Fat Dude Digs Flicks Movie Podcasts
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. You can follow all things Fat Dude on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd.
Episodes
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, p...
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?...
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 L...
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 i...
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 thi...
🎃🔪 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 pond...
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.
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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...
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...
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...
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 yo...
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 Frenc...
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...
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.
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 ...
The Summer Swindle continues as co-host of The Criterion Break and The Balcony, Derrick Veurink, joins the show. Before the summer miniseries continues, The Fat Dude and Derrick hash out some of their thoughts on the latest film from Ari Aster, Eddington. The two then dive into an all time classic, this week’s featured movie, Michael Mann’s Los Angeles set crime epic, Heat.
You can find Derrick across social media, inc...
Finally, the Summer Swindle returns!!! Brian Skutle returns to the show to talk about the magic of heist movies. Brian also shares some his stories of working at movie theaters throughout the horrific (but joyous) summer movie season. We then dive into our featured movie of the week, the one that kickstarted a franchise that has last three decades, Brian DePalma’s Mission: Impossible.
After an inconsistent hiatus, Let’s Taco ‘Bout returns. Why not bring it back with a Summer Miniseries? This year, we’re looking at a bunch of the best heist or espionage movies for The Summer Swindle! To kick things off, Parker Magnuson returns to the show to discuss Kathryn Bigelow’s 1991 banger, Point Break. We taco ‘bout Patrick Swayze’s awesomeness, why the foot chase endures, and how Keanu Reeves’s line delivery...
The Criterion Break returns! This week, the ‘Terion Trio discuss some of their recent watches before chatting about Criterion’s big reveals for their September releases, including a massive Wes Anderson boxset. They then dive into a chat about David Cronenberg and the featured movie of the week, Videodrome.
Blake can be found on Instagram @blakeg_5150 Letterboxd @therealjohng. Derrick can be found on Instagram AND Let...
This week, The Balcony is OPEN! The back row boys discuss some of their recent watches including praise for Lindsay Lohan and Clint Eastwood, and a surprise day trip to Minneapolis. The trio then recaps The State Theatre’s now finished Director’s Series for 2025 focusing on the great Martin Scorsese. Derrick leads the charge, having experienced each film at the theater at least once, and offers up a look at the State’...
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