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Chillpak Hollywood Hour

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Each week, Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness take you on a journey.

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Year 18, Episode 1

Chillpak Hollywood Hour ·

2024/05/13

Original Release Date: Monday 13 May 2024 Description: After traveling across the country (on Spirit Airlines), Phil has been laid up all week, sick as a dog. Dean has been avoiding the dazzling nighttime Aurora displays put on by the current solar storm. They both have a great deal of show biz news, views and reviews on their minds, however. First off, Dean previews the forthcoming Ryan Coogler-led “X-Files” reboot, hipping us to its premise. Then, he and Phil make sense of the Ryan

57:31

17th Anniversary Show

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2024/05/06

Original Release Date: Monday 6 May, 2024 A brief history lesson: In May of 2007, Dean Haglund & Phil Leirness started changing the way people listen to the internet with "From The Heart of Hollywood". After a cease and desist from an individual claiming "brand confusion", the name was changed to (YOUR) YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour. On December 2 2019, after 652 previous episodes, Dean & Phil launched "Season 2" making the move to live streaming on Odysy Radio. Sometime later, "Odysy"

54:41

Season 4 Episode 17

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2024/04/30

Original Air Date: Monday 29 April, 9 pm Eastern Description: We are one week away from our 17th Anniversary and on this week's show, your friends in broadcasting & podcasting ask for your help in celebrating this milestone! They also discuss a whole lot of movie news and reviews, including the death of a Cannes Palme d'Or winner, the latest on Francis Coppola's Megalopolis, the return of George Lucas to Star Wars, Steven Spielberg directing a television series based on a script by Stanley

55:39

Season 4 Episode 16

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2024/04/23

Original Air Date: Monday 22 April, 9 pm Eastern Description: Two weeks shy of their 17th anniversary show, Dean is in Washington D.C. and Phil is in "The Hub of Silicon Valley", and via the magic of podcasting and broadcasting, they bring you this week’s show, featuring discussions about silent film classics, the Japanese art of the Benshi, a ground-breaking and star-studded new production of "MacBeth", current iterations of "Star Wars" and "Star Trek" on the small screen, a genre-bending

55:37

Season 4 Episode 15

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2024/04/16

Original Air Date: Monday 15 April, 9 pm Eastern Description: Three weeks shy of their 17th Anniversary show, your friends in broadcasting & podcasting bring you this action-packed installment. A Tony-winning playwright whose work revealed genuine comedy brilliance, a football player-turned movie star-turned (alleged) murderer, a Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist, a groundbreaking drummer, an iconic news journalist, the director who helped launch many of the most beloved T.V. shows

54:26

Season 4 Episode 14

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2024/04/09

Original Air Date: Monday 8 April, 9 pm Eastern Description: With Dean in the "Zone of Totality" for Monday's solar event taking place over much of the contiguous USA, will this week’s show ECLIPSE all those that have come before?! Decide for yourself as your friends in podcasting & broadcasting discuss a great story about how people getting stuck in an elevator changed history, discuss D.W. Giffith’s Intolerance, discuss Kelly Reichardt's 2006 breakthrough Old Joy, discuss French actor

55:42

Season 4 Episode 13

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2024/04/02

Original Air Date: Monday 1 April, 9 pm Eastern Description: It’s April Fools' Day, and what better way to celebrate than by spending an hour enjoying the spirited, irreverent conversation of two fools who have been changing the way people listen to the internet since May of 2007? This week, Dean and Phil discuss the stand-up comedy of Ali Wong, the performance artistry of Laurie Anderson, the beauty of the Fox Theatre in Detroit, the Orpheum Theatre in DTLA, the significance of the Tower

54:18

Season 4 Episode 12

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2024/03/26

Original Air Date: Monday 25 March, 9 pm Eastern Description: Spring has sprung in the Northern Hemisphere and the entertaining and insightful conversation is in full bloom on this week's episode! The Daptone Records recording artists The Budos Band and that jewel of Los Angeles theaters, the Fonda Theatre, get celebrated in "Live Event of the Week". Then, Dean and Phil reveal what television series they've been watching with extra special attention paid to the Alan Tudyk-starring “Resident

55:31

Season 4 Episode 11

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2024/03/19

Original Air Date: Monday 18 March, 9 pm Eastern Description: Awards season is finally behind us and Phil is finally back in Los Angeles, and normalcy is restored on this week's episode, or at least as much as "normal" is ever on our audio menu! Dean and Phil will reveal any thoughts they have about last week's Oscars as well as if or how they celebrated St. Patrick's Day this weekend. In a "Live Event of the Week", Phil will regale with stories about seeing the great indie rocker Hamilton

54:34

Season 4 Episode 10

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2024/03/12

Original Air Date: Monday 11 March, 9 pm Eastern Description: Because Phil is traveling, he and Dean pre-recorded this week's show on Sunday morning BEFORE the Oscars, so there will be scant little Academy Awards conversation on the episode. Instead, Dean and Phil re-visit some of the more troubling aspects of the legacy of "The X-Files" and examine two other television series: The acclaimed "The Bear" and the divisive season 4 of "Star Trek: Discovery" (including friend of show Luke Y

