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Josh Shalek

@kidshay.bsky.social

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Infinite Buckets of Popcorn is the film podcast I make with my 10-year-old daughter IG @snorewalrus kidshay.com

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Josh Shalek @kidshay.bsky.social · 1h

Infinite Buckets of Popcorn turns 50! Why did I think it would be a funny idea for LQ to go into the Marvel Cinematic Universe with the grand finale? What goes into interstellar adoption? What is Hawkeye’s last name? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

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Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame

Podcast Episode · Infinite Buckets of Popcorn · October 5 · 58m

Josh Shalek @kidshay.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🚨BREAKING: I couldn’t think of a word, but upon further reflection, I remembered it

Josh Shalek @kidshay.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Today on the pod: THE MARTIAN. After our love for Project Hail Mary, LQ and I had to watch the other Andy Weir book-made-movie. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

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Podcast Episode · Infinite Buckets of Popcorn · September 28 · 58m

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Josh Shalek @kidshay.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

LQ drew a cover for a three disc set I made for Spielberg’s movies Sugarland Express, Duel, & Jaws

Josh Shalek @kidshay.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Toy Story 5 is now up on Disney+, it's a great time to hear me and my daughter make jokes and cutting remarks about it podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

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Podcast Episode · Infinite Buckets of Popcorn · July 20 · 52m

Josh Shalek @kidshay.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

My daughter and I discuss Terrence Malick's first film, BADLANDS. We have a surprisingly nuanced talk. Don't worry, there are still jokes. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

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Podcast Episode · Infinite Buckets of Popcorn · September 21 · 41m

Josh Shalek @kidshay.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

New episode: PIRATES of the CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN’S CHEST. My daughter is especially enamored with Davy Jones’ tentacle beard. She also does a great Kraken impression. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Podcast Episode · Infinite Buckets of Popcorn · September 14 · 50m

Josh Shalek @kidshay.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

On the pod we discuss COYOTE VS ACME. This might be the best Looney Tunes movie ever. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

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Podcast Episode · Infinite Buckets of Popcorn · September 6 · 44m

Josh Shalek @kidshay.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

New episode: THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE. LQ learns mind control and I’m in a world of trouble. Find out why LQ chose a 1950s-era political thriller (hint: it's a Gravity Falls connection). podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

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The Manchurian Candidate

Podcast Episode · Infinite Buckets of Popcorn · August 31 · 49m

Josh Shalek @kidshay.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

BACK TO THE FUTURE TRILOGY on today’s podcast. Lila has a whole new head and Josh ponders the feasibility of time travel using a live chicken. We discuss all three Back to the Future movies in this super-sized episode. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

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Back to the Future Trilogy

Podcast Episode · Infinite Buckets of Popcorn · August 24 · 1h 13m

Josh Shalek @kidshay.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

For sale: two pregnancy tests, never used

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Tom Shapira @tomshaps.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

"my financial records? Lieutenant, I work in indie comics. I have the ONE dollar. I will go to a show and give to another person for their zine. A year later they will give it back to me for my zine. That's all there is."

Josh Shalek @kidshay.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Come gather round and hear our podcast about The Odyssey podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

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Podcast Episode · Infinite Buckets of Popcorn · August 5 · 56m

Josh Shalek @kidshay.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Quote with a ridiculous movie you think people should watch.

Josh Shalek @kidshay.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

New episode: OLIVIA RODRIGO’S THE CURE. For our very first music video episode, we get into the deep philosophical questions of cardboard and yarn. Josh has a very special connection to the director of this video, Cat Solen! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

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Olivia Rodrigo's the cure

Podcast Episode · Infinite Buckets of Popcorn · July 29 · 30m

Josh Shalek @kidshay.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Recording yesterday with LQ. We don’t have a real recording studio but I made this sign

Josh Shalek @kidshay.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

NEW EPISODE: TOY STORY 5. Do screens mean the end of imaginative play? What is the difference between a dormant and an active volcano? Find out now! pod.link/1838833534/e...

Listen to Toy Story 5 from Infinite Buckets of Popcorn wherever you get your podcasts!

Josh Shalek @kidshay.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

David Fitzsimmons, the former political cartoonist of my hometown paper, is not allowed to donate his life's work to the University of Arizona Special Collections because his publisher is greedy. @fitztooner.bsky.social @tucson.com open.substack.com/pub/davidwfi...

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What will become of my life's works?

For years, Lee Publishing, owner of The Arizona Daily Star, has been blocking me from donating my professional life’s work to my hometown Alma mater, the University of Arizona, specifically the Univer...

Josh Shalek @kidshay.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Odysseus is a Dapper Dan man! The podcast I make with my daughter covered the excellent O Brother Where Art Thou? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

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Josh Shalek @kidshay.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

New episode: OCEAN’S 11. My daughter and I caught Ocean's 11 in the theater for its 25th anniversary screening. What better way to commemorate a classic heist movie than to make an episode of it? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

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Josh Shalek @kidshay.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Hey, you should read this great comic by @henrybarajas.bsky.social

Josh Shalek @kidshay.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

The two of us at Infinite Buckets of Popcorn make a cameo in Criterion’s latest video youtu.be/Xuvueie_Gzw?...

