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Tripod
by Matt Kazacos & Tyrie Aspinall
Finally a podcast about movies! Join official friends Matt and Tyrie as they dive into cinemas Unofficial Trilogies - three films which are NOT linked by the usual elements like characters or plot, but instead are connected by a director, or writer, or actor…or sometimes much, much less! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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38.2 The Exorcist | William Friedkin's Rise and Fall Trilogy
Well folks, after an un-announced 2 week break, the boys are back and they have fundamentally forgotten how to podcast. Peaking audio, repeated questions, shallow analysis, over-lapping dialogue, arguments and (on Matt's part) a COMPLETE misreading of the film. But that's okay...it's not as if…
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38.1 The French Connection | William Friedkin's Rise and Fall Trilogy
The pod-brothers are back, and this time they’re hitting the mean streets of New York for the first instalment of William Friedkin's Rise and Fall Trilogy! This week Matt and Tyrie dive into Friedkin’s landmark 1971 thriller The French Connection - a picture about cops, criminals, obsession, and...
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Reel Quick | MIFF 2026
In this week's Reel Quick, in honour of the recently completed AmeriCANNES Trilogy, pod-brothers Matt and Tyrie sit down for a chat about the 2026 Melbourne International Film Festival. Also, Tyrie gives us an inside look into the wild world of mascoting. Follow us at @tripod_show Get in touch at...
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37.3 Barton Fink | The AmeriCANNES Trilogy
The most cryptic and dreamlike film by the Coen's by a country mile (for old men). It's Barton Fink! The boys are feeling jolly to be talking about the Coens, but they were also jolly about the return of Christina Costigan who brings her expertise (and some wine) to this weeks episode. Enjoy!...
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37.2 Wild at Heart | The AmeriCANNES Trilogy
This week, in part two of the AmeriCANNES Trilogy, Matt and Tyrie are launching back into the land of Lynch...David that is! That's right, it's time to get Wild...at Heart that is! The boys discuss Lynch's 1990 road film about two star-crossed lovers travelling down the yellow brick road of...
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37.1 | Sex, Lies and Videotape | The AmeriCANNES Trilogy
The pod-brothers are back, and this time they’re heading to the sweaty, complicated world of Baton Rouge for the first instalment of the AmeriCANNES Trilogy! This week Matt and Tyrie dive into Steven Soderbergh’s landmark debut Sex, Lies, and Videotape, released August 4, 1989 — a film about...
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Reel Quick | I Want Your Sex
I WANT YOUR SEX is the latest film from queer cinema pioneer Gregg Araki, his first in 12 years, and the boys are gonna talk ALL ABOUT IT! It's an erotic comedy about a relationship that forms between Gen Z'er Eliot and his boss Erika and it begs the question: is Gen Z having enough sex? Matt and...
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36.3 Nowhere | Gregg Araki's Teen Apocalypse Trilogy
This week, pod-brothers Tyrie and Matt talk all things Nowhere, the third and final instalment in Gregg Araki's Teen Apocalypse trilogy! It's a strange, meandering, hard-to-define film and a strange, meandering, hard-to-define podcast episode as a result. But the boys do their best and go on many...
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36.2 The Doom Generation | Gregg Araki's Teen Apocalypse Trilogy
SEX. VIOLENCE. WHATEVER! On this episode of Tripod the boys 'a hetero film' by Gregg Araki, 1995's The Doom Generation. It stars Rose McGowan from the hit TV series Charmed? Remember Charmed? The boys sure do. Follow us at @tripod_show Get in touch at [email protected] Artwork by Jack Miers...
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36.1 Totally F***ed Up | Gregg Araki's Teen Apocalypse Trilogy
This week we're kicking off Gregg Araki's Teen Apocalypse Trilogy with Totally F***ed Up, a bold film about six queer teenagers as they navigate love, friendship, family and growing up in a world that doesn't seem to have much room for them. It's messy, funny, heartbreaking and one of the…
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Reel Quick | The Odyssey
Turns out when one of the greatest directors adapts one of the greatest stories you get a pretty darn good movie. On this week's ep, the pod-brothers dig into all things Odyssey! Follow us at @tripod_show Get in touch at [email protected] Artwork by Jack Miers www.jackmiers.com @jackmiers...
