Podcasts about Pixar

This is our NEW RELEASE review podcast, ONE HOT TAKE. The monsters are tactile, weird and genuinely disgusting, and Cregger lets them stay disgusting instead of cutting away. Hays and Ryan Holladay's score does the synth-pulse thing that Carpenter invented, but the intelligence is in the placement. Synopsis: A hapless courier tasked with delivering a package to a remote hospital. He soon finds himself caught in the middle of an outbreak and must fight through hordes of mutated creatures to survive. DREW TAYLOR is a reporter for The Wrap. He has written for The New York Times, Vulture, Vanity Fair, The Playlist, and Collider. He also wrote The Art of Onward, which gives an inside look at the making of the 2020 Pixar film. The book is available to purchase here. He also co-hosts a weekly podcast about animation called Fine Tooning, which is available on all podcast platforms. Twitter: @drewtailored Instagram: @drewtailored Podcast: Light the Fuse One Heat Minute Productions WEBSITE: oneheatminute.com TWITTER: @OneBlakeMinute & @OHMPods MERCH: https://www.teepublic.com/en-au/stores/one-heat-minute-productions Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Three-time Emmy winner Tony Hale ("Veep", "The Mysterious Benedict Society") returns as the beloved Forky in Disney and Pixar's "Toy Story 5", which is available now on Digital, this Tuesday Sept. 22 on DVD, and this Wednesday Sept. 23 on Disney+. Hale joins me to share his insights on voice acting, being part of "TS5", and the future of Forky.

¡Que pasa locos!Esta semana venimos fuertes con el episodio 431. Empezamos con Marco llegando tarde al búnker, pero con ganas de guerra. Debatimos sobre *Ocarina of Time*, las ediciones especiales de Nintendo y la eterna duda de si la Steam Deck merece o no la pena.Joakin nos trae sus impresiones de *Dawnwalker* y nos cuenta por qué prefiere ir sobrado de nivel a comerse misiones secundarias. También repasamos el *hate* que está recibiendo *Wolverine* por esa misión de la moto en la que literalmente te la pasas sin tocar el mando.Entramos de lleno en nuestro tema central: la crisis estructural de la industria de los videojuegos. Hablamos de los presupuestos inflados de los juegos Triple A, la inevitable vuelta de los Doble A, la revolución de la IA en el desarrollo, y nos preguntamos si acabaremos pagando más de 1.000€ por una futura PlayStation 6.Además, leemos vuestros comentarios con un intenso debate sobre si películas como *Coco* o *Toy Story 3* son realmente para adultos, analizamos el exigente rompecabezas *Blue Prince*, y cerramos con una anécdota imperdible: la desastrosa "Compra del CEO" en la que Marco casi muere asfixiado intentando dormir con una manta de 9 kilos.¡Esperemos que os guste!

Geoffrey Cain is an award-winning investigative journalist and bestselling author. A former correspondent for The Economist and TIME, he has spent more than 15 years covering technology, geopolitics, and global business. His latest book is "Steve Jobs in Exile." Geoffrey explores the lesser-known years after Steve Jobs was pushed out of Apple, and how that period changed the way he approached leadership. Jobs had the vision and creativity, but he had to learn how to connect those ideas with people, markets, and the realities of building a business. The conversation examines why leaders need people who will disagree with them, what Jobs learned from Pixar and NeXT, and why infrastructure and trust matter as much as vision. Geoffrey also discusses the role of adversity in developing leaders, and what the emerging AI revolution might teach us about navigating uncertainty and limits. At the center of the conversation is a simple leadership lesson: knowing when to stay the course is important, but so is recognizing when the path needs to change. Find episode 529 on The Leadership Podcast, on YouTube @theleadershippodcast, or wherever you get your podcasts! Key Moments [04:47] What Steve Jobs' wilderness years revealed about leadership [08:25] The difference between having a vision and building a business [09:09] Why the original Macintosh was a commercial failure [12:00] What Jobs learned about solving real customer problems [13:30] Knowing when to stay the course and when to change direction [14:28] Why leaders need people who will disagree with them [19:05] The value of cross-directional thinking [20:32] What Pixar and NeXT taught Jobs about trust and boundaries [23:14] Why infrastructure matters as much as vision [26:06] How adversity shapes leaders [29:28] The opportunities and risks of AI [34:57] Working within limits without losing the vision The Leadership Podcast is sponsored by W.S. Darley & Company. Founded in 1908, Darley remains a family owned and operated business, providing the highest quality equipment solutions to our country's warfighters and firefighters. Learn more at darley.com and darleydefense.com Memorable Quotes "If you find yourself agreeing with yourself too much, that's the red flag right there." "You need to select people who are willing to push back on you and push back hard." "The risk and the shadow of that ambition and that passion is that it's hard to see when something isn't going to work." "Build it and they will come is no way to run a business when there are investors on the line." "Leadership is not just about the leader. Leadership is about the people who you're leading." "There's a huge difference between a leader who never has to go through those hard times and the one who does have to face it." "That's not failure, that's learning. That's learning where the wall is." "If there's a wall in front of you, look around the corner. Maybe there's another door somewhere." "Sometimes a vision just turns out not to be all that. And that's when it's time to think different and try something new." Explore the full archive at www.theleadershippodcast.com or wherever you get your podcasts! These are the books mentioned in this episode Steve Jobs in Exile by Geoffrey Cain Samsung: The Perfect Police State by Geoffrey Cain Resources Mentioned The Leadership Podcast | theleadershippodcast.com Sponsored by | www.darley.com Rafti Advisors. LLC | www.raftiadvisors.com Self-Reliant Leadership. LLC | selfreliantleadership.com Website | www.geoffreycain.net LinkedIn |www.linkedin.com/in/gcain X | @geoffrey_cain

1994年にPIXARに入社し、その『トイ・ストーリー』1作目にスタッフとして参加。以降、現在公開中の『トイ・ストーリー5』も含め、ほぼすべてのPIXAR長編に関わっているという、まさに「PIXARのリビングレジェンド」な小西園子さんに宇多丸がインタビュー！ なぜPIXARに入ったのか？そして、恐るべき「PIXARクオリティ」はどうやって生み出されているのか？小西さんの貴重なお話の数々、お聞き逃し無くしなく！ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jim Hill and Drew Taylor kick things off with Drew's behind-the-scenes perspective on moderating the press day for DreamWorks Animation's Forgotten Island, the studio's Filipino mythology-inspired adventure. Then they run through the latest animation and box office news, from Spider-Man: Brand New Day and Coyote vs. Acme to Toy Story 5, Haunted Mansion Holiday, and Aardman's anniversary celebrations. Finally, Drew shares an early look inside the new Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles and how it compares with the nearby Academy Museum. HIGHLIGHTS • Drew goes behind the scenes of DreamWorks Animation's Forgotten Island press day and the film's celebration of Filipino mythology and folklore. • Spider-Man: Brand New Day closes in on another major domestic box office milestone as Practical Magic 2 takes the weekend's top spot. • Coyote vs. Acme continues its theatrical run while details begin emerging about its eventual 4K Steelbook release. • Pixar Place Hotel gets a Monsters, Inc. Halloween makeover as Disney marks 25 years of both the Pixar classic and Haunted Mansion Holiday. • Aardman celebrates its 50th anniversary with a Wallace & Gromit pop-up and the theatrical arrival of Shaun the Sheep and the Beast of Mossy Bottom. • Drew gets an advance tour of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles' Exposition Park and compares it with the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. HOSTS • Jim Hill - X/Twitter: @JimHillMedia | Instagram: @JimHillMedia | jimhillmedia.com • Drew Taylor - X/Twitter: @DrewTailored | Instagram: @drewtailored | drewtaylor.work FOLLOW • Facebook: @JimHillMediaNews • YouTube: @jimhillmedia • TikTok: @jimhillmedia • Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jimhillmedia/ SUPPORT Support the show and access bonus episodes and additional content at https://www.patreon.com/jimhillmedia. PRODUCTION CREDITS Edited by Dave Grey Produced by Eric Hersey - https://strongmindedagency.com SPONSOR Planning a Disney or Universal vacation? The team at BeOurGuestVacations.com can help with hotels, theme park tickets, dining reservations, cruises, and all the details that go into making your trip easier to plan - at no additional cost to you. If you would like to sponsor a show on the Jim Hill Media Podcast Network, reach out today. https://www.jimhillmedia.com/sponsor/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Felipe and AJ revisit and discuss 2012's Brave, Pixar's thirteenth feature film.*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*Brazilian Dragon Productions PatreonBrazilian Dragon SubstackBrazilian Dragon YouTube Channel*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*This episode is part of the Brazilian Dragon Podcast Network. Feel free to support The Brazilian Dragon Podcast via PayPal or Patreon. And follow the Brazilian Dragon on social media: Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook! Plus, check out our website! 

Este episodio es traido a ti por Leadership Republic y el master class de Story Skills https://luis-fernando-urban-diaz-de-leon-s-school.teachable.com/p/master-class-story-skills1 Suscribete al newsletter 1-3-1 https://mailchi.mp/9a27f692cbf7/newsletter Hay una frase que no se me ha olvidado desde hace más de un año. Una profesora del MIT, en un salón lleno de líderes de todo el mundo, dijo que el deporte de espectadores más grande del planeta no es el fútbol, ni el tenis, ni el golf. Es el liderazgo. La gente te está viendo todo el tiempo. Esta semana, la tengo aquí en una Nueva travesía.

Artist Eric Zawadzki joins Dave to discuss Assorted Crisis Events, the ambitious, award-winning anthology co-created with writer Deniz Camp. Zawadzki talks visual reinvention, his innovative Pixar-style drafting process, and the impostor syndrome that flared up after winning an Eisner. The two discuss the word-of-mouth momentum that helped quadruple the book's sales, meeting Scott McCloud at San Diego, and why Michael Mann's Collateral sits in his all-time top ten films.Subscribe to Eric's channel https://inkxscribes.com/https://www.ericxyz.com/directeditionpodcast.comSupport the channel, join the Patreon!https://www.patreon.com/davengersdirecteditionBuy Direct Edition apparel https://www.teepublic.com/user/west-coast-davengersSend us Fan MailSupport the show

In this episode, Charlie and Joey critique Toy Story 5, exploring its departure from beloved characters and the decline of Pixar's storytelling quality. They discuss the film's emotional disconnect, character development issues, and industry trends affecting animation.

