What Was I Saying... (about)

Theresa Buchheister and Doug Weaver

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Doug Weaver and Theresa Buchheister started getting coffee together every week in September of 2024, when Buchheister moved back to Lawrence, KS from Brooklyn, NY after exactly 20 years. They met in the year 2000 when Weaver was a professor and Buchheister was a student. The vibes have always been solid and they persist. Giving into inevitability, they started a podcast in 2026.

Aug 5

What Was I Saying ... (about) FILM CULTURE P4

In this episode we are talking about GENRES! We have opinions! And also, it is all up for discussion! Let us know what you think! Referenced in this episode: Monet Blake Bolan Lawrence Public Library Impressionists Symbolists Dadaists Futurists Antonin Artaud Samuel Beckett Absurdist Theater Eliza Bent Northwestern University Richard Pryor George Carlin Alfred Hitchcock The Birds JAWS Twister Backdraft Towering Inferno Poseidon Adventure Paul Newman Steve McQueen Stephen King Carrie The Shining Misery Get Out Army of Darkness Cabin in the Woods Jordan Peele Malignant Weapons Amy Madigan 28 Days franchise Frankenstein Day of the Dead Night of the Living Dead Soylent Green The Postman Mad Max franchise Ari Aster Hereditary Midsommar Halloween IT Nightmare on Elm Street SAW franchise Chris Rock Cary Elwes Scream American Psycho Mary Harron Christian Bale Leonardo DiCaprio The Beach Brett Easton Ellis Chuck Palahniuk JD Salinger Psycho Anthony Perkins Osgood Perkins Steven Spielberg Alien franchise Sigourney Weaver Ian Holm Silence of the Lambs Anthony Hopkins Jodie Foster Jonathan Demme Mads Mikkelsen Michael Kinnan Holiday Inn White Christmas Danny Kaye Fred Astaire DW Griffith Birth of a Nation Close Encounters of the Third Kind Richard Dreyfuss Melinda Dillon Project Hail Mary Ryan Gosling The Martian 2001: A Space Odyssey Citizen Kane Star Wars Joseph Campbell Lord of the Rings Back to the Future Blade Runner ET Jurassic Park Disclosure Day Jeff Goldblum Michael Crichton Superman The Time Machine Star Trek Leonard Nimoy JJ Abrams Chris Pine Zachary Quinto Karl Urban The Boys Brazil Terry Gilliam Bugonia Emma Stone Jesse Plemons Everything Everywhere All At Once Jamie Lee Curtis Michelle Yeoh Stephanie Hsu Contact Jodie Foster Flight of the Navigator Sarah Jessica Parker McGee and Me
Jul 22

What Was I Saying ... (about) FILM CULTURE P3

Doug and Theresa are back at it, talking about FILMS! This week is allllll about actors. We are talking about actors who influence us, inspire us, and make us think. Referenced in this episode (just listing names and not all the films, because of the limited character count... but we reference A LOT of films) : Roastery Michael Jackson Paul McCartney Muhammad Ali Michael Jordan Lana Turner Brandon Perry Orange Julius Kristen Stewart Philip Seymour Hoffman Aaron Champion Brandon Delany Gary Oldman Geoffrey Rush Noah Taylor Armin Mueller Stahl Keanu Reeves Winona Ryder Kevin Costner Christian Slater Alan Rickman Bryan Adams Morgan Freeman Ralph Fiennes Robert Redford Rob Morrow John Turturro Angela Bassett Willem Dafoe Juliette Binoche Oprah Winfrey Toni Collette Dianne Wiest Cate Blanchett David Thewlis Jessie Buckley Jesse Plemons Jeremey Brett Benedict Cumberbatch Basil Rathbone Nigel Bruce David Suchet Jack Nicholson Helen Hunt Ingrid Bergman Humphrey Bogart Cary Grant Stanley Donen Denzel Washington Kenneth Branagh Emma Thompson Viola Davis Meryl Streep Judd Hirsch Christopher Lloyd Peter O'Toole Glenn Close Richard Harris Al Pacino Paul Newman Peter Sellers Matthew McConaughey Channing Tatum Joe Manganiello Burt Lancaster Catherine O'Hara MaCaulay Culkin Christopher Guest Eugene Levy Dan Levy Tim Curry Rod Stewart Sting Rebecca De Mornay Kiefer Sutherland Oliver Platt Chris O'Donnell Katharine Hepburn Henry Fonda Dabney Coleman Jane Fonda Maggie Smith Richard Griffiths
Jul 8

