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🚨🚨 BONUS EPISODE!!! 🚨🚨Let’s Taco ‘Bout drops in with a special Friday bonus episode. In celebration of Trans Day of Visibility, community health worker and community outreach manager for The Transformation Project, Jack Fonder, joins the show. We chat about Jack’s transition, working in non-profit, and finding ways to self-care in the midst of stressful days. We also chat about the featured movie of the week, 1999’s Boys Don’t Cry.You can follow Jack online @jackfonder and also follow The Transformation Project across social media @transformationprojectsd. On Saturday, April 1, The Transformation Project will be hosting a day of celebration for Trans Day of Visibility at 300 N. Philips Avenue in downtown Sioux Falls.Follow Fat Dude Digs Flicks across social media:Facebook - Fat Dude Digs FlicksInstagram - FatDudeDigsFlicksTwitter - FatDudeFlicksTikTok - FatDudeDigsFlicksLetterboxd - FatDudeFlicksSubscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher Radio, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Search for Fat Dude Digs Flicks and click on that subscribe button. Please take a second to rate and review the show, while you’re at it! Subscribe to the Fat Dude Digs Flicks YouTube channel and send a thumbs up or two my way!If you’d like to contact me for any recommendations, questions, comments, concerns, or to be a future guest, you can send an email to FatDudeDigsFlicks@gmail.com. And now the call to action:Help protect, defend, and support our LGBTQ+ brothers, sisters, and non-binary spiritual siblings by checking out:Transformation Project SDGLAADTrans LifelineThe Trevor ProjectThe Center of Excellence for Transgender HealthGender DiversityHuman Rights CampainIt Gets Better ProjectThe Transgender Law CenterFORGEGLSENThe Matthew Shepard FoundationPride FoundationTransgender Legal Defense and Education FundTrans Women of Color CollectiveTrans Youth Equality FoundationNational Center For Transgender EqualityTrue Colors FundThe Trans Culture DistrictGun violence in the United States has reached epidemic proportions. Join the fight for better gun laws and regulations by looking into or contributing to: Coalition to Stop Gun ViolenceEverytown for Gun SafetyThe Brady CampaignNewtown Action AllianceMoms Demand Action for Gun Sense in AmericaAmericans for Responsible SolutionsLaw Center to Prevent Gun ViolenceThe need for the #BlackLivesMatter movement continues across the country. Keep giving as much support to these organizations as you can:The American Civil Liberties UnionThe Bail ProjectBlack Lives MatterBlack Trans Travel FundCOVID Bail Out NYCColor of ChangeGeorge Floyd Memorial FundThe Innocence ProjectJustice For BreonnaJustice For ElijahJustice Frontline AidKnow Your Rights Camp Legal Defense FundNAACP Legal Defense and Education FundNational Bail Fund NetworkNational Police Accountability ProjectRun With MaudUnicorn Riot Support the show

This week on an all new Let’s Taco ‘Bout, we dive into what is regarded as one of the best films of all time. Sioux Falls actor of stage and screen, Clinton Store, guests on the program. We talk about discovering his talents later in life, his years of service in the National Guard and Army, and what movies are a part of his core. We then dive into this week’s featured movie, Frank Darabont’s adaptation of the Stephen King novella, The Shawshank Redemption.Check out Clinton on stage in Sioux Falls, soon in the Premier Playhouse’s production of Cinderella. You can also check out Clinton’s film projects on IMDb.com.Follow Fat Dude Digs Flicks across social media:Facebook - Fat Dude Digs FlicksInstagram - FatDudeDigsFlicksTwitter - FatDudeFlicksTikTok - FatDudeDigsFlicksLetterboxd - FatDudeFlicksSubscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher Radio, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Search for Fat Dude Digs Flicks and click on that subscribe button. Please take a second to rate and review the show, while you’re at it! Subscribe to the Fat Dude Digs Flicks YouTube channel and send a thumbs up or two my way!If you’d like to contact me for any recommendations, questions, comments, concerns, or to be a future guest, you can send an email to FatDudeDigsFlicks@gmail.com. And now the call to action:Gun violence in the United States has reached epidemic proportions. Join the fight for better gun laws and regulations by looking into or contributing to: Coalition to Stop Gun ViolenceEverytown for Gun SafetyThe Brady CampaignNewtown Action AllianceMoms Demand Action for Gun Sense in AmericaAmericans for Responsible SolutionsLaw Center to Prevent Gun ViolenceThe need for the #BlackLivesMatter movement continues across the country. Keep giving as much support to these organizations as you can:The American Civil Liberties UnionThe Bail ProjectBlack Lives MatterBlack Trans Travel FundCOVID Bail Out NYCColor of ChangeGeorge Floyd Memorial FundThe Innocence ProjectJustice For BreonnaJustice For ElijahJustice Frontline AidKnow Your Rights Camp Legal Defense FundNAACP Legal Defense and Education FundNational Bail Fund NetworkNational Police Accountability ProjectRun With MaudUnicorn RiotHelp protect, defend, and support our LGBTQ+ brothers, sisters, and non-binary spiritual siblings by checking out:Transformation Project SDGLAADTrans LifelineThe Trevor ProjectThe Center of Excellence for Transgender HealthGender DiversityHuman Rights CampainIt Gets Better ProjectThe Transgender Law CenterFORGEGLSENThe Matthew Shepard FoundationPride FoundationTransgender Legal Defense and Education FundTrans Women of Color CollectiveTrans Youth Equality FoundationNational Center For Transgender EqualityTrue Colors FundThe Trans Culture District Support the show

