Word Salad Radio

Jean-Claude Van Damme is not ready for his swan song quite yet but he's not missing his life as an international superstar as much as his life as an international spy and assassin. Does he still have what it takes in a world of modern intrigue and geopolitical volatility? Joe and Andrew celebrate 8 years of podcasting by trying to find out.

This will be the final episode of Word Salad Radio on this feed, but you can still subscribe to Patreon.com/wordsalad for free to get access to all past patreon exclusives and any future episodes we produce. Thank you all for your support over the years!

OPPENHEIMER is a scathing critique of the media setting unreasonable beauty standards for women.

BARBIE is an indictment of David Zaslav’s tenure as CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery.

So are the theories Joe and Tyler must defend in their long-awaited analysis of BARBENHEIMER.

Follow Joe on Letterboxd: www.letterboxd.com/ketchujo

Intro: Up in My Jam (All of A Sudden) by - Kubbi

https://soundcloud.com/kubbi

Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0

Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/2JnDfCE

Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/tDexBj46oNI

Cover Art created by Joe Ketchum

Episode edited by Joe Ketchum

It’s that time once again for Joe and Jef to gather and count down their favorite movies from 2023 and their favorite movies they saw for the first time in 2023. Did your favorites make their list?

Support the podcast with 5-star ratings and reviews on Apple Podcasts: tinyurl.com/y8t8k5ag

If you want to support the show by sending us a few bucks, you can become a Patron, which also earns you access to exclusive content! www.patreon.com/wordsalad

If you’re looking for other ways to support the show, recommend us to a friend!

Any support is greatly appreciated. You guys keep us going!

Check out the Word Salad Radioheads Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/WordSalad

Follow Word Salad Radio on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WordSaladRadio

Follow Joe on Letterboxd: www.letterboxd.com/ketchujo

Intro music composed by Ender Güney

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEi...

Cover Art created by Joe Ketchum

Episode edited by Joe Ketchum

Ghosts. Crime. Flamethrowers. Hostages. Rogue FBI agents. Tyler.

Sounds like another holiday edition of Fic/off. This time, competitors Joe Ketchum, Ben Hooper, John Stahl, and Johnny Blaze write original stories where Hans Gruber (Die Hard) and Frosty the Snowman (Frosty the Snowman) cross paths to celebrate the birth of our lord.

Support the podcast with 5-star ratings and reviews on Apple Podcasts: tinyurl.com/y8t8k5ag

If you want to support the show by sending us a few bucks, you can become a Patron, which also earns you access to exclusive content! www.patreon.com/wordsalad

If you’re looking for other ways to support the show, recommend us to a friend!

Any support is greatly appreciated. You guys keep us going!

Check out the Word Salad Radioheads Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/WordSalad

Follow Word Salad Radio on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WordSaladRadio

Follow Joe on Letterboxd: www.letterboxd.com/ketchujo

Intro: “Fell for You” by Matthew Carroll

www.MatthewCarrollMusic.com

Cover Art created by Joe Ketchum

Episode edited by Joe Ketchum

Other shows featured on Word Salad Radio:

Dick Picks: Where host and guest choose terrible movies to subject the other to and try to defend them.

Doc n Roll: An examination of documentary films.

The Fami Commune: Co-hosts play random video games from a Chinese import Nintendo system and apply the lessons within to their everyday lives.

Fic/off: Competitors are given 2 fictional characters to mashup into original short stories.

Ghost of Oscar Past: An annual Oscar retrospective looking at winners/nominees from 20 years ago to see if they still hold up.

High Five: Host and guest compile top five lists that are related but don’t overlap.

Lightning Round: A movie trivia game show!

The List of Shame: One person tries to guess what a classic film they’ve never seen is about and then tries to convince the other person they were right after watching it for the first time.

The Mooby Awards: An annual show where co-hosts rip apart a movie they agree is overrated.

Page Turners: A show all about the art of adaptation.

Purgastory: A show speculating about all the movies that almost happened.

Quote Unquote Guilty: All about guilty pleasure movies, tv shows, music, scientific principles, etc.

Stranger Themes: Co-hosts force each other to make weird analyses of different movies and defend their argument with evidence from the text.

Test Pilots: A show about failed TV pilots and where they might’ve gone from here.

War Salad: Co-hosts debate a film one of them likes and the other does not.

You-Turn: A podcast dedicated to Word Salad fans! Patrons of the show star in original fan fiction short stories.

© 2016-2023 Joe Ketchum

Betrayed by his wife and business partner, professional bad guy Porter is on a mission of revenge to get back the 70 thousand dollars he’s owed and kill anyone who gets in his way. This little piggy is doing a genocide.

Joe is joined by Andrew Kroepel to discuss a guilty pleasure Andrew has been itching for since the podcast began nearly 8 years ago. It’s a Festivus miracle!

