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SwimfansEpisode 120 - Poison Ivy
The lads return to their erotic thriller roots to sift through a series of baffling, sleazy choices in 1992's POISON IVY! swimfanspod.com @swimfanspod
SwimfansEpisode 119 - Ginger Snaps
This week, your favorite misery chicks come together to talk goths, the social folly of ambitious school projects and the metaphor between lycanthropy and…
SwimfansEpisode 118 - Winter's Bone
If you bring me Craig's hands, I have one Craig Token to dispense. The lads discuss the boundaries and limitations of family ties and a kind of hopeful…
SwimfansEpisode 117 - Body Snatchers (1993)
Do not think about the egg. Embrace the egg. The pod people discuss glowing cone men, the body snatcher concept as it applies to the American military, and…
SwimfansEpisode 116 - Jennifer's Body
The princesses get a little satanic and eat each other's boyfriends while discussing the curse of a movie being made in the aughts in 2009's JENNIFER'S BODY!…
SwimfansMini - Physical Media 2
The boys sit down for a fireside chat about physical media collections, both practically and philosophically.
SwimfansEpisode J3 - The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl
We're 30, baby! On the third Josh Birthday episode, we return to 2017 and Masaaki Yuasa to discuss life, love and underwear in THE NIGHT IS SHORT, WALK ON…
SwimfansEpisode 115 - Dazed and Confused
Many are asking, and no, we won't be signing the pledge asking us to be ungroovy. This week on the pod we discuss nicknames, the hateful crab menace, and the…
SwimfansEpisode 114 - Twilight
This week on Swimfans, it's a conversation about the devaluation of the female gaze, fanfiction tropes, and yearning to hold hands. Sparkle along with us as we…
SwimfansEpisode 113 - Totally F***ed Up
This week, on another homo episode of Swimfans, the lads talk being young and disaffected in LA, static camerawork, and the remarkable phenomenon of queer teen…
SwimfansEpisode 112 - The Last Picture Show
This week, the lads take a trip back to before fun was invented to spend a little time talking the desire for touch and American small-town ennui in 1971's THE…
SwimfansEpisode 111 - Yo-Yo Girl Cop (With Carlos Leon-Roman)
This week, the Swimfans drag Carlos away from the Heroes Three nest to discuss nuzzling your pals, action in cinema, and the overall Sukeban Deka canon in…
SwimfansEpisode 110 - Love, Simon
Dear Listeners: In the episode about 2018's LOVE, SIMON, Bathsheba Linebreak, Hypnos and Craig Neeson discuss coming out stories and various facets of gay…
SwimfansSwimfans Gaiden - 20 Dad Rock Greats
Alex and Swimfans All-Star, Matthew Tucciarone bring you: 20 Dad Rock Greats and discussions about ramblin', burnin', calling your mama to tell her about the…
SwimfansEpisode 109 - Dick
We've got Nixonmania, baby!!! The podcast princesses tug on their Dunst Caps and spend at least 18.5 minutes not making Deep Throat jokes in the 1999 political…
SwimfansEpisode 108 - Heathers (with Shannon Strucci)
In the distance, you hear the song of the summer: "Swimfans Finally Does HEATHERS" by Big Fun! The lads are joined by co-host and player on Critical Bits…
SwimfansEpisode 107 - You Got Served
This week on the pod, Josh and Alex start the hottest dancing crew on the west coast! Craig? Oh, so - about Craig, you're gonna want to sit down for this - he…
SwimfansEpisode 106 - Teen Witch
Josh and Alex turn 16 and begin their whimsical journey as witches. Craig on the other hand is a filthy, filthy little pig; an awful, depraved little brother…
SwimfansEpisode 105 - Drop Dead Gorgeous
