Make the Case
A podcast to help you fall in love with movies all over again. Each week, Conrad Rothbaum and his co-host ShwinnyPooh come on to "Make the Case" -- that is, to put forth a hot take, argument or simply a new perspective -- about a movie they love. For questions or comments please email us at [email protected] and we might read your email on the air! You can also call us and leave us a voicemail at (818) 538-4966 -- we want to hear from you, and may play your voicemail on the podcast! Follow the show on Twitter at @makethecaseshow. Co-hosts Conrad and Shwin are also on Twitter as @csroth and @shwinnypooh respectively, but if you follow them, be prepared for many, many tweets about the New York Knicks on your feed.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 75 minutes
- Episodes
- 34
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2024
Episode 33: The Best Films of 2023 with Rebecca Goldstein, Dylan Visvikis and Simon Schiller
Join Conrad, Shwin and special guests Rebecca Goldstein, Simon Schiller and Dylan Visvikis as they break down their favorite films of the year. We laughed! We cried! We blew up a pipeline.
Please note…
Episode 32: Kubrick Part III: Dr. Strangelove
...OR HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE POD!
Today, we make this pod short and sweet, as we talk Stanley Kubrick's nuclear panic satire, DR. STRANGELOVE!
Topics include: 1) What is the coroll…
Episode 31: Kubrick Part II: Spartacus and Lolita
THEY TRAINED THEM TO PODCAST FOR THEIR PLEASURE... BUT THEY TRAINED THEM A LITTLE TOO WELL!! // HOW DID THEY EVER MAKE A PODCAST OF LOLITA?
In this episode, we continue our analysis of Kubrick's care…
Episode 30: Kubrick Part I: The Killing & Paths of Glory
IN ALL ITS FURY AND VIOLENCE… LIKE NO OTHER PODCAST SINCE “BLANK CHECK” AND “THE BIG PICTURE”!
This week, we kick off our most ambitious series yet: a retrospective on the films of Stanley Kubrick, on…
Episode 29: JFK
HE'S A PODCAST CO-HOST. HE WILL RISK HIS LIFE, THE LIVES OF HIS FAMILY, EVERYTHING HE HOLDS DEAR FOR THE ONE THING HE HOLDS SACRED... THE TRUTH.
This week, we finish off our Oliver Stone trilogy with …
Episode 28: Primer
WHAT HAPPENS IF IT ACTUALLY PODS?
This week, we loop back to the 2004 cult classic time travel drama from Shane Carruth, PRIMER. Famously shot for $7000 (we have some thoughts about that) and supposed…
Episode 27: Wall Street
EVERY POD HAS A PRICE.
This week, we continue our Oliver Stone series (to Conrad's chagrin) with Stone's 1987 opus on greed, which takes place on a very well-known street in downtown Manhattan.
Is gree…
Episode 26: Atomic Blonde with Lester Lee
In this pod, we bring in special guest Lester Lee of Dead Seriousness dot com to help us tear down this wall: How is this movie an interesting intersection of Fury Road and John Wick? What makes Char…
Episode 25: You've Got Mail with Rebecca Goldstein
SOMEONE YOU PASS ON THE STREET MAY ALREADY BE THE GUEST OF YOUR POD.
It's a special Valentine's Day episode of Make the Case, as special guest Rebecca Goldstein presents an argument for the Nora Ephro…
Episode 24: Any Given Sunday
POD. OR BE PODDED.
In this pod, we tackle the big questions about football, and life: Does this movie have the greatest sports monologue ever? Is Jamie Foxx underrated? Why does "Bubble Pacino" work a…
Episode 23: Goodfellas
"AS FAR BACK AS I CAN REMEMBER, I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A PODCASTER." - HENRY HILL
Hot off the heels of our Sopranos duology, we're talking its foundational predecessor: GOODFELLAS? Just what is the…
Episode 22: The Sopranos Part II with David Futernick and Kris Pursiainen
HELL HATH NO FURY LIKE THE PODCAST!
It's the final part of our Sopranos Call-In extravaganza. In this episode, we have special guests David Futernick (@davidfuternick) and Kris Pursiainen (@krispursia…
Episode 21: The Sopranos Part I featuring Jonathan Macri, Jody Kava, and Adam Feeney
IF ONE PODCAST DOESN'T KILL HIM... THE OTHER PODCAST WILL!
It's Part 1 of our Sopranos Call-In extravaganza. In this episode, we have special guests Jonathan Macri, Adam Feeney, and Jody Kava each cal…
Episode 20: The Best Films of 2022 with Simon Schiller and Dylan Visvikis
Join Conrad, Shwin and special guests Simon Schiller and Dylan Visvikis as they break down their favorite films of the year. We laughed! We cried! We turned into rocks and bowed to the Everything Bag…
Episode 19: Collateral
IT STARTED LIKE ANY OTHER PODCAST.
In the conclusion of our Michael Mann triptych, we consider perhaps his most fun film (?!) -- the 2004 Tom Cruise vehicle COLLATERAL!
Topics include: 1) How does this…
Episode 18: Heat
THE PODCAST IS THE JUICE!!!
This week we continue our ongoing Michael Mann series, analyzing his LA bank robber masterpiece, HEAT! Hot off our examination of his first film, we talk about the ways Man…
Episode 17: Thief with Patrick J. McKeown
TONIGHT OUR PODCAST PAY IS $410,000 ... TAX FREE!!
Patrick McKeown joins the podcast again for the first part of our Michael Mann trilogy: this week, we're talking the 1981 crime thriller THIEF! Star…
Episode 16: Enter the Dragon with Warren Lam
THEIR DEADLY MISSION: TO POD ABOUT THE FORBIDDEN ISLAND OF HAN! Be like water, everyone. In this pod, Conrad is joined by special guest Warren Lam, director of THE MASTER OF INFLUENCE WITH SI-FU BRU…
Episode 15: All Quiet On The Western Front (2022)
A PODCAST OF BLOOD, GUTS AND TEARS THAT WILL LEAVE AN INDELIBLE MARK ON YOUR SOUL! This week, Conrad and Shwin tackle the grisly 2022 German-language Netflix film, ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT, ada…
Episode 14: The Matrix
FREE YOUR POD. It's time to talk about the 1999 action/sci fi classic, The Matrix, directed by the Wachowski sisters and starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne and Carrie-Anne Moss! Conrad and Shw…