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Phantom of the Podpera

Secure your chandeliers - It’s Phantom of the Podpera! Join humorist Evan Fonseca and filmmaker Kyle Kuchta as they plunge once more (and once more, and once more, and--) into the dungeon of black despair and hunt down every single adaptation of the seminal classic, The Phantom of the Opera. From silent films to should-be-silent films (looking at you, Gerard Butler), from steamy novels to public domain animation, Evan and Kyle bring snarkasm™ and laughs to the depths of the Palais Garnier Opera

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47:57

Episode 25 - Walter Murphy's "Phantom Of The Opera"...

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2025/11/26

What do Stewie Griffin, The Phantom, and Evan Fonseca all have in common? The Two Phellas™️ dive into the depths of Walter Murphy’s disco Phantom to find out! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy Us A Coffee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: @PhantomOfThePodpera Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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64:02

Episode 24 - The Phantom Stranger #23 (DC Comics, 1973)

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2025/11/12

This week, The Two Phellas™️ dive into a title even more redundant than DC Comics (Detective Comics Comics) itself! Calling yourself a Phantom Stranger is a little like saying "12 Midnight"...What other time has midnight ever been..What phantom has never been a stranger? Listen and learn!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy Us A Coffee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: @PhantomOfThePodpera Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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62:40

Episode 23 - The Phantom Of The Opera: A Victorian...

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2025/10/29

Join The Two Phellas™️ as they dissect that 1979 straight play that’s equal parts Phantom and Not Phantom(!?) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy Us A Coffee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: @PhantomOfThePodpera Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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42:47

Episode 22 - The Phantom Of The Opera's Friend (Short...

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2025/10/15

To be a friend of a phantom is to be a rain on your wedding day, to be a free ride when you've already paid, it's to be the good advice that you just didn't take. This week: The hypocrisy of the Phantom and the irony of a narrator is dissected with nuanced analysis and, of course, laughs. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy Us A Coffee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: @PhantomOfThePodpera Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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76:53

Episode 21 - Ken Hill's Phantom Of The Opera (1976)

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2025/10/01

Before Andrew Lloyd Webber made you believe a chandelier could fly and before Gerard Butler made you wish one would...Ken Hill appropriated late 19th-century opera arias for the (actual) first stage musical adaptation of Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy Us A Coffee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: @PhantomOfThePodpera Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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67:10

Episode 20 - CBS Radio Mystery Theater's The Phantom...

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2025/09/17

If you've ever read or watched a Phantom adaptation and thought, "This is great and all, but I really wonder what the opera house owner was doing while Christine was off having adventures..." then wow are you in for a treat!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy Us A Coffee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: @PhantomOfThePodpera Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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80:46

Episode 19 - Masquerade (2025)

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2025/09/03

NewsPhlash! Podpera breaks chronology to cover the latest Phantom adaptation, the immersive experience MASQUERADE. Fresh from Broadway, Evan reports on his trip down to the dungeons of the Phantom’s black despair. SPOILERS AHEAD!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy Us A Coffee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: @PhantomOfThePodpera Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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66:24

Episode 18 - Phantom of the Paradise (1974)

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2025/08/20

Ever wondered what would happen if the director of Mission Impossible put Phantom, Faust, Dorian Gray and The Carpenters into a blender? You haven't!? Well pretend like you have and strap in as Evan and Kyle cover Brian De Palma's Phantom of the Paradise.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy Us A Coffee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: @PhantomOfThePodpera Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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59:30

Episode 17 - The Phantom Of Hollywood (1974)

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2025/08/06

Lights! Camera! Phantom!? From baguettes to Beverly Hills: 1974's The Phantom of Hollywood takes us across the pond from Paris to Tinseltown! Kyle and Evan kick off the All-New Bi-Weekly Podpera with a TV movie that dares to ask the question, "What if Christine got pancaked by a bulldozer?"⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy Us A Coffee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: @PhantomOfThePodpera Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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56:05

Episode 16 - Phantom Of What Opera? (Night Gallery...