Support the podcast with 5-star ratings and reviews on Apple Podcasts: tinyurl.com/y8t8k5ag

If you want to support the show by sending us a few bucks, you can become a Patron, which also earns you access to exclusive content! www.patreon.com/wordsalad

If you’re looking for other ways to support the show, recommend us to a friend!

Any support is greatly appreciated. You guys keep us going!

Check out the Word Salad Radioheads Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/WordSalad

Follow Word Salad Radio on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WordSaladRadio

Follow Joe on Letterboxd: www.letterboxd.com/ketchujo

Intro composed by Andrew Kroepel

Cover Art created by Joe Ketchum

Episode edited by Joe Ketchum

Other shows featured on Word Salad Radio:

Dick Picks: Where host and guest choose terrible movies to subject the other to and try to defend them.

Doc n Roll: An examination of documentary films.

The Fami Commune: Co-hosts play random video games from a Chinese import Nintendo system and apply the lessons within to their everyday lives.

Fic/off: Competitors are given 2 fictional characters to mashup into original short stories.

Ghost of Oscar Past: An annual Oscar retrospective looking at winners/nominees from 20 years ago to see if they still hold up.

High Five: Host and guest compile top five lists that are related but don’t overlap.

Lightning Round: A movie trivia game show!

The List of Shame: One person tries to guess what a classic film they’ve never seen is about and then tries to convince the other person they were right after watching it for the first time.

The Mooby Awards: An annual show where co-hosts rip apart a movie they agree is overrated.

Page Turners: A show all about the art of adaptation.

Purgastory: A show speculating about all the movies that almost happened.

Quote Unquote Guilty: All about guilty pleasure movies, tv shows, music, scientific principles, etc.

Stranger Themes: Co-hosts force each other to make weird analyses of different movies and defend their argument with evidence from the text.

Test Pilots: A show about failed TV pilots and where they might’ve gone from here.

War Salad: Co-hosts debate a film one of them likes and the other does not.

You-Turn: A podcast dedicated to Word Salad fans! Patrons of the show star in original fan fiction short stories.

© 2016-2023 Joe Ketchum

Joe was visited by three spirits who showed him what his life would be like if he didn’t host a series of Holiday-themed movie trivia games, so he infringed on his friends’ day off and put them to work solving puzzles and recalling inane movie trivia.

Games played include “Wait wait, don’t tell Johnny,” “The Tomato Meter Relay,” “Natalie Portmanteaux,” and “Maddergories.”

Support the podcast with 5-star ratings and reviews on Apple Podcasts: tinyurl.com/y8t8k5ag

If you want to support the show by sending us a few bucks, you can become a Patron, which also earns you access to exclusive content! www.patreon.com/wordsalad

If you’re looking for other ways to support the show, recommend us to a friend!

Any support is greatly appreciated. You guys keep us going!

Check out the Word Salad Radioheads Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/WordSalad

Follow Word Salad Radio on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WordSaladRadio

Follow Joe on Letterboxd: www.letterboxd.com/ketchujo

Intro: “Night Shade” by AdhesiveWombat

Cover Art created by Joe Ketchum

Episode edited by Joe Ketchum

Other shows featured on Word Salad Radio:

Dick Picks: Where host and guest choose terrible movies to subject the other to and try to defend them.

Doc n Roll: An examination of documentary films.

The Fami Commune: Co-hosts play random video games from a Chinese import Nintendo system and apply the lessons within to their everyday lives.

Fic/off: Competitors are given 2 fictional characters to mashup into original short stories.

Ghost of Oscar Past: An annual Oscar retrospective looking at winners/nominees from 20 years ago to see if they still hold up.

High Five: Host and guest compile top five lists that are related but don’t overlap.

Lightning Round: A movie trivia game show!

The List of Shame: One person tries to guess what a classic film they’ve never seen is about and then tries to convince the other person they were right after watching it for the first time.

The Mooby Awards: An annual show where co-hosts rip apart a movie they agree is overrated.

Page Turners: A show all about the art of adaptation.

Purgastory: A show speculating about all the movies that almost happened.

Quote Unquote Guilty: All about guilty pleasure movies, tv shows, music, scientific principles, etc.

Stranger Themes: Co-hosts force each other to make weird analyses of different movies and defend their argument with evidence from the text.

Test Pilots: A show about failed TV pilots and where they might’ve gone from here.

War Salad: Co-hosts debate a film one of them likes and the other does not.

You-Turn: A podcast dedicated to Word Salad fans! Patrons of the show star in original fan fiction short stories.

© 2016-2023 Joe Ketchum

After letting Dom flee at the end of the first movie, Brian is given one more chance to bring him to justice and redeem himself. Will Brian choose his career and justice, or will he choose family?

