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Old Movie Club (from The Incomparable Mothership)

The members of The Incomparable panel watch old movies selected by our old-movie sommelier, Philip Michaels, and then talk about them.

Podcast · By The Incomparable · American English · Official site

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Sep 11, 2026
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  1. Episode · Sep 11, 2026

    Dial-a-CIA-computer (The Incomparable Mothership 834) (opens the original)

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    The Summer of Sundance continues with the paranoid thriller, “Three Days of the Condor.” A devastatingly handsome nerd goes out to buy sandwiches for the office, and the next thing he knows he’s on the run and kidnapping Faye Dunaway… Host Jason Snell with David J. Loehr, Shelly Brisbin, Paul Weimer, Glenn Fleishman and Dan Moren.

  2. Episode · Sep 4, 2026

    She Thought She Heard the Ice Cream Truck (The Incomparable Mothership 833) (opens the original)

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    Now the curtain is going up, “The Sting” is starting the show! Snappy patter and jokes, along with the star power of Robert Redford and Paul Newman, drive this story of an elaborate con that goes right—or does it?! Also there’s a lot of Scott Joplin music. Host Jason Snell with Micheline Maynard, Dr. Drang, Monty Ashley and David J. Loehr.

  3. Episode · Aug 21, 2026

    What Is Even Bolivia? (The Incomparable Mothership 831) (opens the original)

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    Our Summer of Sundance kicks off with Sundance himself, as we travel back to the end of the old west (and, later, to the garden spot of Bolivia) to visit a couple of robbers, their lady friend, and their not-very-important gang with “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.” Did they use enough dynamite? Is Woodcock a little too loyal to his employer? What does it say about the old west when a call for a posse is hijacked by a bicycle salesman? Host Jason Snell with Dr. Drang, Shelly Brisbin, Philip

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