Speaking English

⁠MAIL BAG HERE⁠ Well, we finally did it. It's Casablanca for this episode. Introduction (00:00) Op-Ed Corner (7:09) Double Indemnity Ep 175 The Big Sleep Ep 136 Chinatown Ep 138 Movie Discussion (11:19) What's Coming Up (44:37) Albums and Outro (46:08) Thanks for listening !

MAIL BAG HERE Well, we made it. For our 200th episode we are taking a look back over our first 4 1/2 years by selecting our podcast favorite book and movie of each decade. Join us for a fun discussion and nice retrospective. Introduction (00:00) Rules of the Game (7:45) The Game Itself (9:50) Summary and Look Ahead (1:21:30) Our Album Recs (1:25:53) Thanks so much for all the listening over the years !

MAIL BAG HERE FABLE BOOK CLUB HERE We're back with our first ever Book Club re-read ! We're once again taking a look at The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov. Stick around for some fun times and nice discussion. Introduction (00:00) Book Discussion (6:49) What's Coming Up (54:00) Album Recs (58:30) Thanks for listening !

MAILBAG HERE We're back in action with the best of what we read and watched in August of this year. Back to our intercontinental format with this one. Introduction/ What we've been up to (00:00) What you guys put in the mailbag (7:35) What we read (16:08) What we watched (30:48) What's coming up on the pod (1:18:50) What we think you should be listening to (1:20:30) Lot's of big milestones coming up, so stay tuned! Thanks for listening !

MAILBAG HERE A little different episode this time around, as we take a look at Battlefield Earth (2000), notorious for being one of the worst movies ever made. Find out what we thought of it, some of our opinions on what makes a movie bad, and much more here in this episode. Introduction (00:00) Decision to Leave (7:02) Battlefield Earth (17:58) What's coming up and our album recs (49:18) Thanks for listening !

MAILBAG HERE We're back with our July wrap-up for this time around, with the best of what we read and watched in July here in one place. Intro (00:00) Mailbag/ Show and Tell (4:17) Books we read (10:10) Movies we watched (21:10) Album Recs (1:04:48) Thanks for listening !

MAILBAG HERE Challenge Week is back for the first time in quite a while. We have an excellent selection this week, with Bringing Up Baby (1938) d. Howard Hawks and Amadeus (1984) d. Milos Forman. Two excellent pictures directed by two of our best boys. Intro (00:00) Mailbag and etc (4:54) Bringing Up Baby (18:54) Amadeus (37:12) The Fireman's Ball was featured in ep 84 What's Coming Up (51:07) Album recs (52:40) Thanks for listening !

MAILBAG HERE We're back right on time with a June Wrap-up filled with fun discussions, primarily what we read and watched in June 2024. Introduction (00:00) Mailbag (8:58) w/ special guest Sierra What we Read (19:34) Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid Middlegame by Seanan McGuire What We Watched (36:15) 24 Hour Party People (2002) Asteroid City (2023) The Place Beyond the Pines (2012) Thief (1981) To Catch a Thief (1955) Heathers (1989) ParaNorman (2012) Hundreds of Beavers (2022) Kinds of Kindness (2024) What's Coming Up on the Pod (1:05:20) Our Album Recs (1:06:44) Thanks for listening !

MAIL BAG HERE At long last, we have returned. And this time around we have a book club for you hot off the presses. We read Dubliners by James Joyce and talk all about it here. Additional topics include: what we've been up to lately, some sacred movies for us, and more Mad Max. Thanks for listening !

MAIL BAG Welcome one and all, especially if this is your first time visiting us. We decided that our first episode doesn't really paint a good picture of what we do here, so we made a bonus episode as an intro to the pod. So this is what Speaking English is all about: a little about ourselves, what you can expect from us here, and what we do in our different types of episodes. Thanks for listening, and hope to see you around !

