Em @VerbalDiorama: A Film History Podcast
@verbaldiorama.bsky.social
Podcast on the history and legacy of movies you know, and movies you don't. Film Stories writer. Co-creator of the Independent Podcast Awards.
There's no new episode next week, because I've been poorly with a chest infection. Instead, I'll be rummaging through the archives and re-releasing something you may have missed.
I'm feeling much better, so I'm hopeful this will just be a one week break, episode 323 is almost finished.
I'm feeling much better, so I'm hopeful this will just be a one week break, episode 323 is almost finished.
November 22, 2025 at 9:22 PM
There's no new episode next week, because I've been poorly with a chest infection. Instead, I'll be rummaging through the archives and re-releasing something you may have missed.
I'm feeling much better, so I'm hopeful this will just be a one week break, episode 323 is almost finished.
I'm feeling much better, so I'm hopeful this will just be a one week break, episode 323 is almost finished.
Nobody asks me to recommend podcasts, but I do it anyway. This week, it's @thepodcastnobodyaskedfor.co.uk, but really, everybody should be asking for it...
Next week's coming in the next newsletter: verbaldiorama.com/newsletter
Next week's coming in the next newsletter: verbaldiorama.com/newsletter
November 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Nobody asks me to recommend podcasts, but I do it anyway. This week, it's @thepodcastnobodyaskedfor.co.uk, but really, everybody should be asking for it...
Next week's coming in the next newsletter: verbaldiorama.com/newsletter
Next week's coming in the next newsletter: verbaldiorama.com/newsletter
November 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Which do you love more? (500) Days of Summer or 2470 Days of Verbal Diorama?
Both. Both is good.
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Both. Both is good.
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2470 Days of Podcasting
... that's genuinely how many days of Verbal Diorama it has been
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November 21, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Which do you love more? (500) Days of Summer or 2470 Days of Verbal Diorama?
Both. Both is good.
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Both. Both is good.
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🚨BRAND-NEW EPISODE🚨
Episode 322 - (500) DAYS OF SUMMER
This is not a love story. This is a story about love.
(500) Days of Summer was proof that audiences were ready for more complex, honest explorations of modern relationships.
Available in your podcast app📱🎧
Episode 322 - (500) DAYS OF SUMMER
This is not a love story. This is a story about love.
(500) Days of Summer was proof that audiences were ready for more complex, honest explorations of modern relationships.
Available in your podcast app📱🎧
November 20, 2025 at 7:04 PM
🚨BRAND-NEW EPISODE🚨
Episode 322 - (500) DAYS OF SUMMER
This is not a love story. This is a story about love.
(500) Days of Summer was proof that audiences were ready for more complex, honest explorations of modern relationships.
Available in your podcast app📱🎧
Episode 322 - (500) DAYS OF SUMMER
This is not a love story. This is a story about love.
(500) Days of Summer was proof that audiences were ready for more complex, honest explorations of modern relationships.
Available in your podcast app📱🎧
This is Abbey's legend. This good girl lights up the darkness.
This, and more, in the latest episode of the podcast, all about this history and legacy of I Am Legend
This, and more, in the latest episode of the podcast, all about this history and legacy of I Am Legend
November 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
This is Abbey's legend. This good girl lights up the darkness.
This, and more, in the latest episode of the podcast, all about this history and legacy of I Am Legend
This, and more, in the latest episode of the podcast, all about this history and legacy of I Am Legend
Tomorrow, 6am GMT...
Episode 322...
The history and legacy of...
(500) DAYS OF SUMMER
Episode 322...
The history and legacy of...
(500) DAYS OF SUMMER
November 19, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Tomorrow, 6am GMT...
Episode 322...
The history and legacy of...
(500) DAYS OF SUMMER
Episode 322...
The history and legacy of...
(500) DAYS OF SUMMER
If you thought you saw Fred move... you did. It's one of the ways I Am Legend attempts to mess with viewers' minds, to make you question what you've seen, just like Dr. Robert Neville...
November 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
If you thought you saw Fred move... you did. It's one of the ways I Am Legend attempts to mess with viewers' minds, to make you question what you've seen, just like Dr. Robert Neville...
Here's just some of the incredible practical makeup test designs that Amalgamated Dynamics created for Ridley Scott's adaptation of I Am Legend.
We never got Ridley Scott's version, and we also never got these incredible creatures.
The full story is in the latest episode!
We never got Ridley Scott's version, and we also never got these incredible creatures.
The full story is in the latest episode!
November 17, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Here's just some of the incredible practical makeup test designs that Amalgamated Dynamics created for Ridley Scott's adaptation of I Am Legend.
We never got Ridley Scott's version, and we also never got these incredible creatures.
The full story is in the latest episode!
We never got Ridley Scott's version, and we also never got these incredible creatures.
The full story is in the latest episode!
