Joel and Spencer’s 4th season (Previous seasons on Akira Kurosawa, Spike Lee, and the French New Wave) is dedicated to the Spanish Cinematic Icon Pedro Almodovar! They will cover his work and things that complement, inspired, or in any way loosely connected to the work Almodovar.
Episodes
Sep 22, 2026
Sep 22, 2026
1 hr 32 min
We can never get too far away from Spike Lee! Vada has Justin Harrison and John Arminio join them for a chat about the spectacular American Utopia. This is the filmed version of David Bryne's Broadway show from 2020. It was meant to be covered when we did the Spike season but Vada forgot this existed at the time of that season.
Trevor Project - https://www.thetrevorproject.org/
Trans Equality - https://transequality.org/
Trans Lifeline - https://translifeline.org/
John Arminio - Quasarsniffer on socials
Justin Harrison - https://justinsharrison.journoportfolio.com/
Vada Huff - https://linktr.ee/vadahuff
Logo - Andrew Bargeron - https://linktr.ee/gimetzco
Theme - James Fell
Ko-Fi - https://ko-fi.com/vadahuff
Sep 5, 2026
Sep 5, 2026
1 hr 29 min
It's Here. The Almodovar season is over. Vada Huff and J Diesel go over the highs and lows of our 4th season. We are coming back...in the future for as of now, Shortcuts: A Robert Altman Podcast! Ready to Wear (1994) and Brewster McCloud (1970) will be the first episodes!
UPDATE: We have a Ko-Fi! https://ko-fi.com/vadahuff
The Trevor Project - https://www.thetrevorproject.org/
Trans Equality - https://transequality.org/
Translife - https://translifeline.org/
Vada Huff - https://linktr.ee/vadahuff
Logo - Andrew Bargeron - https://linktr.ee/gimetzco
Theme Music - James Fell
Aug 15, 2026
Aug 15, 2026
2 hr 10 min
We're back after a break and here is the last regular episode of the season. Amanda returns to discuss the classic Atame aka Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! *This comes with trigger warning - sexual assault and domestic violence is discussed throughout the episode.*
UPDATE: We have a Ko-Fi! If you feel inclined, feel free to tip and help out the show! https://ko-fi.com/vadahuff
Transequality - https://transequality.org/
Trevor Project - https://www.thetrevorproject.org/
Trans Lifeline - https://translifeline.org/
Vada Huff - https://linktr.ee/vadahuff
Logo by https://linktr.ee/gimetzco
Theme music by James Fell
Jun 20, 2026
Jun 20, 2026
54 min
It's a been some time since a new episode. Life got in the way and now we're back and gonna finish up the season.
https://www.thetrevorproject.org/
Spencer - https://linktr.ee/vadahuff
Logo - Andrew Bargeron - https://linktr.ee/gimetzco
Theme Music - James Fell
Mar 22, 2026
Mar 22, 2026
1 hr 20 min
Welp, we're finally talking about it...Kika (1993). It's not as bad as Spencer remembered but it's still Kika.
Spencer - https://linktr.ee/vadahuff
Logo - Andrew Bargeron - https://linktr.ee/gimetzco
The Trevor Project - https://www.thetrevorproject.org/
Trans Equality - https://transequality.org/
Trans Life Line - https://translifeline.org/
Theme Music - James Fell
Mar 8, 2026
Mar 8, 2026
1 hr 37 min
Amanda Returns! She joins the boyz for the challenging Almodovar film, Talk To Her. This is a purposefully taboo and difficult film. This movie gets into potentially triggering material, and we go full spoiler.
TransEquality - https://transequality.org/
Trevor Project - https://www.thetrevorproject.org/
TransLifeline - https://translifeline.org/
Logo - Andrew Bargeron - https://linktr.ee/gimetzco
Theme Music - James Fell
Spencer - https://linktr.ee/vadahuff
Feb 24, 2026
Feb 24, 2026
1 hr 42 min
We're taking a detour off the silver screen to small screen. Martin Kessler and newcomer Lorena Caraballo join Spencer to discuss the recent Argentine series (on Netflix), The Eternaut. It's based on a classic Argentine comic series from the 1950s and it is easily available out there too.
Trans Equality - https://transequality.org/
Trans Lifeline - https://translifeline.org/
The Trevor Project - https://www.thetrevorproject.org/
Spencer - https://linktr.ee/vadahuff
Logo - Andrew Bargeron - https://linktr.ee/gimetzco
Feb 7, 2026
Feb 7, 2026
1 hr 17 min
Here we are, Joel and Spencer talk about the forgettable and disappointing Parallel Mothers. It took awhile to get to this one because Spencer frequently forgot that Parallel Mothers existed.
Spencer - https://linktr.ee/vadahuff
Theme Music - James Fell
Logo - Andrew Bargeron - https://linktr.ee/gimetzco
Trans Equality - https://transequality.org/
Trans Lifeline - https://translifeline.org/
Trevor Project - https://www.thetrevorproject.org/
Feb 1, 2026
Feb 1, 2026
1 hr 52 min
The whole season was ramping up to finally cover some of the Signifyin Works of Marlon Riggs. Lex Daniels (filmnvinyl on socials and https://www.lexcinematography.com/) and Mark O Estes (midnightsocialdistortion on IG) podcast join Spencer to discuss the iconic Tongues Untied and Ethnic Notions.
We're at the end and only have a handful of episodes left - Pain and Glory, Kika, Tie Me Up Tie Me Down, Talk to Her, and a few surprises too.
Counter Narrative Project - https://thecounternarrative.org/
Spencer - https://linktr.ee/vadahuff
Logo - Andrew Bargeron - https://linktr.ee/gimetzco
James Fell - Theme Music
Trans Lifeline - https://translifeline.org/
Trevor Project - https://www.thetrevorproject.org/
TransEquality - https://transequality.org/
Jan 25, 2026
Jan 25, 2026
1 hr 36 min
Justin Harrison (https://justinsharrison.journoportfolio.com/) joins the boys for the Almodovar neo-noir/Hitchcock erotic thriller, Bad Education. At this point we only have a few Almodovars left to cover.
Trans Lifeline - https://translifeline.org/
Trans Equality - https://transequality.org/
Trevor Project - https://www.thetrevorproject.org/
Spencer - https://linktr.ee/vadahuff
Logo - Andrew Bargeron - https://linktr.ee/gimetzco
Theme Music - James Fell