The party wraps up their prison adventure, and it’s the moment of truth - do they get out with subtlety, leaving no trace? Or do they leave chaos in their wake? You might be surprised! (Or you might not!) Tony Sindelar with Annette Wierstra, Chip Sudderth, Erika Ensign, Lincoln Hayes and Monty Ashley.
Mar 18, 2025•1 hr 8 min
Covering Daredevil: Born Again is the right thing to do so we’re back this week to take on City Hall in court. Follow along as we discuss some deeply questionable legal tactics, what Wilson Fisk may be up to, and Johnny Dollar. The fate of the White Tiger is in the hands of Matt Murdock and the trial has the potential to spark a new, wider conflict. Dan Moren, John Moltz and Guy English.
Mar 18, 2025•1 hr 1 min
Gordon cancels plans with Dana. She mistakenly calls this getting stood up. Brian and Lex are annoyed by this. On the flip side, there’s a surprisingly intriguing subplot about Casey’s missing shirt. And since the episode is called “Sally”, you can bet there’s plenty of Sally, too. Yay? Lex Friedman and Brian Warren.
Mar 14, 2025•35 min
Get your snacks ready and PJs on. Our Agents of SMOOCH have a mission to draft our favourite sleep-over movies. The Agents side-track into important sub-missions such as Instagram pyjamas and the weather and what is needed in an official SMOOCH cocktail and pirates and… This was recorded as a membership episode so it does have some NSFW language. Annette Wierstra with Shelly Brisbin, Amanda McTaggart, Moisés Chiullán, KatyBeth Schmid and Kathy Campbell.
Mar 14, 2025•1 hr 53 min
If you meet up with Lawrence Tierney in a dark alley - or in a kitchen, for that matter - chances are the encounter won’t end well. Tierney is truly the bad boy of film noir, and no film shows it better than “Born to Kill.” Claire Trevor is great, as always, but I do question her taste in men. I imagine a few eyebrows raising at what the filmmaker gets away with here, including the brazen attitude of our leading man. And oh hey, Elisha Cook Jr. Is here, too, bringing all the gay subtext. Shelly ...
Mar 14, 2025•1 hr 4 min
Kathy, Rajiv, and Maureen discuss this episode that is full of incredible displays of grief as well as some other intense moments as the story ramps up. Podcast edited by Mat’s Dagger Check out this episode on our YouTube channel: Dragonmount YouTube For more information on The Wheel of Time tv show, along with full episode recaps, visit Dragonmount.com/TV Dragonmount Patreon | Dragonmount Website | Dragonmount Facebook | Dragonmount Instagram | Dragonmount TikTok | Dragonmount Bluesky Kathy Cam...
Mar 13, 2025•2 hr 22 min
Kathy, Rajiv, and Maureen discuss this political and relationship heavy episode, scene by scene. Podcast edited by Mat’s Dagger Check out this episode on our YouTube channel: Dragonmount YouTube For more information on The Wheel of Time tv show, along with full episode recaps, visit Dragonmount.com/TV Dragonmount Patreon | Dragonmount Website | Dragonmount Facebook | Dragonmount Instagram | Dragonmount TikTok | Dragonmount Bluesky Kathy Campbell, Rajiv Moté and Maureen Carr.
Mar 13, 2025•1 hr 34 min
Kathy, Rajiv, and Maureen are so excited to start Season 3 off with a bang. Starting with a 17 minute cold open and littered with poignant moments and passionate people, this first episode is a doozy. Podcast edited by Mat’s Dagger Check out this episode on our YouTube channel: Dragonmount YouTube For more information on The Wheel of Time tv show, along with full episode recaps, visit Dragonmount.com/TV Dragonmount Patreon | Dragonmount Website | Dragonmount Facebook | Dragonmount Instagram | Dr...
Mar 13, 2025•1 hr 54 min
Erika and Steven have somewhat opposite feelings about this story, at least in terms of emotional baggage. Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.
Mar 12, 2025•33 min
Book Club travels to the far future for the sci-fi/fantasy mash-up “Moonbound” by Robin Sloan. Here be dragons! Not to mention wyrd multidimensional witches at the bottom of a pool, Arthurian proto-heroes, friendly sentient robot hive minds, and plucky talking beavers! Jason Snell with Aleen Simms, Erika Ensign, Scott McNulty, Joe Rosensteel and Heather Berberet.
Mar 12, 2025•1 hr 10 min
Recorded live in the courtyard at the LAX Marriott at Gallifrey One in February 2025! Listen as random podcasters and one astrophysicist are ambushed during a nice brunch in the sun with the recording of the 42nd edition of Random Pursuit. Do you know where your towel is? Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky with Jason Snell, Katie Mack, Chip Sudderth and Heather Berberet.
Mar 12, 2025•55 min
Is there an escape room in this prison? No. Does it practice good cable management? Also no. Tony Sindelar with Annette Wierstra, Chip Sudderth, Erika Ensign, Lincoln Hayes and Monty Ashley.
Mar 11, 2025•52 min
Matt Murdock and Wilson Fisk are back as Daredevil: Born Again kicks off with two episodes. Some big changes are afoot but we’re in a familiar pattern for what has come before on the Netflix show. This week we were so engrossed in talking about the show we forgot to drop a Star Trek reference. It’s a good show. Dan Moren, John Moltz and Guy English.
Mar 10, 2025•1 hr 12 min
Listeners Joshua and Matthias want to know about flying in (or on) an airplane. John Siracusa and Jason Snell.
