The Animalitia Podcast

The Animalitia Podcast

The Animalitia Podcast, hosted by Ben Arndt, hits on all things relating to film, entertainment, and pop culture. No life topics or current events are off limits as various guests join who are involved in film making, or other forms of media entertainment.

Episodes

January 16, 2022

Mike Zimmer is fired! Vikings fans can rejoice as there is a lot of optimism and excitement going around for the potential of a new era in Vikings football. Cameron and I discuss the news from the last couple weeks, recap the season, and think about how we would rebuild and retool the team for next season. We also hit a bit on the NFL playoffs and what some of our picks and predictions are.

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Our new Creative Director Cameron joins us for his debut episode! We discuss the Halloween franchise, we analyze Rob Zombie films and talk about him as a director, and we go into a deep conversation about the Wizard of Oz and what it would look like if we rebooted it into a horror movie with Rob Zombie...

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December 13, 2021 74 mins

We return after a SIX month hiatus, refreshed and revitalized. We start things off with introducing our new co-host, Bubba, whom many of you may know from our cult smashing videos. Bubba will join me for against all elements, where we will video our adventures across America exploring the paranormal and haunted places. We discuss our future plans, area 51, and the beast of bray road....

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June 20, 2021 25 mins

I talk about some experiences in LA and briefly hit on the controversy surrounding the Cloak and Dagger night club.

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Solo episode! I talk about some of our recent bar escapades, hit on a few new movie reviews, and cover the upcoming UFO disclosure report

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Ian is on fire, and teaches us about the Jeffery Epstein network and how he is connected to other elites. Follow this link to view the graph yourself https://graphcommons.com/graphs/0a79deca-46a2-48e9-9d90-326b20aa6e9e

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May 24, 2021 64 mins

Ian returns! We start off with critique on Kong vs. Godzilla and a conversation about Disney's poor treatment of young actresses, and then lighten it up with some aggressive takes on Minnesota drivers, dumb grocery shoppers, airports, and other random stuff.

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A year ago we released an episode called "When is it okay to fight?" where we discuss when is it acceptable as a male, to fight in public and under what circumstances. We do a second part, a year later. After extending an olive branch to Wisconsin, we now pull it back after some negative experiences at the bars. On a more fun note, we went ghost hunting tonight with Bubba and share details from our adventure

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April 6, 2021 54 mins

Back from hiatus, we hit on the lockdown after math here in Minnesota, welcome Aidan back to the show from Arizona, and discuss what alien disclosure will be like in the Biden administration and how it would be different if Trump was in office for it

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January 19, 2021 117 mins

Jake and Jack from 10,000 Takes join me to share fun stories of our recent trip to Los Angeles. We catch everyone up on what we've been doing recently, rant about the Vikings sucking, and go over some exciting things we have coming up for this podcast

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Comic book artists Gan Yimke and Jacob Colon join me for this special episode! I met Gan and Jacob on a film shoot in Florida a couple years ago, and have remained friends since. You can find readable versions of their comics "Born Users' and "Nephesh" on patreon.com/xymyth. You can also find their channel on YouTube at XYMYTH and watch their fight scorecard videos.

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December 30, 2020 65 mins

Orlando "Ori" Spado joins us as a guest on this special episode of the podcast. For forty years, Ori was a close associate of the Columbo crime family in Hollywood and a fixer for A list celebrities, commonly known as the "mob boss of Hollywood". Full of wisdom and interesting stories, we discuss a variety of topics including the recently released revised edition of his book, "The Accidental Gangster". You c...

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December 30, 2020 47 mins

Liberterian Vice Presidential candidate Spike Cohen joins us on this episode to discuss what it's like running for office, the modern day liberty movement, and the current political climate among other things. This was a fun conversation, and our first official interview! Spike is running alongside Presidential candidate Jo Jorgensen in 2020, representing the Liberterian Party.

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Paranormal investigator Shari DeBenedetti from the Travel Channel's "Ghost Nation", joins me for a conversation on the paranormal and supernatural. You can watch Ghost Nation Saturday's on the Travel Channel, and also on Hulu

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December 4, 2020 76 mins

We are bouncing off the walls tonight. We hit and ramble on a mess of things, highlighted by a discussion about social media censorship and what an action movie would look like where Tom Anderson from MySpace battles Mark Zuckerberg.

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September 13, 2020 35 mins

We recap our interview with Liberterian Vice Presidential candidate Spike Cohen, and hit on opening day of the NFL! We give some simple predictions for the season and talk Vikings vs. Packers.

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September 2, 2020 121 mins

Jake and I have Jack and Bubba from the MN sports program 10,000 Takes on the show as guests. Jake is a full time journalist for 10,000 Takes, and this is the first time Jack and Bubba have joined The Animalitia Podcast as guests. We hit on some current events as well as sports, pro wrestling, the upcoming election, the Chinese Communist Party, Jesse Ventura, awful cover bands, bad band names, metal, crop circles, drinking, and sh...

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My friend Jeff and I record a live podcast from the historic ghost town of Goldfield, Nevada, Goldfield has many haunted tales and paranormal experiences from the nearby locals. In this two part series, we interview some of the locals about their experiences in Goldfield from actual haunted locations...

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My friend Jeff and I record a live podcast from the historic ghost town of Goldfield, Nevada, Goldfield has many haunted tales and paranormal experiences from the nearby locals. In this two part series, we interview some of the locals about their experiences in Goldfield from actual haunted locations...

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August 31, 2020 32 mins

Jake and I discuss how Covid has impacted live sporting events, how wrestling has coped with the challenges, and what an empty stadium NFL season could look like

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