The Criterion Break is back again, continuing our miniseries on Wong Kar-Wai. The next films in the beautiful World of Wong Kar-Wai box set are Chungking Express and Fallen Angels. Blake discusses his deep affection for the auteur’s 1994 crossover smash, while the other two chat about whether or not the film clicked for them. We then dive into 1995’s companion piece and determine that it is most definitely a vibe.Blake can be found on Letterboxd @therealjohng. Derrick can be found on  Instagram AND Letterboxd @dervdude.Follow Fat Dude Digs Flicks across social media: Facebook - Fat Dude Digs FlicksInstagram - FatDudeDigsFlicksTwitter - FatDudeFlicksTikTok - FatDudeDigsFlicksLetterboxd - FatDudeFlicksSubscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher Radio, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Search for Fat Dude Digs Flicks and click on that subscribe button. Please take a second to rate and review the show, while you’re at it! Subscribe to the Fat Dude Digs Flicks YouTube channel and send a thumbs up or two my way!If you’d like to contact me for any recommendations, questions, comments, concerns, or to be a future guest, you can send an email to FatDudeDigsFlicks@gmail.com. Support the show

It’s a Saturday special before the Oscars! The Criterion Break arrives with a BONUS episode! This week, the boys discuss their picks and predictions for Sunday’s Oscar ceremony! They finally get their chance to talk their favorites of the year as awards season rolls to a close.Blake can be found on Letterboxd @therealjohng. Derrick can be found on  Instagram AND Letterboxd @dervdude.Follow Fat Dude Digs Flicks across social media: Facebook - Fat Dude Digs FlicksInstagram - FatDudeDigsFlicksTwitter - FatDudeFlicksTikTok - FatDudeDigsFlicksLetterboxd - FatDudeFlicksSubscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher Radio, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Search for Fat Dude Digs Flicks and click on that subscribe button. Please take a second to rate and review the show, while you’re at it! Subscribe to the Fat Dude Digs Flicks YouTube channel and send a thumbs up or two my way!If you’d like to contact me for any recommendations, questions, comments, concerns, or to be a future guest, you can send an email to FatDudeDigsFlicks@gmail.com. Support the show

Let’s Taco ‘Bout returns! This week, the Fat Dude is joined by podcast host and anti-bullying advocate, Zach MrEyeliner. The two chat about Zach’s upbringing and early life, his passion for anti-bullying and acceptance, and where his love for horror stems from. The two then dive into Zach’s pick for movie of the week, the cult classic horror comedy, The Monster Squad.Follow Zach on Instagram @thschopshop and give a listen to The Horror Supernatural Chop Shop podcast, available anywhere you get your podcasts.Follow Fat Dude Digs Flicks across social media: Facebook - Fat Dude Digs FlicksInstagram - FatDudeDigsFlicksTwitter - FatDudeFlicksTikTok - FatDudeDigsFlicksLetterboxd - FatDudeFlicksSubscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher Radio, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Search for Fat Dude Digs Flicks and click on that subscribe button. Please take a second to rate and review the show, while you’re at it! Subscribe to the Fat Dude Digs Flicks YouTube channel and send a thumbs up or two my way!If you’d like to contact me for any recommendations, questions, comments, concerns, or to be a future guest, you can send an email to FatDudeDigsFlicks@gmail.com. And now the call to action:Help protect, defend, and support our LGBTQ+ brothers, sisters, and non-binary spiritual siblings by checking out:Transformation Project SDGLAADTrans LifelineThe Trevor ProjectThe Center of Excellence for Transgender HealthGender DiversityHuman Rights CampainIt Gets Better ProjectThe Transgender Law CenterFORGEGLSENThe Matthew Shepard FoundationPride FoundationTransgender Legal Defense and Education FundTrans Women of Color CollectiveTrans Youth Equality FoundationNational Center For Transgender EqualityTrue Colors FundThe Trans Culture District The fight for Women’s Reproductive Rights continues. If you are interested in supporting a woman’s right to choose, please look into the following organizations: Planned ParenthoodCenter for Reproductive RightsPathfinder InternationalNational Women’s Law CenterNARAL Pro-Choice AmericaReligious Coalition for Reproductive ChoiceEquality NowEvery Mother CountsGlobal Fund For WomenGun violence in the United States has reached epidemic proportions. Join the fight for better gun laws and regulations by looking into or contributing to: Coalition to Stop Gun ViolenceEverytown for Gun SafetyThe Brady CampaignNewtown Action AllianceMoms Demand Action for Gun Sense in AmericaAmericans for Responsible SolutionsLaw Center to Prevent Gun Violence Support the show

