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The Thing Minute is a daily podcast that dives into John Carpenter's 1982 masterpiece THE THING, minute by minute! Every weekday I talk with horror filmmakers, authors, special effects artists, and more about a minute of THE THING.Check out www.moviesbyminutes.com for more podcasts like this one!
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Special Episode: INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS with Cabin Minute Cast!!
We're back! In this very special crossover episode, Heidi Bennett and Molly Bailen from Cabin Minute Cast join us to talk about Philip Kaufman's 1978 sci-fi classic INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS! We talk about connections to THE THING, sound design and music, and of course the raw sex appeal of peak Donald Sutherland. We had a great chat and it's a great movie that clearly had some influence on THE THING, so check it out!
Special Episode: We're Gonna Find Out Who's Who
For the final episode, I have on lots of previous guests to give their two cents about the end of the movie! Please check out links to all our guests' stuff! For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 109: Keep Holding Onto Your Butts...Again
Minute 109: Credits pt. 7 Guest: Michelle Asci For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 108: Chandler Bing in The Dark Knight
Minute 108: Credits pt. 6 Guest: Michelle Asci For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 107: Rosemary's Babies
Minute 107: Credits pt. 5 Guest: Michelle Asci For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 106: Right Into Their Eyeballs
Minute 106: Credits pt. 4 Guest: Michelle Asci For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 105: Rock Walker and Kendrick P. Sweet
Minute 105: Credits pt. 3 Guest: Zachary T. Owen For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 104: Six Degrees of Wilford Brimley
Minute 104: Credits, pt. 2 Guest: Zachary T. Owen For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 103: A Role of Some Distinction
Minute 103: Credits, pt. 1 Guest: Zachary T. Owen For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 102: MacReady's Method Acting
Minute 102: Wait here for a little while...see what happens... Guest: Zachary T. Owen For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 101: Well What Happens?!
Minute 101: Mac and Childs Discuss if they should survive Guest: Zachary T. Owen For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 100: But if He Knows What I Know What He Knows
Minute 100: The Two Survivors Meet Guest: Katie Mello For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 99: A 6' 3" Tech
Minute 99: Mac Blows it All Up Guest: Katie Mello For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 98: Here's My Computer Thing That I Made
Minute 98: Blair-Thing Attacks MacReady Guest: Katie Mello For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 97: Penis Wizard
Minute 97: Nauls (Presumably) Gets Attacked by Blair Guest: Katie Mello For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 96: THE Wilford Brimley
Minute 96: Blair Attacks Garry Guest: Katie Mello For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 95: Wilford Brimley in a Basement
Minute 95: The Generator's GONE, MacReady Guest: Crystal Beth For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 94: The Cavement
Minute 94: The Descent into the Basement Guest: Crystal Beth For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 93: Very Few People Destroy Their Homes
Minute 93: The Gang Begins to Blow Up the Outpost Guest: Crystal Beth For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 92: Fire Beats Logic
Minute 92: Things seem grim, but there's a big explosion! Guest: Crystal Beth For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 91: I Would Kill All My Friends
Minute 91: The power goes out, Mac wants to turn the heat on Guest: Crystal Beth For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 90: Welcome to Earth
Minute 90: Childs abandons his post Guest: Mike Cummins For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 89: Maybe He Assimilated a Magician Planet
Minute 89: Blair's Tunnel is Discovered Guest: Mike Cummins For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 88: Self-Motivated Thing
Minute 88: Blair's Tunnel is Discovered Guest: Mike Cummins For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 87: Where’s Blair – The Sequel
Minute 87: Garry Gets Tested, Doesn't Want to Be Tied to the Couch Guest: Mike Cummins For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 86: Stop Trying to Make Bwana a Thing
Minute 86: Nauls and Childs Get Tested Guest: Mike Cummins For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 85: Numbers Up and Stay Alive
Minute 85: Palmer-Thing is blown up, Windows-Thing is burned Guest: Rob Kelly For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 84: There’s No ‘I’ in TEAM, But There Is an ‘I’ in THING
Minute 84: Palmer-Thing attacks and kills Windows Guest: Rob Kelly For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 83: See a Glacier, They Said…
Minute 83: Copper and Clark get Tested, Palmer's blood attacks Guest: Rob Kelly For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 82: We Don’t Know That He Can’t Know
Minute 82: Windows and Mac get Tested Guest: Rob Kelly For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 81: Captain Sterile
Minute 81: Windows finishes getting blood samples Guest: Rob Kelly For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 80: Midichlorians Minute
Minute 80: Prepping the Blood Test Guest: Blake Myers For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 79: Battle of the '80s Badasses
Minute 79: Mac Shoots Clark Guest: Blake Myers For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 78: Full Frontal Spider Head
Minute 78: Spider-Thing Tries to Sneak Away Guest: Blake Myers For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 77: More Wieners
Minute 77: Norris's head slides off the table as his body gets torched Guest: Blake Myers For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 76: Melted Bubblegum – Genius!
