Ride the Omnibus Podcast

09/04/2024

We’re back this week and officially waving goodbye to summer with a brand new episode featuring Amy Nicholson and her upcoming award-winning documentary, Happy Campers, ahead of its September 10th release. The film chronicles the rich final days of a working-class summer colony in a scrappy trailer park as they enjoy their last summer on the beloved seasonal campgrounds. ☀️

Hear inside stories behind several scenes in the documentary directly from filmmaker Amy Nicholson herself, and be sure to pre-order Happy Campers Film on iTunes: https://www.omnibusride.com/episodes 🚌🎥

07/17/2024

We’re going on hiatus, but we’ll be back with a brand new episode – see you in August! 🚌❤️

While you wait, check out our earlier episodes: https://www.omnibusride.com/episodes!

05/23/2024

For the final episode of this season, I talked with filmmaker Joanna Arnow about her debut feature film, “The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed,” a comedic and off-beat look at love and relationships in the modern world. ❤️

Listen here:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5lWE2V7axUQhQMYRB8VUrt?si=5a09484975bc45b1 🚌❤️

Synopsis: A mosaic-style comedy following the life of a woman as time passes in her long-term casual B**M relationship, low-level corporate job, and quarrelsome Jewish family.

05/15/2024

“Visitors” is a grotesque, heartwarming, and blood-soaked ode to friendship between bandmates that started as a short film and was recently expanded. In this week’s episode, Ariel sits down with filmmaker Kenichi Ugana and members of the “Visitors” cast to discuss the film.

Take a listen and share your thoughts! 🚌❤️

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5lWE2V7axUQhQMYRB8VUrt?si=5a09484975bc45b1

04/24/2024

Congratulations, Nina! 🎉

I was honored to have her and Ravit Markus as guests on the podcast this week. If you'd like to learn more about their journey making "Nina is an Athlete" - give it a listen! https://open.spotify.com/episode/67R4zENEd8jD7CGwVBCDRM?si=0b6a71f868a04cb5

שבת שלום.
יוליה (קליעה), עמי, איאד, אסף, עדנאן, מורן, שמוליק, טליה, 3 שחיינים, גל, רוני, אלהם, נועה, אורי, ליהיא, עמית ונדב.
תעשו מקום, נינה גורודצקי מצטרפת אליכם למשחקים הפראלימפיים בפריז 2024.
נינה שמשחקת בבית הלוחם חיפה ומתאמנת אצל לאון פוגץ, קיבלה לפני שעה קלה (יום שישי) את ההודעה, על כך שבשל דירוגה במקום התשיעי בעולם, היא זכאית לכרטיס.
זאת תהיה ההופעה השנייה של נינה במשחקים לאחר שהשתתפה במשחקי טוקיו 2020.

נינה עצמה אמרה: "אני עדיין מתקשה להאמין שהצלחתי להשיג כרטיס למשחקים. עברה עלינו חצי שנה לא פשוטה ארבע חודשים שדור היה במילואים ואני לבד עם שני ילדים. בארבע חודשים לא טסתי לתחרויות שחקניות שהיו מדורגות אחרי עקפו אותי בדירוג. בפברואר טסתי לאליפות עולם בלי הרבה ציפיות בהבנה מלאה שלא התכוננתי לתחרות כמו שהיתי צריכה ורוצה. באליפות עולם עליתי לרבע גמר וזה הספיק כדי לעקוף מתחרות שהיו לפניי. רוב הספורטאיות שנכנסו לאולימפיאדה נכנסו דרך זוגות. רק אני ועוד שתי בנות נכנסנו כיחידות".
ואכן נינה נכנסה דרך 3 הכרטיסים שחולקו על פי דירוג היחידים, בנוסף ל 6 הכרטיסים שחולקו על פי דירוג הזוגות (הזוגות מורכבים מספורטאית בקלאס של נינה ובקלאס נוסף)
צלמת: לילך וייס

04/24/2024

Are you looking for a new sports documentary to watch? NINA is an ATHLETE is a remarkable sports documentary film following Paralympian athlete Nina Gorodetsky as she navigates her dreams of making it to the Paralympics while negotiating her ticking biological clock both as a woman and badminton athlete. 🏸 Ariel sat down with Nina and filmmaker Ravit Markus to discuss the film in this week’s bite-sized episode (less than 30 minutes!).

Take a listen to this week’s episode and share your thoughts! 🚌❤️
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4ceNoEONNW2dh9VFzOa9pj?si=50ab75ce00ab4408

04/17/2024

This week, Ariel dives into the short film DISABLED AF she produced for the Easterseals Disability Film Challenge, which you should watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfp9sck915I&t=11s before you listen to this week’s episode! Ariel’s joined in conversation by writer, director, and star of the film, Cashmere Jasmine, and editor Benjamin Shearn!

What did you think of the film?

Episode link: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4NCcjP1NOdQMdZUVeq8qEU?si=c6d715c6948a4189

04/12/2024

Unseen, a feature documentary by Set Hernandez follows Pedro’s journey as a blind undocumented immigrant as he works to become a social worker, is a masterful debut.

This week, Ariel talked to director Set Hernandez about Unseen - film, and you can listen in here:
https://www.omnibusride.com/episodes 🚌

03/27/2024

Eternal Spring is an interactive film that tells the story of the persecution of Chinese practitioners of Falun Gong, and Ariel sat down with filmmaker Jason Loftus to dive into the story and what went into making the film in this week’s bite-sized episode!

