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S8E36: State of the Art with Matthew David Wilder
Writer/Filmmaker Matthew David Wilder returns to check on Hollywood's current condition as he and Bret take the pulse of 2024's moviegoing experience. Part 1 of 2.
S8E35: The Summer of Spielberg with Chris Nashawaty
Author Chris Nashawaty and Bret continue their discussion from last week about the movies released in the summer of 1982 that changed the Hollywood landscape. Part 2 of 2.
S8E34: Proof of Concept with Chris Nashawaty
Author Chris Nashawaty and Bret discuss the seminal cinema summer of 1982 and the madmen, mavericks and electric sheep who changed the relationship between Hollywood moviemakers and film fans forever. Part 1 of 2.
S8E33: A Strange Marriage with Stephen Soucy
Filmmaker Stephen Soucy and Bret trace the unlikely rise of one of Hollywood's most ambitious partnerships as they discuss Stephen's documentary Merchant Ivory.
S8E32: Bret's Best of 2024 (so far) - Part 2
Bret continues rounding up his favorite movies, tv shows and books from the first half of 2024. Part 2 of 2.
S8E31: Bret's Best of 2024 (so far)
Bret rounds up the best movies and TV shows from the first half of 2024. Part 1 of 2.
S8E30: Polarizing Figure with Mikko Makela
Filmmaker Mikko Makela and Bret discuss bringing Sebastian to life in the London literary scene, financing films in Finland, admiring the dramatized domesticity of Ingmar Bergman and Virginia Woolf making the mundane seem epic.
S8E29: Tripping Down Memory Lane
Bret laments the uncertain fates of two Los Angeles landmarks, balks at a recent remake and revels in a listener's love for a dead Italian author as he responds to questions from Platinum members on the air.
S8E28: Windmills
Bret recalls a polarized movie theater in 2001, a surprising KROQ track from the early 80's and a poorly timed query to an old friend as he fields questions from Platinum members on the air.
S8E27: The Death Zone
Bret considers filling in some Felini gaps, wrestles with his complicated feelings for P.J. Soles and faces the futility of trying to read an aural experience as he fields questions from Platinum members on the air.
S8E26: Old Times
Bret discusses a former guest's new memoir, the best Brat Pack soundtrack and the comely cast of a British series verging on a new season as he responds to questions from Platinum members on the air.
S8E25: A Disappearing World
Bret shares how he celebrated America's birthday and recalls the unforgettable work of two recently departed Hollywood legends as he fields questions from Platinum members on the air.
S8E24: Another Kind of Truth with David Shields
Writer David Shields returns to the show to talk with Bret about studying rhetoric as warfare in How We Got Here, the rapidly shrinking gap between truth and fiction and the brilliant excess of challenging military heroism.
S8E23: Beautiful Noise with Susanna Hoffs
Susanna Hoffs and Bret discuss the dreadful repetition of life on the road, watching Patti Smith go rogue and the refreshing ribaldry of This Bird Has Flown. Part 2 of 2.
S8E22: Playing With Dolls with Susanna Hoffs
Susanna Hoffs and Bret discuss learning the elements of melody from radio, watching the Beatles get weird and bringing the Bangles to see Beyond the Valley of the Dolls. Part 1 of 2.
S8E21: Problems With Translations
Bret discusses disturbing scenes of onscreen demise, literature from the land of the rising sun and his affection for a current comedic persona as he fields questions from Platinum listeners on the air.
S8E20: One Is The Loneliest Wonder
Bret discusses the best biography ever written about a writer, not knowing what to do with his feelings for a famous 1970's heartthrob and being a conscientious objector to a legendary band's penultimate record as he replies to Platinum questions on the air.
S8E19: Flights of Fancy
Bret attempts to wash away the residue of his own isolation, recalls turning esteemed men of letters against each other and grades a massively popular work of literary fiction as he fields questions from Platinum members on the air.
S8E18: Chicken Tenders
Bret discusses the rise of America's finest directing duo, watching myths crumble over time and the death of a noisy 90's legend as he responds to Platinum questions on the air.
S8E17: Mechanical Alien with Chandler Morrison
Author Chandler Morrison and Bret discuss publishing fiction outside the corporate sphere, the fallout from a bizarre trip to Portland and finding a girl with the moon in her eye at a Cleveland tanning salon.
S8E16: Light Sleeper
Bret travels down a new road in his quest for proper rest, drowns a popular band's sophomore effort in praise and recalls a lone Eagle's finest moment as he replies to Platinum questions on the air.
S8E15: Gimme Dread Till I'm Dead
Bret shares his position on the new Civil War, ponders revisiting a time capsule of 1980's New York City and recalls drifting apart from the master of modern noir as he replies to Platinum questions on the air.
S8E14: Hawking Some Tent with Robbie Banfitch
Filmmaker Robbie Banfitch and Bret discuss The Outwaters toying with the audience's state of mind, watching Leslie Nielsen battle nature run amok and the eerie intelligence of Session 9.
S8E13: Decent Poppins with Shane Cashman
Writer/Journalist Shane Cashman returns to the show and talks with Bret about hoarding skepticism when truth is scarce, finding joy in a fresh grave and the end of an era for the modern-day Emily Post.Listen to both parts of Shane's first appearance from 2023:S6E34 Shane Part 1and S6E35 Shane Pa...
S8E12: A Fly on the Wall with Lance Oppenheim
Documentary filmmaker Lance Oppenheim returns to the show and talks with Bret about preserving entropy in Spermworld, inadvertently betraying the expectations of his subjects and watching dreams die on reality television. Listen to Lance's prior appearance from 2021: B.E.E. Podcast 3/21/21
S8E11: Strange Dimension with Dante Colle
Porn actor Dante Colle and Bret discuss getting paid to straddle the sexual spectrum, loose lips sinking his military ship and craving personal connection amid professional pleasure.
S8E10: Hoot and a Half
Bret discusses the tawdry past of one of Stanley Kubrick's preferred collaborators, remembers a time of unrivaled devotion and examines an Oscar winner's ambitious ode to Hollywood as he fields questions from Platinum listeners on the air.
S8E9: The Hazing Ritual with Katherine Brodsky
Author/Journalist Katherine Brodsky and Bret discuss showing courage with No Apologies, learning about the self through the study of acting and journalism driven by curiosity rather than activism.
S8E8: Dose of Thunder
Bret talks about waking up in a new world, laments never interviewing a key figure of Hollywood history and salutes a comedy legend's pitch-black poker face as he fields questions from Platinum listeners on the air.
S8E7: A Very Special Round 2
Bret discusses shock giving way to acceptance, a door left open too long and the challenge of making cinema move like life on drugs as he responds to questions from Platinum listeners on the air.