Who is the subject of his week's Podcast of the Week? She is legend! Drew Barrymore, of course, and the podcast dedicated to her: @howdoyoudrewpod.bsky.social
Next week's coming in the next newsletter: verbaldiorama.com/newsletter
Next week's coming in the next newsletter: verbaldiorama.com/newsletter
The Last Omega Man Am Legend
...and three (almost four!) different takes on one timeless story
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November 16, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Who is the subject of his week's Podcast of the Week? She is legend! Drew Barrymore, of course, and the podcast dedicated to her: @howdoyoudrewpod.bsky.social
Next week's coming in the next newsletter: verbaldiorama.com/newsletter
Next week's coming in the next newsletter: verbaldiorama.com/newsletter
Have you seen all the adaptations of Richard Matheson's I Am Legend? Which is your favorite?
Do you think Ridley Scott and Arnold Schwarzenegger could have given us something (excuse the pun) legendary?
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Do you think Ridley Scott and Arnold Schwarzenegger could have given us something (excuse the pun) legendary?
verbaldiorama.com/newsletter
The Last Omega Man Am Legend
...and three (almost four!) different takes on one timeless story
verbaldiorama.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Have you seen all the adaptations of Richard Matheson's I Am Legend? Which is your favorite?
Do you think Ridley Scott and Arnold Schwarzenegger could have given us something (excuse the pun) legendary?
verbaldiorama.com/newsletter
Do you think Ridley Scott and Arnold Schwarzenegger could have given us something (excuse the pun) legendary?
verbaldiorama.com/newsletter
Episode 322 - (500) Days of Summer is now available for $5/£4+ Patrons on their exclusive RSS feed at verbaldiorama.com/patreon.
It'll be available for everyone on Thursday (20th November)
"There's no such thing as love. It's a fantasy."
It'll be available for everyone on Thursday (20th November)
"There's no such thing as love. It's a fantasy."
November 15, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Episode 322 - (500) Days of Summer is now available for $5/£4+ Patrons on their exclusive RSS feed at verbaldiorama.com/patreon.
It'll be available for everyone on Thursday (20th November)
"There's no such thing as love. It's a fantasy."
It'll be available for everyone on Thursday (20th November)
"There's no such thing as love. It's a fantasy."
3..2..1.. Go listen! 321 episodes of film history and legacy, all done by one really passionate, slightly awkward, totally lovable girl human.
(It's true. It really is just all me. And I am slightly awkward.)
(It's true. It really is just all me. And I am slightly awkward.)
November 14, 2025 at 2:39 PM
3..2..1.. Go listen! 321 episodes of film history and legacy, all done by one really passionate, slightly awkward, totally lovable girl human.
(It's true. It really is just all me. And I am slightly awkward.)
(It's true. It really is just all me. And I am slightly awkward.)
"I love The Smiths."
November 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
"I love The Smiths."
🚨BRAND-NEW EPISODE🚨
Episode 321 - I AM LEGEND
Third time's a charm!
While the movie would film on location in New York City, the beautiful prosthetic creatures they'd originally envisioned would be changed one week into production...
Available in your podcast app📱🎧
Episode 321 - I AM LEGEND
Third time's a charm!
While the movie would film on location in New York City, the beautiful prosthetic creatures they'd originally envisioned would be changed one week into production...
Available in your podcast app📱🎧
November 13, 2025 at 10:20 AM
🚨BRAND-NEW EPISODE🚨
Episode 321 - I AM LEGEND
Third time's a charm!
While the movie would film on location in New York City, the beautiful prosthetic creatures they'd originally envisioned would be changed one week into production...
Available in your podcast app📱🎧
Episode 321 - I AM LEGEND
Third time's a charm!
While the movie would film on location in New York City, the beautiful prosthetic creatures they'd originally envisioned would be changed one week into production...
Available in your podcast app📱🎧
Tomorrow, 6am BST...
Episode 321...
The history and legacy of...
I AM LEGEND
Episode 321...
The history and legacy of...
I AM LEGEND
November 12, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Tomorrow, 6am BST...
Episode 321...
The history and legacy of...
I AM LEGEND
Episode 321...
The history and legacy of...
I AM LEGEND
Evacuation com...
Evacuation com...
Evacuation com...
Evacuation com...
Evacuation complete.
This, and more, in the latest episode of the podcast, all about this history and legacy of Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery!
Evacuation com...
Evacuation com...
Evacuation com...
Evacuation complete.
This, and more, in the latest episode of the podcast, all about this history and legacy of Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery!
November 11, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Evacuation com...
Evacuation com...
Evacuation com...
Evacuation com...
Evacuation complete.
This, and more, in the latest episode of the podcast, all about this history and legacy of Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery!
Evacuation com...
Evacuation com...
Evacuation com...
Evacuation complete.
This, and more, in the latest episode of the podcast, all about this history and legacy of Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery!
The Usual Suspects did the business back in Sept, and dethroned Atlantis: The Lost Empire from the top spot, but then Austin Powers came along, and obliterated the competition
Can anything beat the might of Britain's ultimate gentleman spy by the end of the year?
(This is first day listens only)
Can anything beat the might of Britain's ultimate gentleman spy by the end of the year?
