Everything you've heard about Film School Professionals is true. Clover is actually the voice of the Millenium Falcon. Professors Malu and Katie welcome an exceptionally boring and very obnoxious guest who won't stop farting: their producer Gabe Mara of the Slow Readers podcast! Gabe swags in like he owns the place, demanding your two intrepid instructors break down two film about con artists, fast talkers, ill-gained dollars, and the family we choose versus the family we have. That's right, Kat...
Feb 25, 2021•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 194
Daniel guests on the latest episode of FILM SCHOOL PROFESSIONALS with your favorite Slow Readers guests: Katie "Chaos" Kametz and "Black Metal" Malu Mirones!! So check it out, and then subscribe and listen to all the Film School Professionals episodes RIGHT MEOW!! *** Buckle up, class, we're talkin' sex, spies, and style in two of the horniest films about espionage ever made! Professors Katie and Malu welcome writer and audio producer Daniel Gonzalez ( @slowreaders ) of the Slow Readers podcast ...
Jan 13, 2021•1 hr 44 min•Season 1Ep. 193
Our end of year special (before a short hiatus)! The late great spy writer John le Carré! David Cornwell! Plus a rogue's gallery of guests pop in! Jon Lunger! Kristy Brannon! Katie Kametz and Malu Mirones! Matt Struck! And Dr Phil La Porta and Sean Hayes!! Plus: a spy game! 10:32 Jon Lunger 32:12 Kristy Brannon 50:54 GATEKEEPER 59:30 Katie Kametz and Malu Mirones 1:02:29 Final Thoughts 1:14:41 Matt Struck 1:24:43 Dr Phil La Porta and Sean Hayes TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors...
Jan 04, 2021•1 hr 36 min•Season 1Ep. 192
The AP Film by Film School Professionals girls join forces for an action-packed, messy as heck episode!! Internet issues, dark subject matters, Snow White, and Neil Gaiman! (PS, we totally missed that there's an award winning graphic novel adaptation that came out recently...) 33:35 A Literary Game 57:06 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors
Dec 28, 2020•1 hr 32 min•Season 1Ep. 191
Doc "octopodes" Phil R La Porta (The Whiparound Podcast) returns as the boyos confront their old friend (and potential murderer) Dan Clark, aka NITRO FROM AMERICAN GLADIATORS!! We chat about the good times, total knee replacement surgery, cadaver implants, and (humorous) threats! Plus: a game... that's lost to time! 42:59 A Literary Game(?) 44:51 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors
Dec 21, 2020•1 hr 29 min•Season 1Ep. 190
The boyos decide to share their favorite 5 books they read during this bizarre year. Also: a cyberpunk game! 37:06 A Literary Game 51:50 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors
Dec 14, 2020•1 hr 52 min•Season 1Ep. 189
Kristy Brannon (It’s All Downhill) returns as one of Daniel’s favorite authors is discussed! Kristy has to listen to these idiots get too drunk! Also: a short game is played! 40:35 A Literary Game 55:52 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors
Dec 07, 2020•1 hr 40 min
The boyos talk crazy long about Earthsea and Sharkansas! Then they need to look up something! Plus: a wizard game! 37:42 A Literary Game 52:42 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors
Nov 30, 2020•1 hr 41 min
It’s Gabe’s birfday! Gabe picks funny person book by Steve Martin! Funny person Matt Struck (Really Late Night with Matt Struck) joins us in funny talk! Also: funny game! 35:46 A Literary Game 53:40 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors
Nov 23, 2020•1 hr 39 min
Nic Pizzolatto says this guy Laird is all right, so that’s all right with Slow Readers. First neo noir/yakuza/weird horror story on this show? Also: our longest game ever! 33:00 A Literary Game 59:10 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors
Nov 16, 2020•1 hr 27 min
The boyos start at the top of the alphabet as they solve a mystery! What’s the mystery? How to start a podcast episode! Also: a game of Gatekeeper! 33:16 A Literary Game 48:34 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors
Nov 09, 2020•1 hr 13 min
The spookiest season continues as Jon Lunger (The Improvised Wikipedia Podcast, Escape! The Podcast) brings a ghost story about film nerds! Also: a hardcore game! 34:26 A Literary Game 58:35 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors
Nov 02, 2020•1 hr 24 min
Oates-tober comes to an end! Malu Mirones (AP FILM by Film School Professionals) brings the shortest story ever to wrap up our month of Joyce Carol Oats! Also: the most intense game of Gatekeeper ever! Also: the show gains a celebrity nemesis! 30:08 A Literary Game 1:07:58 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors
Oct 26, 2020•1 hr 39 min
