(Originally Aired April 2014) The Podwits have a VERY special edition of the podcast this week, with AM 331’s own Yorkshire Girl in studio to expound on anything and everything that matters… And what does the lovely lady have on her mind? Horror movies; the amazing sub-subgenre that is the 1970’s TV movie; the love for […]
Archive for the ‘History’ Category
A Podwits CLASSIC: “There’s ALWAYS Time For Columbo !”
Posted: 2nd May 2015 by Podwits Administrator in Art, Best of, Celebrities, Film, Film Review, Food, History, Literature, Podcast, Recap, TelevisionTags: A Treasury of Recipes, Al Lewis, Benedict Cumberbatch, Bo Svenson, Charlie Chan, Christopher Lee, Darren McGavin, Donald Pleasance, Elisha Cook Jr, England, Fire!, Gene Kelly, Hammer Films, Horror, Jackie Cooper, James Cagney, Jeff Rice, Keye Luke, Kingdom of the Spiders, Kolchak the Night Stalker, MacGyver, Maniac, Martin Freeman, Michael Caine, Mr. Moto, Nightmare on Elm Street, Patrick McGoohan, Peter Cushing, Peter Falk, Peter Lorre, Poltergeist, Quality Street, Richard Matheson, Robert Culp, Robert Logan, Roma Wine, Sherlock, Sherlock Holmes, Sidney TolerX Simon Oakland, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Snowbeast, Suspense, The Conjuring, The Entity, The Great Mouse Detective, The Italian Job, The Night Strangler, The Woman in Black, The X-Files, Victor Sen Yung, Victoria Price, Vincent Price, Warner Orland, Willie Strode, yorkshire, Yorkshire Girl, Columbo, Day of the Triffids, Joe Spinell, Jose Ferrer
Happy Pi Day 3.14159265359…… UGH!
Posted: 14th March 2015 by Podwits Administrator in Celebrities, Ernest Borgnine, Film, History, Literature, News, Obituaries, Podcast, Science Fiction, Technology, TelevisionTags: Chris Evans, Chris Pratt, Discworld, Doctor Who, Ernest Borgnine, Freaks, Grammys, Herb Alpert and Tijuana Brass, James Bond, Leonard Nimoy, Marvin Gaye, Michael Keaton, Mickey Rooney, Muddy Waters, Pi, Robert Downey Jr, Sir Terry Pratchett, SuperFuzz, Terrence Hill, The Black Hole
The boys are all back together for an ALL-NEW, right-off-the-assembly-line-edition of the one, the original, Podwits Podcast! They chat this week about their various jet-setting, before getting into topics that hit closer to home, like the loss of fantasy author Sir Terry Pratchett, the recent passing of Leonard Nimoy and Star Trek producer Harve Bennett, and we embrace or even […]
On the Lam, While Warming the Cockles…
Posted: 14th February 2015 by Podwits Administrator in Art, Beer, Celebrities, Games, History, Music, Music Review, News, Podcast, Recap, Technology, Television, The Comic Spinner, Up on The Soap BoxTags: Beck, Billy Zane, Douglas Adams, FXX, Game of Thrones, Garbage, Grammys, Harry Potter, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Kanye West, Lord of the Rings, Marvel, Matt Garrison, Old Ox Brewery, Paul McCartney, Philadelphis Union, Red Bull, Red Eagle Entertainment, Robert Jordan, Roger Corman's The Fantastic Four, Sheri Manson, soccer, Sony Pictures, Spiderman, The Beatles, The Fantastic, Wheel of Time, Winter Dragon, X-Men
This week finds the boys on the run, after an ill-advised attempt to play John Dillinger and Pretty Boy Floyd, now recording their podcast from their current hideout, a waste-basket cabinet at a local Manhattan eatery. They briefly try to dissect whatever you want to call the latest act of buffoonery by Kanye West at this year’s Grammy […]
The Podwits Podcasting Reality Show
Posted: 31st January 2015 by Podwits Administrator in Cartoons, Film, Film Review, History, News, Podcast, Television, ToysTags: Bronies, Bruce Willis, Cartoon Network, Clarence, Cop Out, Family Guy, H.G. Wells, Indiana Jones, James Bond, Jason Biggs, John De Lancie, Kevin Smith, Mel Blanc, My Little Pony, Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers, Seth McFarlane, Small Wonder, South Park, Spongebob Squarepants, tara strong, Teen Titans Go, The Amazing World of Gumball, The Simpsons, Time After Time, Tom and Jerry, Tusk, Uncle Granddad
This week on an all new episode of the Podwits podcast, the boys do a show about them prepping to do a show while at the same time, doing a show. Sound confusing? Well imagine being a part of it! They chat about concepts of time and exactly what the heck the Podwits are doing when […]
Too Graphic For a Podcast
Posted: 3rd January 2015 by Podwits Administrator in Film, Film Review, History, Podcast, Sex, Television, The MuppetsTags: Behind the Green Door, Bill Cosby, Connor Baxter, Debbie Does Dallas, Deepthroat, Documentary, Dogtown and Z Boys, Errol Morris, Kai Lenny, Ken Burns, Molokai Paddleboard Race, Paul Williams, Paul Williams Still Alive, Phantom of Paradise, Porn, Russ Meyers, Star Begotten, Supersize Me, Taxi Driver, The Muppet Movie, The Scene, Winnebago Man
The boys usher in the New Year with talk of documentaries, and the annoyance of the Documentarian interjecting themselves into the narrative and becoming the central character- is that at all necessary? Then of course, like all good academic conversations, the topic leads to porn and the numbing of the modern mind to the naked image and what […]
Living It Up In A.C.
