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A wide array of audio content from your friends in podcasting, Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness! deanandphil.substack.com

  1. Celebrity Deaths

    1D AGO

    Celebrity Deaths

    One of the most popular ongoing segments in Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness’ long-running, weekly “Chillpak Hollywood Hour” has always been when they celebrate the lives and legacies of those who made indelible marks in the arts or in media. Some listeners have even let us know they would gladly listen to whole shows about celebrity deaths. Now, thanks to Chillpak Hollywood Presents …, those listeners have their chance! On this episode, the following notables get celebrated: *Greg Brown, a founding guitarist of the alternative-rock band Cake *Jerry Kennedy, who helped shape country music while working for more than six decades as a guitarist, record producer and industry exec *Billy Steinberg, an acclaimed American songwriter whose lyrics helped define 1980s and '90s pop music *Civil rights activist, Baptist minister, and politician, the Reverend Jesse Jackson *Perhaps the greatest American documentary filmmaker of all time, Frederick Wiseman *Philippe Gaulier, a French master clown and influential theatre teacher who shaped generations of actors and comedians *Jane Baer, a pioneering animator on classic films like Sleeping Beauty and Who Framed Roger Rabbit *Oscar-winner Robert Duvall, regularly hailed as one of the great American actors of the 20th and 21st centuries Postmortems are rarely as funny, fascinating and inspiring as they are on this installment of “Celebrity Deaths”! Chillpak Hollywood Presents ... is a listener-supported publication. To receive new shows and support our work, please become a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit deanandphil.substack.com/subscribe

    1h 11m
  2. The Art Life

    2D AGO

    The Art Life

    For the past several years, Dean Haglund, Phil Leirness, and Jon Lawlor have been getting together almost weekly to hold each other’s feet to the fire in the pursuit of creating art that is filled with life, while also learning how to live more artfully. Now, Chillpak Hollywood Presents … “The Art Life” as a regular podcast! This week’s topics include … *Wine-based cocktails *Explosionism Rock *Comedy as a “funny way of being serious” *The writing of Monty Python *In an age of algorithms, AI, populism, corporate media mergers and divisiveness, what themes would need to be included in a contemporary manifesto that could serve a “Declaration” of independent artists Chillpak Hollywood Presents ... is a listener-supported publication. To receive new shows and support our work, please consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit deanandphil.substack.com/subscribe

    1h 10m

  3. 6D AGO

    Chillpak Hollywood Hour

    After discussing the latest news regarding Netflix, their attempts to purchase Warner Bros, and what the current President of the U.S.A. is demanding they do, Dean and Phil talk about more of the intriguing movies coming out in 2026 (including period pieces, biopics, and crime films). Hollywood still hasn’t recovered from the dual strikes of a few years back, and with the negotiations for new contracts upcoming, the Writers Guild seems to be imploding. Dean and Phil analyze the latest labor strife. The recent movie Anaconda gets reviewed, and the French classic Amelie gets re-appraised in time for its 25th anniversary. In the return of “What We’re Reading” the latest by Dan Brown and a work of historical fiction about legendary filmmaker G.W. Pabst get discussed. Finally the murders of two groundbreaking physicists has Phil troubled, so he asks Dean about whether the deaths might be part of a conspiracy. And speaking of conspiracy, Dean and Phil conclude with the latest news surrounding Ryan Coogler’s reboot of “The X-Files”. Chillpak Hollywood Presents ... is a listener-supported publication. To receive new shows and support our work, please consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit deanandphil.substack.com/subscribe

