Blue Rose Task Force: A Twin Peaks Obsessive Podcast

By John Bernardy with Elle Holgate

What's Blue Rose Task Force: A Twin Peaks Obsessive Podcast about?

25YL Media and Ruminations Radio Network present John Bernardy & Elle Holgate in a spoiler laced, coffee-fueled, Twin Peaks podcast that dives deep into history and theory.

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Blue Rose Task Force: A Twin Peaks Obsessive Podcast episodes:

04.08.2024
Two Agents' Worth of Mailbag
Your host John returns with our wayward field agent Elle to field questions and comments from listeners, and to discuss their upcoming plans for discussing Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. Production by Mitch Proctor and Area 42 Studios and...
04.01.2024
PAW Patrol: Jungle Gems shows off its Twin Peaks influence
Twin Peaks Influences show up in the strangest places, but few have been stranger (or more unexpected) than seeing it in last week’s new PAW Patrol special event, Jungle Gems. Your host John looks into the connections when the pups...
03.03.2024
Blue Rose Ruminations in the Red Room
Blue Rose Task Force Podcast is officially two years old, which means it’s about time you meet its producer (and head of Ruminations Radio Network) Mitch Proctor. He brings his Ruminations From the Red Room formula to your host John,...
02.24.2024
The Music of Twin Peaks
Your host John takes the music of Twin Peaks on its own to look at how it was made and how it was used in the original series. Get a look at the various music releases over the years, and...
01.10.2024
S2E22 “Beyond Life and Death” (Part 2)
In the second half of our coverage of the Twin Peaks original series finale, your host John looks into the original script to discern Windom Earle’s plan, explores the roles of each Lodge Denizen, and ponders whether Cooper failed or...
12.06.2023
S2E22 “Beyond Life and Death” (Part 1)
So we’ve made it to an ending for the original series of Twin Peaks. In this first half of our coverage of Episode 29, your host John walks you through how the episode was written —and then rewritten by David...
11.22.2023
S2E21 “Miss Twin Peaks”
It’s time for Miss Twin Peaks to anoint its next Queen in Twin Peaks Episode 28, and your host John looks into director Tim Hunter and writer Barry Pullman’s style choices before analyzing the episode’s time wonkiness, Cooper’s intuition, and...
11.08.2023
Welcome to Twin Peaks: Access Guide to the Town
Your host John looks into Welcome to Twin Peaks: Access Guide to the Town— a collaboration between Lynch/Frost Productions and Access Press. This tongue-in-cheek travel guide does wonders for worldbuilding and is filled with just as many hints of lore...
10.25.2023
The Autobiography of FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper: My Life, My Tapes
Blue Rose Task Force returns with this gigantic look at The Autobiography of Special Agent Dale Cooper: My Life, My Tapes. Your host John explores what we can learn from the material Dale recorded between ages 13 and 35, while...
05.19.2023
Twin Peaks Collectable CardArt
This week the podcast detours into the set of StarPics trading cards that was released during the hiatus between Episode 27 and the Season 2 finale event of Twin Peaks. Your host John looks into the mix of characters, iconography,...
05.05.2023
S2E20 “The Path to the Black Lodge”
The Lodgespace gets real in Twin Peaks Episode 27 and your host John sorts through all the ramifications of when Jupiter and Saturn align. From Earle’s old Bluebook recording to Bobby realizing he’s been a jerk, there’s a lot of...
04.14.2023
S2E19 “Variations on Relations”
Twin Peaks Episode 24 brings us the petroglyph that solidifies the Lodge lore more than ever, and we see Windom Earle’s modus operandi in full effect relating to Heavy Metal Youth. Your host John looks into all of that, as...
04.01.2023
The Dougie Love Podcast - Twin Peaks: Las Vegas Season 1
With Wisteria on its way back into production, it’s a good time to look back on the often-forgotten Twin Peaks spin-off sitcom, Twin Peaks: Las Vegas. This episode collects every episode of Rumination Radio Network’s Dougie Love Podcast, for the...
03.17.2023
S2E18 “On the Wings of Love”
Twin Peaks Episode 25 brings us a good dose of romance, hangover cures, and Owl Cave. This week’s Blue Rose Task Force looks into what happens when the mythology gets a little more solid. Also discussed: Earle’s infiltration of the Haywards,...
03.03.2023
S2E17 “Wounds and Scars”
Twin Peaks returned from a hiatus with Episode 24, thanks in part to the fan-made organization known as COOP (Citizens Opposed to the Offing of Peaks), which your host John looks into. Much of the episode itself focuses on the...