Posted: 20th December 2014 by Podwits Administrator in Christmas, Electronics, Film, History, News, Podcast, Up on The Soap BoxTags: Atlantic City, Bed Bugs, Bill Cosby, Exodus: Gods and Kings, Ridley Scott, Sony Pictures, The Interview, UVA
Well the Podwits rip their topics right from the headlines this week! After one of our beloved Wits of Pod confesses to a horrible invasion of the vicious Bedbug some years ago, they take listener’s Twitter questions on the subject, before they move on to the uproar surrounding the casting of Ridley Scott‘s Exodus:Gods and Kings […]
New Podcast: All (About) That JAZZ
Posted: 29th November 2014 by Podwits Administrator in Art, Audio Review, Celebrities, Electronics, History, Literature, Music, Music Review, Notes & Chords, Technology, Up on The Soap BoxTags: Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Art Tatum, Bud Powell, Caravan, Charlie Parker, Chet Baker, Dave Brubeck, Dexter Gordon, Dizzy Gillespie, Elvis Presley, Foo Fighters, Frank Sinatra, Howlin' Wolf, Jackie Gleason, Jimmy Smith, Joey Defrancesco, John Coltrane, Jon Faddis, Louis Armstrong, Louis Prima, Miles Davis, Muddy Waters, New Orleans, No Chaser, Oscar Peterson, Preservation Hall, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Ray Charles, Red Garland, Robert Johnson, Sonic Highways, Sonny Rollins, Straight, The Meters, The Village Vanguard, Thelonious Monk, Tom Waits, Tommy Dorsey, Wes Montgomery, Willie Dixon
The boys are cookin’ and steamin’ this morning! They first jump into their love for Preservation Hall in New Orleans, which leads into a very spirited discussion of their love of all things Jazz. They chat about their favorite jazz musicians, jazz albums, and even give off-the-cuff 5 jazz picks for anyone wanting to get into the genre. Dion […]
New Podcast: Side Cast: Live Albums
Posted: 24th November 2014 by Podwits Administrator in History, Music, Music Review, Podcast, Side-Casts, Up on The Soap BoxTags: B.B. King, Bill Withers, Billy Joel, Black Sabbath, Bo Diddley, Bobby Bland, Bootleg, Buddy Rich, claudio simonetti, Count Basie, Dario Argento, Dean Martin, Demonia, Dio, Frank Sinatra, Goblin, Jo Stafford, John Pizzarelli, Kurt Weill, Leadbelly, Live, Live Albums, Muddy Waters, New Goblin, Nirvana, Ocean's Eleven, Red Norvo, Sammy Davis Jr., Side-Cast, Sidecast, The Doors, The Pied Pipers, The Rat Pack
J. Blake and Dion Baia are back for another exciting installment of the Podwits Side Cast! This week the boys have picked 10 live albums that they feel are great and *must* listens for anyone unfamiliar with them. The boys have managed to narrow it down to 5 each, and try to surprise each other as to […]
Side Cast: The Zombie Genre
Posted: 24th October 2014 by Podwits Administrator in Film, Film Review, History, News, Podcast, Side-Casts, UncategorizedTags: 28 Days Later, Carnival of Souls, City of the Living Dead, Dairy of the Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Dead Alive, Dead Snow, George Romero, House by the Cemetery, I Walked with a Zombie, Land of the Dead, Let Sleeping Corpses Lie, Lucio Fulci, Night of the Living Dead, Nightmare City, Resident Evil, Return of the Living Dead, Scream, Serpent of the Rainbow, Shaun of the Dead, Side-Cast, Sidecast, Survival of the Dead, The Beyond, The Faculty, The Walking Dead, Val Lewton, White Zombie, Zack Snyder, Zombie
With the success of their last Halloween themed Side Cast and posting on Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers where J.Blake and Dion Baia recommend some horror films they both feel may have fallen through the cracks or have been overlooked, the boys meet back at the Podwits studios to record a quick cast about the zombie genre. […]
Check out Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers!
Posted: 17th October 2014 by Podwits Administrator in Anime, Art, Books, Cartoons, Celebrities, Comic Books, Cyber Mailbag, Ernest Borgnine, Film, Film Review, History, Literature, News, Podcast, Science Fiction, Technology, Television, Uncategorized, Up on The Soap BoxTags: Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers
Please pay a visit to our latest Podwits venture, Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers! Dion Baia and J. Blake of the Podwits fame highlight films from their youth that would have typically been rented for a weekend sleepover by you and your friends. A new movie may be thrown into the mix to spice it up, but cult […]