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Each week, Sarah Buddery and MJ Smith set sail for Amity Island to watch and analyze Steven Spielberg's 1975 classic, JAWS one minute (or thereabouts) at a time!... more
FAQs about Let's Jaws For a Minute:How many episodes does Let's Jaws For a Minute have?The podcast currently has 159 episodes available.
August 22, 2025Episode 142: Celebrating Jaws with LJFAM, Mark & MeIn this very special episode, we're joined by friend and fellow podcast host, Mark Woodyatt from the Mark & Me podcast to celebrate all things JAWS!We talk about our favourite scenes, favourite lines, and some of the favourite pieces of Jaws merch we own. And along the way end up pitching a new movie idea to the SyFy channel... ...more2h 34minPlay
August 08, 2025Episode 141: The Jaws Log Chapters 15-16We've reached the end of our read-through of The Jaws Log and wrap things up with some silliness that the Jaws cast would be proud of. We chat about the new things we've learned about the cast and crew, sing the praises of editing Queen Verna Fields, and learn a surprising connection between Spinal Tap and Jaws. ...more1h 39minPlay
August 01, 2025Episode 140: The Jaws Log Chapters 12-14This week, Sarah and MJ continue their journey through the Jaws Log and talk about Peter Benchley's arrival on the island, the stress of shooting on the ocean, why noboy has tried to use a fully practical shark to make a movie to this day, and how everyone coped with the overlong shooting schedule....more1h 26minPlay
July 25, 2025Episode 139: The Jaws Log Chapters 9-11Join Sarah and MJ as they dive into the next few chapters of Carl Gottlieb's The Jaws Log, exploring the creation of Bruce the Shark, the efforts to get a real shark, and Richard Dreyfuss' *ahem* island exploits.We dive into the problematic elements of Jaws' legacy, and potentially get sued by two different people. Listen now wherever you find your pods! ...more1h 29minPlay
July 18, 2025Episode 138: The Jaws Log Chapters 6 - 8Back to our regularly scheduled programming, Sarah and MJ discuss chapters 6 - 8 of The Jaws Log. Here, they learn about the casting process, compare their 2025 expereince with the politics of Martha's Vineyard to those experienced by the Jaws crew, and Robert Shaw's less than friendly welcome to the island. Also they talk about the menaces that were Spielberg's dogs....more1h 44minPlay
July 11, 2025Episode 137: Sarah & MJ's Martha's Vineyard TripIn this very special (and very long!) episode, Sarah & MJ give the full rundown of their Martha's Vineyard and Boston adventures for the 50th anniversary of Jaws. As well as talking about all the Jaws-y stuff we did, we get into the plethora of great lobster rolls available on MV, what MJ thinks of some quintessentially British snacks, and why Sarah is now evangelising about Koozies to everyone she meets. ...more3h 19minPlay
July 04, 2025Episode 136: The Great Jaws Quiz (Live From Martha's Vineyard)It's the first ever live and in person LJFAM! Recorded in person at Nick Mear's (Johnny4Boats) very echo-y AirBnB in Martha's Vineyard. Nick put together a sprawling quiz about the Jaws franchise, other shark movies, and our boy Spielberg's career that has everything including a dramatic ending! This is the first of two very special 50th anniversary episodes of LJFAM...more1h 10minPlay
June 20, 2025Episode 135: The Jaws Log Chapters 3 - 5Summer Chompin' continues with the next instalment in our series on The Jaws Log. This week, Sarah and MJ get deep in the weeds of pre-production on the film, go over the names of the major (and potentially major) players, learn about Carl Rizzo's harrowing Australian adventure, and find out about Hollywood accounting....more1h 15minPlay
June 13, 2025Episode 134: The Jaws Log Chapters 1 - 2Summer Chompin' (#JawsGirlSummer) kicks off with the first two chapters of Carl Gottlieb's account of the making of Jaws, The Jaws Log. Sarah and MJ talk about the wit of Gottlieb's writing, their love of books about movies, and how Gottlieb was the perfect choice to write the definitive work on the making of one of the greatest movies ever made. ...more1h 38minPlay
May 30, 2025Episode 133: 6 NOPEs A.K.A. 21 John WicksSilly naming convention is back for our longest episode to date. Sarah and MJ are joined by The Nicest Man in Podcasting, Harley Mumford to talk about Jordan Peele's masterwork, NOPE. The conversation goes all sorts of places from reckoning with the legacy of your chosen art form to the dangers of being arrogant around nature, and wraps up with some talk about Hollywood budgeting that leaves Harley a shell of his former self....more2h 51minPlay
FAQs about Let's Jaws For a Minute:How many episodes does Let's Jaws For a Minute have?The podcast currently has 159 episodes available.