Load Bearing Beams: A Movie Podcast
Matt and Laci dive deep into a different movie every week. Whether it’s a great movie, a terrible movie, or somewhere in between—we unpack the history behind its production and the people who made it, then discuss, review, and make fun of the movie itself. Why do we call it a Load Bearing Beam? Because it's a movie you love so much that it holds up the foundation of the very structure that is you. Laci Roth and Matt Stokes are a married couple that needs to find stuff to watch together. On this show, they take a look at movies loved by one but unseen, disliked, or forgotten by the other. With open hearts but exhausted and cynical minds, they will get to the bottom of whether or not the movies they love so much are actually good.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 74 minutes
- Episodes
- 210
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
83. Fried Green Tomatoes
Join us, dear listeners, at the Whistle Stop Cafe, where Idgy, Ninny, Buddy, Grady, Little Buddy, Smokey, Big George and all your best pals are waiting to cook you up a plate of Fried Green Tomatoes …
Back on 6/23/23 with an episode about "Fried Green Tomatoes"
Hey folks! Load Bearing Beams here with an update for you: We'll be back with a brand-new, full-length episode in one week (June 23, 2023). That episode will be on the film Fried Green Tomatoes (1991…
82. Lake Placid
We unpack Matt's lifelong fear of crocodilians by taking a look at 1999's big budget B-movie spectacular, Lake Placid. Is this schlocky special effects extravaganza just a Jurassic Park ripoff, or a …
81. Private Parts
Laci picked the Howard Stern movie Private Parts (1997) for this episode, so we thoroughly discuss this odd but very charming film and try to figure out what it's really trying to say. Laci unpacks h…
80. The Blair Witch Project / Meet The Parents (with Wade Hymel & Patrick Perot)
The other members of Matt's band Rural Route Nine join the show for a classic two-movie Load Bearing Beams therapy session. Wade Hymel triumphantly returns to the show to convince the gang of the mer…
79. Grease 2 (also: Grease 1)
(Do keep in mind that this podcast is rated R for utterly filthy language.)
Well hi there, partner. Load Bearing Beams is back for season 2 with a long and free-wheeling discussion of Grease 2 (1982)…
78. Loser
Is this the most forgotten movie we've ever covered? Probably. But if you don't listen to this episode, we'll make fun of you, dweeb.
77. Wild Wild West
Laci and Matt unpack the movie and music career of Will Smith, the biggest movie star of his generation, and the notorious disaster that is 1999's Wild Wild West. Is this movie really the calamity ev…
76. Mortal Kombat (1995)
We prepare to enter the tournament that is the 1995 adaptation of Mortal Kombat.
Time stamps:
- What are our relationship dealbreakers when it comes to both food and movies? [2:04]
- Is Homer Simpson t…
75. Twister
Call in the Insane Clown Posse, because this episode is twisted.
Please forgive the audio issues on this one. :(
74. Godzilla (1998)
It's Roth v. Stokes in this episode. The gloves are off. Fisticuffs. A brawl for all. A royal rumble. Malice at the Palace. We got a donnybrook on our hand, folks, because Laci thinks the Roland Emme…
73. Elvis
Elvis was a hero to Laci, but he never meant s*!@ to Matt.
When your two hosts first started dating, Laci asked Matt a fundamental question: "Are you an Elvis person, or a Beatles person?" Matt thoug…
72. Splice
A very cranky Matt and Laci discuss the 2009 man-playin'-God thriller Splice. Topics covered include: TV vs. movies, bioethics, children, parenting, Koko the gorilla, plus an extensive breakdown of t…
71. Weekend At Bernie's
Celebrate this weekend with your very-much-alive-thank-you pals Laci and Matt, who are discussing the 1989 comedy classic Weekend At Bernie's (1989).
70. Red Dragon
Because he saw Red Dragon (2002) before he saw The Silence of the Lambs, a young and idiotic Matt thought it was just plumb terrific, and so he and his bride review it on this episode, which features…
2nd Triennial Quarterly Claptrap
This one's a jazz set, a lazy river. Let the conversation take you where it's gonna take you, ya know?
Topics covered:
- Waterparks
- Whether or not talking about food is interesting
- The merits of the …
69. Jawbreaker
Another of Laci's faves is a cult classic from the '90s: 1999's Jawbreaker, the tale of three popular girls who accidentally murder their friend and then clumsily cover it up while also navigating th…
68. The General
Deploy your cowcatcher and join Laci and Matt as they unpack Buster Keaton's action-comedy classic, The General (1927). Often considered the greatest of all silent films, it is undoubtedly an impress…
67. Dumb And Dumber
Your favorite podcast hosts who are married to each other and talk about movies that they loved when younger but haven't seen in a long time and are concerned might not hold up to the scrutiny and cy…
66. Network
Laci and Matt unpack the movie Network (1976), a movie that predicted that one day, the television news would be kind of silly. Can you even imagine?