Latest Crackpot Podcast Episodes
S2 Episode Twelve: Tempting the Devil with Horror
Crackpot Theories - July 10, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 8 ratingsBack from hiatus with some more horror content! We all know the legacy of the famous 'cursed' films... The Omen, The Exorcist, Poltergeist etc. But could the bad vibes surrounding those films been deliberately attracted by another set of iconic films? Ones that involved notorious fan of the occ...
S2 Episode Eleven: The Elder Scrolls Shifting Reality and Subliminal Beats
Crackpot Theories - May 10, 2021 17:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★ - 8 ratingsThis week featuring Eric Holden from The Goblin's Corner podcast sees us discussing Skyrim's creepy reality-shifting Dragonborn and deep diving into the psyche of Alduin the World-Eater. Bonus theory: are all of Lady Gaga's biggest hits secretly referencing the Elder Scrolls? Is the Wobbajack...
S2 Episode Ten: The Dark Future of the Muppets
Crackpot Theories - May 03, 2021 17:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★ - 8 ratingsWhy do the struggling-for-survival fantasy creatures of the Dark Crystal look and sound so much like Muppets? Same production company or something more sinister? Can you really go from modern day television hijinks to magical dystopia simply by shooting Beaker into the sun? Featuring special g...
S2 Episode Ten: The Dark Future of the Muppets
Crackpot Theories - May 03, 2021 17:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★ - 8 ratingsWhy do the struggling-for-survival fantasy creatures of the Dark Crystal look and sound so much like Muppets? Same production company or something more sinister? Can you really go from modern day television hijinks to magical dystopia simply by shooting Beaker into the sun? Featuring special g...
S2 Episode Nine: Fiddler on the Death Star
Crackpot Theories - April 26, 2021 17:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★ - 8 ratingsCould the expansive lore of Star Wars have its roots in the most down-to-earth musical of all time, Fiddler on the Roof? Are Leia's hairstyles a reflection of her East-European heritage? Are there six degrees of separation between Yoda and Yente? Discussion with guest star Shai Korman!
S2 Episode Eight: The Wicker Man, or The Island of Painfully Slow Contract Killers?
Crackpot Theories - April 19, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 8 ratingsDo the residents of Summerisle really believe that burning one policeman to death in a big wicker effigy is going to help their crops, or is that just a cover for what they're REALLY up to? And how did it get burned? We never found out....
S2 Episode Seven: Les Miserables and Terminator, an Unlikely Connection
Crackpot Theories - April 06, 2021 15:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★ - 8 ratingsWhat could a super-popular genre-defining musical like Les Miserables have in common with the uber-violent techo-horror Terminator franchise? One robotic stone-faced man-machine hunting his quarry, leaving bodies in his wake and fixated on one particular person: John Connor/Jean Valjean. Guest...
S2 Episode Six: Disney's Random Decisions
Crackpot Theories - March 27, 2021 18:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★ - 8 ratingsAfter a short hiatus we are back with more nonsense! Disney has been making some strange decisions lately that seem to be popular with absolutely no-one. What's behind these choices? And what has it got to do with Pokemon? Or Twitch?
S2 Episode Five: The Complex World of Fancy Glass
Crackpot Theories - February 19, 2021 14:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn a slightly unusual turn, this week sees us discussing the ins and outs of glass chemistry with BillieBBillie, an expert on the subject. Big Pharma is one thing, Big Glass is something else!
S2 Episode Four: The Highly Inappropriate World of Charmkins
Crackpot Theories - February 12, 2021 16:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★ - 8 ratingsThis episode sees us trying to make sense of the beautifully animated but uncomfortably subtexted Charmkins OVA, made to promote the short-lived Charmkins toy line. Did the people making this cartoon genuinely not realize how much innuendo made it into the finished product? Or was this a deliber...
S2 Episode Three: The Barbie Supremacy
Crackpot Theories - February 04, 2021 16:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★ - 8 ratingsThis week tackles that monolith of blonde ambition, Barbie! How could one personality hold down such a vast array of jobs, contacts, fashion trends and phases of existence over the course of seven decades? Your mistake is in assuming that Barbie is just one person... Featuring special guest and...
S2 Episode Two: Mulholland Drive, makes more sense than you think....
