Speaking English

Evan English

The spot to be for anyone who says to themselves, "I want to watch more movies, or read more books, but I don't know where to start." Co-hosts Evan English and Addie Rzonca bring a passion for media consumption that is hard to find, and dive into the culture of movie-watching and book-reading from a unique perspective. A fun and interesting time for all involved.

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#202
Nov 26, 2024 · 1 hr 37 min
202: Our Full Fall Wrap-up
MAILBAG HERE We're back with our first wrap-up in a while. It's the best of what we read and watched in September, October, AND November of 2024. Lots of good stuff here. Introduction (00:00) Mailbag (4:29) Books (10:52) Movies (22:30) What's Coming Up and Our Albums (1:34:33) Thanks for listening !
#201
Nov 5, 2024 · 50 min
201: We'll Always Have Paris
⁠MAIL BAG HERE⁠ Well, we finally did it. It's Casablanca for this episode. Introduction (00:00) Op-Ed Corner (7:09) Double Indemnity Ep 175 The Big Sleep Ep 136 Chinatown Ep 138 Movie Discussion (11:19) What's Coming Up (44:37) Albums and Outro (46:08) Thanks for listening !
#200
Oct 22, 2024 · 1 hr 34 min
200: The Big 200 Bash
MAIL BAG HERE Well, we made it. For our 200th episode we are taking a look back over our first 4 1/2 years by selecting our podcast favorite book and movie of each decade. Join us for a fun discussion and nice retrospective. Introduction (00:00) Rules of the Game (7:45) The Game Itself (9:50) Summary and Look Ahead (1:21:30) Our Album Recs (1:25:53) Thanks so much for all the listening over the years !
#198
Sep 11, 2024 · 1 hr 25 min
198: The Great August Wrap-Up of 2024
MAILBAG HERE We're back in action with the best of what we read and watched in August of this year. Back to our intercontinental format with this one. Introduction/ What we've been up to (00:00) What you guys put in the mailbag (7:35) What we read (16:08) What we watched (30:48) What's coming up on the pod (1:18:50) What we think you should be listening to (1:20:30) Lot's of big milestones coming up, so stay tuned! Thanks for listening !
#197
Aug 27, 2024 · 55 min
197: A Bad Time
MAILBAG HERE A little different episode this time around, as we take a look at Battlefield Earth (2000), notorious for being one of the worst movies ever made. Find out what we thought of it, some of our opinions on what makes a movie bad, and much more here in this episode. Introduction (00:00) Decision to Leave (7:02) Battlefield Earth (17:58) What's coming up and our album recs (49:18) Thanks for listening !
#196
Aug 17, 2024 · 1 hr 11 min
196: July Wrap-up 2024
MAILBAG HERE We're back with our July wrap-up for this time around, with the best of what we read and watched in July here in one place. Intro (00:00) Mailbag/ Show and Tell (4:17) Books we read (10:10) Movies we watched (21:10) Album Recs (1:04:48) Thanks for listening !
#195
Aug 7, 2024 · 58 min
195: Bringing Up Wolfgang
MAILBAG HERE Challenge Week is back for the first time in quite a while. We have an excellent selection this week, with Bringing Up Baby (1938) d. Howard Hawks and Amadeus (1984) d. Milos Forman. Two excellent pictures directed by two of our best boys. Intro (00:00) Mailbag and etc (4:54) Bringing Up Baby (18:54) Amadeus (37:12) The Fireman's Ball was featured in ep 84 What's Coming Up (51:07) Album recs (52:40) Thanks for listening !
#194
Aug 1, 2024 · 1 hr 11 min
194: A Timely June Wrap-up 2024
MAILBAG HERE We're back right on time with a June Wrap-up filled with fun discussions, primarily what we read and watched in June 2024. Introduction (00:00) Mailbag (8:58) w/ special guest Sierra What we Read (19:34) Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid Middlegame by Seanan McGuire What We Watched (36:15) 24 Hour Party People (2002) Asteroid City (2023) The Place Beyond the Pines (2012) Thief (1981) To Catch a Thief (1955) Heathers (1989) ParaNorman (2012) Hundreds of Beavers (2022) Kinds of Kindness (2024) What's Coming Up on the Pod (1:05:20) Our Album Recs (1:06:44) Thanks for listening !
Jun 9, 2024 · 20 min
A Speaking English Reboot: The Place to Start if You're New Here
MAIL BAG Welcome one and all, especially if this is your first time visiting us. We decided that our first episode doesn't really paint a good picture of what we do here, so we made a bonus episode as an intro to the pod. So this is what Speaking English is all about: a little about ourselves, what you can expect from us here, and what we do in our different types of episodes. Thanks for listening, and hope to see you around !
#192
Jun 5, 2024 · 1 hr 28 min
192: May Wrap-up 2024
Mail Bag Here We're back in action this week again with another wrap-up episode of the best of what we read and watched in May 2024: Introduction and Weeks (0:00) Mailbag and Op-Ed (12:19) Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance featured in Ep. 15 Books we read (17:22) Federico Garcia Lorca by Ian Gibson Animal Farm by George Orwell Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy La Nochevieja de Montalbano by Andrea Camilleri Movies we watched (32:46) The Addams Family (1991) Red River (1948) The Blues Brothers (1980) My Neighbor Totoro (1988) Evil Does Not Exist (2023) ¡Three Amigos! (1986) City Lights (1931) When Marnie Was There (2014) Challengers (2024) Perfect Days (2023) Ivan's Childhood (1962) Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024) Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) Coming Up on the Pod (1:21:54) Our Album Recs (1:23:09) Ladies of the Canyon -Joni Mitchell A Sailor's Guide to Earth -Sturgill Simpson Thanks for listening !