Mar 10, 2025•5 min
Greatest musical of all time, you say? Plenty of people would agree. Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly co-direct Kelly, Donald O’Connor and Debbie Reynolds through a delightful Comden and Gteen score, not to mention dance numbers that have achieved legendary status. For anyone who admires clever, energetic film choreography, it’s a joy to watch. For a fan of classic film, there’s an homage to the transition between silent and talking movie. That happened barely 20 years before this film was made, whi...
Mar 09, 2025•1 hr
Even when we like episodes, Brian can’t stand Sorkin’s titles. This is no exception. Dana’s going snorkeling, until she isn’t. We wonder if anyone truly LOVES snorkeling. Dan enlists Jeremy as the world’s unlikeliest wingman. Lex Friedman and Brian Warren.
Mar 07, 2025•24 min
A long time ago—roughly 1986—in an Italian city far, far away… Your Star Wars pals Dan, Kat, and Tony return to, at long last, discuss a classic episode of TV including levels of context, Star Trek cameos, and what exactly is going on. We also tease our forthcoming member-exclusive bonus episode! Dan Moren, Tony Sindelar and Kat Benesh.
Mar 06, 2025•58 min
Is this prison a dungeon? Is the party here to make friends? Did anyone bring a spare corpse? The answer to all of these is “no.” Tony Sindelar with Annette Wierstra, Chip Sudderth, Erika Ensign, Lincoln Hayes and Monty Ashley.
Mar 04, 2025•1 hr 5 min
Steven and Erika finish off the Barry Letts era and vibe with the Doctor and Harry. Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.
Mar 03, 2025•26 min
Erika and Steven continue talking about mad scientists, a robot, and an adorable toy tank. Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.
Mar 03, 2025•23 min
Steven and Erika embark on the Tom Baker era, but not without some fond reminiscences of the Jon Pertwee era. What a difference a Doctor makes! Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.
Mar 02, 2025•35 min
A preview of the recording from our recent live show, recorded at the Ohio Theatre in Madison, Indiana, our new home away from home for live performances. Coming soon, the full live show, along with video from the performance for Incomparable members. And coming very soon, a surprise from one of our performance sponsors, the Red Roaster Cafe… David J. Loehr.
Mar 01, 2025•3 min
Arrakis. Dune. Desert Planet. But maybe not the one you’re thinking of. In our own very peculiar way we honor David Lynch by discussing the feature film he probably liked the least, 1984’s “Dune.” Sting with a knife! Patrick Stewart riding a sandworm! How does it all compare with the modern version? Does it have its own special lower-budget charms? (Don’t mention the voiceovers…) What about the voiceovers? And how much does nostalgia fit into our appreciation of this movie? Jason Snell with Stev...
Feb 28, 2025•1 hr 22 min
In our last episode, we couldn’t get enough Star Trek in the Draft. So today’s mission is all about romance in Star Trek. The Agents gave their director some homework and she came prepared. es, this franchise is all about seeking out strange new worlds, but also sexy aliens. Really, a spaceship is just a locked room romance and we are all looking for love in confined spaces. Let’s meet on the holodeck and boldly go where no one has gone before. Annette Wierstra with Jean MacDonald and Shelly Bri...
Feb 28, 2025•1 hr 28 min
This film was a passion project for George Cukor and Katharine Hepburn. RKO let them do it, but the studio was sorry, when the movie confused audiences in 1935, and made no money. It has attained a bit of a cult following since. Hepburn and her father, Miracle on 34th Street’s Edmund Gwynn are fleeing trouble, and Sylvia dons a male disguise to help her dad. They meet con man Cary Grant, and hilarity and awkward moments of gender identity ensue. Shelly Brisbin with Nathan Alderman, Randy Dotinga...
Feb 27, 2025•49 min
Teri Polo appears as Rebecca, and Dan is charmed (and so are we). She appears to be… less so. Everyone staff is worried about Isaac’s job, and no one at Sports Night can keep a secret. That’s a fact we told many, many people. Lex Friedman and Brian Warren.
Feb 27, 2025•31 min
Welcome back to “Inconceivable!”, the show that tests two teams’ knowledge of the nerdy, the useless, and the obscure. For our tenth anniversary episode, we’ve invited our most frequent panelists to combat in a series of grueling challenges. They’ll have to identify famous books from their discarded titles, find the fake entries in popular romantasy series, and go undercover with some spy movie mash-ups. Kathy Campbell, Tony Sindelar, and Erika Ensign take on Antony Johnston, Liz Myles, and Stev...
Feb 26, 2025•1 hr 18 min
When is a mop not a mop? When our adventurers go undercover and arrive at the prison. It’s big! And cold! Tony Sindelar with Annette Wierstra, Chip Sudderth, Erika Ensign, Lincoln Hayes and Monty Ashley.
Feb 25, 2025•1 hr 6 min
And indeed there will be time to discuss this, the most mid-life white-guy crisis poem of all. Lisa Schmeiser discusses T.S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” (1915). John McCoy with Lisa Schmeiser.
Feb 25, 2025•37 min
Dragonmount took part in multiple amazing interviews! The videos are on our YouTube feed but we wanted to share it with our podcast listeners too! Enjoy these interviews at CCXP with Rafe Judkins, Madeleine Madden and Josha Stradowski, Press Junket Interview with Marcus Rutherford and Donal Finn and a Press Junket Interview with Rafe Judkins. Check out these interviews on our YouTube channel: Dragonmount YouTube For more information on The Wheel of Time tv show, along with full episode recaps, v...
Feb 25, 2025•18 min