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35.3 The Martian | The US Govt. Spends Millions to Save Matt Damon
Howdy folks and welcome to the final episode of the series on Matt Damon: The Martian! One of the biggest hits of the 2010's. The Boys have another sugar fuelled chat over some Mike and Ikes. Expect bits, tangents and some hefty discussion on this thrilling sci-fi film. Enjoy. Hosted on Acast.…
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35.2 Interstellar | The US Govt. Spends Millions to Save Matt Damon Trilogy
It's a big one this week folks! The most popular movie on Letterboxd - Christopher Nolan's game-changing space epic, Interstellar! Tyrie and Matt discuss the insane combination of SFX and practical genius that went into the making of, as well as The McConaissance and of course, the appearance of...
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35.1 Saving Private Ryan | The US Govt. Spends Millions to Save Matt Damon Trilogy
Hello listeners! Tripod is back with another episode. Did you know Saving Private Ryan, Interstellar and The Martian are all instalments of an unofficial trilogy? What's the connective tissue you ask? In each other these films the US Government spends Millions of dollars just to save one man…
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Reel Quick | Disclosure Day
On this special episode of Reel Quick the boys are joined by the great Christina Costigan to talk about Steven Spielbergs latest Sci-Fi thriller: Disclosure Day! It just came out and you should go see it on the biggest screen possible. It's also the fourth (well technically with) alien film in...
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34.3 War of the Worlds | Spielberg's Alien Trilogy
We're back with the third instalment of Spielberg's Alien Trilogy and this time the alien's AREN'T your friends...in fact they'll kick your ass if you're not careful. That's right, this week Matt and Tyrie are discussing 2005's War of the Worlds. NOT the Ice Cube one. The pod-brothers discuss Tom...
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34.2 E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial | Spielberg's Alien Trilogy
Welcome listeners to the second instalment of Steven Spielberg's Alien Trilogy! This week, Matt and Tyrie are joined by repeat guest, Simon Harvey, to discuss the 1982 childhood classic...E.T. A film none of them saw as children! Together, the boys talk tangerines, bubble baths and of...
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34.1 Close Encounters of the Third Kind | Spielberg's Alien Trilogy
The pod-brothers are back with a big one y'all! In anticipation of his latest film Disclosure Day, Tyrie and Matt are beaming themselves back through space and time to explore how Steven Spielberg has explored close encounters, extra-terrestrials, and wars between worlds! That's right, Tripod is...
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Reel Quick | FUZE
For this week's Reel Quick, pod-brothers Matt and Tyrie saw FUZE...in an empty theatre...at 12.45pm...on a nice sunny day. They did not like it. And now they're gonna scream about it for an hour. Enjoy folks! Stay tuned to hear the 34th trilogy announcement...WHICH MATT ROYALLY F*CKED UP! Follow…
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33.3 Light Sleeper | Paul Scharder's Night Worker Trilogy
The night is always darkest before the dawn folks! And it was a dark day in the Tripod booth because it was the end of another TRILOGY! On this episode of Tripod, the boys discuss one of Paul Schrader's less heralded films: Light Sleeper, starring Willem Dafoe and Susan Sarandon. A film that...
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33.2 American Gigolo | Paul Schrader's Night Worker Trilogy
Oh yeeeeh! The night is still young listeners, and this week Tyrie and Matt are cruising down into the sleek, chic and sexy L.A. The city of angels, stars and the hottest American Gigolo...Richard Gere. The podbrothers chat about writer/director Paul Shrader's creative process, the hugely...
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33.1 Taxi Driver | Paul Schrader's Night Worker Trilogy
The Tripod boys are pulling an all nighter as they discuss TAXI DRIVER the first film in Paul Schrader's Night Worker Trilogy... Which is technically a series, but we don't have the budget to cover more than three films. That's kinda our whole thing. The discussion covers a wide range of topics...
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Reel Quick | Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
Two friends cover a film about two friends. I refuse to elaborate further! WHAT?! It's a new episode of Reel Quick and they're covering what will certainly be one of the best films of the year: Nirvana the Band the Show the Movie. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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32.3 Vertigo | Hitchcock's Relationship Trilogy
Vertigo. One of the most famous movies ever made. Tyrie loved it. Matt did not. Hilarity, debate and analysis ensues...hopefully. The pod-brothers also wrap up the Oscars (we know it's old news get off our backs!), and conclude the Hitchcock/Stewart Relationship trilogy by discussing the links…
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32.2 The Man Who Knew Too Much | Hitchcock's Relationship Trilogy
More like The FILM that BLEW too HARD! Am I right or am I right people? Look every now and again we see a master directors work and sometimes it just kinda STINKS okay. So what if we didn't like this thing, SUE us go on see if we care. It's long, the plot is wafer thin. At one point Dr. Meckenna...
