Kael Your Idols: A New Hollywood Podcast

About Kael Your Idols: A New Hollywood Podcast

Kael Your Idols is a film discussion podcast focused on the "New Hollywood" era of American cinema. From the glamorized hippies and paranoid anti-heroes of the 60s and 70s, to the merchandise-driven blockbusters of the early 80s, join hosts Alana Gibson and Sam Ludwig as they dive into this wild period in studio filmmaking! Logo artwork by: the_illuminator

Publisher

Sam Ludwig and Elena Gibson

Category

tv & film · tv & film

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

21 May 2023

Latest episode

1 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

68 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   1 Oct 2026

   A Bugger’s Life - The Conversation (1974)

   We recorded a conversation about a recorded conversation! Join us for this deep dive into Francis Ford Coppola’s seminal New Hollywood Palme d’Or winner The Conversation. The eulogies continue with this episode celebrating the great Gene Hackman. We discuss his masterful performance as Harry Caul, a surveillance whiz who hears something on a job that he wishes he hadn’t and gets caught up in a moral conundrum. Topics include: the Severance theme song, John Cazale’s “type”, and why The Directo...

2. 

   20 Sept 2026

   Jaglom's Jagfilms

   Oh boy did we have a ball with this one! For this ep we dive headfirst into the wild and singular world of Henry Jaglom, a true maverick who eschewed conventional narrative and filmmaking techniques to forge his own version of cinema. We traced his early New Hollywood beginnings through his Dennis Hopper starring Vietnam psychodrama Tracks (1976), through his breakthrough crime caper Sitting Ducks (1980), and finishing up with his sublime personal talkfest Someone to Love (1987), which featur...

3. 

   31 Aug 2026

   Four Films by Frederick Wiseman

   Our series of New Hollywood elegies continues with no signs of stopping in sight! This episode we present a paen to visionary documentarian Frederick Wiseman, whose stark narratives of life within institutions provided not just education but true entertainment value throughout his seven decade career. We discuss Titicut Follies (1967), High School (1970), Primate (1974), and Welfare (1975). Topics include: the Pledge of Allegiance, science funding, and a murder that happened next door to us.

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

14 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

15 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 21 / 100

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Quality

21

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

51

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