Best Sam Ludwig Podcasts (2024)

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Joe Pavelski should be in Dallas Stars organization AND Hockey Hall of Fame | DLLS Stars Podcast 1:06:09

4h ago1:06:09

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#6: "The President of Hollywood" with Daryn Robinson! 57:11

1h ago57:11

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What's that over there? Why it's the future president of the United States of America. How timely! Chicago comedy legend Daryn Robinson joins us for an improvised musical filled with political intrigue, dubious debates, and two very charming gerbils. Cast your vote today! Cast: Lily Ludwig, Austin Packard, Daryn Robinson Keys: Sam Scheidler Drums: …

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Chris Tanev’s deal with Toronto Maple Leafs leaves Dallas Stars thin on Defense | DLLS Stars Podcast 1:03:18

8h ago1:03:18

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Owen, Sam, and Luds review the 2023-2024 Dallas Stars season and where things went wrong in the postseason. Then they recap the offseason, including the changes along the blue line before being joined by Sean Shapiro to talk about the new show and go around the league. An ALLCITY Network Production SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/@DLLS_Sports AL…

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Coming Soon 0:22

5d ago0:22

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#5: "The Coolest Kids at Camp" with Allen Lucas! 54:28

7d ago54:28

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Gather round, kids. You know what's cool? Friendship. You know what's not cool? A big ol' bag of drugs. Charming guest Allen Lucas helps us finally be the people that we wanna be in this week's completely improvised musical. See you at camp! Cast: Lily Ludwig, Austin Packard, Allen Lucas Keys: Sam Scheidler Drums: Chris Ditton Follow us @CharmScene…

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Xenophilia: Alien (1979) 1:46:51

2h ago1:46:51

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Alana and Sam search for the familiar within the unknown as they immerse themselves in the world of Ridley Scott’s genre-defining classic Alien. They ruminate on the disturbing picture it paints of space and the cycles of nature and remark upon the hilarious improv skills of Yaphet Kotto. They also find time to touch on the recently released Alien:…

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#4: "The Cursed Castle" with Heather Scholl! 54:32

1h ago54:32

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A curse. A castle. An ingenue. And so. many. books. Can charming guest Heather Scholl help us cross the moat in this fantastical improvised musical? The first rule of the pod is you gotta be confident. Cast: Lily Ludwig, Austin Packard, Heather Scholl Keys: Sam Scheidler Drums: Chris Ditton Follow us @CharmScenePod on Instagram and YouTube, or shoo…

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#3: "The Adventures of MetroMan" with Jono Mammel! 55:35

16d ago55:35

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Follow the shenanigans and triumphs of your city's newest superhero, MetroMan! He's great at lots of things in this improvised musical, like rounding up a rogues' gallery of wacky criminals, getting philosophical and sad, and maybe even accepting a new sidekick??? Cast: Lily Ludwig, Austin Packard, Jono Mammel Keys: Sam Scheidler Follow us @CharmSc…

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Book Report: Easy Riders, Raging Bulls 1:39:27

17d ago1:39:27

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Put on your spectacles, nerds! We’re talking some long-form PROSE in this episode. Our subject today is Peter Biskind’s Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-and-Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood. That’s right, not a MOVIE like we typically feature on this podcast, but a BOOK instead. We aim to give you a tour through the thrilling ye…

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#2: "Perfect Strangers" with Ben Auxier! 50:17

14d ago50:17

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Inspired by special guest Ben Auxier's experience in a murder mystery show, the gang improvises a musical in a mysterious vineyard, featuring Clue-like characters and their eccentric pets deep in the Ozarks. Cast: Lily Ludwig, Austin Packard, Ben Auxier Keys: Sam Scheidler Follow us @CharmScenePod on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube, or shoot us a me…

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#1: "Cruising into Love" with Amber Linde! 47:24

21d ago47:24

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In Charm Scene's very first episode, Austin, Lily, and special guest Amber Linde improvise a cruise-ship-themed musical featuring triplets yearning for their first kisses, a pharmacist who sells questionable remedies, and...Chuck E. Cheese? You're gonna want to be at your muster station for this one. Cast: Lily Ludwig, Austin Packard, Amber Linde K…