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32.1 Rear Window | Hitchcock's Relationship Trilogy
Well hold on just a minute here. You're telling me that Alfred Hitchcock made an unofficial trilogy? You're darn right, bucko! And it's starring non-other than American film legend, Jimmy Stewart. In the upcoming three films, the dynamic duo explore what Hitch defined as the three phases of...
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The 2026 Academy Awards Special
It's the MOST wonderful TIME of the YEEEEAAAARRR! Movie fans the world over are rejoicing because the biggest event in the Awards Season Calendar is almost here: The Academy Awards! The 98th one to be specific. Which movie will take home the gold? Which movie was snubbed? And most importantly…
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Reel Quick | 28 Years Later : The Bone Temple
Okay so, 28 years after Small Soldiers came this...Bone Temple. That's it. That's the whole connection to the previous unofficial trilogy and deserved discussion, so really any connection would have done. Join Matt and Tyrie as they dive into the fourth film in the 28 Years Later franchise,...
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31.3 Small Soldiers | Joe Dante's War Trilogy
Everybody SHUT UP! New Tripod ahh episode just dropped. The boys are joined by Tasman Aspinall to script-doctormogg the hell out of Small Soldiers- a film they all love but admittedly is not without some... short comings? It's funny because the soldiers in this are small. Anyway, the boys discuss...
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31.2 The 2nd Civil War | Joe Dante's War Trilogy
Well, we had a good run folks, but it finally happened. Tripod finally got POLITICAL! In this 2nd instalment of his War Trilogy, Matt and Tyrie discuss Joe Dante's signature satirical style on full display in 1997's The 2nd Civil War! From cracking jokes to predicting the future of mainstream…
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31.1 Matinee | Joe Dante's War Trilogy
New Year, new TRILOGY! The boys have returned from their summer break to bring you Joe Dante's War Trilogy. Starting off with Matinee (1993) and folks we're just gonna say it... This film is about as hidden as a hidden gem can get. It's a meaty discussion covering the importance of storytelling…
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30th Trilogy Spectacular
In this special 30th Trilogy spectacular the boys celebrate another year of movies, bits and podcasting. They discuss the movies blind spots they filled and have yet to fill, their favourite movies of the year AND they quiz each other on their movie trilogy knowledge! A fun ep for all you…
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30.3 Noelle | The I'm Related to Santa Trilogy
It's Christmas Eve and Tripod is back for one last holiday gift...but this one is more like a lump of dang coal! In the (merciful) final instalment of the trilogy, Tyrie, Matt and his brother Ben take Disney's Noelle to task, lamenting it's missed opportunities, under-utilised talent and…
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30.2 Arthur Christmas | The I'm Related to Santa Trilogy
On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me. A second instalment in the I'm related to Santa Trilogy! Anyway... We're talking about Arthur Christmas. Some believe it is a modern Christmas classic! What do these two hog obsessed clowns think? Tune in to find out. Tune in to also find…
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30.1 Fred Clause | The I'm Related To Santa Trilogy
Ho, Ho, Huh? That's right, Tripod is back for their third and sweatiest Christmas trilogy yet! It's the I'm Related to Santa Trilogy - three films no one asked for all packaged up in a beautiful holiday gift from Matt and Tyrie to you, dear listener. This week, the boys channel their inner…
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Reel Quick | Crazy Heart
Giddy up, listeners! Bronco Bridges is back for this week's Reel Quick to help Matt and Tyrie celebrate a whopping one-hundred episodes of Tripod! And what better way to celebrate this milestone than with a motion picture classic that everyone saw and everyone remembers...Crazy Heart. Wait...is...
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29.3 Germany Year Zero | Roberto Rossellini's War Trilogy
Wow guys. What a journey. We had some laughs. We had some yucks. But here we are at the end of Roberto Rossellini's War Trilogy with Germany Year Zero. It's his less heralded entry in the trilogy, but still a powerful one. The movie is a prayer for empathy and understanding. And the two bozo…
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29.2 Paisan | Roberto Rossellini's War Trilogy
This week, Classic Tripod continues it's deep dive into Roberto Rossellini's War Trilogy. Four-time guest and recent Italian tourist Simon Harvey joins Matt and Tyrie, ready to discuss 1946's Paisan - a feature made out of six 'episodes', each chronicling the liberation of Italy by the allied...