What Was I Saying ... (about) FILM CULTURE P2

Doug & Theresa are back & talking about movies! Today we are all about lists. We go hard on lists. We hope our lists inspire you to see something you haven't seen, revisit something you haven't seen in ages & make your own lists! Referenced: Robert Osborne TCM JAWS Muppets Take Manhattan The Sound of Music Jane B par Agnes V The Playhouse The Godfather 1 The Godfather 2 Citizen Kane Parasite Steven Spielberg The Maltese Falcon John Huston Orson Welles Richard Dreyfuss Robert Shaw Roy Scheider Magic Mike 3 Channing Tatum Tootsie Jim Henson Julie Andrews Christopher Plummer Oliver! My Fair Lady Audrey Hepburn Rex Harrison Singin' in the Rain Mary Poppins Lionel Barrymore Agnes Varda David Lynch Buster Keaton The General Charlie Chaplin Harold Lloyd Gone With The Wind Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon Ang Lee Michelle Yeoh Akira Kurosawa All the President's Men Richard Nixon Woodward and Bernstein Robert Redford Martin Balsam Dustin Hoffman Jason Robards Oppenheimer Cillian Murphy William Goldman The Princess Bride Magic Misery Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Alan J. Pakula Lilies of the Field Richard Nelson Sydney Poitier David Lean Lawrence of Arabia Bridge on the River Kwai Apollo 13 Great Escape James Clavell Shogun Steve McQueen Richard Attenborough James Garner Charles Bronson Gene Kelly Anchors Away American in Paris Debbie Reynolds Donald O'Connor Cyd Charisse White Christmas Danny Kaye Bing Crosby Alfred Hitchcock Stanley Kubrik Psycho Rear Window The Birds Rebecca North by Northwest Vertigo Jimmy Stewart Laurence Olivier Cary Grant George Saunders Ari Aster Hereditary Midsommar Beau is Afraid The Strange Thing About the Johnsons Scott Johnson Step Up to the Streets 2 Toni Collette Patti Lupone Nathan Lane Parker Posey Eddington Joaquin Phoenix Kung Fu Master Ydessa, the Bears and etc. The Cube Frank Oz Maya Deren Pinnland Empire Marcus Pinn Madonna John Cassavetes Meshes of the Afternoon Rituals in Transfigured Time A Study in Choreography for Camera At Land Christopher Guest Best In Show For Your Consideration Catherine O'Hara A Mighty Wind Dr. Strangelove 2001: A Space Odyssey Alejandro Jodorowsky Holy Mountain El Topo George Lucas Francis Ford Coppola Seven Samurai Billy Wilder The Apartment Sunset Boulevard Jack Lemon Shirley MacLaine William Holden Gloria Swanson I.A.L. Diamond Close Encounters of the Third Kind Munich Schindler's List The Color Purple Jurassic Park E.T. Ryan Coogler Ava DuVernay Peter Weir The Truman Show Master and Commander Witness Dead Poet's Society Martin Scorsese Picnic at Hanging Rock Greta Gerwig Frances Ha Lady Bird Little Women Saoirse Ronan Laurie Metcalf Tracy Letts Timothée Chalamet The Chronicles of Narnia The Magician's Nephew American Theatre Magazine Helen Shaw Emily Nussbaum Gene Hackman Alex Wolfson Ralph Fiennes Tommy Lee Jones The Fugitive
Jun 24

