Best The Pink Smoke Podcasts (2024)

1
1974: Fifty Years Later / The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 1:21:08

12h ago1:21:08

1:21:08

What is there left to be said about the greatest horror film ever made?Support our Patreon:www.patreon.com/thepinksmokeThe Pink Smoke site:www.thepinksmoke.comThe Pink Smoke on X:twitter.com/thepinksmokeChristopher Funderburg on X:twitter.com/cfunderburgJohn Cribbs on X:twitter.com/TheLastMachineIntro music: Unleash the Bastards / “Tea for Two”Outr…

1
Live 5 - From The Vault - Episode 19 42:44

35m ago42:44

42:44

Featured Songs: Goose 10-17-20 - In Your Eyes - Smoky Mountain Drive In - Waynesville, NC Twiddle - 10-24-20 - Slippin' In The Kitchen - Legend Valley - Thornville, OH Leftover Salmon - 10-25-20 - Sunday - Surf Hotel - Buena Vista, CO The Disco Biscuits - 10-31-20 - Little Betty Boop - Lafayette Apple Fest Grounds - Lafayette, NY Warren Haynes (wit…

1
Live 5 - November 7, 2024. 55:09

1h ago55:09

55:09

Featured Songs: 00:38 - Eggy - 10-22-24 - Rubin and Cherise - Atomic - St.Louis, MO 13:26 - Dogs in a Pile - 10-25-24 - Dancing in the Streets - Brooklyn Bowl - Philadelphia, PA 23:57 - Goose - 10-25-24 - Cold Rain and Snow - Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum - Winston Salem, NC 31:11 - Kitchen Dwellers - 10-25-24 - Bertha - Cohoes Music Hal…

1
Episode 144, Paging Dr Norm 32:27

4h ago32:27

32:27

Hold onto your britches and hide your kids – Scruffy City Sports is the illegitimate love child of a midnight Rocky Top rager and a pit lane brawl. We're the podcast your mama warned you about, and your preacher pretends not to listen to. Straight outta Knoxville, we're serving up sports takes hotter than Satan's kitchen and sassier than a drag que…

1
Popcorn Eschaton 44 - 'The Shawshank Redemption' 1:17:26

1d ago1:17:26

1:17:26

On this Popcorn Eschaton, Scott and John are joined by prison reform professional Noah Barth. to discuss the modern classic 'The Shawshank Redemption.' They examine the film's take on the prison system as an institution, hope, and the relationship between platonic soulmates. Noah brought a great deal of wisdom and insight to the discussion and help…

1
Live 5 - From The Vault - Episode 18 40:40

4h ago40:40

40:40

Featured Songs: moe. - 10-20-23 - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots - Ogden Theatre - Denver, CO Spafford - 10-27-23 - Cantaloupe Island - Bruno’s Cavern - Cave Junction. OR Greensky Bluegrass - 11-01-23 - Thats What Love Will Make You Do - Harrah’s Lake Tahoe - South Lake Tahoe, NV Infamous Stringdusters - 11-01-23 - Ramble On Rose - Miners Foundry …

1
Warren Haynes 24:16

21m ago24:16

24:16

I sat down with Warren Haynes last week, to talk about his new record Million Voices Whisper, his latest solo effort almost a decade since Ashes and Dust a mostly acoustic effort with Railroad Earth and more than a decade since Wheels in Motion. Aside from Million Voices Whisper we discussed the impact of hurricane Helene on his home town of Ashevi…

1
Episode 143, Smoke ’Em If Ya Got ’Em 46:38

2d ago46:38

46:38

Scruffy City Sports: Where Tennessee Sports Get Rowdy (and Hilarious)Calling all Knoxville Vols fans and sports enthusiasts with a funny bone! Scruffy City Sports is the podcast that serves up your favorite teams - University of Tennessee Men's Basketball and Baseball - with a hefty side of humor and hot takes. Hosted by the one and only Norm, this…

1
Live 5 - From The Vault - Episode 17 33:21

4d ago33:21

33:21

Featured Songs: Yonder Mountain String Band - 09-25-20 - For What Its Worth - Blue Ox Music Festival - Eau Claire, WI Kitchen Dwellers 10-10-20 - Cold Rain And Snow - Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom - Denver, CO Pigeons Playing Ping Pong - 10-10-20 - In The Bubble - South Farms - Morris, CT Warren Haynes - 10-15-20 - Sailing Shoes - South Farms - M…

