Ramblin: An Amblin Podcast

Andrew Gaudion and Joshua Glenn
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Ladies and Gentlemen, Extraterrestrials and Poltergeists, welcome to Ramblin: An Amblin Podcast. In each episode, your hosts Andrew Gaudion and Joshua Glenn will guide you through the weird and wonderful films that fall under the Amblin Entertainment Banner, the production company founded by Steven Spielberg, Frank Marshall and Kathleen Kennedy back in 1981. With friends, special guests and Amblin fans alike joining along the way, get ready for discussions, analysis and trivia around both some of the biggest movies of all-time, and some smaller little-seen curiosities. Hold onto your butts!

  1. Deep Twilight Impact Zone: The Podcast (1983 & 1998)

    FEB 15

    Deep Twilight Impact Zone: The Podcast (1983 & 1998)

    We’re back! Again! This time for good! We mark our return – which in turn marks our five year anniversary, if you can believe that – by covering two films that were added retroactively to Wikipedia’s Amblin filmography list (which, of course, is our gospel): the cursed 1983 production of TWILIGHT ZONE: THE MOVIE and the other ‘comet hurtling towards earth’ picture from 1998, DEEP IMPACT. It’s a lot to bite off in one episode, so we set ourselves a time limit for each discussion to make sure we don’t disappear too far down the rabbit holes. Strap in as we discuss whether any film can ever escape the tragedy of its making, the tenability of idealised movie presidents in today’s climate and Andy’s unbridled delight at this episode’s very silly title. Just don’t call it a comeback.  Follow the podcast on Twitter (@RamblinAmblin), Instagram (@ramblinamblinpod) and Blusky (@ramblinamblin.bsky.social). Be sure to like and subscribe so you don’t miss an episode! Get in touch with us either via our socials or email rambinaboutamblin@gmail.com. Please feel free to give us a 5-star review, share your favourite Amblin movies and tell us if ET makes you cry. Ramblin is created and produced by Andrew Gaudion and Joshua Glenn. A special thanks as always to Emily Tatham for the artwork, and Robert J. Hunter & Greg Sheffield for the theme music.

    1h 41m
  2. Bridge of Spies (2015) with Rob Yeomans

    10/26/2025

    Bridge of Spies (2015) with Rob Yeomans

    Wrap up warm and fight off a cold with our episode on Stvene Spielberg’s Cold War drama BRIDGE OF SPIES, released in 2015 with a script by Matt Charman and the Coen Brothers. The film charts the extraordinary true story of insurance lawyer James Donavan (played by Tom Hanks), who is charged with defending a captured Soviet spy (Mark Rylance), which leads to him become a key figure in the negotiations for a ‘spy swap’ in the early 60s. To dive into Spielberg’s murky world of espionage, government bureaucracy and one man’s struggle to uphold American values we invite back Ramblin's resident bridge expert Rob Yeomans - line producer and co-host of the CineMortuary Podcast - to take the journey to East Germany with us in the hope of some successful negotiations. You can find CineMortuary wherever you get your podcasts. Follow the podcast on Twitter, Bluesky and Instagram and be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss an episode! Get in touch with us either via socials or email rambinaboutamblin@gmail.com. Ramblin is created and produced by Andrew Gaudion and Joshua Glenn. A special thanks as always to Emily Tatham for the artwork, and Robert J. Hunter & Greg Sheffield for the theme music.

    1h 50m
  3. Jurassic World (2015) with Nick de Semlyen

    09/28/2025

    Jurassic World (2015) with Nick de Semlyen

    The park is open. After a long 14 years since the release of Jurassic Park 3, the Jurassic franchise burst back into life in 2025 with JURASSIC WORLD, from the mind of unknown filmmaker Colin Trevorrow, and it made a quite significant roar at the box office. To take a tour inside the park and see what works - and what doesn't - about this long-awaited fourth entry in the franchise, we’re thrilled to welcome journalist, author and editor of Empire Magazine Nick de Semlyen to the pod. We get into it all from failed scripts featuring dinos with guns and scary castles in the Swiss alps, to stories on set with Trevorrow and perhaps most importantly, the backstory of Edmond, perhaps the most important Jurassic character you never new about. So, hop on your motorbike, summon your pack of highly trained raptors and join us for the ride, won’t you?   You can buy Nick’s books - Wild & Crazy Guys and Last Action Heroes - from any good booksellers and online retailers - and can subscribe to Empire Magazine here. Follow the podcast on Twitter, Bluesky and Instagram and be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss an episode! Get in touch with us either via socials or email rambinaboutamblin@gmail.com. Ramblin is created and produced by Andrew Gaudion and Joshua Glenn. A special thanks as always to Emily Tatham for the artwork, and Robert J. Hunter & Greg Sheffield for the theme music.

