# the wire (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover the wire. Page: Feed: --- ## [Kestrin Pantera, Backseat Drivers](https://www.hobotrashcan.com/2026/06/26/kestrin-pantera-backseat-drivers/) _2026-06-26 · murphyslaw@hobotrashcan.com (Joel Murphy) · Hobo Radio: A Pop Culture Podcast_ The lines between Kestrin Pantera’s real life and the life of her character Kat Ben Atar in Backseat Drivers have become quite blurred. Both Kestrin and Kat are cello-playing moms with rockstar last names who have strong feelings about the high expectations teachers set for the science fair projects at their daughters’ fancy new schools. And both find themselves regularly interacting with Weird Al… [Listen](https://www.hobotrashcan.com/podcast/interviews/tpn_hoboradio_20260626_KestrinPanteraBackseatDrivers.mp3) ## [Kate Freund](https://www.hobotrashcan.com/2026/04/28/kate-freund/) _2026-04-28 · murphyslaw@hobotrashcan.com (Joel Murphy) · Hobo Radio: A Pop Culture Podcast_ 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… [Listen](https://www.hobotrashcan.com/podcast/interviews/tpn_hoboradio_20260428_KateFreund.mp3) ## [Gina Gershon](https://www.hobotrashcan.com/2026/04/02/hobo-radio-interview-gina-gershon/) _2026-04-02 · murphyslaw@hobotrashcan.com (Joel Murphy) · Hobo Radio: A Pop Culture Podcast_ We talk to Gershon about the book, working with Robert Altman on The Player and her battles with Paul Verhoeven while filming Showgirls. [Listen](https://www.hobotrashcan.com/podcast/interviews/tpn_hoboradio_20260402_GinaGershon.mp3) ## [Hobo Radio 650 – We’re all Sinners: HoboTrashcan’s Guide to the 2026 Academy Awards](https://www.hobotrashcan.com/2026/03/05/hobo-radio-650-were-all-sinners-hobo-radio-646-trap-was-snubbed-hobotrashcans-guide-to-the-2026-academy-awards/) _2026-03-05 · murphyslaw@hobotrashcan.com (Joel Murphy) · Hobo Radio: A Pop Culture Podcast_ Joel Murphy and Lars Periwinkle are once again joined by Molly Regan to break down the 2026 Academy Awards. They go through all 10 Best Picture nominees and share their thoughts on Best Actor/Actress, Best Director and Best Short Films. So listen along, prepare for the show and get upset along with the gang when Michael B. Jordan inevitably loses to Timothée Chalamet. Intro Music: “Giddy Up” by… [Listen](https://www.hobotrashcan.com/podcast/tpn_hoboradio_20260305_650.mp3) ## [Remembering Isiah Whitlock Jr.](https://www.hobotrashcan.com/2026/01/02/hobo-radio-interview-remembering-isiah-whitlock-jr/) _2026-01-02 · murphyslaw@hobotrashcan.com (Joel Murphy) · Hobo Radio: A Pop Culture Podcast_ The world lost Isiah Whitlock Jr. over the holidays. Joel Murphy interviewed Isiah Whitlock Jr. in 2008 as the final season of The Wire was underway. Today, we bring we the audio from that interview. [Listen](https://www.hobotrashcan.com/podcast/interviews/tpn_hoboradio_20260102_RememberingIsiahWhitlockJr.mp3) ## [Toby Huss](https://www.hobotrashcan.com/2025/09/12/hobo-radio-interview-toby-huss/) _2025-09-12 · murphyslaw@hobotrashcan.com (Joel Murphy) · Hobo Radio: A Pop Culture Podcast_ We talked to Toby Huss about Weapons, his desire to see the ghost of Cotton Hill haunting Hank on King of the Hill and getting recognized in Thailand by a man wearing a coconut bra. [Listen](https://www.hobotrashcan.com/podcast/interviews/tpn_hoboradio_20250912_TobyHuss.mp3) ## [Hobo Radio 649 – Hobo Madness SNL Dropped the Ball Tournament: Final Four and Finals](https://www.hobotrashcan.com/2025/05/02/hobo-radio-649-hobo-madness-snl-dropped-the-ball-tournament-final-four-and-finals/) _2025-05-02 · murphyslaw@hobotrashcan.com (Joel Murphy) · Hobo Radio: A Pop Culture Podcast_ For this year's Hobo Madness Tournament, in honor of Saturday Night Live's 50th anniversary, the gang looks at the former cast members and writers that should have been big stars on the show, but weren't. [Listen](http://www.hobotrashcan.com/podcast/HoboMadness/tpn_hoboradio_20250502_649.mp3) ## [Hobo Radio 648 – Hobo Madness SNL Dropped the Ball Tournament: Elite Eight](https://www.hobotrashcan.com/2025/04/11/hobo-radio-648-hobo-madness-snl-dropped-the-ball-tournament-elite-eight/) _2025-04-11 · murphyslaw@hobotrashcan.com (Joel Murphy) · Hobo Radio: A Pop Culture Podcast_ For this year's Hobo Madness Tournament, in honor of Saturday Night Live's 50th anniversary, the gang looks at the former cast members and writers that should have been big stars on the show, but weren't. [Listen](https://www.hobotrashcan.com/podcast/HoboMadness/tpn_hoboradio_20250411_648.mp3) ## [Hobo Radio 647 – Hobo Madness SNL Dropped the Ball Tournament: Round One](https://www.hobotrashcan.com/2025/03/28/hobo-radio-647-hobo-madness-snl-dropped-the-ball-tournament-round-one/) _2025-03-28 · murphyslaw@hobotrashcan.com (Joel Murphy) · Hobo Radio: A Pop Culture Podcast_ For this year's Hobo Madness Tournament, in honor of Saturday Night Live's 50th anniversary, the gang looks at the former cast members and writers that should have been big stars on the show, but weren't. [Listen](https://www.hobotrashcan.com/podcast/HoboMadness/tpn_hoboradio_20250328_647.mp3) ## [Trade Bitcoin and Ethereum Today (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/dOmvGdH9BTeD) _2025-03-28 · **Sponsored**_ Buy, sell, and margin trade BTC and ETH with EUR, USD, CAD, GBP, or JPY. ## [Severance’s Kier Eagan, Marc Geller](https://www.hobotrashcan.com/2025/03/24/hobo-radio-interview-severances-kier-eagan-marc-geller/) _2025-03-24 · murphyslaw@hobotrashcan.com (Joel Murphy) · Hobo Radio: A Pop Culture Podcast_ We talk to Marc Geller, who plays Kier on the show, about his unusual role, his desire to film a Kier flashback episode and what it was like working with Eric Andre on the Eric Andre Show. [Listen](https://www.hobotrashcan.com/podcast/interviews/tpn_hoboradio_20250324_MarcGeller.mp3)