Who's Our Lead??
A podcast about people you've seen in movies. Whether big or small, bad or good, there are stories to tell about the stars of the silver screen, and each week we watch a new movie to help us figure out exactly why they work, or don't, on the biggest screen we've got.
Episodes
23 episodes
Behind the Candelabra (2013)
Jarrod and Jordan discuss Matt Damon in Steve Soderbergh's last movie because he definitely didn't make anymore, 2013's Behind the Candelabra. Released on HBO, this movie serves as a bit of a throwback to the types of performances Damon was giv...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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1:39:04
Green Zone (2010)
Jarrod and Jordan discuss Matt Damon in Green Zone, directed by Paul Greengrass. Despite the past success of the Damon-Greengrass connection (Bournes Supremacy and Ultimatum), this thriller based on the real events and false pretenses of ...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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1:31:10
The Departed (2006)
Who's Our Lead goes back to Boston this week to discuss Matt Damon in the Martin Scorsese directed Best-Picture winner, The Departed. With two successful franchises in full swing, Damon continues a streak of critical and commercial success as h...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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2:03:34
The Bourne Identity (2002)
Jarrod and Jordan discuss Matt Damon in the massively successful, franchise-starting thriller The Bourne Identity. Damon is pitch perfect in this nervy action movie, turning in a physical performance unlike anything he had done in...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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2:12:01
Dogma (1999)
On this week's Who's Our Lead?? Jarrod and Jordan discuss Kevin Smith's Dogma, which marks the end of Matt Damon's significant involvement in a certain type of independent filmmaking. He still has more movies to make, but it seems unlikely that...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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1:36:14
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Jarrod and Jordan discuss Matt Damon in Steven Spielberg's 1998 massively culturally significant WWII film Saving Private Ryan. Matt Damon plays the titular role and, despite not showing up from 2/3 of the movie's runtime, plays a mass...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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2:08:58
Good Will Hunting (1997)
Jarrod and Jordan discuss Good Will Hunting, a film that must be discussed when talking about Matt Damon. Directed by Gus Van Sant and written by Damon and Ben Affleck, Good Will Hunting was smash success at the box office and the Oscars ...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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2:02:24
Matt Damon Draft
The first episode of the new podcast Who's Our Lead?? where we talk about people you've seen in movies. The first mini-series of Who's Our Lead?? is a survey of the career of Matt Damon and in this episode we draft the movies that we'll watch a...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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1:45:47
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
Paul Schrader makes his masterpiece about the most Schraderian figure in history, Yukio Mishima.
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1:55:23
Cat People (1982)
Jarrod and Jordan discuss the first film ever directed by Paul Schrader that he did not also write, 1982's Cat People. This detachment shows a bit in the final product, but if you think that means this episode short guess again, loser....
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1:46:05
Raging Bull (1980)
Jarrod and Jordan welcome back a familiar face from the Paul Schrader extended universe, Martin Scorsese, as they discuss the colossal 1980 film, Raging Bull. Schrader's involvement in this film may have been smaller than it was the la...
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2:09:53
American Gigolo (1980)
Jarrod and Jordan slam the door on the 1970s and enter the 1980s with Paul Schrader's American Gigolo.
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2:08:25
Old Boyfriends (1979)
On this week's Intrinsically Profane, Jarrod and Jordan have the rare opportunity to discuss a Paul Schrader-penned film that we have no idea how he feels about, as he's never commented 1979's Old Boyfriends. No wayward Facebook posts; no aside...
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1:58:28
Hardcore (1979)
Oh my god.... that's my podcast. Almost exactly a decade after he left, Paul Schrader returns to Grand Rapids, Michigan for his second ever directed feature film, 1979's Hardcore. Listen to Jarrod and Jordan discuss this deeply persona...
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2:00:46
Blue Collar (1978)
After 40 years in the desert, writing beloved classics such as Taxi Driver, finally--FINALLY--ol' Paul Schrader takes the reins with his directorial debut, 1978's Blue Collar. A troubled production, a great perf...
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1:54:10
Rolling Thunder (1977)
Stop me if you've heard this one before...Paul Schrader thinks this movie was taken away from him and that it's worse because of it. In the case of the 1977 movie Rolling Thunder directed by John Flynn, maybe he's right, but probably n...
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1:58:07
Obsession (1976)
Jarrod and Jordan discuss the second of Schrader's two scripts released in 1976, the Brian De Palma-directed Obsession. Topics include John Lithgow's wild accent, Hitchcock's Vertigo, and the compatibility of De...
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1:54:01
Taxi Driver (1976)
We maybe waste time getting to the point, but Paul Schrader sure didn't! This week on Intrinsically Profane, Jarrod and Jordan discuss Schrader's second screenwriting credit and first collaboration with director Martin Scorsese, the 1976 master...
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2:14:25
Tokyo Story (1953)
Jarrod and Jordan discuss another of Paul Schrader's foundational film influences, Yasujiro Ozu's 1953 film Tokyo Story, a beautifully melancholy film about a family's generational dissonance in a post-War Japan. You can f...
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1:46:07
The Yakuza (1974)
Jarrod and Jordan begin their watch of Paul Schrader's written and directed works with 1974's The Yakuza, Schrader's first writing credit. They discuss the conflicting visions of director (Sydney Pollack) and writer that form the ...
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Episode 3
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1:40:04
Pickpocket (1959)
Before discussing Paul Schrader's films, Jarrod and Jordan discuss Robert Bresson's 1959 film Pickpocket, which is perhaps the greatest cinematic representation of the transcendental style and Paul Schrader's ~whole deal~, aes...
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Episode 2
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1:32:46