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Burritos And Other Less Important Things

Zach Phillis and Nate Mondscheinbaolit.buzzsprout.com
Burritos And Other Less Important Things is a podcast about movies, and sometimes music, and occasionally other things, all of which are decidedly less important than burritos.

Episodes

The 2025 Coulda Woulda Should-Awards, Part 1 (BAOLIT Oscars Pre-Show)

The first of BAOLIT's annual Oscars pods, continuing their tradition of wagering the functionality of their livers on their ability to predict the whims of Academy member, as well as discussing the upcoming ceremony, and making their personal picks of the nominees. Guest: Gabe Hayes

Feb 28, 20251 hr 11 minEp 3Transcript available on Metacast

BAOLIT Year In Review: 2024

The BAOLIT boys kick off a new season with a look back at the last year in movies.

Jan 22, 20251 hr 28 minEp 1Transcript available on Metacast

BAOLIT Is So Over/BAOLIT Is So Back

Coming off simultaneous parental and migratory leaves, the BAOLIT buds return to talk about four of their favorite comfort watches: -The Last of Sheila -Back To The Future -Men In Black -Moneyball

Aug 07, 20242 hr 38 minEp 2Transcript available on Metacast

BAOLIT Pretty Bubble Monkey Men, Women, Boys and Showgirls

BAOLIT Season 7 Is Here! And to celebrate, Nate and Zach chat about four movies with very little thematically in common. Films Discussed: Monkey Man (2024) Pretty Woman (1990) Bubble Boy (2001) Showgirls (1995)

May 01, 20242 hr 40 minEp 1Transcript available on Metacast

BAOLIT Presents: The 2003 LOTTIES (20 Year Retrospective)

Nate and Zach (and briefly their good friend Lauren) revisit the cinematic highlights of their middle school years with the latest edition of their annual retrospective awards show, The 2003 LOTTIES!

Dec 20, 20233 hr 36 minEp 15Transcript available on Metacast

BAOLIT Black & White (& 2013)

The BAOLIT buds get ahead on their 2013 Lottie's prep with a double feature of two 2013 Black And White features. Films Covered: Frances Ha Nebraska

Nov 29, 202350 minEp 14Transcript available on Metacast

The Scorsesawards

In celebration of Martin Scorsese's latest release, Killers of the Flower Moon , Zach and Nate discuss (and hand out a few awards to) some of the highlights of the storied director's filmography.

Nov 15, 20232 hr 49 minEp 13Transcript available on Metacast

Past Lives in Paris, Texas

A BAOLIT double feature of one of 2023's best new movies and an 80s Art-House classic. Featured Films: - Past Lives - Paris, Texas

Oct 04, 20231 hr 5 minEp 11Transcript available on Metacast

The SWEATIES: A BAOLIT Celebration Of Summer

Zach and Nate talk summer movies in all their endless, sweltering glory, and hand out their new summer-movie-specific awards, The SWEATIES. Featured Films: - Stand By Me - Adventureland -Mystic Pizza

Sep 13, 20232 hr 51 minEp 10Transcript available on Metacast

Barbenheimer And Other Less Important Things

BAOLIT takes on the summer movie event of the summer, Barbenheimer! And also a few other summer movies!! Summer!!! Featured Films: - Barbie (feat. Lauren Marchioni) - Oppenheimer -Mission Impossible: Dead Reckonning (feat. Ivy Olcott) - Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Aug 23, 20232 hr 27 minEp 9Transcript available on Metacast

A Totally Normal BAOLIT Movie Swap, V1: "A Hidden Life" & "In The Cut"

Ever find yourself wondering what early 1940s rural Austria and early aughts seedy and sex-crazed New York City have in common? Then this is the episode for you! Zach and Nate exchange two of their respective favorites, Terrence Malick's A Hidden Life and Jane Campion's In The Cut , and the results are totally normal, thanks for asking!

