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May 20, 2025 • 40 mins

📽️ Top Gun (1986) – In A Nutshell 🎬

Not seen it? – We’ll help you decide to press play or skip!

Seen it? – We’ll make you want to watch it again!

âś… The Nutshell: We break down Top Gun (spoiler-free) to help you decide if this high-flying classic is your kind of film.

âś… What Did You Miss?: Bravado vs. vulnerability, call signs as identity, the meaning behind that volleyball scene, and whether Top Gun is recruitment propaganda or a personal story.

✅ Paul’s Facts of the Day: Behind-the-scenes stories, production facts, and surprising trivia straight from Paul.

âś… What Do We Think?: Marc, Darren, and Paul finally share their own opinions on the film.

✅ Listener Lounge: Your comments and questions get the spotlight—and we reveal next week’s movie!

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Sunbeams Studios


Music:

  • Main Theme: BreakzStudios – Pixabay
  • Music Bed: ProtoFunk – Kevin MacLeod – incompetech.com
  • (Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License)

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