Episode 88: Willem DeFoal

Prompts: Natural, Currency, LXXXV

Today's episode goes from house hunting to Russian realism to a sweaty 80s crime thriller with some serious C.S.I. nudity!

In a pre-prompt discussion, Lauren gives listeners an update on her house-hunting journey and decides, along with Neal, that they need fake open house names from YOU to help them as they peek around listings and hopefully don't see a Todd in the way. IYKYK. Neal talks about one of his radio shows and how terms like HELOC are going right over his head. But today's prompts inspire some fun discussion on two different topics.

Lauren starts off talking about Ilya Repin’s 1885 painting Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan and its devastating portrait of rage, regret, and political fallout. She talks about Repin's lifestyle, Ukrainian roots, and how this work became one of Russia's most controversial canvases and evolved throughout history and was even subjected to vandalism.

Neal goes a different direction and uses LXXXV (85) for 1985, and tells us all about William Friedkin's underrated classic, To Live and Die in LA. It's based on a novel by a Secret Service agent, features currency, burning paintings, William Peterson full frontal, and a fantastic performance from Willem Dafoe. The infamous wrong-way car chase is covered at length, but what Neal and Lauren decide to fixate on is the genius of Wang Chung and their score for this film. We even get a review from the porch from Lauren's dad... sort of.

Make sure to send us your fake open house names and perhaps we'll use them!

Next week's prompts: Mint Green, Bathing Suit, 64

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