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29.1 Rome, Open City | Roberto Rossellini's War Trilogy
Hey folks, for the next three episodes we are gonna be running... ehhh CLASSIC Tripod... That's right we're doing old black and white movies can you believe it. But these films aren't just black and white, they're also super important. I'm talking of course about Roberto Rossellini's War Trilogy!...
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Reel Quick | Tron: Ares
Hey man! Like, welcome back, man. Today Tyrie and Matt are breaking into the grid, with their discussion of Tron: Ares. The boys ponder why Disney keeps going back to this neon world of one's and zero's (especially when none of the three films have ever made the company any actual one's or…
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28.3 Sonatine | Takeshi Kitano's Yakuza Trilogy
Feeling existential? GOOD! Because this week the boys are back to close the book on Takeshi's Kitano's Yakuza Trilogy. The final instalment, Sonatine, follows Beat and his boys as they lay low at the beach, play some games, throw some disc and then go out in a blaze of...glory? Tune in to find…
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28.2 Boiling Point | Takeshi Kitano's Yakuza Trilogy
The boys return with the second instalment of Takeshi Kitano's Yakuza Trilogy: Boiling Point. Man this movie starts off so chill... Then a bunch of people get shot up... Oh well, it makes for good viewing and inadvertently great talking! Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...
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28.1 Violent Cop | Takeshi Kitano's Yakuza Trilogy
Warning! This man is wild! He's also one of Japan's most beloved comedians! So how did Takeshi Kitano go from funny man to director man? In this brand new trilogy of Yakuza films, Tyrie and Matt deep dive into the life and work of 'Beat' Takeshi. This week, the boys talk 1989's Violent Cop,...
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Reel Quick | The Legend of Ochi
Fresh off the heels of the Cursed Childhood Trilogy - 80's fantasy films crawling with puppets like Hoggle, Aughra and Falkor - Matt and Tyrie thought they might never find a relevant Reel Quick to pair alongside their new, felt covered friends. Oh well. Never mind I gues-- WAIT A DAMN MINUTE! I...
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27.3 Labyrinth | The Cursed Childhood Trilogy
We are still so back, this time with our third instalment of the Cursed Childhood Trilogy: Labyrinth. A movie brought to you by the creative genius of Jim Henson, Terry Jones, George Lucas and David Bowie! Dance Magic Dance! It also stars Jennifer Connelly in her second feature film (The first…
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27.2 The Never Ending Story | The Cursed Childhood Trilogy
Tripod continues to be back! This week, Matt and Tyrie and joined by their dear friend Quentin Roth - a guest who refused to be on the upcoming Labyrinth episode because of how much it cursed his childhood. Instead, the boys discuss Matt's touchstone cursed childhood film, The Never Ending Story,...
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27.1 The Dark Crystal | The Cursed Childhood Trilogy
AAAAANNNND we're back! After a brief hiatus Tripod is back on the AIR! They tried to shut us down, but the spirit of unofficial trilogies proved too much for the fat cats over at Spotify (And wherever else you stream this thing) In this episode the boys go back to the 80's to discuss the Cursed...
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Reel Quick | 28 Years Later
In 1978 Grease was released to an unsuspecting public. 28 Years Later, in 2006, High School Musical was released to a post Grease public that was yet again unsuspecting...Guys... 28 Years Later...Is that a COINCIDENCE or WHAT?! The same year these two Bozo Clowns (Matt and Tyrie) decide to talk...
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26.3 Hairspray | The High School Musical Trilogy
In this toe-tapping final episode of the High School Musical trilogy, we dive into the bold, bright, and big-haired world of Hairspray (2007). In this final instalment, we chat John Waters, unpack John Travolta’s transformation into Edna Turnblad, tip our caps to the return of Max Shrek and...
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26.2 High School Musical | The High School Musical Trilogy
In this weeks episode the boys are joined by Matt's Girlfriend Isabella Mulholland, to talk HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL! They also go on a trip down memory lane and talk about their own high school experiences and their distinct lack of musical numbers. Follow us at @tripod_show Get in touch at...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Finally a podcast about movies! Join official friends Matt and Tyrie as they dive into cinemas Unofficial Trilogies - three films which are NOT linked by the usual elements like characters or plot, but instead are connected by a director, or writer, or actor…or sometimes much, much less!
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
HOSTED BY
Matt Kazacos & Tyrie Aspinall
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Finally a podcast about movies! Join official friends Matt and Tyrie as they dive into cinemas Unofficial Trilogies - three films which are NOT linked by the usual elements like characters or plot, but instead are connected by a director, or writer, or actor…or sometimes much, much less! Hosted on...
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