Podcast appearances and mentions of dan owen

Musician and podcast host Meghann Wilhoite is hosting the podcast in a new Matt Pick! Matt picks Marika Hackman's We Slept At Last and talks about it's role in the lead up to his 30th birthday, and just how much he's picked up on relistening to it after nearly a decade... Host: Matt LathamGuests: Meghann Wilhoite------------Listen to The Spotify Hall of Fame PlaylistEmail: Pick A DiscFollow us on:Bluesky | Instagram | FacebookPick A Disc(Ord) Discord ServerListen to We Dig Podcasts Shows: @wedigpodcasts | LinktreeLogo designed by: Dan Owen

Musician Tomás Doncker is the guest for this episode, talking about Meshell Ndegeocello's No More Water: The Gospal of James Baldwin! Host: Matt LathamGuests: Tomás Doncker------------Listen to The Spotify Hall of Fame PlaylistEmail: Pick A DiscFollow us on:Bluesky | Instagram | FacebookPick A Disc(Ord) Discord ServerListen to We Dig Podcasts Shows: @wedigpodcasts | LinktreeLogo designed by: Dan Owen

[11x10] We're finally reviewing a Mike Flanagan horror movie, in the shape of his 2019 sequel to The Shining; it's the three-hour Director's Cut of Doctor Sleep. In this adaptation of Stephen King's novel, a grown-up Danny Torrance (Ewan McGregor) finds himself dealing with alcoholism, his childhood trauma, and the arrival of a child-murdering gang led by Rose the Hat (Rebecca Ferguson)... And making his long overdue return to the show, for a regular episode anyway, is podcaster and author Tony Black... Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest: Tony Black Editor: Dan Owen ★ Subscribe to our new weekly Substack BLOODLETTER for extra written content on all our episodes and vampire media, for ⁠⁠FREE⁠⁠. ★ "Our beliefs don't make us better people. Our actions make us better people." -- Dan Torrance Subscribe and leave a rating or review to support the show. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on social media platforms here. A proud part of the Film Stories podcast network. Theme music by Nela Ruiz • Episode art by Dan Owen. Podcast art by Keshav. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Podcaster Geoff Owen is back on the podcast, talking about Blur's Parklife album from 1994 and it's impact on British culture and it's role at the start of the Britpop movement! Host: Matt LathamGuests: Geoff Owen------------Listen to The Spotify Hall of Fame PlaylistEmail: Pick A DiscFollow us on:Bluesky | Instagram | FacebookPick A Disc(Ord) Discord ServerListen to We Dig Podcasts Shows: @wedigpodcasts | LinktreeLogo designed by: Dan Owen

[11x9] From the studio behind the Underworld and Resident Evil films, we're tackling 2011's Priest, with Paul Bettany as the titular cleric, who goes after a gang of vampires after they kidnap his niece... And making his debut on the show is popular online film critic and author 'Outlaw Vern'... Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest: Outlaw Vern Editor: Dan Owen ★ Subscribe to our new weekly Substack BLOODLETTER for extra written content on all our episodes and vampire media, for ⁠FREE⁠. ★ "After all, if you're not committing sin... you're not having fun." -- Black Hat Subscribe and leave a rating or review to support the show. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on social media platforms here. A proud part of the Film Stories podcast network. Theme music by Nela Ruiz • Episode art by Dan Owen. Podcast art by Keshav. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[11x8] We're back in rainy Forks, Washington, for The Twilight Saga: New Moon from director Chris Weitz. In this 2009 sequel, Bella (Kristen Stewart) and vampire boyfriend Edward (Robert Pattinson) split up, opening the door for hunky werewolf Jacob (Taylor Lautner) to make a play for her affections... And making her return to the show is film critic and videographer Sarah Williams... Hosts: Hugh McStay & Dan Owen  Guest: Sarah Williams Editor: Hugh McStay ★ Subscribe to our new weekly Substack BLOODLETTER for extra written content on all our episodes and vampire media, for ⁠FREE⁠. ★ "What a happy surprise! So Bella is alive after all. Isn't that wonderful? I love a happy ending... they are so rare." -- Aro Subscribe and leave a rating or review to support the show. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on social media platforms here. A proud part of the Film Stories podcast network. Theme music by Nela Ruiz • Episode art by Dan Owen. Podcast art by Keshav. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joining Hugh and Ashley this week as they tackle Jake Schreier's long awaited Marvel team-up film, Thunderbolts* is the co-host of Vampire Videos, Mr Dan Owen! The gang discuss their thoughts on a surprisingly deep and moving entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, share their thoughts on just how punchable John Walker's face is, and wonder what title the film will go by in years to come…   Host Hugh McStay & Ashley Thomas Editor Hugh McStay Guests Dan Owen (danowen.bsky.social) https://www.vampirevideos.co.uk/ We are now part of the FILM STORIES Podcast Network! Visit us at ⁠https://filmstories.co.uk/⁠. Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠ BLUESKY Follow us on ⁠@Podcast616.bsky.social⁠ Follow Hugh McStay at ⁠@angryscotsman81.bsky.social⁠ Follow Ashley Thomas at ⁠@TheNerdyBlogger.bsky.social⁠ FACEBOOK Join us at ⁠Community-616!⁠ Title music: A New Era Unfolding (c) Sinfonietta Cinematica via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Layla & May from New York's BirthdayGirl are the guests for this episode of the podcast, choosing to talk about Sonic Youth's Sister! Host: Matt LathamGuests: Layla & May from Birthday Girl------------Listen to The Spotify Hall of Fame PlaylistEmail: Pick A DiscFollow us on:Bluesky | Instagram | FacebookPick A Disc(Ord) Discord ServerListen to We Dig Podcasts Shows: @wedigpodcasts | LinktreeLogo designed by: Dan Owen

