The Speakeasily gang is back to resurrect another camp classic with schlockmeister director Frank Henenlotter's 1990 master-piece, FRANKENHOOKER! Is this a gritty update to the Frankenstein mythos or a po-mo feminist manifesto? Is any of us mor

Mannequin (1987)

May 17th, 2023 1h 22m

Speakeasily vs. the ‘80s returns to your $hitterverse after having left you alone for way too long and for no good reason! We're back, baby, and we're here to talk about Michael Gottlieb's Mannequin (1987) with our guest, performance artist Ann

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Announcement: Weird Al & Burlesque?

Mar 3rd, 2023 2m 16s

Odessa Lil checks in to see how you are feeling. Oh and also to tell you about SHOWGALS: THE MOVIE - a documentary about the all-Weird Al burlesque troupe she's been part of for the past decade. (Please listen by 3/10/23.) https://baretobestupi

The Beastmaster (1982)

Dec 17th, 2021 1h 9m

Speakeasily vs. the ‘80s welcomes podcast pioneer and author of The Georgia Guidestones: America's Most Mysterious Monument, Raymond Wiley, to venture into the wilds of The Beastmaster (1982)! This sword and sorcery celebration has everything y

Announcement: Retrophilia

Dec 5th, 2021 1m 19s

Odessa lil just wants you to know about a new podcast about the past that she's co-hosting with Raymond Wiley of Disinformation, Out There Radio, and The Shadow of Ideas. It's called RETROPHILIA and this season focuses on the 1990s. Please chec

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Speakeasily Vs. The ‘80s: Critters 2 (1988)

Oct 22nd, 2021 1h 8m

Are you ready to have a BALL? Speakeasily Vs. The ‘80s welcomes returning guest, comics industry maven, professional nerd, and furball expert, Jann Jones to discuss Critters 2. Cashing in on the Gremlins creature feature craze, Mick Garris’s 19

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Speakeasily Vs. The ‘80s: Return of the Living Dead (1985)

Aug 29th, 2021 1h 29m

Speakeasily Vs. The ‘80s welcomes Joe Donohoe (writer, nurse, former taxi driver, and publisher of Specious Species magazine) for a BRAINZ-fueled discussion of Dan O’Bannon’s game-changing zombie punk hit, Return of the Living Dead. With its go

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Speakeasily Vs. The ‘80s: Ice Pirates (1984)

Jun 23rd, 2021 1h 42m

Speakeasily Vs. The ‘80s welcomes no-budget film auteur Davenzane Hayes to discuss 1984’s sword and spaceship classic Ice Pirates! Join us as we contemplate how mechanized castration, robot pimps, Bruce Vilanch, and the Knights Templar all ende

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Speakeasily Vs. The ‘80s: Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)

Apr 15th, 2021 1h 29m

Speakeasily Vs. The ‘80s welcomes Christian Divine, writer for the award-wining video game franchise LIFE IS STRANGE, for sone Druidic horror with Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)! What do Stonehenge, robot assassins, melting heads, an

Speakeasily Vs. The ‘80s: River’s Edge (1986)

Mar 21st, 2021 1h 29m

Bonnie Bloomgarden of the mystical rock band Death Valley Girls joins us for a very special episode of Speakeasily Vs. The ‘80s. Together we somewhat bravely tackle the controversial and stylized movie about teen murder, disaffected stoners, an

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Speakeasily Vs. The ‘80s: Hard Ticket To Hawaii (1987)

Mar 1st, 2021 1h 25m

Speakeasily Vs. The ‘80s welcomes drag performer, cosplayer, cat costumer, and Sacred Silversexual Annalyn Bond for a deep dive into the 1987 coked-out classic Hard Ticket To Hawaii. This movie is where dad jokes meet sexual harassment. It real

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Speakeasily Vs. The ‘80s: Night of the Comet (1984)

Feb 9th, 2021 1h 37m

It’s end-times fun-times as Speakeasily Vs. The ‘80s welcomes musician, composer, DJ, and synth master Gregg Foreman (aka Mr. Pharmacist) for an earth-shattering discussion of Night of the Comet (1984). What better time than the dystopian prese

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Speakeasily Vs. The ‘80s: Valley Girl (1983)

Jan 20th, 2021 1h 37m

Speakeasily Vs. The ‘80s welcomes creator of the interactive Listography books and pioneering former owner of Oakland's Eli’s Mile High Club, Lisa Nola, and her partner James Spooner who directed the 2003 documentary AfroPunk, co-founded the Af

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Speakeasily Vs. The ‘80s: C.H.U.D. (1984)

