Guilty Treasures: Tremors, with Benjamin Zelkowicz
23/04/2026 | 1h 7 mins.
Author and animator Benjamin Zelkowicz joins us to share his love of the 1990 Kevin Bacon creature-feature Tremors, and the three of us have a good old time mining it for story insights.
Guilty Treasures: The Intern, with Peter C. Hayward
09/04/2026 | 1h 18 mins.
Master board game creator Peter C. Hayward joins us to sing the praises of the 2015 Nancy Meyers movie The Intern, but we have very different reactions. Who will join in the praise and who will say this movie just might be the death of America?
Guilty Treasures: Ace in the Hole, with Keir Graff
26/03/2026 | 1h 6 mins.
Acclaimed Novelist and Podcaster Keir Graff visits to make the case that Billy Wilder's first big flop, 1951's Ace in the Hole, might actually be his masterpiece. As it turns out, Jonathan and Matt don't need much convincing.
Guilty Treasures: The Brave Little Toaster, with Betsy Bird
12/03/2026 | 59 mins.
Jonathan and Matt welcome Matt's legendary wife Betsy to discuss one of the weirdest movies ever made, Disney's direct-to-video epic The Brave Little Toaster. Is it oddly great, or just greatly odd?
Guilty Treasures: Beau is Afraid, with James Kennedy
26/02/2026 | 1h 13 mins.
It's Old Home Week! Special Guest James Kennedy makes an impassioned case for Ari Aster's epic nightmare-fuel Beau is Afraid. Will Matt and Jonathan be won over?
A podcast about the craft of storytelling. Join authors Jonathan Auxier and Matt Bird as they dig up good stories to discover how their authors told them well … and how those same tricks and tools can help us all in our own writing