Cultural Stew Podcast

Today we talk about Horror! Lady Gaga! Bad Times at the El Royale and much much more. TITLE: Cultural Stew Podcast EPISODE: 0022 LOCATION: GFMEDIA Studios -INTROS A welcome to the podcast What interesting thing did you do this week? (Yeah, we go on a bit too long…) -NEWS WE CARE ABOUT What big things happen(ed) this week? (26:40) -THE RECOMMENDATION LIST VALERIE- A STAR IS BORN RON- BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE TONY- THE OMEN -MEDIA OF THE WEEK --The Exorcist (76:56) -TODAY’S STEW : (94:20) Horror movies. What scares you? Why? Answers from Facebook on what movies scared them.-NEXT SHOW TOPIC: Films based on historical musical legends (114:18) -NEXT SHOW MEDIA: Bohemian Rhapsody -BOOK OF THE WEEK-- I Liked My Life, Gone to Dust, In Pieces (Sally Field memoir) (116:00) -GAME OF THE WEEK- Red Dead Redemption (123:40) -WHAT’S ON YOUR RADAR AND IN YOUR QUEUE? (124:29) RON W Good Cop (finISHED), Titans (started), DD S3 (started), Venom, A Star is Born, Sicario 2, Skyscraper L - Spoonbenders, Armada, Artemis (¾)

TITLE: Cultural Stew Podcast EPISODE: 0021 INTROS and what we’ve been doing… Valerie (I) mention “stay at home moms”--I didn’t mean to leave out stay at home dads. (And I’m doing puzzles, etc in order not to CLEAN all day…hopefully I’ll be back in the workforce soon. (Just needed to mention it. That is all.) NEWS WE CARE ABOUT - (13:40) Trailers that caught my eye- (25:25) CAPTAIN MARVEL! X-Men: Dark Phoenix Creed 2 Trailer #2 Holmes and Watson The Romanoffs- Amazon Prime--each show is different. Mad Men Matthew Weiner. King Lear Anthony Hopkins THE RECOMMENDATION LIST 35:00 Valerie: The Nun RON: Predator TONY: Maniac on Netflix TODAY’S STEW (63:15) Is there any point to sex scenes in movies? Incorporated MEDIA OF THE WEEK Shame, Blue Is The Warmest Colour and Moonlight NEXT SHOW TOPIC: Surprise, but probably having to do with horror movies. NEXT SHOW MEDIA: Another surprise GRAB BAG: ( 92:10) KIDS CORNER: The Who Was Show on Netflix. EXCELLENT!! SCORE OF THE WEEK: WILD WILD COUNTRY DROPPED!!! GAME/AP

TITLE: Cultural Stew Podcast EPISODE: 0020 INTROS A welcome to the podcast--Special Guest Valerie’s sister, Wendy Hacker! NEWS WE CARE ABOUT ( Ends up with a big discussion about the new Oscar category getting voted down) Trailers 53:40 (see them on www.culturalstew.net) First Man Homecoming : Ballad of Buster Scruggs Daredevil Season 3 THE RECOMMENDATION LIST 60:00 Tony: Nightshift Valerie: Ozark Season 2- Netflix, Castle Rock Ron: Iron Fist 2nd Season TODAY’S STEW 77:25 RON HOWARD--HIS BEST AND WORST. MEDIA OF THE WEEK 104:24 APOLLO 13- Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Ed Harris, Gary Sinise NEXT SHOW TOPIC and NEW MEDIA : A SURPRISE! KIDS CORNER: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (TV-14 Netflix)--girl’s 5 crush letters are mailed out and life, as she knows it, is over; Disney’s A Wrinkle in Time comes to Netflix on Sept 25 SCORE OF THE WEEK - Discuss some of our favorites. BOOK OF THE WEEK: GAME/APP OF THE WEEK SPIDERMAN PS4 Counting down the days Redemption WHAT’S ON YOUR RADAR AND IN YOUR Q

Join us as we chat about Jack Ryan, Ghost World, Match and discuss the Bechdel Test and Tully with special guest. More notes coming soon!