1
Popcorn Eschaton 43 - 'Lady In The Water' 45:49

15d ago45:49

45:49

It's time for Scott and John to take a dive into M. Night Shyamalan's 2006 fantasy 'Lady in the Water,' the much-maligned fairytale of community and redemption. They discuss how the film has its heart in the right place but is also extremely messy, how Shyamalan could benefit from more active collaborators in his filmmaking, and the parallels the f…

1
Live 5 - October 24, 2024. 45:32

6d ago45:32

45:32

Featured Songs: 00:38 - Hot Tuna - 09-21-24 - Death Don’t Have No Mercy - Aladdin Theater - Portland, OR 07:50 - Goose - 10-01-24 - Ship Of Fools - The Troubador - Los Angeles, CA 12:50 - Eggy - 10-16-24 - Hungry Like The Wolf - Meow Wolf - Santa Fe, NM 31:13 - Daniel Donato - 10-20-24 - Valhalla - Ardmore Music Hall - Ardmore, PA 41:25 - Sturgill …

1
1974: Fifty Years Later / Killdozer 1:10:35

8d ago1:10:35

1:10:35

All episodes are made available to Patreon subscribers, the most killer-ish and dozer-y of all audiences, one week before their general releaseSupport our Patreon:www.patreon.com/thepinksmokeThe Pink Smoke celebrates the Spooky Season with the most terrifying subject imaginable: a sentient, vengeful bulldozer! Guest Joe Gibson has chosen this TV mo…

1
Live 5 - October 17, 2024. 41:35

13d ago41:35

41:35

Featured Songs: 00:38 - Leftover Salmon - 09-13-24 - Tu Na’Pas Aller - Picking in the Pines - Flagstaff, AZ 04:58 - The Infamous Stringdusters - 09-21-24 - Polka on the Banjo - The Infamous Weekend - Axton, VA 08:47 - Greensky Bluegrass - 10-04-24 - Who is Frederico - The Fillmore - San Francisco, CA 15:31 - Eggy - 10-04-24 - Smile - Austin City Li…

1
142, Pink Smokey Club 32:45

14d ago32:45

32:45

Scruffy City Sports: Where Tennessee Sports Get Rowdy (and Hilarious)Calling all Knoxville Vols fans and sports enthusiasts with a funny bone! Scruffy City Sports is the podcast that serves up your favorite teams - University of Tennessee Men's Basketball and Baseball - with a hefty side of humor and hot takes. Hosted by the one and only Norm, this…

1
Live 5 - From The Vault - Episode 16 45:45

18d ago45:45

45:45

Featured Songs: Reid Genauer - 03-07-20 - The Second Song - Terrapin Crossroads - San Rafael, CA Goose - 09-11-20 - Howard Johnsons Got His HoJo Workin’ - Yarmouth Drive In - Cape Cod, MA Twiddle - 10-02-20 - Classical Gas - South Farms - Morris, CT Warren Haynes - 10-08-20 - Key To The Highway - South Farms - Morris, CT Umphrey’s McGee - 10-09-20 …

1
Popcorn Eschaton 42 - 'Prince Of Darkness' 47:35

19d ago47:35

47:35

It's spooky season, so Scott and John are diving into John Carpenter's underappreciated, philosophical, theological, and science-obsessed horror movie, 'Prince of Darkness'! They discuss Carpenter's brilliant music, the big questions the movie asks, and opening the box of quantum mechanics to get at Schrödinger's Cat, even if it means we also open …

1
Live 5 - October 10, 2024. 1:02:04

20d ago1:02:04

1:02:04

Featured Songs: 00:38 - Space Bacon - 09-27-24 - My Heart Will Go On - Cosmic Cruise - New York, NY 11:30 - Pigeons Playing Ping Pong - 09-29-24 - While My Guitar Gently Weeps - Ocean’s Calling Festival - Ocean City, MD 18:13 - Goose - 10-04-24 - Animal - Mempho Music Festival - Memphis, TN* 33:31 - Daniel Donato - 10-05-24 - Gotta Get Southbound -…