02.17.2023
S2E16 "The Condemned Woman"
Twin Peaks Episode 23 says goodbye to a number of original cast members, and your host John looks into the causes and the ramifications, both on the production side and in-universe with characters and lore. Your host looks at all...
02.03.2023
S2E15 “Slaves and Masters”
Twin Peaks Episode 22 is either a breath of fresh air or an abomination to fans, and your host John sees both sides of the debate. He looks into the effects of it being directed by popular star Diane Keaton,...
01.20.2023
A Song is Formed...(BRTF Theme Music)
...One Note at a Time
01.13.2023
S2E14 “Double Play”
Twin Peaks Episode 21 seems to manifest everyone’s strongest fears, most notably with Shelly Johnson’s life taking on all the tropes of a slasher movie, and not even Cooper’s intuition can avoid being clouded by his tragic past. Your host John...
01.06.2023
Navigating Between Worlds: Understanding Twin Peaks Season 3
Thank you for making 2021 a giant success for Blue Rose Task Force Podcast! Here’s a little something for under the tree: an audio version of the 25YL article Navigating Between Worlds: Understanding Twin Peaks Season 3. It contains—all in...
01.01.2023
The Twin Peaks Podcasts Scene
What makes a great Twin Peaks podcast? It’s a good time of year to shine a light on the wide variety of Twin Peaks podcasts, and there’s no one better to help John in this task than fellow Peaks pod...
12.16.2022
S2E13 “Checkmate”
Twin Peaks Episode 20 says goodbye to Jean Renault with a stupendous monologue your host John explores for thematic and lore implications. Also, what changes did Lynch want director Todd Holland to make to the episode, and why? How do...
12.11.2022
Cinema and Twin Peaks
Agent Elle is back with a field report relating to all things Cinema and Twin Peaks. She and John explore well beyond how Twin Peaks references cinema, up to and including how the origins of film and psychoanalysis relate. Lots...
11.28.2022
S2E12 "The Black Widow"
Episode 19 of Twin Peaks is underway and storms are coming, but some characters are more prepared to weather them than others. Your host John discusses Ben Horne’s descent via feng shui into a delusion as a Civil War general, while...
11.01.2022
S2E11 "Masked Ball"
Denise Bryson arrives in Twin Peaks in Episode 19 along with genuine lore about the Lodges and your host John looks into the origins of both of them. Then it’s time to ask if we’re watching a new timeline, or which...
10.07.2022
S2E10 “Dispute Between Brothers”
Twin Peaks changes course as the Who Killed Laura Palmer arc closes, and your host John looks into all the factors (network pressure, a push for shorter story arcs, a nixed Cooper/Audrey romance, among other things) to paint an explanation...
09.30.2022
Thanks, Mailbag, But I Already Ate
The first third of Twin Peaks Season 2 has concluded and it’s time for a mailbag. Your host John reacts to reviews, talks biblical connections to Twin Peaks, and shares social media conversations on opposing philosophies. Then he shares how...
09.23.2022
Psychology In The Laura Palmer Mystery
Agent Elle Holgate returns with a Field Report, focusing on a psychological reading of the “Who Killed Laura Palmer” story arc. She and John discuss possible diagnoses of Laura’s killer, pertinent background and nuances thereof, as well as come at...
09.09.2022
S2E09 "Arbitrary Law"
Laura Palmer’s killer is apprehended in Twin Peaks Episode 16 and your host John takes you through it, from production history to the existential questions it leaves us with. Is time compressed, or just the plot? How do we see inversions...
08.25.2022
S2E08 "Drive With A Dead Girl"
Leland and BOB are in the driver’s seat this episode and everything’s a bit upside down in this spoiler-filled look into Twin Peaks Episode 15. Your host John digs into the inversions seen throughout, why the Log Lady intro might...
08.11.2022
S2E07 “Lonely Souls”
It is happening again—it’s time for Twin Peaks Episode 14 and the killer reveal. Your host John looks into who knew the answer, when they knew it, and how they filmed it. Then he looks into the secrets that are...
08.04.2022
S1E06 “Demons”
Between MIKE and Gordon Cole, you know Twin Peaks is nearing some big moments. Your host John looks into how everyone’s secret plans end up hurting someone, before counting up how many different disguises there are. Then he digs into...
07.28.2022
S2E05 "The Orchid's Curse"
Your host John discusses Episode 12 director Graeme Clifford and writer Barry Pullman, as well as issues around Mr. Tojamura, and how the woods may effect the rule and letter of the law in Twin Peaks, as seen in Leo...
07.21.2022
S2E04 “Laura’s Secret Diary”
