
Now Friends Talking
three best friends taking a deeper look at movies, music, and the rest of life's little joys
Episodes
56 episodes
back and better than ever (2 months ago)
this time we're taking DOWN cancel culture with a scathing review of all things Taylor Swift. I'll be honest, our recording platform didn't want to play nice so it's pretty unedited. PLEASE let me know if there's something that we should delete...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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56:33

"Metropolis" (1927) dir. Fritz Lang
the boys are back and taking a look at Fritz Lang's masterpiece of cinema, Metropolis. tired of all the hemming and hawing, the gang takes this kraut down a few pegs by asking about the elephant in the room: where...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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55:56

Meet Me in St. Louis (we forgot to record live)
the boys met up in wintery St. Louis, MO to go to a shrek rave (bad idea) and watch a lot of reality TV together (very good idea). we were supposed to record this episode live but uncharacteristically forgot to do sofollow us on twitter...
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Season 3
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Episode 15
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1:12:41

"The Man Show" (1999-2004)
The boys are back from their impromptu break to discuss the black hole of american masculine culture that was The Man Show, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Carolla. it's a show with no purpose and somehow even less writing talent....
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Season 3
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Episode 14
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1:07:50

"The Measure of a Man" Star Trek: TNG (1989)
this week a very late-season hurricane knocked dave's power out, so it's ben and chase talking about a classic episode from Star Trek: The Next Generation, The Measure of a Man. also we have to take a look at the shenanigans happe...
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Season 3
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Episode 13
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1:09:01

Yukio Mishima's "The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea"
this week the boys dust off their reading glasses and check out famous japanese nationalist yukio mishima's the sailor who fell from grace with the sea. chock full of the author's personal insecurities and homoerotic fascist ...
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Season 3
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Episode 12
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1:08:57

"Blonde" (2022) dir. Andrew Dominik
this week the boys are reviewing their first ever NC-17 movie, Netflix's Blonde. turns out, everyone thinks its a pretty bad movie and probably not worth its incredibly long runtime. that being said, if ana de armas is reading thi...
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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48:02

Now! That's What I Call Podcasting Vol. 1
take a trip down memory lane with the boys as we look at some of the highlights of the last 60 episodes. it's a short one this week!
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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26:01

what we experience when we're experiencing the joe rogan experience
really shooting from the hip this week as chase and dave run down the news and bring you the latest with their trademark hard-hitting journalism. we go live in ukraine to lviv's 31st annual pierogi festival and then jet set back to boulder, col...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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48:59

The Bear (2022)
this week the boys don their chef hats once more to take a look at Hulu's critically acclaimed series The Bear, a show that asks the question: what if people were cooking food in the kitchen and also really mad at each other ...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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1:07:04

Irma Vep (2022)
the boys get into it this week discussing HBO's 2022 show Irma Vep by Olivier Assayas, based on the 1996 movie Irma Vep by Olivier Assayas, based on the 1916 serial show/movie Les Vampires
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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1:14:25

Hot Dad's "Wrestle" (2017) w/ TONED
this week the boys have on members of the Oakland-based band TONED to discuss virtuoso Hot Dad's 2017 classic album about the holiest of squared circles, "Wrestle", as he takes us on a sonic adventure through many of the biggest personalities i...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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1:06:36

Joke Peddlers (w/ David Ben-Gurion of AAA111 Barcyle)
chase is still down for the count this week righting the wrongs of the partitioning of the indian subcontinent, so ben and dave invite another St Louis mover and shaker on: David Ben-Gurion (no relation), proprietor of STL's own "AAA111 Barcycl...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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45:04

The Joe Rogan Experience, Experience
the boys are down a chase and up a joe this week as they do a little bit of homework about what makes good podcasts "good" by looking at the #1 podcast in the world (we think): joe rogan. a veritable octagon of intellectual beatdowns, we listen...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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1:06:40

"La Haine" (1995) dir. Mathieu Kassovitz
the boys get a little français this week with the tour de force cinematique "La Haine", a movie about three working class young adults struggling to survive while much of their surrounding world is collapsing in on itself. we also do a...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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1:16:57

"Uncharted" (2022) dir. Ruben Fleischer
this week the boys look at what could easily be the worst movie of 2022, "Uncharted": a movie that nobody seemed to want to be a part of, yet somehow still made nearly half a billion dollars. also somebody gets a little judgmental abou...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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56:16

"Lone Wolf and Cub" pts 1 & 2 (1972) dir. Kenji Misumi
The boys have done it again - we had to change the name of the pod one last time: Now Friends Talking. For our (3rd) inaugural episode, we're talking about the first two installments in the seminal Japanese samurai film series, "Lone Wolf and C...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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46:10

"Crimes of the Future" (2022) dir. David Cronenberg
this week the boys finally get to watching "Crimes of the Future", the latest movie out by David Cronenberg starring Viggo Mortensen, Lea Seydoux, and Kristen Stewart. this episode is a bit longer than usual due to final opinions ...
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Season 2
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Episode 22
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1:15:17

Crimes of the present (we couldn't see the new movie yet)
this week the boys play catch up mostly because we keep getting covid, which made it hard to see "Crimes of the Future". we're very scandinavian in our approach to summer labor (an affront to nature), so bear with us as we wrap up vacations and...
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Season 2
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Episode 21
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53:32

crimes of the past (w/ David Cronenberg himself!)
we get the legend himself David Cronenberg on the pod to discuss his two epics, Videodrome and Dead Ringers. He dives into why the Three Lokos are the perfect people to carry on his legacy, why Chase deserves to date 80s-era Debbie Harry, and w...
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Season 2
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Episode 20
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1:05:18

Bloody Good British Black Metal
This week the boys take a look at some of the up-and-coming names in the British Black Metal Scene:Spider GodGlemtGate MasterThe Sun's Journey Through the NightSumpRevenant MarquisMaiden Hair (Dungeon Synth)and t...
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Season 2
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Episode 19
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55:09

Turns out we're all Bjig on Björk
after a week off due to everyone being sick, we're back and talking about the first two albums from Icelandic phenom Björk, Debut (1993) and Post (1995). everyone is in agreement that they kick ass though, so it's a relatively...
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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51:06

Failing Upward: 15 EASY Tips on How to Take Over Your Aging Father's Business
this week we're talking about HBO's Succession and The Righteous Gemstones, two shows about the uber-wealthy trying to get even more uber-wealthy. follow us on Twitter!@ThreeLokosPod
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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1:04:00

It is alright for Hugh Jackman to make a robot fight a cow so long as the cow wins
We discuss the most middling of middle brow mediocrities - Real Steel. Watching this movie is like watching the darkness between sleep and dreams, present, requiring awareness but without content. Come dream with us.
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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51:40

tim buckley, scott walker, and the avant FART (feat. Nathan Corder)
This week we're joined by old friend Nathan Corder to discuss Tim Buckley's 'Starsailor' and Scott Walker's 'Scott 3,' two albums on the cutting edge. We also settle the debate once and for all on what all movie directors aspire to accomplish a...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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1:04:36
