198.4 KFLX Fiction Radio

198.4 KFLX Fiction Radio

Your go to radio station for all the fictional music you know and love from TV and Film. Hosted by Shawn Kohne & Dustin Weiskopf. website: https://fictionradiopod.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kflxfictionradio/ email: fictionradiopod@gmail.com

Episodes

August 25, 2025 56 mins

Summer is coming to an end and we’re headed back to school!

“School of Rock” is a film that hardly needs an introduction – it’s a wholesome story of a hard rock burnout played by Jack Black who impersonates his way into a substitute teaching gig and ends up teaching his students how to rock out, with some life lessons for both the students and teacher along the way. But you already know all of that! We’ll be discussing the inspirat...

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We're back and it's a quadruple feature!

You might know this one best as the 2018 film starring Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper (who also directed), but "A Star is Born" has been born again and again since its first incarnation in 1937. Janet Gaynor originated the role of Esther Blodgett and, in 1954, Judy Garland made it the singing role we've come to know. We cover some of our favorites from Judy's versio...

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One more classic episode from the vault before we return next Monday, August 18th with brand new KFLX episodes! Expect the unexpected in the Kingdom Of Madness! We're headed for uncharted waters and into parts unknown with our first ever music-only episode! The "Macho Man" Randy Savage spent some time spittin' rhymes in the early 2000s and we're here to break down every single track on 2003's "Be a Man," an album centered arou...
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August 5, 2025 78 mins

One of our personal faves as we continue the summer with classic episodes from the vault. We're back with new episodes starting August 18th!

All of the Loaf with none of the Meat!

We're taking on the 1984 dystopian fantasy "Streets of Fire," featuring a string of bangers from 80s songwriting powerhouses, a killer score that wasn't even written for this film, and so much more. Also featuring music from this film's unofficial sequel ...

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July 28, 2025 84 mins

Ready for some Christmas in July? We're keeping the KFLX vibe alive this summer with some classic episodes from the vault. Stay tuned for new episodes starting August 18th.

Are you Snow-Belles material?

You know we had to do a holiday show! What better way to bring the season into full swing than with the ABC Family original movie "The Mistle-Tones"? Sit down by the fire with a cup of eggnog, get sarinaded by both Tia Mowry and Tor...

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July 21, 2025 102 mins

We're keeping the KFLX vibe alive this summer with some classic episodes from the vault. Stay tuned for new episodes starting August 18th.

You don't want no part of this!

This week is all about the biopic to end all biopics, 2007's Walk Hard. Shawn and Dustin step into the world of Dewey Cox and explore the many songwriters who made this film not just another parody, but an absolute tour de force of hilarious musical genius. We al...

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July 15, 2025 43 mins

We're keeping the KFLX vibe alive this summer with some classic episodes from the vault. Stay tuned for new episodes starting August 18th.

Get your togas out of storage, the Deltas are throwing a party!

Our most vintage film yet! This one covers Otis Day and the Knights from "Animal House," the film purported to have started the "gross-out" genre. There's nothing gross, however, about these sweet, sweet tunes. We've talked about a...

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June 23, 2025 4 mins

In case you missed the announcements over the last few episodes, here's your official word that KFLX is taking the summer off! We'll be back with brand new episodes starting on August 18th. Until then, Shawn and Dustin will be working hard behind the scenes on new material and lots of other KFLX-related goodies. We're very proud of the 50 episodes we now have available on the feed, so please consider checking out the back catalog ...

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June 16, 2025 64 mins

We are KFLX and we're here to talk about fictional music and stuff! Folks, it's our 50th episode! To celebrate, we're talking "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World," the 2010 film adaptation of the hugely successful graphic novel. This one is full of music by indie darlings such as Broken Social Scene, Metric, Beck, and more. Plus, a caller named Scott drops some surprising backstory on us and it's...well, big if true. Guest starring Lero...

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June 9, 2025 53 mins

How about a brand new movie for a change?

Ryan Coogler's "Sinners" is a breath of fresh cinematic air that takes you on a rollercoaster ride of genres, and boy howdy is it chock FULL of fictional music and musicians! We're going down to the Delta to listen to "the real" and also breaking down the absolute creepiest use of Irish folk music we've ever come across. This one is a ride! Do yourself a favor and check out this film before...

