WE BOUGHT A MIC

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WE BOUGHT A MIC (WBAM) is a pop culture podcast hosted by Ernest Calderon, Hunter Mobley, and Drew Dietzen, three friends who have had conversations about all things film, TV, music, etc. for over a decade. All they needed was to buy a mic. So they did.

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Beau Is Afraid

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04/24/23 • 101 min

From A24, Joaquin Phoenix stars in writer/director Ari Aster's third feature film, Beau Is Afraid, a delusional odyssey of a paranoid man journeying home to see his mother.

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PARASITE

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10/29/19 • 73 min

[ep.138] We review Parasite, the latest film from South Korean writer-director Bong Joon-ho. Winner of the Palme d’Or, the Cannes Film Festival’s top prize, this is one of the most praised films of the year. Does it live up to the hype? WBAM!

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Twitter: @caldernest // @HuntMobley // @DrewDietzen

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Drew’s Spotify // Ernest’s Spotify

Spoilers start at 34:30

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The 6th Annual WBAMMY Awards (Part 1)

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02/03/25 • 77 min

It’s awards season, WBAM style! The 6th Annual WBAMMYs are here, and in Part One, we celebrate the year by handing out little golden Scoot McNairy's. We start things off with the special category of the Lee Pace is 6ft 5 Lifetime Achievement Award for the Discovery of the Year. Main categories include best theatrical experience, most egregious cameo, achievement in dad cinema, best realm, and the Limitless Award for the one that wasn't great but stole our hearts. Plus, much more. Stay tuned for part two!

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The Best Albums of 2024 (Part 1)

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01/13/25 • 110 min

Listomania begins with Part 1 of 2 of our top albums of 2024, a phenomenal year for music. We welcome back Danny Seoane to share the first half our lists, covering numbers 10 through 6. Albums discussed include No Name by Jack White, Romance by Fontaines D.C., Prelude to Ecstasy by The Last Dinner Part, What Now by Brittany Howard, and more! Stay tuned for part 2.

Timecodes:

Intro, thoughts on the year in music - 0:00
'No Name' by Jack White - 10:31
'Loss of Life' by MGMT - 15:28
'What Now' by Brittany Howard - 19:43
'This Could Be Texas' by English Teacher - 25:03
'Love Heart Cheat Code' by Hiatus Kaiyote - 28:35
'This Wasn't Meant For You Anyway' by Lola Young - 34:07
'Final Summer' by Cloud Nothings - 38:07
'Ultra 85' by Logic - 44:31
'Flight b741' by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - 53:22
'To Dream Of Something Wicked' by Mat Kerekes - 1:00:56
'Prelude to Ecstasy' by The Last Dinner Party - 1:07:41
'Clancy' by Twenty One Pilots - 1:13:36
'Blue Lips' by Schoolboy Q - 1:22:03
'Dark Times' by Vince Staples - 1:28:51
'Romance' by Fontaines D.C. - 1:37:46

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LORELEI - Interview with Writer/Director Sabrina Doyle [Tribeca]

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07/08/21 • 39 min

[Tribeca] One more special interview from our Tribeca coverage to hold you over! Drew talks to Sabrina Doyle, the writer/director of Loerlei, starring Jane Malone. WBAM!

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E-mail us: [email protected]

Follow WBAM: Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. (@weboughtamic)

Subscribe on Apple Podcasts and leave us a review

Twitter: @caldernest / @HuntMobley / @DrewDietzen

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Our Top First-Time Media Discoveries of 2021

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01/23/22 • 162 min

[E284] Last year we added a new listomania episode rounding up our favorite first-time watches of the year, spotlight older movies and shows. Now, we're expanding the concept to include music, podcasts, and more. These are our top media discoveries of 2021. WBAM!

Visit our website at weboughtamic.net

E-mail us: [email protected]

Follow WBAM: Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. (@weboughtamic)

Subscribe on Apple Podcasts and leave us a review

Twitter: @caldernest / @HuntMobley / @DrewDietzen

Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/caldernest / letterboxd.com/hearshot / letterboxd.com/drewd

The Lists (Don’t read if you want to keep the surprise!)

Ernest's Top 10

MAD MEN
GODZILLA (1954) / KING KONG (1933)
NAUSICAA OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND
CARRIE (1976)
AKIRA
TRAINING DAY
MULHOLLAND DRIVE
THIEF
THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD FORD
MELANCHOLIA

Drew's Top 10

Pluto TV
Parquet Courts (light up gold)
Survivor
VAMPIRE'S KISS
KING OF THE HILL
The Watermelon Woman
FACE/OFF
Blowback S1
GOOD MORNING VIETNAM
MF DOOM (Dangerdoom, operation: doomsday, mm..food)

Hunter's Top 10

THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE
VAMPIRE'S KISS
Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films
Breathless (Jean Luc Goodard) / Cleo From 5 to 7 (Agnes Varda)
World of Tomorrow trilogy
Attack on Titan
Sparks (kimono my house, propaganda, no. 1 in heaven, steady drip drip drip)
Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous
Daft Punk (Interstella 5555, Electroma)
Please Don't Destroy

Cast Away (with Danny Seoane)

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12/07/24 • 118 min

We crash land somewhere in the South Pacific with our volleyball friend Danny Seoane to discuss the classic Tom Hanks film, CAST AWAY, directed by Robert Zemeckis, and released in December 2000. Hanks delivers one of his most iconic performances, earning him an Oscar nomination.

We discuss the real-life challenges of production—from Hanks nearly dying on set to gaining and losing 50 pounds for the role—and explore the lasting impact of Wilson.

Did Cast Away influence Survivor’s popularity? How did it impact FedEx's global brand recognition? Does it feature one of cinema's greatest plane crash scenes? Would anyone but Hanks could carry this movie—and would we want to see them try?

NOTE: our main audio failed around the 12:45 mark for about 3 minutes, and then is restored.

Everything Everywhere All At Once

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05/20/22 • 94 min

From A24 and DANIELS, the writer-director duo who brought us Swiss Army Man, comes Everything Everywhere All At Once, an absurd sci-fi action comedy about a woman (Michelle Yeoh) who can exist throughout multiple alternate lives. It also stars Jamie Lee Curtis, Stephanie Hsu, James Hong, and Ke Huy Quan.

Spoilers start at 34:23

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Twitter: @caldernest / @HuntMobley / @DrewDietzen

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DATING & NEW YORK - Interview with Jonah Feingold and Jerry Ferrara [Tribeca Film Festival]

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06/14/21 • 64 min

[Tribeca] We are delighted to meet and talk to writer/director Jonah Feingold and actor Jerry Ferrara, the team behind Dating and New York, which just had its premiere at Tribeca At Home 2021. The film is a wonderful romantic comedy starring Jaboukie Young-White, and it will be out later this year via IFC. WBAM!

Visit our new website at weboughtamic.net

E-mail us: [email protected]

Follow WBAM: Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. (@weboughtamic)

Subscribe on Apple Podcasts and leave us a review

Twitter: @caldernest / @HuntMobley / @DrewDietzen

Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/caldernest / letterboxd.com/hearshot / letterboxd.com/drewd