ComingSoon.net just debuted its first podcast, Stump the Editor (with special guest Jonah Ray), and to celebrate we’ve asked guest writer Kalyn Corrigan (Fangoria, Playboy, Vulture, etc) to curate a special list of her favorite podcasts for you to check out right now! Check out the list in the gallery below!
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“I want to show you something super cool. I’ve put together a very special list of a few of my favorite podcasts, and I hope you will give them each a listen, because they are all very dear to me. Knowing that right now, you might be listening to the same thing as me, wherever you are in this locked down city in your wood paneled kitchen with a cup of coffee in hand almost makes it feel like we’re sitting at the same table together, like we’re sharing a moment.
“It’s a hard thing we’re all going through right now, and it’s easy to feel alone in your struggle. When each day is so uncertain, it’s admittedly a little frightening – there’s a door that we’re all being asked to step through, and everything is different on the other side. Everything is strange.
“I recommend a walk to breathe in some greenery and listen to friends talking about horror movies and books and old Hollywood and the history of the world and authentic French cuisine and earth shattering musicians we lost too soon. An early morning rise to greet the sun, earbuds in hand, or a cool stroll at dusk as the sun bruises and shrinks and sinks into the sea.
“There’s something for everybody here, so pick your poison, but I highly suggest giving them all a whirl and seeing what sticks – you just might surprise yourself with something new. What better time to explore, to gain knowledge and try on different perspectives? Know that I’ll be listening too, and waiting to hear your thoughts. I hope to see you soon.” – Kalyn Corrigan
15 Podcasts to Stream While in Quarantine
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The 27 Club
If you’re like me, then you’ve been in love with Jimi Hendrix since you were fifteen-years-old. You’re familiar with his shtick – you know about how he made rock gods cower before him, causing even the holiest of guitar players, like Eric Clapton and Pete Townshend, to doubt their own prowess in his presence. You’re familiar with the fact that the man taught himself how to play guitar left-handed by stringing a right-handed guitar backwards. You know he can play his guitar upside-down. Behind his back. With his teeth. You’re hip to the notion that he hyped up the sound of distortion – later popularized even more so by the likes of Kurt Cobain – by imitating the sound he heard while falling out of airplanes during his tour in Vietnam as a member of the 101stAirborne Division. But have you heard about the night that Jim Morrison drunkenly told Jimi Hendrix onstage, in front of everybody, that he wanted to suck his cock? Welcome to the 27 Club, where all those little secrets and side notes and spicy tidbits come to unspool, to reach new ears, to flabbergast those cynical, heard-it-all-before fans and teach them something new.
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Asian Enough
Hosted by Jen Yamato and Frank Shyong of the LA Times, this brand new podcast about being Asian American seeks to explore the joys and complications of identification in an ever more mystifying and complex world. Joined by celebrity guests such as The Farewell director Lulu Wang, Searching star John Cho, and Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen, the hosts unpack their personal stories and try to connect, finding universality in their shared specificity.
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Attack of the Queerwolf
Midway through Bryan Fuller’s guest episode on Attack of the Queerwolf titled “DILFs Next Door”, there’s a moment when the highly acclaimed Hannibal showrunner refers to Fright Night (1985)’s Evil Ed as a “Vibrating Judy Garland of gay” and it really hits you – this is a podcast you’ve always needed in your life; you just didn’t know it yet. Hosted by Michael Kennedy, Nay Bever and Brennan Klein, this official Fangoria Podcast Network charmer features three friends and their guests talking about the thrills and difficulties of loving a genre that hasn’t always loved you back.
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Best Movies Never Made
It’s hard to think of a recent horror movie whose production was halted that’s more heartbreaking than David Bruckner (The Ritual) and Nick Antosca (Channel Zero)’s Friday the 13th movie. Filled to the brim with potential, this Platinum Dunes project was set to hit theaters on May 13th, 2016, but due to changes in leadership, the failure of Rings and the horror genre itself moving and evolving and changing, Paramount Pictures got cold feet and canned the film before it was even filmed. Set in the ‘80s, their 2016 slasher had Jason Voorhees dragging his victims down to stay at the bottom of the lake. It had two final girl survivors instead of one. It had a sequel planned to take place in the snow. Listening to this particular episode of Best Movies Never Made will make you rue the day Paramount shut down operations on such a promising venture, it’s true. However, there are advantages to listening to the brains behind such big blockbusters talk about the behind-the-scenes scenarios that lead to such stutter-stepping. From producers confusing themselves with the writers and the writers disagreeing with the director, and the actor and her scheduling conflicts, and the budget not leaving enough room for the set pieces, or star you pictured playing privy to your vulnerability and asking for more than you can pay – if anything, this podcast will remind you that every movie is a miracle. And the movies that don’t get made are still pretty darn special, too.