We watched Buzz Lightyear, and his crew of misfits, as they go on a quest to the Unimind for the Little Green Men. Beside the Evil Emperor Zurg, there is another foe added to the roster. He goes by Agent Z, also known as Warp Darkmatter, and if that isn't the coolest name in Lightyear Lore I don't know what is.Our Links:Ian WolffeSend us Fan Mail

This is our NEW RELEASE review podcast, ONE HOT TAKE. My grandmother taped Looney Tunes off the TV onto three or four VHS cassettes for the grandkids, and we played them until the tape gave out. Seeing them again, in a courtroom, litigating: the tape is still running. Synopsis: After enduring years of malfunctioning products, Wile E. Coyote teams up with a local personal injury attorney to take on ACME, the manufacturer of anything and everything used by the Looney Tunes characters. DREW TAYLOR is a reporter for The Wrap. He has written for The New York Times, Vulture, Vanity Fair, The Playlist, and Collider. He also wrote The Art of Onward, which gives an inside look at the making of the 2020 Pixar film. The book is available to purchase here. He also co-hosts a weekly podcast about animation called Fine Tooning, which is available on all podcast platforms. Twitter: @drewtailored Instagram: @drewtailored Podcast: Light the Fuse One Heat Minute Productions WEBSITE: oneheatminute.com TWITTER: @OneBlakeMinute & @OHMPods MERCH: https://www.teepublic.com/en-au/stores/one-heat-minute-productions Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Pixar's "Inside Out" inspired a Colorado psychologist to create "InsideU" to help children understand and navigate emotions. Then, the future of the Colorado River may end up before the Supreme Court, and ongoing water worries after wildfire in the town of Beulah. Later, 14-year-old Jeremiah Daniels will see himself on the jumbotron in Times Square for a National Down Syndrome Society event Saturday. We catch up with the Aurora teen and his parents about representation and inclusion. And a world premiere for the Colorado Children's Chorale at Carnegie Hall! 

Helloooo dear listeners! We are back with more smooth podcasting sounds for your listening pleasure. Our Moving On marathon finds itself continuing towards the Great Beyond. This week, its the animated afterlife we're after as we take a look at the Covid-Era Pixar release, Soul. This jazz odyssey through the afterlife sparked a number of conversations, many of which we attempt to engage here. We talk Pixar, magical minorities, body swapping, and much, much more as we bring Pete Docter's Soul to the analysis table. Join us now! 

This week, Anzellans are coming to Galaxy's Edge, candy will be available in bulk at Downtown Disney, Magic Key Holders get a second chance at special merch, Pixar Pier Hotel gets into the spooky spirit, movie nights return to Downtown Disney, we talk to 1966 Disneyland Ambassador Connie Swanson Lane, and more! Please support the show if you can by going to https://www.dlweekly.net/support/. Check out all of our current partners and exclusive discounts at https://www.dlweekly.net/promos. News: A trio of animatronic Anzellans are coming to Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge. Originally featured at the Imagineering Pavilion during D23, these small alien figure-craftsmen are quickly making their way into the park. They are expected to set up shop behind the checkout register inside the Droid Depot. – https://www.micechat.com/444127-disneyland-update-indiana-jones-refurbishment-primeval-world-pirates-redhead/ Bulk candy sales are now available at the Wonderful World of Sweets in Downtown Disney, alongside an exclusive souvenir bulk candy container shaped like a Main Street trash can. Both the candy itself and the plastic trash can container are priced separately at $14.99 each. – https://www.micechat.com/444127-disneyland-update-indiana-jones-refurbishment-primeval-world-pirates-redhead/ Magic Key holders who missed out on the Disney California Adventure Billboard Magnet Set or the License Plate Frame giveaways are being offered a second chance to pick them up! on select dates between September 14 and September 26, 2026. Both items will be available at Disney California Adventure's Hyperion Theater Courtyard on select dates from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m., while supplies last. The magnet set will be distributed on September 14, 16, 18, and 19, followed by the license plate frame pickup on September 21, 23, 25, and 26. – https://www.micechat.com/444127-disneyland-update-indiana-jones-refurbishment-primeval-world-pirates-redhead/ Pixar Place Hotel is getting in on the spooky fun and debuting its first-ever Halloween transformation! The decorations feature artwork of Monsters, Inc. characters dressed up for the season. Designed by Resort Enhancement digital artist Brett Snodgrass in close collaboration with Pixar and Imagineering, the decor imagines Mike, Sulley, and Boo passing candy back and forth through doors between worlds. – https://disneyparksblog.com/dlr/disney-artist-pixar-place-hotel-halloween-makeover/ Downtown Disney Movie Nights kicks off this week! On September 9 at 7 p.m., “Cruella,” starring Emma Stone and Emma Thompson will be screened at the Downtown Disney LIVE! Stage and lawn. Movie nights will take place September 16, 23, and 30 and October 7, 14, 21, and 28. Check out Downtown Disney on Instagram for movie title announcements. – https://www.micechat.com/444127-disneyland-update-indiana-jones-refurbishment-primeval-world-pirates-redhead/ SnackChat: Menu changes at Rancho del Zocalo – https://www.micechat.com/444127-disneyland-update-indiana-jones-refurbishment-primeval-world-pirates-redhead/ Discussion Topic: Disneyland Ambassador Connie Swanson Lane Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Super spy special guest Navi joins Felipe and AJ to revisit and discuss 2011's Cars 2, Pixar's twelfth feature film.*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*Brazilian Dragon Productions PatreonBrazilian Dragon SubstackBrazilian Dragon YouTube Channel*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*This episode is part of the Brazilian Dragon Podcast Network. Feel free to support The Brazilian Dragon Podcast via PayPal or Patreon. And follow the Brazilian Dragon on social media: Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook! Plus, check out our website! 

Continuing our I Love the 90s series, we move on to 1995, the year the O.J. Simpson trial ended with a verdict that split the country in two and Beanie Babies turned into an overnight playground obsession. Don and Dude drop the needle on one arena ready rock record still riding grunge's fading wave and one horn driven pop album born out of a breakup happening inside the band itself, connecting both records to a world of Microsoft rolling out Windows 95, Pixar's Toy Story becoming the first fully computer animated feature film, and Cal Ripken Jr. breaking a fifty six year old baseball record with his 2,131st straight game.The AlbumsCollective Soul – Collective Soul (1995)Ed Roland, a preacher's son from Stockbridge, Georgia, wrote around 35 songs for this self titled follow up to the surprise hit Hints, Allegations and Things Left Unsaid (1993), trimming them to 12 and recording with brother Dean Roland, Ross Childress, Will Turpin and Shane Evans in about five weeks with producer Matt Serletic. Known as the Blue Album, it built melodic hard rock and grunge era guitars around strings and gospel style backing vocals on singles like "December," "The World I Know" and "Where the River Flows," going triple platinum and spending 76 weeks on the Billboard 200.No Doubt – Tragic Kingdom (1995)Formed in Anaheim out of Southern California's ska scene, No Doubt had already survived the death of co-founder John Spence and a commercially disappointing debut before Gwen Stefani, Tony Kanal, Tom Dumont and Adrian Young made Tragic Kingdom, produced by Matthew Wilder across eleven Los Angeles studios over roughly two and a half years. Stefani's songwriting turned unusually personal after her real life breakup with bassist Kanal, and the album folded ska, new wave, punk, reggae and funk into massive pop hooks on singles like "Just a Girl," "Spiderwebs" and "Don't Speak," eventually spending nine weeks at number one and closing out 1997 as the second best selling album of the year.Diggin AlbumsCollective Soul – Touch and Go (2026)Collective Soul's 13th studio album finds Ed Roland trading the band's usual melodic hard rock for a Cars inspired, new wave leaning sound across ten songs including "Rainbow," "Eye On You," "Uh Oh" and "Love Your Way."Matthew Sweet – 100% Fun (1995)The Nebraska born power pop songwriter's fifth album, produced by Brendan O'Brien after Sweet asked for something stronger and simpler than the murkier Altered Beast, paired grinding guitars and powerful drums with his usual chiming melodies and dark relationship lyrics.Graham Hunt – American Pyramid (2026)The Wisconsin based indie rock musician's sixth full length, and his first made in a proper studio, moves away from years of home recording as he brings an eight piece band to Pachyderm Studio in Minnesota.Cage the Elephant – "Beaches in Tennessee" (2026) singleThe Bowling Green, Kentucky band's first new music since 2024's Neon Pill and first release for Big Loud Rock turns a difficult personal experience into a lighter, fictionalized single produced by Justin and Jeremiah Raisen, known together as SADPONY.Follow & Support Follow the show on Instagram, Facebook, Threads and Bluesky @albumnerds, email your own favorites to podcast@albumnerds.com, and support the podcast by subscribing, rating, reviewing and sharing it with another music obsessive who still loves hearing whole albums front to back."I feel like such a heifer. I had two bowls of Special K, three pieces of turkey bacon, a handful of popcorn, five peanut butter M&M's, and like three pieces of licorice." - Cher Horowitz (Alicia Silverstone), Clueless (1995).

