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The Awesome Village
by The Village Elders
Years ago, 4 guys met working at a movie theater and became friends. We love talking about movies, television, and all sorts of media, so we started a Podcast.
Episodes
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Star Wars Heroes and Villains
We said we'd do it. This week's tournament of heroes and villains stakes territory we're familiar with. The village presents Star Wars heroes and villains.
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Glenn Did Not Care For It
Welcome back for another visit to the village and boy do we have some things to cover. The season finales of Star Trek Strange New Worlds and Lanterns. We also bring you out review of Unabomber and Digger. We also tell you about a local short film with a family connection to one villager. So…
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Sci-fi Heroes
The series continues as we crown the best Sci-fi hero.
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Lizzie Boredom
We're TV heavy this week as we discuss our thoughts on Monster The Lizzie Borden Story, Chad Powers second season, and we give you our review of The Uprising and more.
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Know an Elder 2: Ryan
In our final installment of our sequel to a hit feature, Glenn sits down and uses his powerful interview skills to get a peek behind the curtain of the ever mysterious and grumpy Ryan.
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Sci-fi Villains
The series continues. This week...Sci Fi Villains.
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Waking Lanterns
Welcome to this week's visit to the Village. Today we discuss this season of Silo and Stuart Fails to Save the Universe. We also mourn the loss of several people in entertainment.
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Courtroom Heroes
Our special series returns. This week, we tackle the heroes of courtroom movies.
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Much Ado About Dinosaurs
Welcome back. This week, we're tv heavy as we review the end of House of the Dragon and the start of Ted Lasso. We'll also bring you reviews of The End of Oak Street and Solo Mio. All that, plus this week's Awesome Villager is crowned.
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Legal Movie Villains
Our summer series continues as we battle it out to decide the best villain from a legal movie.
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Summer of Tom
It's time to talk Spider-Man as we are here with our review of one of the biggest movies of the year. We'll also talk about Star Trek Strange New Worlds and more.
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80's Action Heroes
The summer event continues. This time...80's heroes.
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The Curmudgeon's Return
He's back. Cancel all wellness checks. Ryan is in studio to be surly and review things with us. So don't miss what we thought of things like Obsession, The Odyssey and so much more.
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Know An Elder 2-Greg
In our continuing series of updating our Know An Elder feature, we dive into the mind of Greg.
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Get Some Drinks In For The Lads
Down a Ryan, we soldier on and this week, we discuss things like the ending of The Bear, Larry David's new show on HBO and we bring you our review of Supergirl.
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Summer Tournament: 90's Action Heroes
We continue our summer event with a tournament to decide the best 90's Action Hero.
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Another Netflix True Crime Documentary
Netflix does it again as this week, we discuss the much talked about documentary, Maternal Instinct. We'll also break down the new season of The Vampire Lestat and give you our review of Disclosure Day.
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90's Action Villains
We continue our summer series. This time we decide the best 90's Action Movie villain.
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Ryan Cruises Back
Ryan has returned from his voyages and successfully avoided trying durian with the rest of us. So we will tell you all about the end of The Boys and the first season of Spider-Noir. We'll also bring you reviews of Netflix's The Crash as well as The Mandalorian and Grogu and The Masters of the...
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Know a Villager 2: John
Next in our lineup of Elders to get to know better is John.
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Know Your Villager 2: Glenn
We revisit an old series and get to know a member of the Elders. This week, it's all about Glenn.
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One For Sorrow, Two For Joy
We are Glenless this week as the remaining trio settle down to review tv and movies. We'll discuss Stranger Things and Pluribus and we'll bring you reviews of One Battle After Another and more.
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Villager of the Year 2025
It's that time again. We kick of 2026 by crowning last year's Awesome Villager of the Year.
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Villainous Clowns
Welcome to the debut of a new series. Inspired by our lengthy feature from last year, Epic Movie Moments, Glenn came up with an idea to do heroes and villains from different genres. This week, comedy comes to the forefront as we dive into the best, and funniest bad guys.
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The Red Right Hand
You know what day it is. You've come to visit The Village and boy, do the Elders have a show for you. We're going to talk about the newest entry into the Star Wars mythos with Maul Shadow Lord on Disney+. We're going to talk about a disturbing documentary from Netflix called Trust Me: The False...
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The Director's Grid
Since Ryan wasn't with us last time, this Glenn suggested feature debuted, we have brought it back. Inspired by an interview with Quentin Tarantino, we each select a director and decide on their "Best", "Favorite", "Ultimate" and "Underrated" films.