Minute 76: Norris's resuscitation doesn't go as planned Guest: Blake Myers For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 75: Changing Your Shirt With Hot Coffee In Your Hands
Minute 75: Copper and Windows Try to Resuscitate Norris, Mac Holds Everyone At Bay Guest: Travis Bow For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 74: Blair’s Milk Duds
Minute 74: Mac Fights Off His Attackers, Norris isn't Breathing Guest: Travis Bow For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 73: Chaotic Neutral Childs
Minute 73: Mac Gets Into the Base With Dynamite In Hand Guest: Travis Bow For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 72: Suspicion and Paranoia Minute
Minute 72: Nauls Tells Everyone MacReady Has Turned Guest: Travis Bow For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 71: Norris the Boom Operator
Minute 71: The Crew Seals the Outpost, Nauls Returns Guest: Travis Bow For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 70: Wrestling With an Inflatable Doll in Mac’s Shack
Minute 70: Mac and Nauls go to investigate the light in the shack Guest: Josh Horowitz and Brett Stillo For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 69: Visceral Gooey and Vaseline Shimmer
Minute 69: Fuchs' body is discovered Guest: Josh Horowitz and Brett Stillo For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 68: Slurpees, Oatmeal, and Jack Daniels
Minute 68: Mac visits Blair Guest: Josh Horowitz and Brett Stillo For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 67: MacReady, Snake, and Jack Walk Into a Bar...
Minute 67: Fuchs Finds Torn Clothing, Mac Struggles to Keep the Group Together Guest: Josh Horowitz and Brett Stillo For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 66: The Gore Wars Had Begun
Minute 66: The Lights Go Out, Fuchs Goes to Investigate Guest: Josh Horowitz and Brett Stillo For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 65: Spuchs Fuchs
Minute 65: Mac Re-Records, then Visits Fuchs Guest: Mark Ybarra For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 64: Somebody Pooped Their Parachute Pants!
Minute 64: Mac Uses his Tape Recorder Guest: Mark Ybarra For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 63: Calling All Phlebotomists
Minute 63: Mac Separates the Suspicious Guest: Mark Ybarra For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Special Episode: The Lost Ice Scene
In addition to today's regular episode, here's a special treat for Halloween! It's a dramatic audio reenactment of The Lost Ice Scene that was in Bill Lancaster's script but was deemed too expensive to film. While I did the sound design, the rest could not have happened without the extreme generosity of the Atlanta Radio Theatre Company!
Episode 62: Happy Halloween!
Minute 62: Burning the blood, Mac sums up the situation Guest: Mark Ybarra For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 61: I Can't Blame Garry With Two R's
Minute 61: Garry gives up the gun Guest: Mark Ybarra For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 60: These People Are Not Doing Well With Stress
Minute 60: Windows goes for a gun Guest: Alex Morrison For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 59: Sh*t Hits the Fan
Minute 59: Garry and Copper On Trial Guest: Alex Morrison For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 58: Frustrating in a Good Way
Minute 58: Someone got to the blood, paranoia begins to set in Guest: Alex Morrison For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 57: BS and AS (Before Silence and After Silence)
Minute 57: Leaving Blair and discussing options for a test Guest: Alex Morrison For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 56: Real Blair's Goodbye
Minute 56: Talking to Blair, "I don't know who to trust" Guest: Alex Morrison For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 55: #FuchsFall
Minute 55: Taking down Blair and taking him to the shack Guest: Heidi Bennett For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 54: I'll Keel You
Minute 54: Blair Continues to Trash the Radio Room Guest: Heidi Bennett For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 53: Empty Garry and Letting Will Go to Town
Minute 53: Mac Hears a Gunshot, Blair Is Going Crazy Guest: Heidi Bennett For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 52: They Really Orange and Tealed This One Up
Minute 52: Mac Discovers the Trashed Helicopter Guest: Heidi Bennett For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 51: Where Am I?
