The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of

The podcast gets more cosmopolitan this week as David and Ryan are joined by not one but two native French speakers: French super-collector Arnaud (the "d" is silent, you American scum!) Grunberg and French film writer/collector Patrice Girod (the "d" is silent, you American scum!), who have just published The Fifth Element: A Visual Retrospective, a brand new coffee table book celebrating the famous Luc Besson film for its 30th anniversary. Arnaud and Patrice also chat to the guys about their youthful fixation on Star Wars and how it led to a lifetime of science-fiction passion, multiple Star Wars coffee table books, and soon: Starfix, a science-fiction movie memorabilia museum which will open in Paris in late 2027. Trés bien! Email us at [email protected] https://www.instagram.com/propspodcast/ https://www.facebook.com/propspodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/davidhmandel/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

David and Ryan are joined by exactly no one to discuss the New York Times article on the neuroscience of clutter and collecting and how those two things so closely intersect in our little ape brains (and what you can do to help let go). Then the guys address the big gorilla in the room--the return of the Darth Vader hero fighting lightsaber to auction. This astonishing/amazing/incredible piece, last sold by Propstore for almost three million dollars in their summer 2025 EMLA... LA auction, has made a surprising boomerang return and is going under hammer again, this time at Heritage Auctions' November Star Wars sale. Which begs the three-million dollar question: will David, or won't he? You want this... don't you? Ryan can feel the hate swelling in David now..." NYT article: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/11/opinion/clutter-spring-cleaning-psychology.html?unlocked_article_code=1 Email us at [email protected] https://www.instagram.com/propspodcast/ https://www.facebook.com/propspodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/davidhmandel/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Matt Truex joins David and Ryan today to provide an inside look at the Warner Bros. Archives, its history, strategy, philosophy, and operation. And Matt is not only an archivist, he's a collector and a fan, so he comes at this topic with a unique blend of passion and gusto. Join the guys as they go all the way from the Maltese Falcon to Matt Reeves' The Batman, covering as much Warner collecting history as they can in between, including all you'd ever want to know about a little DC series called Birds of Prey. Email us at [email protected] https://www.instagram.com/propspodcast/ https://www.facebook.com/propspodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/davidhmandel/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Science fiction royalty joins the podcast in the corporeal form of Rod Roddenberry and Ethan Teller from Roddenberry Entertainment, Rod being the CEO and son of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry himself. They regale the guys with tales of sci-fi yore, growing up around Star Trek, founding the archive that bears Rod’s family’s legendary name… and still have time to tell the incredible story of recovering the long-lost (and probably stolen…) original, 3-foot Enterprise model from Star Trek TOS. All that AND the guys at last learn who bought that V*Ger model from Star Trek: The Motion Picture… and used the RYAN10 code. Email us at [email protected] https://www.instagram.com/propspodcast/ https://www.facebook.com/propspodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/davidhmandel/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Your favorite movie props podcast returns for another batch of episodes and a big old dose of class. So break out your brandy snifters because David and Ryan are joined by someone who is not only a fine art expert, but also a lady. Mari-Claudia Jimenez has had a fascinating career hunting down stolen Nazi art, appraising collections, working at Sotheby's, and most recently founding her own business in the fine art world. The guys chat with her about fine art, pop culture, and how everything in collecting these days seems to circle back to movie props--and what that means for the future. Email: [email protected] SDAMO - Instagram https://www.instagram.com/propspodcast/ SDAMO - Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/propspodcast.bsky.social SDAMO - Facebook https://www.facebook.com/propspodcast/ SDAMO - TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@props.podcast David Mandel - Instagram https://www.instagram.com/davidhmandel/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.