Bonus Episode: From Cocaine Cowboy to Toolman
In this week's Wrap Party, Zeth is talking 1991, 'Home Improvement,' 'Twin Peaks,' and the chasm between Tim Allen's public persona and his...
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BADLANDS is a true-crime anthology podcast from Jake Brennan, creator and host of the award-winning music and true crime podcast DISGRACELAND. BADLANDS Season 2: Sportsland is all about the...
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20 of 216 episodesTim Allen: Cocaine in Kalamazoo, Life in Prison, and Flipping for the Feds
Before he was headed to infinity and beyond, Tim Allen was headed to life in prison for a low-level drug deal in Michigan. This is the story...
Bonus Episode: The Screening Room – Mulholland Drive
This week in the Screening Room, Zeth is talking about dreams, doubles, mysteries, and the 2001 David Lynch film 'Mulholland Drive.' Plus we...
Bonus Episode: We Are the Dreamer Who Dreams and Then Lives Inside the Dream
In this week's Wrap Party, Zeth is talking about movies as dreams, movies as mystery, and the mystery of the dreamlike David Lynch. And Jake...
David Lynch: A Brutal Murder, a Corrupt Small Town, and the Secret Origins of Twin Peaks
In 1908, a girl was brutally murdered in a small town in upstate New York. The town was seemingly idyllic, but beneath the surface, it was c...
Bonus Episode: The Screening Room – So I Married an Axe Murderer
This week in the Screening Room, Zeth is talking about beat poetry, Alcatraz, noggins so big they're virtual planetoids, and the 1993 romant...
Bonus Episode: Tony Soprano Would Not Approve
In this week's Wrap Party, Zeth is talking about the glaring omission of 'The Sopranos' from the New York Times' 100 Best TV Shows of the 21...
Phil Hartman: Blackmail, an Attempted Presidential Assassination, and a Murder-Suicide
Before he was deemed "the Glue" by his castmates at Saturday Night Live , Phil Hartman worked as a rock 'n roll roadie and a graphic designe...
Bonus Episode: The Screening Room – Enemy of the State
This week in the Screening Room, Zeth is talking about bugs, wiretaps, hidden cameras, and the 1998 Tony Scott film 'Enemy of the State' sta...
Bonus: They Want You to Believe Art Isn’t Important
In this week's Wrap Party, Zeth is talking about George Lucas, Guillermo del Toro, and the use of AI in film. Plus, dirty recs with Disgrace...
Will Smith: Fist Fights, Jail Cells, and the Slap Heard Round the World
In 1989, shortly after winning his first Grammy Award at just 20 years old, Will Smith was arrested and charged with assault after a brawl a...
Bonus Episode: The Screening Room – Casino
This week in the Screening Room, Zeth is talking about pit bosses, shift bosses, floor men, box men, the eye in the sky, and Martin Scorsese...
Bonus Episode: So Bad They’re Good
In this week's Wrap Party, Zeth is fed up with award shows and discusses Sharon Stone's dual nominations for a Golden Globe and a Razzie Awa...
Sharon Stone: Basic Instincts, Baring It All, and the Butcher of Montreal
In a single year, Sharon Stone was nominated for awards for both Best Actress and Worst Actress – for the same role. She launched a mi...
Bonus Episode: The Screening Room – The Player
This week in the Screening Room, Zeth is talking about deplorable studio executives, vindictive screenwriters, Hollywood satire, and Robert...
Bonus Episode: Hollywood’s Origin Scandal Story
In this week's Wrap Party, Zeth is talking about Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, William Desmond Taylor, Mabel Normand, and the birth of the Hollyw...
Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle: Underground Brothels, Hush Money, Bootlegged Booze, and the Making of Hollywood’s Greatest Scandal
A century ago, at the birth of movie superstardom, silent film star Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle was at the center of a scandal that rocked Holly...
Bonus Episode: The Screening Room – Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
This week in the Screening Room, Zeth is talking about TV westerns, stuntmen turned handymen, the scourge of hippies invading the movie indu...
Bonus Episode: It’s 1969, OK!
In this week's Wrap Party, Zeth is talking about Sharon Tate, Woodstock, Joan Didion, and the improbable becoming probable in the year 1969....
Sharon Tate Pt 2: Rape, Drugs, and Murdering New Hollywood
Sharon Tate's entanglement with Charles Manson and her husband, filmmaker Roman Polanski, as well as her involvement in some of the long-rum...