[11x7] Ryan Coogler's supernatural horror Sinners is our next serving, concerning twin brothers (Michael B. Jordan) who return to their hometown in the Mississippi Delta in 1932, only to discover a great evil is now lurking there... And making another welcome return to the show is editor, film critic, and podcaster Mary Muñoz... Hosts: Hugh McStay & Dan Owen  Guest: Mary Muñoz Editor: Hugh McStay ★ Subscribe to our new weekly Substack BLOODLETTER for extra written content on all our episodes and vampire media, for FREE. ★ "You keep dancing with the devil... one day he's gonna follow you home." -- Jedidiah Subscribe and leave a rating or review to support the show. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on social media platforms here. A proud part of the Film Stories podcast network. Theme music by Nela Ruiz • Episode art by Dan Owen. Podcast art by Keshav. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[11x6] We complete the From Dusk Till Dawn trilogy with P.J Pesce's straight-to-video sequel The Hangman's Daughter, which reveals the origin story of Santanico Pandemonium in the Old West as a ragtag group consisting of a famous author, a religious couple, and Mexican outlaws find themselves at a brothel full of vampires... And making her first return to the show is film critic Becci Sayce... Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest: Becci Sayce Editor: Dan Owen "My singular critique of the Good Book is that its covers are too far apart." -- Ambrose Bierce. Subscribe and leave a rating or review to support the show. You can also donate at Ko-fi and follow us on social media platforms here. A proud part of the Film Stories podcast network. Theme music by Nela Ruiz • Episode art by Dan Owen. Podcast art by Keshav. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Arthur, aka phoneswithchords is the guest this episode to talk about Kathleen Edward's Voyaguer.  Host: Matt LathamGuests: phoneswithchordsphoneswithchords on Bandcamp------------Listen to The Spotify Hall of Fame PlaylistEmail: Pick A DiscFollow us on:Bluesky | Instagram | FacebookPick A Disc(Ord) Discord ServerListen to We Dig Podcasts Shows: @wedigpodcasts | LinktreeLogo designed by: Dan Owen

[11x5] The middle of Season XI arrives with Italy's first horror film: Riccardo Freda's I Vampiri, which concerns a French journalist investigating murders across Paris that may be the work of a vampire... And making another return to the show is the horror expert and university lecturer Prof. Stacey Abbott... Hosts: Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest: Prof. Stacey Abbott Editor: Hugh McStay "You'll feel nothing. It's better this way." -- Prof. Julien du Grand. Subscribe and leave a rating or review to support the show. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on social media platforms here. A proud part of the Film Stories podcast network. Theme music by Nela Ruiz • Episode art by Dan Owen. Podcast art by Keshav. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dom Malin is the guest for the latest episode of the podcast, choosing to talk about Nils Lofgren's Acoustic Live!Host: Matt LathamGuests: Dom MalinDom Malin on Linktree------------Listen to The Spotify Hall of Fame PlaylistEmail: Pick A DiscFollow us on:Bluesky | Instagram | FacebookPick A Disc(Ord) Discord ServerListen to We Dig Podcasts Shows: @wedigpodcasts | LinktreeLogo designed by: Dan Owen

