The Occasionalists Podcast

Our #2 episode of the year is another academic-style episode where we broke down the differences between movie scores and soundtracks and some of the key terminology that comes with this musical territory.
Enjoy!

It's time for our first of two wrap-up episodes, offering a direct look back at each month and what was learned throughout the year.
Enjoy the first part of our Year in Review.

The #3 episode as voted (there was no vote) on by you is another intro minisode. This time, it was our intro to the world of Horror Comedies. 
What makes a horror comedy great and how do the two genres overlap? Listen and find out!

This past week has been one of the hardest all of us associated with the podcast have ever had. Our dear friend Dennis Kisela passed away unexpectedly last week. He was a building block of what this show would eventually become, teaming up with me almost two decades(!) ago to produce our stupid little sports and pop culture podcast.
Needless to say everyone who knew him is crushed and words alone cannot do him justice.
I think re-sharing the Drinking W/ Buds episode, Denny's last on the podcast, will give everyone some insight into the funny and kind person he was and why he was a great friend to me for over 20 years.
Dennis Kisela. Gone but not forgotten.

The #4 episode of 2025 has been revealed and it is...an intro episode?! I'm assuming this is because it's really short and our brains can't focus for more than 30 minutes at a time. I get it!
Enjoy this brief minisode on the goings on for the first ever Musical Movie May.

Today is the first of our look back at the top episodes of the year.
Coming in at #5 for our Top 5 of 2025 is a long-overdue discussion with video game correspondent Greg Cherry about the enduring franchise that is The Legend of Zelda.
Enjoy!

Our final (and slightly delayed!) Political Movie Pitch finds us wandering into a vengeful black comedy that pits aging politicians against their Gen Z congressional counterparts.
Naturally, the older, wiser statesmen do what any normal person would do when annoyed by the younger generation in a public setting: take lots of steroids and set out on a quest for vitality and revenge.
The Down Bad Caucus is ready to throw hands.

Our next episode for Political Movie Pitch month tackles the ongoing war in Ukraine and reintroduces the once-popular concept of the "good guy" President in movies and TV shows. Will we ever see it again?
You'll see (well, hear) it in this pitch for the geopolitical action thriller: WOLVERINES!
Betrayed by a corrupt successor and marked for death, a former President and First Lady become fugitives in war-torn Eastern Ukraine—hunted by the Russian president himself in a deadly game of survival where the stakes are nothing less than global catastrophe.
Buckle up, buttercup!