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Varicon Video

Varicon Video

Brandon Hardy & Jordan Schmidt

Join Brandon and Jordan as they relive forgotten and unforgettable movies from the video store era!
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Top 10 Varicon Video Episodes

Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Varicon Video episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Varicon Video for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Varicon Video episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Varicon Video - Episode 48 - Fletch (1985)
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04/02/22 • 89 min

We're back to wrap up our Impostors & Doppelgangers theme with a Chevy Chase comedy! Charge any and all expenses to the Underhills!
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Varicon Video - Episode 46 - Gattaca (1997)
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09/14/21 • 89 min

In this episode, we travel to the not-too-distant future of Andrew Niccol’s minimalist sci-fi drama to take a hard look at how it addresses bioethics, eugenics, and determinism. Also, Gore Frickin’ Vidal is in this movie.

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Varicon Video - Episode 28 - O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
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06/23/20 • 69 min

We're back! Today we set off across Mississippi during the Great Depression with chaingangers Ulysses Everett McGill, Delmar O'Donnell, and Pete to find a buried treasure if we can make it past the gangsters, klansmen, and lawmen along the way!

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Varicon Video - Episode 24 - The Devil's Advocate (1997)
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11/20/19 • 125 min

We start off in Gainesville, Florida, but we soon head to New York City to help hotshot defense attorney Kevin Lomax pick a jury — he’s never lost a case! And we help his wife, Mary Ann, pick the right shade of green for their apartment. We also encounter dressing room demons, Coach, baby fever, baby holding bloody ovaries, Don King, subway Spanish, throat cutting, Trump’s golden New York apartment, ghost joggers, sexual fantasies, perversion, incest, really big sculptures that come to life and burst into flames, the worst FL panhandle accent in cinema history, and a disgustin’ pig mawnster.

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Varicon Video - Episode 21 - Scream (1996)
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07/09/19 • 109 min

Today we take a trip to Woodsboro to see what the hell’s going on with this horror movie-luvin’ Ghostfaced killer who is slicing and dicing his way through town!

Thanks to our patrons: Collin, James, Ryan S., Ryan M., Test Pattern, Pete, Mando, Jonathan, Mike, Jack, Louis, and Annette!

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Varicon Video - Episode 19 - Meet Joe Black (1998)
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04/29/19 • 116 min

Wow, Joseph and I didn’t realize there would be so much to unpack in this one, so we brought along guest host Chris: Red to Joseph’s Andy. We have some laughs, some deep dives, and even a few existential questions that still need answered. What is Death? And WHO. IS. JOE. BLACK?

Special thanks to our patrons Annette W., Collin S., James D., Louis O., Ryan M., Mando M., Test Pattern: A Horror Movie Podcast, Jonathan W., Mike P., Ryan S., Pete I., and Jack P.!

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Varicon Video and Random Movie Roulette join forces and check out the Park Plaza Mall and Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in today's episode! We also talk about some really, really random stuff.

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Varicon Video - Episode 16 - Clerks (1994)
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02/24/19 • 77 min

Today we’re jockeying the cash registers at the Quick Stop and RST Video to deal with (and talk about) unsavory customers — buncha savages — with our first guest host (and patron) Ryan! Grab a tabloid and some Gatorade because we’re chatting about shitty jobs! And spare 12 minutes for a hockey game and some sex jokes!

Special thanks to our patrons Annette W., Collin S., James D., Louis O., Ryan M., Mando M., and Test Pattern: A Horror Movie Podcast!

Check out Annette and Hayden’s podcast “How to Make a Monster Kid,” James’s short film “The Monster”, Mando and Patrick’s podcast “Thematic Elements,” and the best horror movie podcast in cyberspace “Test Pattern”!

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Varicon Video - Episode 38 - Gods and Monsters (1998)
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02/25/21 • 107 min

In this episode, we examine and scrutinize the relationship between an aging Hollywood director and his yard man, and we also discuss queer representation in front of and behind the camera in Bill Condon's award winning film.

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Today we’re trekking to Springwood, Ohio to cruise down Elm Street and check ourselves into Westin Hills Psychiatric Hospital. We’ve been having bad dreams about this guy who’s burned, wears a red and green striped sweater, and has knives for fingers. Join us for group therapy, only straight talk here, and help us take down the murderous slasher of our nightmares, Freddy Krueger, the bastard son of a hundred maniacs!

Special thanks to our patrons Annette W., Collin S., and James D.! Check out Annette and Hayden’s podcast “How to Make a Monster Kid” and also James D.’s short film “The Monster”!

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FAQ

How many episodes does Varicon Video have?

Varicon Video currently has 53 episodes available.

What topics does Varicon Video cover?

The podcast is about 90S, 80S, Visual Arts, Retro, Podcasts, Vintage, Movies, Arts, Nostalgia and Tv & Film.

What is the most popular episode on Varicon Video?

The episode title 'Episode 29 - A Chat with Ira Heiden' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Varicon Video?

The average episode length on Varicon Video is 86 minutes.

How often are episodes of Varicon Video released?

Episodes of Varicon Video are typically released every 19 days, 2 hours.

When was the first episode of Varicon Video?

The first episode of Varicon Video was released on Sep 9, 2018.

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