Dare Daniel Family of Podcasts https://daredaniel.com/ Single Take with Daniel Barnes, Canon Fodder & Dare Daniel Tue, 29 Sep 2026 17:50:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/cropped-ChatGPT-Image-Feb-18-2026-11_20_20-AM.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Dare Daniel Family of Podcasts https://daredaniel.com/ 32 32 Canon Fodder Podcasts no episodic podcast Dare Daniel Family of Podcasts https://daredaniel.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/ChatGPT-Image-Feb-18-2026-11_20_20-AM.png https://daredaniel.com Sacramento, CA Sacramento, CA Weekly Weekly Support the Show! Support the Show! 61336759 The Canon Fodder Podcasts are developed and produced by Kyle Newcomb and Travis Knight. Music by Luke Knight. All rights reserved within the Creative Commons. See www.canonfodderpodcast.com for more information.Podcast,Video,games,Videogames,Xbox,Playstation,Steam,Novels,Games,media,Crossmedia,Transmedia,D,D,DnD,Dungeons,and,Dragons,Actual,Play,Fifth,Edition,Fantasy,Storytelling,Roleplaying,TTRPGThe Canon Fodder Podcast reads and discusses video games and their tie-in novels so you don't have to.The Canon Fodder Podcast reads and discusses video games and their tie-in novels so you don't have to.contact@canonfodderpodcast.comCanon Fodder Podcasts Canon Fodder – Beau Travail https://daredaniel.com/2026/09/29/beau-travail/ https://daredaniel.com/2026/09/29/beau-travail/#respond Tue, 29 Sep 2026 17:32:41 +0000 https://daredaniel.com/?p=23374 Beau Travail (1999; Directed by Claire Denis) Canon Fodder Episode 71 This week, Daniel and Corky join the French Foreign Legion to review Claire Denis’ spell-binding Beau Travail. Shot on location in Djibouti, Denis’ loose adaptation of Billy Budd turns homoerotic military drills, stunning desert landscapes and unhinged […]

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Denis Levant looks at Grégoire Colin in a shot from Beau Travail (1999)

Beau Travail (1999; Directed by Claire Denis)

Canon Fodder Episode 71

This week, Daniel and Corky join the French Foreign Legion to review Claire Denis’ spell-binding Beau Travail. Shot on location in Djibouti, Denis’ loose adaptation of Billy Budd turns homoerotic military drills, stunning desert landscapes and unhinged dance routines into a hypnotic study of repressed desire and seething envy. But did your hosts fall out of formation, or did Beau Travail march straight into the Canon Fodder Canon?

BEAU TRAVAIL FACTS & FIGURES

Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #7

World premiere: Sep. 4, 1999 (Venice International Film Festival)

IMDB synopsis: “An ex-Foreign Legion officer recalls his once-glorious life of leading troops in Djibouti.”

CLIPS & CLIPPINGS

Trailer for Beau Travail

Opening

Ending

In Between

NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE

Grave of the Fireflies (1988; Directed by Isao Takahata)

IMDb synopsis: “A young boy and his little sister struggle to survive in Japan during World War II.”

Our review of Grave of the Fireflies comes out Tuesday, Oct. 13!

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]]> https://daredaniel.com/2026/09/29/beau-travail/feed/ 0 full 37:08 23374 contact@canonfodderpodcast.com (Canon Fodder Podcasts)noBeau Travail (1999; Directed by Claire Denis) Canon Fodder Episode 71 This week, Daniel and Corky join the French Foreign Legion to review Claire Denis’ spell-binding Beau Travail. Shot on location in Djibouti, Denis’ loose adaptation of Billy Budd turns homoerotic military drills, stunning desert landscapes and unhinged […] The post Canon Fodder – Beau Travail appeared first on Dare Daniel Family of Podcasts.Canon Fodder PodcastsBeau Travail (1999; Directed by Claire Denis) Canon Fodder Episode 71 This week, Daniel and Corky join the French Foreign Legion to review Claire Denis’ spell-binding Beau Travail. Shot on location in Djibouti, Denis’ loose adaptation of Billy Budd turns homoerotic military drills, stunning desert landscapes and unhinged […] The post Canon Fodder – Beau Travail appeared first on Dare Daniel Family of Podcasts.Podcast,Video,games,Videogames,Xbox,Playstation,Steam,Novels,Games,media,Crossmedia,Transmedia,D,D,DnD,Dungeons,and,Dragons,Actual,Play,Fifth,Edition,Fantasy,Storytelling,Roleplaying,TTRPG Canon Fodder – Casablanca https://daredaniel.com/2026/09/15/canon-fodder-casablanca/ Tue, 15 Sep 2026 10:33:08 +0000 https://daredaniel.com/?p=23333 Casablanca (1942; Directed by Michael Curtiz) Canon Fodder Episode 70 This week on the Canon Fodder podcast, Daniel and Corky play it again with Michael Curtiz’s legendary Casablanca. A model of studio-era storytelling, Curtiz’s wartime romance packs intrigue, heartbreak, humor and some of Hollywood’s most indelible dialogue into […]

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Humphrey Bogart touches Ingrid Bergman's face in a scene from Casablanca (1942).