    1h 4m
  4. The Art Life

    FEB 23

    The Art Life

    For the past several years, Dean Haglund, Phil Leirness, and Jon Lawlor have been getting together almost weekly to hold each other’s feet to the fire in the pursuit of creating art that is filled with life, while also learning how to live more artfully. Now, Chillpak Hollywood Presents … “The Art Life” as a regular podcast! This week’s topics include … *The AI-generated fight sequence that has sent shock waves throughout Hollywood and that has filmmakers fearing for their livelihood *Stephen Colbert vs. the FCC and CBS *CBS and its parent company (Paramount) vs. Netflix *Wim Wenders and the Berlinale (the Berlin Film Festival) in political hot water *The need for a new Declaration of Independence for artists today (an art manifesto, if you will) Chillpak Hollywood Presents ... is a listener-supported publication. To receive new shows and support our work, please consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit deanandphil.substack.com/subscribe

    1h 22m
  5. Deep Dive

    FEB 19

    Deep Dive

    Welcome to part two of the inaugural episode of the newest podcast in the “Chillpak Hollywood Presents …” extended universe! If you have yet to avail yourself of part one, please do so now! Today’s show picks up the conversation in progress as Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness take a “Deep Dive” into the legacy of actor Robert Redford as a leading man. Specifically of interest to your friends in podcasting is the period from Redford’s 1962 screen debut through his directorial debut in 1980. Several films get analyzed and many facets of Redford’s stardom and artistry get appreciated. Chillpak Hollywood Presents ... is a listener-supported publication. To receive new shows and support our work, please consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit deanandphil.substack.com/subscribe

    45 min

  6. FEB 16

    Chillpak Hollywood Hour

    Your friends in podcasting discuss Netflix’s (perhaps misleading) embrace of movie theaters, they celebrate the resurrection of Todd Hayne’s seemingly dead but now forthcoming detective film (with Pedro Pascal replacing Joaquin Phoenix), and an upcoming movie starring Simon Pegg, Sofia Boutella and Quentin Tarantino. Nia DaCosta’s Hedda gets analyzed, as does the Thai comedy A Useful Ghost and the Charlie Chaplin masterpiece Modern Times. More upcoming movies get previewed and the outstanding discodelic soul of Say She She gets celebrated in the return of “Live Event of the Week”. Chillpak Hollywood Presents ... is a listener-supported publication. To receive new shows and support our work, please consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit deanandphil.substack.com/subscribe

    1h 1m
  7. Deep Dive

    FEB 15

    Deep Dive

    Welcome to the newest podcast in the “Chillpak Hollywood Presents …” extended universe! In many ways, our recent expansion of Chillpak Hollywood Hour here on Substack was inspired by our desire to take some of Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness’ longer form conversations and put them in one place where people can easily find them by topic. For example in late 2024, your friends in podcasting spent a lot of time on MANY episodes singing the praises of, and analyzing the work of, the great French leading man (one of the greatest leading men of all time) Alain Delon … Well, today, we inaugurate DEEP DIVE with an in-depth appreciation of the legacy of Robert Redford the actor. Specifically, this two-part exploration examines the period from his big-screen debut through 1980, including his unprecedented run as a leading man from 1972 through 1976. Chillpak Hollywood Presents ... is a listener-supported publication. To receive new shows and support our work, please consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit deanandphil.substack.com/subscribe

    55 min
  8. The Art Life

    FEB 13

    The Art Life

    For the past several years, Dean Haglund, Phil Leirness, and Jon Lawlor have been getting together almost weekly to hold each other’s feet to the fire in the pursuit of creating art that is filled with life, while also learning how to live more artfully. Now, Chillpak Hollywood Presents … “The Art Life” as a regular podcast! This week’s topics include … *Anti-woke warriors and how often while criticizing contemporary cultural works, they hold up as positive examples works of the past that were, in fact, the "woke” of their eras *Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show and the very human impulse to criticize anything we don’t understand *The John Lithgow “Dumbledore” casting controversy in the new “Harry Potter” television series *The first sentence of the Declaration of Independence and the purpose of having an economy *How the death of movie theaters has been depicted in some recent films, which, of course, leads to discussion of CERN and the Hadron Super Collider Chillpak Hollywood Presents ... is a listener-supported publication. To receive new shows and support our work, please consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit deanandphil.substack.com/subscribe

    1h 19m
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