Podcasts by HoopleCast: An IntroCast For HBOs Deadwood

HoopleCast: An IntroCast For HBO's Deadwood

HoopleCast is an IntroCast-style podcast for HBO's Deadwood. The host has seen Deadwood previously. His cohosts have not. Each installment we discuss characters, plots, themes, and the true history of the infamous 19th century mining camp. Send feedback to hooplecast@gmail.com. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. [Warning: Explicit Language.]

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HoopleCast: An IntroCast For HBO's Deadwood
BONUS: The Last of Us 1x09. "Look for the Light" from 2023-12-13T15:46:25.576848

The hoopleheads and Steve discuss the season one finale of The Last of Us. | Send feedback to hooplecast@gmail.com. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hoopleca...

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HBO PROJECT: Vinyl (2016) from 2022-02-21T09:06:04.768465

It's the 1970's and New York City is a grungy, graffiti-tagged, drug-fueled, teetering-on-the-brink of economic collapse urban hellscape. But, holy fuck, what a time to be a music exec. Bobby Canna...

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BONUS: Lovecraft Country 1x02. "Whitey's on the Moon" and 1x03. "Holy Ghost" from 2022-02-21T09:06:04.758734

Episodes two and three of Lovecraft Country. | Send feedback to hooplecast@gmail.com. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Recorded September 1...

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HBO PROJECT: Luck (2012) | The Newsroom (2012) from 2022-02-21T09:06:04.755316

David Milch's intention to transform his interests/vices vis-à-vis horse racing into a narrative fit for television leads to mixed results in Luck (2012). Dustin Hoffman is out of prison and lookin...

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BONUS: Watchmen 1x01. "It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice" and 1x02. "Martial Feats of Comanche Horsemanship" from 2022-02-21T09:06:04.754232

Matt (Watchmen newbie) and Steve (Watchmen expert) discuss the first two episodes of Damon Lindelof's new (limited run?) HBO series. | Send feedback to hooplecast@gmail.com. Find our recording sche...

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COMMENTARY: Hitman (2007) from 2022-02-21T09:06:04.752479

We're scraping the bottom of the Olyphant barrel with Hitman (2007) for our seventh (!) unnecessary commentary. This is the movie that our friend Tim routinely cites as an embarrassing low in his c...

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COMMENTARY: Deadwood: The Movie (2019) from 2022-02-21T09:06:04.749657

The hoopleheads watch the long-awaited, highly-anticipated film. | Send feedback to hooplecast@gmail.com. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | ...

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BONUS: Game of Thrones 8x03 "The Long Night" from 2022-02-21T09:06:04.746926

Matt, Steven, and Will discuss the epic battle that is Winterfell vs. Night King. | Send feedback to hooplecast@gmail.com. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at h...

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HBO PROJECT: Treme (2010) | Boardwalk Empire (2010) from 2022-02-21T09:06:04.743358

Three months after, and the citizens of Treme (2010) are still rebuilding their lives. Antoine Baptiste is a musician adverse to paying cab fares. LaDonna, Baptiste's ex-wife, throws shade on the n...

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HBO PROJECT: In Treatment (2008) | John Adams (2008) from 2022-02-21T09:06:04.736884

HBO's obsession with psychiatry and sex continues with In Treatment (2008). Dr. Paul Weston's first patient of the week, Laura, confesses her erotic fixations, which is not a good for a man in the...

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HBO PROJECT: John From Cincinnati (2007) | Tell Me You Love Me (2007) from 2022-02-21T09:06:04.733782

David Milch's follow-up to Deadwood, John From Cincinnati (2007), is the metaphysical surfer drama Chris Carter wishes he created. A weirdo calling himself "John" (is he autistic? an angel? Dougie ...

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HBO PROJECT: Deadwood (2004) | Rome (2005) from 2022-02-21T09:06:04.691056

The hoopleheads return to the camp for what is likely a final reconnoiter as they revisit the premiere of the series what done brought em to this here place to begin it: Deadwood (2004). It's a thr...

