Latest Altman Podcast Episodes
35- Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1980s, British sitcoms #5)
Easy Riders Raging Podcast - December 18, 2023 14:47 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsIn this festive episode Paul and I cover 'Blackadder's Christmas Carol', which is- as you might assume from the title- the Christmas special of the iconic British sitcom Blackadder. (If you haven't seen this then it's well worth checking out. Right up there with the best of the show).
34- Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1980s)
Easy Riders Raging Podcast - November 30, 2023 14:11 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsIn this episode Paul and I discuss the iconic 80s teen film 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' from director John Hughes.
33- Working Girl (1980s)
Easy Riders Raging Podcast - November 25, 2023 19:04 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsNEW GUEST KLAXON!!! In this episode I was delighted to be joined by my friend Philippa- recorded live and in person- for a super fun conversation about the Mike Nichols film, 'Working Girl'.
32- Only Fools and Horses: Chain Gang (1980s, British sitcoms #7)
Easy Riders Raging Podcast - November 12, 2023 17:33 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsIn this episode Paul and I return to the wonderful world of British sitcoms and to one of our personal faves: Only Fools and Horses. Specifically the fantastic episode 'Chain Gang', which sees the consortium's plan of buying a briefcase of hooky necklaces go awry. A solid gold classic episode, u...
31- An American Werewolf in London (1980s, John Landis #3)
Easy Riders Raging Podcast - October 28, 2023 18:27 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsJust in time for Halloween, this episode sees Kieran, Paul and I discussing John Landis' horror classic, 'An American Werewolf in London'. And maybe it was a full moon when we recorded because this time around we were spicy.
30- The Thing (1980s, John Carpenter #3)
Easy Riders Raging Podcast - October 16, 2023 12:53 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsIn this episode we enter the spooky season with a discussion between Paul and myself on the John Carpenter sci-fi horror classic, 'The Thing'.
109- Columbo: Murder by the Book (1970s, Steven Spielberg #2)
Easy Riders Raging Podcast - October 01, 2023 01:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsThis week it's another return to the archives from my original podcast, the SpielbergPod, with an episode recorded back in Spring 2021 when we were still deeply in lockdown. It sees Kieran, Paul and I discuss the Columbo episode 'Murder by the Book', which was both the first episode of that long...
108- Two-Lane Blacktop (1970s)
Easy Riders Raging Podcast - October 01, 2023 00:30 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsIn this episode- recorded back in either 2020 or 2021- there is a clash of opinions, as Jev and I discuss the film 'Two-Lane Blacktop'. (But we also find time to talk Big Brother, praise for 'Rat Race', hate for 'Mother!' and much more). This episode was recorded as a Patreon exclusive episode...
107- Queen: Bohemian Rhapsody (1970s)
Easy Riders Raging Podcast - October 01, 2023 00:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsJumping back to the seventies, this is another one of our Patreon episodes (from www.patreon.com/ERRP) that has been moved to the main feed so you can download it for free. This episode, recorded back in 2021, saw Jev, Kieran and I discuss the music video for Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody'. You c...
29- Count Duckula: Hardluck Hotel (1980s)
Easy Riders Raging Podcast - September 24, 2023 19:10 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsIn this episode Paul and I discuss another British animated kids show (a spin-off show from Danger Mouse, which we talked about earlier this year): Count Duckula. So we talk about the origins of the character, the show in general and also talk specifically about the episode 'Hardluck Hotel'.
28- Young Sherlock Holmes (1980s)
Easy Riders Raging Podcast - September 17, 2023 14:26 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsContinuing the Sherlock talk from last week's episode, this time around I have delved into the archives of my original podcast- the SpielbergPod- to the 2015 conversation between myself and Jev on the Barry Levinson film, 'Young Sherlock Holmes' (it was Spielberg produced, that was why we we dis...
27- The Great Mouse Detective (1980s, Disney #18)
Easy Riders Raging Podcast - September 11, 2023 00:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsIn this episode Paul and I break into our 1980s Disney coverage with a conversation about 'The Great Mouse Detective' (better known in some countries as 'Basil the Great Mouse Detective'), the film which asks the questions 'what if Sherlock Holmes was a mouse' and 'can you eat cheese with crumpe...
27- The Great Mouse Detective (1980s, Disney #19)
Easy Riders Raging Podcast - September 11, 2023 00:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsIn this episode Paul and I break into our 1980s Disney coverage with a conversation about 'The Great Mouse Detective' (better known in some countries as 'Basil the Great Mouse Detective'), the film which asks the questions 'what if Sherlock Holmes was a mouse' and 'can you eat cheese with crumpe...
26- 28 Up (1980s, Seven Up #4)
Easy Riders Raging Podcast - September 04, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsIn this episode Kieran and I pick back up with our coverage of Michael Apted's Seven Up documentary series, with a conversation about '28 Up' from 1984. One note on this, we recorded this episode ages ago- back in September 2020 (in the period between the first and the second lockdown). Sorry th...
25- Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1980s)
Easy Riders Raging Podcast - August 31, 2023 08:22 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsSince tomorrow is the start of September it feels like a fitting time to end #mysummerofstartrek. Five episodes across which we discussed four films and one classic TV episode. And I have to say, it has been an absolute (phaser) blast. I look forward to returning to the wonderful world of Star T...
24- Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1980s)
Easy Riders Raging Podcast - August 28, 2023 18:59 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsIn this episode Paul, Kieran and I continue our Star Trek odyssey (#mysummerofstartrek) with a conversation about 'Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home'. (NOTE: There were some issues with Paul's headset while recording this episode so apologies if some of his audio sounds a bit off). Join us next ti...
23- Star Trek: The Next Generation: Q Who (1980s)
Easy Riders Raging Podcast - August 21, 2023 20:08 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsAfter episodes on Star Trek II and Star Trek III, our five episode mission- which I'm calling #mysummerofstartrek- takes a change of course this week as we move to TV and to the crew of The Enterprise as captained by Jean-Luc Picard. Yep, that's right we're talking TNG as Paul, Kieran and I disc...
22- Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1980s)
Easy Riders Raging Podcast - August 05, 2023 13:18 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsContinuing the mini-series #mysummerofstartrek this episode sees Paul, Kieran and I discuss 'Star Trek III: The Search for Spock', directed by Spock himself, Leonard Nimoy. This time around Paul and Kieran talk about their favourite Trek films, we talk about casting Klingon's, the acting of Will...
21- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1980s)
Easy Riders Raging Podcast - July 23, 2023 14:32 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsIn this episode Kieran, Paul and I kick off #mysummerofstartrek with coverage of 'Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan' from director Nicholas Meyer. And 'what is #mysummerofstartrek' I hear you ask, why it's us covering all the 1980s Star Trek films over the coming month or two (maybe delving into s...
20- Blackadder II: Bells (1980s, British sitcoms #4)
Easy Riders Raging Podcast - July 02, 2023 14:14 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsIn this episode Paul, Kieran and I pick back up with our Blackadder coverage by discussing 'Bells', the first episode from series two. You can expect discussion on how the episode handles gay panic, talk of nudity in the theatre and quotes. Lots of quotes.
3- The Cat Concerto (1940s, Tom and Jerry #1)
Easy Riders Raging Podcast - July 01, 2023 09:25 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsIn this episode Kieran, Paul and I pick back up with our Tom and Jerry coverage with a discussion on 'The Cat Concerto' from 1947 from directors William Hanna and Joseph Barbera.
2- Pinocchio (1940s, Disney #1)
Easy Riders Raging Podcast - July 01, 2023 09:10 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsIn this episode Paul and I get back into our ongoing conversation on Disney by discussing 'Pinocchio'.
1- Citizen Kane (1940s)
Easy Riders Raging Podcast - July 01, 2023 08:53 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsIn this episode we kick off season 5 of the show- this time around discussing films from the 1940s. And don't worry- as I explain in the intro- this series is designed to run alongside our 1980s season so there's plenty more 80s coverage to come. We begin this new decade with Kieran and I discus...
19- The Young Ones: Bambi (1980s, British sitcoms #3)
Easy Riders Raging Podcast - June 13, 2023 15:48 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsIn this episode Kieran and I discuss the iconic 'Bambi' episode of the British sitcom, The Young Ones (so that's series two, episode one- which sees the characters go on University Challenge). This episode was recorded late 2022 and I think was the first TV episode of this current 1980s run. We'...
18- The Running Man (1980s, Stephen King #3)
Easy Riders Raging Podcast - June 11, 2023 16:34 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsIn this episode Jev and I discuss 'The Running Man', the Paul Michael Glaser sci-fi action film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, based on the book by Richard Bachman (AKA Stephen King).
17- Peter Gabriel: Sledgehammer (1980s)
Easy Riders Raging Podcast - June 04, 2023 10:37 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsIn this episode Kieran, Paul and I continue to look at 1980s music videos by discussing the Stephen R. Johnson directed video for Peter Gabriel's 'Sledgehammer'.
16- The Untouchables (1980s)
Easy Riders Raging Podcast - May 21, 2023 21:12 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsIn this episode- which we recorded this week- Jake returns to the podcast for a discussion on Brian De Palma's period crime drama, 'The Untouchables'.
15- The Money Pit (1980s)
Easy Riders Raging Podcast - May 15, 2023 00:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsIn this episode- recorded somewhen in the summer of 2022- Jev and I discussed 'The Money Pit', the 1986 comedy from Richard Benjamin starring Tom Hanks and Shelley Long. Our opinions on the film differ somewhat (I'm more generous on it than Jev) and then we completely disagree on 'The 'Burbs' (J...
14- Blood Simple (1980s)
Easy Riders Raging Podcast - May 08, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsIn this episode- recorded way back in the summer of 2021 - Kieran and I discuss the directorial debut of Joel and Ethan Coen, 1984's 'Blood Simple'.
56- The War Game (1960s)
Easy Riders Raging Podcast - May 01, 2023 01:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsThis episode- recorded back in 2018- is another one previously only available via our Patreon account (https://www.patreon.com/ERRP). In this ep, Kieran and I discuss docu-drama 'The War Game' from 1966. It's a super bleak film about the aftermath of a nuclear attack on the UK.