WARNING there may be spoilers discussed during the course of the show. On todays show we catch up on theatre, Doctors Notebook, Carnage amount other things. Special guests, Kendra and Tricia! (And Quiet Wendy) DATE: 8/13/2018 LENGTH: 2hr27min LOCATION: GFMEDIA Studios TITLE: Cultural Stew Podcast EPISODE: 0018 Today's podcast is brought to you by audible - get a FREE audiobook download and 30 day free trial at www.audibletrial.com/culturalstew . Over 180,000 titles to choose from for your iPhone, Android, Kindle or mp3 player. INTROS What we care about and our guests!! Kendra, Tricia (and Wendy-Valerie’s sister sitting in) NEWS WE CARE ABOUT A plethora  of news we care about either you will or you won’t but you’ll have to listen to find out! THE RECOMMENDATION LIST (44.32) VALERIE- Carnage (Amazon Prime) Tony- The Young Doctor’s Notebook Ron- Rewatched Deadpool 2 and The Dark Knight (10 year anniversary) Audible Book--Then She Was gone- Lisa Jewell ‘Girls and Boys by Dennis Kelly Narrated by Carey Mulligan

TITLE: Cultural Stew Podcast EPISODE: 0017 LOCATION: GFMEDIA Studios INTROS and what we’ve been up to... NEWS WE CARE ABOUT 14:45 News about new trailers, bad remakes and the downfall of MOVIE PASS THE RECOMMENDATION LIST 16:20 Something you watched TONY-- Masterminds VALERIE - Won’t You Be My Neighbor- Mr. Roger’s Documentary RON - Mission Impossible: FALLOUT TODAY’S STEW (10-15 min) Film Director Series: Wes Anderson 113:18 Discuss Isle of Dogs, Wes Anderson Films Next Show Topic: Does theatre always have to be “on.” (Why does it have to be used as a vehicle) KIDS CORNER: --Secretariat--PG on Netflix AUG 1ST SCORE OF THE WEEK 140:00 Mission Impossible Fallout - Lorne Balfe WHAT’S ON YOUR RADAR AND IN YOUR QUEUE 140:28 TONY--Young Doctor’s Notebook--Netflix--2 Seasons Ron- Castle Rock, Orange is New Black, Clak and Dagger, Handmaid’s Tale VALERIE--Started watching Dexter again--Netflix (again) Rewatched Jerry Maguire- rented on Amazon, Mission Impossible 3, The Royal Tenenbaums In my Que--Christopher Robi

Join me as I bring on guest Cara D'Emanuele and we talk about the influence of Kramer vs Kramer and how acting has shaped her life. Special Guest: Cara D'Emanuele.

Join the gang as they talk about The Fly, The Antman and the Wasp, Don't Think Twice. Films and stuff that changed our minds or views about events and so much more! TITLE: Cultural Stew Podcast EPISODE: 0016 DATE: 07/15/2018 LOCATION: GFMEDIA Studios INTROS, ETC. NEWS WE CARE ABOUT (14:00) THE RECOMMENDATION LIST (31:03) Valerie- The Fly (rented on Amazon) The Exorcism of Emily Rose (part on my collection) Ron- Ant Man and the Wasp (in theatres now) Tony- Don’t Think Twice (Netflix) TODAY’S STEW: (54:10) A film/doc/play/book that changed your mind about something in the world...an event, a person...you? NEXT SHOW TOPIC: (85:08) Director Series--Wes Anderson NEXT SHOW MEDIA: Isle of Dogs KIDS CORNER: (85:40) Hotel Transylvania 3-Summer Camp Amazon Prime--American Girl Summer Camp Friends for Life SCORE OF THE WEEK (88:30) Westworld Season 2 - Ramin Djawdi Talking Under Water LP GAME/APP OF THE WEEK (91:20) God of War 3 -PS4 Pro BOOK OF THE WEEK (92:28) The World Only Spins Forward: The Ascent of Angels in Ame

Dustin Haupt sits down with Valerie to discuss the lasting impression the TV Show Will and Grace had on his (their) lives.