Andrew has never seen any of the Fast and Furious sequels so he’s starting an Nosdyssey!

Support the podcast with 5-star ratings and reviews on Apple Podcasts: tinyurl.com/y8t8k5ag

If you want to support the show by sending us a few bucks, you can become a Patron, which also earns you access to exclusive content! www.patreon.com/wordsalad

If you’re looking for other ways to support the show, recommend us to a friend!

Any support is greatly appreciated. You guys keep us going!

Check out the Word Salad Radioheads Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/WordSalad

Follow Word Salad Radio on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WordSaladRadio

Follow Joe on Letterboxd: www.letterboxd.com/ketchujo

Intro composed by Andrew Kroepel

Cover Art created by Joe Ketchum

Episode edited by Joe Ketchum

Other shows featured on Word Salad Radio:

Dick Picks: Where host and guest choose terrible movies to subject the other to and try to defend them.

Doc n Roll: An examination of documentary films.

The Fami Commune: Co-hosts play random video games from a Chinese import Nintendo system and apply the lessons within to their everyday lives.

Fic/off: Competitors are given 2 fictional characters to mashup into original short stories.

Ghost of Oscar Past: An annual Oscar retrospective looking at winners/nominees from 20 years ago to see if they still hold up.

High Five: Host and guest compile top five lists that are related but don’t overlap.

Lightning Round: A movie trivia game show!

The List of Shame: One person tries to guess what a classic film they’ve never seen is about and then tries to convince the other person they were right after watching it for the first time.

The Mooby Awards: An annual show where co-hosts rip apart a movie they agree is overrated.

Page Turners: A show all about the art of adaptation.

Purgastory: A show speculating about all the movies that almost happened.

Quote Unquote Guilty: All about guilty pleasure movies, tv shows, music, scientific principles, etc.

Stranger Themes: Co-hosts force each other to make weird analyses of different movies and defend their argument with evidence from the text.

Test Pilots: A show about failed TV pilots and where they might’ve gone from here.

War Salad: Co-hosts debate a film one of them likes and the other does not.

You-Turn: A podcast dedicated to Word Salad fans! Patrons of the show star in original fan fiction short stories.

© 2016-2023 Joe Ketchum

When everyone’s favorite luddite, Ron Swanson, meets the loveably adorably charmingly advanced robot Johnny 5, sparks will fly in more ways than one.

Joe Ketchum, Ben Hooper, Alayna Taylor, Johnny Blaze, and John Stahl craft fan fiction stories for your amusement to see who will be crowned champion.

Support the podcast with 5-star ratings and reviews on Apple Podcasts: tinyurl.com/y8t8k5ag

If you want to support the show by sending us a few bucks, you can become a Patron, which also earns you access to exclusive content! www.patreon.com/wordsalad

If you’re looking for other ways to support the show, recommend us to a friend!

Any support is greatly appreciated. You guys keep us going!

Check out the Word Salad Radioheads Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/WordSalad

Follow Word Salad Radio on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WordSaladRadio

Follow Joe on Letterboxd: www.letterboxd.com/ketchujo

Intro: “Fell for You” by Matthew Carroll

www.MatthewCarrollMusic.com

Cover Art created by Joe Ketchum

Episode edited by Joe Ketchum

Other shows featured on Word Salad Radio:

Dick Picks: Where host and guest choose terrible movies to subject the other to and try to defend them.

Doc n Roll: An examination of documentary films.

The Fami Commune: Co-hosts play random video games from a Chinese import Nintendo system and apply the lessons within to their everyday lives.

Fic/off: Competitors are given 2 fictional characters to mashup into original short stories.

Ghost of Oscar Past: An annual Oscar retrospective looking at winners/nominees from 20 years ago to see if they still hold up.

High Five: Host and guest compile top five lists that are related but don’t overlap.

Lightning Round: A movie trivia game show!

The List of Shame: One person tries to guess what a classic film they’ve never seen is about and then tries to convince the other person they were right after watching it for the first time.

The Mooby Awards: An annual show where co-hosts rip apart a movie they agree is overrated.

Page Turners: A show all about the art of adaptation.

Purgastory: A show speculating about all the movies that almost happened.

Quote Unquote Guilty: All about guilty pleasure movies, tv shows, music, scientific principles, etc.

Stranger Themes: Co-hosts force each other to make weird analyses of different movies and defend their argument with evidence from the text.

Test Pilots: A show about failed TV pilots and where they might’ve gone from here.

War Salad: Co-hosts debate a film one of them likes and the other does not.

You-Turn: A podcast dedicated to Word Salad fans! Patrons of the show star in original fan fiction short stories.