Jul 19, 202356 minEp 8Transcript available on Metacast

Spider-Man: Across The BAOLIT-Verse

...In which a multiversal collection of BAOLIT hosts come together to celebrate the release of Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse and chat about a few other films featuring multiple actors portraying the same character. Featured Films: - Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse - Freaky Friday - I'm Not There - Synecdoche, NY

Jun 28, 20232 hr 48 minEp 7Transcript available on Metacast

Beau Travail Is Afraid of Virginia Woolf of Wall Street

Inspired by the most recent Ari Aster release, the BAOLIT buds stretch the limits of their linguistic capabilities by constructing an episode theme entirely based on other movie titles they can mash up with Beau Is Afraid . and the results are predictably unhinged. Featured films: - Beau Is Afraid (2023) - Beau Travail (1999) - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1966) - Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

May 25, 20232 hr 38 minEp 6Transcript available on Metacast

The Keanuthon

In celebration of the release of John Wick 4 , Zach and Nate are joined by celebrated Keanu-ficionados Ivy Olcott and Gabe Hayes to discuss the life and career of one of modern cinemas brightest shining stars, The Babayaga himself, Keanu Reeves. The four hosts talk through their personal histories with Reaves, the qualities that make him so exceptional, the grandeur of his most recent release, and finally, in quintessential BAOLIT style, compete to draft their perfect composite Keanu Reeves movi...

Apr 26, 20232 hr 51 minEp 5Transcript available on Metacast

The Heelies - An Unnecessary Celebration of Good Actors Breaking Bad

In the 4th episode of BAOLIT season 6, Zach and Nate hop on the pod to chat about a few of our favorite coke-filled crucifixes wearing, jazz whitesplaining, bad-hair-dye-job having, unrepentant child-murdering villain turns from historically heroic actors. Featured films: - Collateral (2004) - Once Upon A Time In The West (1968) - One Hour Photo (2002) - Cruel Intentions (1999)

Apr 12, 20232 hr 57 minEp 4Transcript available on Metacast

Triangle of Bad Takes - BAOLIT Predicts The 2023 Oscars

The BAOLIT gang and frequent guest/only listener Gabe put their livers on the line wagering shots on the upcoming 2023 Oscar winners, with results being recorded immediately after Sunday's ceremony.

Mar 10, 20232 hrEp 2Transcript available on Metacast

The Vroomies - An Unnecessary Celebration of Movies About Planes, Trains, and/or Automobiles

In celebration of the latest installment in the Gerard Butler Expanded Universe, "Plane," Zach and Nate take a journey into the world of all things cinematically vehicular and/or vehicularly cinematic to discuss and award a few vehicle-movie all-stars. Films Featured This Episode: -"Plane" (2023) -"Strangers On A Train" (1951) -"Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby" (2006) -"Planes, Trains, and Automobiles" (1987)...

Mar 01, 20232 hr 42 minEp 1Transcript available on Metacast

A BAOLIT Mini: Babbling For A Bit About "Babylon"

The always marvelous Lauren Marchionni joins Zach and Nate to debrief their respective watches of one of the most chaotic, confounding, triumphant, and at times misguided films of 2022: Damien Chazelle's Babylon . Warning: Spoilers Abound for BABYLON!

Feb 15, 202348 minTranscript available on Metacast

2017 LOTTIES (With All Apologies To Sacramento)

Zach, Nate, and honorary BAOLIT-er Gabe Hayes join forces to offend the city of Sacramento, Dave Matthews Band devotees, and fans of Gary Oldman's Darkest Hour Best Actor Oscar win as they rehash and rerank the year 2017 in movies.

Dec 29, 20223 hr 52 minEp 17Transcript available on Metacast

A BAOLIT Mini: Gabbing About Glass Onion

Zach and Nate took a BAOLIT field trip to their hometown theater and caught the newest installment of Rian Johnson's brilliant Knives Out series, Glass Onion (now streaming on Netflix) and hopped on the pod to talk about the absolute blast they had watching it. Warning: Spoilers Abound for GLASS ONION!

Dec 23, 202230 minTranscript available on Metacast

A BAOLIT Mini: Blathering About Banshees of Inisherin

Zach and Nate dig into one of their favorite films of the year, The Banshees of Inisherin , the newest movie from the dynamic trio behind In Bruges (Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, and filmmaker Martin McDonagh).

Dec 14, 202228 minTranscript available on Metacast

2012 LOTTIES

Zach and Nate and dear friend Kapil talk Channing Tatum, Scientology, Acapella, and everything else important about the year 2012 in movies.

Dec 07, 20223 hr 36 minEp 16Transcript available on Metacast

A BAOLIT Mini: Talking "Tár"

Zach and Nate sprint almost directly out of their screenings of the new Cate Blanchett/Todd Field film "Tár" to discuss one of their favorite movies of the year, as well as the definitive rankings of Mahler's symphonies.

Nov 09, 202237 minTranscript available on Metacast