Listen: https://www.omnibusride.com/episodes 🚌

03/21/2024

In the q***r neo-noir film “FEMME,” seduction is revenge. Developed from their earlier short film of the same name, FEMME examines the lengths that main character Jules will go to for revenge after his life and career as a drag queen are destroyed after a homophobic attack.

Listen to the 20 minute interview with directors Ng Choon Ping and Sam Freeman: https://www.omnibusride.com/episodes 🚌

Interested in where you can watch the film? FEMME will be in select theaters starting in April!

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03/13/2024

This week, examine the costs of ableism and disability denial with Slamdance winning director Radha Mehta.

LISTEN IN: https://buff.ly/4aQcZwS 🚌

Summary of Radha’s winning film, DOSH:
When her son's life is put at risk at their family's pre-wedding ritual, a hard-of-hearing mother must decide how to seek help for her husband in order to keep her family safe. DOSH (which means "fault" in Hindi) is an immigrant story about love, family, and overcoming cultural taboos around mental health.

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03/06/2024

Have you ever thought about how vaccine hesitancy impacts the disability community? 💉 This special episode calls back to Neil deGrasse Tyson’s episode, A Shot in the Arm, and Ariel Baska learns from medical professional Karyann Dorn all about vaccines and their larger community impact.

LISTEN IN: https://www.omnibusride.com/episodes 🚌💉

02/28/2024

We’re switching things up this week – with a book! 📚 Listen to noted author and Notre Dame professor Walter Scheirer discuss A History of Fake Things on the Internet, from ancient history to hacking and more! 📖

LISTEN: https://www.omnibusride.com/episodes 🚌

02/21/2024

Whether you choose to call it survivalist horror or adventure horror, Out of Darkness is a prehistoric feat by director Andrew Cu***ng.

Ariel Baska sat down with Andrew to learn about his experience directing his first full-length feature film.

LISTEN: https://www.omnibusride.com/episodes 🚌

02/14/2024

What if it was ILLEGAL to work? Yes, you read that right. In Pete Ohs’ dystopian film “Love and Work” that’s the reality for main characters Diane and Fox. What sounds like a utopia by today’s standards instead sets up a grim and gray backdrop for Ohs’ romantic comedy – which you can learn more about in today’s episode!

LISTEN: https://www.omnibusride.com/episodes 🚌

Ariel sat down with filmmaker Pete Ohs to discuss the film, which recently premiered at Slamdance!

02/08/2024

We’re quickly getting into 2024, but we haven’t forgotten about 2023! This week, Ariel Baska and Rabia share their favorite films from last year (and yes, there are some horror films in there)!

What was your favorite film you saw in 2023? ❤️

LISTEN: https://www.omnibusride.com/episodes 🚌

01/24/2024

This week is all about horror! Ariel Baska and Rabia talked carnivals, murderous family affairs, and what it’s like to direct and star in a film with your family, an art that Toby Poser and John Adams of the Adams family (no, not . . . *that* Addams family), hone in their 2023 horror film “Where the Devil Roams.”

LISTEN AND LEARN: https://www.omnibusride.com/episodes 🚌

01/19/2024

01/18/2024

Saltburn has been receiving a lot of attention as of late – for those of you who have seen the film, what did you admire about it? Or, what (if anything) did you find shocking? Share your thoughts with us!

ICYMI: In just twenty minutes, Ariel talked with Suzie Davies, the production designer behind (mostly) all of the brilliant details of Emerald Fennell’s “Saltburn” about her work on the film, including what inspired certain visual choices, and why that one dining room scene is such a turning point for the story.

LEARN MORE: https://www.omnibusride.com/episodes 🚌

01/17/2024

This week, Ariel sits down with editor Hazel Baillie to talk about her work on Silo, the dystopian series on Apple TV+ starring Rebecca Ferguson.

LISTEN: https://www.omnibusride.com/episodes 🚌

01/11/2024

In this special one hour episode recorded live onstage at SXSW in March 2023, host Ariel Baska is joined by filmmakers Kiah Amara, Addison Heimann, and Pea Woodruff to talk about Disability and Horror in the film and television industry.

LISTEN: https://www.omnibusride.com/episodes 🚌

Interested in exploring more about the intersection of Disability and Horror in the entertainment industry? Visit https://www.accesshorror.com/ 🩸

08/09/2022

This beautiful phantasmagorical puppet show from the mind of Jesse Blanchard was one of our favorites at Fantasia 2021! Listen to how puppet gore is made —-> https://overcast.fm/+lfbhyym7M

08/06/2022

Our Flashback to Fantasia includes this great interview with South African writer/director Travis Taute - listen here —-> https://overcast.fm/+lfbg-Ol2U

07/27/2022

Now coming to cinemas and VOD: check out our coverage of WHEN I CONSUME YOU from Fantasia 2021 here —> https://overcast.fm/+lfbi9kHKQ

07/26/2022

07/26/2022

Coming up soon: a throwback to favorite episodes from Fantasia 2021 and new episodes from Fantasia 2022!

07/21/2022

We’re covering now and have lots of fantastic episodes coming up, but in the meantime we’ll be promoting some great stuff you might have missed!

07/13/2022

It’s a magical TRIPLE EPISODE week this time, starting with a conversation between Ariel, Rabia, and Andrew Pope of Whitlock & Pope, as they drool over their most anticipated films of Fantasia 2022! Listen here —-> https://overcast.fm/+lfbg0UlGw

06/26/2022

We are outraged at the Supreme Court’s decision that will disproportionately affect the health of Disabled women of color. Stay safe, and look for our statement on Wednesday.