TITLE: Cultural Stew Podcast EPISODE: 0015 DATE: 06/25/2018 LOCATION: GFMEDIA Studios INTROS What interesting thing did you do this week? NEWS WE CARE ABOUT (10:17) THE RECOMMENDATION LIST (32:00) Valerie- The Incredibles (IMAX 2D) Ron- Jurassic World Tony- Split TODAY’S STEW (60:56) What did you want to be when you grew up? We each discuss a character(s) that we wanted to be when we grew up or even now in the present (like Indiana Jones, Jack Burton etc...) NEXT WEEK’S TOPIC: A movie/documentary/book/play that changed your mind about a person, event, a group of people or an illness. KIDS CORNER: Incredibles 2 (PG) GAME/APP OF THE WEEK E3 - Last of Us 2, Fallout 76, CyberPunk 2077 Game discussion...vs. not understanding or not feeling you can even play…. WHAT ELSE HAVE YOU BEEN WATCHING AND IS THERE ANYTHING IN YOUR QUIE(89:47) VALERIE Pump up the Volume R Finished The Fall -R (How could this have ended a different way?) Hereditary R- The story of having to leave this movie early...and why (Valerie

TITLE: Cultural Stew Podcast EPISODE: 0014 DATE: 06/10/2018 INTROS Guest- Kendra Hacker NEWS WE CARE ABOUT (21:30) THE RECOMMENDATION LIST (38:50) Valerie- Ex Machina- Amazon, Hush- Netflix Ron- Sense8 Finale (Netflix) Tony- Delta Force . Audible Recommendation: Us Against You by Fredrik Backman (his follow up to Beartown) TODAY’S STEW (63:01) -We discuss the Tony nominations and predictions with Kendra NEXT WEEKS TOPIC: (114:58) What did you want to be when you grew up? We each discuss a character that we wanted to be when we grew up or even now in the present (like Indiana Jones, Jack Burton etc...) KIDS CORNER: (116:25) Anne with an E. on Netflix. WHATS ON YOUR RADAR AND IN YOUR QUEUE (119:18) TONY- Reading and writing a film VALERIE - Marcella- Netflix second season, Hereditary RON - Hotel Artemis, Action Point, Lost in Space, Incredibles 2, Tag, Jurassic World: FK TONY @smtorchio and Facebook VALERIE @pennylane64 on Twitter and Instagram RON you can find me pretty much everywhere @gfmedia Guest

PODCAST NOTES TITLE: Cultural Stew Podcast EPISODE: 0013 SUBTITLE: DATE: 05/27/2018 TIME: 2:30 LOCATION: GFMEDIA Studios Today's podcast is brought to you by audible - get a FREE audiobook download and 30 day free trial at www.audibletrial.com/culturalstew . Over 180,000 titles to choose from for your iPhone, Android, Kindle or mp3 player. INTROS NEWS WE CARE ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATION LIST Book Club Solo Timeless 2 Hour Finale TODAY’S STEW Blockbusters MEDIA OF THE WEEK GRAB BAG: WHATS ON YOUR RADAR AND IN YOUR QUEUE TONY where can we find you on social media? @smtorchio and facebook VALERIE @pennylane64 on Twitter and Instagram RON you can find me pretty much everywhere @gfmedia You can find us at: CulturalStew.net, @culturalstewnet on twitter and Cultural Stew on Facebook MUSIC: Intro & Break music “Please Listen Carefully” by Jahzzar Available thru the Creative Commons license from FreeMusicArchive.org Taking you out on “One Last Mission” by Nikolas Johansson courtesy of Epidemic Sound Do have

