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The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of

The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of

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From Kane’s Rosebud to Indy’s Whip to Captain America’s shield... Iconic treasures from the world of film and television are centerstage in this podcast hosted by collectors David Mandel (Veep, Curb Your Enthusiasm) and Ryan Condal (Colony, House of the Dragon). Every week, the two writers share their love of Hollywood memorabilia, revealing unbelievable stories around some of the most famous and culturally important props, costumes, art, and ephemera in silver screen history.
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Jedi News Network

Jedi News Network

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JediNews.com -- Broadcasting Star Wars News Across the Galaxy. Also reporting on other Lucasfilm, Disney and LEGO news. Team Jedi News bring you the latest Star Wars news, interviews, reviews, and event coverage.
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Much to the delight of at least three people, David and Ryan are back on the mic spittin' truth about fake props. They have returned with new information, new insights, and some proactive thoughts regarding what can be done about the most insidious activity going on in our beloved hobby right now. In pursuit of educating the public, the guys go all…
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If you missed the last LIVE episode, here it is: a lot later and not so live. David and Ryan cover the three crazy March auctions: Propstore, Planet Hollywood, and the final Greg Jein auction. The guys interact with the pod's most devoted (and least busy, apparently) fans regarding their takeaways from the auctions (C-3POs!), big surprises (Titanic…
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The Stuff Dreams are Made Of figured they'd switch things up a bit and talk about Star Wars for once. So David and Ryan are joined by self-professed "TIE Pilot Lunatic" Jay Swkarlo to talk all things TIE Pilot! This TIE triumverate digs deep into the nerdy chasm of knowledge and answers all the questions you and your mom might ever have had about t…
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David and Ryan are joined by fellow comic art collector and podcaster (and dealer) Felix Lu who admits to falling to the movie props dark-side by everyone’s favorite movie props podcast (yes, this one). Join Felix and the guys to hear all about Hong Kong movies, the greatness of the Peking Opera Blues, and experience a live-unboxing of Felix’s very…
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Not only is there another Prop Auction, but it’s another Greg Jein Auction! This week, Ryan and Dave dive into the all new Heritage Auctions Greg Jein Showcase Auction which features even more pieces from the fabled collector/propmaker’s collection. The boys are joined by famed Star Trek collector Rob Klein, as they discuss everything from WWII mod…
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Join Jedi News’ James Burns and Mark Alders as they unpack episodes six and seven from the final season of Star Wars: The Bad Batch titled ‘Infiltration’ and ‘Extraction’, plus they discuss all the latest Lucasfilm and Star Wars news, including Star Wars Unlimited. Email us at podcast@jedinews.com with your comments, views and opinions to be a part…
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In its second-ever live episode, The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of explored the far corners of Planet Hollywood, uncovering the best pieces from classic Hollywood, the guys’ favorite vehicles up for auction, the best studio-scale props, which Mel Gibson pieces Ryan is gifting Dave, the epic weirdness of Mr. Toilet Man, how bad Titanic really is (it’s wo…
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David and Ryan return with another round of March Auction Madness! This time it's for Heritage Auctions' Planet Hollywood collection which goes under the hammer from March 20th through 24th and features over 1,600 lots of Hollywood glory. We have Shining Axes (hero and stunt), James Dean's monkey, Lt. Commander Data costumes, Apollo Creed costumes,…
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That’s right, the first ever live episode of the Stuff Dreams are made of, as Ryan and Dave challenge each other to dig even deeper into this week’s Propstore’s Treasures from Film and Television Auction. What’s the most surprising piece in the Auction? The weirdest? The one Dave wishes Ryan would buy him? The one Ryan will buy Dave as a joke? What…
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In a radical shift of gears, the Stuff Dreams Are Made Of is chatting real props -- that is, cracking the catalog for the first of Propstore's three auctions in 2024. We have Alien flightsuits, McFly guitars, Sandworms (the fun kind, not the scary kind), Charlie Chaplin pseudo-Nazi jackets, Indy jackets, Kurgan swords, Krull glaives (just don't wat…
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Join James Burns with Jedi News’ Steve Galloway and Kat Rees-Jauke as they unpack the fourth episode from the final season of Star Wars: The Bad Batch titled ‘A Different Approach’, plus they discuss all the latest Lucasfilm and Star Wars news. Email us at podcast@jedinews.com with your comments, views and opinions to be a part of the show. Recorde…