You deserve a break! This week, The Criterion Break returns to begin their miniseries on the films of Wong Kar-Wai. We all get to crack open the our box sets and begin our journey through longing in Hong Kong. This week’s episode focuses on the first to films in the World of Wong Kar-Wai set, As Tears Go By and Days of Being Wild. We discuss our thoughts on the cinematic starting point for a directing legend.Blake can be found on Letterboxd @therealjohng. Derrick can be found on  Instagram AND Letterboxd @dervdude.Follow Fat Dude Digs Flicks across social media: Facebook - Fat Dude Digs FlicksInstagram - FatDudeDigsFlicksTwitter - FatDudeFlicksTikTok - FatDudeDigsFlicksLetterboxd - FatDudeFlicksSubscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher Radio, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Search for Fat Dude Digs Flicks and click on that subscribe button. Please take a second to rate and review the show, while you’re at it! Subscribe to the Fat Dude Digs Flicks YouTube channel and send a thumbs up or two my way!If you’d like to contact me for any recommendations, questions, comments, concerns, or to be a future guest, you can send an email to FatDudeDigsFlicks@gmail.com. Support the show

Let’s Taco ‘Bout returns after a week off to breathe! This week, The Fat Dude is joined by his old college roommate, Minnesota educator and TikTok phenomenon, Mandi Jung. Mandi and Andy talk about personal growth, finding the person who gets you, teaching the next generation, and what it’s like to get mentioned on Fox News TWICE! We also dive into Mandi’s movie pick for the week, the 1995 comedy, Empire Records.You can follow Mandi on social media at the following:Twitter - @sabocat_Instagram - @sabocat_teacherTikTok - @sabocatOr check out her website at http://www.sabocatteacher.comFollow Fat Dude Digs Flicks across social media: Facebook - Fat Dude Digs FlicksInstagram - FatDudeDigsFlicksTwitter - FatDudeFlicksTikTok - FatDudeDigsFlicksLetterboxd - FatDudeFlicksSubscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher Radio, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Search for Fat Dude Digs Flicks and click on that subscribe button. Please take a second to rate and review the show, while you’re at it! Subscribe to the Fat Dude Digs Flicks YouTube channel and send a thumbs up or two my way!If you’d like to contact me for any recommendations, questions, comments, concerns, or to be a future guest, you can send an email to FatDudeDigsFlicks@gmail.com. And now the call to action:Help protect, defend, and support our LGBTQ+ brothers, sisters, and non-binary spiritual siblings by checking out:Transformation Project SDGLAADTrans LifelineThe Trevor ProjectThe Center of Excellence for Transgender HealthGender DiversityHuman Rights CampainIt Gets Better ProjectThe Transgender Law CenterFORGEGLSENThe Matthew Shepard FoundationPride FoundationTransgender Legal Defense and Education FundTrans Women of Color CollectiveTrans Youth Equality FoundationNational Center For Transgender EqualityTrue Colors FundThe Trans Culture District The fight for Women’s Reproductive Rights continues. If you are interested in supporting a woman’s right to choose, please look into the following organizations: Planned ParenthoodCenter for Reproductive RightsPathfinder InternationalNational Women’s Law CenterNARAL Pro-Choice AmericaReligious Coalition for Reproductive ChoiceEquality NowEvery Mother CountsGlobal Fund For WomenGun violence in the United States has reached epidemic proportions. Join the fight for better gun laws and regulations by looking into or contributing to: Coalition to Stop Gun ViolenceEverytown for Gun SafetyThe Brady CampaignNewtown Action AllianceMoms Demand Action for Gun Sense in AmericaAmericans for Responsible SolutionsLaw Center to Prevent Gun Violence Support the show

