Episodes

  • Mudsliders w/ Jen D'Angelo

    Mudsliders w/ Jen D'Angelo
    May 10 2023
    Calibrate your mudomiters and gather your team of eccentric, goofball scientists because a disaster is coming your way on all levels in 1997’s Mudsliders. For the season finale of The Rodge Tapes, Ben and writer Jen D’Angelo (The Young Rock, Hocus Pocus 2) dig through a mud like substance and unearth a true gem. This one has it all! 9/11 references - Check. Overdoses - Check. Sal Hershey - Oh, you better believe there's a check!!!

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    47 mins
  • One Man Precinct w/ Lamar Woods

    One Man Precinct w/ Lamar Woods
    May 3 2023
    Ben subjects his friend Lamar Woods (The New Girl, Grand Crew) to One Man Precinct (1988) one of the weird, overly violent movies from dictator friendly actor Markus Bowman. 

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    49 mins
  • Dino Dudes: The Movie w/ Dan Gregor

    Dino Dudes: The Movie w/ Dan Gregor
    Apr 26 2023
    Dino Dudes superfan Dan Gregor (How I met your Mother, Chip ’n Dale: Rescue Rangers) talks with Ben about the failed franchise that made Super Nova Films go extinct. Don’t be a gnarly butthead- listen! 

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    53 mins
  • The Second Lady w/ Neil Casey

    The Second Lady w/ Neil Casey
    Apr 20 2023
    No one is who they seem in The Second Lady, a barley seen paranoia drenched thriller from 1977. Ben visits Neil Casey (SNL, Inside Amy Schumer, Kroll Show) and they discover the Second Lady’s role as naval observatory decorator, as well as touching on 9/11, Watergate, and the Kennedy assassination. Open a pack of your favorite filterless cigarettes and enjoy! 

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    55 mins
  • The Bingo Game w/ Dominic Dierkes

    The Bingo Game w/ Dominic Dierkes
    Apr 12 2023
    The lines between a con and a theft, between an actor's real life and the role he plays, between sanity and madness, all begin to blur in 1971's The Bingo Game. Dominic Dierkes (Workaholics, Solar Opposites) joins Ben to talk about drifters, cheats, and con men in the movie that makes the guys wonder - was this elder abuse?

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    56 mins
  • FirefightHer w/ Tawny Newsome

    FirefightHer w/ Tawny Newsome
    Apr 5 2023
    Is it possible to finish a movie without your star? Whatever the answer is, they tried in the 1993 comedy FirefightHer. Tawny Newsome (Star Trek: Lower Decks, Bajillion Dollar Propertie$) tells Ben about one of her favorite genres and also how to name a horse.

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    44 mins
  • Wet Moves w/ Anders Holm

    Wet Moves w/ Anders Holm
    Mar 29 2023
    The show takes an unavoidable serious turn when Anders Holm (Workaholics, The Muppets Mayhem, This is Important Podcast) and Ben discuss "The Bobbys,” the two lead actors of the 1986 teen swim comedy Wet Moves.

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    54 mins
  • The Blade of Urax w/ Jon Gabrus

    The Blade of Urax w/ Jon Gabrus
    Mar 22 2023
    Jon Gabrus (High & Mighty, The Action Boyz Podcast, 101 Places to Party Before You Die) and his brothers grew up idolizing Dutch bodybuilder Bern Koolstra after seeing the sleazy sword and sorcery epic - The Blade Of Urax (1983). Gabrus and Ben walk us through this lost fantasy franchise, they also sincerely talk about 9/11 for some reason.

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    1 hr and 4 mins