Best Charles Foley Podcasts (2024)

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271 - Recording Explosions with Frank & Charles 42:42

7m ago42:42

42:42

Charles Maynes and Frank Bry have been friends and admirers of each other's work for decades. They combined forces for the new sound effects library BLAST, that featuresincredible explosion recordings. They talk about the process of recording Tannerite, dynamite, debris and lots more. Plus they discuss their thoughts on 32bit recording, the importa…

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270 - Listener Field Recording Stories 26:52

6d ago26:52

26:52

We asked our listeners to submit their favourite field recordings and tell us the stories behind how they were captured, and we got some really great submissions. These stories prove that sound design is not for the weak of heart, as people are mauled by dogs or accidentally lit on fire. Other stories are tales of pure luck, by being in the right p…

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269 - Remembering Ann Kroeber 1:01:57

14h ago1:01:57

1:01:57

The sound design community lost one of its brightest stars this week, with the passing of Ann Kroeber. Ann was a legendary field recordists and she left a legacy of amazing sound work. Her talent especially soared with animal recordings. Her sounds are the basis of countless Hollywood creatures and animal characters. Tonebenders' host Tim Muirhead …

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168 - Sound Design For Installations 45:14

5d ago45:14

45:14

Creating sound for an installation in a physical space, like a museum or for an art piece, is a whole different world then tackling the sound of a film or game. There are so many variables it can make your head explode, exhibition space acoustics need to be accounted for, speaker placement can be any arrangement you can dream up, client expectation…

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Episode 4: The Vaquita (with Barbara Taylor & Lorenzo Rojas-Bracho) 1:15:17

24d ago1:15:17

1:15:17

Charles and Jon talk to Dr Barbara Taylor (USA) and Dr Lorenzo Rojas-Bracho (Mexico), who together lead the global efforts to save the Vaquita from extinction. The Vaquita, a tiny and beautiful porpoise, is found only at the top of the Gulf of California and holds the unfortunate distinction of being the world's rarest marine mammal (possibly the r…

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267 - Sound Design For Horses 46:08

1M ago46:08

46:08

When working on a project that features horses on screen, the sound design can be broken up into 3 main categories: Their hooves, Saddle/Bridle, and their Vocalizations and Breathing. None of these are easy to design the sound for. Luckily we have some of the most talented people working in audio post-production chiming in, to tell us how they appr…

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Episode 51 | REALLY?!. with Tom & Dave 1:16:39

16d ago1:16:39

1:16:39

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266 - Audio Post For Comedy Specials With Vinny Alfano 20:57

1M ago20:57

20:57

Have you ever been watching a stand-up comedy special and felt like you were in the room the day it was recorded? A lot of that energy relies on the sound of the crowd as they laugh and react to what the performer is doing on stage. Vinny Alfano has worked on the audio post-production on stand-up specials from Mike Birbiglia, Sarah Silverman, Iliza…

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50th Episode Special with MATT FORD | REALLY?!. with Tom & Dave | Ep. 50 1:35:20

1M ago1:35:20

1:35:20

Welcome to our 50th episode of "REALLY?!. with Tom & Dave"! Join your hosts Tom Wheeler and Dave Foley as they welcome back Matt Ford, host of "The Good Trouble Show," for his second appearance on the podcast and IN PERSON. In this episode, Matt talks about his experience attending the "Contact in the Desert" event, sharing his first impressions an…

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265 - Invincible 30:22

2M ago30:22

30:22

This show hits hard! Invincible may be an animated series, but it is definitely not for young kids. There are real consequences here, characters die, battles leave marks. The sound design has to be big and impactful to match the powers of the super heroes going toe to toe on screen. Punches are huge, explosions really go BOOM. Blood rains down. Sup…

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Contact in the Desert w/ GEORGE KNAPP & JEREMY CORBELL | REALLY?1. with Tom & Dave | EP. 49 1:37:13

2M ago1:37:13

1:37:13

In this episode, Tom and Dave share their first impressions of the event and the atmosphere at Contact in the Desert. They engage in a riveting discussion with investigative filmmaker Jeremy Corbell, known for his documentaries like "Bob Lazar: Area 51 & Flying Saucers" and "Hunt for the Skinwalker." Jeremy talks about his latest series, "UFO Revol…