55:46

Season 4 Episode 9

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2024/03/05

Original Air Date: Monday 4 March, 9 pm Eastern Description: This week's installment takes its cues from last week's show and starts with several "Celebrity Deaths" involving music industry notables. Beloved comedian-turned-actor Richard Lewis will also get remembered, as will an incredible Japanese-American dancer-turned-teacher who was just a few months shy of her 105th birthday when she died! The "Live Event of the Week" involves a church in Malibu, the Daughters of the American Revolution,

54:41

Season 4 Episode 8

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2024/02/27

Original Air Date: Monday 26 February, 9 pm Eastern Description: This week's show begins with an email from a loyal listener about the Bree Sharp song "David Duchovny" and the unofficial video for it in which Dean participated. Then, Phil talks about what is going on his beloved Siren Radio in the UK. A petition has been launched to try and save the station to which Phil has been contributing for more than 12 years (read and, if so moved, sign the petition at

54:40

Season 4 episode 7

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2024/02/20

Original Air Date: Monday 19 February, 9 pm Eastern Description: This week's show will pick up right where last week's Season 4 Episode 6 left off, with a pre-recorded segment wherein Dean Haglund reveals his top two films of 2023, and Phil Leirness reveals his number one choice. Then, Dean and Phil hook up live on digital audio to discuss a wide array of topics, including: the choreography of Pina Bausch, the German nominee for the Best International Film Oscar, the Mardi Gras jazz of

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Season 4 Episode 6

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2024/02/13

Original Air Date: Monday 12 February, 9 pm Eastern Description: Who doesn’t love a sequel?! Your friends in broadcasting & podcasting return with part 2 of their celebration of the best in cinema from 2023. If you listened to part 1, you know this is no ordinary “Top Ten” show. Ultimately, dozens of films and just as many topics will get explored. This week the topics include editing, black and white, curated experiences, gender identification, feminism, entertainment and films from a

55:17

Season 4 Episode 5

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2024/02/06

Original Air Date: Monday 5 February, 9 pm Eastern Description: Welcome to part one of a two-part installment of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour wherein Dean and Phil will discuss the best in cinema of the year 2023. This is no ordinary “Top Ten” show. Ultimately, dozens of films and just as many topics will get explored. This week’s show actually begins with discussion of atmospheric rivers, of spreading a loved one’s ashes, of comparisons between the original Cape Fear and the Martin Scorsese

55:18

Season 4 episode 4

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2024/01/30

Original Air Date: Monday 29 January, 9 pm Eastern Description: Welcome to a truly great episode and it all starts with an alternately touching and hilarious cold open! In "Celebrity Deaths", Dean and Phil remember a jazz music pioneer, an actor who was an important influence on Dean, and a versatile, prolific, Oscar-winning filmmaker. Last week’s Oscar nominations get analyzed, as does the ensuing anger surrounding supposed "snubs". After the break, the great film critic Luke Y. Thompson

55:26

Season 4 Episode 3

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2024/01/23

Original Air Date: Monday 22 January, 9 pm Eastern Description: In a cold open, this week’s show begins where last week’s show left off, with Phil delighting Dean with some surprising facts about the late comedic genius Tommy Smothers. After that, Dean and Phil dive into “Awards Season” news, offering up thoughts on the recent Emmy Awards, the forthcoming Oscar nominations, and on how viewing of awards shows might change in the years to come. Suffice it to say, your friends in podcasting and

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Season 4 Episode 2

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2024/01/16

Original Air Date: Monday 15 January, 9 pm Eastern Description: Last week, Dean and Phil got Season 4 of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour underway with an hilarious and fascinating installment recorded in the nation's capital. This week, Dean is back in Detroit, Phil is back in Los Angeles, and they have a ton to follow up on, as well a great deal of show biz to news to catch up on! Here is just some of what they have on their agenda: Dean's thoughts about the need for all-encompassing cultural

54:20

Season 4 Episode 1

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2024/01/09

Original Air Date: Monday 8 January, 9 pm Eastern Description: Last week, Dean and Phil said hello to 2024 and said goodbye to "Season 3" by welcoming a special guest and discussing their creative intentions for the year. This weekend, Dean and Phil got together in the nation's capital to get "Season 4" underway by swapping stories about art galleries, historic battlefields, historic D.C. clubs, the James Webb Space Telescope, New Jersey restaurants, Wim Wenders and his 3D documentary about the

55:15

Season 3 Episode 100

Chillpak Hollywood Hour ·

2024/01/02

Original Air Date: Monday 1 January, 9 pm Eastern Description: Years back, Dean & Phil used to start each year with a show where they revealed their New Year's Resolutions. They stopped doing this because their perceived failures to fulfill their resolutions started to become depressing! Flash forward to present day and your friends in podcasting and broadcasting participate in a "side project" called The Art Life with good pal (and creator of many Chillpak Hollywood Hour theme songs) Jon

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