Sean England has been at Skywalker Sound since 1993. He didn't arrive as a foley artist. He came in on the technical side, in the machine room and the transfer department, back when everything went to analog tape and film was spliced on a Kem. He calls those years his film school. He watched sound get made from one end of a picture to the other, then became a foley recordist, then a mixer, then went through the glass and became the artist.The show where he cut his teeth was The Clone Wars. There was one foley stage at the Ranch in those days, so he and Ronni Brown took the night shift and cranked the episodes out, learning to work fast and picking up the Star Wars tricks handed down from Dennie Thorpe and Jana Vance.He's very good on what the job actually is. An egg crack might be an ice cream cone. The sizzle in the pan might be a candle held under tinfoil. He's got a recording of a cattle gate on his phone that he still hasn't cracked, and then somebody gave him a metal contraption built for hanging blueprints and it turned out to be exactly the sound. He picks up leather purses in thrift shops and holds them to his ear to check for creak. He puts shoes on and looks for a hard surface to walk on.He's a drummer too, and he came up in the eighties being told drum machines would replace him, so he has a settled view on whether sound libraries and new tech are coming for his job.We cover the anatomy of a foley stage, why the mixer isn't watching his hands, the weight difference between Marvel and Star Wars and Pixar, Lincoln split between a day crew and a night crew who had to match each other, grasshopper footsteps for documentaries, mic placement as performance, and the off-mic tricks he doesn't always mention to the mixer.Thanks so much for your continued support!This podcast is completely independent and made possible by listener support. If you'd like to help me keep making these episodes, you can join my Patreon community here: https://patreon.com/jamiebenning Watch more on YouTube:Check out the Filmumentaries YouTube channel for behind-the-scenes clips and extra content: https://youtube.com/filmumentariesAll my links

The Disness is going back to the Pixar realm as we discuss Pixar's Elemental this week on the show! Join Kaylee, Smalltown, and Jordan as they break down the film, share their personal opinions and reviews, discuss the cast and crew, and so much more!Follow us on Instagram: @DisnessPodcast

Kos and Dilo wrap up the animation series by putting Disney, DreamWorks, Pixar, Illumination, Studio Ghibli, and LAIKA head-to-head. They compare each studio's style, storytelling, humor, visuals, and overall catalog while looking back at Robin Hood, Shrek, Monsters, Inc., Despicable Me, Ponyo, and ParaNorman. Which studio has the best movies, the strongest identity, and the best lineup to watch while stoned? By the end, only one can come out on top.Give us a follow on Instagram and TikTok: @high.expectations.pod on both platformsReach out with comments or suggestions at podcast.highexpectations@gmail.comMusic courtesy of Vince Sasso of the Vince Sasso Trio(check them out on Instagram! @vincesassotrio)