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Ryan and Dave are back for an all-new, all-spectacular Season 7 of the only movie-prop-collecting podcast hosted by two TV showrunners that should probably be doing something else with their spare time. A pall has been cast over the entire prop-collecting hobby, and it ain’t pretty folks. There are fakes everywhere -- fake props, fake helmets, fake…
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Join James Burns with Jedi News’ Steve Galloway and Kat Rees-Jauke as they unpack the first three episodes from the final season of Star Wars: The Bad Batch titled 'Confined', 'Paths Unknown', & 'Shadows of Tantiss', plus they discuss the news that The Phantom Menace is returning to cinemas for the film’s 25th anniversary. Email us at podcast@jedin…
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Mark your calendars, The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of returns Wednesday, February 28th, 2024 with an all new season! SDAMO - Instagram https://www.instagram.com/propspodcast/ SDAMO - Threads https://www.threads.net/@propspodcast SDAMO - Twitter https://twitter.com/propspodcast?lang=en SDAMO - Facebook https://www.facebook.com/propspodcast/ SDAMO - TikT…
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Join Jedi News’ James Burns and his Star Wars podcasting peers on a roundtable with the voice of the clones, Dee Bradley Baker, talking about the final season of Star Wars: The Bad Batch which starts streaming on February 21st only on Disney+. Email us at podcast@jedinews.com with your comments, views and opinions to be a part of the show. Recorded…
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Take-off on a whirlwind of nostalgia and insider tales with Episode 51 of The Caped Wonder Superman Podcast! Jay Towers & Jim Bowers sit down with Chris Richardson, who takes us on a journey behind the scenes of cinematic magic. From the breathtaking landscapes of Krypton and the Fortress of Solitude to ensuring Christopher Reeve soared as the icon…
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Join Jedi News’ James Burns and Steve Galloway as they breakdown all the latest Star Wars news, covering awards season, staff changes at Hasbro, the LEGO Star Wars 25th Anniversary and more. Email us at podcast@jedinews.com with your comments, views and opinions to be a part of the show. Recorded on February 6th, 2024. Please support Jedi News by o…
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Join Jedi News’ James Burns with Mark Alders, Steve Galloway, and Kat Rees-Jauke as they look back at the last six months of 2023 including Ahsoka, Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures, The Mandalorian, and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. Email us at podcast@jedinews.com with your comments, views and opinions to be a part of the show. Recorded o…
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Join Jedi News’ James Burns with Mark Alders, Steve Galloway, and Kat Rees-Jauke as they look back at the first six months of 2023 including Willow, Star Wars: The Bad Batch, The Mandalorian, Star Wars Celebration, Star Wars Visions, Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures, and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. Email us at podcast@jedinews.com with y…
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Every three years, Ryan and David want to prove to the world that they are leading relatively normal lives so they hire the same two actresses to play their “wives.” Well, the gals are back to answer the big questions about marriage: raising kids, in-laws, communication and how this all relates to buying an X-wing. Enjoy the final episode of the se…
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Join Jedi News’ James Burns for a special episode of RADIO 1138 recorded at Pinewood Studios’ Futures Festival with Steve Galloway, the UK Garrison’s Gary Hailes & Paddy Kempshall, and Brian Muir, discussing Dave Filoni’s appointment as Lucasfilm’s Chief Creative Officer and more. Plus, we head to Wales Comic Con Telford Takeover to catch up with J…
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How *does* one fly a dragon? David and Ryan ask Special Effects legend Mike Dawson, designer and builder of the dragon "buck" for House of the Dragon. They also pester Mike for stories from his totally unfathomable history as a SFX man going all the way back to Superman: The Movie and through Raiders and Empire and Jedi and Temple and Roger Rabbit …
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Marvel movies have never been hotter. Wait. Sorry. OK, what do we do to make people listen to this episode of The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of? I know, we bring back the original Avengers! On today’s all new episode Dave and Ryan chat with Chris Donio, maker, builder and minder of specialty costumes from the Avengers Infinity War and Endgame! And Capta…
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Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Anthony Daniels. But, unlike some previous episodes of the podcast, this man is actually here in the studio. Virtually. David and Ryan execute an absolute freakin' coup and bring on C-3PO himself, Mr. Anthony Daniels. The guys ask him about his collection from his screen-matched A New Hope hero helmet, to his annotated scr…
