River Cities Reader Podcast

About River Cities Reader Podcast

Live to tape interviews with Reader team members as guests on other broadcast, radio and podcast shows. Alive & Free Since 1993. The Quad Cities’ Independent Newspaper. Know More. Do More.

Publisher

River Cities Reader Podcast

Category

arts · business · news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

9 Feb 2024

Latest episode

29 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

156 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   29 Oct 2026

   October 29, 2026, with Dave and Darren — “Clayface,” “Wildwood,” “Wicker,” and “A Talent for Murder”

   Dave Levora, Darren Pitra, and Mike Schulz talk film and consider all the fun things one can do with clay. Under scrutiny: Clayface (dir James Watkins, starr Tom Rhys Harries, Naomi Ackie, David Dencik, Max Minghella, and Eddie Marsan). Wildwood (dir Travis Knight, starr Peyton Elizabeth Lee, Jacob Tremblay, Carey Mulligan, Mahershala Ali, Awkwafina, Angela Bassett, Jake Johnson, Charlie Day, Amandla Stenberg, Jemaine Clement, Len Cariou, Maya Erskine, Tantoo Cardinal, Tom Waits, and Richard E Grant). Wicker (dirs Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson, starr Olivia Colman, Alexander Skarsgård, Elizabeth Debicki, Marli Siu, Nabhaan Rizwan, Richard E Grant, and Peter Dinklage). A Talent for Murder (dir Anton Corbijn, starr Helen Mirren, Alden Ehrenreich, Olivia Cooke, and Juliet Stevenson). Under future scrutiny: The documentary Everest: The Other Side (dirs Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, starr Jim Morrison and Hilaree Nelson). The Only Living Pickpocket in New York (dir Noah Segan, starr John Turturro, Giancarlo Esposito, Will Price, Tatiana Maslany, and Steve Buscemi). Fjord (dir Cristian Mungiu, starr Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve). Christmas at the Kringles (dir Kevin Lewis, starr Ron Livingston, Rachel Bilson, Rob Riggle, Thomas Lennon, Arden Myrin, Donald Faison, Beverly D’Angelo, and David Wain). Godzilla Minus Zero (dir Takashi Yamazaki, starr Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Yuki Yamada, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Sakura Ando, Miou Tanaka, Min Tanaka, Masami Nagasawa, and Jun Kunimura). “Clayface,” “Wildwood,” “Wicker,” and “A Talent for Murder” (https://www.rcreader.com/movies/semi-silly-putty-clayface)

2. 

   24 Oct 2026

   Jeff Tweedy On Allowing Yourself To Fail

   WILCO’s Jeff Tweedy discusses his latest sonic landscape “Twilight Override”, completing the circuit for listeners and more with KFMH’s Bill Klutho on October 14, 2026 in advance of his performance scheduled at Capitol Theatre in downtown Davenport, Iowa on November 7th Full transcript of the interview is at https://www.rcreader.com/jeff-tweedy-allowing-yourself-to-fail-twilight-override-interview Learn more at https://jefftweedy.com (https://jefftweedy.com/) and https://www.firstfleetconcerts.com/events/detail/jeff-tweedy-solo-1480580 (https://www.firstfleetconcerts.com/events/detail/jeff-tweedy-solo-1480580) Listen to Bill Klutho on www.99pluskfmh.com (http://www.99pluskfmh.com/) Monday through Friday from 9am to 1pm as he curates blues, rock, jazz and reggae classics and new music alike. From the archives comes Reader publisher Todd McGreevy’s concert review of WILCO’s November 2002 live show at the Iowa Memorial Union in Iowa City, Iowa: https://www.rcreader.com/music/more-alt-country (https://www.rcreader.com/music/more-alt-country) Excerpt: “Not having cultivated an appetite yet for Wilco’s sound, which has been rightfully called a new American aesthetic, I found myself wincing at moments of formulaic pop and nearly trite country-fication. But with each song, Wilco turned those clichés on their ears and surprised me with complex rhythm and lead-guitar arrangements, fierce soloing by Tweedy, wistful and haunting keyboards, and consistently inventive drumming.”

3. 

   22 Oct 2026

   October 22, 2026, with Dave and Darren — “Street Fighter,” “Sense and Sensibility,” “Whalefall,” “You Can See Everything,” and “Musk”

   Dave Levora, Darren Pitra, and Mike Schulz talk film and wonder how long it will take before it’s acceptable to give away spoilers to You Can See Everything. Scrutinized: Street Fighter (dir Kitao Sakurai, starr Noah Centineo, Andrew Koji, Callina Liang, Joe “Roman Reigns” Anoa’i, David Dastmalchian, Cody Rhodes, Eric André, Andrew Schulz, Vidyut Jammwal, Orville Peck, Don Lee, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, and Jason Momoa). Sense and Sensibility (dir Georgia Oakley, starr Daisy Edgar-Jones, Esmé Creed-Miles, Caitríona Balfe, Frank Dillane, Herbert Nordrum, George MacKay, and Fiona Shaw). Whalefall (dir Brian Duffield, starr Austin Abrams, Josh Brolin, Elisabeth Shue, John Ortiz, Jane Levy, and Emily Rudd). The Elon Musk documentary Musk (dir Alex Gibney). Nathan Fielder’s documentary about Elizabeth Holmes, You Can See Everything. Future scrutiny candidates: Clayface (dir James Watkins, starr Tom Rhys Harries, Naomi Ackie, David Dencik, Max Minghella, and Eddie Marsan). Wildwood (dir Travis Knight, starr Peyton Elizabeth Lee, Jacob Tremblay, Carey Mulligan, Mahershala Ali, Awkwafina, Angela Bassett, Jake Johnson, Charlie Day, Amandla Stenberg, Jemaine Clement, Len Cariou, Maya Erskine, Tantoo Cardinal, Tom Waits, and Richard E Grant). Wicker (dirs Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson, starr Olivia Colman, Alexander Skarsgård, Elizabeth Debicki, Marli Siu, Nabhaan Rizwan, Richard E Grant, and Peter Dinklage). A Talent for Murder (dir Anton Corbijn, starr Helen Mirren, Alden Ehrenreich, Olivia Cooke, and Juliet Stevenson). Klara and The Sun (dir Taika Waititi, starr Jenna Ortega, Amy Adams, Mia Tharia, Aran Murphy, Steve Buscemi, and Natasha Lyonne). “Street Fighter,” “Sense and Sensibility,” and “Whalefall” (https://www.rcreader.com/movies/maasters-of-the-universe-street-fighter) “You Can See Everything” and “Musk” (https://www.rcreader.com/movies/holmes-and-sherlock-you-can-see-everything)

Who has been a guest on River Cities Reader Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Tanawah Downing
• Robbie Williams
• Jonno Davies
• Steve Pemberton
• Kate Mulvany

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Spotify

5.0 / 5

263 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 62 / 100

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Quality

86

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

96

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