A Very Broad History of Werewolves and Other Things

19/06/2020

I am still around and still slacking on coming up with a new Werewolves episode, BUT, on the other podcast I have that requires no research and little preparation I did get to talk about one of my favorite movies again with a couple of my best friends, so that’s fun. Check it out if you’re so inclined!

NEW EPISODE! Join Mike, Travis and Eric as we look back on the 1995 cult-classic, In the Mouth of Madness. Does it still hold up? We also talk about our favorite performances from Winona Ryder and respond to a viewer email about the biggest Oscar snubs of the past 30 years. What about you? Do you read Sutter Kane?

https://open.spotify.com/episode/45RulBGuRA9qE3mpJSmHH8?si=LJWQUK95QhyhpfPDD1e3xA

16/05/2020

Our opening segment looks at poorly acted roles in excellent films. Michael Jai White, Edward Furlong and Courtney Love are mentioned. Then the 1998 film Out Of Sight is at the core of this episode. Does It Hold Up? That's for you to decide. The show closes with more quarantine viewing recommendations from us along with an email about a possible Donnie Darko theory. Follow our daily film commentaries on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter . Send your emails about Out Of Sight or anything else we discussed today to [email protected] courtesy of Yuri Wong
It’s all right here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3Z6Oec5drk5J7KytWSpOry?si=0gFCi-G3Txy2zWpjqtNCQQ

02/05/2020

Plugging my podcast with my podcast. Wonder Boys is one of my favorite movies ever!

Episode 4 is Now Available! Join Mike, Eric and Travis as they chat about how Wonder Boys is a modern classic, ponder when Stanley Tucci will be the star of his own series and why Nell is such an awful movie. It’s all here along with listener emails and much more!
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7GpFq2eoILymLNhmxh0TfG?si=bUUpSp4uTC-qzMPOqaqfoQ

24/04/2020

Episode 3 of my new movie chat podcast is up! Check it out if you like movies.

Episode 3 is here! Join Mike, Travis and Eric as we ponder the career of Mark Ruffalo, chat about the current state of movies and break down the under-rated gem (or is it the insufferable disaster?) that is DICK TRACY.

It’s all here so strap in and enjoy! And don’t forget to follow us on all of your favorite social media sites.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6dGmTCTD33mbn7fIvgd9FD?si=Dz7GgD4VQreKYVS1alAIDg

03/04/2020

Happy Friday, y’all

23/03/2020

I hope you all are taking care out there!

STAY AT HOME!

15/03/2020

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11/03/2020

24/02/2020

We’re back and we’re bloody! Available anywhere you listen to podcasts

https://anchor.fm/travis-roy/episodes/Ep-18-A-Bloody-History-eb1bo3

Blood is one of the most fundamental aspects of being a living human person— so why not take a quick look at some of the ways blood has been perceived and sometimes misunderstood through history?

16/01/2020

Thanks for your patience, everybody! After a brief break we are back. Aside from the holidays, we are a two-man operation and everyone got sick. For episode 17, we are taking a look at the Disney animated feature The Black Cauldron. Scary, violent, weird, disjointed, messy, beautiful, and a box office bomb, this movie has a story behind the story. Check it out!

https://anchor.fm/travis-roy/episodes/Ep-17-The-Black-Cauldron-ea791n

Long in production and much anticipated by Disney as their “next Sleeping Beauty,” 1985’s The Black Cauldron instead was received as a dismal flop. By some it is remembered as the movie that almost tanked Disney, or at least the Disney animation studio. But some of us remember it as yet a trea...

10/01/2020

Spoilers without context for the upcoming episode 17 of A Very Broad History of Werewolves and Other Things...

15/12/2019

There is a rich history that surrounds the classic American Christmas movie It’s A Wonderful Life. We scratch the surface on this holiday episode of A Very Broad History of Werewolves and Other Things. Also fair warning that I dropped extra f-bombs this episode. I have no idea why.

https://anchor.fm/travis-roy/episodes/Ep-16-Its-A-Wonderful-Life-e9h3mj

There is a rich history that surrounds the classic American Christmas movie It’s A Wonderful Life. From the making of, to the lives of the filmmakers, to the cultural impact of the film, there is much to explore on the subject of Frank Capra’s masterpiece. We scratch the surface on this holiday ...

11/12/2019

Mr Rogers checking out Benjamin Franklin’s glass armonica as discussed in Episode 15 of A Very Broad History of Werewolves and Other Things

https://youtu.be/VSK_qObahWY

From the final season episode 34 S31E04 Mister Roger's Celebrates the Arts Day 4 Mr. Rogers makes his final visit to Negri's Music Shop, where he meets an ex...

30/11/2019

26/11/2019

After a brief break, A Very Broad History of Werewolves and Other Things is back! In this episode we’re looking at that time Benjamin Franklin was part of a royal French commission investigating the curious practice of Franz Mesmer known as mesmerization. For this simple reason I called this episode “Mesmerization & Benjamin Franklin” but our producer Brennan Storr provided the alternate title “I am learning that a surprising number of historical figures were real horny,” which also works.

https://anchor.fm/travis-roy/episodes/Ep-15-Mesmerization--Benjamin-Franklin-e964i4

At the tail end of the 18th century, Benjamin Franklin was asked by King Louis XVI of France to investigate the practices of Franz Mesmer, who claimed that “animal magnetism” could heal just about anything. Here’s the story of this weird little snippet of world history.