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HBO PROJECT: K Street (2003) | Angels In America (2003) from 2022-02-21T09:06:04.688013

*LOOK UP!* HoopleCast makes its triumphant return, discussing an odd pair of HBO programs. First, the Soderbergh and Clooney produced K Street (2003), which trails real life political operatives Ja...

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COMMENTARY: A Perfect Getaway (2009) from 2022-02-21T09:06:04.683426

Happy Independence Day from HoopleCast! 7th in literacy! 42nd in life expectancy! 1st in gun deaths! U-S-A! U-S-A! It's the second in our series of unnecessary commentary tracks for films featuring...

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Goodbye, and Fuck You from 2022-02-21T09:06:04.673331

Peaches, hoecakes, titty-lickers, gleets, antler gods, bicycle rides, ginger bums, constant throbs, loopy fucking cunts... It's been quite the journey through the muck and mire of the gritty outlaw...

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COMMENTARY: Deadwood 3x12 from 2022-02-21T09:06:04.671638

Hooplehead Carol records a commentary for "Tell Him Something Pretty." | Send feedback to hooplecast@gmail.com. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.c...

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Deadwood 3x09 "Amateur Night" from 2022-02-21T09:06:04.667901

Episode Thirty-three. HoopleCast offers a proud prelude to the climax of the final season, and a chance for our guest Cory to show us his skills and hidden talents! The Earps exchange insults with ...

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Deadwood 3x07 "Unauthorized Cinnamon" from 2022-02-21T09:06:04.666044

Episode Thirty-one. Skyping from the middle of a cornfield is our guest Randal of The Grawlix Podcast. Odell holds his fuckin' own as George Hearst's dinner companion... Gustave, the tailor, fashio...

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Deadwood 3x05 "A Two-Headed Beast" from 2022-02-21T09:06:04.664437

Episode Twenty-nine. Carla is our guest this recording, but if her mother inquires, we are a podcast covering important social economic issues, and we're definitely *not* discussing sodomy via vege...

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Deadwood 3x03 "True Colors" from 2022-02-21T09:06:04.661670

Episode Twenty-seven. A new installment of HoopleCast! You savvy? The stagecoach brings new citizens to Deadwood, including thee-a-ter dandy Jack Langrishe, Carnivale's Rita Sue, and Aunt Lou March...

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Deadwood 2x12 "Boy-the-Earth-Talks-To" from 2022-02-21T09:06:04.659487

Episode Twenty-four. Sue of Sue Watches Buffy and Yes, Mother: A Bates Motel Podcast is our guest for the season two finale, which features both a wedding and a bloodbath. The great man himself, Ge...

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Deadwood 2x10 "Advances, None Miraculous" from 2022-02-21T09:06:04.657732

Episode Twenty-two. The most tragic of turns casts a pall over this entire episode, and not even our lovely guest Laurel can rouse us from our melancholy mood. A whale is dragged to the Chez Ami......

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Deadwood 2x08 "Childish Things" from 2022-02-21T09:06:04.656313

Episode Twenty. Ignore the naked man shot whilst fleeing the Hearst mining operation and direct your attention toward this shiny new bicycle! Yes, the entire camp is abuzz as they wager on whether ...

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COMMENTARY: Deadwood 2x06 from 2022-02-21T09:06:04.653946

Hoopleheads Matt H & Mel record a commentary for "Something Very Expensive." | Send feedback to hooplecast@gmail.com. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hoople...

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Deadwood 2x05 "Complications" from 2022-02-21T09:06:04.653172

Episode Seventeen. As the "we're not saying that word" General rides into town, the very white hosts of HoopleCast (and guest Jonathon!) explain what it's like to be a black man in the late 19th ce...

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Deadwood 2x03 "New Money" from 2022-02-21T09:06:04.651095

Episode Fifteen. Lift your legs and open them for adventure! Will avoids our murder list by returning to discuss this very nautical themed episode. Al makes friends with a lithotome... (Please take...

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Deadwood 2x01 "A Lie Agreed Upon, Part I" from 2022-02-21T09:06:04.595360

Episode Thirteen. The second season premiere is a family reunion of sorts as Martha Bullock and Farting William ride into camp. The foundation of the Grand Central is rocked by the intense schtuppi...