[11x4] We're excavating Tales From the Crypt for the anthology horror show's 1996 movie spin-off Bordello of Blood, from director Gilbert Adler, which finds a private investigator (Dennis Miller) trying to find a reporter's missing brother, only to discover he made the mistake of going to a local brothel full of vampires... And making his belated return to the show is writer Brendon Connelly... Hosts: Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest: Brendon Connelly Editor: Hugh McStay "I'd rather Crazy Glue my dick to the bullet train than fuck you." --- Rafe Guttman Subscribe and leave a rating or review to support the show. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on social media platforms here. A proud part of the Film Stories podcast network. Theme music by Nela Ruiz • Episode art by Dan Owen. Podcast art by Keshav. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[11x3] We return to the second instalment of Hammer's 'Karnstein Trilogy' with Jimmy Sangster's Lust for a Vampire, which finds a novelist pretending to be a teacher at a girl's finishing school which may be the hideout of a resurrected female vampire... And making her first return to the show is film critic Kim Pierce... Hosts: Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest: Kim Pierce Editor: Hugh McStay "What you said, sir, about the Karnsteins being dead is true. but they still have the power to reincarnate themselves. And now is the time for their return. I tell you, sir, this village lives in a state of terror." --- Landlord Subscribe and leave a rating or review to support the show. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on social media platforms here. A proud part of the Film Stories podcast network. Theme music by Nela Ruiz • Episode art by Dan Owen. Podcast art by Keshav. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ciao Malz jumps into the guest chair for this episode, talking about Frog's Count Bateman and the severe impact it had on her life and song-writing journey!  Host: Matt LathamGuests: Ciao MalzSafe Then Sorry | CIAO MALZ------------Listen to The Spotify Hall of Fame PlaylistEmail: Pick A DiscFollow us on:Bluesky | Instagram | FacebookPick A Disc(Ord) Discord ServerListen to We Dig Podcasts Shows: @wedigpodcasts | LinktreeLogo designed by: Dan Owen

[11x2] We return to classic Universal horror with the lesser-known sequel to Tod Browning's Dracula - it's Dracula's Daughter, starring Gloria Holden as the offspring of the famous vampire, who shows up in England and arouses suspicion... And making a welcome return to the show is academic and writer Murray Leeder... Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest: Murray Leeder Editor: Dan Owen "You think this night will be like all the others, don't you? Well, you're wrong. Dracula's destroyed. His body's in ashes. The spell is broken. I can live a normal life now, think normal things. Even play normal music again. Listen. A cradle song. A song my mother once sang to me long, long ago, rocking me to sleep as she sang in the twilight." --- Countess Marya Zaleska Subscribe and leave a rating or review to support the show. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on social media platforms here. A proud part of the Film Stories podcast network. Theme music by Nela Ruiz • Episode art by Dan Owen. Podcast art by Keshav. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[11x1] Season XI launches with Timur Bekmambetov's 2012 horror action film Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, starring Benjamin Walker as the 16th President of the USA, who in this fictionalised telling of his life story was secretly trained to kill vampires... And making a welcome return in the podcasket is Labours of Hercule podcaster Frankie Pellatt... Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest: Frankie Pellatt Editor: Dan Owen "History prefers legends to men. It prefers nobility to brutality, soaring speeches to quiet deeds. History remembers the battle, but forgets the blood." --- Abraham Lincoln Subscribe and leave a rating or review to support the show. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on social media platforms here. A proud part of the Film Stories podcast network. Theme music by Nela Ruiz • Episode art by Dan Owen. Podcast art by Keshav. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jumping to 2003 and the birth of Grime Music, Matt is joined by poet/musician Joshua Idehen to talk about Dizzee Rascal's Boy In Da Corner. We talk about Joshua's story when he discovered Dizzee, and just how pivotal the album is in his journey to become a poet! Host: Matt LathamGuests: Joshua IdehenMusic | Joshua Idehen------------Listen to The Spotify Hall of Fame PlaylistEmail: Pick A DiscFollow us on:Bluesky | Instagram | FacebookPick A Disc(Ord) Discord ServerListen to We Dig Podcasts Shows: @wedigpodcasts | LinktreeLogo designed by: Dan Owen