25/11/2019

17/11/2019

There will be a week’s delay until the next episode, werewolf enthusiasts. Sorry! The flu has a way of killing one’s productivity.

03/11/2019

Let’s celebrate the life and work of the great Stevie Wonder.

https://anchor.fm/travis-roy/episodes/Ep-14-Stevie-Wonder-e8mvtl

Musical genius, humanitarian, and inspiration, Stevie Wonder is a national treasure to be celebrated. In this episode we take a look at the personal history of one of America’s living legends.

20/10/2019

In 1816 Lord Byron and John Polidori spent a summer with Mary Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shelley. While the novel Frankenstein is often best remembered as a product of that summer, another story, The Vampyre, resulted from the contentious collaboration of Byron and Polidori, and fundamentally changed how vampires were imagined in popular culture.



https://anchor.fm/travis-roy/episodes/Ep-13-The-Vampyres-e7sitv

In 1816 Lord Byron and John Polidori spent a summer with Mary Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shelley. While the novel Frankenstein is often best remembered as a product of that summer, another story, The Vampyre, resulted from the contentious collaboration of Byron and Polidori, and fundamentally changed....

18/10/2019

https://youtu.be/ornzkdo9t1w

NEW.

07/10/2019

Old Scratch has gone through quite a few incarnations throughout history. In this episode we take a quick look at the ways his myth has changed over time, as well as some of the ways that belief in the literal devil has affected modern American culture.

https://anchor.fm/travis-roy/episodes/Ep-12-Bedevilment-e6cpme

Old Scratch has gone through quite a few incarnations throughout history. In this episode we take a quick look at the ways his myth has changed over time, as well as some of the ways that belief in the literal devil has affected modern American culture.

29/09/2019

We’re getting biblical, and then some. Flood myths predate the Bible and show up in the cultures of civilizations the world over. In this episode, we take a quick look at some of the most prominent flood myths, the connections between them, and what it might all mean.

https://anchor.fm/travis-roy/episodes/Ep-11-They-All-Went-to-Heaven-in-a-Little-Rowboat-e5l4t0

We’re getting biblical, and then some. Flood myths predate the Bible and show up in the culture of civilizations the world over. In this episode, we take a quick look at some of the most prominent flood myths, the connections between them, and what it might all mean.

27/09/2019

Wondering what Charley Case from episode 10 sounds like? Here's "How Mother Made the Soup," and it starts at about 1:20 into the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3iitxiAQ3U

From 1909 this is a hilarious Victor record from my collection by Charley Case (1860 - 1916) as played on one of my Victor Monarch (type "M") phonographs wit...

22/09/2019

Charley Case was a man of mixed white and African ancestry from the turn of the last century who wore blackface and invented the basics of stand-up comedy decades before anyone else. While he went forgotten for some time, in recent years he has become better remembered for his contributions. This is an episode I’ve very much looked forward to, as we examine and explore this classic vaudevillian and his enduring legacy.

https://anchor.fm/travis-roy/episodes/Ep-10-The-First-Stand-Up-Comic--Charley-Case-e5g4bq

Charley Case was a man of mixed white and African ancestry from the turn of the last century who wore blackface and invented the basics of stand-up comedy decades before anyone else. While he went forgotten for some time, in recent years he has become better remembered for his contributions. This is...

21/09/2019

Here is the Oscar-nominated short mentioned in episode 9 on Frank Fay.

https://youtu.be/M###lutsKuI

In 1939, 20,000 Americans rallied in New York's Madison Square Garden to celebrate the rise of Na**sm -- an event largely forgotten from U.S. history. A NIGH...

15/09/2019

Historians of comedy usually point to Frank Fay as the “original” stand-up comedian, but they’re wrong. In this episode, we look at Fay the comedian and Fay the man. For all the innovations he contributed to the craft of comedy, he was not the first stand-up comedian. He was, however, a fascinating bastard who was on top of the world until his own sh*tty personality took him down. Have a listen!

https://anchor.fm/travis-roy/episodes/Ep-9-The-First-Stand-Up-Comedian--Frank-Fay-e5ckds

Historians of comedy usually point to Frank Fay as the “original” stand-up comedian, but they’re wrong. In this episode, we look at Fay the comedian and Fay the man. For all the innovations he contributed to the craft of comedy, he was not the first stand-up comedian. He was, however, a fascin...

10/09/2019

A little hint about the topic of our upcoming next two episodes, #9 coming this Sunday 9/15, and #10 coming just a week later on Sunday 9/22. Stay tuned!

01/09/2019

Philip Seymour Hoffman believed that the less audiences knew about him personally, the more they could appreciate his work. He also was uncomfortable with being celebrated. In this episode, we defy both those wishes and delve into the life and work of one of the most talented artists of our time. Available on Anchor, Spotify, Apple podcasts, and most everywhere else.


https://anchor.fm/travis-roy/episodes/Ep-8-Philip-Seymour-Hoffman-e561hs

We veer more into biography than history again with this episode as we explore the life and career of one of the most talented artists of our time— Philip Seymour Hoffman.

28/08/2019

https://anchor.fm/travis-roy/episodes/Episode-7-Revolutionary-Protests-e4v13m

Mob justice in the years leading up to the American Revolution was a culture all its own, and in this episode we explore the various ways colonists demonstrated their dissatisfaction with the powers that be, short of war itself.