Getting back on a regular schedule with a doozy of an episode! This week, it is an absolute honor to be joined by Ryan Miller, the lead singer of Guster, who has also amassed a pretty solid scoring filmography. Guster has been one of my favorite bands for almost 30 years! We discuss the band’s roots, their longevity, and some memorable moments in their history. We also dive into the world of film scoring and discuss the process behind creating music for a film.You can find Guster online across social media @guster. Also, Ryan’s latest film score can be found in the delightful Prime Video romantic comedy, Something From Tiffany’s. Follow Fat Dude Digs Flicks across social media: Facebook - Fat Dude Digs FlicksInstagram - FatDudeDigsFlicksTwitter - FatDudeFlicksTikTok - FatDudeDigsFlicksLetterboxd - FatDudeFlicksSubscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher Radio, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Search for Fat Dude Digs Flicks and click on that subscribe button. Please take a second to rate and review the show, while you’re at it! Subscribe to the Fat Dude Digs Flicks YouTube channel and send a thumbs up or two my way!If you’d like to contact me for any recommendations, questions, comments, concerns, or to be a future guest, you can send an email to FatDudeDigsFlicks@gmail.com. And now the call to action:The fight for Women’s Reproductive Rights continues. If you are interested in supporting a woman’s right to choose, please look into the following organizations: Planned ParenthoodCenter for Reproductive RightsPathfinder InternationalNational Women’s Law CenterNARAL Pro-Choice AmericaReligious Coalition for Reproductive ChoiceEquality NowEvery Mother CountsGlobal Fund For WomenHelp protect, defend, and support our LGBTQ+ brothers, sisters, and non-binary spiritual siblings by checking out:Transformation Project SDGLAADTrans LifelineThe Trevor ProjectThe Center of Excellence for Transgender HealthGender DiversityHuman Rights CampainIt Gets Better ProjectThe Transgender Law CenterFORGEGLSENThe Matthew Shepard FoundationPride FoundationTransgender Legal Defense and Education FundTrans Women of Color CollectiveTrans Youth Equality FoundationNational Center For Transgender EqualityTrue Colors FundThe Trans Culture District Support the show

And now it’s time for a Criterion Break!The boys return for their second episode of the month, wrapping up the films covered in the Fat Dude’s Movies You Should See series, now screening at The State Theatre in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Andy closes up his series with two Criterion titles from different eras. The first is a human drama starring the fantastic Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night, while the second is the silent comedy classic, Safety Last, featuring Harold Lloyd. Would Andy’s picks excite his cohosts, or would they place their vote against him?Blake can be found on Instagram @blakeg_5150 or Letterboxd @therealjohng. Derrick can be found on both Instagram AND Letterboxd @dervdude.Follow Fat Dude Digs Flicks across social media: Facebook - Fat Dude Digs FlicksInstagram - FatDudeDigsFlicksTwitter - FatDudeFlicksTikTok - FatDudeDigsFlicksLetterboxd - FatDudeFlicksSubscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher Radio, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Search for Fat Dude Digs Flicks and click on that subscribe button. Please take a second to rate and review the show, while you’re at it! Subscribe to the Fat Dude Digs Flicks YouTube channel and send a thumbs up or two my way!If you’d like to contact me for any recommendations, questions, comments, concerns, or to be a future guest, you can send an email to FatDudeDigsFlicks@gmail.com. Support the show

ALERT!!!It’s a BONUS episode!!!The Fat Dude is joined by the Johannsen siblings, Jess and Nick, to talk about this year’s Oscar nominations. Hear their hot takes, the agreement with the consensus, and what shocked and surprised them on nomination morning!Follow Fat Dude Digs Flicks across social media: Facebook - Fat Dude Digs FlicksInstagram - FatDudeDigsFlicksTwitter - FatDudeFlicksTikTok - FatDudeDigsFlicksLetterboxd - FatDudeFlicksSubscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher Radio, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Search for Fat Dude Digs Flicks and click on that subscribe button. Please take a second to rate and review the show, while you’re at it! Subscribe to the Fat Dude Digs Flicks YouTube channel and send a thumbs up or two my way!If you’d like to contact me for any recommendations, questions, comments, concerns, or to be a future guest, you can send an email to FatDudeDigsFlicks@gmail.com. Support the show

