Vintage Century Idle Hour
Hi, there. Jennifer here. This show is about old movies and stuff. It's the cure insomniacs have been begging for, and the virtual companion for those who are really bored at work. Take it from my mom: "This is incontrovertibly the best podcast the world has ever known."
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Podcasting since 2020 • 16 episodes
Vintage Century Idle Hour
Latest Episodes
The Patterns of Corporate Life Make People Sad
Jennifer has spent the majority of her career working in corporations, and while the industries, services, policies, systems, technologies, and even the names and faces of the colleagues, change over time, there’s one truth that remains eternal...
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Season 2025
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Episode 16
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1:01:43
Calling All Anxious People: Dark Victory is Yours
Well, we have a melodrama this week–a bit of a downer, to be honest. Our featured film, Dark Victory, is about a young woman in the prime of life who is dying. Not a lot of laughs, this one. But more than that, this i...
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Season 2025
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Episode 15
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56:04
It Happened One Night and Was Better Than Expected
This is the 14th episode of the Vintage Century Idle Hour, and that means we’ve explored 13 stories from Hollywood’s Golden Age so far. None of these films have been comedies, for one critical reason: Jennifer's not wild about them–...
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Season 2025
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Episode 14
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56:02
Where Can I Find a Guy Like Marty?
And now for a change of pace…In the last few episodes of this series we have gone to some dark places. Our main characters have been corrupt, manipulative, all around rotten scoundrels. There’s been murder, mayhem, death and ...
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Season 2025
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Episode 13
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1:01:37
Is Citizen Kane Just for Snooty Film Snobs?
What were YOU doing at 25? Here's what Jennifer was doing: trying to pay rent and figure out how to be an adult. You know what Orson Welles was doing at 25? Making his first Hollywood film–what went on to be regarded by ...
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Season 2025
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Episode 12
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53:38