[BONUS] Season X draws to an official close with our Ranking episode, as Dan & Hugh are back around the vampire campfire to reflect on the last 11 films and rate them in ascending order of quality. There's also the return of our regular quiz, which Hugh is currently winning 8-1, so can Dan pull things back a touch? Oh, and all of Season XI's planned episodes are also teased... Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Editor: Hugh McStay Subscribe and leave a rating or review to support the show. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on social media platforms here. A proud part of the Film Stories podcast network. Theme music by Nela Ruiz • Episode art by Dan Owen. Podcast art by Keshav. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Hugh is joined by Podcast-616's own Nick Fury, Craig McKenzie and the co-host of Vampire Videos Dan Owen to tackle the third episode of Daredevil: Born Again. The guys discuss their thoughts on the series so far, how the show functions as a courtroom procedural, Wilson Fisk's big, bald head and the dangers of vigilante justice in New York city. Host Hugh McStay Editor Hugh McStay Guests Craig McKenzie (nemesis4909.bsky.social) https://kneelbeforeblog.co.uk/ Dan Owen (danowen.bsky.social) Linktr.ee/danowen Linktr.ee/vampirevideos We are now part of the FILM STORIES Podcast Network! Visit us at https://filmstories.co.uk/. Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew BLUESKY Follow us on @Podcast616.bsky.social Follow Hugh McStay at @angryscotsman81.bsky.social Follow Ashley Thomas at @TheNerdyBlogger.bsky.social FACEBOOK Join us at Community-616! Title music: A New Era Unfolding (c) Sinfonietta Cinematica via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[10x10] We did it! Vampire Videos has reached 100 episodes (ahem, +15 bonus specials), and it's time to mark this impressive milestone with a super-sized special. Do you have ~4 hours to get through this episode in one sitting? If not, don't worry, there are approximate time stamps if you want to jump around a bit... (00:02:26) INTRODUCTION Dan and Hugh reflect on 31 months of making Vampire Videos together, including a funny insight into the Discord message that started the ball rolling in March 2022. We also read listener messages about reaching 100 episodes, with many more interspersed between the other segments. (00:28:57) NOSFERATU (2024) Our Bite Club time-limited exclusive from January 2025 is now available for everyone to listen to, so you can finally hear us discuss Robert Eggers' Nosferatu remake with returning guest Chris Brosnahan. (01:51:27) GUEST ROUNDTABLE Dan and Hugh hosted a Zoom chat with our three most prolific guests - Mary Muñoz, Tony Black, and Dee Molumby. We discussed the show, spoke about our personal experiences being involved, shared a few memorable recording moments, reflected on some of the awful films we had to endure, gave our thoughts on modern vampire media in general, and… revealed our faces for the first time. That's right, Dan and Hugh finally clap eyes on each other after two years. (02:39:19) TOP 100 VAMPIRE FILMS We've been counting down the Top 100 films and TV shows we've covered on social media in the run-up to this episode. But now you can hear our thoughts on the scummy dreck that didn't even make the Top 100 chart... before we unveil our Top 20 Vampire Films.  (03:38:39) FANGED FUTURE  A short wrap-up with some amusing facts and stats about the show (like our “stake to live” ratio so far), and end with a tease of what the future holds for the next hundred episodes. That's if we make it that far! Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guests: Chris Brosnahan, Tony Black, Dee Molumby & Mary Muñoz. Editors: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Thanks to every familiar who made the time to send us a message: Kathleen from Nova Scotia, Andrew Saturley, Paul Wood, Colin Woodward, Darren Gray, Chris Evans, Carmelita Valdez McKoy, Hayden Orr, James Duffy, Frankie Pellatt, Kat Hughes, Darren Mooney, Stacey Abbott & Count Caliban. Special thanks to viral TikTok star Tim Arnell as the voice of Count Orlok. Forever indebted to our kind and loyal Bite Club subscribers: Hayden Orr, James Duffy & Violet Hammond. You too can leave a donation at Ko-fi to show your appreciation for all the hard work over 100+ recordings. Follow us on social media platforms here. A proud part of the Film Stories podcast network. Theme music by Nela Ruiz • Episode art by Dan Owen. Podcast art by Keshav. Sound effects via Epidemic Sound. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

She's back! Using an episode as an excuse to get Matt to finally listen to Childish Gambino (something she tried 11 years ago), Kaley Roberts picks the latest (and last?) album Bando Stone and the New World to talk about!  Host: Matt LathamGuests: Kaley Roberts------------Listen to The Spotify Hall of Fame PlaylistEmail: Pick A DiscFollow us on:Bluesky | Instagram | FacebookPick A Disc(Ord) Discord ServerListen to We Dig Podcasts Shows: @wedigpodcasts | LinktreeLogo designed by: Dan Owen