Richard Kind has seemingly worked with everyone, and he has the stories to prove it. The beloved character actor joins Steve Kmetko for a hilarious, candid conversation about his unlikely path from Second City to Mad About You, Spin City, Scrubs, Pixar and beyond. Richard remembers working alongside Michael J. Fox and Charlie Sheen, explains what Christopher Walken taught him simply by watching him act, talks about his experiences with Disney and Pixar, and reveals why he still considers himself an actor rather than a comedian. And then there is George Clooney. Kind shares a hilarious prank involving Clooney's Oscar, a TSA agent and a very heavy suitcase, before telling a far more revealing story about the man Clooney was before ER made him a superstar. During the Los Angeles riots, Kind planned to leave town with friends. Clooney had another idea. It's funny, thoughtful, wonderfully unpredictable and very Richard Kind. CHAPTERS 00:00 Richard Kind Is Still Here01:17 The Character Actor Dining Society03:40 George Clooney's Oscar Prank06:13 Richard Kind's Second City Years08:08 "The Harvard of Comedy"09:19 Chasing the Dream of Acting11:07 Did His Family Think He'd Make It?13:20 Why Li'l Abner Should Come Back14:12 Songs That Have Aged VERY Badly16:17 Richard's First Television Job18:38 Learning Television With Mary Tyler Moore21:40 How Richard Met George Clooney22:39 "I'm the Luckiest Guy in the World"24:04 Richard Says He's NOT a Comedic Actor27:02 Why He Prefers Single-Camera Acting28:45 Remembering Linda Lavin and Tony Roberts31:30 Spin City, Michael J. Fox and Charlie Sheen32:59 What Actors Actually Do37:20 The Torturous "Drive Home"39:18 Mid-Century Modern and James Burrows42:49 Why Fans Still Love Him on Scrubs43:04 Richard Kind Calls Bill Lawrence a Genius46:27 Recording Family Guy and American Dad50:11 The Truth About Working for Disney52:09 Richard Kind vs. Marvel Movies57:40 What Richard Really Thinks of Amal Clooney1:00:30 George Clooney Before He Was Famous1:00:47 The Incredible LA Riots Story1:03:46 Richard Says Goodbye Show CreditsHost/Producer: Steve KmetkoAll things technical: Justin ZangerleExecutive Producer: Jim LichtensteinMusic by: Brian Sanyshyn https://stillherehollywood.comhttp://patreon.com/stillherehollywoodSuggest Guests at: stillherehollywood@gmail.comAdvertise on Still Here Hollywood: jim@stillherenetwork.comPublicist: Maggie Perlich: maggie@numbertwelvemarketing.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In this week's episode, I take a look back at the movies and streaming shows I watched in Summer 2026 and rate them. This coupon code will get you 25% off the ebooks in the Ghost Armor series at my Payhip store: FALLARMOR The coupon code is valid through September 21, 2026. So if you need a new ebook this fall, we've got you covered! TRANSCRIPT 00:00:00 Introduction and Writing Updates Hello, everyone. Welcome to Episode 319 of The Pulp Writer Show. My name is Jonathan Moeller. Today is September the 4th, 2026, and today I'm looking back at the movies and streaming shows I watched over Summer 2026. We will also have Coupon of the Week and an update on my current writing, publishing, and audiobook projects. So let's start off with Coupon of the Week. This week's coupon code will get you 25% off the ebooks in the Ghost Armor series at my Payhip store. That coupon code is FALLARMOR. As always, you can get the coupon code and the links to my Payhip store available in the show notes for this episode. This coupon code will be valid through September 21st, 2026, so if you need a new ebook for this fall, we have got you covered. Now an update on my current writing, publishing, and audiobook projects. I'm pleased to report that the rough draft of Blade of Visions is done. It came to 99,000 words. It'd be kind of cool if it came to 100,000, but as I've learned in the 15 years I've been doing this, it's not a good idea to pad things for length. Editing is underway. I'm about 15% through the first pass of edits. I'm working on the cover design, so I'm on good track to have the book out before the end of the month. I also wrote a tie-in short story called Winter Crown and don't forget that [newsletter] subscribers will get a free ebook copy of that short story when Blade of Visions comes out later this month. So this makes a very excellent time to subscribe to my new release newsletter. I am also 12,000 words into Elven-Warlock, which will be the seventh book in the Half-Elven Thief series. Hopefully that will be out in October, if all goes well. In audiobook news, I think Blade of Thieves (as narrated by Brad Wills) and Cloak of Worlds (as narrated by Hollis McCarthy) are now finally available at all the usual audiobook stores, which includes Audible, Apple, Amazon, Kobo, Google Play, Chirp, and all the others. So if you want to listen to those if you are going on a Labor Day road trip, you can check those out. A reminder that Stealth and Spells Online: The Complete LitRPG trilogy (narrated by C.J. McAllister) is also available on Audible, so check that out. That's 32 hours long and that would also cover all your Labor Day travels. So that is where I'm at with my current writing, publishing and audiobook projects. 00:02:22 Main Topic of the Week: Summer 2026 Movie Roundup So let's move on to our main topic this week. Our main topic this week is the Summer 2026 Movie Roundup and I always enjoy doing those. These episodes are a little less serious than some of the other episodes and it's fun to talk about things I enjoyed and that you might enjoy as well. And I did see a lot of new movies this summer. In fact, I went to the actual theater four times for Masters of the Universe, The Odyssey, Spider-Man, and Coyote vs. Acme, which is probably more than I've gone in a single season since before COVID times. So as usual, here are the movies I saw this summer (rated from least favorite to most favorite). The grades are totally subjective and based on nothing but my own thoughts and opinions. First up is The Breadwinner, which came out in 2026. This is basically standup comedian Nate Bargatze's act come to life as a movie. If you've seen Bargatze's standup, his usual routine is to portray himself as the dumb husband and bumbling Girl Dad, which is actually quite clever from a comedic standpoint since you're unlikely to have outraged mobs calling for your head if all you're doing is making fun of yourself. Anyway, Bargatze portrays Nate Wilcox, the best Toyota salesman in Nashville. (Don't worry, this is the first of only many product placement moments.) He lets his wife Kate manage the household and do the bulk of the work with their three daughters. When Kate's invention takes off on Shark Tank, she has to go to South Korea for two weeks to oversee manufacturing, leaving Nate in charge of the kids. Comedic chaos ensues. On the positive side of this movie, I did approve how this movie showed a married couple trying to work through a rough patch and do what's right for their kids and each other in a semi-productive way rather than blowing up their lives over nonsensical trivialities in the style of Eat, Pray, Love. On the downside, there was a lot of product placement, to the point where it at times felt like an extended commercial with bits of plot jammed in between product endorsement. No doubt most of the production budget came from product placement money. Will Forte was funny as an eccentric roofing contractor and Martin Herlihy as a shifty DoorDash employee. Kumail Nanjiani was funny as Nate's rival salesman at the car dealership. So overall, I would say this was blandly amusing and inoffensive with some funny slapstick moments. Overall grade: C- Next up is Supergirl, which came out in 2026. This movie really was sort of a strange combination of John Wick and the human trafficking subplot from 2020's Black Widow. The end result wasn't quite as good as Superman from 2025, alas. I did like this movie's interpretation of Supergirl. Kara Zor-El's departure from Krypton was way more traumatic than Superman's, so she's dealing with her unresolved emotional issues by traveling from planet to planet with red suns and getting hammered since the same yellow sun that gives Kryptonians their superpowers on Earth also keeps them from getting drunk because their bodies process alcohol too efficiently. However, Kara comes to a planet where a girl named Ruthye lives. Ruthye's family has been slaughtered by ruthless brigands yet led by Krem of the Yellow Hills and she's going on a quest for revenge. When Ruthye tries to recruit Kara for the quest, she's not interested, but then Krem steals Kara's spaceship and poisons her dog Krypto. Krem carries the antidote on his person, so now Kara and Ruthye team up to get vengeance on Krem and to heal Krypto. Krem is a nasty piece of work and he and his space gang travel from planet to planet abducting women to be their wives. I think the problem was that Krem was kind of a boring but nasty villain, but he was still boring. He was basically a space thug with too many piercings. Lex Luthor from 2025 Superman, by contrast, was a really interesting villain, this malignant narcissist who knows that his obsession with Superman is over the top, but he's going to act on it anyway. Additionally, I don't think this version of Supergirl is quite capable of being a lead character on her own. She'd make a superb secondary character, but I don't think she could quite carry a movie on her own. And Jason Momoa was pretty good as Lobo. Overall grade: C- Next up is Troy, which came out in 2004. I wanted to see this either before or after I watched The Odyssey this summer and ended up watching it the day before I went to see The Odyssey. I would say this movie was slow and ponderous, but I did enjoy watching it. This is an adaption of The Iliad and has the sort of slow stateliness of epic films from the '60s. It had good performances and good battle scenes. Brian Cox was enjoyable as a scenery chewing Agamemnon and Brad Pitt worked as Achilles. Interestingly, his version of Achilles reminded me of the interpretation of Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen from Dune 2 as sort of a violent psychopath with his own twisted sense of honor. Oddly, despite the fact that this was rather a long movie, the ending seems a bit rushed, like we needed to hurry up and get to the Trojan Horse. It was amusing how Achilles' relationship with Patroclus was changed to "cousin" for the modern audience, but Greek views on sexuality would definitely be unpalatable with both right-wing and left-wing versions of the modern mind, which is a good thing because while the Greeks contributed a great deal to the development of civilization, they were into a lot of unsavory stuff. So overall, I would say this was a fun, epic movie, but I think this walked so the 2026 version of The Odyssey could run. Amusing fact: Christopher Nolan was apparently supposed to direct this, but the deal fell through and he got Batman Begins as a consolation prize instead. Overall grade: B- Next up is The Dink, which came out in 2026. This is an Apple TV comedy movie about pickleball of all things. I feel like this was made because some Apple executive got made fun of by some tennis players for playing pickleball and then decided to take revenge through media. Jake Johnson plays Dustin Boyd, a washed up former child tennis star who now works at his father's tennis club. The club has difficulties because of a growing influx of pickleball players who the hardcore tennis players hate. Dustin's father decides to use the club's bylaws to force a duel match to decide the issue, in the grand tradition of wacky comedy stakes. Dustin really wants to play the duel match, but his wrist is injured in an accident. To get his wrist mobility back, the doctor suggested he play some pickleball and Dustin views this as beneath him, but he really wants to play again, so he signs up for pickleball. This ends up being a wacky sports company/buddy movie as Dustin gradually befriends an eccentric older pickleball player. Ed Harris should really do more comedic roles. He was great as Dustin's stern, yet unscrupulous father. I do admire Apple TV's dedication to making random stuff. Overall grade: B- Next up is Green and Gold, which came out in 2025, and this is a melodrama about a farmer and his granddaughter dealing with the grim economic realities of farming. This is set in 1992/1993 era Wisconsin. Buck refuses to modernize his dairy farm in Door County, Wisconsin. His granddaughter Jenny is a talented musician and also a skilled farmer, and Buck wants her to take over the farm one day, but Jenny's ambitions are looking elsewhere. Events come to a head when Jenny realizes that Buck is deeply in debt to the bank, which is about to foreclose on the farm. However, Buck and the chief banker have a personal animosity, so they settle on a bet. If the Green Bay Packers win a Super Bowl title in 1993, the banker will give Buck one more year to turn things around on the farm. Meanwhile, Jenny begins to wonder if her music ambitions might generate the money to save the farm. Of course, if you are familiar with the history of the Packers, you know that they won a Super Bowl in 1996, not 1993. The movie has carried on the back of the very strong performances of its actors. It also has an ambiguously happy ending, as is true with so many things in farming. I like this movie because I've spent a lot of my life in the American Midwest, [and] I did appreciate how it shows the difficulties of the farming life. Also, this is important: a fall from a ladder is a plot point. Ladder safety is important, people! If you are going up a ladder, for heaven's sake don't climb the ladder in high heels like the character in question does. Wear sensible, well-fitting shoes with good soles. A very long time ago, I used to work with a guy who would climb extension ladders in cowboy boots. It is nothing short of the mercy of God that he didn't fall off and shatter half the bones in his body. Overall grade: B Next up is Grumpy Old Men, which came out in 1993. Apparently this is set in Wabasha, Minnesota, which is amusing because filming actually took place in several areas in the Twin Cities in Eastern Minnesota, but not actually in Wabasha. I found that personally amusing because I'm quite familiar with the area and so I recognize several filming locations. Anyway, the movie is about two retirees, Max and John, who are enemies and have been enemies for years, but Max is lonely and wants to get married again, and John is about to lose his house to the IRS due to tax problems. Things come to a head when an attractive literature professor moves across the street and both Max and John take an interest in her and start competing for her affections. However, it turns out that Max and John are actually best friends whose love language happens to be hatred and practical jokes, kind of like Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner, but more on them below. This was a good character comedy/drama. It was interesting that the professor was an early version of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl trope, albeit several decades before someone came up with the term. This is worth watching both as a character and comedy drama and a time capsule of the 1990s. Sometimes a movie ages a bit badly (Airplane and the Thomas Crown Affair from the Spring Movie Roundup come to mind), but this didn't. The sequel Grumpier Old Men from 1995 is basically the same movie, but with the characters acting about 20% dumber so a sitcom style plot can happen. Still entertaining, but not as good as the first one, so Grumpier Old Men only gets a B-, but Grumpy Old Men gets a B+. Next up is Masters of the Universe, which came out in 2026. It was amusing to read reviews of this movie because people thought way too hard about a movie that is essentially about battling action figures. Anyway, this was pretty good. It was nice to see a movie about a science fiction property that doesn't actually hate the source material. Basically it's a live action version of the cartoons from the '80s, albeit with somewhat more thoughtful moments. I heard someone suggest that it was close in tone to Thor: Ragnarok, and that seems accurate. The plot is that Skeletor conquers Eternia and 10-year-old Prince Adam is sent with the Sword of Power through a magical portal to Earth to keep him and the sword out of Skeletor's reach. However, Adam loses the sword while passing through the gate and 15 years later is working in human resources. He's still seeking for the sword despite his therapist trying to convince him that it was a trauma-induced fantasy. However, his persistence pays off and he does find the sword. Teela, who is one of the resistance leaders against Skeletor's rule, comes to Earth to find him and bring him back, but Skeletor's minions arrive to claim the sword as well. Adam and Teela escape back to Eternia and it's up to Adam to find a way to use the Sword of Power to become the hero that Eternia needs. Dolph Lundgren's cameo was great. Overall, I would say this is a fun movie to watch, especially if you're a Millennial or Gen Xer who saw the cartoons or the live action movie back in the '80s. Jared Leto has something of an increasingly questionable reputation these days, but he did a good job as Skeletor, played him halfway between the solemn gravitas of the 1987 version and the malevolent comedic cornball of the cartoons. Of course, in my opinion, the Frank Langella version from 1987 is the best version of Skeletor since he placed it with all the seriousness of a Shakespearean villain monologue at the Royal Shakespeare Company. In hindsight, it wasn't terribly surprising that this underperformed at the box office. It felt like it was made for guys my age, not for kids. I would've been comfortable bringing an eight-year-old to see The Mandalorian and Grogu or Super Mario Galaxy, but I would've been less certain bringing a kid that age to see Masters of the Universe. Additionally, it seemed very Marvel in tone, and I think the overall mood of the US these days is less "Marvel Cinematic Universe quips and banter" and more sort of the grimness of The Odyssey, which we'll talk about shortly. Overall grade: B+ Next up is Young Washington, which came out in 2026, a biopic of the early life of George Washington, covering how he more or less accidentally started the French and Indian War and how he recovered his reputation at the Battle of Braddock's Field. To be fair, the international situation at the time meant that someone was going to start the French and Indian War. It just happened to be Washington, who was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Overall, I liked this. It was reasonably historically accurate, though some of the emotional and family dialogue at times was a bit clunky. Additionally, Washington was portrayed as having revolutionary leanings much earlier in life than he actually did, since when he was a young man, he had no thoughts of being anything but a British subject and officer. That said, some of the most implausible stuff in the movie actually happened in real life. Like if I were to write in a novel that the future president of the United States personally rallied the army's rear guard to save as many men as possible from an ambush, and in the process had two horses shot out from under him and ended up with bullet holes in his hat and coat (all while fighting continuously), you would probably find that a bit implausible, but it actually happened that way. Washington's daring actions during that battle were one of the reasons he was appointed commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, that and there weren't many other colonials with as much experience of military command as Washington. In that vein, the battle scenes were the best part of the movie. They captured the brutality and messiness of 18th Century warfare without being especially graphic. Anyway, I'm glad this is getting a sequel. Maybe we'll end up with a Young Washington Cinematic Universe. Overall grade: B+ Next up is Meet the Parents, which came out in 2000, and this is probably one of the apex forms of cringe comedy. Ben Stiller plays Greg Focker, a nurse who's in love with schoolteacher Pam Burns. Greg wants to marry Pam, but overhears a phone call with her sister where she says her fiancé asked permission of her traditional father first. Greg decides that he's going to ask Pam's father's permission first to get off on the right foot, and so accompanies Pam to her sister's wedding and her parents' house to, as the title says, Meet the Parents. However, Pam's father is the former CIA counterintelligence officer Jack, and he and Greg immediately get on each other's nerves. To make things worse, the airline has lost Greg's luggage. From these two starting premises follow a cascading series of hilarious disasters that accumulate in a septic tank fire on the lawn. I'm not sure, but I think I saw this one in the theaters when it came out in 2000, and I thought it was funny then. With 26 years of additional life experience under the belt, I still think it's pretty funny, though you could still tell that this movie was filmed before 9/11 because if Greg had his airport meltdown seen today, the consequences would've been much worse. Overall grade: B+ Next up is O Brother Where Art Thou, which came out in 2000. This is a very, very, very specific adaptation of The Odyssey directed by the Coen brothers. George Clooney plays Everett, a convict who escapes from a chain gang in Mississippi during the Great Depression. He wants to find a treasure and he recruits fellow convicts Delmar and Peter to assist him. Along the way, Everett and his team encountered 1930s era versions of the Sirens, the cyclops, the blind prophet Tiresias, and other characters and foes from the original Odyssey myth. Everett and his friends end up running a scam where they pretend to be a Christian music group, but as it turns out, they're actually pretty good at singing, so this leads to unexpected hilarity and opportunities. This was also a very funny movie. Imagine The Odyssey is a comedy with a lot of singing set in the Deep South during the Depression, and you're there. If you're a fan of bluegrass music, this is worth watching. If you've seen Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, it's worth watching this just to ponder how the same source material can produce such wildly divergent interpretations. If you don't care about The Odyssey, then this is still a fun movie to watch. Proof: I mentioned to someone that I had seen this and she responded that she both loved the movie and was surprised to learn that he had in fact been inspired by The Odyssey. Overall grade: A- Next up is Hoppers, which came out in 2026. Like most Pixar movies, this was very high concept. Unlike many recent Pixar movies, it wasn't too depressing and didn't disappear up its own tailpipe. In the city of Beaverton, hot tempered girl Mabel bonds with her grandmother in their favorite place, a woodland grove favored by beavers. Years later, Mabel is a biology student under Dr. Fairfax, but is neglecting her studies to face off against her nemesis, the popular yet sketchy Mayor Jerry of Beaverton. Mayor Jerry wants to build an expressway that will wipe out the woodland grove, and he's perfectly within his rights to do it since no animals have been found living there. Since Mabel's grandmother has died, she's unwilling to give up the grove. However, Dr. Fairfax's research might give her a way. Dr. Fairfax has worked out a way to temporarily transfer human consciousness to a robotic beaver capable of speaking to real beavers, much like the plot of Avatar. In a funny scene, Fairfax angrily denies that it's just like Avatar. Mabel gets the idea to use this to convince real beavers to settle in the grove, thereby thwarting Mayor Jerry's plans. This touches off both a wacky yet poignant adventure. The plot was very well structured and it followed the proper rules of story structure, which I've talked about before. Mabel definitely is a protagonist who takes action, but experiences setbacks and problems of her own creation. It was pretty good. I say it was a return to form for Pixar after some of their weaker movies in the 2020s. Overall grade: A Now it's time for my three favorite movies of summer 2026, all of which I actually saw in the theater. First up is Coyote versus Acme, which came out in 2026. This movie had an extra surge of popularity from the fact that Warner Brothers canceled it as a tax write-off, but distributor Ketchup Entertainment revived it. That makes it a plucky underdog since Warner Brothers senior executives are kind of like the apex version of soulless corporate bug men. Like if I wrote characters in my books who acted like Warner Brothers senior executives, people would think I was being didactic and heavy-handed. Anyway, after decades of failures in efforts to capture the Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote decides to sue Acme Corporation for its numerous defective products. Coyote teams up with a lazy strip mall lawyer named Kevin Avery, who specializes in getting small settlements from Acme. However, Avery and Coyote end up filing a massive lawsuit against Acme, which means they'll face the full wrath of Acme Corporation, including its ace lawyer Buddy Crane and its ruthless CEO, Foghorn Leghorn. What follows is a comedic courtroom battle as Coyote and Avery try to defeat Acme Corporation, defeat its sinister plans, and Coyote starts to realize that Road Runner might actually be his best friend. Both quite amusing and touching, and I'm glad this was rescued from the tax write-off vault. Overall grade: A Next up is The Odyssey, which came out in 2026. This wasn't quite as good as Oppenheimer in 2023 in my opinion, but it was still very good and very much worth seeing. It was weird that The Odyssey was briefly a football in the never-ending US culture war scrum because the movie isn't really political and doesn't really have a message beyond "war is destructive and bad", which every sensible person would agree with, and a lesser message of "violating the law of morality has unforeseen cascading bad consequences, including the destruction of civilization", which is also quite true and was one of the themes of Oppenheimer. Nolan himself dismissed the controversies as "irrelevant" and "part of the territory" since no one had actually seen the movie yet, and given that The Odyssey has made a billion and a half dollars as of this recording, I think that may have proved his point. I imagine the scrutiny from Batman fans back in the 2010s was way more intense since in the modern era, many people care more deeply about the accuracy of Batman than The Odyssey. I do think the debate over the historical accuracy in The Odyssey is pointless because the Odyssey is myth, not history. The Iliad and The Odyssey are a lot like Arthurian myth in terms of their actual historicity. Even when Arthurian legend was massively popular with English kings and nobles in the late medieval and early modern period (for example, Henry VIII's older brother was named Arthur in imitation of King Arthur), the version of Arthurian myth they celebrated and wished to emulate had virtually no connection to the reality of Britain in the 500s AD and was instead a sort of fantasy version of their own time in the 14th and 15th centuries. By the time The Odyssey was written down, no doubt a similar process was underway. Both The Iliad and The Odyssey and the Arthurian cycle probably have a kernel of historical truth buried underneath the tales of magic swords, sirens, cyclopses, and vengeful witches with magic islands. There likely was a Romano-British warlord who might have been named Arthur (or possibly Ambrosius Aurelianus) who held off the Saxons for a while before he was overwhelmed and killed. Likewise, Heinrich Schliemann was a highly eccentric and very sketchy crazy rich guy, but he did prove that there really was some version of the city of Troy that was destroyed at the end of the Bronze Age. But everything beyond those basic details came from thousands of years of embellishments and flourishes from later poets and writers. So arguing about the historical accuracy of The Odyssey is a bit like arguing if Star Wars portrays faster than light travel in an accurate way. That kind of argument is just missing the point entirely. It's also interesting to see how modern standards clashed with the ancient mindset. You know how I always say that everywhere in the United States is exactly the same right until it really, really isn't? I think ancient people are just like us until they really, really weren't. Like ancient people would have been superstitious to an extent that even the most credulous crystal and aura influencer on TikTok would find horrifying and frequently violent in a way that the most strident self-defense advocate would find shocking. The Odyssey's version of Odysseus feels guilt and remorse over his actions in a way an actual ancient Greek probably wouldn't have, but so what? This is The Odyssey viewed through the lens of the 21st century, just as those English nobles viewed the myth of King Arthur and his knights through the lens of their time. As I mentioned with Troy above, the ancient Greeks were often quite brutal and would celebrate sacking an enemy city. One side note before we get to the movie, I probably found it funnier than I should have how Nolan favorably cited classicist Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey as a source, and Wilson then had an extended and unintentionally comedic multi-article crashout about how much she hated the movie and of course how much she hated the commemorative Trojan Horse popcorn bucket. Apparently Wilson hated the movie so much she's going to do a new translation of The Odyssey, much to her publisher's baffled dismay. No one does offended huffy petulance quite like an academic. Anyway, back to the movie. It follows the familiar story of Odysseus through Christopher Nolan's preference for non-linear storytelling and practical effects. I did think it was interesting how in this interpretation, Odysseus explicitly connected the ruse of the Trojan Horse with the collapse of the Bronze Age and the rise of the Sea Peoples. It's also probably the most supernatural film Nolan has ever done with actual fantasy and supernatural elements as opposed to science fiction like Inception, Tenant, and Interstellar. Odysseus talks to Athena throughout the movie and it's left up to the viewer's interpretation whether or not he's actually talking to Athena or his own guilt-ridden hallucinations. That said, Odysseus encounters a witch with actual magic powers and travels to the underworld to speak with the shades of the dead, so it's entirely possible he's talking to the actual Athena. In this version, as I mentioned, Odysseus is guilt-ridden over the ruse of the Trojan Horse, which is shown as a violation of the sacred hospitality of Zeus's law and as great a crime as the creation of the atomic bomb in Oppenheimer, which of course is similar to Oppenheimer, where Oppenheimer's creation of the atomic bomb is treated similarly. There are also some genuinely scary sequences in the movie. The bit with the underworld is very spooky, the cyclops is actually quite frightening, and the character of Circe reaches the level of scary previously attained by Heath Ledger's version of The Joker in The Dark Knight. If Nolan ever decides he wants to do a horror movie, it will probably be one of the scariest ones ever made. To sum up, The Odyssey has great performances, great spectacle, great cinematography, and great action sequences. As an interesting interpretation of the original myth, definitely worth seeing. I think you can tell it was a great movie because of all the arguments on the Internet about "what does it really mean?" Great art often has that effect. Overall grade: A The final of my three favorite movies of [Summer] 2026 is Spider-Man: Brand New Day, which came out in 2026. There's a rumor, and I don't know if it's true or not, that Tom Holland found the experience of working with Christopher Nolan on The Odyssey so eye-opening that he insisted that if they made another Spider-Man movie, it had to have a reason for existing other than "make a lot of money". If this story is true, it clearly worked. Previously, I though the two best Spider-Man movies were Spider-Man 2 from 2004 and Spider-Man: No Way Home from 2021. I must now amend that opinion to say that there are three best Spider-Man movies and Spider-Man: Brand New Day is one of the three. It is pretty good. I would've trimmed it here and there, but I thoroughly enjoyed it and is an excellent Spider-Man story that totally captures the essence of the character within a good story. It takes place four years after the events of No Way Home erased everyone's memory that Peter Parker was Spider-Man. Peter has now been crime fighting full time, but it is taking a severe toll on his emotions and personal life that he's deliberately ignoring. Meanwhile, Spider-Man has become the beloved crime fighter of New York, trusted by both the NYPD and the Federal Department of Damage Control, which is a reoccurring frenemy for superheroes from other movies. When someone launches an attack on the headquarters of Damage Control, the director recruits Peter to fight their new enemy, a mysterious figure who uses telepathy to possess people from a distance. Peter is the only one who can sense it thanks to his spider sense, and he's also the only one able to resist the telepath's possession abilities. But despite his resistance to possession, fighting a telepath is a dangerous proposition for someone with as many emotional issues as Peter, and things start to spiral out of control when the telepath starts digging into his life. But there's another lesson Peter has to learn. People (and especially superheroes) who take the federal government at its word tend to regret it. For that matter, ignoring his emotional issues is causing Peter's spider powers to start acting in strange ways. But of course, at the end of the day, Spider-Man always follows his conscience, no matter how high the cost to him personally. Definitely an enjoyable movie. All the scenes with Spider-Man and Punisher were great, and the two of them had a great dynamic together. A few other Marvel Cinematic Universe people show up, but this is probably one of the most standalone movies the MCU has done in a while. Of course, the risk of MCU Continuity Lockout is always there (which is one of the reasons I started writing Half-Eleven Thief in 2023). Overall grade: A So I would say it was a pretty good summer for movies. It's also valuable lessons in not taking the Internet too seriously, which too many people do nowadays. There are all these dedicated analyses on X, Threads, and Reddit in June and May explaining why The Odyssey was going to fail for whatever reason, and instead it made $1.5 billion. So I think that's a good lesson in not taking everything you read on the internet a little too seriously. So that's it for this week. Thanks for listening to The Pulp Writer Show. I hope you found the show enjoyable. A reminder that you can listen to all the back episodes at https://thepulpwritershow.com. If you enjoyed the podcast, please leave a review on your podcasting platform of choice. Stay safe and stay healthy, and we'll see you all next week.  