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Jesus Egg-cetera: Cool Hand Luke (1967) 1:51:35

24d ago1:51:35

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Ohohoho it’s getting sweaty over here! On this episode we are joined by Ryan and Katie from The List to chat about Cool Hand Luke. Perhaps the defining prison film of the New Hollywood era, Paul Newman’s megawatt star power is put to perfect use as the ultimate lovable loser. We had a ball making the episode and what emerged was more or less a comp…

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Charm Scene: Improvised Musicals (Trailer) 3:18

28d ago3:18

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Here's a sneak peak at what's to come from Charm Scene! Featuring a completely improvised song from episode 1 with Amber Linde. Join Lily Ludwig, Austin Packard, and Sam Scheidler as they create brand new musicals — completely on the fly — alongside some of Chicago’s most charming music improvisers and performers. Welcome to the scene!…

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War Giggles: MASH (1970) 1:50:26

1M ago1:50:26

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Tonight’s episode of Kael Your Idols will be MASH! That’s right, Robert Altman’s MASH. Join Alana and Sam, that lovable pair of married movie fans as they dish the dirt on this beloved classic of early seventies cinema. A few laughs and a few tears, some contextual analysis of misogyny, and more on this evening’s Very Special Episode of Kael Your I…

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Trailer Trash Triumphant: Pink Flamingos (1972) 1:58:13

2M ago1:58:13

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Get ready for the most disgusting, amoral, nastiest podcast-iest episode ever! We are delighted to bring you a discussion of John Waters masterpiece of filth Pink Flamingos. Underground cinema edges closer to the mainstream with this early 70s midnight movie and Sam and Alana both have appropriately strong reactions to its subject matter. Topics in…

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Primate Palooza: Planet of the Apes Franchise 2:34:49

4M ago2:34:49

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We bring you a special new episode ahead of our usual schedule! The excitement of the release of the Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes has got all of the millions of the fans of the recent entries of the franchise abuzzing. So of course, given that the 1968 original is squarely a New Hollywood landmark we had to watch EVERY SINGLE MOVIE IN THE SERI…

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Déjà Who’s Your Daddy: Obsession (1976) 2:28:23

4M ago2:28:23

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Question: If a movie about doppelgängers is itself a doppelgänger of another movie about doppelgängers… uh… like… what’s up with that, huh? Our hosts will attempt to answer at least a version of that question as they voyeuristically peek into the world of Brian De Palma’s “Obsession”. This episode could prove extra confusing if you haven’t actually…

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Toons of the City: Heavy Traffic (1973) 1:58:47

5M ago1:58:47

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It’s Problematic Art Week on KYI! This episode Alana and Sam are joined by animator Frank Gidlewski for a round-table on Ralph Bakshi’s 1973 Künstlerroman "Heavy Traffic". There is much talk of the film's depictions of various taboos both sexual and racial, so, be warned. Also much rumination on the woes of the modern film/animation landscape so…TW…

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The Greatest Depression: They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (1969) 1:30:49

5M ago1:30:49

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Destiny’s dance continues! This week the hosts go around and around in their conversation on Sydney Pollack’s 1969 ode to the hopelessness of human existence (under capitalism)! This 1930s era Jane Fonda vehicle proves to be delightful fodder for Alana and Sam to morbidly contemplate its grim vision of fate. And speaking of grim fates: the film als…

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Conspiracy Buddies: All the President’s Men (1976) 2:13:55

6M ago2:13:55

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It’s Watergate time on Kael Your Idols! Sorry to jump right in to it but we didn’t want to bury the lede. In this episode the hosts get drawn into a web of lies and cover-ups as they discuss the 1976 classic “All The President’s Men”. This tale of the greatest newspaper caper ever provides the perfect launching off point for discussing a plethora o…

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Anti-Protagonist: Wanda (1970) 2:36:31