[10x9] Our penultimate Season X episode looks at Adam Randall's Netflix original film Night Teeth, which follows a night in the life of a young Los Angeles chauffeur (Jorge Lendeborg Jr.) who unwittingly picks up two young vampire ladies... And continuing her prolific appearances across nearly 100 episodes, it's podcaster and film critic Dee Molumby... Hosts: Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest: Dee Molumby Editor: Hugh McStay "You wouldn't know a party if it fucked you in the face." -- Zoe Subscribe and leave a rating or review to support the show. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on social media platforms here. A proud part of the Film Stories podcast network. Theme music by Nela Ruiz • Episode art by Dan Owen. Podcast art by Keshav. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[10x8] Over two years later, we finally get around to the US adaptation of Let the Right One In, retitled Let Me In, from director Matt Reeves. This again tells the story of a bullied boy (Kodi Smit-McPhee) growing up in the early-1980s, who befriends a visiting vampire girl (Chloë Grace Moretz) who's allied herself with a serial killer... And making her first return to the show is writer and broadcaster Kim Taylor-Foster... Hosts: Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest: Kim Taylor-Foster Editor: Hugh McStay "Just so you know, I can't be your friend.." -- Abby Subscribe and leave a rating or review to support the show. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on social media platforms here. A proud part of the Film Stories podcast network. Theme music by Nela Ruiz • Episode art by Dan Owen. Podcast art by Keshav. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Game designer/developer and musician Claire Morwood appears on the podcast to talk about Origin of Symmetry by Muse! Here about Claire's origin (hehehehe - a pun) with the band, and how much it's influenced her own music and her recently released game Asterism!  Host: Matt LathamGuests: Claire MorwoodSee Claire's website here: SHIMMERWITCH.SPACEPlay Asterism: Steam || Itch.ioListen to the Ask Us About Loom podcast that Claire appeared on: Ask Us About Loom ------------Listen to The Spotify Hall of Fame PlaylistEmail: Pick A DiscFollow us on:Bluesky | Instagram | FacebookPick A Disc(Ord) Discord ServerListen to We Dig Podcasts Shows: @wedigpodcasts | LinktreeLogo designed by: Dan Owen

[10x7] We begin a new vampire franchise with Ted Nicolau's direct-to-video cult horror Subspecies, where three female American students arrive in Romania to study, only to become embroiled in the machinations between two vampire brothers, Radu (Anders Hove) and Stefan (Michael Watson)... And making her return to the show after a lengthy break is writer Kim Morrison... Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest: Kim Morrison Editor: Dan Owen Subscribe and leave a rating or review to support the show. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on social media platforms here. A proud part of the Film Stories podcast network. Theme music by Nela Ruiz • Episode art by Dan Owen. Podcast art by Keshav. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[10x6] We take our first step into animation and Japanese film with 1985's Vampire Hunter D from director Toyoo Ashida, which adapts the famous novels by Hideyuki Kikuchi about a half-human/half-vampire ridding the world of the undead in a post-apocalyptic future where the Earth's been overrun with monsters and mutants... To help us, making his debut on the show is comic-book writer Jared Wayne Gifford... Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest: Jared Wayne Gifford Editor: Dan Owen "I have lived in this world for 10,0000 years, and yet you lack the capacity to understand what that truly means. When years cease to have meaning, boredom is a mortal foe. It is a war for constant stimulation, and if that means debasing our line with humans, then so be it." -- Count Magnus Lee Subscribe and leave a rating or review to support the show. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on social media platforms here. A proud part of the Film Stories podcast network. Theme music by Nela Ruiz • Episode art by Dan Owen. Podcast art by Keshav. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Podcaster Sam Inglis is the guest for this episode of Pick A Disc as he talks about Japanese rock-group Band-Maid's Just Bring It. Lots to talk about in this one, with the rock scene in Japan to the concept of maid-cafes!  Host: Matt LathamGuests: Sam Inglis------------Listen to The Spotify Hall of Fame PlaylistEmail: Pick A DiscFollow us on:Bluesky | Instagram | FacebookPick A Disc(Ord) Discord ServerListen to We Dig Podcasts Shows: @wedigpodcasts | LinktreeLogo designed by: Dan Owen