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Project Hail Ryan
You've landed at the gates of the Village for another talk about movies and film. We'll talk about the new season of Daredevil on Disney+ and the Netflix documentary series: Being Gordon Ramsay. We'll also bring you reviews of several films including the successful release of Project Hail Mary.…
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Third Eye Blind
This week we do an experiment from the mind of Glenjamin and we blind rank our top ten installments of film series. We also feature Ryan's favorite thing...a Universal Yums box from Poland.
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Starring Matt Berry's Voice
The 98th Academy Awards have happened and we break down our thoughts of all things Oscar this year. We'll also tell you if Starfleet Academy stuck the landing in its season finale and we'll review the new season of Ted and the debut of Young Sherlock. We'll also give your reviews of Nuremberg,...
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Cinematic Geography
Locations are important in film and can sometimes even be almost a character. This week, we each choose a city and give you five movies we think you should watch to get a feel for the essence of that city.
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Norwegian Glenn
We’re back, live in studio to catch you up and bring you the latest reviews.
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Favorite, Best, Born To
Inspired by Quentin Tarantino's analysis of his own catalogue of films, we sit down and discuss a few names and decide which of their filmography was their Best Film, Our Favorite, and the Movie They Were Born to Make
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Winter Games
In this special episode, we celebrate the Winter Olympics by making a box set of movies that are about sports played at the event.
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Send Help
We are getting ready for a Village Elder Hiatus, so this week, enjoy our reviews of some things you can watch while you wait for our reviews to return. This week, we'll talk about Fallout on Amazon Prime, Wonder Man on Disney+ and F1 on AppleTv.
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We've Been Halved!
Down two members, the Village is here to celebrate the life and career of the great Catherine O'Hara.
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A Marty with Tomatoes and Sour Cream
Welcome to this week’s visit. This week, the Elders are going to bring you their thoughts on a host of different shows and movies. Hear out thoughts on Paradise and Starfleet Academy. Get reviews of The Running Man and Marty Supreme. And there’s so much more.
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Glenless in Gretna
We're down a Glennjamin as we kick off this year's discussion of the movies and shows that we watched.
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Bye Bye 2025
It's the end of the year and we sit down to tell you our favorite things in 2025 and the things we're looking forward to in 2026.
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Return of the Not Quite Jedi
Ryan is back as we get to catch you up on what we've watched these past few weeks. It's a jam packed episode and our penultimate of the year. You won't want to miss our reviews of Wake Up Dead Man, Netflix's Diddy Documentary and more.
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Opening Acts
Which film has the best opening? We nominate some films and decide for you. Did we get it right?
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The One Without Ryan
The Elders are at 75% capacity for an episode of reviews and thrills.
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A Sandwich For You-Awesome Village Special Episode 7/20/22
There are a few films that reach levels of perfection so high that it begs us to discuss it. This week, one such movie will be dissected and celebrated. Join us for Son In Law.
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Glenn & Ryan’s Excellent Adventure
Glenn & Ryan take on the Village duties this week and discuss the new seasons of Landman & Squid Game: The Challenge as well as the box office hit Wicked: For Good. For the main event, the guys break down the first 4 episodes of the hit AppleTV series Pluribus. They pick apart the show, spoilers…
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Better Call John…Goodman
This episode it’s all Goodman. John Goodman.
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Ryan is Pain
Pluribus. Wick is Pain. Welcome to Derry. We discuss all that and more in this week’s village visit.
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Scene Stealer
Often actors will surprise us and appear in a single scene in a film. In this episode, we decide the definitive top ten.
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5 Parts is Too Much
Ryan grumbles about a documentary being too long while the rest of us review some movies and tv.
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The Epic Finale
It has come to this. The final battle.
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The Naked Fun
Welcome back to the village for this week’s episode.
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Epic Scare
It’s here…the final tournament before the big one. Scary movie moments.
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How many episodes does The Awesome Village have?
The Awesome Village currently has 341 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
What is The Awesome Village about?
Years ago, 4 guys met working at a movie theater and became friends. We love talking about movies, television, and all sorts of media, so we started a Podcast.
How often does The Awesome Village release new episodes?
The Awesome Village publishes regularly with 341 episodes available. Check the episode list for the typical release schedule.
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The Awesome Village is created and hosted by The Village Elders.
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