#191
May 27, 2024 · 55 min
191: Stunts n Stuff
MAIL BAG HERE It's a new movie this time around, as we watched The Fall Guy (2024) d. David Leitch, a PG-13 picture we may add. A fun time for all involved. Bullet Train was discussed in Episode 158 for the record. Introduction and what we've been up to (0:00) Mailbag (7:36) The Fall Guy (17:34) What's Coming up on the Pod (44:40) Our album recs (47:22) Thanks for listening !
#190
May 15, 2024 · 1 hr 5 min
190: The Campiest Movie You've Probably Never Seen
MAIL BAG HERE We're back at it this week with another movie episode, this time watching What a Way to Go! (1964). It was a wonderful time for one and all. Intro and Our Weeks (0:00) Mailbag and Editorial Corner ? (8:36) What a Way to Go! (15:02) What's coming up on the pod (54:34) Our Album Recs (59:53) Thanks for listening !
#189
May 8, 2024 · 56 min
189: Faces, Masks, But no Facemasks
MAIL BAG HERE We're back with a movie episode this week: The Face of Another (1966) d. Hiroshi Teshigahara. Listen to hear what we thought about it, as well as some other fun stuff. Intro (00:00) All about our weeks (1:45) Mailbag (12:27) The Face of Another (12:40) What's Next on the Pod (45:18) Our Album Recs (50:10) Other Episodes mentioned: The Devil All the Time Ep. 30 100 episode special Eps. 99-101 Thanks for listening !
#188
Apr 29, 2024 · 1 hr 41 min
188: Double Wrap-up
MAIL BAG HERE We're back in action once again, with a wrap-up for both March and April this time. The best of what we read and watched, and whether you should check it out too: Intro & How our weeks have been (00:00) Mailbag (11:20) Books we read (12:36) Movies we watched (26:50) What's coming up next episode (1:34:14) Albums for the week (1:38:00) Other Episodes mentioned: Norwegian Wood: Ep. 51 La Notte: Eps. 95 &96 Thanks for listening !
#186
Mar 12, 2024 · 1 hr
186: The 3rd Annual Speaking English Awards
MAIL BAG HERE The Shiners have arrived once again! Tune in to see who took home the prizes in the biggest movie award show around ! Intro (00:00) Our Previous Shiners episodes: 108, 152 What We Did This Week (02:30) Quick Oscars Discussion (09:46) The Shiners Begin (15:20) Ensemble Cast (16:30) Best Soundtrack (20:16) Screenplay (22:57) Sound Design (25:20) Editing (27:30) Costuming (31:13) Production Design (33:38) Supporting Performance (35:32) Cinematography (37:41) Most Unique Picture (40:50) Direction (43:11) Lead Performance (45:15) Best Picture (47:50) Award Show Conclusion (51:38) - I wanted to point out here that Nobody Knows is also one of our favorite movies of last year that didn't end up winning any awards What's Coming Up on the Pod (54:31) Our Album Recs (55:58) Thanks for listening !
#185
Mar 4, 2024 · 1 hr 20 min
185: February Wrap-up 2024
LINK TO SHINERS VOTING (LAST CHANCE TO VOTE) We're back with another wrap-up for the month of February 2024. All the best of what we read and watched over the past month. Thanks for listening !
#184
Feb 28, 2024 · 57 min
184: Interdimensional Double Feature
SHINERS VOTING HERE We're back after another fairly long break with two movies for the price of one. This week we watched Wings of Desire (1987) and After Life (1998), two more entries from the Criterion Channel's Interdimensional Romance collection. Thanks for listening !
#183
Feb 10, 2024 · 47 min
183: Loving the Alien
VOTE FOR THE SHINERS HERE It's our first regular movie episode of the year, and this time around we watched Starman (1984). We wanted to choose something from the Criterion Channel's Interdimensional Romance series and so we did just that. Thanks for listening !
#182
Feb 5, 2024 · 1 hr 43 min
182: Big January Wrap-up 2024
VOTE FOR THE SHINERS HERE We're back at it with a new wrap-up episode. Happy February one and all! Celebrate the beginning of the new month with a wrap up of what we read and watched in the month of January 2024. Enjoy ! Episodes Featuring movies/books we talked about here: 4, 75 : PlayTime (1967) 24: Oldboy (2003) 82: I Married a Witch (1942) 112: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (The Book) 124: Prisoners (2013) 132: Thirst (2009) Also, The Daily Is Eight! Thanks for listening, and have a great February !
Feb 2, 2024 · 50 min
Bonus: Evan's 100 Years Ago Project 2023
All the movies from 1923 that should still be seen today (according to me) Lists here on Letterboxd: Features Shorts Canon (will be linked once I make the list) Movies mentioned that aren't from 1923: The Cameraman's Revenge (1912) Corpus Christi (2019) Sherlock Jr. (1924) - Watched for the pod in ep 149 Sunset Boulevard (1950) Shanghai Express (1932) Thanks for listening ! Go vote for The Shiners HERE

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