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June 2, 2025 55 mins

Let's go to the punk rock show!

This week is all about "We Are Lady Parts," a co-production of Peacock and the UK's Channel 4 about an all-woman, all-Muslim punk rock group and the struggles of getting noticed as a group and what to do with fame once you have it. We're covering a bunch of original songs from "Lady Parts" as well as diving into other music by all of the super actresses who portray the members of this on-screen band....

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Who'd win in a KFLX slap bet?

"How I Met Your Mother" is what this episode is all aboot! We're taking on the fictional artist Robin Sparkles – the teenage mall-pop idol persona of HIMYM's Robin Scherbatsky. From humble beginnings in the local mall to a successful tour all the way from Alberta to Ontario, Robin's alter-ego is revealed bit by bit over the course of the show and we're taking a listen to the songs from each of the four...

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May 19, 2025 52 mins
¿Quién es este Mariachi? This week is a three-fer! We’re covering Robert Rodriguez’s famed trilogy - from the hilarious gags of “El Mariachi” to the vocal prowess of Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek in “Desperado” to Johnny Depp’s turn as composer for his character’s theme in “Once Upon a Time in Mexico” - we’re discussing all the fictional music from these films. 🌐 https://fictionradiopod.com 📺 https://youtube.com/playlist?...
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May 12, 2025 47 mins
This episode is bona fide! Back in the year 2000, the soundtrack to the Coen Brothers' "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" took the world by storm. We're here to break down the influences and sources of The Soggy Bottom Boys' biggest hit, "I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow," along with every other song they perform in this movie. Those aren't really George Clooney's pipes you hear in the recording, but real-life singer Dan Tyminski is a ma...
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May 5, 2025 33 mins

"The man who embraces his mediocre nothingness shines greater than any." - Keanu Reeves 2019's "Always Be My Maybe" is a cute romantic comedy, but it's also a look at an alternate version of Randall Park as a chill San Francisco rapper. We'll talk about the real influences on Hello Peril, the group at the center of this movie, as well as some other Bay Area artists that we believe fed into the vibe. Plus, a bit on the heavy-hitter...

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April 28, 2025 37 mins
This week, we get to know a little German! The late, great Val Kilmer will be remembered for many things - from “Top Gun” to “Batman Forever” to his kooky but oh-so-charming real-life persona. But this week, we’re going back to Val’s very first feature film, 1984’s “Top Secret!” Kilmer plays an American rock star on a trip through a strange, stuck-in-time version of East Germany. We’ll look at real-life inspirations from The Bea...
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April 21, 2025 59 mins

What's wild is how idle the critics were on this movie! We're talking 2006's "Idlewild" this week. It's part musical, part period drama, and glued together with trippy music video style sequences - and it just so happens to be the capstone to Outkast's catalog (so far?). Lot's to unpack in this one - "Idlewild" is not only a film, but also an album featuring so many great tracks that we decided to talk about some of them anyway - ...

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April 14, 2025 72 mins
What ever happened to Beyonce? This week we're talking "Dreamgirls," the 2006 film adaptation of the 1981 stage musical. Lots of musical comparisons between the movie and the broadway version, along with, of course, all the ways this film relates to "Sparkle" – another film inspired by the story of the Supremes – that we covered earlier on KFLX. From the oft-praised Jennifer Hudson and Beyonce belters to the less-reviewed Eddie ...
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April 7, 2025 61 mins
Little Joe sure can sing! In 1998, Joe Pesci released an album. "Vincent LaGuardia Gambini Sings Just for You" was neither his first nor his last record, but it is the only one to feature songs performed as his "My Cousin Vinny" title character. We cover that and much from from Pesci's storied musical career. Dustin takes us on a long journey to meet up with a little bit of KFLX history, and Shawn takes a crack at finding the or...
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March 31, 2025 57 mins
We're going on a Playtone Records tour! It's finally time for us to cover Tom Hanks' directorial debut, which is chock full of fictional music by fictional artists. We're talking about The Wonders, of course, but the Playtone roster runs deep with 60s nostalgia! This one features several real-liife songwriters we've talked about before, and we have a couple surprising tangents as well. We also get a call from the real Guy Patter...
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