7M ago2:36:31

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This week on the ol’ podcast: Barbara Loden’s massively under-seen film Wanda (1970). We held this conversation a few months ago in the wake of the film placing 49th on the most recent Sight and Sound poll. Is this reputation warranted? Has the movie gone too quickly from being something no one ever heard of to supposedly being considered one of th…

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Director Spotlight: Three from Hal Ashby 2:37:22

7M ago2:37:22

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If you want to sing out! Sing out! Kael Your Idols is pleased to bring you another Very Special Episode as we turn our attention and our empathy towards the career of Hal Ashby. The hosts are joined by film person Michael J. Dougherty to trace the tragicomic trajectory of this titan of 70s cinema; starting with Ashby's work as an acclaimed editor a…

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Transcendent Neo Wave: Taxi Driver (1976) 2:33:56

8M ago2:33:56

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Welcome to 2024 fellow Kael Your Idolators! For this first episode of the New Year we’re gassed up, got the meter running, and we’re offering you a midnight ride into the twisted minds of De Niro, Scorsese, and Schrader. These three New Hollywood geniuses unite for the first time to create one of cinema’s greatest achievements: Taxi Driver. Join Al…

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Our top 5 movies of 1973 AND 2023 2:38:59

8M ago2:38:59

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1973 vs 2023: the match-up of the century! To celebrate the new year we are counting down our top 5 films from these two years in cinema. Which movies were our favorites? Which movies missed the mark? And will 1973 or 2023 reign supreme? Listen to find out.By Sam Ludwig and Alana Gibson

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A Final Fan Dance: The Right Stuff (1983) 1:38:22

8M ago1:38:22

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The pod is taking a slight temporal detour this week and covering The Right Stuff - a film that began its development during New Hollywood and was finished and released in the wake of the Heaven’s Gate debacle. Sam and Alana pontificate about whether or not this ambitious space epic retains the artistic spirit of the 70s or if it can’t quite achiev…

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Nostalgia for the Recent Past: American Graffiti (1973) 1:31:32

9M ago1:31:32

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This week Kael Your Idols welcomes filmmaker Levi Butner to discuss George Lucas’s mega-hit American Graffiti. The film is, in a sense, the director’s first prequel - showing a day in the life of some Modesto teens in 1962 way way back before those pesky social changes came to define the decade. Topics include: similarities to Dazed and Confused, L…

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Magic Hour Meditations: Days of Heaven (1978) 1:04:14

9M ago1:04:14

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Love! Betrayal! Sunsets! That’s right - Terrence Malick’s Days of Heaven gets the Kael Your Idols treatment this week. A Texas farm sets the scene for this unusual love triangle unfolding amidst some very loopy voice-over narration. This deeply mysterious film attempts to uncover the hidden beauty and ulterior meaning behind life, nature, and the j…

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Sascha Hartel & Ludwig Ruf (TSG Hoffenheim): Monitoring Maturation in a Bundesliga Academy 37:03

10M ago37:03

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Sascha Hartel is the Head of Performance at TSG Hoffenheim He is responsible for Performance Diagnostics in the Professional Teams, Youth Teams (Male & Female), also Adler Mannheim (Ice-hockey) and Rhein-Neckar-Löwen (Handball). He also leads the team of S&C coaches as well as sharing responsibility for dat strategy and innovation. He is a consult…

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Director Spotlight: 4 Films by Sidney Lumet 1:48:27

10M ago1:48:27

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This week we have a change of pace for the show. Instead of an episode on a single movie, Alana and Sam turn their focus onto the career of a filmmaker - namely the legendary Sidney Lumet. This is the first of many special episodes we have planned focusing on the figures (writers, actors, directors, even studio execs) who made New Hollywood what it…

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The Times They Are a-Zombie-ing: Night of the Living Dead (1968) 1:18:15

10M ago1:18:15

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In this episode Sam and Alana sink their teeth into one of the most influential films of all time: George Romero’s independently produced Night of the Living Dead (1968). A gripping flick about flesh eating Ghouls and the people trying to fight them off - it also happens to be one of our favorite films ever made. The movie is so rich in social comm…

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Satan Goes Mainstream: The Exorcist (1973) and The Exorcist: Believer (2023) 2:33:16