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Deadwood 1x11 "Jewel's Boot is Made for Walking" from 2022-02-21T09:06:04.592101

Episode Eleven. If you're in the mood for crass sexposition, Deadwood's first blowjob monologue rears its :ahem: head. Stealing all our hoecakes is Will* from the What We Make, Down Below and Sense...

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Deadwood 1x09 "No Other Sons or Daughters" from 2022-02-21T09:06:04.590282

Episode Nine. The "Salma" shipping train is leaving the station, but is the legendary Nuchtchas of Long Island on board?? Johnny impresses with his initiative... Charlie feels self-conscious about ...

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Deadwood 1x07 "Bullock Returns to the Camp" from 2022-02-21T09:06:04.588766

Episode Seven. With the Jack McCall business settled, Bullock returns to the camp in an aptly titled episode. Emily of the Yes, Mother podcast stops by and teaches us her jive-talkin forehead-relat...

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Deadwood 1x05 "The Trial of Jack McCall" from 2022-02-21T09:06:04.586476

Episode Five. What's better than an envelope of human hair? A new installment of HoopleCast! Technology was a cocksucker this week, so emergency guest Cory stops by to participate in some riveting ...

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HBO PROJECT: Westworld (2016) | Big Little Lies (2017) from 2022-02-20T14:30

The distant future. The year 2052. Western-themed LARPing has inexplicably become a recreational pursuit for the world's wealthy elite. Willing to spend thousands, and risk almost certain personal ...

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HBO PROJECT: Westworld (2016) | Big Little Lies (2017) from 2022-02-20T14:30

The distant future. The year 2052. Western-themed LARPing has inexplicably become a recrea...

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HBO PROJECT: The Night Of (2016) | The Young Pope (2016) from 2021-08-14T13:45

In The Night Of (2016) horny college student Nasir (Riz Ahmed) becomes ensnared by the criminal justice system after he gives a cipher a ride in his dad's timeshared taxicab and--flash forward past...

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HBO PROJECT: The Leftovers (2014) | Show Me a Hero (2015) from 2021-03-26T19:45

After two percent of the world's population inexplicably vanishes, the residents of Mapleton, New York are left to grapple with the "whys" and "hows" and "but Gary Buseys" of it all. Adapted from t...

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BONUS: Lovecraft Country 1x10. "Full Circle" from 2020-10-31T13:30

Matt, Steve, and Will discuss the season (series?) of Lovecraft Country. | Send feedback to hooplecast@gmail.com. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast...

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BONUS: Lovecraft Country 1x08. "Jig-a-Bobo" and 1x09. "Rewind 1921" from 2020-10-18T12:00

Episodes eight and nine of Lovecraft Country. | Send feedback to hooplecast@gmail.com. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Recorded October 14...

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BONUS: Lovecraft Country 1x06. "Meet Me in Daegu" and 1x07. "I Am." from 2020-10-18T00:30

Episodes six and seven of Lovecraft Country. | Send feedback to hooplecast@gmail.com. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Recorded October 1, ...

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BONUS: Lovecraft Country 1x04. "A History of Violence" and 1x05. "Strange Case" from 2020-09-27T14:00

Episodes four and five of Lovecraft Country. | Send feedback to hooplecast@gmail.com. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Recorded September 1...

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BONUS: Lovecraft Country 1x01. "Sundown" from 2020-08-24T22:00

Matt, Steve, and Will discuss the premiere of Lovecraft Country. | Send feedback to hooplecast@gmail.com. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | ...

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HBO PROJECT: Parade's End (2013) | True Detective (2014) from 2019-12-31T15:00

Nuchtchas, host of the Nutty Bites podcast joins us for our last recording of 2019. The Great War looms large for the characters of Parade's End (2013), a five-part mini-series based on the novels ...

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BONUS: Watchmen 1x09. "See How They Fly" from 2019-12-26T19:00

Matt and Steven are back to chat about the season (series?) finale of Watchmen. | Send feedback to hooplecast@gmail.com. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hoo...

