Friends From Work: Let’s Chat!

Friends From Work: Let’s Chat!

Courtney, Bryan, & Rick host a (sometimes) weekly show about all things entertainment and pop-culture. We chat about all things movies, television, streaming, books, comics, and more! You may catch some cool guests along the way. Let’s chat!

Episodes

May 8, 2024 38 mins

Is the book always better than the movie? Did the movie ruin the book series for you? You're not alone. Cami and Liz are back to chat with Courtney about their favorite (and most disappointing) adaptations. We chat about the OGs and what we are looking forward (or *secretly* hope never happen): Harry Potter, Twilight, Divergent, A Court of Thorns and Roses, Fourth Wing, The Selection, The Uglies, The Idea of You, Red Queen, and mor...

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Courtney and friends, Cami and Liz, dive back into a conversation for Part 2 of BookTok, intellectual property (IP), and the state of the entertainment industry. On this episode, we dive deep into the upcoming and recent films/TV series based on best selling books and how they are shaping the content pipeline.

  • The Idea of You (starring Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine)
  • From Blood and Ash (based on the books written by Jenni...
April 24, 2024 38 mins

If you've been thinking that "Is everything based on a 'bestselling book' these days?" - you're not wrong. Courtney is joined by fellow entertainment friends Cami and Liz to discuss BookTok, stories based on intellectual property (IP), and the state of the entertainment industry. We dive deep into the Grishaverse (Shadow and Bone), the Sarah J Maas-verse (ACOTAR, Throne of Glass, Crescent City), Colleen Hoover's It Ends With Us, an...

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Episode 25: In this episode of Friends From Work our own Rick Shew chats 1:1 with Aaron Virola from The Fanboy Garage Podcast about...

  #TheAcolyte   #StarWars at the Empire State Building?!   #ThePenguin    #Batman2   and more! 
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March 18, 2024 60 mins

Our own Rick Shew + his pals Bob Cesca and FREEKBASS discuss #JamesGunn and his DC universe (#Superman is filming!), #TheBatman2 release date change, #VanHalen and more!

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February 4, 2024 49 mins

The Friends From Work - with special guest Professor Zaki Hasan- honor the late #CarlWeathers 

 

#Rocky #TheMandalorian #StarWars #ApolloCreed #ActionJackson

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Our own Rick Shew is joined by the co-host of The Fanboy Garage, Aaron Virola, to discuss Stallone's new Netflix documentary #Sly, the future of live-action #StarWars, Matt Reeve's Penguin spin-off and much more.

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October 16, 2023 24 mins

On our first episode of "Support Local Restaurants" - Rick Shew describes his visit to #EnotecaItalia in Dallas, TX. #food #supportlocal #restaurants #italian #dallas #texas #DFW #enoteca 

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September 25, 2023 51 mins

Episode 20: Our own Rick Shew sits down with the great Bob Cesca and the amazing Freekbass - to discuss their favorite live-action #Joker!

 

#Batman #DC #Gotham 

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July 22, 2023 51 mins

Episode 19: In this episode, our own Rick Shew speaks to "Flash Film News" about the demise of #Batgirl the sad performance of #TheFlash the future of DC on Film and more! 

#Keaton

#TheDarkKnightRises

#JamesGunn

#ZackSnyder 

 

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Episode 18: The OGs are all here! Courtney, Bryan, and Rick catch up on the week's entertainment headlines, the WGA (Writer's) Strike, the potential SAG-AFTRA Strike, who is the AMPTP, and why these strike matter to people who watch TV & Movies.

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Episode 17: Rick Shew + friends Bob Cesca and Freekbass discuss #TheFlashMovie. 

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June 12, 2023 47 mins

Episode 16: Our own Rick Shew sits down with one and only Bob Cesca (Bob Cesca Show, Trek Politics, etc) and the coolest bass player that ever walked the earth - and the new King of Tik-Tok?...FREEKBASS to reflect on the career of Michael Keaton. #Keaton #Batman #BeetleJuice #MrMom #CleanandSober #JackieBrown #Birdman #SpiderMan #NightShift

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Episode 15: Our own Rick and Bryan team up for a loaded episode. Rick speaks to former film critic and writer, Connor Behrens about #TheFlashMovie (spoiler-FREE) and then Bryan sits down with Eric Holzman (Straight Outta Gotham, BatmanOnFilm) to discuss #SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse (spoilers!) and more!! #Batman #Keaton #JamesGunn #Marvel #Sony #DC TheFlashMovie #Batman #Keaton

 

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June 4, 2023 16 mins

Episode 14: This past Friday, our own Rick attended #ATXtvs12 in #Austin Texas where he attended a #Cheers reunion panel and met the cast, including #TedDanson aka #SamMalone

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E-13  FFW's own resident movie critic (and #SpiderMan superfan!) Bryan Chatlien shares his thoughts on #IntoTheSpiderVerse & why you just might want to consider seeing this movie! #Marvel #MarvelStudios #MilesMorales

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May 24, 2023 51 mins

Episode 12: On our latest episode Rick Shew sits down with Andy DiGenova from Holy BatCast about his love for #Batman & his spoiler free thoughts on #TheFlashMovie AND some fun banter as these two Batman super-fans go through the entire film catalogue of The Dark Knight! 

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Episode 11: FFW's own Rick Shew sits down with Fanboy Garage's own Aaron Virola to discuss the early reactions to the new Indiana Jones film #TheDialofDestiny, The Flash early screenings and projections, STILL the Michael J Fox Film and more! 

  #TheFlash #IndianaJones #StarWars #Batman #Keaton #STILLaMichaeljFoxMovie
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May 5, 2023 43 mins

Episode 10: #Maythe4thBeWithYou Part 2 (Part 1 is on our YouTube Channel under "Live" Videos)- FFW's own Rick Shew speaks with Star Wars superfan Ricky Church (BOF, Flickering Myth etc) about how HE became a fan when he was a young boy. We we are CELEBRATING our love for Star Wars, y'all! Let's Chat!!

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April 24, 2023 57 mins

Episode 9: Rick sits down with Bob Cesca and Freekbass to discuss whether audiences have grown tired of comic-book inspired films... or not. 

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