Crackpot Theories - January 28, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn our second episode of season 2, we discuss the notoriously nonsensical film Mulholland Drive and attempt to do the impossible...explain it in a way that makes total sense! Hobos behind diners, mysterious band-less clubs, terrible hitmen, amnesia and no-one likes the coffee, how do we turn thi...
Season Two Episode One: Carrie and Matilda, closer than they appear...
Crackpot Theories - January 20, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 8 ratingsCrackpot Theories is back for a second season with a slightly tweaked format and a whole new collection of silly fan theories! To kick things off, Sinead and special guest BillieBBillie discuss the possibility of family ties between blood-soaked scapegoat Carrie White and bookworm wunderkind Ma...
Ep 31 - Crackpot Beatles vs Bee Gees
Crackpot Cinema Podcast - January 12, 2021 03:45 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 47 ratingsCrackpot Cinema: Ep. 31 — MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR (1967) + SGT. PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND (1978) On a very special final episode of Crackpot Cinema, Aaron Lee, Kat Ellinger and Ben Reiser pay loving tribute to our fallen pod-rade, Mike “McBeardo” McPadden, and also carry through with Mike’s ...
Ep 30 - Mike
Crackpot Cinema Podcast - December 17, 2020 23:21 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 47 ratingshttps://www.gofundme.com/f/mike-mcbeardo-mcpadden-memorial-fund?fbclid=IwAR1ouyHvjfwHJcKIlCBmJwtNXcvpF6jeec9ObFin4fKo8koTlSZtImddJ3c
Ep 29 - Bustin' Loose & D.C. Cab
Crackpot Cinema Podcast - December 11, 2020 23:13 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 47 ratingsCrackpot Cinema: Ep. 29 — BUSTIN’ LOOSE (1981) and D.C. CAB (1983) Guest co-host PAT HEALY comes roaring back for high-octane, outrageously anti-social, bizarrely heart-warming careen into the early-’80s R-rated comedy oddities BUSTIN’ LOOSE (1981) with Richard Pryor and D.C. CAB (1983) with — ...
Ep 28 - Patrick + Patrick Still Lives
Crackpot Cinema Podcast - November 25, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 47 ratingsCrackpot Cinema: Ep #28 — PATRICK (1978) and PATRICK STILL LIVES (1980) Give thanks! Actor, writer, director, funnyman, and comatose horror hero namesake PAT HEALY returns as the first-ever Crackpot Cinema Co-Guest-Host for a jarringly wide-eyed evaluation of the Ozploitation classic PATRICK (1...
Ep 27 - Whatchoo Talkin’ ’Bout, Rainn Wilson
Crackpot Cinema Podcast - October 12, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 47 ratingsCrackpot Cinema: Ep #27 — Whatchoo Talkin’ ’Bout, Rainn Wilson Rainn Wilson guests on Crackpot Cinema to marvel at Gary Coleman living in a train station locker and picking racetrack winners in the 1981 opus, ON THE RIGHT TRACK. That’s right! RAINN WILSON! The once-and-forever Dwight Schrute...
Ep 26 - Student Bodies
Crackpot Cinema Podcast - October 06, 2020 13:34 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 47 ratingsCrackpot Cinema: Ep #26 —“Student Bodies” (1981) Craft your horsehead bookends, watch out for gum on the steps, and DON’T drink Malvert’s prom punch! Crackpot Cinema is here to salute writer-director Mickey Rose’s bombastically brilliant slasher spoof, STUDENT BODIES! Jenny Nixon of The Muse...
Ep 25 - Firesign Movie Theatre
Crackpot Cinema Podcast - September 27, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 47 ratingsCrackpot Cinema: Ep#25 — Firesign Movie Theatre Don’t crush that electrician on the bus, you bozo! Noise rock overlord Christopher Sienko joins Mike and Aaron for a triple feature of films created by and featuring surrealistic “head” comedy superstars supreme, the Firesign Theatre. Opening sh...
Ep 24 - The Legend of the Lone Ranger with President David Goodman
Crackpot Cinema Podcast - September 18, 2020 13:39 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 47 ratingsCrackpot Cinema: Episode 24—“The Legend of the Lone Ranger” (1981) with President David Goodman Don your black masks, bizarre blue jumpsuits, and faithful companions this week as THE PRESIDENT joins us to discuss the retro-stinko disaster, THE LEGEND OF THE LONE RANGER (1981)! That’s right—Mi...
