Ladies and Gentlemen, Extraterrestrials and Poltergeists, welcome to Ramblin: An Amblin Podcast.
In each episode, your hosts Andrew Gaudion and Joshua Glenn will guide you through the weird and wonderful films that fall under the Amblin Entertainment Banner, the production company founded by Steven Spielberg, Frank Marshall and Kathleen Kennedy back in 1981.
With friends, special guests and Amblin fans alike joining along the way, get ready for discussions, analysis and trivia around both some of the biggest movies of all-time, and some smaller little-seen curiosities. Hold onto your butts!
It’s a Ramblin first as we revisit the same river for a second time, but it is not the same river and we are not the same podcast hosts. That’s largely because five and a half years have passed since our previous episode on THE COLOR PURPLE, and also because this 2023 version is an adaptation of the stage musical which is itself an adaptation of both Steven Spielberg’s 1985 film and Alice Walker’s 1982 novel. We talk about the ascendency of director and Swiss-army-artist Blitz Bazawule, the stunning performances across the board, how easily this painful and challenging story fits into a musical template and how effective this is as a musical, period.
TW: Please be advised that THE COLOR PURPLE deals with themes of domestic and sexual abuse. Though we don’t discuss them at length, these elements are mentioned, so please do skip this episode if these are topics you would rather avoid.
Follow the podcast on Twitter, Bluesky and Instagram and be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss an episode! Get in touch with us either via socials or email rambinaboutamblin@gmail.com.
Ramblin is created and produced by Andrew Gaudion and Joshua Glenn. A special thanks as always to Emily Tatham for the artwork, and Robert J. Hunter-Clayton & Greg Sheffield for the theme music.
27 Sept 2026
Maestro (2023) with Barry Levitt
We’re thinking of a number… No, you have to think… It’s five, darling. Five. Hmm? That’s the amount of times the great Barry Levitt has guested on this podcast. And the film to mark the occasion? Why, it’s MAESTRO, of course — Bradley Cooper’s 2023 biopic on composer/conductor extraordinaire Leonard Bernstein! Together we talk through the film’s journey on its way to Cooper, trot out some impressions of varying quality, defend the good (i.e. non-Josh Gad) kind of theatre kids, defend bold and impassioned swings, and attempt to unpack the complicated controversies associated with this film. Throw your weight on us, darling. That’s it. Put all your weight on us.
You can still follow Barry on Twitter and Letterboxd @blevitt93, and still catch his writing over at the likes of Vulture, The Daily Beast, Empire, LA Times, Rolling Stone and more.
You can subscribe to his Substack here: https://substack.com/@barrylevitt28
Follow the podcast on Twitter, Bluesky and Instagram and be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss an episode! Get in touch with us either via socials or email rambinaboutamblin@gmail.com.
Ramblin is created and produced by Andrew Gaudion and Joshua Glenn. A special thanks as always to Emily Tatham for the artwork, and Robert J. Hunter-Clayton & Greg Sheffield for the theme music.
You can buy tickets to the Robert J Hunter Band's album launch show on October 10 in London here: https://events.talentbanq.com/events/talentbanq/2123808
13 Sept 2026
The Fabelmans (2022) with Nick Mear
It’s time to wind the clock right back to the very beginning and delve into the humble origins of one Mr. Steven Spielberg, with his 2022 semi-autobiographical drama THE FABELMANS. Helping us phone home is the legendary Nick Mear from Nickflix podcast, and together we discuss divorce, a formative love for/obsession with movies, the emotional clarity brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic and the correct placement of the horizon within the frame. A spirited discussion about a really quite miraculous film, and one that’s continually revealing new riches and complications. Now, good luck to you. And get the fuck out of my office!
You can follow Nick on Twitter at @NickFlixPod and Instagram and BlueSky at @nickflixpodcast.
Follow the podcast on Twitter, Bluesky and Instagram and be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss an episode! Get in touch with us either via socials or email rambinaboutamblin@gmail.com.
Ramblin is created and produced by Andrew Gaudion and Joshua Glenn. A special thanks as always to Emily Tatham for the artwork, and Robert J. Hunter-Clayton & Greg Sheffield for the theme music.
You can listen to The Robert J Hunter band's new single 'I Guess It Is My Time' here: https://www.robertjhunter.co.uk/music (https://www.robertjhunter.co.uk/music)
And you buy tickets to their upcoming album launch show on October 10 here: https://events.talentbanq.com/events/talentbanq/2123808 (https://events.talentbanq.com/events/talentbanq/2123808%E2%81%A0)
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