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Licence to Spiel @licencetospiel.com · 16/09/2026

🚨NEW EP🚨 “Full-On Spocking It” We discuss “A Stitch in Crime,” an episode of Columbo that both @tyranicus.net and @listeningtofilm.net really enjoyed, and not just because Spock, er, Leonard Nimoy is the murderer-of-the-week. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...

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Licence to Spiel @licencetospiel.com · 12/02/2026

🚨NEW EP🚨 “The Bad Hair Episode” We navigate “The Greenhouse Jungle” which is replete with fraud, fake kidnapping, murder, and really bad wigs. licencetospiel.com/2026/02/11/t...

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Licence to Spiel @licencetospiel.com · 23/01/2026

🚨NEW EP!🚨 “Smash Cut to Hitler” We kick off Columbo Season 2 with “Étude in Black” by questioning John Cassevetes’s conducting research; whether everyone working in the 70s was in “The Virginian”; and why on Earth there is a sudden appearance by Adolf Hitler podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...

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Licence to Spiel @licencetospiel.com · 19/12/2025

🚨NEW EP!🚨 "The Many False Deaths of Ethan Hunt" Today we pause Columbo to revisit the so-called "Final Reckoning" of the M:I franchise. While it's over-long and a bit dumbed-down, it's still fun to keep track of how many times Ethan should have died but didn't licencetospiel.com/2025/12/19/t...

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Licence to Spiel @licencetospiel.com · 07/11/2025

🚨 NEW EP 🚨 "The Most Texan of Texans" Join @tyranicus.net and @listeningtofilm.net as we close out season 1 of Columbo with "Blueprint for Murder," packed with after-market modded Cadillacs, really cheap bourbon, and the most expensive murder investigation ever. licencetospiel.com/2025/11/07/t...

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Licence to Spiel @licencetospiel.com · 09/10/2025

🚨NEW EP🚨 “Roddy and His McDowalls” We are joined by special guest @ryanthomasriddle.com to discuss “Short Fuse,” starring Roddy McDowall as the murderer of the week. We had a fun and extensive conversation with Ryan that even touched on the episode at times. licencetospiel.com/2025/10/09/r...

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Licence to Spiel @licencetospiel.com · 09/08/2025

While on assignment in Las Vegas infiltrating a Star Trek convention, we ran into Vijay Armitraj for a rare convergence of the space-time continuum!

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elder millennial nerd dad @whatsnextmtthw.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Columbo-speak is so nuanced. If he is looking at his notepad and says “You’ve been a big help.” it means the info you gave is good. If he is looking right at you and says “I knew you were going to be a big help to me.” then you are spending the rest of your life in prison.

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Licence to Spiel @licencetospiel.com · 25/06/2025

🚨NEW🚨 “Columballs” Where @tyranicus.bsky.social and @listeningtofilm.net discuss “Lady in Waiting” and the most murderable victim we have seen to date. We also obsess over the Webster/TNG crossover episode. licencetospiel.com/2025/06/25/c...

Leslie Nielsen and Susan Clark in a department store that also has a bar and a pool table because why not?

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Licence to Spiel @licencetospiel.com · 10/06/2025

🚨NEW🚨 @tyranicus.bsky.social and @listeningtofilm.net recently went to see MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE — THE FINAL RECKONING. Hear our immediate thoughts on the movie, including our takes on some dubious UX decisions and some of the incredible stunts. SPOILER WARNING! licencetospiel.com/2025/06/10/c...

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Thad @tyranicus.net · 30/05/2025

Come see me at @treklongisland.bsky.social!

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Licence to Spiel @licencetospiel.com · 17/05/2025

🚨NEW🚨 Thad and Carl discuss “Suitable for Framing,” where “famous art critic” Dale Kingston murders his uncle for his art collection. We were more focused on his fashion sense, why people in the 70s all have bars in their homes, and yet another television set. licencetospiel.com/2025/05/16/t...

Columbo wearing gloves in one of the great final moments in the show

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Licence to Spiel @licencetospiel.com · 11/04/2025

🚨NEW🚨 “The Nick at Nite Murder” @tyranicus.bsky.social and @listeningtofilm.bsky.social discuss “Dead Weight,” which had some behind-the-scenes drama more interesting than the episode itself and get a bit hung up on issues related to Convoluted Body-Removal licencetospiel.com/2025/04/11/t...

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Licence to Spiel @licencetospiel.com · 22/02/2025

🚨NEW EP🚨 “Any Resemblance to Steven Culp is Strictly Coincidental” We discuss “Death Lends a Hand”, introducing another future-repeat murder: Robert Culp. We take issue with some of Columbo’s ethics this time, and we reminisce about taking our driving exams. licencetospiel.com/2025/02/22/a...

Split-screen effect of multiple shots being reflected in Robert Culp’s glasses from the Columbo episode “Death Lends a Hand”

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Licence to Spiel @licencetospiel.com · 18/01/2025

🚨NEW EP🚨 “Three Favorite Murders” We kick off season 1 of Columbo with “Murder by the Book,” featuring a great first appearance by Jack Cassidy. It was also directed and written by nobodies Steven Spielberg and Steven Bochco. I wonder whatever happened to them… licencetospiel.com/2025/01/17/t...

Licence to Spiel episode cover art featuring a somewhat disturbing portrait of “Mrs. Melville”

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Licence to Spiel @licencetospiel.com · 04/01/2025

🚨NEW EP!🚨 “Gary Mitchell Eyes” Join Thad and Carl as we discuss “Ransom for a Dead Man,” the second Columbo pilot. We also comment on an overuse of green in Lee Grant’s office and spend an inordinate amount of time obsessing about a television. licencetospiel.com/2025/01/03/g...

“Licence to Spiel” cover art with a photo of Lee Grant with car headlights superimposed over her eyes

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Licence to Spiel @licencetospiel.com · 06/12/2024

🚨NEW EP🚨 “Colonial Statues in an Airplane Lobby” We’re leaving the world of spies for LA to cover “Columbo,” the TV detective who solves murders where we already know whodunnit We begin of course with “Prescription: Murder” the 1968 TV movie that started it all licencetospiel.com/2024/12/06/c...

A man standing at the door to his wood-paneled office with a black 18th Century colonial statue prominently featured in the foreground.

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Licence to Spiel @licencetospiel.com · 12/11/2024

Hello all! We are a podcast by @tyranicus.bsky.social and @listeningtofilm.bsky.social that started off talking about the Bond franchise and has morphed into talking about pretty much whatever film/show we feel like. We just moved in to get away from the Bond villain knock-off on the other place.

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