The Movies You Should See Series keeps trucking along! To discuss movie three, I am joined by local actress and host of the Never Seen It with Betsy & Trent, Betsy Gorham. We talk local theater, movie-loving roots, and the joy of discovering something new. We also talk about the adventure of starting a podcast in a pandemic and hitting your stride before diving into our featured movie of the week, from 1994, Luc Besson’s The Professional.You can find Betsy online on Instagram and Twitter; just search for Betsy Gorham and you will find her there. While you’re at it, subscribe to Never Seen It with Betsy and Trent, available wherever you get your podcasts.Follow Fat Dude Digs Flicks across social media: Facebook - Fat Dude Digs FlicksInstagram - FatDudeDigsFlicksTwitter - FatDudeFlicksTikTok - FatDudeDigsFlicksLetterboxd - FatDudeFlicksSubscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher Radio, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Search for Fat Dude Digs Flicks and click on that subscribe button. Please take a second to rate and review the show, while you’re at it! Subscribe to the Fat Dude Digs Flicks YouTube channel and send a thumbs up or two my way!If you’d like to contact me for any recommendations, questions, comments, concerns, or to be a future guest, you can send an email to FatDudeDigsFlicks@gmail.com. And now the call to action:The fight for Women’s Reproductive Rights continues. If you are interested in supporting a woman’s right to choose, please look into the following organizations: Planned ParenthoodCenter for Reproductive RightsPathfinder InternationalNational Women’s Law CenterNARAL Pro-Choice AmericaReligious Coalition for Reproductive ChoiceEquality NowEvery Mother CountsGlobal Fund For WomenGun violence in the United States has reached epidemic proportions. Join the fight for better gun laws and regulations by looking into or contributing to: Coalition to Stop Gun ViolenceEverytown for Gun SafetyThe Brady CampaignNewtown Action AllianceMoms Demand Action for Gun Sense in AmericaAmericans for Responsible SolutionsLaw Center to Prevent Gun ViolenceHelp protect, defend, and support our LGBTQ+ brothers, sisters, and non-binary spiritual siblings by checking out: Transformation Project SDGLAADTrans LifelineThe Trevor ProjectThe Center of Excellence for Transgender HealthGender DiversityHuman Rights CampainIt Gets Better ProjectThe Transgender Law CenterFORGEGLSENThe Matthew Shepard FoundationPride FoundationTransgender Legal Defense and Education FundTrans Women of Color CollectiveTrans Youth Equality FoundationNational Center For Transgender EqualityTrue Colors FundThe Trans Culture District Support the show

Taco Tuesday is back for a BONUS EPISODE!!!Nathan Hults returns to the show for this week’s episode. The local comic is here to discuss this weekend’s Sno Jam Comedy Fest. Nathan tells us what to expect from the festival in its eighth year running. This year’s comedy extravaganza is supporting two great local charities, Transformation Project SD and Compass Center.Nathan can be found online @nathanhults across social media. You can also go to SnoJamComedyFest.com for ticketing information and festival schedules. Follow Fat Dude Digs Flicks across social media:Facebook - Fat Dude Digs FlicksInstagram - FatDudeDigsFlicksTwitter - FatDudeFlicksTikTok - FatDudeDigsFlicksLetterboxd - FatDudeFlicksSubscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher Radio, Spotify, Amazon Music, Goodpods, or wherever you get your podcasts. Search for Fat Dude Digs Flicks and click on that subscribe button. Please take a second to rate and review the show, while you’re at it! Subscribe to the Fat Dude Digs Flicks YouTube channel and send a thumbs up or two my way!If you’d like to contact me for any recommendations, questions, comments, concerns, or to be a future guest, you can send an email to FatDudeDigsFlicks@gmail.com. And now the call to action:Help protect, defend, and support our LGBTQ+ brothers, sisters, and non-binary spiritual siblings by checking out:Transformation Project SDGLAADTrans LifelineThe Trevor ProjectThe Center of Excellence for Transgender HealthGender DiversityHuman Rights CampainIt Gets Better ProjectThe Transgender Law CenterFORGEGLSENThe Matthew Shepard FoundationPride FoundationTransgender Legal Defense and Education FundTrans Women of Color CollectiveTrans Youth Equality FoundationNational Center For Transgender EqualityTrue Colors FundThe Trans Culture DistrictThe fight for Women’s Reproductive Rights continues. If you are interested in supporting a woman’s right to choose, please look into the following organizations: Planned ParenthoodCenter for Reproductive RightsPathfinder InternationalNational Women’s Law CenterNARAL Pro-Choice AmericaReligious Coalition for Reproductive ChoiceEquality NowEvery Mother CountsGlobal Fund For WomenGun violence in the United States has reached epidemic proportions. Join the fight for better gun laws and regulations by looking into or contributing to: Coalition to Stop Gun ViolenceEverytown for Gun SafetyThe Brady CampaignNewtown Action AllianceMoms Demand Action for Gun Sense in AmericaAmericans for Responsible SolutionsLaw Center to Prevent Gun Violence Support the show

