The Spiel

A podcast about the work of Steven Spielberg, hosted by Eric Vespe & Josh Robert Thompson. [email protected]

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The Spiel Returns! The one and only Bryan Fuller is my guest as we talk about his rad film, Dust Bunny, the Amblin origins to this film, the chunky Venn diagram of Stephen King and Steven Spielberg fans, and so much more!

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Let's talk Jaws with famed filmmaker and Spielberg's personal documentarian Laurent Bouzereau as we celebrate the film's 50th birthday and Laurent's latest in-depth @NatGeo documentary, Jaws @ 50.

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The Spiel returns from a brief hiatus with a wonderful chat with the screenwriter behind Jurassic Park, War of the Worlds, and the new Jurassic World Rebirth. David Koepp is my guest this week and we talk about dinos, aliens, and "wouldn't it be cool if..."

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You can listen to the full episode at the link below or wherever you get your podcasts courtesy of @spectresignal.

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Today on The Spiel: @rianjohnson joins me to talk about whodunnits, howcatchems, Steven Spielberg's early work directing the Columbo pilot, and how that series became a living document of Los Angeles over four decades!

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Full episode available now at the link below or wherever you get your podcasts!

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Veronica Cartwright talks about her first time watching Jaws, which involved Richard Dreyfuss and a punch to the throat. As you do.

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Cartwright was a great sport chatting about her work. Don't worry, we also talked about her favorite Spielberg films as well.

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We got a hell of an episode for you this week. The one and only Veronica Cartwright talks Twilight Zone, The Birds, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Alien, Witches of Eastwick, and her latest, The Ruse. Oh, and also about the time she karate-chopped Richard Dreyfuss in the throat.

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The great author and comic book writer @CharlesSoule (Star Wars, Vader, The High Republic) joins us this week to explore the George Lucas overload that is Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

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Why did adults hate The Goonies movie so much? Just how hands on was Spielberg as a producer? Is Flula being primed to play Sloth 2.0 in Goonies 2? And what was up with the axed gorillas subplot?

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You know you're going to have a good time when @flula Borg is your guest and the man didn't disappoint. His chosen topic: The Goonies. Listen to the man do his thing when breaking down the plot:

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The full experience of hearing Mallory O'Meara talking about 1995's Casper is out now! Listen at the link below or wherever you get your podcasts!

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You know when you have @malloryomeara on your show things are going to get chaotic and horny, even if you're talking about (checks notes) Casper. #canIkeepyou #hotCasper

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Love a good, accurate, and deeply patriotic painting. Happy Presidents’ Day!

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You can listen to this super nerdy and fun chat at the link below or wherever you get your podcasts!

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This week we feel pretty (oh so pretty) as we talk Spielberg's WEST SIDE STORY with the most excellent Alex Winter. The discussion tackles cinephile snobbery, Spielberg's Old Hollywood approach to making a musical, and how his adaptation improves on the classic Robert Wise film.

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It is with great sadness that I report that one of Spielberg’s biggest stars was found dead in his Hollywood home. He was apparently dead a long time before being found. Warning, the photos are graphic.

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You can listen to our chat with Josh Ruben about Amazing Stories and his cool new flick at the link below or wherever you get your podcasts!

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We finally dig into Spielberg's two episodes of Amazing Stories in today's episodes and are joined by the very funny Josh Ruben (director of this weekend's rom-com slasher HEART EYES) as we discuss ghost trains, uncomfortable familial mouth-kisses, and cartoon plane wheels.