These Episodes Of ‘How Did This Get Made’ Will Introduce You To The Game-Changing Podcast

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Back in late 2010, Paul Scheer, June Diane Raphael, and Jason Mantzoukas sat down with Nick Kroll to record the very first episode of their now-iconic podcast How Did This Get Made. The concept was an easy sell. Three insider comedians/actors/writers would invite fellow creatives to deep dive into what exactly was going on in the world’s worst movies while trying to figure out how these historic failures got greenlit. 230 episodes later (not counting mini-episodes), the show has come to define the comedy/ movie podcast intersection while spawning hundreds of imitators.

The 20 episodes of How Did This Get Made listed below offer a taste of the world that the hosts have built. It’s a sprawling ecosystem. Over the show’s decade-long run, they’ve covered a lot of terrible movies while bringing on a long list of great guests. Big disclaimer here though: HDTGM episodes generally stay available on free podcast streaming services for around six months. After that, you’ll need a Stitcher premium subscription to access the full vault. If you want to start your listen with only the more recent/ free episodes, you can find them on Apple Podcasts, Earwolf, Castbox, and Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts.

The Movie:

In the very first episode of HDTGM, our hosts sit down with actor/comedian/writer Nick Kroll to talk about the 2010 film starring Cher and Christina Aguilera, Burlesque. The episode is shorter than later episodes and the format isn’t quite as dialed in yet. Still, the episode provides shows a glimmer of good things to come. While Burlesque is a bad movie, it’s also kind of “fun bad,” and that concept would go on to become the crucial ingredient for the show.

Where to Listen: Stitcher

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The Movie:

GEOSTORM!!! has become a rallying cry for HDTGM stans. This live episode from April 2018, is a rollicking live show that hits a lot of classic HDTGM moments: Baffled and hilarious guest stars, a delightfully stupid/fun movie, and a great audience to help hype up the whole experience. Plus, this episode birthed the meme, “GEEEEEOOOOOOOSTORM!!!”

Where to Listen: Stitcher

The Movie:

This movie is batshit crazy. It was also the perfect movie to examine as peak-Marvel was starting to, well, peak. The space-comic-book-fantasy movie was a notorious bomb critically and financially and a straight-up baffling by today’s comic book movie standards. Actress/writer Kristen Schaal’s nonchalant wit and a stoked Largo live audience in L.A. make this a very fun listen in the post-Endgame world of 2020.

Where to Listen: Stitcher

The Movie:

Podcaster and writer Emily V. Gordon dropped by the HDTGM studio to talk about the Bruce Willis notoriously so-bad-it’s-kinda-great classic Hudson Hawk. This episode shines as the hosts and guest parse what exactly is going on in this European-art-heist-action-comedy film that breaks into a full-on musical at one point with Bruce Willis and Danny Aiello trading verses as they heist.

Where to Listen: Stitcher