December 3rd, 2025 ft. Tesseract's Legally Blonde, The Rep's Emma & Stray Dogs' Superhero
A Triple header with Lynn & Carl joined first by Tesseract Theatre's director & cast of Legally Blonde the Musical, Will Bonfiglio, Grace Seidel & Marsiya Miller (tesseracttheatreco.org). Next, Jack Dryden from The Rep's production of Emma (repstl.org). Finally, Sara Gene Dowling & Aaron Fischer are starring in Stray Dog's Superhero (straydogtheatre.org). Also the new release Zootopia 2. Plus Lynn guessed 4 of the 7 Muny shows for 2026.
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November 25th, 2025 ft. Robert Crenshaw from The Wiz
Lynn & Carl are joined by Robert Crenshaw who is starring in The Wiz at the Fabulous
Fox thru December 7th. They then talk about the new releases: Eternity, Rental Family, Train Dreams and Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. Plus Carl saw the Disney+'s remastered The Beatles Anthology and Lynn is catching up with Stranger Things.
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November 19th, 2025 ft. Joshua Ray on Movies
Lynn & Carl are joined by Joshua Ray from The Take-Up to discuss new films: Wicked: For You, Hamnet, Now You See Me, Now You Don't, The Running Man and Knives Out: Wake Up Dead Man. Plus thing to look for and to be thankful for (cinematically) in 2025.
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November 12th, 2025 ft. Baskerville, An Orchard for Chekhov & American Comic
Lynn & Carl are joined this week by New Jewish Theatre's Director of "Baskerville" Nisi Sturgis & star John Wilson (11/20 - 12/7). Next, from Upstream Theater's "An Orchard for Chekhov," Sarah Wilkinson & Jocelyn Coach (now thru 11/23). Finally, Joe Kwaczala is a stand-up comic who wrote "American Comic," screening at the St. Louis International Film Festival (11/15).
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November 5th, 2025 ft. De Kaplan, Stellie Siteman & Michelle Hand
This week Lynn & Carl are joined by female powerhouses of Saint Louis Theatre. First, De Kaplan and Stellie Siteman discuss their Max and Louie Productions collaboration with The Cabaret Project of St. Louis to bring super-singer Marilyn Maye in a one-night-only tribute to Johnny Carson. Music and musings. Nov. 19th at the Sheldon Concert Hall. Next Michelle Hand talks about her one-woman show, "The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe" at St. Louis Actors' Studio through Nov. 23rd. Finally, Lynn saw the new releases: Nuremberg, Christy & Frankenstein.
Lynn Venhaus is a veteran journalist, specializing in features, entertainment writing and local news. Reviews movies for KTRS Radio, Webster-Kirkwood Times, www.PopLifeSTL.com and podcast, formerly known as Reel Times Trio, now PopLifeSTL.com Presents.
Carl "The Intern" Middleman has 30 years in the radio business in St. Louis, now working for Audacy (stations KMOX, KFTK, Y98, KEZK, WFUN and WHHL). He reviews film with Max Foizey on "Max on Movies" at KTRS and for this podcast.