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Episode 3: Bradley Trevor Greive 1:16:59

2M ago1:16:59

1:16:59

Charles and Jon talk to Australian author, broadcaster and wildlife nut Bradley Trevor Greive (BTG) from his home in California. BTG has an extraordinary CV: he was a paratrooper and cartoonist before becoming a successful author and broadcaster. In between he found time to win the French Polynesian Rock Lifting Championship, graduate from the Russ…

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264 - The Curse 42:00

2M ago42:00

42:00

How do you use sound to amplify feelings of awkwardness and discomfort? In The Curse the sound design is tasked with making the viewers skin crawl in a very unusual way. The series is not horror, but there are times you feel you have to look away. Long silences (that are never actually silent!) lead to unexpected emotions in both the characters on …

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UFO Disclosure & Government Secrets | REALLY? with Tom & Dave | Episode 48 1:14:11

1M ago1:14:11

1:14:11

Welcome to a new episode of REALLY?!. with Tom & Dave. On this week's episode, Tom and Dave discuss their upcoming trip to Indian Wells for Contact in the Desert where they get to film another podcast episode with George Knapp, Jeremy Corbell, and Travis Walton. Tom and Dave discuss the recent statements made by Carl Nell at the SALT conference. Ne…

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Tom and Dave discuss greatest UAP revelations of past year | REALLY?!. with Tom & Dave | Episode 47 1:09:56

1M ago1:09:56

1:09:56

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263 - Masters Of The Air 29:10

2M ago29:10

29:10

How much Fun would it be to have the opportunity to record one of the few working B17 "Flying Fortress" planes that are still operational? The sound team from AppleTV's "Masters Of The Air" got to do just that. They were able put 60 microphones all over the B17, to record every part of it that made a noise. Then they took those sounds back to the s…

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262 - Mad Max: Fury Road with Oliver Machin (Re-Podcast) 1:04:15

2M ago1:04:15

1:04:15

Today marks the opening weekend for Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, a prequel for the character first introduced in MadMax: Fury Road. So it seemed like a perfect time to reach into our archives and go back to May of 2015, when we did an episode with Oliver Machin about his work on Fury Road. Hear his amazing story of how the sounds of the vehicles used i…

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261 - The Fall Guy Sound Editorial Team 46:31

2M ago46:31

46:31

How do you tackle sound design for a massive car chase scene, that has a fist fight happening on top of the vehicles? For director David Leitch's new film, The Fall Guy, the sound editorial team had their hands (ears?) full to make the movie sound as good as it looked. In this conversation they go down the road, on how to make a car crash sound imp…

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Dan Harary | REALLY?!. with Tom & Dave | Episode 46 1:43:18

2M ago1:43:18

1:43:18

Dan Harary was born and raised just outside of Asbury Park, new Jersey. He's a man of many talents, best known for his 40 plus years of work in Hollywood as an entertainment industry publicist and owner of the Boat boutique Asbury PR agency in Beverly Hills. He's also the author of the popular 2022 Hollywood book flirting with Fame. A Hollywood Pub…

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260 - Sound Design For Westerns: Bass Reeves 27:56

3M ago27:56

27:56

For many people that work in sound design, their dream job would be to work on a western. There are the guns, the horses, the creaky floors, and most of all the dusty wide open spaces. They all provide a great playground to create compelling sound, to support the stories of lawmen and the outlaws they seek to bring to justice. So we got the sound t…

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Matt Ford | REALLY?!. with Tom & Dave | Episode 45 1:42:32

2M ago1:42:32

1:42:32

Matt Ford is an Emmy winning political consultant, media personality, and producer based in Los Angeles. As a producer, Matt has led numerous successful projects, notably creating over 100 political ads for social media platforms. These ads, with a staggering 15 million unique views, demonstrate his skill in creating captivating and engaging conten…

