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Filmspotting 820 (04/02/21): Godzilla (’54) vs. Kong (’33)
From: WBEZ
Series: Filmspotting (weekly series)
Caption: The Originals: 'Godzilla' (’54) vs. 'Kong' (’33)
With the new "Godzilla vs. Kong" bringing some much-needed spectacle to long-suffering theater chains, Adam and Josh take the opportunity to settle...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSRQ, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KCPW Salt Lake City, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Apr 02, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5
Filmspotting 819 (03/26/21): Oscars Homework -- Pieces of a Woman / U.S. vs Billie Holiday / My Octopus Teacher
From: WBEZ
Caption: Oscars Homework - 'The U.S. vs Billie Holiday' / 'Pieces of a Woman'
Adam and Josh skipped the harrowing "Pieces of a Woman" last fall in the lead-up to end-of-year awards, but with star Vanessa Kirby nabbing an Osc...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSRQ, WMUU-LP, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Mar 26, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Filmspotting 818 (03/19/21): Network (7 From '76) / Oscar Nominations / Laura ('40s Noir #3)
From: WBEZ
Caption: 'Network' (7 From '76) / 'Laura' ('40s Noir #3)
A primal scream from the post-Watergate American malaise, "Network" is a movie entirely of its time that manages to speak directly to ours. Adam an...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WMUU-LP, KSRQ, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Mar 19, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Filmspotting 817 (03/12/21): Top 5 Movie Meals
From: WBEZ
Series: Filmspotting (weekly series)
Caption: Top 5 Movie Meals
Inspired by the visually striking - and slyly funny - new documentary "The Truffle Hunters," Adam and Josh consider the greatest meals they've ever...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WMUU-LP, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KSRQ and more


  • Added: Mar 12, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Filmspotting 816 (03/05/21): Taxi Driver (7 From ’76) / This Gun for Hire (40s Noir #2)
From: WBEZ
Caption: Taxi Driver (7 From ’76) / This Gun for Hire (40s Noir #2)
Set post-Vietnam in the Big Apple at its filthiest, Martin Scorsese's Best Picture-nominated "Taxi Driver" is very much of its time, but the film's...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), WMUU-LP, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Mar 05, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Filmspotting 815 (02/26/21): Top 5 Anthony Hopkins Performances
From: WBEZ
Series: Filmspotting (weekly series)
Caption: Top 5 Anthony Hopkins Performances
A five-time Oscar nominee, Anthony Hopkins has played a Pope, a psychopath and the most loyal of butlers. He's also killed vampires, fought a bear ...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WMUU-LP, KSRQ, KCPW Salt Lake City and more


  • Added: Feb 26, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Nina Keogh (Today’s Special, Mr. Dressup, The Santa Clause) – Under The Puppet #53
From: Grant Baciocco
Series: Under The Puppet
Caption: Nina Keogh, Credit: Nina Keogh
Nina Keogh puppeteered the rhyming Muffy Mouse on the show Today’s Special. Her other puppetry credits include work on the iconic Canadian kids sh...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2021
  • Length: 01:03:45
Filmspotting 814 (02/19/21): The Silence of the Lambs (30th Anniversary) / Madness Play-Ins
From: WBEZ
Caption: Jodie Foster in 1991's 'Silence of the Lambs'
Based on Thomas Harris's grisly 1988 bestseller, Jonathan Demme's "The Silence of the Lambs" was, on its February 1991 release, an immediate critic...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KSRQ, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Feb 19, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Filmspotting 813 (02/12/21): Judas and the Black Messiah / The Letter (40s Noir #1)
From: WBEZ
Caption: 'Judas and the Black Messiah' / 'The Letter' (40s Noir #1)
The new Fred Hampton biopic "Judas and the Black Messiah" gives as much time to the FBI informant (Lakeith Stanfield) who infiltrates Hampton’s Bla...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSRQ, WMUU-LP, KCPW Salt Lake City and more


  • Added: Feb 12, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Filmspotting 812 (02/05/21): All The President’s Men (7 From ’76) / Malcolm & Marie
From: WBEZ
Caption: All the President's Men (1976) / Malcolm & Marie
It doesn’t take the investigative powers of a Woodward or Bernstein to pick up on the giddiness that Adam and Josh bring to their review of "All th...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSRQ, KCPW Salt Lake City, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Feb 05, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Matt Vogel (Sesame Street, The Muppets) – Under The Puppet #50
From: Grant Baciocco
Series: Under The Puppet
Caption: Matt Vogel, Credit: Matt Vogel
Matt Vogel is a principal Muppet performer who took over the roles of Sesame Street’s Big Bird and The Count as well as the most recognizable puppe...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2020
  • Length: 01:01:54
Vent Haven Museum with curator Lisa Sweasy – Under The Puppet #49
From: Grant Baciocco
Series: Under The Puppet
Caption: Lisa Sweasy, Credit: Lisa Sweasy
The Vent Haven Museum in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky is the world’s only museum dedicated to the art of ventriloquism. I speak with Vent Haven’s curato...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2020
  • Length: 31:42
Jay Johnson (Soap, The Two And Only) – Under The Puppet #48
From: Grant Baciocco
Series: Under The Puppet
Caption: Jay Johnson, Credit: Jay Johnson
Ventriloquist Jay Johnson became a household name starring on the sitcom Soap as ventriloquist Chuck Campbell. He later went on to win a Tony Awar...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2020
  • Length: 01:16:36
2020 National Puppetry Conference with Ronnie Burkett – Under The Puppet #46
From: Grant Baciocco
Series: Under The Puppet
Caption: Ronnie Burkett, Credit: Ronnie Burkett
I talk to master puppeteer Ronnie Burkett, who is teaching a Master Class at the 2020 National Puppetry Conference, about his thoughts on the Confe...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2020
  • Length: 24:37
Cheryl Blaylock (Eureeka’s Castle, The Muppets, Sesame Street) – Under The Puppet #45
From: Grant Baciocco
Series: Under The Puppet
Caption: Cheryl Blaylock, Credit: Cheryl Blaylock
Cheryl Blaylock puppeteered the character Eureeka on the hit Nickelodeon show Eureeka’s Castle. Other credits include work on Sesame Street, Oobi,...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2020
  • Length: 01:06:03
Puppeteer Roundtable: Auditions with Donna Kimball and Allan Trautman - Under The Puppet #44
From: Grant Baciocco
Series: Under The Puppet
Caption: Donna Kimball and Allan Trautman, Credit: Donna Kimball and Allan Trautman
In this first Puppeteer Roundtable, I am joined by Donna Kimball (Fraggle Rock, Dark Crystal Age of Resistance) and Allan Trautman (Muppets, Happyt...