    2h 25m
  4. The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014) with Prasanna Ranganathan

    09/14/2025

    The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014) with Prasanna Ranganathan

    Allow Maison Ramblin to cook you up a delectable aural dish with our episode on Lasse Hallström’s 2014 foodie comedy-drama THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY, based on Richard C. Morais’ book and starring film legends Helen Mirren and Om Puri. This cosy tale of an Indian family trying to make a new life for themselves in the French countryside by opening a restaurant directly across the street from a Michelin-starred high dining establishment holds more to it than meets the eye, which we more than tuck into across our own journey. We’re also very happy to be joined in the episode by writer and speaker Prasanna Ranganathan whose own journey with the film has been one that holds many surprising and heartwarming turns. You can follow Prasanna Ranganathan on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/prasran/?hl=en - and can read his Huffington Post piece on film here: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/a-culinary-cultural-love-letter_b_5672409 You can also discover more about his mother’s cookbook here: https://rupikaur.com/products/made-with-prema-cookbook?srsltid=AfmBOoqXhPflBrysPz5MPFL24xGykXJpafVEeiw2ZNes5l66UGSEsul2 and here: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/south-indian-vegetarian-cookbook-charity-blindness-1.6391105  And discover the recipe for Beef Bourguignon à la Hassan here: https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/what-happens-when-an-indian-chef-makes-beef-bourguignon-85558314606.html?guccounter=1 You can follow the podcast on Twitter, BlueSky and Instagram and be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss an episode! Get in touch with us either via socials or email rambinaboutamblin@gmail.com. Ramblin is created and produced by Andrew Gaudion and Joshua Glenn. A special thanks as always to Emily Tatham for the artwork, and Robert J. Hunter & Greg Sheffield for the theme music.

    2h 9m
  5. Lincoln (2012) with James Warren

    08/03/2025

    Lincoln (2012) with James Warren

    Four score and seven years ago (or thereabouts), our Papa Spielberg brought forth on this filmography a new biopic, conceived in collaboration with Tony Kushner, and dedicated to the proposition that Daniel Day-Lewis was the best man to embody Honest Abe in his pledge to ratify the idea that ‘all men are created equal’. Now we are engaged in a discussion of the result, 2012’s LINCOLN, testing whether that biopic, or any biopic so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that discussion with friend and fellow Warwick film grad James Warren, to explore this work within the pantheon of ‘great films’, the degree of ambivalence with which it views the democratic process and the astonishing array of character actors with great faces. It is here that we highly resolve that this film was not made in vain, and that filmmaking by the Spielberg, with his collaborators, for the Ramblin listeners, shall not perish from our memory. Follow the podcast on Twitter (@RamblinAmblin), Instagram (@ramblinamblinpod) and Blusky (@ramblinamblin.bsky.social). Be sure to like and subscribe so you don’t miss an episode! Get in touch with us either via our socials or email rambinaboutamblin@gmail.com. Please feel free to give us a 5-star review, share your favourite Amblin movies and tell us if ET makes you cry. Ramblin is created and produced by Andrew Gaudion and Joshua Glenn. A special thanks as always to Emily Tatham for the artwork, and Robert J. Hunter & Greg Sheffield for the theme music.

    1h 49m
  6. Men in Black 3 (2012) with Charlotte Bailey

    07/13/2025

    Men in Black 3 (2012) with Charlotte Bailey

    The Men in Black are back… in time!? It’s time for some Amblin time-travel hijinks not involving a DeLorean as we check back in with the protectors of Earth agent J (Will Smith) and Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones) as the very fabric of reality is threatened when an evil alien named Boris the Animal (Jermaine Clement) - actually it’s just Boris - rewrites history, forcing J to travel back to 1969 and team up with K’s younger self (an eerily perfect Josh Brolin). To unpack the flimsy timey-wimey nonsense of it all, we recruit previous guest of the show Charlotte Bailey to join our makeshift MIB and make the time jump to 2012 and explore the troubled production to get MIB3 to the screen, and how, in some small miracle, it all just about holds together. By the way, is anyone else really craving a chocolate milk right about now? You can follow Charlotte’s travel blog No Small Wander here - as well as on Instagram and TikTok. Follow the podcast on Twitter (@RamblinAmblin), Instagram (@ramblinamblinpod) and Blusky (@ramblinamblin.bsky.social). Be sure to like and subscribe so you don’t miss an episode! Get in touch with us either via our socials or email rambinaboutamblin@gmail.com. Please feel free to give us a 5-star review, share your favourite Amblin movies and tell us if ET makes you cry. Ramblin is created and produced by Andrew Gaudion and Joshua Glenn. A special thanks as always to Emily Tatham for the artwork, and Robert J. Hunter & Greg Sheffield for the theme music.