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259 - Música 29:38

3M ago29:38

29:38

In the new film Música (on Prime) we go into the musical mind of Rudy Mancuso. We learn how everyday sounds are re-contextualized into rhythms and music in his brain while he goes about his day. Because the POV of the film changes from what is real to what Rudy is hearing internally, the sound design and mix are extremely important to sell what is …

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Thomas Jane | REALLY?!. with Tom & Dave | Episode 44 1:38:16

3M ago1:38:16

1:38:16

Thomas Jane is an actor, director and producer working in Tinseltown for over 25 years. He is a triple Golden Globe nominee for the comedy series hung, and has starred in such classic genre films as The Deep Blue Sea and The Punisher. He directed and starred in the hit sci fi series The Expanse. huge, huge acclaim. very loved Thomas Jane won critic…

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Episode 2: Bill Robichaud and the Saola 55:34

3M ago55:34

55:34

Charles and Jon talk to conservationist Bill Robichaud, best known for his work to protect what many would argue is the world's most enigmatic mammal: the Saola. Saolas - a beautifully marked 100kg bovid - are often referred to as the 'Asian Unicorn' because of their scimitar-like horns and rarity. The species, first discovered by scientists in 199…

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258 - Randy Thom On Getting The Most Out Of Spotting Sessions (Re - Podcast) 49:17

3M ago49:17

49:17

Are you nervous about starting a new project? Don’t worry; so is everyone else, including your sound design hero, Randy Thom. Spotting sessions are a chance to talk through the edit, scene by scene. These gatherings give the director, the composer and the rest of the editorial team a chance to sort out out technical issues and determine the directi…

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REALLY?!. with Tom and Dave - Richard Dolan - Episode 43 1:46:50

2M ago1:46:50

1:46:50

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Dave Schrader Really?!. with Tom & Dave 1:23:29

3M ago1:23:29

1:23:29

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257 - The Art Of Recording And Mixing Score With Laurence Anslow 30:10

3M ago30:10

30:10

Laurence Anslow, who recently recorded and mixed the score for the recent Percy Jackson series and also worked on Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, joins us this week. He is at the top of the game, and yet his workflows as a score recordist and mixer, are a complete mystery to many in audio post. So I asked him to come on the show and talk us through wh…

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256 - Sound Design For Magic 31:25

4M ago31:25

31:25

Magic is always a massive challenge to do sound design for and we can alway use advice on how to tackle it. So we brought in the experts from the team behind the impressive new sound library Conjure, from Echo Collective. Rene Coronado and Brad Dale discuss their approach to magic sound design, recording new material and props, the tools they use i…

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Ron Janix - Episode 41 - REALLY?!. with Tom & Dave 1:05:06

4M ago1:05:06

1:05:06

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255 - The Sound Of Avatar The Last Airbender 44:22

4M ago44:22

44:22

The sound work of the recent Netflix series "Avatar The Last Airbender" was a massive challenge on both the sound design and the dialog side of things. We talk with Re-Recording Mixers Joe Barnett & Adam Jenkins as well as Supervising Sound Editors Tim Kimmel & Luke Gibleon about how they made massive battle sounds for powers based on fire, water/i…

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Really?!. with Tom & Dave - Kevin Knuth 1:31:38

4M ago1:31:38

1:31:38

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REALLY?!. with Tom and Dave - Mario Woods (Part 2) - Episode 39 1:57:23

4M ago1:57:23

1:57:23

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Episode 1: Peter Kaestner 1:16:32

4M ago1:16:32

1:16:32

Charles and Jon open Season 3 of the podcast from the jungles of the Ivory Coast, before talking to Peter Kaestner, the world's most accomplished birder. In February 2024 Peter became the first person ever to see 10,000 bird species, though, as we hear at the very end of the episode, the climax of his record came with more plot twists than a Hitchc…

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REALLY?!. with Tom and Dave - Mario Woods - Episode 38 1:32:01

4M ago1:32:01

1:32:01

Join us for an insightful journey into the Cold War era as we sit down with Mario Woods, a former staff sergeant in the US Air Force security police. Mario served from 1975 to 1983, with a significant portion of his service spent at Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota. Assigned to the Minuteman missile complex, Mario worked tirelessly alongsid…