© 2016-2023 Joe Ketchum

A jewel thief gets out of prison after 30 years and hijacks a time machine to make sure his past self gets away with 10 million dollars in diamonds. Timecop Logan has to team up with the detective that originally cracked the case but can he avoid interfering with his own history? The clock cops fire up their time machine to talk about the second episode of the Timecop TV series because why not? There’s already a podcast about everything else…

Support the podcast with 5-star ratings and reviews on Apple Podcasts: tinyurl.com/y8t8k5ag

If you want to support the show by sending us a few bucks, you can become a Patron, which also earns you access to exclusive content! www.patreon.com/wordsalad

If you’re looking for other ways to support the show, recommend us to a friend!

Any support is greatly appreciated. You guys keep us going!

Check out the Word Salad Radioheads Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/WordSalad

Follow Word Salad Radio on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WordSaladRadio

Follow Joe on Letterboxd: www.letterboxd.com/ketchujo

Cover Art created by Joe Ketchum

Episode edited by Joe Ketchum

Other shows featured on Word Salad Radio:

Dick Picks: Where host and guest choose terrible movies to subject the other to and try to defend them.

Doc n Roll: An examination of documentary films.

The Fami Commune: Co-hosts play random video games from a Chinese import Nintendo system and apply the lessons within to their everyday lives.

Fic/off: Competitors are given 2 fictional characters to mashup into original short stories.

Ghost of Oscar Past: An annual Oscar retrospective looking at winners/nominees from 20 years ago to see if they still hold up.

High Five: Host and guest compile top five lists that are related but don’t overlap.

Lightning Round: A movie trivia game show!

The List of Shame: One person tries to guess what a classic film they’ve never seen is about and then tries to convince the other person they were right after watching it for the first time.

The Mooby Awards: An annual show where co-hosts rip apart a movie they agree is overrated.

Page Turners: A show all about the art of adaptation.

Purgastory: A show speculating about all the movies that almost happened.

Quote Unquote Guilty: All about guilty pleasure movies, tv shows, music, scientific principles, etc.

Stranger Themes: Co-hosts force each other to make weird analyses of different movies and defend their argument with evidence from the text.

Test Pilots: A show about failed TV pilots and where they might’ve gone from here.

War Salad: Co-hosts debate a film one of them likes and the other does not.

You-Turn: A podcast dedicated to Word Salad fans! Patrons of the show star in original fan fiction short stories.

© 2016-2023 Joe Ketchum

Ben Hooper hosts a new batch of games for competitors Johnny Blaze, Joe Ketchum, and Keith Sanders to see who will reign supreme at the summit of movie trivia mountain.

Games played include: Bightening Round, The Tomato Meter Dash, SCAT-tergories, Fast Facts, and Fight Flub. Patreon bonus game: Rollcall.

Support the podcast with 5-star ratings and reviews on Apple Podcasts: tinyurl.com/y8t8k5ag

If you want to support the show by sending us a few bucks, you can become a Patron, which also earns you access to exclusive content! www.patreon.com/wordsalad

If you’re looking for other ways to support the show, recommend us to a friend!

Any support is greatly appreciated. You guys keep us going!

Check out the Word Salad Radioheads Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/WordSalad

Follow Word Salad Radio on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WordSaladRadio

Follow Joe on Letterboxd: www.letterboxd.com/ketchujo

Intro: “Night Shade” by AdhesiveWombat

Cover Art created by Joe Ketchum

Episode edited by Joe Ketchum

Other shows featured on Word Salad Radio:

Dick Picks: Where host and guest choose terrible movies to subject the other to and try to defend them.

Doc n Roll: An examination of documentary films.

The Fami Commune: Co-hosts play random video games from a Chinese import Nintendo system and apply the lessons within to their everyday lives.

Fic/off: Competitors are given 2 fictional characters to mashup into original short stories.

Ghost of Oscar Past: An annual Oscar retrospective looking at winners/nominees from 20 years ago to see if they still hold up.

High Five: Host and guest compile top five lists that are related but don’t overlap.

Lightning Round: A movie trivia game show!

The List of Shame: One person tries to guess what a classic film they’ve never seen is about and then tries to convince the other person they were right after watching it for the first time.

The Mooby Awards: An annual show where co-hosts rip apart a movie they agree is overrated.

Page Turners: A show all about the art of adaptation.

Purgastory: A show speculating about all the movies that almost happened.

Quote Unquote Guilty: All about guilty pleasure movies, tv shows, music, scientific principles, etc.

Stranger Themes: Co-hosts force each other to make weird analyses of different movies and defend their argument with evidence from the text.

Test Pilots: A show about failed TV pilots and where they might’ve gone from here.

War Salad: Co-hosts debate a film one of them likes and the other does not.

You-Turn: A podcast dedicated to Word Salad fans! Patrons of the show star in original fan fiction short stories.

© 2016-2023 Joe Ketchum