Ep 23 - —Pat Healy IS The Maniac Robert Mitchum!
Crackpot Cinema Podcast - September 10, 2020 22:58 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 47 ratingsCrackpot Cinema: Ep #23—“Pat Healy IS The Maniac Robert Mitchum!” Actor, film fanatic, and profoundly committed “Robert Mitchum completist” PAT HEALY (CHEAP THRILLS, THE INNKEEPERS, COMPLIANCE) joins Mike and Aaron to take on two of Mitch’s most challenging projects—and they’re “challenging” in...
Episode Thirty-Four: Dragging in the name of the Lord
Crackpot Theories - September 05, 2020 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 8 ratingsOur second episode of Drag Race (because we are mildly obsessed) sees us wondering if Beyonce is some sort of blood-sacrifice demanding God, if certain drag queens are capable of astral projection and if the worlds of Pokemon and Drag Race are more closely related than we realize... Note: Due t...
Ep 22 - Alphabet City with special guest Jonathan Hertzberg
Crackpot Cinema Podcast - August 31, 2020 16:49 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 47 ratingsEp 22: Alphabet City (1984) with Jonathan Hertzberg Fun City Editions honcho Jonathan Hertzberg joins us to herald his new imprint’s maiden release—an astounding collector’s edition Blu-ray of Amos Poe’s ALPHABET CITY, starring Vincent Spano. Hear all about Poe’s punk/No Wave roots; Spano’s ...
Ep 21 - L.A. Punk Movies, Part 1 with Allan MacDonell
Crackpot Cinema Podcast - August 24, 2020 21:16 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 47 ratingsCrackpot Cinema Ep 21 - L.A. Punk Movies, Part 1 with Allan MacDonell In our most fluid-spewing episode to date, author, raconteur, and Mike and Aaron’s former Hustler magazine boss ALLAN MacDONELL joins us to take on Penelope Spheeris’s götterdammerüng documentary THE DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILI...
Episode Thirty-Three: Gravity Falls is Too Much, Man
Crackpot Theories - August 24, 2020 14:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this episode, we manage to merge the happy-go-lucky world of Gravity Falls with the misery pit that is Bojack Horseman through two characters that share a voice actress: Mabel Pines and Sarah Lynn. Do the parallels between these two characters go further than just a common voice? Is it poss...
Ep 20 - H.O.T.S. with special guest Mr. Skin
Crackpot Cinema Podcast - August 17, 2020 00:12 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 47 ratingsCrackpot Cinema: Episode 20—H.O.T.S. with Mr. Skin Hands Off Those Suckers?! Help Out the Seals?! No! In this case, H.O.T.S. stands for Hear Our Twentieth Show!!! Jim “Mr. Skin” McBride joins us for a double-X celebration of the ebullient drive-in/cable/VHS/Danny-Bonaduce-Resumé classic, H.O.T....
Episode Thirty-Two: Black Mirror! What if technology but even worse?
Crackpot Theories - August 15, 2020 14:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIs it possible to make the dark and gritty 'technology bad' series Black Mirror even more disturbing and depressing than it already is? Of course! In this episode we connect a few dots and we find a handy scapegoat to blame for all of humanity's misfortunes in the series; Capitalism! From rogu...
Episode Thirty-One: Hannibal, Eating People Across Multiple Timelines
Crackpot Theories - August 08, 2020 13:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn the fourth episode that sees us discussing cannibalism for some reason, we try to get to the bottom of Hannibal Lecter's amazing skillset and the multiple lifetimes' worth of obscure talents he's managed to build up in a relatively short space of time. Is Hannibal capable of skipping throug...
Episode Thirty, Mini Episodes: Burning Chocolate, Sparking Joy and Getting Hammered
Crackpot Theories - August 01, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 8 ratingsEpisode Thirty sees us recovering from the fish-related trauma of last week by shooting wildly into the wind with some short, barely there theories. Theory One: Is there a reason beyond putting together the leftover scraps of chocolate that goes into creating Cadbury's flakes? Theory Two: Do ...
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