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The podcast version of Fat Dude Digs Flicks, a dude on social media who is dedicated to reviewing movies and spreading his love for all things cinema.
This channel features Let’s Taco ‘Bout, an interview based podcast where Andy, The Fat Dude, chats with a guest about their life and a movie that has had a major impact it. It also features The Criterion Break, where cohosts Blake Ginithan, Derrick Veurink, and I pay tribute to the glory that is the Criterion Collection.
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Send a text With the Oscars just around the corner, it is time for a Fat Dude annual tradition! It’s time to reveal my favorite films of 2025! This year, not only am I joined by my usual partner in crime, Jameson Pfeifle, but we welcome DeeDee Collins along for the ride. Listen as we count down our favorite films of the past year. Find out what makes all three lists, what is left by the wayside, and what some regular contributors have to say about the year that was 2025. Oh. And Natasha talks...
Send a text On this week’s episode, I am joined by host of the Action Addicts Podcast, Scott Wiley! We chat about Scott’s love for action movies and where that comes from before diving into our featured movie of the week. This week’s gem is the 1999 sci-fi comedy, Galaxy Quest, starring Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, and the late legend, Alan Rickman. You can follow Scott on BlueSky at Action Addicts Podcast (actionaddicts.bsky.social). Follow Fat Dude Digs Flicks across social media: Faceboo...
Send a text The Criterion Break is back! This week, the boys from the Break give love once again to the State Theatre of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The guys recap year five since the landmark theatre’s reopening, talking about their favorite moments of the past year and some of the films they enjoyed getting to see on the State’s grand screen! Blake can be found on Instagram @blakeg_5150Letterboxd @therealjohng. Derrick can be found on Instagram AND Letterboxd @dervdude. Follow Fat Dude Di...
Send a text The annual tradition continues! Once again, I am joined by Sioux Falls theatrical show-stopper and big-time movie buff, Jessica Johannsen, and the brother she nurtured into movie obsession, Nick Johannsen, to discuss this year’s Oscar nominations. We discuss our love and appreciation for the record-breaking Sinners, the absent Wicked: For Good, the surprising F1, and wonder just when the Academy will give Diane Warren a break. We cover the major categories and a few of our other f...
Send a text On this week’s episode, The Fat Dude is joined by Arne Venema and Michael Chan of CFK Productions. Arne and Michael talk about the foundations of their friendship and production company, the process that goes into making top notch special features, and dive into their love of Asian genre cinema including some of Michael’s stories working as an actor in Hong Kong. You can follow CFK Productions on Instagram at @crazyfromkong. Follow Fat Dude Digs Flicks across social ...
Send a text In this week’s episode, we ring in the new year, wrap up the Naughty List, and bring this season of episodes to an end. Anthony Hoekman returns to the show for a fun conversation about putting in work at The State Theater and share some of our favorite reads of 2025. We then dive into the final potential entry on this year’s Naughty List, Ari Aster’s latest, Eddington. We discuss the pandemic, the nation’s division, performative politics, and energy-sucking AI along with what make...
Send a text MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! The Naughty List returns with Brad Redick of the Human Dads podcast stepping back into the guest seat. We talk a little bit about life and Christmas before diving into a first here on the Naughty List. Neither one of us have seen 2020’s Fatman until deciding to do this episode, but our expectations weren’t all that great. Were we charmed by Mel Gibson’s Santa? Was this a Christmas action spectacular? Was it a charming offbeat comedy? Well… no. Hear our thoughts ...
Send a text The Naughty List keeps chugging away down the Christmas season tracks. This week, I am joined by first time guest, Amanda Robertson. Amanda is a contributor to EasternKicks.com, and a huge fan of action movies. We discuss where he love of action movies comes from, what it’s like to break into the action movie fanosphere, and what movies kicked off her love of cinema. We then dive into the Jean Claude Van Damme/Dolph Lundgren starrer, Universal Soldier, to determine whether or not ...
Send a text On this week’s episode, the Naughty List returns with a hang out episode. Just three friends, goofing around. The Fat Dude is joined by co-host of Screams From the Basement, Casey Kelderman, and the dad-mode voice of the Sioux Falls Stampede, Charlie Eccles to chat about Wild Wild West. We dive into the Burger King toys, Salma Hayek’s non-role, Will Smith’s Fresh Princes, giant spiders, and how the film’s theme song is a million times better than the movie. You can find Case...
Send a text The Christmas season is upon us which, in Fat Dude land, can only mean one thing: time to kick off this year’s Naughty List! First up this year, Andy is joined by friend and one of the hosts of the Screams From the Basement podcast, Sam Lenz. We chat about Sam’s productive year, helping create a local horror convention, hosting Late Nights at The State, and working at another local indie theater before diving into this year’s first potential addition to the Naughty List, Joel Schu...