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COMMENTARY: Scream 2 (1997) from 2019-10-31T06:00

Happy Halloween from HoopleCast! Claire and Brad, on loan from the podcast Sassy Sewer-Lion Boutique, join Matt for our final commentary of the year. Our friend Timmy O. stars in the horror sequel ...

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Deadwood: The Movie, Part 2 from 2019-07-30T20:00

This is it, folks. The fucking end. There is no more Deadwood. (Unless those cocksuckers at HBO release those deleted scenes, hmmm?) We conclude our coverage of the film with listener feedback, fav...

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Deadwood: The Movie, Part 1 from 2019-06-29T21:00

1889. That bald-pated cunt George Hearst has returned to Deadwood to celebrate South Dakota's transition from territory to state. Upon being mother-fucked from a balcony by a pregnant Trixie, Hears...

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BONUS: Game of Thrones 8x06 "The Iron Throne" from 2019-05-25T17:30

Well, that was certainly a finale. | Send feedback to hooplecast@gmail.com. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Recorded May 21, 2019. Release...

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BONUS: Deadwood RPG, Part 2 from 2019-05-18T22:00

Fifteen months later, we conclude the Deadwood RPG campaign "Nature Abhors" in a spectacularly violent fashion. (Cy Tolliver’s corpse as an I.E.D.? Yes, of course, naturally, why not.) Starring: Ma...

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COMMENTARY: High Life (2009) from 2019-04-20T09:00

Is it a stoner comedy? Is it a crime drama? It's neither. It's the sixth in our series of unnecessary commentaries for Timothy Olyphant movies. Claire and Matt watch the very Canadian based-on-a-pl...

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HBO PROJECT: Mildred Pierce (2011) | Game of Thrones (2011) from 2019-03-24T20:00

Kate Winslet stars in Mildred Pierce (2011), a five part adaptation of the James M. Cain novel. Mildred finds herself a grass widow after tossing her dirty bastard of a husband from their hovel due...

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HBO PROJECT: True Blood (2008) | The Pacific (2010) from 2018-10-14T21:30

We’re down in the hot, sticky swamplands of Bon Temps, Louisiana with Nuchtchas of The Nutty Bites Podcast to discuss True Blood (2008), the sexy vampire soap that HBO apparently forgot about when ...

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HBO PROJECT: Grey Gardens (2009) from 2018-08-12T18:00

Jackie Kennedy's oddball relatives, Edith Ewing Bouvier ("Big Edie") and her staunch daughter Edith Bouvier Beale ("Little Edie"), live a true hoarder lifestyle in Grey Gardens (2009), HBO's dramat...

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HBO PROJECT: Iron Jawed Angels (2004) from 2018-06-26T18:00

We're taking a short break from series premieres to review a few HBO original films. Iron Jawed Angels (2004) stars Hilary Swank and Frances O'Connor as suffragettes Alice Paul and Lucy Burns. (Mol...

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COMMENTARY: Catch and Release (2006) from 2018-05-28T09:00

Memorial Day marks the start of summer, and if the impending hot weather, hurricanes, and escalating gas prices have you depressed, perhaps stay indoors and cool off with Matt, Claire, and Brad as ...

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BONUS: Westworld 2x01 "Journey Into Night" from 2018-04-29T13:15

Matt, Laurel, and Steven share their disappointments with the second season premiere of Westworld. | Send feedback to hooplecast@gmail.com. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threa...

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HBO PROJECT: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (2008) | Generation Kill (2008) from 2018-04-29T13:00

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (2008) is an adaptation of Alexander McCall Smith's beloved novels. Jill Scott plays Mma Ramotswe, our lead heroine who starts a detective agency for the purpose ...

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BONUS: Deadwood RPG, Part 1 from 2018-02-25T21:00

In this bonus episode, we assume the identities of our favorite Deadwood characters for a unique role-playing experience. Steve is our GM (Game Master) for this mod of the RPG Apocalypse World, and...