[10x5] We're back in the Underworld franchise with the prequel Underworld: Rise of the Lycans from director Patrick Tatopoulos, which explains the origin of Lycan leader Lucian (Michael Sheen), set against the backdrop of his doomed romance with vampire Sonya (Rhona Mitra) and a Lycan rebellion... And returning to the show is Frankencast co-host Anthony Bowman... Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest: Anthony Bowman Editor: Dan Owen "I have no wish to remove one shackle from around your necks, only to replace them with one of my own." -- Lucian Subscribe and leave a rating or review to support the show. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on social media platforms here. A proud part of the Film Stories podcast network. Theme music by Nela Ruiz • Episode art by Dan Owen. Podcast art by Keshav. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dan Owen, a seasoned preacher of the gospel for over 39 years, joins this episode to discuss bruised faith—how to address spiritual wounds and help those who have been hurt. As a longtime minister at Broadway Church of Christ and a former academic dean at Bear Valley Bible Institute, Dan brings a wealth of experience in biblical teaching and ministry. With advanced degrees in Bible and Greek New Testament, as well as a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction, he has authored numerous biblical studies, including “That You May Believe” and “How We Got the Bible.” His insights help ministers and Christians navigate struggles with faith and work toward healing.       Connect with Us: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dearchurch_podcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61564673680147 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DearChurch   Website: https://www.rippleoflight.org/ ROL Facebook: http://facebook.com/rippleoflight ROL Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rippleoflight ROL YouTube: http://youtube.com/rippleoflight ROL Rumble: http://rumble.com/rippleoflight   Have a question? Email Chris at chris.mccurley@rippleoflight.com.   #BruisedFaith #HealingInChrist #ChristianMinistry #DanOwen #FaithStruggles #ChurchHurt #SpiritualHealing #BiblicalTeaching #MinistryMatters #HelpingTheHurt #BiblicalWisdom #FaithRestoration #ChristianLeadership  

Ale Campos from Las Nubes is our guest for this episode as she and Matt talk about The Replacements' "Let It Be" alongside chats about the relatability of songs and sending mix CDs through the mail!Host: Matt LathamGuests: Ale Campos------------Listen to The Spotify Hall of Fame PlaylistEmail: Pick A DiscFollow us on:Bluesky | Instagram | FacebookPick A Disc(Ord) Discord ServerListen to We Dig Podcasts Shows: @wedigpodcasts | LinktreeLogo designed by: Dan Owen

[10x4] We take to the skies for the Netflix action horror film Blood Red Sky, directed by Peter Thorwarth, which finds a terminally ill German woman travelling across the Atlantic for life-saving treatment with her son, only to find their flight taken over by terrorists. But, unfortunately for the hijackers, her symptoms include drinking human blood... And back to help us dissect this movie is Ghoulfriends podcaster Lindsay Drysdale... Hosts: Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest: Lindsay Drysdale Editor: Hugh McStay Subscribe and leave a rating or review to support the show. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on social media platforms here. A proud part of the Film Stories podcast network. Theme music by Nela Ruiz • Episode art by Dan Owen. Podcast art by Keshav. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Emile Milgrim from Las Nubes is the first guest for 2025! Emile talks about The The's "Dusk" and how much she resonates with it. There is a chat about music discovery and movie soundtracks and much more!Host: Matt LathamGuests: Emile Milgrim------------Listen to The Spotify Hall of Fame PlaylistEmail: Pick A DiscFollow us on:Bluesky | Instagram | FacebookPick A Disc(Ord) Discord ServerListen to We Dig Podcasts Shows: @wedigpodcasts | LinktreeLogo designed by: Dan Owen

