Leighton Night with Brian Wecht

This week we're unlocking two of the mini-episodes from our Patreon, originally released on October 22 & 29, 2025. If you like what you hear, sign up for more at patreon.com/leightonnight to get one every week! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Happy New Year! In lieu of a full episode this week, we bring you this abandoned recording we did back in October that we gave up on because it sucked so bad. Judge for yourself! The full video version is available for free on Youtube, so go watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaYn3trK3DADo you hate ads but love this show? Do you want an incredible deal on access to our entire 5 year backlog of video and ad-free episodes for TWO DOLLARS A MONTH? Then check out our Patreon and support the show at patreon.com/leightonnight! Kick us $5 a month and you even get a MINISODE every week, too. AND access to the fan discord, which is cool and fun. It's a steal. We literally shouldn't be doing this. Follow us on Twitter at @leightonnight and on Instagram/TikTok at @leighton_night. You can find Brian on Twitter/Instagram at @ bwecht, and Leighton at @buttchamps (Instagram). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's the SECOND HALF OF PART TWO of our annual Christmas clip show! Last ep was Bad Book Club themed, and this one is... everything themed. If you like what you hear, be sure to check out full episodes 252, 263, 277, 284, 287, 290, 291, 298, and 299. Thank you all for another wonderful year of supporting us as we make premium quality, wet, hot, audio content to put in your filthy little ear holes. Here's to ten more years of Leighton Night. (Those ten years will obviously be spent waiting for Brian to finish introducing What's Poppin', at which point the show will promptly and ignominiously end.) Merry Christmas AND Merry Pissmas! Do you hate ads but love this show? Do you want an incredible deal on access to our entire 5 year backlog of video and ad-free episodes for TWO DOLLARS A MONTH? Then check out our Patreon and support the show at patreon.com/leightonnight! Kick us $5 a month and you even get a MINISODE every week, too. AND access to the fan discord, which is cool and fun. It's a steal. We literally shouldn't be doing this. Follow us on Twitter at @leightonnight and on Instagram/TikTok at @leighton_night. You can find Brian on Twitter/Instagram at @bwecht and Leighton at @buttchamps (Instagram). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's THE FIRST HALF OF PART TWO of our annual Christmas clip show! Last ep was Bad Book Club themed, and this one is... everything themed. If you like what you hear, be sure to check out full episodes 252, 263, 277, 284, 287, 290, 291, 298, and 299. Thank you all for another wonderful year of supporting us as we make premium quality, wet, hot, audio content to put in your filthy little ear holes. Here's to ten more years of Leighton Night. (Those ten years will obviously be spent waiting for Brian to finish introducing What's Poppin', at which point the show will promptly and ignominiously end.) Merry Christmas AND Merry Pissmas!Do you hate ads but love this show? Do you want an incredible deal on access to our entire 5 year backlog of video and ad-free episodes for TWO DOLLARS A MONTH? Then check out our Patreon and support the show at patreon.com/leightonnight! Kick us $5 a month and you even get a MINISODE every week, too. AND access to the fan discord, which is cool and fun. It's a steal. We literally shouldn't be doing this. Follow us on Twitter at @leightonnight and on Instagram/TikTok at @leighton_night. You can find Brian on Twitter/Instagram at @bwecht and Leighton at @buttchamps (Instagram). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's time for our annual Christmas clip show, covering the past year of this ridiculous podcast (with some interstitial banter, of typically high quality). This one mainly covers highlights from our many Bad Book Clubs this year-- we read The Da Vinky Code, Harry Potter and the Methods of Craptionality, and Secret of Secrets. If you like what you hear, be sure to check out full episodes 254, 255, 273, 274, 288, and 289. We'll be back next week with even more banger clips! Big thanks to M (@mwgewehr_) for their wonderful girlboss melody.Do you hate ads but love this show? Do you want an incredible deal on access to our entire 5 year backlog of video and ad-free episodes for TWO DOLLARS A MONTH? Then check out our Patreon and support the show at patreon.com/leightonnight! Kick us $5 a month and you even get a MINISODE every week, too. AND access to the fan discord, which is cool and fun. It's a steal. We literally shouldn't be doing this. Follow us on Twitter at @leightonnight and on Instagram/TikTok at @leighton_night. You can find Brian on Twitter/Instagram at @bwecht and Leighton at @buttchamps (Instagram). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're edging all the way to Episode 300, baby-- and we're not even CLOSE to finishing. On this one, we talk about introductory Simpsons episodes, chaperoning children, girlbossing too close to the sun, Breaking Bad (again), and more! We don't talk about 6 7 at all. Where did you even get that idea. Shut up.Please submit your entries (with timestamps) for the Best of 2025 Christmas Clip Show either on our socials, via email, or on the dedicated channel on our Patreon Discord, or else PissNog the Christmas Goblin is going to skip your house this year.Do you hate ads but love this show? Do you want an incredible deal on access to our entire 5 year backlog of video and ad-free episodes for TWO DOLLARS A MONTH? Then check out our Patreon and support the show at patreon.com/leightonnight! Kick us $5 a month and you even get a MINISODE every week, too. AND access to the fan discord, which is cool and fun. It's a steal. We literally shouldn't be doing this. Follow us on Twitter at @leightonnight and on Instagram/TikTok at @leighton_night. You can find Brian on Twitter/Instagram at @bwecht and Leighton at @buttchamps (Instagram). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're back with our favorite yearly tradition: hanging out with our buddy Miles Luna in the spirit of Thanksgiving-- while imbibing spirits! We talk about adjusting to life across the pond, British food image rehabilitation, musicals, Twin Peaks, D-bag hotties, and more! As always, it's a total joy. Do you hate ads but love this show? Do you want an incredible deal on access to our entire 5 year backlog of video and ad-free episodes for TWO DOLLARS A MONTH? Then check out our Patreon and support the show at patreon.com/leightonnight! Kick us $5 a month and you even get a MINISODE every week, too. AND access to the fan discord, which is cool and fun. It's a steal. We literally shouldn't be doing this. Follow us on Twitter at @leightonnight and on Instagram/TikTok at @leighton_night. You can find Brian on Twitter/Instagram at @bwecht and Leighton at @buttchamps (Instagram). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this lovely ep, we're joined by musician and artist Nick Thorburn (insta: @nickfromislands) to discuss such hard-hitting topics as the best/worst movie dogs, the Forbes 30 Under 30 spam email list, innovations in reed technology, the zen of making art, film school, Cine2Nerdle, and more! Go to https://tinyurl.com/f4ywnnep to get tickets for the SELAH Shoulder to Shoulder benefit concert on December 8th to see Brian, Nick, Tim Heidecker, Neil Hamburger, Cold War Kids, Jamie Loftus, and many many more awesome folks!Do you hate ads but love this show? Do you want an incredible deal on access to our entire 5 year backlog of video and ad-free episodes for TWO DOLLARS A MONTH? Then check out our Patreon and support the show at patreon.com/leightonnight! Kick us $5 a month and you even get a MINISODE every week, too. AND access to the fan discord, which is cool and fun. It's a steal. We literally shouldn't be doing this. Follow us on Twitter at @leightonnight and on Instagram/TikTok at @leighton_night. You can find Brian on Twitter/Instagram at @bwecht, and Leighton at @buttchamps (Instagram). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're back with a lo-fi episode of Leighton Night to study and relax to, because despite Brian being in a literal recording studio, his audio is bad and also our tracks got lumped together with no backup. Forgive us our sins. We discuss high school stories, how to destroy people in Cine2Nerdle, character actors, mid animated television, and we also create some new conspiracy theories about your favorite members of TWRP. Do you hate ads but love this show? Do you want an incredible deal on access to our entire 5 year backlog of video and ad-free episodes for TWO DOLLARS A MONTH? Then check out our Patreon and support the show at patreon.com/leightonnight! Kick us $5 a month and you even get a MINISODE every week, too. AND access to the fan discord, which is cool and fun. It's a steal. We literally shouldn't be doing this. Follow us on Twitter at @leightonnight and on Instagram/TikTok at @leighton_night. You can find Brian on Twitter/Instagram at @bwecht, and Leighton at @buttchamps (Instagram). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're back with a REAL episode this time. We promise. We're on the path to fix our past wrongs, i.e. having to scrap the last episode we recorded because it was too bad to air. Do we atone for our sins and reclaim our honor on this ep? Listen to find out! We discuss a variety of things: board games, Breaking Bad, phone etiquette, sangria, toxic masculinity, and more!Do you hate ads but love this show? Do you want an incredible deal on access to our entire 5 year backlog of video and ad-free episodes for TWO DOLLARS A MONTH? Then check out our Patreon and support the show at patreon.com/leightonnight! Kick us $5 a month and you even get a MINISODE every week, too. AND access to the fan discord, which is cool and fun. It's a steal. We literally shouldn't be doing this. Follow us on Twitter at @leightonnight and on Instagram/TikTok at @leighton_night. You can find Brian on Twitter/Instagram at @ bwecht, and Leighton at @buttchamps (Instagram). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're back with another supercut of re-runs, because we both have busy lives, for which we are incredibly sorry. What we're not sorry for is MORE JORY CONTENT! Here we have three wonderful eps with our most frequent guest/unofficial third co-host Mr. Jory Griffis! This selection includes his inaugural appearance, Episode 2: Jory Griffis, Movie Boy; Episode 46: Keanu Reeves Thirst Quest; and Episode 166: A Thin, Hackneyed Premise. So really, this is a piece of Leighton Night history, folks. In lieu of our typical Patreon exclusive video episode, we're releasing one of these video episodes in full on our Youtube channel FOR FREE! Get yourself a little taste. First hit's on us. Do you want to see video episodes like the one we've generously released publicly every week? Do you hate ads but love this show (and Jory)? Do you want an incredible deal on access to our entire 5 year backlog of video and ad-free episodes for TWO DOLLARS A MONTH? Then check out our Patreon and support the show at patreon.com/leightonnight! Kick us $5 a month and you even get a MINISODE every week, too. AND access to the fan discord, which is cool and fun. It's a steal. We literally shouldn't be doing this. Follow us on Twitter at @leightonnight and on Instagram/TikTok at @leighton_night. You can find Brian on Twitter/Instagram at @ bwecht, and Leighton at @buttchamps (Instagram). But honestly, you should just log off entirely. For your health. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Happy Halloween folks! WE'RE RANKING HORROR MOVIES (NOT CLICKBAIT!) ie. creating our Official Podcast Horror Movie Canon List- We go through our horror movie picks for categories SUCH AS: Horror Movies that are fun and not too scary for kids, Movies so good that people forget to list them but then you watch and you think "wow that movie IS good," Honorary Scaries where the movie isn't horror but DAMN that one scene though, and much moreeeee Do you hate ads but love this show? Do you want an incredible deal on access to our entire 5 year backlog of video and ad-free episodes for TWO DOLLARS A MONTH? Then check out our Patreon and support the show at patreon.com/leightonnight! Kick us $5 a month and you even get a MINISODE every week, too. AND access to the fan discord, which is cool and fun. It's a steal. We literally shouldn't be doing this. Follow us on Twitter at @leightonnight and on Instagram/TikTok at @leighton_night. You can find Brian on Twitter/Instagram at @bwecht, and Leighton at @buttchamps (Instagram). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we're joined by Emmy award winning writer and musician Genevieve LeDoux (ig: @last_unicorn_mom) for a chat about her new music project, Neil Diamond (and his various crimes), E.T. (and his selfless heroics), living in Georgia, kid-friendly horror, Jersey foods, and more! This is a fun one. You can check out Star Forest at www.starforest.rocks. Do you hate ads but love this show? Do you want an incredible deal on access to our entire 5 year backlog of video and ad-free episodes for TWO DOLLARS A MONTH? Then check out our Patreon and support the show at patreon.com/leightonnight! Kick us $5 a month and you even get a MINISODE every week, too. AND access to the fan discord, which is cool and fun. It's a steal. We literally shouldn't be doing this. Follow us on Twitter at @leightonnight and on Instagram/TikTok at @leighton_night. You can find Brian on Twitter/Instagram at @bwecht, and Leighton at @buttchamps (Instagram). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Now, here's what's gonna happen. You're gonna press the play button on whichever platform you're listening to this thing on, be it Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or whatever the hell else, and you're gonna sit quietly and listen to this entire thing. You may hear some things you like; you may hear some things you don't. Depends on what you're into. Doesn't really matter to me. You would be amazed by how many of these are actually terrible. It's gonna take a minute to get through this thing, so I brought sandwiches-- I have turkey and I have a nice pimento cheese. You like pimento cheese? Right. You listen to this damn show, so it follows that you have bad taste. Now, when you're done, I highly suggest that you leave a review. Five stars. And then you're gonna go about your day like nothing happened. Do you understand? I wanna hear you say it. You're gonna go about your day like nothing happened. Good. Now shut up, get out of here, and stop wasting my time with questions we both know the answers to. patreon.com/leightonnight Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Happy October! We're continuing our annual tradition of re-airing all three episodes of Leighton's horror history series Deep Cuts in one convenient package for your listening pleasure. Learn about the surprising origins of the found footage genre, all the entries pre-dating The Blair Witch Project, a massive section on Blair Witch (duh), and everything that came after. If you're looking for some found footage films to enjoy this holiday season, this one is packed with recommendations. This is probably the most effort we've ever put into this show, so soak it up. Since these are older, these episodes were produced and edited by Jerik Centeno, who did an amazing job and also rules.Check out our Patreon and support the show at patreon.com/leightonnight! Follow us on Twitter at @leightonnight and on Instagram/TikTok at @leighton_night. You can find Brian on Twitter/Instagram at @ bwecht, and Leighton at @graylish (Twitter)/@buttchamps (Instagram). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Greetings, scumbags. We're here with another listicle episode-- this time ranking the great scumbags of cinema (and TV). This one is sure to be controversial. Can you be too high class to be a scumbag? Who's too evil to be a scumbag? Are all fictional lawyers scumbags? All this, and more. Some of these entries will SHOCK you. And the ranking order may infuriate you. It's short and sweet and starts with an all-timer Brian story, so don't miss it. Definitely join our Patreon to see our respective scumbag fits, too. Do you hate ads but love this show? Do you want an incredible deal on access to our entire 5 year backlog of video and ad-free episodes for TWO DOLLARS A MONTH? Then check out our Patreon and support the show at patreon.com/leightonnight! Kick us $5 a month and you even get a MINISODE every week, too. AND access to the fan discord, which is cool and fun. It's a steal. We literally shouldn't be doing this. Follow us on Twitter at @leightonnight and on Instagram/TikTok at @leighton_night. You can find Brian on Twitter/Instagram at @bwecht, and Leighton at @buttchamps (Instagram). STAY SAFE SCUM HARD. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sigh. We're back with a deeper dive into the nitty gritty of this godawful book. Learn more about non-local consciousness and non-local consciousness and non-local consciousness and more non-local consciousness. Are you sick of hearing that phrase? SO ARE WE. We cover the awful "plot twist" and how charming everyone finds the most insufferable fictional man alive and how every character in this book is both fit and a model. Great stuff here, folks. Don't miss it!Do you hate ads (and Dan Brown) but love this show? Do you want an incredible deal on access to our entire 5 year backlog of video and ad-free episodes for TWO DOLLARS A MONTH? Then check out our Patreon and support the show at patreon.com/leightonnight! Kick us $5 a month and you even get a MINISODE every week, too. AND access to the fan discord, which is cool and fun. It's a steal. We literally shouldn't be doing this. Follow us on Twitter at @leightonnight and on Instagram/TikTok at @leighton_night. You can find Brian on Twitter/Instagram at @bwecht, and Leighton at @buttchamps (Instagram). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Robert Langdon is back in another riveting entry of Dan Brown Mad Libs, and we're unfortunately also back to talk trash about it. You're never gonna guess what happens in this extremely formulaic, long, and boring race against the clock around Prague with another sexy lady scientist and another monstrous assassin and another shadowy organization pulling all the strings. Thought the pseudohistory and blatant misinformation in his other books were bad? Buckle up, because this one is pure pseudoscience, and you're about to hear the words "non-local consciousness" so many times you'll wish you had some non-local unconsciousness. Here's Part I. You'll get Part II next week and wish that you hadn't. Do you hate ads but love this show? Do you want an incredible deal on access to our entire 5 year backlog of video and ad-free episodes for TWO DOLLARS A MONTH? Then check out our Patreon and support the show at patreon.com/leightonnight! Kick us $5 a month and you even get a MINISODE every week, too. AND access to the fan discord, which is cool and fun. It's a steal. We literally shouldn't be doing this. Follow us on Twitter at @leightonnight and on Instagram/TikTok at @leighton_night. You can find Brian on Twitter/Instagram at @bwecht, and Leighton at @buttchamps (Instagram). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We have an absolutely fascinating, funny, and extremely talented guest for you today-- Dave Cobb, experience and theme park designer extraordinaire! We chat about what got him into this line of work, evergreen Simpsons content, Looney Toons, behind-the-scenes stories of experience design, favorite defunct attractions, and more! Seriously, this might be one of the best interviews we've ever done and we will ABSOLUTELY have him back on, so don't miss it! For more info on his work, check him out at https://about.me/davecobbHate ads but love the show? Check out our Patreon and support the show at patreon.com/leightonnight for the entire five year backlog of ad free and video episodes for as low as TWO DOLLARS! It's a steal and someone should stop us.Follow us on Twitter at @leightonnight and on Instagram/TikTok at @leighton_night. You can find Brian on Twitter/Instagram at @bwecht, and Leighton at @graylish (Twitter)/@buttchamps (Instagram). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Friend of the show and longtime NSP collaborator Simon Macko (Shoocharu) joins us today as we arbitrarily decide that we get to make the rules for how movies should be made from here on out- and also how unfair it is that Criterions are only sold in the US and what Brian's perfect honeypot would be, (take notes, otherwise it's entrapment and we can't get a conviction.)Anywho. Do you hate ads but love this show? Do you want an incredible deal on access to our entire 5 year backlog of video and ad-free episodes for TWO DOLLARS A MONTH? Then check out our Patreon and support the show at patreon.com/leightonnight! Kick us $5 a month and you even get a MINISODE every week, too. AND access to the fan discord, which is cool and fun. It's a steal. We literally shouldn't be doing this. Follow us on Twitter at @leightonnight and on Instagram/TikTok at @leighton_night. You can find Brian on Twitter/Instagram at @bwecht and Leighton at @buttchamps (Instagram).  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.