Mail Bag Here We're back in action this week again with another wrap-up episode of the best of what we read and watched in May 2024: Introduction and Weeks (0:00) Mailbag and Op-Ed (12:19) Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance featured in Ep. 15 Books we read (17:22) Federico Garcia Lorca by Ian Gibson Animal Farm by George Orwell Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy La Nochevieja de Montalbano by Andrea Camilleri Movies we watched (32:46) The Addams Family (1991) Red River (1948) The Blues Brothers (1980) My Neighbor Totoro (1988) Evil Does Not Exist (2023) ¡Three Amigos! (1986) City Lights (1931) When Marnie Was There (2014) Challengers (2024) Perfect Days (2023) Ivan's Childhood (1962) Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024) Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) Coming Up on the Pod (1:21:54) Our Album Recs (1:23:09) Ladies of the Canyon -Joni Mitchell A Sailor's Guide to Earth -Sturgill Simpson Thanks for listening !

MAIL BAG HERE It's a new movie this time around, as we watched The Fall Guy (2024) d. David Leitch, a PG-13 picture we may add. A fun time for all involved. Bullet Train was discussed in Episode 158 for the record. Introduction and what we've been up to (0:00) Mailbag (7:36) The Fall Guy (17:34) What's Coming up on the Pod (44:40) Our album recs (47:22) Thanks for listening !

MAIL BAG HERE We're back at it this week with another movie episode, this time watching What a Way to Go! (1964). It was a wonderful time for one and all. Intro and Our Weeks (0:00) Mailbag and Editorial Corner ? (8:36) What a Way to Go! (15:02) What's coming up on the pod (54:34) Our Album Recs (59:53) Thanks for listening !

MAIL BAG HERE We're back with a movie episode this week: The Face of Another (1966) d. Hiroshi Teshigahara. Listen to hear what we thought about it, as well as some other fun stuff. Intro (00:00) All about our weeks (1:45) Mailbag (12:27) The Face of Another (12:40) What's Next on the Pod (45:18) Our Album Recs (50:10) Other Episodes mentioned: The Devil All the Time Ep. 30 100 episode special Eps. 99-101 Thanks for listening !

MAIL BAG HERE We're back in action once again, with a wrap-up for both March and April this time. The best of what we read and watched, and whether you should check it out too: Intro & How our weeks have been (00:00) Mailbag (11:20) Books we read (12:36) Movies we watched (26:50) What's coming up next episode (1:34:14) Albums for the week (1:38:00) Other Episodes mentioned: Norwegian Wood: Ep. 51 La Notte: Eps. 95 &96 Thanks for listening !

MAIL BAG HERE Book Club is back, and this time we read Stoner by John Williams. This book is a frank portrayal of a life with all of its ups and downs, and we thought it was a bleak yet oddly satisfying read. Other Episodes mentioned: Wings of Desire - ep 184 Thanks for listening !

MAIL BAG HERE The Shiners have arrived once again! Tune in to see who took home the prizes in the biggest movie award show around ! Intro (00:00) Our Previous Shiners episodes: 108, 152 What We Did This Week (02:30) Quick Oscars Discussion (09:46) The Shiners Begin (15:20) Ensemble Cast (16:30) Best Soundtrack (20:16) Screenplay (22:57) Sound Design (25:20) Editing (27:30) Costuming (31:13) Production Design (33:38) Supporting Performance (35:32) Cinematography (37:41) Most Unique Picture (40:50) Direction (43:11) Lead Performance (45:15) Best Picture (47:50) Award Show Conclusion (51:38) - I wanted to point out here that Nobody Knows is also one of our favorite movies of last year that didn't end up winning any awards What's Coming Up on the Pod (54:31) Our Album Recs (55:58) Thanks for listening !

LINK TO SHINERS VOTING (LAST CHANCE TO VOTE) We're back with another wrap-up for the month of February 2024. All the best of what we read and watched over the past month. Thanks for listening !

SHINERS VOTING HERE We're back after another fairly long break with two movies for the price of one. This week we watched Wings of Desire (1987) and After Life (1998), two more entries from the Criterion Channel's Interdimensional Romance collection. Thanks for listening !

VOTE FOR THE SHINERS HERE It's our first regular movie episode of the year, and this time around we watched Starman (1984). We wanted to choose something from the Criterion Channel's Interdimensional Romance series and so we did just that. Thanks for listening !