Minute 51: The fire roars, Fuchs tells Mac they can't find Blair Guest: Heidi Bennett For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 50: Where's Blair???
Minute 50: Building the fire pit, the nightmare is over...wait, where's Blair? Guest: Kyle Pinion For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 49: Nothing You'd Expect in Every Little Corner
Minute 49: Bennings-Thing continues to scream and gets burned, the crew builds a fire pit Guest: Kyle Pinion For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 48: That Haunting Scream
Minute 48: Windows gets Fuchs and Mac, The crew sees Bennings-Thing Scream Guest: Kyle Pinion For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 47: Holy Smokes!
Minute 47: Fuch's reveals that the corpses aren't dead, Windows finds Bennings wrapped in tentacles Guest: Kyle Pinion For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 46: Science Fiction Becomes Science Fact
Minute 46: Windows asks about keys, Fuchs reads from Blair's notebooks Guest: Kyle Pinion For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 45: Waddling At You Slowly
Minute 45: Fuchs Wants to Talk, Windows and Bennings Lock up the Bodies Guest: Ryan Haupt For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 44: Captain America: A Thing?!
Minute 44: Blair Finishes Using the Computer, MacReady Examines Underwear Guest: Ryan Haupt For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 43: The World's Greatest Wilford Brimley Impersonator
Minute 43: Blair's Computer Simulation Guest: Ryan Haupt For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 42: More T-Rex, Less Freddy Krueger
Minute 42: Dirty Drawers Found in Kitchen Trash Can, Blair Uses a Computer Guest: Ryan Haupt For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 41: The Land of No Bears (and Voodoo Bullstuff)
Minute 41: Grave Reveal, Conspiracy Theories Guest: Ryan Haupt For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 40: How Do You Ever Really Know Somebody?
Minute 40: UFO Exploration Guest: Alan Sanders For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 39: Lanky MacReady
Minute 39: Walking out to the UFO Guest: Alan Sanders For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 38: You Are Alone
Minute 38: Checking the Map, Flying out to UFO Site Guest: Alan Sanders AJS Productions WBHF BK on the Air Jaws The Thing Score Albert Whitlock Silent Movie Effects with Matte Paintings For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 37: The Last Supper
Minute 37: Watching the Norwegian Tapes Guest: Alan Sanders For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 36: Colonel Mustard
Minute 36: Blair interrogates Clark Guest: Alan Sanders For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 35: Goop and Gore
Minute 35: Dog autopsy and explanation Guest: Spencer Perry For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 34: Blair's Sex Scene
Minute 34: Blair pulls the skin back from the Dog-Thing Guest: Spencer Perry For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 33: Get Yer Butt Over Here
Minute 33: Burning the Dog-Thing, Dawn at the camp Guest: Spencer Perry For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 32: Animal Lovers Beware
Minute 32: Attacking the Dog-Thing Guest: Spencer Perry For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 31: Shoulder Dog
Minute 31: MacReady sounds the alarm, the reveal of the Dog-Thing Guest: Spencer Perry For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Special Episode: Radio Interview with Alan Sanders
A bit of a different episode–this past Saturday, upcoming guest of the show Alan Sanders asked me to be on his Saturday morning radio show to talk about the podcast! We had a good time talking about the inspiration for the show, why I picked The Thing, and just general geeking out about our mutual love for the movie. Enjoy! If you'd like to listen to more of Alan's show, check out tunein.com and search for WBHF!
Episode 30: Dogs Through Space
Minute 30: Dog-Thing Attacking Dogs, MacReady grabs a beer Guest: Martha Moore For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 29: Snakes er Lizards er...
