Hobo Radio: A Pop Culture Podcast

About Hobo Radio: A Pop Culture Podcast

HoboTrashcan editor Joel Murphy and his longtime friend Lars Periwinkle discuss the latest in pop culture and their lives. With a slew of celebrity interviews under his belt and his access to television and movie screeners, Joel offers a knowledgeable perspective on pop culture while Lars is the voice of the people ... provided that the people are really into Batman, Doctor Who and Star Wars.

Publisher

Joel Murphy

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

5 Sept 2019

Latest episode

26 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 164 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   26 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Kestrin Pantera, Backseat Drivers

   Host Kestrin Pantera discusses how her life and her character's life blur in "Backseat Drivers," featuring interactions with notable figures.

2. 

   28 Apr 2026

   Kate Freund

   When Kate Freund was a child, she wanted to learn how to fight. But her mother signed her up for dance classes instead. However, the dance lessons didn’t supplant her desire to kick ass. Freund instead combined these two passions into Pretty Lethal; a screenplay about a group of ballerinas who must battle their way out of a bar full of criminals. The film took over a decade to see the light of day. After many starts and stops, it was released earlier this year on Amazon Prime with a stacked cast that includes Uma Thurman, Maddie Ziegler, Lana Condor,

3. 

   2 Apr 2026

   Gina Gershon

   We talk to Gershon about the book, working with Robert Altman on The Player and her battles with Paul Verhoeven while filming Showgirls.

Inside a recent episode

Kestrin Pantera, Backseat Drivers

Published 26 Jun 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Like when you were trained classically to be a musician, you Perfection is demanded, expected and required. And if you aren't perfect and flawless, my teacher always used to say it has to be flawless. And that's like what you're held up against your entire childhood. And you're like a kid, right? Yeah. And then there's shame if you're not flawless. And I think that that sticks around for a while. And with classical music, you either go full classical, in which case you're practicing like five to seven hours a day. And then if you don't practice that much, then you're not, you know, in the game anymore. […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

671,254

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

21 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 77 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

86

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

85

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