11M ago2:33:16

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When we found out that the 70s classic The Exorcist was to be the latest victim in Hollywood’s obsession with Legacy Sequels, a terrifying truth became all too clear: we would have to cover BOTH films on the podcast. This week your hosts braved the original William Friedkin film; widely considered to be a genre-defining work that changed the future…

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Suburban Sexual Revolution: Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969) 1:17:21

11M ago1:17:21

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This week Alana and Sam bring a somewhat *ahem* personal touch to the podcast in discussing Paul Mazursky’s tale of two upper-class couples in the late 60s doing what swingin’ 60s couples were wont to doooo. The New Hollywood touches are myriad with this film from the styles of acting on display, the particular performers chosen for the project (fi…

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Birth of New Hollywood Part 2: The Graduate (1967) 1:11:24

12M ago1:11:24

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The One-Two punch that began New Hollywood continues with the suburban dramedy, “The Graduate”. This sophomore effort from director Mike Nichols is a highly quotable tale of a listless youngster falling into an affair with first the wife, and then daughter of a family friend. The movie still resonates (for some people at least…), due in no small pa…

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Birth of New Hollywood Part 1: Bonnie and Clyde (1967) 1:05:38

12M ago1:05:38

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At long last: the central conceit of the podcast has arrived! We celebrate New Hollywood officially beginning with… what else but Warner Bros. megahit “Bonnie and Clyde”. In this episode, Kael Your Idols’ own dynamic duo explores the fascinating critical response to this divisive classic. Known for its extreme violence and fascinating central relat…

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Japanese New Wave Influences: Crazed Fruit (1956) and Tokyo Drifter (1966) 1:30:10

1y ago1:30:10

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In this episode Sam and Alana continue to explore the foreign film movements that served as precursors to New Hollywood. The focus is on Japan and its studio-mandated ‘New Wave’ which allowed for salacious sex, violence, and a more anti-nationalistic worldview. In the spotlight are two very different films: Crazed Fruit directed by Kō Nakahira and …

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French New Wave Influences Part 2: La Pointe Courte (1955) 1:13:52

1y ago1:13:52

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On the previous episode we discussed Jean-Luc Godard and the influence of Cahiers du Cinéma, the famed French film magazine. This week we tell the tale of Agnès Varda and the other half of the French New Wave: the filmmakers associated with the ‘Left Bank’. Varda’s debut film, La Pointe Courte, is an intriguing first stab at many of the themes she …

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Kevin Shattock (The Grammar School in Leeds): Cathedral Thinking 54:10

1y ago54:10

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Kevin Shattock is currently working towards his professional doctorate (DProf) at Leeds Beckett University, exploring a biopsychosocial approach to athlete development. He is the Head of Athletic Development at The Grammar School at Leeds (GSAL) and possesses over twenty five years’ experience of sports coaching, sports science support, strength & …

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French New Wave Influences Part 1: Pierrot le Fou (1965) 1:09:27

1y ago1:09:27

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New Hollywood didn’t just come out of nowhere, ya know! European and Asian art movements from the 50s and 60s had a profound impact on American filmmakers and inspired many of the revolutionary impulses they brought to mainstream USA. The next few episodes of the pod focus on a couple different groups of these foreign precursors. This episode the s…

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The Fall of Old Hollywood: Doctor Dolittle (1967) 1:00:36

1y ago1:00:36

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We've seen Old Hollywood at its best, now let's see it at its worst. Recall how last episode was a splashy Old Hollywood Musical? Well, this episode is basically the same thing except instead of a delightful masterpiece, it’s a godawful film that bankrupted a studio and helped push the entire movie biz in a different direction. That’s right friends…

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Classical Pianist - Harriet Stubbs 20:44

1y ago20:44

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My guest Classical Pianist Harriet Stubbs began playing at the age of three, performing publicly a year later. Voted one of the top three pianists in Britain by Julian Lloyd Webber. Harriet then went on to play in "Harry Potter And The Prisoner of Azkaban". Her mission is to break down the elitist barrier that sometimes prevents us from enjoying cl…