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This week, Anthony Daniel’s personal collection of C-3PO memorabilia will go under the hammer as part of the Propstore Memorabilia Live Auction, and James burns from Jedi News was invited by Anthony to talk to him about the auction, why he choose this moment to part with everything, what he’s kept, his recent performance as C-3PO in the Disney+ Ahs…
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Join Jedi News' James Burns celebrating the tenth anniversary of RADIO 1138 with an interview and Q&A with Hasbro’s Jing Houle from last weekend’s MCM Comic Con London, and a catch up with Fanboys director Kyle Newman who talks about his latest role as producer on A Disturbance in the Force, which looks at how the infamous Star Wars Holiday Special…
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Still tired and poor from holding up paddles in the Greg Jein auction, David and Ryan get their hands on the catalog for Propstore's London auction, taking place from November 9-12. In a super-duper-sized page-turn, the guys hit the highlights such as the good Alien movies (APCs, Pulse Rifles, mini-armor!) and the bad ones (Covenant), Back to the F…
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David and Ryan sit down for a long-form chat with the co-founder of Screen-Used (RIP), one of the outfits that helped to bring movie memorabilia collecting out of the niche and into the mainstream. Desi talks about his story, how he discovered collecting (via a Back to the Future II hoverboard), how built his passion up into a viable retail and auc…
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All of America and Dave’s wife are wondering: Did Dave win the X-wing? Tune in to find out. Hear all about the wins, the losses, the endless sitting. Where does the Star Trek market stand? And who or what was the mysterious Bidder 7101. Ryan and a slightly dazed Dave take us moment by moment, bid by bid, Shatner hairpiece by hairpiece through the i…
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Everything is in the wrong order. The big stuff comes last and the small stuff comes first. What if we're too responsible, and we end up with nothing? Holy Batman props, Batman! Why is there another X-Wing? Did we wrong the prop gods? Everyone will have spent all their money on the TOS Trek stuff, right? Right? Dave already has a Stormtrooper from …
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David and Ryan are joined by John Walsh, the author of "Conan the Barbarian: The Official Story of the Film", Titan publishing's brand new look at the making of the 1982 cult classic. John regales the guys with stories of trying to dig up new, old information, trying to get an audience with Arnold himself, why Dino DeLaurentis productions have so l…
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Get ready for Part II of our Alberta Adventure! Jay Towers & Jim Bowers make a roadside stop at the Kent Farm, the Smallville Cemetery, and that exploding gas station. Plus our friend Stephen Lane from Propstore gives us an exclusive first look at some of the Superman Film Props in this year's big auction. This is also a great video podcast you can…
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In another coup for the podcast, David and Ryan are joined by Weta mastersmith Peter Lyon who fabricated all the swords for the greatest fantasy trilogy of our time. Peter takes the guys through his early days as a medieval reenactor and film fan in far-flung, pre-internet New Zealand and talks about making armor and swords for practical use, and t…
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In Episode 49, Part 1 Jay Towers and Jim Bowers reflect back on their Alberta Adventure, visiting some of the original filming locations for Superman and Superman III. This video podcast takes you to downtown Calgary for a few of the Metropolis scenes is Superman III. They guys also check out the starship crash site, Smallville High and some of the…
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David and Ryan have learned all there is to know about the Greg Jein collection (not that they'll stop talking about it anytime soon..) But who was Greg Jein: the man? To find out, they speak to two people who actually knew him: John Eaves, conceptual artist and model builder for Industrial Light and Magic, and Joe Maddalena, his friend and his "su…
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In this super-sized final installment, the guys complete their climb of the Everest that is the Greg Jein collection. Beginning with Star Trek: The Next Generation and going through Star Wars and beyond, the guys cover what is perhaps their most alluring part of the catalog... at least to David. They discuss everything "New Trek" from Picard to Voy…
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In part two of their enthralling catalog deep-dive trilogy, David and Ryan are re-joined by collector, friend of Greg Jein, and Trekspert Rob Klein to page through the beating heart of the collection: Kirk and Spock Star Trek. Beginning with the laser pistol from the original, un-aired pilot of Star Trek (The Cage!) and going all the way through St…
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The internet’s favorite (and possibly only) movie props podcast returns for its sixth season with big news (!) from our new sponsor (!!) — the Greg Jein Collection is going under the hammer at Heritage Auctions on October 14 and 15 in Dallas. Over the next few episodes, David and Ryan will look to get to know Greg Jein by talking to the people who …
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