What Was I Saying ... (about) FILM CULTURE P1

This week Doug and Theresa jump right into fiiiiiiiiiilm! They both love movies movies movies and have lots of opinions! Strap in! Referenced in this episode: Helen Shaw Lawrence Journal World Shadowlands Manhattan Mercury Titanic L.A. Confidential Kim Basinger Michael Kinnan Never Let Go The Raven Bookstore Shauna Kelly Richard Foreman Willem Dafoe James Urbaniak T. Ryder Smith Venture Bros. Blake Bolan Java Break Kevin Bacon 6 Degrees of Separation Bad News Bears Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon Michelle Yeoh Apollo 13 National Treasure Ang Lee Oscar (the film) Sylvester Stallone Marisa Tomei Tim Curry Harry Shearer Chazz Palminteri Peter Riegert Animal House Johnny Carson Dillons Dutch Maid The Last Unicorn Mia Farrow Steve McQueen The Great Escape Gene Kelly American in Paris Oscar Levant Oscar Wilde Lilies of the Field Sydney Poitier Hokum The Glass Menagerie Close Encounters of the Third Kind Notorious Casablanca Bullitt Rocky Danny Kaye Bing Crosby Bob Hope Burt Lancaster The Crimson Pirate Lucille Ball Fancy Pants Manhattan Public Library Debbie Reynolds Fred Astaire Turner Classic Movies The Petrified Forest Ingrid Bergman Jack Lemmon Gary Oldman Immortal Beloved Beethoven Isabella Rossellini Syd and Nancy Chattahoochee Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead The Professional Luc Besson Slow Horses Tom Stoppard Tim Roth Richard Dreyfuss Recorded Books Quad Cinema Union Square Regal Loews 7 Cinema Village East Cinema Sunshine Cinema Inherent Vice Angelika Film Center Jack Black Goosebumps Pokémon Tim Werenko Donald Westlake Dan Fogelberg Psycho JAWS Halloween Nightmare on Elm Street Texas Chainsaw Massacre WEAPONS Jordan Peele Get Out Men Jessie Buckley Rory Kinnear Roy Kinnear Shudder YouTube Quentin Tarantino Pulp Fiction Jackie Brown Elmore Leonard Anton Chekhov Brian Lady Jungle Cruise The Rock Stillwater Matt Damon Barbarian Nora Ephron Bette Davis Rosalind Russell Barbara Stanwyck June Allyson Katherine Hepburn Kathleen Turner Romancing the Stone Jewel of the Nile Body Heat Glenn Glose The Natural Sharon Stone Barbra Streisand Moonstruck Silkwood Cher Meg Ryan Elizabeth Taylor Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf Richard Burton
Jun 10

What Was I Saying ... (about) THEATER CULTURE P4

Doug and Theresa discuss theater ONE MORE TIME and this one is a doozy! They gave themselves an assignment to create seasons for a regional LORT-style theater, a local arts space and a space that is created because The Mellon Foundation gave them a million dollars. It is a very fun assignment and also someone should hire them to DO THESE SEASONS! Next episode we start getting into movies! But for now, enjoy What Was I Saying ... (about) THEATER CULTURE P4! Referenced in this episode: Robin Williams Good Morning, Vietnam Mellon Foundation Bill Murray Stripes Debra Winger Winger KC Rep The Guthrie The Long Wharf Wooly Mammoth American Conservatory Theater The Mountaintop Harrison David Rivers The Omnivores Diana Ly Chad Kaydo Ian Robles Phillip Christian Smith Lauren Holmes Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 Dave Malloy Octet Lin Manuel Miranda The Dastardly Thornes vs the Town of Goldhaven Ben Holbrook Nate Weida Doctor Faustus A Text Christopher Marlowe Hashinger Hall Garrett Zuercher Georg Büchner Mae West Sex Dmitri Barcomi Nancy NoGood Eric Avery Pla(y/n) for Reparations Pink Fang Ping Chong Mei Ann Teo Memory Generation Anton Chekhov Lanford Wilson Marshall W. Mason William Shakespeare Arthur Miller Henrik Ibsen August Strindberg Eugene O'Neill Lillian Hellman Moliere Georges Feydeau Carlo Goldoni Servant of Two Masters August Wilson Caryl Churchill Paula Vogel Wendy Wasserstein Tina Howe Tony Kushner John Guare Neil Simon Alan Ayckbourn Christopher Durang Lynn Nottage Pearl Cleage Will Eno Martin McDonagh Sarah Ruhl Branden Jacobs Jenkins David Lindsay-Abaire Robber Bridegroom Eudora Welty Josh Groban The Corsican Brothers Carousel Stan Lombardo Mozart's Requiem Lawrence Arts Center Silent Barn The University of Kansas Lawrence Public Library Cheetos
May 27