The Criterion Mobile Closet in Portland

YouTube video by CRITERION

Josh Shalek @kidshay.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Sam Neill as Dr Grant is a perfect portrayal in one of my absolute favorite movies of all time. Sam may be gone, but Grant lives forever. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

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Podcast Episode · Infinite Buckets of Popcorn · April 15 · 1h 13m

Josh Shalek @kidshay.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

In Bend, we found a not-a-flosser

Josh Shalek @kidshay.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Got my hands on exclusive footage from The Odyssey. Odysseus giving the Cyclops a bit of a ribbing.

Josh Shalek @kidshay.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

New episode: DISCLOSURE DAY. My daughter and I saw the latest Spielberg alien film on the biggest screen possible. Plus, Titanic talk. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

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Podcast Episode · Infinite Buckets of Popcorn · June 29 · 49m

Josh Shalek @kidshay.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

New episode: ACE IN THE HOLE. Will my daughter take to Billy Wilder's satire of reporter in the 1950s? Find out now! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

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Ace in the Hole

Podcast Episode · Infinite Buckets of Popcorn · June 24 · 1h 2m

Josh Shalek @kidshay.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Happy Father’s Day to all my fellow dads out there just doing their best

Josh Shalek @kidshay.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

New episode: THE BIRDS. What did LQ think of her first Hitchcock film? Can it compete with Jurassic Park, the other birds movie we’ve discussed? Find out now! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

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Podcast Episode · Infinite Buckets of Popcorn · June 15 · 46m

Josh Shalek @kidshay.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Our bonus episode takes place inside the Criterion Mobile Closet podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

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BONUS - Criterion Mobile Closet

Podcast Episode · Infinite Buckets of Popcorn · S1 Bonus · 5m

Josh Shalek @kidshay.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Holla @ summa

Josh Shalek @kidshay.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

New episode: THE PRINCESS BRIDE. Plus, we visited THE CRITERION MOBILE CLOSET when it came to town! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

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The Princess Bride and the Criterion Mobile Closet

Podcast Episode · Infinite Buckets of Popcorn · June 8 · 53m

Josh Shalek @kidshay.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Guess which movie we’re discussing on our next podcast episode

Josh Shalek @kidshay.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

New episode: MANDALORIAN AND GROGU! All you’ve ever wanted to know about Dragonsnakes podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

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The Mandalorian and Grogu

Podcast Episode · Infinite Buckets of Popcorn · June 1 · 58m

Josh Shalek @kidshay.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

We got to see the Criterion Mobile Closet after LQ got out of school! She was even interviewed by the Criterion crew so that may be coming soon. We will talk more about it on our next podcast episode!

Josh Shalek @kidshay.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

New episode: MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES! LQ and Josh witness the AI apocalypse, and it couldn't be funnier. Can a dysfunctional family defeat the world's most powerful phone? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

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Mitchells vs the Machines

Podcast Episode · Infinite Buckets of Popcorn · May 25 · 51m

Josh Shalek @kidshay.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

New podcast episode: YELLOW SUBMARINE! LQ and Josh take a tour of Pepperland and…Steely Dan?! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

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Yellow Submarine

Podcast Episode · Infinite Buckets of Popcorn · May 18 · 48m

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Kent Osborne @kentosborne.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

My favorite podcast asked me to come on and talk about Kiff so I did and it was great!

Josh Shalek @kidshay.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Our first interview of the podcast! We talk to Kent Osborne, a producer and story editor on the Disney animated show KIFF. Discover all the inside secrets of the funniest show currently on TV! Plus, Zoom background chat. @kentosborne.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

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Kent Osborne Interview

Podcast Episode · Infinite Buckets of Popcorn · May 11 · 1h 22m

Josh Shalek @kidshay.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Today’s lunch comic for LQ

Josh Shalek @kidshay.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Infinite Buckets of Popcorn is me and my daughter, infinitely

Josh Shalek @kidshay.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Our podcast finally go beyond the infinite for 2001 A SPACE ODYSSEY! We discuss the age old debate: monolith or obelisk? Available on all major podcast streaming platforms. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

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2001 A Space Odyssey

Podcast Episode · Infinite Buckets of Popcorn · April 29 · 48m

Josh Shalek @kidshay.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Our podcast trusts the fungus for the notorious flop SUPER MARIO BROS! Does the live action Mario movie live up to the game? We can tell you definitively, no. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

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Super Mario Bros (1993)

Podcast Episode · Infinite Buckets of Popcorn · April 22 · 54m

Josh Shalek @kidshay.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

For my daughter’s lunch comic yesterday I celebrated the kid favorite Tax Day

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Josh Shalek @kidshay.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Cover art for our JURASSIC PARK episode. Check out the latest podcast!

Josh Shalek @kidshay.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

JURASSIC PARK is our longest, most epic episode yet! We can’t stop talking about dinosaurs. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

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Podcast Episode · Infinite Buckets of Popcorn · April 15 · 1h 13m

Josh Shalek @kidshay.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Someone lost a shoe. Cinderella?

Josh Shalek @kidshay.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Our podcast plumbs the galaxy with SUPER MARIO GALAXY! Worth a listen even if you don’t have a kid dragging you to the theater. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

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Super Mario Galaxy Movie

Podcast Episode · Infinite Buckets of Popcorn · April 8 · 57m

Josh Shalek @kidshay.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

On this episode of the podcast we are joined by my dad to discuss the brand new PROJECT HAIL MARY! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

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Project Hail Mary

Podcast Episode · Infinite Buckets of Popcorn · April 2 · 51m

Josh Shalek @kidshay.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

What a delightful find in an otherwise empty parking lot!

Some thing in a parking lot