River Cities Reader Podcast

River Cities Reader Podcast


Latest Episodes

May 16, 2024, on Planet 93.9 with Dave and Darren — “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes”
May 16, 2024

Mike Schulz has only one full-fledged film to discuss with Dave Levora and Darren Pitra: Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, directed by Wes Fall and starring Freya Allan, Kevin Durand, Peter Macon, an

May 9, 2024 on Planet 93.9 with Dave and Darren — “The Fall Guy,” “Tarot,” “The Idea of You,” and “Unfrosted”
May 09, 2024

Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra continue a prior discussion of their mutual fondness for Marcia Strassman, ofWelcome Back, Kotter andMASH fame, The Fall Guy, directed by David Leitch and

May 2, 2024 on Planet 93.9 with Dave and Darren — “Challengers,” “Unsung Hero,” and “Boy Kills World”
May 03, 2024

Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra just cant seem to get enough of each other. They discuss the habit of recent films to distinguish films as pre- and post-COVID pandemic and the seeming retu

April 25, 2024, on Planet 93.9 with Dave and Darren — “Abigail,” “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare,” and “Sasquatch Sunset”
April 25, 2024

Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra dealt with some microphone-monkeying that had gone on before Levora and Pitra climbed aboard and got on with it. They discuss the family Shyamalan, with M Ni

April 18, 2024, on Planet 93.9 with Dave and Darren — “Civil War,” “Arcadian,” “Vanya,” and “Hundreds of Beavers”
April 18, 2024

Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra chit the film chat for a tight fifteen. Schulz liked what he saw this week, which disappointed Levora, who finds Schulz to be most fun when hes attacking so

April 11, 2024, on Planet 93.9 with Dave and Darren — “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire,” “In the Land of Saints and Sinners,” “Ripley,” “The New Omen,” “Monkey Man,” “Wicked Little Letters,” and “Problemista”
April 11, 2024

Mike Schulz has overcome last weeks problem (car died, again) to make it into studio to jaw with Dave Levora and Darren Pitra about stuff cinematic. Schulz credits the fine folk at Uber for making th

March 28, 2024 on Planet 93.9 with Dave and Darren — “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire,” “Road House,” “Shirley,” “Immaculate,” and “Late Night with the Devil”
March 28, 2024

Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra take an extended stroll down Memory Lane with the films from 1989.Road House wasnt theonly film released that year, you know. Thats what Wikipedia tells

March 21, 2024 on Planet 93.9 with Dave and Darren — “Arthur the King,” “Love Lies Bleeding,” “One Life,” “The American Society of Magical Negroes,” and “Snack Shack”
March 21, 2024

Mike Schulz was over the moon with Dave Levora and Darren Pitra about how many films he was able to watch and review (five) and still visit his mother in Chicago. Good job, homie. Here, now, the revie

March 14, 2024 on Planet 93.9 with Dave and Darren — “Imaginary,” “Cabrini,” “Kung Fu Panda 4,” and “20 Days in Mariupol”
March 14, 2024

Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra sound alarmed about the possibility of another mic having fritzed out, leaving Pitra to shout out his contributions from the bleachers. Not this time, baby!

More Citizen Intelligence, Less Artificial Intelligence Needed: Todd McGreevy & AD in the Morning on WQUD Discuss the March Edition of River Cities’ Reader
March 11, 2024

River Cities Reader publisher Todd McGreevy talks with WQUD GM Aaron Dail and Pat Jones, Sancho Panza to Dails Don Quixote, re recent highlights, both online and within Issue N 1019. Joining the tw