Culture Trumpet - The Podcast

Culture Trumpet - The Podcast

Culture Trumpet is a new podcast focusing on all corners of pop culture, including movies, TV, gaming, tech graphic novels, music, theatre, art, and bringing you a range of reviews, opinion pieces, retrospectives, and general chinwaggery. Please subscribe, like and review via your podcaster of choice, and if you want to show your support please check out our Patreon page, where we're planning some exclusive content. https://www.patreon.com/culturetrumpet

Episodes

January 6, 2024 • 163 mins
It's 2024, so what better time to look back to 2023 in this epic length special episode.

We talk about our movie and TV highlights and lowlights of last year, and look forward to 2024.

Depite running almost 3 hours, and imposing limits on waffling time, there's still a ton of stuff we've no doubt missed out. Oh well.

You can skip to the content starting at the following times:
  • 00:00 - Intro
  • 01:48 - Quick News Recap
  • 07:28 - 2023 Movi...
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We're back after a loooooong break with a new episode, and as it's Halloween we thought we'd take a look at two recently released high profile horror sequels, Saw X and The Exorcist: Believer.

And that's about it for this one - no quiz, no waffle, just pure spooooooky chat. And a few spoilers.

Enjoy!

You can skip to the content starting at the following times:
  • 00:00 - Intro
  • 02:22 - Saw X
  • 33:32 - The Exorcist: Believer
  • 57:36 - Outro
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April 19, 2023 • 89 mins
We're back with a new episode, and after a few shows where we've talked about our favourite things, now it's time talk about what really ticks us off.
BE WARNED - This episode contains a LOT of salty language from the start.


You can skip to the content starting at the following times:
  • 00:00 - Intro
  • 03:42 - News
  • 07:12 - Steelbook Artwork
  • 15:34 - Movie & TV "Explainer" Youtube Videos
  • 18:31 - Crypto Currency & Influencers
  • 31:09 - ...
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March 31, 2023 • 98 mins
We're back with a new episode to end the month, and this time we're straight into comedy chat with a quiz and a rundown of our favourite and least favourite chucklesome movies and TV shows.

We also have a catch up with indie film mmaker Warren Badenski is back to talk about his latest film - Dead Name (trailer here) - which is currently in post production, and will hopefully be released later this year.

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January 30, 2023 • 82 mins
We're back with a new episode, and this time, after a quick news catchup, we're straight into out main topic - technology.

You can skip to the content starting at the following times:

00:00 - Intro
03:11 - News Update
12:59 - Tech Quiz
30:19 - Tech Chat
01:21:43 - Outro

Caution - episode contains occasional fruity language.


Please send feedback, comments, suggestions and questions by contacting us here.
Please support us via Patreon - http...
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We're back after a break with a look back at 2022, including Marvel and DC ups & downs, horror hits Barbarian and Terrifier 2, the battle of the epic TV shows with House of The Dragon vs Rings of Power, and lots more, before looking ahead to what we're looking forward to in 2023, including Dune Pt2, Indy 5, Oppenheimer, The Flash, Ant-Man 3, and the Ghostbusters: Afterlife sequel.


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October 30, 2022 • 66 mins
We're back with a special spooooooky episode just in time for Halloween.

You can skip to the content starting at the following times:

00:00 - Intro
01:30 - Our Introduction to Horror
20:00 - The Current State of Horror
30:35 - Quick News Roundup
34:56 - Quiz Time
45:53 - Halloween Movie Watchlist Recommendations
01:02:00 - Round-up & Outro

Caution - episode contains occasional fruity language.


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We're back, and we've got plenty to talk about, including the new Hellraiser film, Andor, House Of The Dragon, Rings Of Power, and more.

In addition, previous guest Warren Badenski is back, this time to talk about his work as a low budget indie film maker, and then, back by (checks notes...) popular demand, it's quiz time!

You can skip to the content starting at the following times:

00:00 - Intro
01:56 - Hellraiser (2022) Trailer
08:30 ...
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We're back with a quick emergency episode to the discuss the surprise Deadpool 3 announcement from Ryan Reynolds, as well as some sad Blade news.

Here are your times for the chat:

00:00 - Intro
00:24 - Deadpool 3
13:35 - Blade
21:37 - Outro

Caution - episode contains occasional fruity language.