The Swimfans take a trip to Minnesota to compete - and die - in the Sarah Rose Cosmetics Mount Rose American Teen Princess Pageant. That's right, it's the 1999…
SwimfansEpisode 104 - A Clockwork Orange
Knock back a tall glass of Moloko and join your Swimfan droogs as we explore a psychedelic dystopian Britain in the 1971 Stanley Kubrick film A CLOCKWORK…
SwimfansEpisode 103 - SLC Punk! (with Tina Bayne)
Josh has a blue mohawk, Craig has blue boots, and Alex thinks punk rock is just another uniform. The lads along with extra-special guest Tina Bayne discuss…
SwimfansEpisode 2X - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) and Top 10s
Josh is himbofied, Craig left something open and Alex is here to tell you the truth about Mariah's Magical Christmas Special. We're here to set the record…
SwimfansEpisode 102 - The Karate Kid
Ralph Macchio was 22 in the karate kid. he was 27 when they shot karate kid 3 but still looks 14. josh or craig, write better copy than this for the social…
SwimfansEpisode 101 - Never Back Down
The only thing better than babes... is podcasting. The Swimfans dive into the 2008 MMA movie NEVER BACK DOWN and talk daddy issues, elite tennis academies, and…
SwimfansEpisode 100 - American Pie
EPISODE 100 BABY!!* This week, we return to form to cover the raunchy teen comedy of our generation, 1999's AMERICAN PIE! We talk the Stiflers, the larger…
SwimfansSwimfans: Duet City Stories - Episode 3
If you're avoiding your family this holiday, Swimfans is your family now. In the thrilling conclusion to Duet City Stories, Jennifer breaks her foot, Manx gets…
SwimfansSwimfans Mini - Promare
On this Swimfans mini, the princesses cover the gay firefighter movie, PROMARE. We talk Studio Trigger and the mastery of their craft, discuss the film's plot…
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Swimfans: Duet City Stories - Episode 2
On this week's DUET CITY STORIES, Manx tries to seduce some guards, Bulb glows bright red and sips some Cris, and Jennifer Paradise almost doesn't tip her…
SwimfansSwimfans Mini - Mardock Scramble
Folks, it's the long-awaited Mardock Scramble discussion. The prettiest Universal Items talk about the few things they liked, a lot of what they didn't, and…
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Swimfans: Duet City Stories - Episode 1
It is the year 2XXX in Duet City. Unlikely compatriots Jennifer Paradise, Bulb, and Manx accept a job from a shady character and attempt to infiltrate a hotel…
SwimfansSwimfans Mini - The Hunt for Red October
The Swimfans continue their voyage through the films of John McTiernan. This week they're getting horny underwater in his 1990 film THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER…
SwimfansEpisode C2 - Mulholland Drive
t's Craig's second birthday episode! He chose David Lynch's 2001 masterpiece Mulholland Drive because it dramatically altered the course of his life…
SwimfansEpisode 99 - A Dark Song
The dolls seal themselves in a dilapidated house for months! We talk how much niche subject matter is too much, how concrete and present a monster can be and…
SwimfansEpisode 98 - Ghost Ship
Like Jack Ferryman before us, we here at Swimfans are salvagers of souls - and this week, we're salvaging YOURS!! The princesses talk overambition, the virtue…
SwimfansEpisode 97 - The Blair Witch Project
Alex's gear got all slimed, Craig's outside clapping two rocks together, and Josh is dancing around in white leggings. This week on Bloodbath, we get lost in…
SwimfansEpisode 96 - The Ring
Did you know that at any given minute there's like a million radio waves going through your head? Whatever, you pick something. The Swimfans have only seven…
SwimfansEpisode 95 - Hollow Man (with Addy!)