This week looks into Twin Peaks Episode 11, and your host John welcomes director Todd Holland and sorts the the drama of the “Jerry Stahl” script, before looking into the illnesses of Harold and Leland, among others. Then Jean’s Stockholm...
07.14.2022
S2E03 "The Man Behind Glass"
This week’s episode focuses on Twin Peaks Episode 10, and your host John looks into Robert Engels and Lesli Linka Glatter’s time working on it and sifts through the Log Lady Introduction before digging into the episode itself. Albert’s role...
07.07.2022
S2E02 "Coma"
Maddy’s vision of BOB climbs a couch in Twin Peaks Episode 9 and your host John digs into that, as well as how Cooper gets more connected to the supernatural when the Major delivers his space message, and why Donna...
06.30.2022
"Diane...": The Twin Peaks Tapes of Agent Cooper
Your host John takes a quick detour into the 1990 “Diane…” audiotape collecting any number of internal thoughts of Agent Cooper and connective tissue for the plot leading into Season 2 of Twin Peaks. The insights into Albert and Audrey...
06.23.2022
Season 2 ep. 1 "May the Giant Be With You"
Go deep into the production history of Twin Peaks Episode 8 as it kicks the supernatural mythology of Twin Peaks into gear, then stay for an exploration of the Giant and his clues, what happens when music is in the...
04.21.2022
The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer
Please be advised: The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer deals with issues of sexual abuse, violence and drug abuse. We begin with a personal message from field agent Elle, then John proceeds into the book’s production history, Jennifer Lynch’s...
03.24.2022
It's a Mailbag Episode Coop!
While preparing for next time’s look into the Secret Diary of Laura Palmer, your host John takes some time to discuss email and notable moments in social media for the first Blue Rose Task Force mailbag episode. Production by Mitch...
03.10.2022
S1E8: The Last Evening
We’ll hand you a cliffhanger on your way in, because this week’s podcast is on f-i-r-e. Learn how the cliffhangers were hidden from the network as long as possible! Explore co-creator Mark Frost’s filming techniques! How do disguises affect the...
03.03.2022
S1E7 "Realization Time"
Audrey and Cooper’s parallel paths to One Eyed Jack’s are getting the spoiler-filled deep-dive treatment as the podcast digs into Twin Peaks Episode 6. Your host John looks at Caleb Deschanel’s contributions to Twin Peaks, the episode’s omnipresent voyeurism, and all...
02.24.2022
S1E6 “Cooper’s Dreams”
This week’s spoiler-filled deep-dive has tea at the Log Lady’s cabin as it goes into Episode 5. Your host John looks into director Lesli Linka Glatter, everything we know about the Log Lady, and what Margaret can tell us about...
02.17.2022
S1E5 “The One Armed Man”
The deep-diving spoiler-filled journey through Twin Peaks finds it way to Philip Gerard’s first physical appearance. Your host John looks into how director Tim Hunter and writer Robert Engels came to Twin Peaks, what Lynch might be saying with the...
02.10.2022
S1E4 “Rest In Pain”
Our deep-diving spoiler-filled trek through Twin Peaks has arrived at Laura Palmer’s funeral and Episode 3, the fourth overall episode of Twin Peaks. You host John explores Harley Peyton and Tina Rathborne’s meditation on death, Cooper’s definition of dreams, Albert’s...
02.03.2022
S1E3 "Zen or The Skill to Catch A Killer"
Cooper’s Red Room dream gets the deep-diving spoiler-filled treatment this week as Blue Rose Task Force explores Episode 2, the third overall installment of Twin Peaks. Your host John digs into how and when David Lynch returned to the director’s...
01.27.2022
S1E2 "Traces to Nowhere"
The deep-diving spoiler-filled exploration of Twin Peaks continues here here with the second overall installment of Twin Peaks, Episode 1. Your host John digs into how director Duwayne Dunham established the tone of the new episodes now being filmed on sets...
01.20.2022
Twin Peaks S1E1 The Pilot
The deep-diving spoiler-filled exploration of Twin Peaks begins here with S1E1, the Pilot. Hosts John and Elle dig into the origins of Twin Peaks—from Lynch and Frost meeting, to the production history of the Pilot. Then—taking into account all aspects...
10.03.2021
Blue Rose Task Force: Coming Soon
25YL Media and Ruminations Radio Network present John Bernardy & Elle Holgate in a spoiler laced, coffee-fueled, Twin Peaks podcast that dives deep into history and theory. www.25yearslatersite.com www.RuminationsRadioNetwork.com www.instagram.com/RuminationsRadioNetwork Twitter: RuminationsRadioNetwork@RuminationsN production Mitch Proctor https://www.patreon.com/RuminationsRadio ★ Support this...