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Sam Boylett-Long (UKSport Institute): What makes an elite rower? 52:57

1y ago52:57

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Sam Boylett-Long has been an accredited S&C coach with the UKSCA since 2012. Since completing his MSc in Human Performance in 2015, Sam has worked with a number of Women's Football internationals during his 4 year spell with Reading Women.In January 2020 Sam began working with the GB Rowing team providing S&C and sport science support, leading vari…

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Celebrate the Cracks in Your Life - Naseem Rochette 17:45

1y ago17:45

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A pedestrian crosswalk on a quiet tree-lined street, Naseem Rochette is hit and then run over three times. Onlookers yell for the driver to stop as she hears her fate in her husband’s screams. In this episode of Talking Live, Naseem tells her story and how she has discovered The Unexpected Benefits of Being Run Over Follow Naseem on INSTA here: htt…

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Glenn Hunter (Podium Analytics): Making Sport safer for kids. 45:37

1y ago45:37

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Glenn is a specialist in research and innovation in Sport related health, and winner of the International Federation of Sports Physiotherapy HvU Award for outstanding achievement in this field. He is a chartered physiotherapist and the former Head of Science and Medicine and Performance Innovation in athlete health at UK Sport, and the senior consu…

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Zenith of Old Hollywood: Mary Poppins (1964) 1:12:58

1y ago1:12:58

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Ready for more New Hollywood? Hold your horses! Let’s first see what the films of the late 60s and 70s were reacting to by going *back* to the eras and movements that directly preceded New Hollywood. This week finds Alana and Sam traveling back to the zenith of Old Hollywood to discuss Walt Disney’s Mary Poppins. Topics include the film’s depiction…

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Happy Jack - David Nathan and Sam Koch 21:10

1y ago21:10

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Talking Live with the Co Founders of Happy Jack Records, which is the first mental health record label of its kind. David Nathan and Sam Koch share some of the reasons for starting their record label with a focus on mental well-being, and what they hope to accomplish, in honor of David Nathan’s son Jack Nathan, who passed a few years ago and whose …

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Ray Zingler (Zingler Strength): Developing Hammers. 56:28

1y ago56:28

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Ray Zingler is a Strength Coach, Entrepreneur, Consultant, and Author. He is the Owner of Zingler Strength & Conditioning, LLC., an Industry Leader in Performance Training for athletes, busy professionals, and military personnel. Ray is recognized as a Certified Physical Preparation Specialist and has been serving the Metro Atlanta, Georgia area si…

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Quintessential New Hollywood: Apocalypse Now (1979) 55:45

1+ y ago55:45

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In this episode Alana and Sam begin their journey through New Hollywood by jumping nearly to the end of the era as they discuss Francis Ford Coppola's controversial masterpiece Apocalypse Now. Topics include: the nature of celebrity, the drug culture, Marlon Brando's brilliant/stupid improvisations and the portrayal of coolness in war movies.…

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What is this podcast? 14:29

1+ y ago14:29

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This is a preview episode. Alana reveals her lack of film knowledge surrounding New Hollywood. Sam quizzes her about the film movement's historical context. They discuss the conceit of the podcast. What fun.By Sam Ludwig and Alana Gibson

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Is there still Sex in the City? - Candace Bushnell 25:48

1+ y ago25:48

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I have New York icon Candace Bushnell the author of SEX AND THE CITY and the OG Carrie Bradshaw. She has a fabulous one woman show currently at The Café Carlyle in New York, in this episode we talk fashion, men and dating. Find out all about the one woman show here: https://www.candacebushnell.com If you love this Podcast please follow on Apple Pod…

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Don't get too Cozy! - David Schifter and Mark Ashworth 24:56

1+ y ago24:56

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The thrilling new film "Black Balsam" is out now and I have the Director David Schifter and Mark Ashworth who plays "Wes" to talk about the film, the plot, the making and how you approach such a project, there's plenty of insider information. I loved "Black Balsam" it has a twist at the end that is just ... well you need to see it. Streaming now on…

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