Episodes

  • 005: Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade & The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
    Apr 12 2026

    In this legendary episode, Karl and Russ examine a pair of Indiana Jones films that highlight Steven Spielberg's ability to make both some of the most iconic adventure films of our lifetime while also making some of the most incoherent dreck. Through it all, Karl and Russ tackle the tough questions, like; how do magnets work? Are atomic bombs really all that dangerous? And seriously, how does Indiana Jones even keep his job as a professor? Join your fearless guides as they answer these questions and more, all in a podcast that will delight the whole family. Well, maybe just your weird uncle.

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    1 hr and 43 mins
  • 004: The Shining & Doctor Sleep
    Feb 27 2026

    Are you into rotting bathtub demons? because, boy, do we have a pair of films for YOU. For this episode, Karl and Russ take a look at Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece The Shining, and the nobody-asked-for-this sequel Doctor Sleep. But that doesn't mean it's bad, and if Stephen King writes a book, Mike Flanagan is first in line at the bookstore flashing his Stephen King Fan Club badge. Tune in to find out what works, what doesn't, and if we can parse what all these different psychic abilities do. There's a lot.

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    1 hr and 58 mins
  • 003: First Blood & Rambo: Last Blood
    Dec 1 2025

    First Blood, Middle Blood, Last Blood....who can keep 'em straight? Karl and Russ give it a shot, as our intrepid explorers tackle the beginning and end of the the Rambo franchise, and try to suss out exactly what is going on with this character that Stallone has played for nearly 40 years. How does he go from a film where he kills nobody, to a film where he murders an entire drug cartel? Maybe it was the cowboy hat.

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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • 002: The Hustler & The Color of Money
    Dec 1 2025

    In this episode we take a look at the highly lauded 1961 sports drama The Hustler and it's legacy sequel The Color of Money, released 25 years later. Both films garnered Paul Newman a best actor nod for his role of Fast Eddie, but really it's Cruise acting like a samurai while singing Werewolves of London and screaming like a lunatic that will get you pumping your fist. As a bonus, we also now know what a Balabushka is!

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    1 hr and 21 mins