What's Blue Rose Task Force: A Twin Peaks Obsessive Podcast about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Blue Rose Task Force: A Twin Peaks Obsessive Podcast episodes:

Two Agents' Worth of Mailbag

PAW Patrol: Jungle Gems shows off its Twin Peaks influence

Blue Rose Ruminations in the Red Room

The Music of Twin Peaks

S2E22 “Beyond Life and Death” (Part 2)

S2E22 “Beyond Life and Death” (Part 1)

S2E21 “Miss Twin Peaks”

Welcome to Twin Peaks: Access Guide to the Town

The Autobiography of FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper: My Life, My Tapes

Twin Peaks Collectable CardArt

S2E20 “The Path to the Black Lodge”

S2E19 “Variations on Relations”

The Dougie Love Podcast - Twin Peaks: Las Vegas Season 1

S2E18 “On the Wings of Love”

S2E17 “Wounds and Scars”

S2E16 "The Condemned Woman"

S2E15 “Slaves and Masters”

A Song is Formed...(BRTF Theme Music)

S2E14 “Double Play”

Navigating Between Worlds: Understanding Twin Peaks Season 3

The Twin Peaks Podcasts Scene

S2E13 “Checkmate”

Cinema and Twin Peaks

S2E12 "The Black Widow"

S2E11 "Masked Ball"

S2E10 “Dispute Between Brothers”

Thanks, Mailbag, But I Already Ate

Psychology In The Laura Palmer Mystery

S2E09 "Arbitrary Law"

S2E08 "Drive With A Dead Girl"

S2E07 “Lonely Souls”

S1E06 “Demons”

S2E05 "The Orchid's Curse"

S2E04 “Laura’s Secret Diary”

S2E03 "The Man Behind Glass"

S2E02 "Coma"

"Diane...": The Twin Peaks Tapes of Agent Cooper

Season 2 ep. 1 "May the Giant Be With You"

The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer

It's a Mailbag Episode Coop!

S1E8: The Last Evening

S1E7 "Realization Time"

S1E6 “Cooper’s Dreams”

S1E5 “The One Armed Man”

S1E4 “Rest In Pain”

S1E3 "Zen or The Skill to Catch A Killer"

S1E2 "Traces to Nowhere"

Twin Peaks S1E1 The Pilot

Blue Rose Task Force: Coming Soon