    1h 50m
  7. War Horse (2011) with Ben Weldon

    06/22/2025

    War Horse (2011) with Ben Weldon

    It’s time to journey from the beautiful green landscapes of Devon to war-torn Europe - then back to a now very orange Devon - in Steven Spielberg’s World War One drama WAR HORSE. Based on Michael Morpurgo’s children's book as well as it’s hugely successful stage adaptation, we welcome friend and history-buff - and star of Zombey - Ben Weldon to join us on the journey of innocence lost and the struggle to maintain a sense of decency in a world gripped by violence - from the perspective of a horse. We get into Morpurgo’s original inspiration, to what pulled Spielberg to the story, before diving into its success as a World War One story and what its multiple story strands offer to the overall pictorial canvas of Spielberg’s lush war epic. Saddle up and join us, won't you?  Follow the podcast on Twitter (@RamblinAmblin), Instagram (@ramblinamblinpod) and Blusky (@ramblinamblin.bsky.social). Be sure to like and subscribe so you don’t miss an episode! Get in touch with us either via our socials or email rambinaboutamblin@gmail.com. Please feel free to give us a 5-star review, share your favourite Amblin movies and tell us if ET makes you cry. Ramblin is created and produced by Andrew Gaudion and Joshua Glenn. A special thanks as always to Emily Tatham for the artwork, and Robert J. Hunter & Greg Sheffield for the theme music.

    1h 44m
  8. The Adventures of Tintin (2011) with Barry Levitt

    06/01/2025

    The Adventures of Tintin (2011) with Barry Levitt

    Blistering barnacles - it’s time to open the book (or comic album) on Tintin and tackle the crab with the golden claws, discover the secret of the unicorn and find Red Rackham’s treasure. Barry Levitt re-joins the pod after a brief break from Amblin animation and together we piece together the whole story: the complicated history of Tintin creator Hergé (and how to properly pronounce his name), the long road to the film’s production, the pros and cons of motion capture, the uncanny valley, whether or not this Tintin has a weird face, Spielberg’s unchained digital camera, the sheer exuberance of the action scenes and, of course, Tintin’s status as a Belgian (NOT French) icon. A fun chat about an intensely fun film, and one that we argue is much deserving of a sequel. Now, how’s your thirst for adventure? You can follow Barry on Twitter and Letterboxd @blevitt93, and catch his writing over at the likes of Vulture, The Daily Beast, Empire, LA Times, Rolling Stone and more. If so inclined, you can watch the 1947 stop-motion adaptation of THE CRAB WITH THE GOLDEN CLAWS here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_DXY0FnOLc  And, if Josh’s rendition wasn’t sufficient, you can listen to Joe Cornish’s full doodle story here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFuh8NFb6hs  Follow the podcast on Twitter (@RamblinAmblin), Instagram (@ramblinamblinpod) and Blusky (@ramblinamblin.bsky.social). Be sure to like and subscribe so you don’t miss an episode! Get in touch with us either via our socials or email rambinaboutamblin@gmail.com. Please feel free to give us a 5-star review, share your favourite Amblin movies and tell us if ET makes you cry. Ramblin is created and produced by Andrew Gaudion and Joshua Glenn. A special thanks as always to Emily Tatham for the artwork, and Robert J. Hunter & Greg Sheffield for the theme music.

    1h 53m
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Ladies and Gentlemen, Extraterrestrials and Poltergeists, welcome to Ramblin: An Amblin Podcast. In each episode, your hosts Andrew Gaudion and Joshua Glenn will guide you through the weird and wonderful films that fall under the Amblin Entertainment Banner, the production company founded by Steven Spielberg, Frank Marshall and Kathleen Kennedy back in 1981. With friends, special guests and Amblin fans alike joining along the way, get ready for discussions, analysis and trivia around both some of the biggest movies of all-time, and some smaller little-seen curiosities. Hold onto your butts!

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  • Creator
    Andrew Gaudion and Joshua Glenn
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    78
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Andrew Gaudion and Joshua Glenn
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    Ramblin: An Amblin Podcast