PODCAST NOTES TITLE: Cultural Stew Podcast EPISODE: 0012 SUBTITLE: DATE: 05/12/2018 TIME: 9:30am (9:30-11) LOCATION: GFMEDIA Studios Today's podcast is brought to you by audible - get a FREE audiobook download and 30 day free trial at www.audibletrial.com/culturalstew . Over 180,000 titles to choose from for your iPhone, Android, Kindle or mp3 player. INTROS NEWS WE CARE ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATION LIST Here and Now Kodachrome Cobra Kai AD BREAK To download your free audiobook today go to audibletrial.com/culturalstew. Again, that's audibletrial.com/culturalstew for your free audiobook. TODAY’S STEW Sometimes filmmakers add an sensory experience for theater-goers (IMAX) or make a singular filmmaking aspect the sole talking point...let’s discuss why they did and if it works… MEDIA OF THE WEEK ‘A Scanner Darkly’ WHATS ON YOUR RADAR AND IN YOUR QUEUE OUTRO (RON LEAD) RECAP TONY where can we find you on social media? @smtorchio and facebook VALERIE @pennylane64 on Twitter and Instagram RON you can find me pretty

PODCAST NOTES TITLE: Cultural Stew Podcast EPISODE: 0011 DATE: 04/22/2018 LOCATION: GFMEDIA Studios Today's podcast is brought to you by audible - get a FREE audiobook download and 30 day free trial at www.audibletrial.com/culturalstew . Over 180,000 titles to choose from for your iPhone, Android, Kindle or mp3 player. What interesting thing did you do this week? RON: More running, Film premiere- Infinity Wars VAL : Rearranging all the furniture in the house. Starting 5 projects at a time. Driving Jason nuts. New kitchen...now you want to redo each room. DVDS….!!!! Let’s talk!! TONY: Hm. I did some more writing on my play. NEWS WE CARE ABOUT --21:43 -British filmmaker SJ Clarkson (EastEnders and Casualty to Dexter, Life on Mars and Ugly Betty, Orange Is The New Black, Marvel series Jessica Jones and British drama Collateral) to be first female Star Trek movie director -Fox Plans Interactive Choose Your Own Adventure Movie -Boss Baby causes existential crisis in toddler THE RECOMMENDATION LIST --29:30 -Valeri

WARNING there may be spoilers discussed during the course of the show. Today we chat about Sgt Stubby, Wild Wild Country, Thanks for Sharing, and delve into mental illness depiction with I Smile Back. DATE: 4/15/2018 LENGTH: 1hr50min LOCATION: GFMEDIA Studios SUBSCRIBE RSS |ITUNES | LISTEN | SUPPORT | CONTACT    [spreaker type=player resource="episode_id=14488973" width="100%" height="200px" theme="light" playlist="false" playlist-continuous="false" autoplay="false" live-autoplay="false" chapters-image="true" hide-logo="false" hide-likes="false" hide-comments="false" hide-sharing="false" ] Get a free Audible download and a 30 day trial @ www.audibletrial.com/culturalstew What interesting thing did you do this week? RON: An Evening with Rick Lyon at Blackfriars (Avenue Q) VAL : Z’s science project TONY: Nailed the first scene of my play NEWS WE CARE ABOUT More Netflix drama, Cool things coming to Blackfriars, and more! THE RECOMMENDATION LIST  (@9:14) Valerie- Sgt. Stubby--An American Hero--In theaters now! Ro

Cultural Stew Podcast EPISODE: 0009 DATE: 04/08/2018 LOCATION: GFMEDIA Studios Get a free Audible download and a 30 day trial @ www.audibletrial.com/culturalstew What did we do this week? Learn about Tony’s playwriting Valerie’s love of Writers and Books Ron’s stage history--plus his favorite performance! (@ 10:02) NEWS WE CARE ABOUT New Trailers! (@ 20:42) THE RECOMMENDATION LIST Tony--The Last Tycoon- --Amazon Prime Ron- A Quiet Place --In theaters now! Valerie- The Night Manager Amazon Prime (A tangent about how Hugh Laurie got his role on House) (@ 55:45) TODAY’S STEW : (And what a STEW IT IS!!) Spielberg noted that the movie business has never faced more of a challenge from television, especially given the rise of streaming. While there are benefits from that to the overall culture, he said features launched on streaming platforms should not be allowed at the Oscars. Hear our most passionate discussion to date! (@ 98:45) MEDIA OF THE WEEK: The Pursuit of Happyness 2009 Again...another fun filled disc

Jeffrey McBeth sits down with me to discuss JRR Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings Special Guest: Jeffrey McBeth.

