The People's History Of Film

Welcome back Historians! Dalton Stuart has returned once again for another entry in the People's History of Film. This week, Dalton sits down with slam poet and comedian Victoria Bautista. Dalton and Victoria have known each other through the comedy circuit in Oklahoma City. Now, they finally get to sit down and have a good old fashioned conversation. Victoria speaks to life in Law School, her Filipino heritage, and how she circumnavigated performing comedy in bars at a young age. Dalton praises Victoria's poetry skills and her involvement and success as a slam poet. This leads to a special moment towards the end of the interview as Victoria delivers one of her pieces for the show. Victoria brings a lot of energy to this week's show, and a lot of laughs. This is Victoria Bautista's history of film, get into it. 

Welcome once again, friends and enemies alike, to the People’s History of Film. This week, we're back with more local Oklahoma City talent as Dalton talks with the OKC-based podcaster and martial artist Elijah Bailey who hosts The Elijah Bailey Show, A Little Bit o Anime and a ton of other content over at Blacken Studios. Are you ready for Dalton to spend a ludicrous amount of time talking about martial arts and fight choreography? Well, consider yourself warned because that's exactly what happens—for a while... Like a long time.Anyway, Elijah is an incredibly accomplished martial artist and martial arts instructor so it would've been a waste not to go down that rabbit-hole. Is it self-indulgent? Maybe. Does it make for a great conversation? Absolutely. If that's not your jam, fear not, because there is a ton of other ground covered in this interview. Furthermore, we spend plenty of time going through classic People's History topics like family and the power of film in personal relationships. Strap in. This i

Hello dearest friends and welcome once again to the People’s History of Film. This week we return to Oklahoma City's well of local talent as Dalton sits down with OKC-based podcaster Courtney Oliphant who is one of the co-hosts of the fantastic Chicks with Flicks. The premise of their show is discussed in the interview, but the basic conceit is a group of funny and savvy women discuss films that can readily be described as "dude movies" and see what the big deal is. Courtney is one of a number of OKC podcasters that has worked to develop a community between the local talent. This was a wonderful conversion that veers very heavily into the realm of the emotionally honest and intense. What more could you want from an interview. This is Courtney Oliphant's history of film, get into it.

Salutations nerds and film historians! Welcome back to the People's History of Film. For this episode, Dalton sat down via the internet to talk with James Oster, aka Jimmy O, from JoBlo and Arrow to the Head. James is an extremely prolific film critic and interviewer. Recently though, he has teamed up with friend of GoodTrash Media Nick Sanford as producer on The Harvesters. Over the course of the interview Jimmy discusses his career as a critic, the production of The Harvesters, and so much more. Heads up, we tried out some new audio software for this one and ran into some issues, so do be patient. Enough build up. You're here for Jimmy O's history of film. Get into it!

Greetings beautiful weirdos! Welcome back to The People's History of Film! This week we have something a little different for you. Dalton sat down via Skype to talk with Cyphus, one of the hosts of Defense of the Patience, a gaming podcast originally focused on Dota 2 (Defense of the Ancients 2 for the uninitiated, like Dalton). Since starting the podcast their content has expanded to cover additional video games while still featuring a lineup of shows devoted to Dota 2. If that all sounds like gibberish to you don't worry, it mostly did to Dalton too, but that was hardly a roadblock to a fantastic conversation. This was fun one and once again a guest made the mistake of letting Dalton talk about David Fincher. Consider it another installment in the “Dalton tries to make a total stranger be friends with him” series of interviews. Enjoy!

Greetings nerds! Welcome once again to another thrilling episode of The People's History of Film. This week Dalton sits down with Vinton Bayne, the mastermind behind the Graphomania Podcast Network and the co-host of the number one Hamilton podcast in the world, Hamilton The Podcast. Vinton had such a good time with the interview in fact he started a segment on his Read Brave Comics podcast called "The People's History of Comics" where, you guessed it, he talks to people about their personal history with comic books. In fact your fearful host Dalton was Vinton's very first guess. You can hear that right here! Enough of this though, you're here for Vinton Bayne's history of film. Get into it!

Hello film historians! Welcome back to another thrilling episode of The People's History of Film. This week Dalton sits down with actor and filmmaker Ashley Mandanas. Ashley is a frequent collaborator of Daniel Aaron Austin, who we talked to way back on episode thirteen. Daniel was nice enough connect us with Ashley so we could make this interview happen. We're certainly glad he did too, because Ashley was a real treat to talk to. Just an incredibly joyful and charming presence. Get into it!