Minute 29: The Dog-Thing Attacks Guest: Martha Moore For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 28: In Trouble With Animal Control
Minute 28: Clark puts the dogs away Guest: Martha Moore For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 27: Hot and Heavy Foosball
Minute 27: More Gameshow, Clark Heading towards the Kennel Guest: Martha Moore For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 26: Hi-Def Grossness
Minute 26: Cutting into Double-Face, Nightfall, Palmer and Childs watching a Gameshow Guest: Martha Moore Martha Moore Audio For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 25: Dirty Undie Smellin'
Minute 25: Garry Wakes up Windows, The Autopsy Begins Guest: Jennie Law and Liam Grove For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 24: Spoiled Viscera
Minute 24: The Men of Outpost 31 React to Doubleface Guest: Jennie Law and Liam Grove For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 23: One Big Chicken Ready to Get Plucked
Minute 23: Flying Back, Dog Intently Watching Through the Window, Unveiling Doubleface Guest: Jennie Law and Liam Grove For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 22: Groundhog-Things at Medieval Times
Minute 22: Ice Coffin, Discovering Double-Face Guest: Jennie Law and Liam Grove For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 21: Alan Wrenches and Reese's Pieces
Minute 21: Discovering the Ice Coffin Guest: Jennie Law and Liam Grove For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 20: Stay Tuned to Find Out
Minute 20: Discovering the Slit-Wrist Corpse Guest: James Stacey For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 19: Norwegian Fodder
Minute 19: Copper and MacReady Explore the Base and Discover a Trail of Blood Guest: James Stacey For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 18: VR Goggles
Minute 18: Copper and MacReady Enter the Base and Find a Bloody Axe Guest: James Stacey For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 17: It's a Big Hat, It's Cool
Minute 17: Helicopter Flies to the Norwegian Base Guest: James Stacey For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 16: Everyman Shaped Head
Minute 16: Dog Explores the Base and Finds a Shadowy Figure Guest: James Stacey For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 15: Oui, Bwana
Minute 15: Helicopter Leaves, "Superstitious," Ominous Move Through the Medical Room Guest: Todd Cameron For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 14: And the Canine Oscar Goes To...
Minute 14: If Mac Doesn't Want to Fly They Don't Fly, They Fly Guest: Todd Cameron For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 13: The Snow Capital of the World
Minute 13: Copper Wants to Go Up, MacReady Warns of a Whiteout Guest: Todd Cameron For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 12: Slight Sixties Acid Damage
Minute 12: Nauls Roller Skates, The Crew Discusses Options Over the Dead Norwegian Guest: Todd Cameron For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 11: Copper's Nose Ring
Minute 11: Clark and the Dog, Windows and Blair Trying to Reach Somebody Guest: Todd Cameron For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 10: Intimate Moments With a Dog
Minute 10: Clark Meets the Dog, Putting out the Burning Helicopter Fire Guest: Michelle Asci Check out www.thethingminute.com for links to everything we talked about!
Episode 9: I'm Gonna Put My Saliva in Your Mouth
Minute 9: Helicopter Explosion, Garry Shoots the Norwegian Guest: Michelle Asci For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Episode 8: Evil Seals and Penguin-Things
Minute 8: Helicopter Dropping Grenades, The Dog Greeting the Crew Guest: Michelle Asci Visit thethingminute.com for links to everything we talked about and more!
Episode 7: Smokey the Bear
Minute 7: Dog and Helicopter Arrive at Outpost 31, "It's Norwegian!" Guest: Michelle Asci Visit thethingminute.com for links to everything we talked about and more!
Episode 6: Is His Beard a Clue
Minute 6: MacReady Playing Chess, The Dog Running Across the Snowy Field Guest: Michelle Asci Check out www.thethingminute.com for links to everything we talked about!
Episode 5: This Time There's a Chick
Minute 1: Shooting at the dog, the rec room, introduction of R.J. MacReady Guest: Zachary T. Owen Visit thethingminute.com for links to everything we talked about and more!
Episode 4: Working With Animals
Minute 4: Shooting at the dog, the camp, introduction of R.J. MacReady Guest: Zachary T. Owen Visit thethingminute.com for links to everything we talked about and more!
Episode 3: Cool Grandpa
Minute 3: End of title, helicopter flying in snowy vista Guest: Zachary T. Owen Check these notes out on thethingminute.com for links to everything we talked about!
Episode 2: Bad News Bears Go to Antarctica
Minute 2: More Credits, UFO crash, and the Opening Title Guest: Zachary T. Owen Check these notes out on thethingminute.com for links to everything we talked about!
Episode 1: White Text on a Black Screen
Minute 1: The opening credits Guest: Zachary T. Owen Check these notes out on thethingminute.com for links to everything discussed!
Episode 0: Welcome to Antarctica, 1982
Welcome to THE THING MINUTE PODCAST! In this inaugural episode, I give a little background on myself and my connection with John Carpenter's science-fiction horror masterpiece, THE THING, as well as explain why I chose this movie to tackle in the minute format. Thanks for listening! Subscribe on iTunes so you'll never miss an episode, and follow us on Twitter and Facebook for updates and discussions! If you like the show, give us a review on iTunes, and if you're interested in being a guest, email us. Check out other podcasts like this one by visiting Movies by Minutes, and support the originals, Star Wars Minute!