The Swimfans begin their second Bloodbath with Paul Verhoeven's slasher spin on the invisible man: 2000's HOLLOW MAN. They also welcome for the first time…
SwimfansEpisode 94 - Persepolis
The Swimfans get their animation on with the elegant 2007 Marjane Satrapi autobiographical film PERSEPOLIS. swimfanspod.com @swimfanspod
SwimfansEpisode 93 - Weird Science
Folks, the science is weird. The Swimfans code themselves a girlfriend in the 1985 John Hughes cocaine fever-dream WEIRD SCIENCE. @swimfanspod swimfanspod.com
SwimfansEpisode 92 - The Legend of Billie Jean
The Swimfans take to the road in the 1985 teen folktale THE LEGEND OF BILLIE JEAN. @swimfanspod swimfanspod.com
SwimfansEpisode 91 - Juno
The Swimfan home-skillets pull out their hamburger phones and dial into the 2007 Diablo Cody inked film JUNO. @swimfanspod swimfanspod.com
SwimfansEpisode 90 - Adventures in Babysitting
The Swimfans have a wild night in Chicago, encountering every city stereotype that'll fit on 35mm film stock. It's the breathless 1987 film ADVENTURES IN…
SwimfansEpisode 89 - Phenomena (With Vou Pinette)
The Argentonauts are back to do bug crimes on 1985's PHENOMENA with special guest Vou Pinette. @swimfanspod swimfanspod.com
SwimfansEpisode 88 - Rebel Without a Cause
The Swimfans fall in love with our homies in Nicholas Ray's seminal 1955 teen picture REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE. @swimfanspod swimfanspod.com
SwimfansMini - Die Hard
Part 2 of our John McTiernan mini series: Die Hard! @swinfanspod swimfanspod.com
SwimfansEpisode 87 - Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
The Swimfans get in over their heads, but in a much less bleak way than they expected with Stephen Herek's 1991 Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead.
SwimfansMini - Predator
Alex and Craig begin a Swimfans mini voyage through the films of John McTiernan. First stop: his 1987 intergalactic masterpiece PREDATOR.
SwimfansEpisode 86 - Rad (With Eric Nelson)
Are you looking to GET STRANGE? Do you have THUNDER IN YOUR HEART? Well baby, SEND ME AN ANGEL in the form of 1986's BMX extravaganza RAD! With returning…
SwimfansSwimfans Macro - Letterboxd
In this exhaustive re-litigation, the Swimfans go back and settle on five star ratings for EVERY SWIMFANS MOVIE. @swimfanspod swimfanspod.com
SwimfansEpisode 85 - Boys and Girls
In a terminal case of Josh Brain, Josh works hard to defend his title as Biggest Freddie Prinze Jr. Fan while Craig and Alex look on in dismay. This is 2000's…
SwimfansEpisode A2 - Fight Club
The Swimfans celebrate another of Alex's birthdays, and make our claim as the premiere podcast of Kissing Your Buds' Hands! We bring 1999 ubiquitous guys-guy…
SwimfansEpisode 84 - Disturbing Behavior
Alex is a Car Nerd, Craig is a Nerd Nerd, and Josh is a Blue Ribbon Good Boy in the Stepford Wives-reminiscent 1998 teen thriller DISTURBING BEHAVIOR…
SwimfansSwimfans Mini - Ennio Morricone
Alex reminisces about legendary film composer Ennio Morricone and shares some of his favorite work. @swimfanspod swimfanspod.com
SwimfansEpisode 83 - Benny's Video
The Swimfans play, fast forward, and rewind their way through Michael Haneke's cold, academic, and characteristically misanthropic 1992 film Benny's Video!…
SwimfansEpisode 82 - Kiki's Delivery Service (with Julia Scott)
Anime Club is back in session! Julia Scott joins us to talk about the 1989 Hayao Miyazaki film Kiki's Delivery Service! swimfanspod.com @swimfanspod
SwimfansMini - Bram Stoker's Dracula
Alex and Craig talk vampires, in-camera effects, and find out if love ever dies. It's FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA'S BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA. @swimfanspod swimfanspod.com
SwimfansEpisode 81 - But I'm a Cheerleader
The Swimlads get shipped off to Gay Camp (double entendre!), talk ever more about Clea Duvall, and get real hardcore Michigander on this episode about the 1999…
SwimfansEpisode 80 - The Faculty
Craig drags Josh & Alex to a midnight screening of THE FACULTY, the 1998 teen body snatcher horror/thriller directed by Robert Rodriguez. swimfanspod.com…
SwimfansSwimfans Mini - Vanilla Sky
Alex & Craig join forces to tackle VANILLA SKY, the 2001 braindead mystery film starring Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, and Penelope Cruz. Please donate, if you…
SwimfansEpisode 78 - Hackers (With Matthew Tucciarone)
Think you're elite, buddy? Strap on your rollerblades and let's take this to the digital streets. Hit the network pipe. Take a RISC. Dump the Gibson's garbage…