The Criterion Break returns to tackle a big one from the Fat Dude Digs Flicks Movies You Should See series. This week, the gang dives into Yasujiro Ozu’s Tokyo Story. Recently listed as the #4 Greatest Movie of All Time according to BOTH Sight & Sound polls, Tokyo Story is a slow-paced, humanist films about the life of a family in post-war Japan. The hosts of The Criterion Break are joined this week by podcast host and writer for Blood Brothers and Film Forums, Matt Reifschneider. Matt offers his thoughts on Ozu’s masterpiece, as well.Derrick (dervdude) AND Blake (therealjohng) can both be found on Letterboxd. Derrick can also be found on Instagram.Andy can be found across social media at:Facebook - Fat Dude Digs FlicksInstagram - FatDudeDigsFlicksTwitter - FatDudeFlicksLetterboxd - Fat Dude Flicks Join in on our local movie conversation at the South Dakota Film Community page/group on Facebook. Subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher Radio, Amazon Music, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. Run a search and click on that subscribe button. Please take a second to rate and review the show, while you’re at it! Remember, subscribing to The Criterion Break also gets you the Let’s Taco ‘Bout podcast, also hosted by Andy, The Fat Dude. Let’s Taco ‘Bout features a conversation with a special guest where we discuss their lives, their loves, and a movie that has had an impact on them. If you’d like to contact us for any recommendations, questions, comments, or concerns, you can email us at FatDudeDigsFlicks@gmail.com. If by some small chance you’d like to donate anything to offset the cost of movie tickets (or streaming costs during this GLOBAL pandemic) and this podcast, be it via a gift card to pay for a digital rental, you can also send that to the aforementioned email. Any recommendation and donation will be mentioned in a future episode! If you can’t spare the dime, no worries: please leave a rating and/or a review, and spread the word about this podcast. Support the show

This week on the program, the Fat Dude kicks off his episodes that correspond with The Sioux Falls State Theatre’s Movies You Should See Series. Somehow, I get to choose four movies to grace the beautiful big screen at The State, so I am doing episodes to further express my love for those movies. I am joined this week by Seth Vargas, host of the Movie Friends Podcast. We talk about being a restaurateur during a pandemic,  being smack dab in the middle of a family with eight children, and the joy that comes with showing your own kids some of your favorite movies. We also discuss the first movie of this series, Brad Bird’s The Iron Giant!You can find Seth online on Twitter at @ohsethy and on Letterboxd at SethVargas. You can also find the Movie Friends Podcast later this month anywhere you get your podcasts!Follow Fat Dude Digs Flicks across social media: Facebook - Fat Dude Digs FlicksInstagram - FatDudeDigsFlicksTwitter - FatDudeFlicksTikTok - FatDudeDigsFlicksLetterboxd - FatDudeFlicksSubscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher Radio, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Search for Fat Dude Digs Flicks and click on that subscribe button. Please take a second to rate and review the show, while you’re at it! Subscribe to the Fat Dude Digs Flicks YouTube channel and send a thumbs up or two my way!If you’d like to contact me for any recommendations, questions, comments, concerns, or to be a future guest, you can send an email to FatDudeDigsFlicks@gmail.com.And now the call to action:The fight for Women’s Reproductive Rights continues. If you are interested in supporting a woman’s right to choose, please look into the following organizations: Planned ParenthoodCenter for Reproductive RightsPathfinder InternationalNational Women’s Law CenterNARAL Pro-Choice AmericaReligious Coalition for Reproductive ChoiceEquality NowEvery Mother CountsGlobal Fund For WomenGun violence in the United States has reached epidemic proportions. Join the fight for better gun laws and regulations by looking into or contributing to: Coalition to Stop Gun ViolenceEverytown for Gun SafetyThe Brady CampaignNewtown Action AllianceMoms Demand Action for Gun Sense in AmericaAmericans for Responsible SolutionsLaw Center to Prevent Gun ViolenceHelp protect, defend, and support our LGBTQ+ brothers, sisters, and non-binary spiritual siblings by checking out:GLAADTrans LifelineThe Trevor ProjectThe Center of Excellence for Transgender HealthGender DiversityHuman Rights CampainIt Gets Better ProjectThe Transgender Law CenterFORGEGLSENThe Matthew Shepard FoundationPride FoundationTransgender Legal Defense and Education FundTrans Women of Color CollectiveTrans Youth Equality FoundationNational Center For Transgender EqualityTrue Colors FundThe Trans Culture District Support the show