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COMMENTARY: The Broken Hearts Club (2000) from 2018-02-14T06:30

It's Valentine's Day, and whether you're single, married, coupled, or a member of Andrew Keegan's sex cult, HoopleCast wants you to know you are loved. That is why Matt, Claire, Will, Mel, and Matt...

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HBO PROJECT: Big Love (2006) | Five Days (2007) from 2017-11-26T21:35

This episode we're deep in the heart of Utah for Big Love (2006), a well-written/produced/acted drama about plural marriage that some of the hoopleheads find deeply troubling due to the current sta...

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COMMENTARY: The Crazies (2010) from 2017-10-31T06:30

What is more spine-chilling, blood-curdling, and alliterative than spooky skeletons, ghastly ghouls, and zoophagous (look it up) zombies? Answer: HoopleCast's third entry in its series of unnecessa...

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BONUS: Game of Thrones 7x01 "Dragonstone" from 2017-07-23T21:00

Brian (Sparkstalker) and Casey (Furgus) of Geezer Gamers join Matt to discuss the long awaited seventh season premiere of Game of Thrones, "Dragonstone." | Send feedback to hooplecast@gmail.com. Fi...

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HBO PROJECT: The Wire (2002) | Carnivàle (2003) from 2017-07-16T17:25

Re-up your podcast stash with another supply of HoopleCast, featuring Will of SpartaCast fame ALIVE! ALIVE! ALIVE!. Will is here to defend The Wire (2002), the series about Baltimore's drug war, wh...

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BONUS: The Leftovers 3x08 "The Book of Nora" from 2017-06-11T20:30

Matt and Robin lament the series finale of The Leftovers. (Cue devastating Max Richter score.) | Send feedback to hooplecast@gmail.com. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, ...

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HBO PROJECT: Six Feet Under (2001) | Band of Brothers (2001) from 2017-05-31T19:00

Dane of The Proud Jacuzzi Crew is our guest for this Powers Boothe Memorial Podcast. Six Feet Under (2001 - 2005) is Alan Ball's dramedy about the insufferable Fisher clan. Nate, the scruffy eldest...

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HBO PROJECT: The Sopranos (1999) | The Corner (2000) from 2017-04-30T20:00

The Sopranos (1999) is considered by many to be the pinnacle of HBO programming, but do the hoopleheads share that opinion, or are they wistful for the salad days of Maximum Security and Hotel Room...

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BONUS: The Leftovers 3x01 "The Book of Kevin" from 2017-04-20T07:00

Frequent HoopleCast contributors Will and Haso join Matt to discuss their thoughts on the third season premiere of The Leftovers. | Send feedback to hooplecast@gmail.com. Find our recording schedul...

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HBO PROJECT: Oz (1997) | From the Earth to the Moon (1998) from 2017-02-28T19:30

It's a new era for HBO as the premium cable network launches its first successful dramatic series, the relentlessly grim Oz (1997), which ran for an impressive fifty-six episodes. Our guest Steven ...

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HBO PROJECT: Hotel Room (1993) | Perversions of Science (1997) from 2017-01-31T22:00

Come see us, little boys, as we scrape the very bottom of the HBO programming barrel. Hotel Room (1993) is David Lynch at his most pretentious--a terrifying thought. In "Tricks" Harry Dean Stanton ...

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COMMENTARY: Dreamcatcher (2003) from 2016-12-25T10:00

Happy Christmas from HoopleCast! And what did Santa bring you? Why, shit weasels and toodle pips for days and days, by Jove! Join Matt and Claire as they laugh and cringe their way through Stephen ...

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HBO PROJECT: Tales from the Crypt (1989) | Lifestories: Familes in Crisis (1992) from 2016-12-18T10:00

The HoopleCast HBO Project continues by discussing two episodes of the horror anthology Tales from the Crypt (1989). In "The Man Who Was Death" William Sadler is a real Frank Underwood-slash-super ...

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HBO PROJECT: Philip Marlowe, Private Eye (1983) | Maximum Security (1984) from 2016-11-20T23:15

Now that we've wrapped Deadwood, what is a hooplehead to do? Why, cover every. single. fucking. HBO drama series since the very fucking beginning, of course. This is the first installment of "Phase...