Here are the videos discussed in the episode:

https://youtu.be/Yd47Z8HYf0Y

https://youtu.be/Szj1iqYanFM


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September 16, 2022 • 95 mins
We're back, and this time it's (mostly) all about Disney, as we run through the highlights of this year's Disney+ Day and D23 Expo.

In with all that is a new exclusive interview about something we've not covered before - autograph collecting. It's a great chat, and we learnt a lot.

You can skip to the content starting at the following times:

00:00 - Intro
01:55 - Disney+ Day
20:07 - Autograph Collecting Interview
51:28 - D23 Intro
52:50 -...
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September 1, 2022 • 68 mins
There's plenty to cover in this week's episode, starting with, as always, a news catchup, then a chat about what we've been watching recently. All while giving the Fact-checking Elf plenty to do

You can skip to the content starting at the following times:

- News - 1m44s
- Disney+ Day & D23 - 15m26s
- Glass Onion - 44m39s
- She-Hulk - 47m32s
- Prey - 50m05s
- House Of The Dragon - 55m33s
- Only Murders In The Building - 1h02m49s
- Not Better...
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On this week's episode we're going all in on physical media.

After a brief news round-up, we've got an exclusive interview with new UK boutique Blu-ray label Plumeria Pictures.

Then it's onto the world of steelbooks - how we got into them, our favourites, our grumbles, and more.

- News (2m50s)
- Plumeria Pictures interview (13m02s)
- Steelbooks (50m18s)

You can find Plumeria Pictures at their website here - https://plumeriapics.co.uk/

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We're back, and this episode it's all Marvel, Marvel, Marvel, as we talk about the MCU's return to San Diego Comic-Con, after a long absence due to you-know-what.

We give our thoughts on the latest announcements, including:

- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and She-Hulk trailers
- Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania
- Disney+ shows
- Phase V & VI announcements
- Avengers: The Kang Dynasty & Avengers: Secret War
- Marvel fatigue... Is there j...
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July 14, 2022 • 64 mins
After longer than expected break (illness, business, more illness), we're finally back with episode two, and there's a lot to catch up on, including:

- Glastonbury
- Ghostbusters: Afterlife sequel
- Westworld Season 4
- The Boys
- Only Murders in The Building
- Obi-Wan Kenobi
- Stranger Things Season 4

Caution - episode contains occasional fruity language.


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It's been a few weeks since the last episode, and it's all been popping off behind the scenes. Here's a quick update....
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We've had a few weeks off, but now we're back back back, with the first episode of our new season.

This week, we're keeping it light and breezy, and catching up with recent entertainment news, and then reviewing some of the things we've been watching, including:

Scream 6
Reacher Season 2
Inside Number 9
Paramamount+ UK
Taskmaster
Prey (the Predator prequel)
Obi Wan Kenobi
Stranger Things Season 4
Top Gun Maverick
Everything Everywhere All At ...
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We'll be taking a break for a few weeks, but before we go, here's our bumper spoiler special review of the latest MCU big screen hit, Doctor Strange in The Multiverse of Madness.

We cover the plot - or as much as we could remember between us - the good, the bad, the cameos and lots more, along with some listener comments

And don't say we didn't warn you - this is a VERY spoilery review.

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We're with another episode, and as always, we start with a newsy catch-up, followed by our brain thoughts on what we've been watching, before a quizzy rematch after last episode's hard fought battle.

You can skip to the content starting at the following times:

- News
- Twitter - 3m20s
- CinemaCon - 8m42s
- Reviews - 16m54s
- Ed Gamble
- Taskmaster
- X
- Inside No 9
- Derry Girls
- Better Call Saul
- Quiz Time - 32m32s


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April 15, 2022 • 55 mins
On this episode, technical issues mean we can only bring you a small part of our first ever live episode, so we do our best to recreate the magic for those of you listening from the safety of your own homes.

First, as always, we catch up with the news, then we offer some reviews of what we've been watching, before skipping our standard deep dive getting busy with the quizzy, testing our knowledge on movies.

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We've been away for a bit longer than expected, which means we have a LOT to discuss in our longest episode yet, as we offer our in-depth, expert opinion on the recent Oscars fisticuffs, brave the great unwashed with our first live music of 2022, have a chat about what we've been watching, then go in deep on the subject of franchises - the good, the bad, and the mediocre.

You can skip to the content starting at the following times:

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