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Reading Glasses
Few people understand my deep-seated adoration for all things haunted houses like Reading Glasses podcast co-host Mallory O'Meara. When it comes to reading, if you give me a lonely girl wandering a dimly lit hallway with good wallpaper at midnight in a frock with a metal candelabra, I’m done for. Luckily, O’Meara shares my affinity for dust coated decrepit castles, lonely apparitions, and those good, gothic Shirley Jackson vibes. Lucky for me, this podcast comes to the table bearing a plethora of solid spooky reading recommendations.
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Pure Cinema Podcast
The best thing about living in Los Angeles is visiting the New Beverly Cinema. Housed in a building which dates back to the 1920s, going to the New Bev is like going to church for cinephiles. There’s only one screen, the movies are all shown on film, most evenings are booked with cheap double features, and Quentin Tarantino owns the theater, so he occasionally stops by every now and then to watch a movie himself – in fact, he has a habit of showing pictures out of his own personal collection that he keeps at home. Tarantino’s love of deep cuts led to his becoming a fan of the Pure Cinema Podcast– a weekly podcast wherein Elric Kane and Brian Saur discuss cult oddities and which underrated gems to watch. Suddenly, a bond formed. Tarantino knew he didn’t just want to listen to these guys talk about weird movies, he wanted to talk WITH them ABOUT eccentric films and crazy cult classics and all things cinema. At the end of the day, all arrogance aside, these are all a couple of pals who just love movies and can recommend movies because they watch A LOT of movies. Now, Pure Cinema has become the official podcast of the New Beverly, and each episode is dedicated to discussing the calendar in all of its idiosyncrasies and historical curiosities for each month’s viewings at the best spot in town. Sometimes QT himself even pops in to say hello.
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Unspooled
Amy Nicholson and Paul Scheer’s Unspooled podcast burns its way into the brain by way of bold hot takes and intense analysis. Hosted by two of the world’s biggest movie buffs, the pair spend each week digesting and digging into one movie off of the AFI’s top 100 films of all time list, discussing the background of each flick, debating its merits, and ultimately deciding whether or not it deserves a spot on the list. How do these films measure up to the movies of today? Is the picture really as impressive as we’ve been led to believe, or does it just have a wild backstory? What other feature might deserve to take its place? Should it be ranked higher or lower? It’s a brilliant, spirited and raw look at movies that we’ve come to treasure far too much to look at with anything other than rose tinted glasses.
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Shockwaves
Anyone who says that the horror genre needs saving just isn’t paying attention. Robert Eggers’s The Lighthouse. Ari Aster’s Midsommar. Jordan Peele’s Us. Coralie Fargeat’s Revenge. Lukas Feigelfeld’s Hagazuusa. Mati Diop’sAtlantics. Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man. Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala’s The Lodge. Alexandre Aja’s Crawl. Genre film is arguably better than it has ever been before. While mainstream cinema veers on the safe side, churning out sequels and remakes and superhero movie after superhero movie, thrillers offer filmmakers a more experimental outlet, one which comes across as more complex and contemplative of the current political climate that we’re living and growing and shedding and changing in. They can deliver a message that will be better received because it arrives with the preconceived notion of a good time – a vitamin in the guise of a piece of candy. The only problem is, with myriad streaming services offered at every turn, it’s tough to know where to look or what exactly to look for when seeking out superior horror movie titles. Enter theShockwavespodcast with exactly the curated wisdom and veteran guidance curious audiences require. Feeling overwhelmed? Not sure what to skip and which titles to Netflix and chill? Look no further than Fangoria’s official podcast, featuring real ones Rebekah McKendry, Ryan Turek, Elric Kane and Rob Galluzzo.
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Hardcore History
What would happen if we actually discovered who really shot John F. Kennedy? Would we cheer? Rejoice in this knowledge? Trace the lineage to the last living kin folk responsible, hunt said person down, and demand justice in the form of enlightened violence? Would we even notice? Would we care? Perhaps the reason why we as a culture cannot accept that Lee Harvey Oswald shot President Kennedy is because the idea of an everyday, corn-fed southerner taking down the most powerful figure in our country is too tedious for our brains to grasp. Too ordinary an explanation for such a tragic turning point. Hardcore History reminds its viewers that the Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by a not-so-special nineteen-year-old Bosnian Serb who gained the upper hand when Ferdinand’s horseman simply took the wrong road at the wrong time. The repercussions of such ignorance cannot be overstated, but it doesn’t change the fact that an everyday man killing a figurehead led to the eventual outbreak of World War I. Sometimes when you peel back the conspiracies and the skepticism and the hysteria, you learn that history isn’t always about backstabbing and glory and secret government cover-ups – sometimes it’s about accepting the banal when we’d favor the drama.