1
Episode 141, Thirty Seconds to Fayetteville 31:17

20d ago31:17

31:17

Scruffy City Sports: Where Tennessee Sports Get Rowdy (and Hilarious)Calling all Knoxville Vols fans and sports enthusiasts with a funny bone! Scruffy City Sports is the podcast that serves up your favorite teams - University of Tennessee Men's Basketball and Baseball - with a hefty side of humor and hot takes. Hosted by the one and only Norm, this…

1
Ep. 151 Devil Girls 1:13:52

22d ago1:13:52

1:13:52

Episodes are made available to Patreon subscribers one week before their general release.www.patreon.com/thepinksmoke"'It doesn't seem important anymore.' Her eyes held a vacant stare which bothered Dee. They appeared to be looking but not seeing anything. 'I didn't think I'd ever want anything more than I did, gold and good times and excitement. I…

1
Live 5 - From The Vault - Episode 15 50:48

25d ago50:48

50:48

Featured Songs: Spafford - 09-25-21 - Backdoor Funk - Cactus Jack’s - Phoenix, AZ Widespread Panic with Billy Strings - 10-01-21 - All Time Low - Memphis Music Festival - Memphis, TN Billy Strings - 10-02-21 - West Dakota Rose - The Momentary - Bentonville, AR Tauk - 10-02-21 - Dormammu - Brooklyn Bowl - Brooklyn, NY Gov’t Mule - 10-03-21 - I Asked…

1
Episode 140, Urology Oncology 1:27:18

1M ago1:27:18

1:27:18

Scruffy City Sports: Where Tennessee Sports Get Rowdy (and Hilarious)Calling all Knoxville Vols fans and sports enthusiasts with a funny bone! Scruffy City Sports is the podcast that serves up your favorite teams - University of Tennessee Men's Basketball and Baseball - with a hefty side of humor and hot takes. Hosted by the one and only Norm, this…

1
1974: Fifty Years Later / Mahler 1:05:08

1M ago1:05:08

1:05:08

All Pink Smoke Podcast episodes are made available one week before their general release to Patreon subscribers. Subscribe to get early access & so much more:www.patreon.com/thepinksmoke1974 was a landmark year for film, a convergence of exciting international cinema and the original voices of New Hollywood that still resonates 50 years later. In o…

1
Live 5 - From The Vault - Episode 14 40:50

1M ago40:50

40:50

Featured Songs: Grateful Dead - 03-09-81 - Deep Elem Blues - Madison Square Garden - New York, NY Eggy - 09-10-22 - Right Down The Line - The Loft - Martha’s Vineyard - Oak Bluff’s, MA Infamous Stringdusters - 09-21-22 - Steam Powered Aeroplane - Toad’s Place - New Haven, CT Spafford - 09-22-22 - Salamander Song - Toad’s Place - New Haven, CT Gov’t…

1
Live 5 - September 25, 2024. 35:08

1M ago35:08

35:08

Featured Songs: 00:38 - Billy Strings - 08-24-24 - So Many Miles - Kia Forum - Inglewood, CA 09:01 - Eggy - 09-12-24 - Laurel - Hartford Live - Hartford, CT 14:24 - Sturgill Simpson - 09-15-24 - Midnight Rider - Santa Barbara Bowl - Santa Barbara, CA 18:04 - My Morning Jacket - 09-19-24 - I Feel the Earth Move* - Ascend Amphitheater - Nashville, TN…

1
1974: Fifty Years Later / Murder On The Orient Express 58:33

1M ago58:33

58:33

All Pink Smoke Podcast episodes are made available one week before their general release to Patreon subscribers. Subscribe to get early access & so much more:www.patreon.com/thepinksmokeA dead body! A trainful of suspicious movie stars! Real authentic exotic locations! Sidney Lumet's all-star adaptation of Murder on the Orient Express is the ultima…