Welcome back to the party film historians! This week we have on professional sound engineer and the host of the Okie Show Show podcast, Brian Gililland. In addition, he has worked on a number of short and feature films. Brian's podcast is focused on navigating the film and entertainment industry here in Oklahoma and it shows, because he knows basically every local we've ever had on this show. The guy gets around. Brian was unbelievably easy to talk to and a generally cheeky dude, which made for a fun and breezy interview. Get into it.

Hello dear listeners and welcome back to another exciting episode of The People's History of Film. This week we have on musician and occasional stand-up comic Ben Frantz. Ben and Dalton have performed at comedy shows together more than a few times, but this was the first time they ever sat down for a real conversation. So consider this another edition of the "Dalton makes people he kind of knows hang out with him and so he can get to know them better" series of interviews.  Stay tuned for the end of episode for our very first live musical performance. Get into it. 

Welcome back film historians! This week we continue our ongoing special series of interviews in which every ten episodes Dalton sits down with one of the other main staff members of GoodTrash Media, in order of when they joined the team. For this installment Dalton spoke with Arthur Gordon, who along with Dalton and episode ten guest Dustin Sells is one of the three original hosts of our flagship show, The GoodTrash GenreCast.The conversation starts with some inside baseball on the production of The People's History of Film, and a bit of marveling on how the hell this all came together. Things then turn to how Arthur found his way into the world of film criticism and analysis. As we begin to actively unravel Arthur's history the conversation gets incredibly personal with little left off the table. The emotion of this episode was so real in fact we couldn't bear to edit a bit of it, so Arthur's dogs even make an appearance as they insisted on distracting Arthur and Dalton from the task at hand.To get meta for

Welcome back nerds! On this week's People's History of Film Dalton sits down to talk with multi-media artist Valerie Sharp, who may well be one of the nicest guests we have ever had. Dalton knows next to nothing about the fine arts (performance or otherwise) so this was a fun interview if only for the educational value. Valerie Sharp has been all over with her art and performances including New York. More than learning about the arts though this was just a delightful interview because Valerie herself is just a delightful person who came to the table ready to share about her life. Valerie's knowledge and viewing experience may surprise you from time to time, but she discusses some interesting films throughout the show. This one is not to be missed. Seriously, stop reading this and get into it.

Hello party people! Welcome back to another installment of The People's History of Film. This week we have on the host of The Okie Geek Podcast, Michael Cross. Michael is also the morning voice of KOSU, one of the two NPR affiliates here in Oklahoma. So, that's a little added bonus for some of our local listeners.  This made things especially surreal for Dalton as he has been listening to Michael on the radio for years. The weirdness is short-lived though as Michael and Dalton become fast friends bonding over their shared love of geeky content. Speaking of geeky-stuff, if you're wondering why Dalton and Michael can't stop complaining about Batman v Superman months after its theatrical release, this episode was recorded back in March. They have both since gotten over the movie... Mostly.So sit down and get ready to rock, in an NPR-interviewy type of way. Michael was a lot of fun and had some great stories for us. Don't forget to go check out The Okie Geek Podcast on Twitter (@OkieGeekPodcast) and on Facebook (

Hello listeners old and new and welcome to the People's History of Film! This week Dalton sits down via Skype to talk to one of the masterminds behind the Laser Time podcast network, Chris Antista. Chris has a background working in the video game industry, but for the last several years has been a full-time podcaster. That background greatly informs Laser Time as a network as their content has a focus on video games and nerd culture. This makes Chris a fun guest because Dalton has interviewed podcasters before, but never one whose focus was not explicitly in the world of film. Make know mistake though, Chris knows his. Seriously, dude has consumed a ton of cinema. There are a few audio flubs here and there in this episode as often happens with these call in interviews, so please bear with us because this is a fun interview because this is an especially fun and laugh filled episode. Enough disclaimers, you came here for an interview. This is Chris Antista's history of film. 

Welcome to another exciting episode of The People's History of Film. We have a very special episode for you this week. Well, every episode is special in it's own way, but this one is particularly exciting. You see our show's incredibly talented producer Arthur Gordon was able to book the co-founder of Letterboxd, Matt Buchanan.For those not already in the know Letterboxd is a social network that allows film fans to share their cinematic tastes by rating and reviewing the films they watch and logging when they watched said films. For obvious reasons Letterboxd is one of the GoodTrash Media team's favorite websites. It helps us with our year in review lists and its "films watched the year" feature makes for fun competition between us.All of this is to say that Dalton was a bit starstruck when Matt sat down with him over Skype from his home in Auckland, New Zealand. This made for a very different kind of episode as Dalton let his inner Terry Gross run wild with the end result being a bit more NPR in nature than

Welcome back listeners! This week we sit down to talk with Mitch Leasure who works as the warehouse manager for the Oklahoma City based NGP Video Production Services and Equipment Rental. So, if you're about to start working on a film and need the right tools, head over to the NGP website and see what they've got. He also works in film production in the grip and electric departments. Mitch is a self-described proponent of free thought and enjoys his important "leasure" time reading and drumming - he's got jokes, what can I say. This is one of those "Dalton tries to make a total stranger be friends with him" episodes and includes some extensive talk about the unique power of film to cultivate a love for music. Mitch knows what he's talking about in this regard and Dalton does his level best to sound like a cool guy with good taste in music, which is something we all know is not the case.

