Want to know the secret of Marty McFly’s Back to the Future jacket? Dave and Ryan are joined by special guest collector Rob Klein -- former Disney Studios archivist and author of THE BACK TO THE FUTURE ALMANAC -- for an illuminating tour through the history of the famous Western Costumes Company and wardrobe collecting, covering everything from Battlestar Galactica to Superman to Star Trek... including that Gone With the Wind dress that ended up on Charles in Charge.

Dave and Ryan take listeners into the high-stakes world of movie prop auctions. They get a visit from their first guest, Joe Maddalena -- the founder and CEO of movie memorabilia auction house Profiles in History. The guys tell war stories from the auctions of yore, including the time when a younger, happier, handsomer Ryan witnessed Harrison Ford's hero BLADE RUNNER blaster go under the hammer, and another when Dave ducked out of shooting EUROTRIP so that he could bid on his dream prop: a Darth Vader helmet. But what he didn't know was that he'd be bidding against a literal billionaire. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram, @propspodcast.

Ryan and David take listeners on the hunt for a Conan sword and some missing STAR WARS art. They tell two wild stories from the collecting trenches, demonstrating how they’ll go to any length... or low... to find that next great piece for their collections—from a private eye’s office to the seedy underbelly of LinkedIn!

Welcome to the premiere episode of “The Stuff Dreams are Made of.” Co-hosts Ryan Condal and David Mandel introduce listeners to the world of collecting movie props and answer the question they hear most often: “How do you know its real?”