1
Live 5 - From The Vault - Episode 13 34:49

1M ago34:49

34:49

Featured Songs: The Infamous Stringdusters - 09-12-21 - New Minglewood Blues - Salvage Station - Asheville, NC Eggy - 09-16-21 - Pounds of Pain - Resonance Music Festival - Masontown, WV Dead and Company - 09-17-21 - Bertha - Wrigley Field - Chicago, IL Umphrey's McGee - 09-18-21 - Satisfaction - TCU Amphitheatre at White River State Park - Indiana…

1
Popcorn Eschaton 41 - 'Brute Force' And 'High Life' 49:54

1M ago49:54

49:54

On this Popcorce Eschaton, Scott and John take a look at two drastically different, but complimentary, prison films: the raging ember of empathy for inmates, 1947's 'Brute Force,' directed by Jules Dassin, and Claire Denis's 'High Life,' a sci-fi meditation on the battle between despair and hope. Logo designed by Jesse Arnold (https://www.instagram…

1
Live 5 - September 18, 2024. 50:52

1M ago50:52

50:52

Featured Songs: 00:38 - Lettuce - 07-10-24 - Get Greasy - McMenamins Edgefield - Troutdale, OR 11:47 - Eggy - 08-31-24 - All That You Dream* - Salvage Station - Asheville, NC 24:06 - Goose - 09-11-24 - Please Forgive Me - The Salt Shed - Chicago, IL 32:54 - The Kitchen Dwellers - 09-14-24 - Ooh Las Vegas** - Bender Jamboree - Las Vegas, NV 41:25 - …

1
An Epilogue to The Pink Smoke's time at the Toronto International Film Festival 2:19:27

2M ago2:19:27

2:19:27

Support our Patreon:www.patreon.com/thepinksmokeAll good things must come to an end. Hosts John Cribbs and Christopher Funderburg are joined by Marcus Pinn to discuss their memories of attending the Toronto International Film Festival over the course of twenty years. This set of personal reminiscences is not necessarily intended for general audienc…

1
Episode 139, The Big Peach 41:01

1M ago41:01

41:01

Scruffy City Sports: Where Tennessee Sports Get Rowdy (and Hilarious)Calling all Knoxville Vols fans and sports enthusiasts with a funny bone! Scruffy City Sports is the podcast that serves up your favorite teams - University of Tennessee Men's Basketball and Baseball - with a hefty side of humor and hot takes. Hosted by the one and only Norm, this…

1
Ep. 150 Toronto International Film Festival 2024 Wrap Up 2:44:15

2M ago2:44:15

2:44:15

Support our Patreon:www.patreon.com/thepinksmokeJohn Cribbs & Christopher Funderburg are back with their rundown of the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival! From the highest highs (Hard Truths) to the lowest lows (It Doesn’t Get Any Better than This) and the poutine in between, they take a look at the state of cinema as explicated by one of th…

1
Live 5 - From The Vault - Episode 12 56:00

2M ago56:00

56:00

Featured Songs: Eggy - 09-14-23 - Bad Side of the Moon - Troubador - West Hollywood, CA Goose - 09-15-23 - Pancakes - Borderland Festival - East Aurora, NY The Infamous Stringdusters - 09-17-23 - Think I'll Just Stay Here And Drink - Borderland Festival - East Aurora, NY Gov’t Mule - 09-13-23 - Lively Up Yourself - Massey Hall - Toronto, ON Gov’t M…

1
Eggy 54:21

2M ago54:21

54:21

Connecticut based quartet Eggy recently released their sophomore record Waiting Game. As you’ll soon hear the process for this album was different than records and EPs of the past. The band who recruited White Denim guitarist James Petralli to produce the record purposefully wrote fresh material for the album that they didn’t play live until more r…

1
Live 5 - From The Vault - Episode 11 47:48

2M ago47:48

47:48

Featured Songs: Ghost Light - 04-07-22 - Weight Of The World - The Belly Up - Aspen, CO Goose - 08-27-22 - Don’t Do It - Sacred Rose Festival - Bridgeview, IL Holly Bowling - 08-28-22 - The Squirming Coil - Sacred Rose Festival - Bridgeview, IL Pigeons Playing Ping Pong - 09-02-22 - King Kong - Adirondack Independence Music Festival - Lake George, …

Podcasts Worth a Listen

The Pink Smoke Podcasts

Podcasts Worth a Listen

Quick Reference Guide