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Join us as we explore the worldwide phenomenon behind the revival of Homer's 3000-year-old story, the kaleidoscopic and hallucinogenic return of Odysseus to Ithaka, the Greek island that has become an icon for home itself. There is the immense beauty of the poem itself and the historical importance of Homer's accomplishment, but what does the story mean to us now, how can it help illuminate the chaos of our lives today? Composed by the Poet Known as Homer, around 650 BC, it was based on a story about the Trojan War that was already hundreds of years old. Since then, the story about the hallucinogenic adventures of Odysseus, his son Telemachus, and wife Penelope have cast a spell over cultures around the world, haunting poets, playwrights and philosophers, and taunting the efforts of archaeologists, linguists and now filmmakers to render it in modern terms. Our conversation will explore the myriad life lessons of Homer's masterpiece that have inspired readers, listeners and now viewers for millennia, with a focus on the central theme of the nostoi, the return stories of ancient Greek soldiers, adventurers, philosophers and scientists coming home, and the wider question of what home meant to the ancients—and what home means to us now, the most rootless people in recorded history. Along the way, we will have an animated exchange about the wide range of translations, from Alexander Pope, T. E. Lawrence, and E. V. Rieu, to Richard Lattimore, Emily Wilson and Daniel Mendelosohn. Finally, we will playfully review the myriad movie versions, from George Melies' four-minute version in 1905, to the 1956 Ulysses with Kirk Douglas, and the freshly minted Odyssey helmed by Christopher Nolan.   Finally, there is the surprising realization that it is five female characters (Penelope, Athena, Calypso, Circe and Nausicaa) who helped guide Odysseus homeward, and the centuries-long influence on art, literature and cinema. Join us for a celebration of the soul-saving power of this ancient Greek tale, which sings of the aftermath of a savage war and the restoration of our hero's home, all the while insisting on need to say “yes” to life.  About the Speaker Phil Cousineau is the author of The Wisdom of the Odyssey and over 40 other books, including the bestselling The Art of Pilgrimage, and The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work. Cousineau is a writer, teacher, filmmaker, storyteller and cultural historian, who has consulted on mythology and story for major studios, including Warner Brothers., Pixar and Lucasfilm, and has led mythology travel programs to Greece for more than three decades. Cousineau has been featured on NPR, CNN International, the BBC, the Smithsonian and Discovery channels, and was the host of PBS and Link-TV's "Global Spirit." He lives in San Francisco. Visit him online. Valerie Andrews is the founder of the digital magazine and podcast "Reinventing Home," the author of Our Story of Home: Tales of Longing and Belonging, and A Passion for This Earth: Toward a New Partnership of Man, Woman and Nature, and the editor of Sanctuary: The Inner Life of Home. Her articles have appeared in Jung Journal: Culture and Psyche, Intuition magazine, Esquire, Vogue, and The Sun. She has moved—or rather been unmoored—33 times and understands the wandering Odysseus. The Bay Area has been her home since 1990. A Grownups Member-led Forum program. Forums at the Club are organized and run by volunteer programmers who are members of The Commonwealth Club, and they cover a diverse range of topics. Learn more about our Forums. Organizer: Denise M. Michaud  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A family of undercover superheroes tries to live a quiet normal life after they were given no choice but to retire.  Once the greatest heroes the world has seen, now they try to blend in and be normal but Bob, a.k.a Mr Incredible longs for the glory days.  When a new threat emerges, Bob returns to crime fighting and when things get out of hand, it becomes more abut saving the family he can't lose and remembering to be a hero in the process.  We discuss Pixar's The Incredibles this week! Also the latest pop culture news this week, some things we watched including Lanterns and more!  Next week: Stand By Me.