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BONUS: Deadwood Fan Fiction from 2016-10-22T13:30

We preview the first two HBO series to be covered in the next phase of the podcast, then read some terrific Deadwood fan fiction. Featuring "Undeadwood" and "PostMortem Exam" by mooncustafer, and "...

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Deadwood 3x12 "Tell Him Something Pretty" from 2016-08-22T20:00

Episode Thirty-six. A murder engine versus a Swearengen as Stephanie Edd, author of The Clear Case and The Halyard Hitch, drops the hammer again. Hawkeye arrives with future Tarantino cast "The Alm...

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Deadwood 3x11 "The Catbird Seat" from 2016-07-30T15:00

Episode Thirty-five. Longtime Deadwood fan Andrew is our guest for this pivotal penultimate episode. The murder of a beloved individual unites the camp against the grotesque George Hearst... Trixie...

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COMMENTARY: Deadwood 3x11 from 2016-07-20T07:25

Hoopleheads Matt H & Mel record a commentary for "The Catbird Seat." | Send feedback to hooplecast@gmail.com. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com...

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Deadwood 3x10 "A Constant Throb" from 2016-07-16T15:30

Episode Thirty-four. Does David Milch hate the Irish? Our guest Jonathon thinks so! As shots ring out in the thoroughfare, Al has his hero moment... Alma somersaults after eating Jewel’s breakfast....

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Deadwood 3x08 "Leviathan Smiles" from 2016-06-18T23:30

Episode Thirty-two. We welcome back to the podcast Will of Down Below: A Babylon 5 Introcast, The Sense8 Podcast, and (coming late 2016) SpartaCast. A scheme to keep General Fields in camp backfire...

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Deadwood 3x06 "A Rich Find" from 2016-05-20T21:00

Episode Thirty. Laurel returns for the aftermath of the infamous bout that left our Dan a Neanderthal. Disgusted by her ladyship's bad habits, Trixie ponders employment elsewhere, but is quickly ad...

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COMMENTARY: Deadwood 3x05 from 2016-04-29T21:00

Hoopleheads Matt H & Mel record a commentary for "A Two-Headed Beast." | Send feedback to hooplecast@gmail.com. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.c...

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Deadwood 3x04 "Full Faith and Credit" from 2016-04-23T16:00

Episode Twenty-eight. Our hearts fuckin' leap with (Love)joy as Ian McShane superfan Russell joins us to discuss this episode, which features not only one, but *two!* blowjobologues. The return of ...

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Deadwood 3x02 "I Am Not the Fine Man You Take Me For" from 2016-03-27T13:00

Episode Twenty-six. Haso is our little duckling for this latest episode, which finds our citizens eagerly anticipating an evening's worth of substantial, and not at all anti-Semitic, speechifying. ...

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Deadwood 3x01 "Tell Your God to Ready for Blood" from 2016-03-18T22:00

Episode Twenty-five. The third season premiere is fixin' toward a bloody outcome as we're joined once more by Nuchtchas of The Nutty Bites Podcast. One of the last three speakers of the Cornish lan...

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Deadwood 2x11 "The Whores Can Come" from 2015-12-25T16:00

Episode Twenty-three. (Question: How many kinds of cock breath are there?) The always insightful Nuchtchas of The Nutty Bites Podcast returns as our guest, and we couldn't be more thrilled. The San...

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Deadwood 2x09 "Amalgamation and Capital" from 2015-11-21T16:00

Episode Twenty-one. Emily of Yes, Mother and Sue Watches Buffy returns as our guest, and we're all impressed by mini-adult William Bullock. Al's palate rebels against Merrick's overzealous newspape...

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Deadwood 2x07 "E.B. Was Left Out" from 2015-10-30T14:00

Episode Nineteen. If you're lonely and forsaken, HoopleCast, featuring guest Stephanie Edd of EddCast, is available to milk you of your sorrows. (Then, afterward, complete this survey, maybe?) A ga...

