Weary Travelers Podcast
Film, TV & Pop Culture
About
Movie-based podcast where we play trivia games and review movies both new and old.
Episodes
- The Last of the Mohicans
Dan Jackson joins the Weary Travelers Podcast to discuss the film The Last of the Mohicans. The episode touches on how the movie influenced host Joe's habit of running.
- Forgetting Sarah Marshall
On the Weary Travelers Podcast, Nate Sparks joins the hosts to discuss the movie Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Sparks also brought a movie-related gift for the studio.
- Gravity
On the Weary Travelers Podcast, Jared tries to steer the group toward better movie picks with the film Gravity.
- The Lighthouse
This episode of Weary Travelers Podcast discusses the film The Lighthouse, exploring the sanity of characters on a remote island.
- Heavyweights
On the Weary Travelers Podcast, hosts review the Disney film Heavyweights alongside special guest Tim Keller.
- The Delta Force
Joe honors his late hero Chuck Norris with this week's pick of: The Delta Force.
- The Luck of the Irish
Jared celebrates the holiday season with a Disney throwback to simpler times with: The Luck of the Irish.
- Sinners
The Oscar's run continues with the southern horror movie: Sinners
- Hamnet
Joe keeps the Oscar's picks rolling with a little romance and a little theatre to class the pod up.
- Marty Supreme
Jared kicks off the boys' run of Oscar's nominees with the thrilling tale of Marty Supreme.
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Grab your pipe and get ready to listen along as the fellas set out on the first installment of their Tolkien adventure with - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
Joe takes the guys on their first adventure into the wild mind of Wes Anderosn with: The Grand Budapest Hotel.
- War of the Worlds
Mike decides to put the guys through excruciating pain with this week's pick of War of the Worlds (2025). They watched it so you don't have to.
- Argo
Jared takes the boys on a trip to the good ol' country of Iran for this week's historical thriller pick: Argo.
- Clue
The fellas are joined by a very special (and dare I say, classy) guest for this weeks classic mystery movie: Clue.
- Primal Fear
Mike rings in the new year with an old movie. He takes the guys on a crime thriller rollercoaster with: Primal Fear.
- Home Alone
The guys go with a tried and true Christmas classic with: Home Alone.
- The Raid: Redemption
Jared takes the recommendation of a fella at work and gets burned by it. The rest of the group though it was a solid pick.
- The Christmas Chronicles
The holly jolly gentlemen are joined by their dear friend Tony for a nice little Christmas kickoff.
- Frankenstein
Mike decided to celebrate the reason for the season. Wait... no. He's taking us backward into Spooky Season with the newly released Frankenstein.
- Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Jared reluctantly picks a Thanksgiving movie to make Joe happy.
- Sneakers
Joe decides that we have been doing far too many movies from this millennium and takes us back to the sunny days of 1992 with: Sneakers.
- Nobody
Mike brings the fellas out of spooky movie season with an all-out action pick with: Nobody.
- It Follows
It's a Halloween Special! The guys round out the 2025 Spooky Season with a Jared pick in the dark: It Follows.
- Anaconda
The guys are joined by long time listener and recent Patreon subscriber, Alex Baumer for a little jungle thriller.
- Insidious
Mike does what he can to remind the fellas that spooky season movies are supposed to be actually spooky with: Insidious.
- A Nightmare on Elm Street
The guys go back to the old school with a classic horror movie pick. To no one's surprise, Mike is extremely critical of it.
- Paranormal Activity
The guys bring back a crowd favorite guest to kick off the 2025 Spooky Season the right way. Our good friend, Kevin, gets the party started with Paranormal Activity.
- The Truman Show
Mike goes the safe route and picks one of his favorite movies this week. Jared is not even a little impressed.
- Whore
Jared decides that one funny scene is enough to make a movie worth picking. God have mercy on his soul.
- Rebel Ridge
Joe takes the guys on a trip to the deep south with a Don Johnson fueled revenge story: Rebel Ridge.
- Orange County
The fellas go for the hat trick on the Baumer siblings by bringing in the actual brains of that operation, Anna. She picks her long-time favorite comedy: Orange County.
- The Accountant
A special guest-pick keeps the year of Ben Affleck alive as the fellas take a dive into the 2016 action/thriller: The Accountant.
- Cast Away
Jared decides to give us all travel anxiety this vacation season with the Tom Hanks classic: Cast Away.
- Donnie Brasco
Joe goes with a memorial pick for one of the best tough guys in the movie game with this based-on-a-true-story classic, Donnie Brasco.
- Gone Girl
Jared puts the fate of the pod in the hands of his lovely wife. This week we take a deranged trip through the modern whodunit, Gone Girl.
- The Mummy
Mike continues his journey of filling in the gaps of classic movies in backlog. Turns out, Joe hates fun movies.
- Bone Tomahawk
Joe picks an off-season spooky movie with a stacked cast. Was it the worst pick of all time? Only time will tell.
- Back to the Future
Jared hits the guys with a curveball pick, dipping his toes into the sci-fi world.
- Good Will Hunting
The guys are joined in the studio by their long-time friend and previous guest, Mr. Eric Senft. Give him a call if you are buying or selling a house.
- American Hustle
Joe picks an all-star cast con-man movie.
- What About Bob?
Jared dips his toes into Joe's usual selection pool with this 1991 Bill Murray Classic.
- V for Vendetta
Mike decides to take the fellas on a little anarchy/revolution journey with V for Vendetta.
- Kill Bill: Volume 2
The fellas mark their 1-year anniversary of watching Kill Bill by having their good friend Alex back in for the next chapter of the saga.
- Hoosiers
Jared pulls a timely pick to get the boys in the basketball mood just in time for March Madness.
- The Rock
Joe takes the leap into brave new territory by being the first to bring a family member into the studio. The gang is graced with a guest appearance from Dan Jackson.
- Spotlight
After learning recently that Jared had not seen this movie, Mike takes the fellas on an investigative deep dive with Spotlight.
- The Shining
The fellas are joined in the studio by a returning guest, Alex Baumer. He leads the fellas on a little off-season spooky adventure.
- Crimson Tide
Joe is determined to get the podcast back on track after he feels we were lead astray with our previous pick.
- The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Jared takes a wild swing with a movie about Life (the magazine) and finding yourself.