What Was I Saying ... (about) THEATER CULTURE P3

Our penultimate theater episode! In this episode we talk about good advice we have received over the years, dream projects and the space(s) that theater happens in. Lots of juicy stuff. SPOILER: Episode 6 is also about theater and we come up with proposals for seasons in a big regional theater, a local arts space and a new space that comes into existence because The Mellon Foundation gifts a million bucks. So, get ready for that! We will go back and share references for previous episodes, as they are PACKED full of references. But we gotta start somewhere, so here we go! Referenced in this episode... HB Studio Danny Kaye Ryan William Downey Vital Joint Jack Wright Nick Schmitz Yoda William Shakespeare Juliana Francis Kelly Reza Abdoh Richard Foreman John Gronbeck Tedesco Macbeth Lawrence Public Library Shenandoah Shakespeare Express Jason Stiles Walter Elder Perry Mason Matthew Rhys Stephen Root Jefferson Mays Denzel Washington Office Space Barry Get Out Konza Prairie Manhattan, KS Sexual Perversity in Chicago William Inge Theater Tony Mailer Matt Simon Stephen Ferrell Crafton-Pryor Theater Spencer Thomas Campbell EMPHASIS MINE The Mind King The Silent Barn David Patrick Kelly Henry Stram Colleen Werthmann Charles Bernstein David Herskovits The Million Underscores The Exponential Festival Graham Greene Nicolás Noreña Timothy Scott Mary Overlie Viewpoints Tamás Marquardt The Cherry Orchard Waiting for Godot Inherit the Wind Samuel Beckett Bert Lahr Luigi Pirandello 6 Characters in Search of an Author Michigan State The Dreary Coast Persephone Gowanus Canal Jeff Stark Yonkers Charon Cerberus Hades Keri Russell Zero Boy Celine Dion Never Let Go Titanic Michael Kinnan
May 13

What Was I Saying ... (about) THEATER CULTURE P2

Doug and Theresa dig MORE and HARDER into the world of THEATER! We talk about where and how to start and also what bugs us about the way the proverbial sausage is made.
Apr 29

What Was I Saying ... (about) THEATER CULTURE P1

This week Doug and Theresa dip their toes into THEATER CULTURE! Or is it THEATRE CULTURE?! (Spoiler - we do not distinguish in this episode nor do we even discuss the spelling..) We start with the personal - the whys and whos that have led us into a life in the theater. It goes deep and so do we. Thanks for listening! Tune in for THEATER CULTURE P2 in two weeks!
Apr 15

What Was I Saying ... (about) BOOK CULTURE P2

Doug and Theresa get a little spicier and a little deeper in this edition of What Was I Saying ... (about) BOOK CULTURE. Formative books, books that you look back on and say - "hmmmmm maybe not...", and more! This is our 2nd episode and the last one (for now) specifically about books! So enjoy and tell us about books that hit hard for you. Wednesday after next, we will dig into THEATER!
Apr 1

What Was I Saying ... (about) BOOK CULTURE P1

In this very first, very special episode, Theresa and Doug introduce the podcast and dig deep into BOOKS and BOOK CULTURE, as they are both lifelong readers and also worked at and managed various bookstores over the years. So, they have opinions. And they love to talk about books and authors that rule.

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Doug Weaver and Theresa Buchheister started getting coffee together every week in September of 2024, when Buchheister moved back to Lawrence, KS from Brooklyn, NY after exactly 20 years. They met in the year 2000 when Weaver was a professor and Buchheister was a student. The vibes have always been solid and they persist. Giving into inevitability, they started a podcast in 2026.

Creator

Theresa Buchheister and Doug Weaver
Years Active

2026
Episodes

10
Rating

Explicit
Copyright

© Theresa Buchheister 2026
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What Was I Saying... (about)