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How Did This Get Made?
Back before he was governor of California and well on his way to becoming President of the United States, Arnold Schwarzenegger starred in an over-the-top Christmas movie called Jingle All the Way– a film in which the How Did This Get Made? podcast reminds us, Sinbad is most likely fighting over a doll for himself. Released mid-90s and directed by The Flintstones’ Brian Levant, this rowdy little family film is wild. More wild you remember. Wait till Paul Scheer, June Diane Raphael and Jason Mantzoukas tell you about the part where Schwarzenegger punches a deer in the face and it says, “ow”.
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Movie Crypt
“As far as I was concerned, I was just like, if I end up a starving artist who’s just doing insane puppet shows, that’ll be the coolest shit in the world” is not exactly a statement you’d expect to hear from Jordan Peele. The Oscar winning director of Get Out and Us, but here we are. Peele sits down with Adam Green (Hatchet) and Joe Lynch (Wrong Turn 2) for one of their famous “Hall of Fame” episodes to discuss his humble beginnings in the industry, and the staggering twelve year climb to the top that followed thereafter. It’s easy to look at a filmmaker whose name seemed to suddenly appear out of thin air and assume that he or she is an overnight success, especially when you’re hunting the same dream and you’re hungry and you’re impatient and you’re tired. The Movie Crypt is a gathering of determined minds speaking their truth, citing their lessons learned and paying tribute to their path, no matter how tumultuous. It’s a podcast for those horror movie lovers looking to be pushed in a more positive direction. Also available on the FANGORIA Podcast Network!
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My Favorite Murder
Staying up late with your girlfriends, giggling over small town gossip as you tuck the covers up tight under your chin and relay ghost stories in hushed voices. Listening to urban legends and pretending not to be scared. Pretending your friend isn’t scared. Jumping at each little creak and crack and moan your old house makes – you just KNOW you heard something this time. If any of this sounds familiar to you, then you probably already know what it’s like to listen to My Favorite Murder podcast. Hosted by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark, this female led phenomenon has been one of the most popular podcasts on the internet since its inception in 2016, and it’s not hard to see why. Listening to Karen and Georgia bounce back and forth from the grisly details of a gruesome murder to the reason why they don’t date guys who put their mattresses on the floor creates an atmosphere that is both hilarious and heartfelt, but above all, familiar. It’s a great, cozy night in the woods telling campfire tales with two of the best.
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The Last Podcast on the Left
Serial killers. Slasher movies. UFO sightings. Conspiracy theories. The living dead. Creepypastas. Paranoid thrillers. Campfire stories. Cults. Cannibals. If an atrocity rears its ugly head in this world, real or imaginary, you can be sure The Last Podcast on the Left will be there to expose its dark underbelly. Incredibly insightful and well researched, this comedic reflection on the history of mankind started in 2011 as three friends – Ben Kissel, Marcus Parks and Henry Zebrowski – just joshin’ around about the paranormal and the macabre, and blossomed into one of the nation’s most entertaining and informative modern podcasts. Their series on the Oregon Trail is outstanding, but the episodes covering Grigori Rasputin’s timeline are not to be missed.
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WTF with Marc Maron Podcast
Early in Marc Maron’s WTF podcast episode with Anthony Bourdain, the world renowned chef tries to articulate exactly why food is so important to human connection – how seemingly opposite people can come together through the power of vulnerability in the form of breaking bread: “What do I have in common with the Tea Party? Well, I’m guessing we both like beer and we both like barbecue. That’s something, and hopefully, could become the beginning of some kind of conversation. To sneer at each other relentlessly seems counterproductive”. A comedian for over twenty years, this host knows first hand the relentless struggle that comes with being cursed with creativity. The terror of performing, bolstered forward by the drive for something more. Marc’s interviews come from a place of shared frustration and success and stardom. Despite its celebrity status, this show plays less like primetime television and more like a conversation between close friends.
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You Must Remember This
Taking its title from the iconic Casablanca tune ‘As Time Goes By’, this deep dive into the history of old Hollywood is hosted by Karina Longworth, and it’s an all-timer. From Madonna’s high profile relationship with Sean Penn in the eighties, to forty-four year-old Humphrey Bogart’s low key relationship with nineteen year-old To Have and Have Not co-star Lauren Bacall, to the origins and reasoning behind the Hollywood 10, to Carnie Wilson and fat-shaming in rock and pop music, Longworth dives deep into the seedy roots that evolved into the media as we know and consume it today, exploring the impact that each seemingly small turn left in its wake for years to come. Thought-provoking, bold, and important for anyone looking to learn about the history of life in the movie business.