  • Added: May 15, 2020
  • Length: 57:35
Mark Bryan Wilson (Ghostbusters, Beetlejuice, MuppetVision 3D) - Under The Puppet #43
From: Grant Baciocco
Series: Under The Puppet
Caption: Mark Bryan Wilson & Slimer, Credit: mark Bryan Wilson
Mark Bryan Wilson puppeteered Slimer in blockbuster film Ghostbusters.  His other credits include puppetry work on Beetlejuice, Hook, MuppetVision ...

  • Added: May 15, 2020
  • Length: 01:18:32
The Puppets of Disney/Pixar’s ‘A Celebration of the Music of Coco’ with Pro Puppet Makers – Under The Puppet #42
From: Grant Baciocco
Series: Under The Puppet
Caption: Aran de la Peña, Credit: Aran de la Peña
In this episode I chat with Aran de la Peña of Pro Puppet Makers about how he constructed the giant puppets for Disney/Pixar’s A Celebration of the...

Bought by WLRH


  • Added: Apr 23, 2020
  • Length: 57:28
  • Purchases: 1
David Stephens (All Hands Productions, Sesame Street, SeeMore’s Playhouse) – Under The Puppet #41
From: Grant Baciocco
Series: Under The Puppet
Caption: David Stephens, Credit: David Stephens
My guest this episode is David Stephens of All Hands Productions. David creates family friendly, one person puppets shows that tour all across the ...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2020
  • Length: 01:19:14
Starting A Puppetry Guild with Katy Williams - Under The Puppet #40
From: Grant Baciocco
Series: Under The Puppet
Caption: Katy Williams, Credit: Katy Williams
Let’s say you are a puppeteer who lives in an area where there is no Puppetry Guild. What do you do? Well, if you’re puppeteer Katy Williams you ...

  • Added: Mar 21, 2020
  • Length: 42:30
Olga Felgemacher & Craig Marin (Pinwheel, Shining Time Station, Flexitoon) - Under The Puppet #39
From: Grant Baciocco
Series: Under The Puppet
Caption: Olga Felgemacher & Craig Marin, Credit: Craig Marin
This episode my guests are Olga Felgemacher & Craig Marin, the creative minds behind Flexitoon.  Over the years they've worked on such shows as Pin...

  • Added: Feb 29, 2020
  • Length: 01:32:22
TV & Film Union Contracts with Kevin Carlson - Under The Puppet #36.5
From: Grant Baciocco
Series: Under The Puppet
Caption: Kevin Carlson discusses SAG/AFTRA Union Contracts
In this episode, I sit down with Kevin Carlson to talk SAG/AFTRA Contracts and how they relate to puppeteers. Kevin and I discuss what those contra...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2020
  • Length: 45:12
Filmspotting 743 (09/06/19): It Chapter Two / Fall Movie Preview
From: WBEZ
Caption: Bill Skarsgård in 'It Chapter Two'
Adam and Josh left 2017's blockbuster "It" at least mildly curious for more, but is the new film's nearly three-hour running time and the addition ...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WMUU-LP, KCPW Salt Lake City, WRIR and more


  • Added: Sep 06, 2019
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Filmspotting 738 (08/02/19): Hobbs & Shaw / Top 5 Fast & Furious Moments
From: WBEZ
Caption: Jason Statham, Idris Elba, and Dwayne Johnson in 'Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw' (2019)
The Fast & Furious franchise has come a long, long way since its street-racing origins, and its latest entry, "Hobbs & Shaw" (from "John Wick" co-d...

Bought by WRIR, GCR (Global Community Radio), WMUU-LP, KSRQ, and KCPW Salt Lake City


  • Added: Aug 02, 2019
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
Filmspotting 737 (07/26/19): Once Upon a Time in Hollywood / Top 10 Tarantino Characters
From: WBEZ
Caption: Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt and Al Pacino star in Quentin Tarantino's 'Once Upon A Time...In Hollywood'
Adam and Josh sift through the rogues' gallery of memorable QT creations for their Top 10 Tarantino Characters and discuss the director's latest, t...

Bought by KSRQ, WRIR, GCR (Global Community Radio), WMUU-LP, and KCPW Salt Lake City


  • Added: Jul 26, 2019
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5