[10x3] It's been a long time coming, but we're finally watching 2010's 30 Days of Night: Dark Days, the direct-to-video sequel to the 2007 movie. The story picks up with Stella (Kiele Sanchez), the sole survivor of the attack on the Alaskan town of Barrow, giving seminars about the existence of vampires... which draws the attention of vampires and vampire hunters alike... A new guest is joining us too, in the shape of freelance journalist Becci Sayce from Fangoria, Dread Central, and Second Sight... Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest: Becci Sayce Editor: Dan Owen "I never wanted a war. I just wanted people to know what happened here. 98 men, women, children. My husband. And yet no one believed. They rebuilt the town. Life went on. But I was already dead inside. I never wanted a war." --- Stella Subscribe and leave a rating or review to support the show. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on social media platforms here. A proud part of the Film Stories podcast network. Theme music by Nela Ruiz • Episode art by Dan Owen. Podcast art by Keshav. Get NordVPN 2Y plan + 4 months extra here ➼ https://nordvpn.com/fspn It's risk-free with Nord's 30-day money-back guarantee! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[10x2] A remake of a Vampire Videos favourite is up for discussion this week, with Craig Gillespie's 2011 version of Fright Night, starring Anton Yelchin as a teenager who starts to suspect his new neighbour Jerry (Colin Farrell) might be a vampire... And we have a new guest making her debut via podcast, too! It's film critic and videographer Sarah Williams... Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest: Sarah Williams Editor: Dan Owen "Well security is a little lax since everybody got their throat torn out." -- Charley Brewster Subscribe and leave a rating or review to support the show. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on social media platforms here. A proud part of the Film Stories podcast network. Theme music by Nela Ruiz • Episode art by Dan Owen. Podcast art by Keshav. Get NordVPN 2Y plan + 4 months extra here ➼ https://nordvpn.com/fspn It's risk-free with Nord's 30-day money-back guarantee! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ale Campos from Las Nubes is our guest for this episode as she and Matt talk about The Replacements' "Let It Be" alongside chats about the relatability of songs and sending mix CDs through the mail!Host: Matt LathamGuests: Colin Jackson-Brown------------Listen to The Spotify Hall of Fame PlaylistEmail: Pick A DiscFollow us on:Bluesky | Instagram | FacebookPick A Disc(Ord) Discord ServerListen to We Dig Podcasts Shows: @wedigpodcasts | LinktreeLogo designed by: Dan Owen

[BONUS] Seasons bleedings! Our 2024 Christmas Special takes a look at a British family vampire movie, Euro Lyn's The Radleys, based on the best-selling YA novel, about a family of abstaining vampires living in modern-day Whitby. And podcaster Frankie Pellatt is our very special seasonal guest, joining us inside the snowbound Vampire Villa to talk about the film... but also tell terrible Christmas crackers jokes and play three festive games we've each devised in secret... Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest: Frankie Pellatt Editor: Hugh McStay "Blood doesn't satisfy cravings. It magnifies them." Subscribe and leave a rating or review to support the show. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on social media platforms here. A proud part of the Film Stories podcast network. Theme music by Nela Ruiz • Episode art by Dan Owen. Podcast art by Keshav. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[10x1] Season X launches with us rewinding the clock on Hammer to tackle non-Dracula strands of the famous production company's archive. And we begin with The Vampire Lovers from Roy Ward Baker, with Ingrid Pitt playing a female vampire preying on affluent women in 19th-century Germany... And completing her unintended recent trilogy of Vampire Videos guest appearances, it's copywriter and podcaster Mary Muñoz once again... Hosts: Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest: Mary Muñoz Editor: Hugh McStay "You must die! Everybody must die!." -- Marcilla Subscribe and leave a rating or review to support the show. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on social media platforms here. A proud part of the Film Stories podcast network. Theme music by Nela Ruiz • Episode art by Dan Owen. Podcast art by Keshav. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jack and George from the band Arliston are the guests for this episode as they talk about The National's "Trouble Will Find Me" and how it influences them as a band, and how they each get different things from it...Host: Matt LathamGuests: Jack and George (Arliston)------------Listen to The Spotify Hall of Fame PlaylistEmail: Pick A DiscFollow us on:Bluesky | Instagram | FacebookPick A Disc(Ord) Discord ServerListen to We Dig Podcasts Shows: @wedigpodcasts | LinktreeLogo designed by: Dan Owen

[BONUS] Season IX has come to an end, which can mean only one thing: Dan and Hugh are back around the vampire campfire to reflect on the recent episodes, rank the 11 films covered in order of merit, share interesting stats about the season, and tease what's to come next week with the launch of Season X... Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Editor: Dan Owen Subscribe and leave a rating or review to support the show. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on social media platforms here. A proud part of the Film Stories podcast network. Theme music by Nela Ruiz • Episode art by Dan Owen. Podcast art by Keshav. Get NordVPN 2Y plan + 4 months extra here ➼ https://nordvpn.com/fspn It's risk-free with Nord's 30-day money-back guarantee! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt is joined by returnee Baz Greenland and his wife Gem Greenland to talk about 2015's Crazy Ex-Girlfriend that aired on the WB. Along chat of the songs, there's chat on the TV show and it's exploration of mental health and more!Host: Matt LathamGuests: Baz and Gem Greenland------------Listen to The Spotify Hall of Fame PlaylistEmail: Pick A DiscFollow us on:Twitter | Instagram | FacebookPick A Disc(Ord) Discord ServerListen to We Dig Podcasts Shows: @wedigpodcasts | LinktreeLogo designed by: Dan Owen