Hold onto your mouse ears, Pixie Dusters, because this episode starts off with absolute chaos! Hosts Sammi and Ashley, along with the forever patient Dan, are attempting to unpack the massive slate of Disney animation, Pixar, Marvel, and theme park updates dropped at D23. The only problem? Sammi's internet connection is fighting for its life, turning her voice into a lagged 2009 Nokia phone and forcing Ashley to step up, grab the wheel, and power through the updates like a champ. Produced by: Limitless Broadcasting Network.For more info, merch, and all the other podcasts, visit: www.limitlessbroadcastingnetwork.comCheck out Ashley's Disney deep dives at: pixiedustfiles.wordpress.comFollow your new Disney besties on Instagram @pixiedusttwinspodcastFollow Dan, honorary third host of the "Pixie Dust Twins" Podcast, and King of the Manifestos: @Dantaastic on Instagram and YouTubeMentioned in this episode:Canvas & Crime: Turning True Crime into Quirky CharactersGet your own notorious shot glass or art print at www.canvasandcrime.com! You can also find Elizabeth on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/eak.creations and on Instagram @eakcreations. She also has a YouTube channel https://youtube.com/@canvasandcrime where you can see creativity in action.

Welcome to another enriching episode of our series “Cuz It's Good For You”! You know what's NOT good for you? Rampant consumerism! A culture of cheap, disposable goods! Corporate greed! All the things that go to making a great . . . children's movie?! Uh . . . sure, why not, because that's what's happening here in 2008's “WALL-E,” a Disney/Pixar production that showcases all these things but also gives us adorable, anthropomorphic robots (who barely speak) who engage our sympathy and interest. There's even a pet cockroach, realistically rendered, that somehow Pixar makes . . . cute! Remember back when Pixar could do stuff like that? When they thought difficult situations or painful emotions WEREN'T things to be afraid of? Yeah . . . me too. So, is this film one of those? Or, under the claw of the Dark Mouse, is this one that marked the loss of what made Pixar great? Hmmm. If only there was a way to find out . . . Wait a minute! You can give a listen to us! Listen to our opinions! Laughingly discount them and form your own! That's just fine with us! Enjoy! Poll question: who is your favorite Pixar (or Disney/Pixar) protagonist?

Hi everyone! In today's episode we discuss one of the craziest unsolved mysteries that has been going on for 40 years! We also talk about the Avengers: Endgame Encore and also what is going to happen in Pixar's upcoming film The Incredibles 3! We also get to react to a voicemail that one of you left us!

Get a monthly bonus episode and support the podcast at patreon.com/RisingFunPod!Jordan (RisingFunVids) talks with Alex (@thehappyzan) about the temporary immersive exhibition 'Mundo Pixar Experience' that has come to Tokyo. Why it's overpriced, Tokyo Disney is overpriced, and the problem of how constantly being told rules can spoil a lot of experiences in Tokyo.Want to bring the magical scents of your favourite rides and attractions into your home? Visit magiccandlecompany.com/risingfun and use promo code RISINGFUN to get 15% off your entire order (and support the podcast)!

Here is your Daily Disney News for Sunday, August 30th, 2026 - Disneyland Resort announces "Adventures in Imagination," a new attraction opening next year in Anaheim featuring Disney and Pixar film worlds. - Tokyo Disneyland celebrates its 43rd anniversary with the "Dreams of Tomorrow" event, including parades, nighttime shows, and exclusive merchandise. - Disney Springs at Walt Disney World introduces a global-themed dining experience called "Taste of Adventure," offering diverse culinary delights. - Disney+ is developing a new animated series about the origins of the Guardians of the Galaxy, exciting news for Marvel fans. Have a magical day and tune in again tomorrow for more updates.

Send us Fan MailGood evening and welcome to another episode of Last Call with Three & 1/2 Gentlemen, In this episode, the hosts are reviewing D23 Expo 2026, breaking down the biggest announcements, reveals, surprises, and moments from this year's Disney fan event. From movies to television and everything in between. The hosts share their reactions, hot takes, favorites, and what has them most excited for what's coming next. Be sure to listen, subscribe, and follow the show on Instagram and YouTube channel @the.gentlemenpodcast.

Cary the Metal Geek and Not So Brutal George are back with another massive dose of Metal Geeks geekery! This time, the Geeks are breaking down the Hell's Heroes 2027 lineup, talking about what's got them excited, and diving headfirst into all the biggest announcements from D23 2026. What We're Watching: Cary has been checking out The Odyssey, Obsession, Stuart Fails to Save the Universe, Disney Worldbuilders, and Lanterns, while George joins in with Lanterns and the new season of Reacher. Then it's time to Marvel, Reading, and Star Wars before we fire up the gaming discussion. Cary is back to Ghost of Yotei with DLC arriving in October, while the Geeks also talk Mortal Shell 2, Scott Pilgrim EX, Marvel Tokon, and Metal: Hellsinger. But the big topic this week is D23 2026! We break down the biggest Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, Disney Animation, Disney+ and Disney Parks announcements. Plus, we ask the most important question of all: Which D23 announcement has the biggest chance of becoming the next Disney phenomenon? It's another packed episode of movies, television, Marvel, Star Wars, Disney Parks, video games, metal and plenty of geekery! Stay updated on all our geekery by visiting our website at metalgeekspodcast.com or metalgeeks.net. Have opinions or ideas? Share them with us via email at msrcast@gmail.com. Follow us on Twitter, @metalgeeks, and @msrcast. We're also on Instagram at @metalgeeks. Connect with us on Facebook/MetalGeeks and join the Metal Geeks Society group.  Subscribe to Metal Geeks Podcast on iTunes, and if you enjoy the show, please leave a 5-star review and give us a like. You can also catch us on Apple Music, Stitcher, Google Play, and Spotify—add us to your playlist! Tune in and remember: Keep it Metal, Keep it Geeky!

This week we're joined again by #12 Julian himself to do quick hits on NFL news and some unfortunate RIPs, before we move on to our TikTok interactive bracket to determine the best Pixar movie ever. We then bring in Elizabeth from the chat to host a mini Jeopardy trivia contest to end the show.

