Podside Picnic

Podside Picnic

Karlo, Kurt, Chris and Pete explore the literature of the fantastic, movies and everything between. Join us! Check us out on Patreon.com/PodsidePicnic for premium content.

Episodes

Sneakers Preview

December 19, 2025 • 7 mins
This time we talk about Sneakers (1992), an odd bookend to our previous episode, Hackers. Our world-weary team of cybersneaks and ne'er do wells don't want to hack the planet at all
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Hackers Preview

December 13, 2025 • 6 mins
We go all the way back to 1995 to talk about the stylish Hackers. Hack the planet, man!
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Have You Said Thank You Preview

December 5, 2025 • 6 mins
Well. . . have you? We get together to talk about and - of course - riff on what's made us happy this Thankful Season Note: sadly, after quoting from it, I completely forgot to mention the title of the essay (link to follow): The Claims of Close Reading by Johanna Winant https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/the-claims-of-close-reading/
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Weapons Preview

November 26, 2025 • 6 mins
We discuss Zach Creggers' Weapons (2025). Part parental nightmare, part (sub)urban legend, and very unnerving.
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The Barbarians

November 15, 2025 • 77 mins
What if was Conan the Barbarian. . .s? And both of him were lunkheads? We discuss this fascinating approach in this one
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Cozy Sweater Weather

November 9, 2025 • 95 mins
Pete returns to chat about this and that during that finest time of year
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Sleepy Hollow Preview

October 30, 2025 • 7 mins
We cover both the Washington Irving story and Tim Burton's 1999 adaptation of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - a story about the ghost of a Highlander terrorizing a small community
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Fried Barry Preview

October 25, 2025 • 5 mins
Imagine if you will, Meet Dave (2008) but if "Dave" was actually called Barry, lived in South Africa, and did a lot of drugs
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PULPTOBER Preview: The Shadow

October 11, 2025 • 6 mins
Who knows what evil lurks under Alec Baldwin's prosthetic nose? Beats me, but we certainly talk a lot about The Shadow on this final (for now) Pulpside episode
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PULPTEMBER Preview: Hellboy

October 4, 2025 • 5 mins
This time around, we dig into the pulpy origins of one paranormal investigator by the name of Hellboy NOTE: We had some issues with the audio on this one, so please bear with us (and with many thanks to our sound wizard, Adam)
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PULPTEMBER Preview: The Rocketeer

September 27, 2025 • 7 mins
This time around we talk about The Rocketeer (1991), a movie that asserts that a jetpack future can be scary. . . if it's not in service to the old Stars and Stripes, that is!
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PULPTEMBER Preview: Dick Tracy

September 21, 2025 • 6 mins
We get together to chew the fat, see? All about this Dick Tracy fella
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PULPTEMBER Preview: Raiders of the Lost Ark

September 13, 2025 • 4 mins
We kick off Pulptember with the recent classic of the pulp form with Raiders of the Lost Ark. You too could follow along. . . if only you spoke Jovitos
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The Boy and the Heron Preview

September 5, 2025 • 6 mins
We get together to work out what exactly Miyazaki's going for in this dreamlike journey to the underworld story and wonder how DO you live?
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RIP to a Real (Genius) One Preview

April 25, 2025 • 7 mins
We talk about Real Genius (1985), and the cool factor Val Kilmer brought to the whole thing. Safe travels, king
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Universal Harvester Preview

April 11, 2025 • 6 mins
This time around, we talk about the absences that make up John Darnielle's Midwestern Weird novel
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Highlander Vengeance_preview

April 5, 2025 • 6 mins
From Highlander animation to Highlander anime in this one. Directed by Ninja Scroll's Yoshiaki Kawajiri, one might expect it to be Highlander sleaze, but sadly no
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HIghlander Animated Preview

March 27, 2025 • 5 mins
More Highlander! A future and post-apocalyptic Highlander who goes by the name of . . . Quentin
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Phantom Tollbooth Preview

March 21, 2025 • 6 mins
We're fare-jumpers on Milo's journey through Dictionopolis, Digitopia and points beyond
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Shannara Preview

March 15, 2025 • 5 mins
It's finally time. Time for Terry Brooks' exceedingly strange Tolkien knock-off (by way of MTV)
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