Nostalgium Arcanum
A Repository For The Pop Culture That Made Us Who We Are
Displaying all 6 Episode of Nostalgium Arcanum with the tag “steven spielberg”.
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Back to the Future
June 30th, 2025 | 2 hrs 33 mins
1950s, 1980s, 80s, christopher lloyd, comedy, delorean, huey lewis, michael j. fox, physics, robert zemeckis, sci-fi, science, science fiction, scifi, steven spielberg, time machine, time travel
What is a nostalgia podcast if not a time machine? We're firing up the flux capacitor and setting the time circuits to Back to the Future for the 40th anniversary of this seminal temporal comedy. We're joined by guest Darren Lanning (darrenlanning.com) to celebrate a film so heavy that its success was practically density.
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Raiders of the Lost Ark
June 9th, 2025 | 2 hrs 44 mins
adventure, archaeology, disney, george lucas, harrison ford, indiana jones, john williams, movie, movies, spielberg, steven spielberg
If adventure has a name, it must be Indiana Jones. The first film in the franchise pits archaeology against the Third Reich as Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, John Williams, and of course, Harrison Ford unearth an icon. We're joined by "top men" comedian Dan Oster (MadTV, A Podcast But Evil) and filmmaker Alex Sosin (The Canyon) to excavate the origins of a cinematic legend, whip cracking dialogue, and just plain whip cracking.
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80s Movies - Part 2
February 17th, 2025 | 3 hrs 9 mins
1980s, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 80s, action, cinema, comedy, disney, film, films, goonies, horror, indiana jones, john hughes, little mermaid, movie, movies, princess bride, rob reiner, scifi, steven spielberg
1985 through 1989 was the best period of filmmaking, period. Each of these years produced dozens of groundbreaking, blockbusting, genre defining, and unforgettable movies, making listing our top tens nearly impossible. Our review crew of Ami Lief, Ryan Merlo, and Tania Newton join us to close out our survey course of the best, of the best, of the best.
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Hook
September 23rd, 2024 | 2 hrs 23 mins
1990s, 90s, bob hoskins, dustin hoffman, film, films, john williams, julia roberts, maggie smith, movie, movies, peter pan, robin williams, spielberg, steven spielberg
On this podcast we generally refuse to grow up, but this time we're thinking especially happy thoughts as we head back to Neverland for Hook with filmmaker Ken Cole. Steven Spielberg and Robin Williams' love letter to Peter Pan remains forever young, buoyed by John Williams' inimitable score, and best-in-class character work from Dustin Hoffman and Bob Hoskins.
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Jaws
August 5th, 2024 | 2 hrs 11 mins
1970s, 70s, cinema, film, horror, john williams, marine, marine biology, movie, movies, ocean, oceanography, oceans, shark, shark week, sharks, spielberg, steven spielberg
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the podcast, writer/director of horror short "The Canyon" Alex Sosin joins us to swim with sharks as we celebrate Steven Spielberg's aquatic horror blockbuster, Jaws. The film elevates a b-horror premise to an all-time maritime masterpiece.
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Jurassic Park
June 11th, 2023 | 1 hr 28 mins
1990s, 90s, action, adventure, comedy, dinosaurs, entertainment, jeff goldblum, laura dern, movies, paleontology, sam niel, sci-fi, scifi, spielberg, steven spielberg
We spared no expense for Jurassic Park's 30th anniversary. Guests Rich Baker (@richbakercoaching) and clever girl Ami Lief (etsy.com/shop/MomoBunnysmoreCo) hold onto their butts to gush over an adventure 65,000,000 years in the making.