Jim Hill and Lauren Hersey remember Dolly Parton by exploring her long and surprisingly deep connection to Disney. Jim recounts the ambitious Feature Animation Florida project that nearly gave Dolly a starring role in a hand-drawn/CG hybrid set in Appalachia, variously known as My Peoples, Angel and Her No Good Sister, and A Few Good Ghosts. They also look back at Dolly's appearances with Disney, her relationship with Miley Cyrus, the growth of Dollywood and the Imagination Library, and Jim's own conversation with the country music legend. HIGHLIGHTS • How Dolly Parton became Miley Cyrus's Aunt Dolly on Hannah Montana. • Dolly's Disney connection stretching back to Walt Disney World's 15th anniversary celebration. • The story behind Barry Cook's abandoned Feature Animation Florida project My Peoples. • Why Disney paired traditional human animation with CG Appalachian folk-art characters. • The all-star voice cast that included Dolly Parton, Lily Tomlin, Ashley Judd, Travis Tritt, Hal Holbrook, and more. • How the project evolved through titles including Elgin's Peoples, Once in a Blue Moon, Angel and Her No Good Sister, and A Few Good Ghosts. • Michael Eisner's enthusiastic reaction shortly before Disney ultimately shut the project down. • How changing attitudes toward hand-drawn animation and Disney's strained relationship with Pixar helped bring the film - and Feature Animation Florida - to an end. • Jim remembers interviewing Dolly about the Imagination Library and asking her about the Disney movie that never made it to theaters. HOSTS • Jim Hill - X/Twitter: @JimHillMedia | Instagram: @JimHillMedia | jimhillmedia.com • Lauren Hersey - X/Twitter: @laurenhersey2 | Instagram: @lauren_hersey_ FOLLOW • Facebook: @JimHillMediaNews • YouTube: @jimhillmedia • TikTok: @jimhillmedia SUPPORT Support the show and access bonus episodes and additional content at https://www.patreon.com/jimhillmedia. PRODUCTION CREDITS Edited by Dave Grey Produced by Eric Hersey - https://strongmindedagency.com SPONSOR Planning a Disney or Universal vacation can get complicated fast. The team at BR Guest Vacations can help with hotels, tickets, reservations, and all the little details that go into planning your trip, with planning services offered at no additional cost. Start planning your next vacation at BeOurGuestVacations.com. If you would like to sponsor a show on the Jim Hill Media Podcast Network, reach out today. https://www.jimhillmedia.com/sponsor/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we complete our series on two entries from the casual space by PopCap. We discuss Peggle before turning to takeaways. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: All mainline levels (B), about half (T) Issues covered: crossing over from casual to hardcore, awards contention, describing Peggle and pachinko, the Peggle masters, talking about removal games and Match-3, how someone engages with one of these games typically, a bunch of animals, the manipulation and the presentation, accentuating moments and playing with physics, shorter vs longer games, PopCap in other games, refining and polishing a genre, removing the biomechanical hurdle, tone and identity for design, accentuating moments especially with audio, trailblazing, don't overthink it, really exploring the space, taking out the real Slim Shady. Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: Bejeweled, Alchemy, Zuma, Arkanoid, BioShock, Portal, Halo 3, Super Mario Galaxy, God of War II, Mass Effect, Metroid Prime III, Tomb Raider: Anniversary, CoD4: Modern Warfare, Crysis, Uncharted, Assassin's Creed, The Witcher, Rock Band, Buddy, Candy Crush, Ridiculous Fishing, Vlambeer, Zach Gage, Spelltower, Spider, Randy Smith, World of Warcraft, Gears of War, Drop 7, Blizzard, Breakout, Atari 2600, Into the Breach, Advance Wars, Psychonauts, Double Fine, Pixar, Supercell, Hitman, Hakan Almer, Martin Ansdal, Kirk Hamilton, Aaron Evers, Mark Garcia. Next time: ?? Twitch: timlongojr and twinsunscorp YouTube Discord DevGameClub@gmail.com 

D23 2026 wasn't just about the future of the Disney Parks. Disney also unveiled a massive slate of movies, animation, television, and more—and there was so much to discuss that we're splitting our Entertainment Showcase coverage into two episodes! In Part 1, we dig into Disney's upcoming movie and animation slate, including The Simpsons Movie, Lilo & Stitch 2, The Bluey Movie, Ice Age: Boiling Point, the live-action Tangled, Oswald, Incredibles 3, Coco 2, Gatto, Ghost Market, Romy & Michele 2, Frozen 3, Zootopia 3, Hexed, and Clay. Which announcements actually got us excited? Which sequels feel justified? Which originals caught our attention? And how deep into its enormous library of characters and franchises is Disney willing to go? Along the way, we start noticing an interesting pattern: for all the talk about Disney relying on sequels and familiar IP, both Pixar and Walt Disney Animation are still putting original movies on the slate. That raises a much bigger question we'll be coming back to soon. And we're not finished with D23 yet! Part 2 continues with Marvel, Star Wars, streaming, games, and the rest of Disney's Entertainment Showcase. What are your thoughts? Email us at show@magicourway.com, call or text  815-MOWICAN (669-4226), or slide into our social media DMs. Every thought and opinion will forever be welcome on this Disney fan podcast. This is show 643.

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Fine Tooning is back with a packed post-D23 week of animation news, as Jim Hill and Drew Taylor dig into fresh trailers, release dates, box-office milestones, and one potentially very big Disney revival. The conversation ranges from Laika's long-awaited Wildwood and Warner Bros. Animation's Margie Claus to Blue Eye Samurai, LEGO Star Wars, and the remarkable theatrical run of Toy Story 5. Jim and Drew also discuss Brent Spiner's unexpected suggestion that a new Gargoyles series may be headed to Disney+, and remember Hayden Panettiere and her early voice work as Princess Dot in A Bug's Life. HIGHLIGHTS • Brent Spiner may have accidentally revealed that a Gargoyles revival is in development for Disney+. • Laika unveils the first trailer for Wildwood ahead of its October 23 theatrical release. • Margie Claus sets a November 12, 2027 release date with Melissa McCarthy, Jim Gaffigan, Octavia Spencer, and Andrew Scott. • Blue Eye Samurai previews Season 2 while Netflix announces a third and final season for 2028. • Jim and Drew look at the latest animation-related box-office numbers, including Toy Story 5 and Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie. • Jim remembers Hayden Panettiere and her performance as Princess Dot in Pixar's A Bug's Life. • Panettiere's memoir offers a revealing look at the demanding voice-recording process behind the Pixar film. • Drew reflects on Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol and the continuing legacy of Light the Fuse. HOSTS • Jim Hill - X/Twitter: @JimHillMedia | Instagram: @JimHillMedia | jimhillmedia.com • Drew Taylor - X/Twitter: @DrewTailored | Instagram: @drewtailored | drewtaylor.work FOLLOW • Facebook: @JimHillMediaNews • YouTube: @jimhillmedia • TikTok: @jimhillmedia • Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jimhillmedia/ SUPPORT Support the show and access bonus episodes and additional content at https://www.patreon.com/jimhillmedia. PRODUCTION CREDITS Edited by Dave Grey Produced by Eric Hersey - https://strongmindedagency.com SPONSOR Planning a fall getaway to Walt Disney World or Universal Orlando? Be Our Guest Vacations can help with hotels, theme park tickets, dining reservations, and the details that can make an Orlando vacation easier to manage. Their vacation-planning services come at no additional cost to you. Visit BeOurGuestVacations.com to start planning.If you would like to sponsor a show on the Jim Hill Media Podcast Network, reach out today. https://www.jimhillmedia.com/sponsor/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sometimes it takes a few tries to learn the ropes. It's time for a little Taylor Swift content. She opens up about choosing fame and how she accepts the consequences. Bob says the Empire State Building doesn't know anything. Kiss and make up! Then, share a banana split. A possible update on the Nancy Guthrie case. Pixar's first project was about the lamp! Mark Wahlberg and Juaquin Phoenix turned down Brokeback Mountain. As a kid, Vinnie was afraid Kiss would think he was gay. Plus, a new and amazing game!

Hour 1: Can you guess which Disney character teamed up with the 49ers? Katey Sagal celebrates 40 years of sobriety. Let's eat some headlines! Spider-Man to sink Titanic out of the top 5 biggest movies ever. How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days is getting a sequel. Will Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson be returning? 49er owner Jed York didn't have a sad lady sitting at home, but he is a bad tipper. If Alien life were confirmed tomorrow, would you take the bear? Another day, another list of dating turn-offs. Hour 2: Ironically, the only people without phones seem to be rich and famous. Artists shouldn't be doom scrolling their comments anyway, right? Maybe Meghan Markle isn't fired after all! Scott Budman is on the show! The Meta trial is really just getting started. Surprise! People are finding Meta glasses creepy. Vinnie is excited about the potential new Apple Watch. Scott thinks the price will likely stay the same. Humanoid robots are getting… athletic. Hour 3: Speaking of Meta, check us out on Instagram - @alice973! 90210 alum AnnaLynne McCord married retired rugby player Danny Cipriani are in the hot seat for crowdfunding their wedding gifts. Pumpkin's daughter has been thrown out of school. Kit Harrington is joining the cast of the new Harry Potter series as Gilderoy Lockhart. Your significant other may be “cushioning” and you wouldn't even know it. PSA: Contribute to your 401K, and if you have kids, a 529. And guess what, teens are about to learn this in school! Hour 4: Sometimes it takes a few tries to learn the ropes. It's time for a little Taylor Swift content. She opens up about choosing fame and how she accepts the consequences. Bob says the Empire State Building doesn't know anything. Kiss and make up! Then, share a banana split. A possible update on the Nancy Guthrie case. Pixar's first project was about the lamp! Mark Wahlberg and Juaquin Phoenix turned down Brokeback Mountain. As a kid, Vinnie was afraid Kiss would think he was gay. Plus, a new and amazing game!