Today we chat about Wind River, Santa Clarita Diet, Columbus and Steven Spielberg's take on theErnest Cline nostalgia novel, Ready Player One TITLE: Cultural Stew Podcast EPISODE: 0008 DATE: 04/01/2018 TIME: (2-3) LOCATION: GFMEDIA Studios Intros: A Welcome to the Podcast NEWS WE CARE ABOUT What big things happened this week? THE RECOMMENDATION LIST Wind River Santa Clarita Diet Columbus TODAY’S STEW How films/tv shows prey upon your inner child and the high use of nostalgia. MEDIA OF THE WEEK Ready Player One WHATS ON YOUR RADAR AND IN YOUR QUEUE TONY W: Roseanne S10 L: The Last Tycoon (Amazon) Q: Bryan Cranston as Trumbo (Netflix) VALERIE Watching Man in the High Castle on Amazon Reading A Little Life is a 2015 novel by Hanya Yanagihara. RON W Counterpart S1 ep 1-3 L Still listening to Jack White, as mentioned above digging into the score of RP1 R - New podcast revolving around films scores comes out APril 3 from the guys who brought the movie “score” (highly recommended) A Quiet Place Legion Q - F

TITLE: Cultural Stew Podcast EPISODE: 0007 SUBTITLE: DATE: 3/25/2018 TIME: 3-4pm LOCATION: GFMEDIA Studios INTROS NEWS WE CARE ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATION LIST Love Simon Spy Camp X-Ray TODAY’S STEW Film and its attempt to portray authentic relationships MEDIA OF THE WEEK (10 min) The Squid and The Whale WHATS ON YOUR RADAR AND IN YOUR QUEUE TONY VALERIE RON OUTRO RECAP TONY where can we find you on social media? @smtorchio and facebook VALERIE @pennylane64 on Twitter and Instagram RON you can find me pretty much everywhere @gfmedia You can find us at: CulturalStew.net, @culturalstewnet on twitter and Cultural Stew on Facebook MUSIC: Intro & Break music “Please Listen Carefully” by Jahzzar Available thru the Creative Commons license from FreeMusicArchive.org Taking you out on “A Small Deception” by Martin Carlberg courtesy of Epidemic Sound Do have you original music you’d like us to take a listen to and possibly share, contact us!

TITLE: Cultural Stew Podcast EPISODE: 0006 SUBTITLE: DATE: 3/18/2018 TIME: 1-4pm LOCATION: GFMEDIA Studios INTROS A welcome to the podcast NEWS WE CARE ABOUT What big things happen(ed) this week? THE RECOMMENDATION LIST A Ghost Story Tomb RAider JUMANJI: WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE TODAY’S STEW Can we trust film trailers and advertisements? MEDIA OF THE WEEK (10 min) Movie trailers PSA: Pick up your trash, and be quiet. WHATS ON YOUR RADAR AND IN YOUR QUEUE TONY W - Fastlane (Predictable), Timeless S2 E1 (FANTASTIC) The Lovers (Tracey Letts, Debra Winger), Marty’s Silence--- (Lost Interest, beautifully shot-- but guess just wasn’t ready for it) R - Steel Magnolias (dir: Herbert Ross, adapted by playwright Robert Harling with Sally Field, Julia Roberts, Darryl Hannah, Olympia Dukakis, Shirley MaClaine Dolly Parton), Q - The Last Tycoon w/ Matt Bomer, Kelsey Grammer and Lily Collins) VALERIE Finish Man in the High Castle Finish The Crown Love, Simon The Thoroughbreds Good Time- Robert Pattinson A Fantastic Woma