[9x10] The Season IX finale is here, with a review of Richard Wenk's 1986 horror comedy Vamp, where two college students drive to the big city to hire a stripper for a frat party, only to find one nightclub's employees are all vampires... And making a welcome return, so soon after the Halloween Special, is editor and podcaster Mary Muñoz... Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest: Mary Muñoz Editor: Dan Owen "Testy! You wanna know why I'm testy? I'll tell you why I'm testy. Today I was nearly hung, I got into a fight with a psychotic albino, I met a human pin cushion in the bathroom, I ate a cockroach, my best friend disappears and then I'm nearly assassinated by a runaway elevator! I'VE HAD A BAD DAY!” — Keith Subscribe and leave a rating or review to support the show. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on social media platforms here. A proud part of the Film Stories podcast network. Theme music by Nela Ruiz • Episode art by Dan Owen. Podcast art by Keshav. Get NordVPN 2Y plan + 4 months extra here ➼ https://nordvpn.com/fspn It's risk-free with Nord's 30-day money-back guarantee! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[9x9] Finally, it's time to head back to Salem's Lot for Gary Dauberman's long-delayed adaptation of Stephen King's classic horror story, where a best-selling author returns to his hometown to discover the community is being taken over by vampires... Helping us dissect the film is prolific Vampire Videos guest, film critic and podcaster Dee Molumby... Hosts: Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest: Dee Molumby Editor: Hugh McStay Subscribe and leave a rating or review to support the show. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on social media platforms here. A proud part of the Film Stories podcast network. Theme music by Nela Ruiz • Episode art by Dan Owen. Podcast art by Keshav. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Luke and Ryan are joined by Dan Owen to talk about all things bowl games.

Ethan Proctor from the band Bottlemoth is this episode's guest, picking Cope by Manchester Orchestra! Host: Matt LathamGuest: Ethan Proctor (Bottlemoth)Listen to Bottlemoth!----Listen to The Spotify Hall of Fame PlaylistEmail: Pick A DiscFollow us on:Twitter | Instagram | FacebookPick A Disc(Ord) Discord ServerListen to We Dig Podcasts Shows: @wedigpodcasts | LinktreeLogo designed by: Dan Owen

[9x8] It's mid-1990s arthouse cinema time with Abel Ferrara's vampire drugs allegory The Addiction, starring Lili Taylor as a NYU student who is bitten by a vampire one evening and finds herself addicted to drinking human blood... And making her belated return in the podcasket is vampire expert and horror scholar Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn... Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStay Guest: Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn Editor: Dan Owen "To face what we are in the end, we stand before the light and our true nature is revealed. Self-revelation is annihilation of self.”—Kathleen Subscribe and leave a rating or review to support the show. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on social media platforms here. A proud part of the Film Stories podcast network. Theme music by Nela Ruiz • Episode art by Dan Owen. Podcast art by Keshav. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[9x7] An early "talkie" is up for discussion this week, in the form of Carl Theodor Dreyer's 1932 Gothic horror film Vampyr, where a student of the paranormal stays overnight in a village inn apparently stalked by a blood-sucking creature... And making her belated third trip in the podcasket is university lecturer and horror expert Professor Stacey Abbott... Hosts: Hugh McStay & Dan Owen Guest: Prof. Stacey Abbott Editor: Hugh McStay "Why does the doctor always come at night?" -- Léone Subscribe and leave a rating or review to support the show. You can also leave a donation at Ko-fi and follow us on social media platforms here. A proud part of the Film Stories podcast network. Theme music by Nela Ruiz • Episode art by Dan Owen. Podcast art by Keshav. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Don from the Album Nerds podcast talks about Depeche Mode's Violator! Host: Matt LathamGuest: Don (Album Nerds Podcast)Listen to the Album Nerds Podcast!----Listen to The Spotify Hall of Fame PlaylistEmail: Pick A DiscFollow us on:Twitter | Instagram | FacebookPick A Disc(Ord) Discord ServerListen to We Dig Podcasts Shows: @wedigpodcasts | LinktreeLogo designed by: Dan Owen

Dan and Jed review their most watched conversations. The End: Part 1 of 4