Send a text 🎃🔪 HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! 🔪🎃 On this special Halloween episode, Adam Dillenburg returns to the show. In what seems to be a new tradition, Adam is back to celebrate the holiday, chatting about horror and Halloween traditions. Then, he and the Fat Dude decide to dissect (and bisect, trisect, and decapitate) this generation’s horror franchise smash, Terrifier. We chat about each entry, discuss our favorite kills, and ponder why we love Art the Clown so damned much! Follow Adam on Instagr...
Send a text October’s Horror Extravaganza continues! On this week’s episode, The Fat Dude is joined by author and USD professor, Duncan Barlow. The two discuss Duncan’s history from punk rock to poetry to education. Then, they dive into the educational value of horror, both in literature and on film, and why Duncan holds a soft spot in his heart for all things scary, even those frightening moments in not-so-frightening films. You can follow Duncan on TikTok and explore his Horror Curric...
Send a text This week on the program, Human Dads co-host Brad Redick returns! On his last appearance, he accepted the challenge to watch a horror film and come back to taco ‘bout it. We talk about Brad’s hesitation towards horror films and the Dallas Mavericks before diving into Tarsem Singh’s feature directorial debut, The Cell. We critique J-Lo’s baby voice and Vince Vaughn’s lack of Vince Vaughniness, and how Vincent D’Onofrio and the glorious production design steal the show. You ca...
Send a text On this episode, we kick off scary season on the Let’s Taco ‘Bout. The Fat Dude is joined by Logan and Sam, founders of the boutique physical media label, Error 4444, a label that specializes in Asian genre cinema! We talk about how the two founders met and where the idea came from. We also discuss the blood, sweat, and tears that go into creating a boutique label from scratch. You can follow Error 4444 on Instagram at @_error_4444, on Facebook at Error 4444, and visit their onlin...
Send a text Let’s Taco ‘Bout returns this week with an awesome guest! Toby Jones, writer of Cartoon Network’s The Regular Show and director of the newly released delightful indie comedy, AJ Goes to the Dog Park, joins the Fat Dude for a chat. The two chat about Toby’s history of creativity from making movies as a kid to learning tools of the trade in film school. They also chat about film appreciation, the world of animation, and vanishing media in the world of streaming before diving into Jo...
Send a text To close out the Summer Swindle miniseries, Arthur Howell, the Two Cents Critic, returns to the show! Arthur and the Fat Dude chat about heist movies in general before diving into the featured movie of the week, Steve McQueen’s tale of crime, corruption, gentrification, and politics, the 2018 flick, Widows. Subscribe to Arthur’s podcast, 2 Cents Critic, on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Goodpods, or anywhere you get your podcasts. You can also follow Arthur on social media...
Send a text The Break is back!!! The Criterion Break returns this week to continue the Summer Swindle! In the penultimate episode of The Fat Dude’s summer miniseries, James from 20th and 21st Movies joins Andy and Derrick to chat about where his love for all things movies comes from, and what opened his eyes to the greatness that is the Criterion Collection. The trio then dive into this week’s featured movies, Jules Dassin’s French classic, Rififi, and Michael Mann’s banger of a film debut, T...
Send a text This week on the podcast, the Summer Swindle continues! The Fat Dude is joined by one of the co-hosts of the Human Dads podcast, longtime friend, Brad Redick. The two engage in a conversation filled with tangents, though the notion of heist movies dominates the conversation. This week’s featured movie is the neo-noir twisty suspense film, The Usual Suspects. And yes… they do ponder how to cover an acclaimed movie that has become increasingly problematic over the years due to...
Send a text On this week’s episode, the Summer Swindle continues! New York based theatre artist, Sarah Lahue, returns to the show. We chat for a bit about Sarah’s new found appreciation of the New York Mets before diving into this week’s featured movie, Steven Soderbergh’s star-studded sizzler, Ocean’s Eleven. Sarah can be found across social media @SarahTheColor. You also follow her blog at monstrousfeminine.Wordpress.com. Follow Fat Dude Digs Flicks across social media: Facebook - Fat Dude...
Send a text The Summer Swindle continues! This week, Betsy and Trent of the Never Seen It podcast join the show, with Trent making his Let’s Taco ‘Bout debut. We talk about podcasting and finding viral success thanks to Tron: Legacy. We also discuss the featured heist movie of the week, Spike Lee’s slick bank robbery drama, Inside Man. Betsy and Trent can be found across social media at @neverseenitpod. You can also listen to the Never Seen It podcast wherever you get your podcasts! Follow Fa...
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Jesus Christ. An hour and a half in and you're still not talking about the film yet. I gotta unsub. I don't care about your friends. 15 minutes on them, tops.