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2025/07/23

You unlock this pod with the key of imagination. Beyond it is another dimension: a dimension of half-masks, a dimension of donuts, a dimension of eggs. You're moving into a land of both Phantoms and Persians, of operas and poop rivers. You've just crossed over into... the Night Gallery episode of Phantom of the Podpera.⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy Us A Coffee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: @PhantomOfThePodpera Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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44:12

Episode 15 - The Monster Of The Opera (1964)

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2025/07/16

The most least-Phantom related adaptation we’ve covered to date! Evan and Kyle are back with a movie so misguided it somehow turned a Phantom adaptation into a fleshless vampire Skinemax special that would have Anne Rice accusing it of being prude.⁠⁠⁠Buy Us A Coffee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: @PhantomOfThePodpera Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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64:11

Episode 14 - The Phantom Of The Opera (1962 Film)

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2025/07/02

This week's adaptation by famed house of horrors, Hammer Films, may very well be "the most clothed Phantom of the Opera adaptation we've covered so far." Give a listen to find out what that even means!⁠⁠Buy Us A Coffee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: @PhantomOfThePodpera Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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13:05

Bonus - Kyle's Dream Casting for a Remake of Phantom...

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2025/06/25

On this special bonus episode of PotP, Kyle gives us his dreamcast of a contemporary adaptation of 1925's The Phantom of the Opera!⁠Buy Us A Coffee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: @PhantomOfThePodpera Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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60:35

Episode 13 - El Fantasma de la Opereta (1959)

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2025/06/18

Fernando Cortés saw Universal Studios' 1943 take on The Phantom and thought, "One Phantom is spooky...but you know what's really scary? SEVEN PHANTOMS." This week, Evan and Kyle dissect 1960's El Fantasma de la Opereta starring legendary comedian Germán "Tin-Tan" Valdés.⁠Buy Us A Coffee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: @PhantomOfThePodpera Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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41:32

Episode 12 - Phorgotten Phantom Philes

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2025/06/11

As Woody Woodpecker continues to disappoint, Kyle and Evan discover lost Phantom media from the 1930s to the 1960s. From the sparkling coasts of Argentina to the snow-capped mountains of Argentina, the Phantom's phorgotten philes will be unlocked and mocked!⁠Buy Us A Coffee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: @PhantomOfThePodpera Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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59:42

Episode 11 - The Phantom Of The Opera (1943 Lux Radio...

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2025/06/04

Do not adjust your podcasts, you’re not having déjà vu, 1943 really did have TWO Phantoms doing the exact same thing! And now, you have two podcast hosts also doing the same thing: Breaking down the 1943 Lux Radio Theatre dramatization of The Phantom of the Opera!⁠Buy Us A Coffee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: @PhantomOfThePodpera Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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55:18

Episode 10 - The Phantom of the Opera (1943 Film) Part 2

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2025/05/28

How long can Mozzarella cheese hold a chandelier? Is Claude Rains a 30-donut man? Is this the BEST adaptation of The Phantom Of The Opera? Find out in the thrilling conclusion of our coverage of the 1943 film!Buy Us A Coffee⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠: @PhantomOfThePodpera Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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42:37

Episode 9 - The Phantom of the Opera (1943 Film) Part 1

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2025/05/21

A story about a concert violinist turned Phantom after "something snapped and he became a homicidal maniac." Art Lubin's The Phantom of the Opera has something for everyone: Two male leads that look exactly the same, pickled pigs' feet, post-Citizen Kane ceiling shots, and a quick splash through everyone's favorite river! Buy Us A Coffee⁠⁠⁠ and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠: @PhantomOfThePodpera Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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45:57

Episode 8 - Song At Midnight (1937)

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2025/05/14

Evan and Kyle unravel the tale of a social activist, a world-renowned opera singer, and a starcrossed lover who died to protect his betrothed…Spoiler Alert: This week’s Phantom is all three of those people! How? Listen to find out!Buy Us A Coffee⁠⁠ and follow us on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠: @PhantomOfThePodpera Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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11:35

Bonus - Evan's Dream Casting for a Remake of Phantom...

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2025/05/07

Due to a mysterious illness, Evan can't perform this upcoming episode. Instead of refunds, we hope you enjoy this BONUS episode of Evan dream-casting a contemporary remake of 1925's The Phantom of the Opera.Buy Us A Coffee⁠⁠ and follow us on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠: @PhantomOfThePodpera Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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