with Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro.

We talk to Chris Grace about this hilarious and poignant one-person show, Chris Grace: As Scarlett Johansson.

Much like Robert Downey Jr. and the Russos, Joel Murphy and Lars Periwinkle are back, baby! They try to make sense of the surprising announcement that Downey will be rejoining the MCU ... as Dr. Doom.

We chatted with Kneecap and writer/director about the film, the fight to get Irish recognized as a language in the north of Ireland and the chaotic decision to release a new album and movie simultaneously.

Joel Murphy, Lars Periwinkle and their friends are back with the 11th annual Mabel Memorial Hobo Madness Tournament.

Paul Gleeson v. Timothy Olyphant, Dabney Coleman v. Robert Davi, William Zabka vs. William Atherton, Gary Cole v. Clancy Brown

This year, Hobo Radio Finds the Asshole. Specially, they are seeking to find the actor who is the best at playing an asshole on-screen.

Joel Murphy and Lars Periwinkle are joined by Molly Regan to break down the 2024 Academy Awards.

Joel and Lars discuss the trendy new cups that share a name with a certain coveted sports trophy, people who record movies on their phones and, unsurprisingly, The Dark Knight Rises.

We talk to Jacob Reed about Our Frasier Remake, a mix of animation, puppets and live action clips pieced together into one chaotic episode of Frasier.

Joel Murphy and Lars Periwinkle share how often they think about the Roman Empire. They also discuss a new bank named BMO and weigh in on the alien corpse recently presented to Mexico's Congress.

We spoke with Vidiots Executive Director Maggie Mackay about the challenges of running a video store in 2023, the importance of preserving and screening classic films and the organization's recent partnership with Pluto TV to offer free film screenings.

As teased on the last episode, Sara has returned to talk to Joel and Lars about sex and porn. And Lars shares the info on "Anal August."

We talk to Kestrin Pantera about directing independent films, performing alongside Weird Al Yankovic and being raised by the also-amazingly-named Commander Pantera.

Joel, Lars and Sara discuss the various ways they have shunned modern technology and embraced a more analog lifestyle.

Joel Murphy and Lars Periwinkle discuss The Idol, which, according to GQ, gave us "the worst sex scene in history." They play a clip from the scene in question and try to figure out if anyone in the show has ever actually had sex.

Joel Murphy and Lars Periwinkle discuss Joel's recent outing to a backyard jam that featured Ken Marino, David Wain, Joe Lo Truglio ... and Weird Al Yankovic!

Joel Murphy, Lars Periwinkle and their friends are back with the tenth annual Hobo Madness Tournament. Find out who wins it all.

Joel Murphy, Lars Periwinkle and their friends are back with the tenth annual Hobo Madness Tournament. This week, the Elite Eight compete.

Joel Murphy, Lars Periwinkle and their friends are back with the tenth annual Hobo Madness Tournament. This year, they are pitting iconic action heroes against cinema's deadliest animals.

Today the world lost Lance Reddick. Joel Murphy interviewed him twice for the site - in 2005 and 2008. Today, we share the audio from those interviews and Joel talks about how much Lance Reddick's kindness and thoughtfulness meant to him.

Joel Murphy and Lars Periwinkle are joined by Molly Regan (and some prewritten remarks from Julia Hershey) to break down the 2023 Academy Awards.

Joel Murphy and Lars Periwinkle have some more fun with AI. They listen to computer-generated clips of Orson Welles, Morgan Freeman and themselves.

Joel Murphy and Lars Periwinkle discuss the similarities between the new show Shrinking and Tim Baltz's underappreciated Seeso show Shrink.

Joel Murphy and Lars Periwinkle talk about Joel's recent outing to an AEW Dynamite taping, their Letterboxd accounts and ChatGPT.

Joel Murphy and Lars Periwinkle kick off 2023 with a discussion of nepo babies, the latest behind-the-scenes WWE drama and a new Person You Should Know.

Joel Murphy and Lars Periwinkle close out the year with a holiday show that tries to get to the bottom of The Gift of the Magi.

We are heartbroken to learn that the voice of Batman, Kevin Conroy, has passed away. Joel Murphy shares his thoughts on the loss of an icon and shares the audio from their 2009 interview.

Joel Murphy and Lars Periwinkle take a page from the infamous tech billionaire who recently bought a social media platform and demand their listeners start paying $8 for this podcast.

Joel Murphy and Lars Periwinkle check their voicemail, which leads to a surprise visit from fellow Peak Sloth podcast We Have To Ask.

Joel Murphy and Lars Periwinkle discuss the origins of this unique catchphrase. They also discuss the Community movie and Lars shares a Person You Should Know.

After another podcast brazenly stole Lars Periwinkle's new tagline, he and Joel Murphy decided to reinvent Hobo Radio. This week, they do something no one has ever done before.

Joel Murphy and Lars Periwinkle talk about the passing of Queen Elizabeth, Tom Hanks' current silly wigs and prosthetics phase and how She-Hulk is reinvigorating the MCU.

Louise Barnard talks about her decision to chose a self-proclaimed fboy over a nice guy and her experience on the show.

Joel Murphy and Lars Periwinkle talk about Lionsgate's decision to use AI dubbing technology to edit out f-bombs in a new film. Lars also tells Joel about recently seeing Weird Al Yankovic live.

We chat with Tamaris Sepulveda about life on FBoy Island and her pitch for a FGirl Island spinoff.

Joel Murphy and Lars Periwinkle discuss how out of control movie trailers have gotten, how boring Tom Brady is in interviews and how Hoagiefest and ChickenPalooza have put a strain on Lars' marriage.

We talked to Dani Fernandez about Harley and Ivy's relationship, her journey as a writer and the cinematic universe she would most like to live in.

Joel Murphy and Lars Periwinkle commiserate on the awful state of the world. They also talk about the Kids in the Hall reboot, their recent trivia outings and the epic Tollywood film RRR.

Joel Murphy and Lars Periwinkle take the highway to the Danger Zone to discuss both the original Top Gun and Top Gun: Maverick. They also remember the late, great Ray Liotta.

Joel Murphy and Lars Periwinkle discuss everything we know so far about the future of Doctor Who, including the return of Russell T. Davies, the casting of Ncuti Gatwa as the Doctor and the return of David Tennant and Catherine Tate.

Joel Murphy and Lars Periwinkle have been reluctant to discuss The Batman, which audiences have seemed to love, but they have been more lukewarm on. But today, Julia Hershey joins them to finally have a detailed, spoiler-filled discussion about the film.

Niki Lindroth von Bahr makes intricate stop-motion animation films with anthropomorphic animal characters trapped in mundane existences. We recently spoke to Niki about the process of making these highly-detailed films and how they have been received across the globe.

For the final round, Joel and Lars are joined by Erin Fox, Marty McGuire and Jonathan Monroe.