Oct 18th, 2020 1h 26m

Speakeasily Vs. The ‘80s welcomes comics industry luminary and C.H.U.D.thusiast Jann Jones (AKA Pickles Kintaro) to discuss the great Regan-era tale of government environmental conspiracy. C.H.U.D. – it’s an acronym that has become a noun, a ve

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Speakeasily Vs. The ‘80s: Better Off Dead (1985)

Sep 19th, 2020 1h 1m

Speakeasily Vs. The ‘80s welcomes Bay Area art curator, artist, Dj, actor, activist, and overall ‘80s pop culture nerd Jeff Bostic to discuss the 1985 feel-good suicide classic Better Off Dead! From dare-devil skiing to guitar-playing hamburger

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Speakeasily Vs. The ‘80s: Flash Gordon (1980)

Aug 24th, 2020 1h 40m

Take your protein pills and put your helmet on because Speakeasily Vs. The ‘80s welcomes “Flash” Gordie The Mailman Adams of the Gordcast and Zardozen Minutes podcasts for the space opera spectacular Flash Gordon (1980)! Prepare to blast off fo

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Speakeasily Vs. The ‘80s: 9 to 5 (1980)

Jul 19th, 2020 1h 29m

Pour yourself a cup of ambition because Speakeasily Vs. The ‘80s welcomes Jamie Bancroft (AKA Dolly Trauma), a founder of Austin International Drag Festival and the upcoming website The Drag Channel, to discuss the sexual harassment classic, 9

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Speakeasily Vs. The ‘80s: Vibes (1988)

Jun 6th, 2020 1h 28m

Speakeasily Vs. The ‘80s welcomes two titans of podcasting – Mogwai Minute’s Neil Brown and Bat Minute’s Niall McGowan – to vibe out with us for the 1988 romantic occult comedy VIBES. Cindi Lauper, Jeff Goldblum, and Peter Faulk make up the wac

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Speakeasily Vs. The ‘80s: Troll 2 (1990)

May 7th, 2020 1h 33m

Speakeasily Vs. The ‘80s welcomes, all the way from Liverpool, fashion photographer/blogger Lal Gall and Jonfen Parker, the host of podcasts Bat Minute and Hedwig: Inch by Angry Inch, for a close encounter with Troll-kind. Yes, a film that’s so

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Speakeasily Vs. The ‘80s: Eye of the Tiger (1986)

Apr 10th, 2020 1h 26m

Speakeasily Vs. The ‘80s welcomes Alamo Drafthouse New Mission SF’s Creative Manager and shlockmeister supreme Jake Isgar. He is the Wizard of Weird Wednesdays and the Tsar of Terror Tuesday, and he brought us a prime cut of revenge porn called

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Speakeasily Vs. The ‘80s: Making Mr. Right (1987)

Mar 30th, 2020 1h 11m

Speakeasily Vs. The ‘80s welcomes actor Galen Howard, known for roles in Agents of Shield, Brooklyn 9-9, and also as that guy who ate a bunch of Cannoli in that one Weezer video. Galen brings us a charming romantic comedy about a modern woman a

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Speakeasily Vs. The ‘80s: Mortuary Academy (1988)

Mar 18th, 2020 1h 2m

Speakeasily Vs. The ‘80s is joined by “Cine-Masochist,” musician, and co-founder/producer of the long-running SF club Popscene, DJ Omar Perez. He joins us for one of his favorite violations of decency and taste, Mortuary Academy (1988), proving

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Speakeasily Vs. The ‘80s: The Search for Animal Chin (1987)

Mar 7th, 2020 1h 6m

Speakeasily Vs. The ‘80s goes on a quest with Pete Mummert of The Indiana Jones Minute for the true meaning of skateboarding with the seminal 1987 skate flick, The Search for Animal Chin. Is it just privilege on the half-pipe or is it a gnarly

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Speakeasily Vs. The ‘80s: Cherry 2000 (1987)

Dec 25th, 2019 1h 19m

Speakeasily Vs. The ‘80s gives you the gift of sexbots this xmas season as we welcome Drag King and Cholo Goth Papi Churro for a screening of CHERRY 2000 (1987). Ignore your families and let us transport you to the Mad Maxian dystopian future/p

Episode 114: Piper & Jack Davenport, Motorcycle Erotica Between Two Ferns in the Honeycomb Hideout

Nov 20th, 2019 2h 27m

Are you ready for this NSFW MEGASODE!? The Speakeasily Hour Minute Podcast welcomes smut royalty with the king & queen of biker-erotica, Piper & Jack Davenport! Prepare to rev your engines as they each do dramatic readings from some of their be