Get our anti-AI slop checklist: https://clickhubspot.com/lhug Most marketers have AI in the wrong order. Tool first, brain second. David Epstein, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Range, explains why that order is quietly making your work worse, and gives Kipp the one rule that flips it.David's new book, Inside the Box, argues that constraints are what make people and companies better. Kipp puts that to the test against the reality of marketing in 2026: infinite tools, infinite output, and a growing pile of AI slop nobody reads. What follows is a set of exercises real teams use to think before they build: write the press release first, prototype the box before the product, ask "if we had half the budget, how would we do it," run a subtraction audit every quarter, and treat AI as the second step, never the first. WHAT WE COVER:→ Why "think fast, act slow" is the pattern behind most failed projects (16,000 of them)→ How Pixar keeps directors in story development for years, on purpose→ Tony Fadell's rule: write the press release at the start, not the end→ The Nest box test: if it doesn't fit on the box, it's not a priority→ Why the internet stripped marketing of its healthy constraints→ Getting the pain up front so it doesn't cost you 10x later→ Nobody wants a drill, they want a hole (and AI is a broom with a laser pointer)→ The feature-dump epidemic and why simplicity wins in a world of abundance→ Why everyone assumes you already know what they know→ Explore vs exploit: how Range and Inside the Box fit together→ What to say to a team that says "we're not resourced for this"→ How NASA found water on the Moon with half the budget→ Why Amazon forces frugality on people with unlimited money→ Brooks' Law: adding people to a late project makes it later→ The legacy constraint: "if we were going out of business in two years"→ Kipp's reboot question (teams would stop 80% of what they do)→ Sunk cost, design freeze, and the featuritis that sank US shipbuilding→ HipChat vs Slack and the difference between sunk cost and opportunity cost→ How David actually uses AI (and why he doesn't write with it)→ AI is GPS for your brain: the early research on AI and learning→ Brain first, tool second: the rule that stops AI slop→ What an "AI slob" is and how to know if you're one→ The subtraction audit: cut one thing every quarter Host: Kipp BodnarGuest: David Epstein, author of Range, The Sports Gene, and Inside the Box: How Constraints Make Us Better Loop: Outlearn. Outmarket. Outgrow ⁠https://www.hubspot.com/loop-marketing-book https://davidepstein.com/ Inside The Box https://a.co/d/06AsbsZ0 We're on Social Media! Follow us for everyday marketing wisdom straight to your feed YouTube: ⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@matgpod⁠ Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/matgpod⁠  TikTok: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@marketingatg⁠  Thank you for tuning into Marketing Against The Grain! Don't forget to hit subscribe and follow us on Apple Podcasts (so you never miss an episode)! ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marketing-against-the-grain/id1616700934⁠   We really appreciate your support. Host Links: Kipp Bodnar, ⁠https://twitter.com/kippbodnar⁠   Kieran Flanagan, ⁠https://twitter.com/searchbrat⁠  ‘Marketing Against The Grain' is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by Hubspot Media // Produced by Darren Clarke.

Fresh off the first Cascadia Men's Conference, I'm pleased to share my first long-form podcast episode in some months. Right now, Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey is storming around the world, a $1.3 billion phenomenon that has returned one of humanity's oldest stories to the center of our cultural conversation.My guest today is a man who has been steeping in this epic for years. Phil Cousineau is the author of newly published ‘The Wisdom of the Odyssey: Twenty-four Life Lessons from Homer's Epic' and more than forty other books, including the bestselling The Art of Pilgrimage and The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work. He is a writer, teacher, and storyteller who has consulted on myth and story for Warner Brothers, Pixar, and Lucasfilm, led mythology travel programs to Greece for more than three decades, and hosted the PBS television series Global Spirit.In our conversation, Phil invites us to look at why The Odyssey has risen once again. He suggests the epic poem is Western culture's first articulated case of PTSD and the consequence of war and conquest. We speak of the women who guide Odysseus back to himself, the terror of crossing your own threshold after twenty years away, and what it means when love rather than fame becomes the gravity that pulls a man home.Phil reminds us that the Odyssey is everybody's story, and the courage required to bend down and kiss the earth in gratitude for the chance to begin again.Here in full is the Rumi poem I reference (translated by Haleh Liza Gafori)LOVE, YOUR waters, your melodieswhirl me and whirl me.I'm the wheel in a mill.Whirl me forever.When my heart is troubled,when my heart has fled,keep me close.No branch, no leaf, no piece of straw drawn to amberwill move without a breeze.Unless desire stirs it, nothing in this world will dance.Every element, every particle of every elementis a whirling lover, drunk on union.The generous host lays out a feast.Animals graze the sweet grass.Didn't the ants tell secrets to Solomon?Didn't the mountains singwhen David sang his songs of praise?The sky is your lover.Lay your head on its peaceful chest.The sun is your lover. Drink its light.Love moves through every mountain and field.How else would green grow from earth's dark body?LINKS * Phil Cousineau - Official Website* The Wisdom of the Odyessy - BookHeads up, if you are a man seeking to explore the mythopoetic path, you are invited to check out The Archetypal Compass. This mini-guide is designed to help you navigate the internal archetypes of the soul, providing a map for those ready to move beyond personal inquiry and toward a more conscious stewardship of their lives and the world.Also, the next cohort of The Deep Masculine, my 3 month online journey for men begins Sept 20th. Join a mythic brotherhood aimed at re-patterning your relationship to sex, soul and purpose.SHOW NOTES00:04 — Quebec and Detroit Roots: Phil traces his ancestry to Jean Baptiste Cousineau, one of the nine founding families of Montreal, and his mythic upbringing in Detroit.00:06 — A Family of Readers: Growing up reading Homer, Grimm, and Canadian folk tales aloud together, and the inherited practice of read, pilgrimage, and the Long Conversation.00:10 — The Odyssey Sketched: A whirlwind through the enchantment at Olympus, the judgment of Paris, Helen, and the 1,156 ships sailing for Troy.00:16 — The First Documented PTSD: Why Odysseus is arguably history's first case of post-traumatic stress, and why a soldier cannot go straight home from war.00:22 — The Bard Scene: On the island of Phaeacia, when Odysseus hears his story sung, takes it back, and the healing begins.00:25 — Why Myths Rise Again: James Baldwin on reading as the antidote to unprecedented pain, and why myths that never happened are always happening.00:33 — The Masculine Arc: From the hunger for kleos (glory) to being pulled home by eros (love), and the grief of men who have achieved everything yet feel lost.00:39 — Polytropos: What it means that Odysseus is "many-turning" — the colossal, radical act of a man capable of changing his mind.00:42 — The Six Women: How Athena, Calypso, Circe, Nausicaa, Eurycleia, and Penelope guide Odysseus home, making the epic the world's first romance.00:46 — Achilles in the Underworld: The axis mundi where glory confronts the choice for one more day of sunshine over eternal fame.00:52 — Gratitude and Kissing the Earth: On Rumi, Coleman Barks, and Odysseus bending down to kiss the beach as literature's first grateful male hero.00:56 — The Beggar's Return: Odysseus comes home not in triumph but humbled, bent, and listening — a diminishment that is actually a deepening.01:06 — Nolan's Ending vs. the Greek Original: Why sailing away into the sunset is American Western mythology, not a Greek ending, and what the film sacrifices.01:10 — Talking Until Dawn: Penelope's fierce "My heart can take it" and the moment husband and wife talk and listen to each other until dawn.01:13 — The Wisdom of the Odyssey: Phil's new book, recommended translations by Lattimore and Emily Wilson, and upcoming mythology tours to Greece. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit themythicmasculine.substack.com/subscribe

Disney Parks Podcast Show #936- D23 Experences Recap 2026 This week, we cover the latest Disney Parks news, including:

Beluga Sevruga! In this bonus D-Brief episode, Conor and Caroline are charting a course into the future of Disney with the biggest announcements from the 2026 D23 Expo. Explore everything tomorrow has to offer with an in-depth explanation and analysis into their favorite announcements from the event. What's the story behind the anxiously awaited Villains Land of Walt Disney World? And which franchises are the future of the company? Get ready for a shining, shimmering, splendid episode because there's new horizons to pursue! ADVERTISEMENT: Most Magical Printing Co.Shop on Etsy | Follow on TikTok | Follow on InstagramFollow us on Facebook, Instagram, Threads, BlueSky, and TikTok for fun content and exciting new updates!Subscribe to our YouTube Channel to watch the podcast!Dive deeper into the podcast by becoming a subscriber on our Poor Unfortunate Patreon for ad-free listening, exclusive bonus episodes, and more!Join the Poor Unfortunate Fam, our private community for listeners who love the podcast and want to connect to keep the discussions going! On Discord  |  On FacebookIf you like what you're hearing, help us keep bringing you your favorite Disney content by making a donation to Poor Unfortunate Podcast today!*This podcast is not affiliated with The Walt Disney Company.

#275: Daniel Coyle is a New York Times bestselling author, speaker, and journalist whose work focuses on how individuals and teams develop excellence, build strong cultures, and reach their full potential. He is the author of The Culture Code, The Talent Code, and The Little Book of Talent, and has studied some of the world's highest-performing organizations, including Navy SEALs, the San Antonio Spurs, Pixar, and other elite teams. Coyle serves as an advisor to organizations across business, sports, education, and the military, helping leaders create cultures where people can perform at their best. His work has made him one of the leading voices on leadership, teamwork, talent development, and the science behind high performance. His newest book Flourish: The Art of Building Meaning, Joy, & Fulfillment, is out now. For more on Daniel you can check out www.danielcoyle.com as well as social media. Enjoy the show!

Drew and Jim take a break from Disney's D23 fan expo festivities to talk about everything they learned in a jam-packed set of panels and announcements! NEWS • The End of Oak Street beats Paw Patrol at the box office but Spider-Man: Brand New Day swings into first place again  • The threequels are coming! Zootopia 3, Frozen 3, and The Incredibles 3 are all on their way • Jodie Foster has her first animated role in Hexed alongside Walton Goggins as Beef Roger Crumbchuck • Kingdom Hearts finally gets an animated series along with a new entry in the Final Fantasy meets Disney video game series • Pixar gets spooky with the upcoming Ghost Market, in what is being described by Pete Docter as its first ‘horror movie'  • Drew is hosting a special 15th anniversary screening of Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol at the Aero Theater in Santa Monica, California on August 22nd at 7:30PM featuring a live virtual Q&A with director Brad Bird (and another mystery in-person guest along with other surprises!) HOSTS • Jim Hill - X: @JimHillMedia | Instagram: @JimHillMedia | jimhillmedia.com • Drew Taylor - X: @DrewTailored | Instagram: @drewtailored | drewtaylor.work FOLLOW • Facebook: @JimHillMediaNews • YouTube: @jimhillmedia • TikTok: @jimhillmedia SUPPORT Support the show and access bonus episodes and additional content at Patreon.com/JimHillMedia. PRODUCTION CREDITS Edited by Dave Grey Produced by Eric Hersey - StrongMindedAgency.com SPONSOR This episode is sponsored by UnlockedMagic.com, the go-to source for great deals on Disney and Universal theme park tickets. If a 2026 theme park vacation is on your radar, their team can help you save money while making the planning process easier. If you would like to sponsor a show on the Jim Hill Media Podcast Network, reach out today. Jim Hill Media Sponsorship Information Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices