Cultural Stew Podcast

Kraig Connor joins Ron in the next episode of Moments of Influence to discuss the impact Ayn Rand's "Anthem" on his life. Special Guest: Kraig Connor.

PODCAST NOTES INTROS A welcome to the podcast SPECIAL GUEST: DANNY HOSKINS Artistic Director of Blackfriars Theatre NEWS WE CARE ABOUT Oscars! Lost In Space, San Clarita’s Diet S2, Dr. Seuss Grinch, Furlough THE RECOMMENDATION LIST A Wrinkle In Time Jessica Jones Season 2 Logan Lucky TODAY’S STEW THE RISE OF THE SUPERHERO MEDIA OF THE WEEK Black Panther WHATS ON YOUR RADAR AND IN YOUR QUEUE OUTRO 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 “Rising Hero” by Rannar Sillard courtesy of Epidemic Sound Do have you original music you’d like us to take a listen to and possibly share, contact us! Special Guest: Danny Hoskins.

TITLE: Cultural Stew Podcast EPISODE: 0004 SUBTITLE: Oscar Bait DATE: 3/3/2018 TIME: 10:00-12:00 LOCATION: GFMEDIA Studios INTROS Today’s special guest is Dustin Haupt from Chicago, IL. Trivia of The Academy Awards Our Picks in the top categories TODAY’S STEW What do the Oscars really represent? Who/What was left off the lis Top 3 movies of the year WHATS ON YOUR RADAR AND IN YOUR QUEUE 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 “Destiny Rising” - Niklas Johansson courtesy of Epidemic Sound Do have you original music you’d like us to take a listen to and possibly share, contact us!

Join Dan Lopata and Ron Heerkens Jr as we discuss the influential The Clash album, Londons Calling and the effect it had on Dan's life. Special Guest: Dan Lopata.

5 Minute review of the recent release: Annihilation starring Natalie Portman, Oscar Issac and Directed by Alex Garland

Chris O'Brien from Running Inside Out Podcast joins me for the first episode of this mini series, to talk about the influence that the Back to the Future Trilogy had on him. MUSIC: Light Utopia by Niklas Johansson [Epidemic Sound] Special Guest: Chris O Brien.

On today's Episode we Discuss Altered Carbon, The Big Sick, Ritual and The Lost City of Z. We discover that we don't always end up on the same page, and that's a good thing. INTROS NEWS WE CARE ABOUT Major Trailers: Jurassic World, Solo, Mission Impossible 6, Incredibles 2 Legion Season 2 (April 3), Westworld Season Two Starting March 3 we will be moving to a weekly show! Also a new mini show: Moments of Influence starts up next week! THE RECOMMENDATION LIST The Ritual (Netflix) ALTERED CARBON link The Big Sick TODAY’S STEW Can film ever give us an accurate depiction of history or are we always at the mercy of the writer/director? MEDIA OF THE WEEK Lost City of Z--Amazon Original movie. WHATS ON YOUR RADAR AND IN YOUR QUEUE TONY Watch The Darkest Hour Black Panther Brother and Scarborough (reading) VALERIE The Darkest Hour ALLRED Man in the High Castle Altered Carbon The Alienist RON W - Wormwood - Errol Morris (link) W - Cloverfield Paradox CW - The Alienist(1-4) W - The Fall Season 3 W - Black Panth

WARNING there may be spoilers discussed during the course of the show. Today we talk about the Oscar nominations, Violence depiction and consequences and the French movie, The Divines. We also catch up on somethings we caught over the past week and things that are on our radar. NOTES INTROS NEWS WE CARE ABOUT OSCAR NOMS THE RECOMMENDATION LIST Nightcrawler Lady Bird Hostiles, (link) TODAY’S STEW Is it dangerous to depict violence without consequences? MEDIA OF THE WEEK The Divines WHATS ON YOUR RADAR AND IN YOUR QUEUE Worm Wood Personal Shopper Ready Player One Beartown Thor: Ragnarok The Normal Heart Scarborough Brother   Winchester My Next Guest needs no introduction, Lettermen, Obama ep 1 Altered Carbon MUSIC: Intro & Break music “Please Listen Carefully” by Jahzzar Available thru the Creative Commons license from FreeMusicArchive.org outro music “I’m Moving On” by Happy Republic courtesy of Epidemic Sound SOCIAL MEDIA AND MUSIC TONY @smtorchio VAL @pennylane64 RON @gfmedia You can find us at: CulturalStew

Our Premiere Episode! Welcome and thanks for finding us. WARNING there may be spoilers discussed during the course of the show. Today we talk about Critics, Review Systems and Dunkirk. We also catch up on somethings we caught over the past week and things that are on our radar. PODCAST NOTES DATE: 1/21/2018 LOCATION: GFMEDIA Studios INTROS NEWS SAG Awards show (link to list) 90th Academy Awards Oscars THE WATCH LIST Three Billboards Call Me By Your Name The Marvelous Mrs Maisel The Post The End of the F***ing World The Disaster Artist 12 Strong The Shape of Water The Greatest Showman TODAY’S TOPIC CRITICS AND RATINGS SYSTEMS! SOMETHING DIFFERENT Journey LONER, new Jack White single Respect Commander Connected by Love MEDIA OF THE WEEK This week we all watched “DUNKIRK link The Alienist Jan 22 (link) Winchester (link) SOCIAL MEDIA AND MUSIC TONY @smtorchio VAL @pennylane64 RON @gfmedia You can find us at: CulturalStew.net, @culturalstewnet on twitter and Cultural Stew on Facebook MUSIC: Intro & Brea