(This is first day listens only)
November 11, 2025 at 10:24 AM
The Usual Suspects did the business back in Sept, and dethroned Atlantis: The Lost Empire from the top spot, but then Austin Powers came along, and obliterated the competition
Can anything beat the might of Britain's ultimate gentleman spy by the end of the year?
(This is first day listens only)
Can anything beat the might of Britain's ultimate gentleman spy by the end of the year?
(This is first day listens only)
I think it's mid-late 90s family movies!
To me, every episode is fascinating, every movie has an amazing story, and every movie is a miracle.
I love doing what I do on Verbal Diorama, and if you do too, that's cool. 😁🥰 If you don't know who I am, get on your podcast app and find out 😉
To me, every episode is fascinating, every movie has an amazing story, and every movie is a miracle.
I love doing what I do on Verbal Diorama, and if you do too, that's cool. 😁🥰 If you don't know who I am, get on your podcast app and find out 😉
November 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I think it's mid-late 90s family movies!
To me, every episode is fascinating, every movie has an amazing story, and every movie is a miracle.
I love doing what I do on Verbal Diorama, and if you do too, that's cool. 😁🥰 If you don't know who I am, get on your podcast app and find out 😉
To me, every episode is fascinating, every movie has an amazing story, and every movie is a miracle.
I love doing what I do on Verbal Diorama, and if you do too, that's cool. 😁🥰 If you don't know who I am, get on your podcast app and find out 😉
Justice for Mr. Bigglesworth!!
Played by Ted Nude-Gent.
Played by Ted Nude-Gent.
November 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Justice for Mr. Bigglesworth!!
Played by Ted Nude-Gent.
Played by Ted Nude-Gent.
1 gentleman spy is tough enough to find, but finding 2?! Luckily, I found Scott and Cam @spyhards.bsky.social for this week's Podcast of the Week. If you're looking for a podcast all about spy films, they're groovy, baby, yeah!
Next week's coming in the next newsletter: verbaldiorama.com/newsletter
Next week's coming in the next newsletter: verbaldiorama.com/newsletter
November 10, 2025 at 9:54 AM
1 gentleman spy is tough enough to find, but finding 2?! Luckily, I found Scott and Cam @spyhards.bsky.social for this week's Podcast of the Week. If you're looking for a podcast all about spy films, they're groovy, baby, yeah!
Next week's coming in the next newsletter: verbaldiorama.com/newsletter
Next week's coming in the next newsletter: verbaldiorama.com/newsletter
Episode 321 - I AM LEGEND is now available for $5/£4+ Patrons on their exclusive RSS feed at verbaldiorama.com/patreon.
It'll be available for everyone on Thursday (13th November)
"I can help. I can save you. I can save everybody."
It'll be available for everyone on Thursday (13th November)
"I can help. I can save you. I can save everybody."
November 8, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Episode 321 - I AM LEGEND is now available for $5/£4+ Patrons on their exclusive RSS feed at verbaldiorama.com/patreon.
It'll be available for everyone on Thursday (13th November)
"I can help. I can save you. I can save everybody."
It'll be available for everyone on Thursday (13th November)
"I can help. I can save you. I can save everybody."
Not the UK's premier spy, and international man of mystery, having the biggest debut on the podcast for the whole of 2025!?
This news is very shagadelic!
I guess it is true. Everyone loves Austin Powers 😍
This news is very shagadelic!
I guess it is true. Everyone loves Austin Powers 😍
November 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Not the UK's premier spy, and international man of mystery, having the biggest debut on the podcast for the whole of 2025!?
This news is very shagadelic!
I guess it is true. Everyone loves Austin Powers 😍
This news is very shagadelic!
I guess it is true. Everyone loves Austin Powers 😍
Here's the plan. You listen to this episode, or I hold the world ransom for....{dramatic pause}.... $1 million!
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Film history in a nutshell...
...Help! I'm in a nutshell! How did I get into this nutshell? Look at the size of this bloody great big nutshell. What sort of shell has a nut like this? This is crazy.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Here's the plan. You listen to this episode, or I hold the world ransom for....{dramatic pause}.... $1 million!
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From Evil Dead II to Austin Powers.
From "groovy" to "groovy, baby".
Unintentional podcast scheduling strikes again. I didn't even realize the link til I stated working on the episodes... 😅
Where did you get your first "groovy" from? Ash or Austin?
From "groovy" to "groovy, baby".
Unintentional podcast scheduling strikes again. I didn't even realize the link til I stated working on the episodes... 😅
Where did you get your first "groovy" from? Ash or Austin?
November 7, 2025 at 10:32 AM
From Evil Dead II to Austin Powers.
From "groovy" to "groovy, baby".
Unintentional podcast scheduling strikes again. I didn't even realize the link til I stated working on the episodes... 😅
Where did you get your first "groovy" from? Ash or Austin?
From "groovy" to "groovy, baby".
Unintentional podcast scheduling strikes again. I didn't even realize the link til I stated working on the episodes... 😅
Where did you get your first "groovy" from? Ash or Austin?