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Deadwood 2x06 "Something Very Expensive" from 2015-10-13T16:00

Episode Eighteen. We're halfway through the series and events take a very disturbing turn. Fortunately, Stephanie of RedemptionCast and The iZombie Podcast is here to lighten the mood. Camp residen...

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Deadwood 2x04 "Requiem for a Gleet" from 2015-09-18T16:00

Episode Sixteen. Harold joins us for a "conversation" of this most gleetful of episodes. A disfigured road agent exacerbates Dan's very bad day... Al's stones are loosened by Jewel's sonic screams....

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Deadwood 2x02 "A Lie Agreed Upon, Part II" from 2015-08-22T16:00

Episode Fourteen. The denizens of Deadwood are on edge following the day's earlier ruckuses and rumpuses. Fortunately, Nuchtchas returns to help us make sense of the various complexities that weigh...

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COMMENTARY: Deadwood 2x01 from 2015-07-31T16:00

Hoopleheads Matt H & Mel record a commentary for the season two premiere, "A Lie Agreed Upon, Part I." (Note: Portions of the recording are missing due to technical issues.) | Send feedback to hoop...

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HoopleCast: An IntroCast For HBO's Deadwood
BONUS: Lovejoy 5x02 "Who Is The Fairest of Them All?" from 2015-07-20T16:00

Before he was fascinating and terrifying as Deadwood's Al Swearengen, actor Ian McShane played rakish antiques dealer Meredith Lovejoy on the long-running English series Lovejoy. This is that. More...

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HoopleCast: An IntroCast For HBO's Deadwood
Deadwood 1x12 "Sold Under Sin" from 2015-07-17T16:00

Episode Twelve. Huzzah! Nimble forest creature Ina is our guest for the season one finale. Deadwood honors General Crook and the 7th Calvary with a parade... Otis attempts extraction from Alma's ve...

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Deadwood 1x10 "Mister Wu" from 2015-06-20T16:00

Episode Ten. Cait Lin of The Twin Peaks Podcast and Intro to Brisco helps us navigate the murky (bath)waters of Deadwood's racial divide. Two white dope fiends have robbed and murdered a Chinese co...

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Deadwood 1x08 "Suffer the Little Children" from 2015-05-19T16:00

Episode Eight. Robin of The iZombie Podcast and The Defenders Podcast lends much needed levity to this brutal episode in which a beady-eyed ferret becomes late night vittles for Mister Wu's pigs. ....

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Deadwood 1x06 "Plague" from 2015-04-23T16:00

Episode Six. Help yourselves to some canned peaches and another installment of HoopleCast, brought to you free gratis. Doctor Moira brings all the Pox Facts as we discuss "Plague." (Moira claims sm...

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HoopleCast: An IntroCast For HBO's Deadwood
Deadwood 1x04 "Here Was a Man" from 2015-03-25T16:00

Episode Four. Harold is our guest for this game-changing episode in which an act of kindness leads to a dark result. Alma is reunited with Brom and monologues her backstory... Ellsworth tells Dan t...

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HoopleCast: An IntroCast For HBO's Deadwood
Deadwood 1x03 "Reconnoitering the Rim" from 2015-03-12T16:00

Episode Three. Nuchtchas, our Lord and Savior from The Nutty Bites Podcast, assists us in reconnoitering a particularly perilous rim. There's a traitor in Al's midst... Jane is a total Tina Belcher...

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HoopleCast: An IntroCast For HBO's Deadwood
Deadwood 1x02 "Deep Water" from 2015-02-25T16:00

Episode Two. Stephanie of PotentialCast joins us to discuss "Deep Water" an episode featuring gross people doing gross things, like urinating in chamber pots, urinating in chaps, urinating on the s...

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HoopleCast: An IntroCast For HBO's Deadwood
Deadwood 1x01 "Deadwood" from 2015-02-13T16:00

Episode One. It's finally here. The pilot episode of Deadwood. Carol, Matt H & Mel are escorted through the outlaw camp by veteran viewer Matt A. We meet ex-Marshall Seth Bullock and his business p...

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