Greetings nerds and film historians! Welcome back, or hello for the first time as the case may be. On this week's episode of The People's History of Film Dalton sits down with Oklahoma City filmmaker Laron Chapman. Laron is currently working on his first feature which he wrote and hopes to direct. Laron spends a few moments sharing with me the background of this film, entitled You People. It sounds fantastic. The conversation really gets going with Laron discussing his family, and many great jokes are made while referencing a certain show from the 70s. We then highlight his time as a production assistant and the things that inspire him as a filmmaker.All of that greatness is just within the opening minutes of the show! Laron is just a delight. Now, normally, these interviews are dropped using a Delorean and some plutonium, but we decided to drop Laron's interview while it was still hot and fresh. You see, Laron is in the midst of a crowd-funding campaign on IndieGOGO as he is trying to raise funds to get You

Welcome back to the party film historians. This week we have on filmmaker and friend of GoodTrash Media, Daniel Aaron Austin. I'm not exaggerating when I call him a friend by the way. Daniel is an old friend of Caleb Masters who hosts Back to the Movies, and he even made our Patreon promotional video. So, solid dude.This was a fun interview that included a bit of an overview on Daniel's journey to becoming a filmmaker. His journey is kind of a fascinating one in that Daniel is relatively new to film. He only started to find his love for film within the last few years while he was in college, with Caleb Masters no less, and readily admits not so long ago he thought Transformers was the peak of cinematic achievement. So you could say GoodTrash Media is responsible for Daniel becoming a filmmaker. Well, okay, that might be a stretch, but Dalton is an expert at self-aggrandizement so he'll probably say that.

What up nerds and historians! Welcome back to The People's History of Film. This week we sit down with stand-up comic Christopher Fox. We recorded this one way back when the show was bi-weekly as you'll notice from a little flub during the intro, so sorry - we guess.In addition to being an exceptionally funny guy our guest, Christopher is good friend of Dalton's - which as loyal listeners know by now always makes for a decidedly silly interview with a lot of laughs. More than that though, it's somehow the longest one-on-one conversation Dalton and Christopher have ever had despite frequently collaborating with each other, so there are plenty of moments of discovery where the two learn a thing or two about each other.Christopher, along with former guest Heath Huffman, is one of the masterminds behind Oklahoma City's alt-comedy collective, The SAAD Boys, who put on a variety show the first Saturday of every month at The Parish in OKC's Plaza District. In fact, you can even see your fearless host Dalton there mo

Welcome back fellow historians to another thrilling episode of The People's History of Film. This week Dalton sits down with Oklahoma City-based actor Stephen Goodman. Things start off with an exploration of Stephen's personal journey as an actor, including a little inside baseball talk about the differences between working on indie projects here in OKC and working on union jobs in LA. Things slowly get more personal, with talks of family history and man-tears, culminating in one of the silliest/funniest stories to ever be featured on this show in which Stephen breaks down the nuances of the decidedly back-woods game "critter, critter" - get into it friends.Stephen Goodman can be seen in the feature film Electric Nostalgia which will be featured at the deadCenter Film Festival here in Oklahoma City.Correction: 1989's Batman was the first consumer-priced VHS, not the first one commercially available as Dalton said. Because he is an idiot.

Welcome back film historians! On a very special 10th episode of The People's History of Film, Dalton sits down with one of his fellow co-founders of The GoodTrash GenreCast, the flagship podcast here at GoodTrash Media. We (meaning Dalton) decided that it would be a fun marker of time every ten episodes to interview one of the other core members of the GoodTrash Media Network, starting in chronological order of when they joined. So consider this part one in a special recurring series of interviews.Now, those in the know might be aware that Dustin and Dalton, along with PHoF producer Arthur Gordon, started this GoodTrash madness together when they met in college. So really we could've started this series of interviews with Dustin or Arthur, but it seemed appropriate to start with Dustin as he was the wellspring of crazy from which the idea for a podcast came. Beyond that, Dustin is kind of the heart that holds this all together. Not that he'd admit it.If you've ever wondered a little about the history of GoodT