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Really?!. with Tom and Dave - Episode 37 - Bryan Bender 1:43:46

5M ago1:43:46

1:43:46

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254 - Songs Of Earth With Tormod Ringnes 22:08

5M ago22:08

22:08

We talk with Norway's own Tormod Ringnes, about his excellent sound work on director Margreth Olin's new documentary, Songs Of Earth. As the film's title implies, the sound of the film is extremely important. We follow the director's 83 year old father as he hikes the rugged and beautiful nature of Norway in every season of the year. From intense i…

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REALLY?!. with Tom and Dave - Episode 36 -Graeme Rendall 1:10:34

5M ago1:10:34

1:10:34

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REALLY?!. with Tom and Dave - Episode 35 - Matt Cook 1:48:09

5M ago1:48:09

1:48:09

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253 - Oscar Pool Sound Category Round Up 24:05

5M ago24:05

24:05

Tonebenders ran episodes with members of the sound teams of all five nominees in the "Best Achievement In Sound" category at this year's Oscars. So here are some of our favourite clips from each interview. Plus a few un-aired minutes from the Oppenheimer interview that we saved for this episode. Starting with James Mather talking about the epic Fia…

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REALLY?!. with Tom and Dave - Episode 34 - Ernie Cline 1:45:29

5M ago1:45:29

1:45:29

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252 - Oppenheimer With Richard King 23:27

5M ago23:27

23:27

Richard King joins the podcast to talk about his amazing last couple of films, Oppenheimer and Maestro. He explains how his approaches varied between the two films, before spending the majority of the talk digging deep into some of the most arresting sound design scenes in Oppenheimer.LA based listeners, don't forget about The Los Angeles Tonebende…

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REALLY?!. with Tom and Dave - Episode 33 - Aaron Sagers 1:33:47

5M ago1:33:47

1:33:47

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251 - Dane Davis Part 2 31:24

6M ago31:24

31:24

Dane Davis will be getting the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Motion Picture Sound Editor’s Golden Reel Awards. So I asked him walk down memory lane and talk about many of the amazing films he has worked on over the years. In part 1, episode 250, you can hear him talk about his long and successful collaboration with The Wachowskis. In part 2, we…

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250 - Dane Davis Part 1 32:14

6M ago32:14

32:14

For our 250th episode we got one of our all-time favourite guests, Dane Davis, to come back on Tonebenders. He is going to be receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award at the MPSE Golden Reels this year, so we took the opportunity to have him walk us through his storied career. In this episode, part one, Dane talks mostly about his long collaboratio…

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REALLY?!. with Tom and Dave - Episode 32 - Whitley Strieber 1:07:23

6M ago1:07:23

1:07:23

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Episode 23: Sebastian Kennerknecht 54:33

6M ago54:33

54:33

In the season finale to Season 2 of the podcast, Charles and Jon talk to the founder of Cat Expeditions - camera trap virtuoso and feline aficionado - Sebastian Kennerknecht from his home in California. Sebastian explains how his passions for wildlife and photography were formed and talks about the powerful role photography can play in conservation…

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249 - The Creator With Erik Aadahl & Ethan Van Der Ryn 39:12

6M ago39:12

39:12

The Creator is the recent film by Director Gareth Edwards, that features a sound design philosophy of Retro Futurism. The world is going to war over Artificial Intelligence and the robots, or simulants, powered by AI. Oscar Nominees for their sound work on The Creator, Erik Aadahl & Ethan Van der Ryn, give sonic life to multiple generations of futu…

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REALLY?!. with Tom and Dave - Episode 31 - Jeremy Corbell (Part 2... Part 2) 56:27

6M ago56:27

56:27

Welcome back everyone! Here's part two of the guys 2nd interview with the great Jeremy Corbell! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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248 - Alan Wake II 48:11

6M ago48:11

48:11

Alan Wake II was released in the fall of 2023 to great critical acclaim. In this episode we talk with the sound team about their work crafting sounds for Bright Falls, The Dark Place, radio shows, strange commercials, a late night talk show, and all the other oddities that make up Alan's terrifying world. Joining us for this discussion are Richard …

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