Let's Talk Ten

Dan Fisher and his guests come up with Top Ten lists relating to pop culture --Movies/TV/Music/Etc. -- and then they compare notes.

"Winning" arguments over what's the "best" is never the point. It's just people talking about the stuff they love and why they love it. Sometimes the conversation is silly, sometimes it's deeply personal -- as long as it's entertaining, it goes where it goes.

Each "Let's Talk Ten" will cover a fresh topic (horror movies, debut albums, TV kids' shows) with a different guest. There are no scripts and lists are not shared beforehand.

Episodes will drop every two weeks, on Mondays.

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Episodes

MINI EPISODE #3 - THE GRAMMY EXPERIMENT: 1994

Dan loves awards shows -- while simultaneously considering them utterly ridiculous. Too often, the "academies" reward the old tried-and-true over the innovators and young upstarts. Case in point: the year 1994, when the Recording Academy chose Tony Bennett's "MTV Unplugged" as its Album of the Year, over such competition as Nirvana, TLC, Oasis, Nas, and Hootie & the Blowfish. A total miscarriage of justice, right? Or was it? Dan realized that he had never actually listened to " Tony Bennett:...

Aug 14, 2023•21 min

EP. #3 - TV FOOD SCENES with Michele Mantynen

Dan Fisher's guest is MICHELE MANTYNEN, one of the "Social Media Poobahs" for Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast. She has helped to generate continuing interest in the show and to expand its internet presence, even after the passing of its amazing, colossal, legendary host. Thanks to the efforts of Michele and many others, the spirit of Gilbert lives on through through this online community of devoted and decidedly off-kilter fans (including Dan). A self-professed "foodie" as well as a...

Aug 07, 2023•55 min

MINI EPISODE #2 - CEREAL MASCOTS

Minis will drop every other Monday, alternating with the regular-length "Let's Talk Ten" episodes. Dan Fisher loves cereal more than most people -- for him, it's a 24/7 dietary staple. He'll sit there crunching away, gulping the remaining milk from the bowl, while he reads every word on the box -- though he no longer digs around for the prize. In this episode, Dan hosts a brief history of breakfast cereal mascots -- Tony the Tiger, Cap'n Crunch, Count Chocula, and a whole lot more -- with person...

Jul 31, 2023•21 min

EP. #2 - SONGS THAT MENTION FAMOUS OR HISTORICAL PEOPLE with Robyn Kincaid

Robyn Kincaid was one of Dan's best friends in college. She has been hosting her own live, five-nights-a-week podcast, "Head-ON with Robyn Kincaid" for over a decade, on which Dan has been an occasional guest. Now, it's Robyn's turn. With no script and no discussion beforehand, Dan and Robyn have a blast comparing their favorite pop songs that focus on the legendary lives of movie stars, gangsters, famous artists, rock and rollers, Russian generals, and other celebrated folk. What'll be our Numb...

Jul 24, 2023•49 min

MINI-EPISODE #1: SETTING UP SHOP, NOTABLE OMISSIONS, ETC.

Minis will drop every other Monday, alternating with the regular-length "Let's Talk Ten" episodes. For some Minis, host Dan Fisher might talk about a single movie, show, or album that had a particularly strong effect on him. Some might feature guests, with shorter and more specific conversations on a single subject instead of LT10's standard format of 10 Favorite Whatevers. For Mini-Episode #1, Dan expresses his gratitude to the audience then launches into a near-religious fervor about the power...

Jul 17, 2023•20 min

EP. #1 - STRONG WOMEN IN FILM with H.E. Fisher

H.E. Fisher is the author of two published books of poetry, "Sterile Field" and "Jane Almost Always Smiles." She also happens to be married to the host of this show. With no script and no discussion beforehand, Helene and Dan have fun comparing Top Ten lists of their favorite strong women characters through cinema history. What does that even mean, "strong"? How do we define that term? How come so many of these characters are moms? Or are shown toting guns? Or are gun-toting moms? And, as Casey ...

Jul 07, 2023•48 min

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