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!We’re closing out 2022 and wrapping up The Naughty List with return guest, Ryan Stoick. Ryan joins the show to chat about the future of the DC Movieverse, the state of Warner Brothers, in general, and the featured movie of the week, Zack Snyder’s Justice League. Did this rewatch change Andy’s mind? Can Ryan’s enthusiasm turn the tide? Find out here!Ryan can be found on Facebook by searching for Ryan Stoick. He’s always at the hunt for new friends!Follow Fat Dude Digs Flicks across social media: Facebook - Fat Dude Digs FlicksInstagram - FatDudeDigsFlicksTwitter - FatDudeFlicksTikTok - FatDudeDigsFlicksLetterboxd - FatDudeFlicksSubscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher Radio, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Search for Fat Dude Digs Flicks and click on that subscribe button. Please take a second to rate and review the show, while you’re at it! Subscribe to the Fat Dude Digs Flicks YouTube channel and send a thumbs up or two my way!If you’d like to contact me for any recommendations, questions, comments, concerns, or to be a future guest, you can send an email to FatDudeDigsFlicks@gmail.com. And now the call to action:The fight for Women’s Reproductive Rights continues. If you are interested in supporting a woman’s right to choose, please look into the following organizations: Planned ParenthoodCenter for Reproductive RightsPathfinder InternationalNational Women’s Law CenterNARAL Pro-Choice AmericaReligious Coalition for Reproductive ChoiceEquality NowEvery Mother CountsGlobal Fund For WomenGun violence in the United States has reached epidemic proportions. Join the fight for better gun laws and regulations by looking into or contributing to: Coalition to Stop Gun ViolenceEverytown for Gun SafetyThe Brady CampaignNewtown Action AllianceMoms Demand Action for Gun Sense in AmericaAmericans for Responsible SolutionsLaw Center to Prevent Gun Violence Support the show

Merry Christmas Eve!!!This week, the Naughty List continues! Brad Redick, co-host of the Human Dads podcast, returns to the show. The two discuss Christmas traditions, pictures with Santa, and the new age of content availability before diving into this week’s featured movie, the mid-2000s era, Tim Allen-starrer, Christmas with the Kranks. Is the movie better than The Fat Dude remembered, and is that good enough to bump it off the Naughty List?You can listen to Brad on the Human Dads podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts. Follow Fat Dude Digs Flicks across social media: Facebook - Fat Dude Digs FlicksInstagram - FatDudeDigsFlicksTwitter - FatDudeFlicksTikTok - FatDudeDigsFlicksLetterboxd - FatDudeFlicksSubscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher Radio, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Search for Fat Dude Digs Flicks and click on that subscribe button. Please take a second to rate and review the show, while you’re at it! Subscribe to the Fat Dude Digs Flicks YouTube channel and send a thumbs up or two my way!If you’d like to contact me for any recommendations, questions, comments, concerns, or to be a future guest, you can send an email to FatDudeDigsFlicks@gmail.com. And now the call to action:Help protect, defend, and support our LGBTQ+ brothers, sisters, and non-binary spiritual siblings by checking out:GLAADTrans LifelineThe Trevor ProjectThe Center of Excellence for Transgender HealthGender DiversityHuman Rights CampainIt Gets Better ProjectThe Transgender Law CenterFORGEGLSENThe Matthew Shepard FoundationPride FoundationTransgender Legal Defense and Education FundTrans Women of Color CollectiveTrans Youth Equality FoundationNational Center For Transgender EqualityTrue Colors FundThe Trans Culture DistrictThe fight for Women’s Reproductive Rights continues. If you are interested in supporting a woman’s right to choose, please look into the following organizations: Planned ParenthoodCenter for Reproductive RightsPathfinder InternationalNational Women’s Law CenterNARAL Pro-Choice AmericaReligious Coalition for Reproductive ChoiceEquality NowEvery Mother CountsGlobal Fund For WomenThe need for the #BlackLivesMatter movement continues across the country. Keep giving as much support to these organizations as you can:The American Civil Liberties UnionThe Bail ProjectBlack Lives MatterBlack Trans Travel FundCOVID Bail Out NYCColor of ChangeGeorge Floyd Memorial FundThe Innocence ProjectJustice For BreonnaJustice For ElijahJustice Frontline AidKnow Your Rights Camp Legal Defense FundNAACP Legal Defense and Education FundNational Bail Fund NetworkNational Police Accountability ProjectRun With MaudUnicorn Riot Support the show