Kristy Brannon (It’s All Downhill) returns for her third visit to Topgallant closet… and all the juicy corn! Then: a game is played! 33:19 A Literary Game 56:32 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors
Oct 19, 2020•1 hr 35 min
Spooky season continues with our hauntingly late episode! Comedian and filmmaker Caitlin Alyn joins us as we read about how scummy Robert Frost truly was! 33:38 A Literary Game 53:53 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors
Oct 13, 2020•1 hr 10 min
Katies “KAK” Kametz (AP Film by Film School Professionals) is back! So that means CHAOS REIGNS!!! See her grapple with her second JCO story ever! See her contest over a game of film trivia (you’d think she’d be better)! And hear what people across the pond think of this dumb show! 41:39 A Literary Game 1:16:18 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors
Oct 05, 2020•1 hr 44 min
In our house, Halloween starts in September! That also goes for OATES-TOBER! The boyos pick this disturbing yet human story from the book The Female of the Species. We’re going all Oates until they make us stop! 34:17 A Literary Game 54:09 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors
Sep 28, 2020•1 hr 26 min
They’ve done it! They’re finally did it! They overdose on too much warrior mice, evil seafaring pirate rats, and fated quests! Yup, we done with Redwall! 22:48 A Literary Game 47:22 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors
Sep 21, 2020•1 hr 29 min
Puberty, crabs, virginity, exhibitionism, male baldness, and MORE hit HARD in these stories by the doofus who created Bored To Death and You Were Never Really Here(?). 21:02 A Literary Game 30:56 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors
Sep 14, 2020•1 hr
A wild cat gets his face ripped off! An annoying full cast audiobook is too much to handle! And a game of Gatekeeper turns the tables! This and more as the boyos keep talking about the Redwall books! 18:48 A Literary Game 35:24 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors
Sep 07, 2020•1 hr 5 min
The boyos pick up their old buddy Chiang again to experience all the hate God has for us! Plus: a game! 28:39 A Literary Game 38:32 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors
Aug 31, 2020•1 hr 5 min
The boyos jump back in time to their mouse-warrior-with-a-sword days as they delve into THE fantasy book series of their childhoods! 27:13 A Literary Game 36:14 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors
Aug 24, 2020•1 hr 11 min
Doc “Octopodes” Phil La Porta (The Whiparound podcast) brings the high-octane hurt to the cowering nerd boyos with this memoir by Nitro from American Gladiators! Plus: another game fizzles! 35:44 A Literary Game 55:57 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors
Aug 17, 2020•1 hr 25 min
The boyos check out the new confusingly titled audio drama adaptation of the classic comics series! It’s a long ep cuz it a lotta Sandman! Plus: TWO games of Gatekeeper go horrible wrong! 42:03 A Literary Game 54:09 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors
Aug 10, 2020•1 hr 39 min
The boyos say, “eff it, let’s do Cthulhu!” They gab about the history of Cthulhu and its author, then have a chill time talking about how they think Lovecraft is dull! Good times! 31:24 A Literary Game 41:19 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors
Aug 03, 2020•1 hr 7 min
The boyos reach the end of the first arc (first four novellas) to the dang ole Murderbot books! The episode is kinda long because they go into their thoughts on the series thus far. Sorry not sorry? 28:27 A Literary Game 44:05 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors
Jul 27, 2020•1 hr 16 min
The boyos murder their way through Murderbot part3! The book’s gotta whiney Woody Allen robot or whatever! Good god! 22:32 A Literary Game 32:55 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors
Jul 20, 2020•55 min
The boyos continue into the void with the Murderbot books! They apply their artificial conditioner and play the most intense literary game yet! 27:52 A Literary Game 50:30 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors
Jul 13, 2020•1 hr 10 min
Awesome horse girl Kristy Brannon (It’s All Downhill podcast) returns as the nerd team picks up a new, highly acclaimed series! Also: A game is played! Kristy Bannon: @kristybannon @alldownhillpod 29:29 A Literary Game 45:20 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors
Jul 06, 2020•1 hr 14 min
The boyos are joined in studio with old school friend of the show Ethan “E-Brake” Parkinson! They gab about food and how food makes us happy! 32:00 A Literary Game 47:12 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors
Jun 29, 2020•1 hr