The Naughty List continues this holiday season! On this week’s episode, The Fat Dude is joined by the voice of Midwest wrestling — and the home game host for the Sioux Falls Stampede — Charlie Eccles. Charlie returns to talk about his year, including his return to college as an older and wiser fella, and what his Stampede gig looks like. The two also dive into the next movie on Andy’s Naughty List, Troy Duffy’s The Boondock Saints.Charlie can be found on Instagram and Twitter at @wrestlingvoice1. You can also see Charlie in person at Flagship Pro Wrestling and at the Sioux Falls Stampede home games.Follow Fat Dude Digs Flicks across social media: Facebook - Fat Dude Digs FlicksInstagram - FatDudeDigsFlicksTwitter - FatDudeFlicksTikTok - FatDudeDigsFlicksLetterboxd - FatDudeFlicksSubscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher Radio, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Search for Fat Dude Digs Flicks and click on that subscribe button. Please take a second to rate and review the show, while you’re at it! Subscribe to the Fat Dude Digs Flicks YouTube channel and send a thumbs up or two my way!If you’d like to contact me for any recommendations, questions, comments, concerns, or to be a future guest, you can send an email to FatDudeDigsFlicks@gmail.com. And now the call to action:The fight for Women’s Reproductive Rights continues. If you are interested in supporting a woman’s right to choose, please look into the following organizations: Planned ParenthoodCenter for Reproductive RightsPathfinder InternationalNational Women’s Law CenterNARAL Pro-Choice AmericaReligious Coalition for Reproductive ChoiceEquality NowEvery Mother CountsGlobal Fund For WomenGun violence in the United States has reached epidemic proportions. Join the fight for better gun laws and regulations by looking into or contributing to: Coalition to Stop Gun ViolenceEverytown for Gun SafetyThe Brady CampaignNewtown Action AllianceMoms Demand Action for Gun Sense in AmericaAmericans for Responsible SolutionsLaw Center to Prevent Gun ViolenceHelp protect, defend, and support our LGBTQ+ brothers, sisters, and non-binary spiritual siblings by checking out:GLAADTrans LifelineThe Trevor ProjectThe Center of Excellence for Transgender HealthGender DiversityHuman Rights CampainIt Gets Better ProjectThe Transgender Law CenterFORGEGLSENThe Matthew Shepard FoundationPride FoundationTransgender Legal Defense and Education FundTrans Women of Color CollectiveTrans Youth Equality FoundationNational Center For Transgender EqualityTrue Colors FundThe Trans Culture District Support the show

The Criterion Break returns for its final episode of 2022! This week, the Big C Boys talk Criterion adjacent topics as they look back at year two of the reopened State Theatre in Sioux Falls. The gang discusses their favorite experiences at their home away from home, from Criterion titles and cult classics to October surprises and late night delights with some special events peppered in along the way.Derrick (dervdude) AND Blake (therealjohng) can both be found on Letterboxd. Derrick can also be found on Instagram.Andy can be found across social media at:Facebook - Fat Dude Digs FlicksInstagram - FatDudeDigsFlicksTwitter - FatDudeFlicksLetterboxd - Fat Dude Flicks Join in on our local movie conversation at the South Dakota Film Community page/group on Facebook. Subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher Radio, Amazon Music, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. Run a search and click on that subscribe button. Please take a second to rate and review the show, while you’re at it! Remember, subscribing to The Criterion Break also gets you the Let’s Taco ‘Bout podcast, also hosted by Andy, The Fat Dude. Let’s Taco ‘Bout features a conversation with a special guest where we discuss their lives, their loves, and a movie that has had an impact on them. If you’d like to contact us for any recommendations, questions, comments, or concerns, you can email us at FatDudeDigsFlicks@gmail.com. If by some small chance you’d like to donate anything to offset the cost of movie tickets (or streaming costs during this GLOBAL pandemic) and this podcast, be it via a gift card to pay for a digital rental, you can also send that to the aforementioned email. Any recommendation and donation will be mentioned in a future episode! If you can’t spare the dime, no worries: please leave a rating and/or a review, and spread the word about this podcast. Support the show

Ho Ho Ho! Merry Christmas season from the jolliest Fat Dude in Sioux Falls! This week, we are kicking off The Naughty List miniseries! The Naughty List is where the Fat Dude looks back at a movie he loathes with a guest who loves the movie. This week’s selection brings Casey Kelderman, former host of Back Lot 605, back to the show! Casey joins The Fat Dude to discuss the polarizing Rob Zombie Halloween series. Can Casey convince the Fat Dude that these movies are actually good? The Fat Dude also offers his quick reviews for The Harbinger and The Leech, two new horror releases currently available on VOD. You can follow Casey on Twitter at @caseykelderman and join the South Dakota Film Community on Facebook!Follow Fat Dude Digs Flicks across social media: Facebook - Fat Dude Digs FlicksInstagram - FatDudeDigsFlicksTwitter - FatDudeFlicksTikTok - FatDudeDigsFlicksLetterboxd - FatDudeFlicksSubscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher Radio, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Search for Fat Dude Digs Flicks and click on that subscribe button. Please take a second to rate and review the show, while you’re at it! Subscribe to the Fat Dude Digs Flicks YouTube channel and send a thumbs up or two my way!If you’d like to contact me for any recommendations, questions, comments, concerns, or to be a future guest, you can send an email to FatDudeDigsFlicks@gmail.com. Support the show