Casablanca (1942; Directed by Michael Curtiz)

Canon Fodder Episode 70

This week on the Canon Fodder podcast, Daniel and Corky play it again with Michael Curtiz’s legendary Casablanca. A model of studio-era storytelling, Curtiz’s wartime romance packs intrigue, heartbreak, humor and some of Hollywood’s most indelible dialogue into 102 magical minutes. But did your hosts think this was the beginning of a beautiful Canonization, or did Casablanca amount to less than a hill of beans?

CASABLANCA FACTS & FIGURES

Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #63 [tied]

World premiere: Nov. 26, 1942

IMDB synopsis: “A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.”

CLIPS & CLIPPINGS

Original trailer for Casablanca

“La Marseillaise”

“I’m shocked…shocked!”

“We’ll always have Paris.”

NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE

Beau Travail (1999; Directed by Claire Denis)

IMDb synopsis: “An ex-Foreign Legion officer recalls his once-glorious life of leading troops in Djibouti.”

Our review of Beau Travail comes out Tuesday, Sep. 29!

Follow Canon Fodder, Dare Daniel & Single Take on Facebook and Instagram. Listen, rate, review and subscribe to the show on Pandora, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Listen Notes, Castbox and more. New episodes every other Tuesday! Please help support the show by clicking the Donate button on the homepage or find “Support the Show” in the main menu.

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]]> full 48:12 23333 contact@canonfodderpodcast.com (Canon Fodder Podcasts)noCasablanca (1942; Directed by Michael Curtiz) Canon Fodder Episode 70 This week on the Canon Fodder podcast, Daniel and Corky play it again with Michael Curtiz’s legendary Casablanca. A model of studio-era storytelling, Curtiz’s wartime romance packs intrigue, heartbreak, humor and some of Hollywood’s most indelible dialogue into […] The post Canon Fodder – Casablanca appeared first on Dare Daniel Family of Podcasts.Canon Fodder PodcastsCasablanca (1942; Directed by Michael Curtiz) Canon Fodder Episode 70 This week on the Canon Fodder podcast, Daniel and Corky play it again with Michael Curtiz’s legendary Casablanca. A model of studio-era storytelling, Curtiz’s wartime romance packs intrigue, heartbreak, humor and some of Hollywood’s most indelible dialogue into […] The post Canon Fodder – Casablanca appeared first on Dare Daniel Family of Podcasts.Podcast,Video,games,Videogames,Xbox,Playstation,Steam,Novels,Games,media,Crossmedia,Transmedia,D,D,DnD,Dungeons,and,Dragons,Actual,Play,Fifth,Edition,Fantasy,Storytelling,Roleplaying,TTRPG Canon Fodder – Born in Flames https://daredaniel.com/2026/09/01/canon-fodder-born-in-flames/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 10:33:49 +0000 https://daredaniel.com/?p=23302 Born in Flames (1983; Directed by Lizzie Borden) Canon Fodder Episode 69 This week, Daniel and Corky light the fuse with Lizzie Borden’s Born in Flames. Told through pirate radio broadcasts, surveillance footage, fake news reports and punk performances, Borden’s debut imagines a socialist America where revolution has […]

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Two black women, one lying down in bed, one sitting up, have a conversation in a scene from Born in Flames

Born in Flames (1983; Directed by Lizzie Borden)

Canon Fodder Episode 69

This week, Daniel and Corky light the fuse with Lizzie Borden’s Born in Flames. Told through pirate radio broadcasts, surveillance footage, fake news reports and punk performances, Borden’s debut imagines a socialist America where revolution has changed everything except the lives of women and minorities. But did your hosts flame on, or did Born in Flames fizzle out short of the Canon?

BORN IN FLAMES FACTS & FIGURES

Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #243 [tied]

World premiere: Feb. 20, 1983 (Berlin International Film Festival)

IMDB synopsis: “Set ten years after the most peaceful revolution in United States history, it presents a dystopia in which the issues of many groups – minorities, liberals, gay rights organizations, feminists – are dealt with by the government.”

CLIPS & CLIPPINGS

Trailer for Born in Flames

Revolution Anniversary

WTC Explosion

NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE

Casablanca (1942; Directed by Michael Curtiz)

IMDb synopsis: “A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.”

Our review of Casablanca comes out Tuesday, Sep. 15!

Follow Canon Fodder, Dare Daniel & Single Take on Facebook and Instagram. Listen, rate, review and subscribe to the show on Pandora, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Listen Notes, Castbox and more. New episodes every other Tuesday! Please help support the show by clicking the Donate button on the homepage or find “Support the Show” in the main menu.

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]]> full 38:01 23302 contact@canonfodderpodcast.com (Canon Fodder Podcasts)noBorn in Flames (1983; Directed by Lizzie Borden) Canon Fodder Episode 69 This week, Daniel and Corky light the fuse with Lizzie Borden’s Born in Flames. Told through pirate radio broadcasts, surveillance footage, fake news reports and punk performances, Borden’s debut imagines a socialist America where revolution has […] The post Canon Fodder – Born in Flames appeared first on Dare Daniel Family of Podcasts.Canon Fodder PodcastsBorn in Flames (1983; Directed by Lizzie Borden) Canon Fodder Episode 69 This week, Daniel and Corky light the fuse with Lizzie Borden’s Born in Flames. Told through pirate radio broadcasts, surveillance footage, fake news reports and punk performances, Borden’s debut imagines a socialist America where revolution has […] The post Canon Fodder – Born in Flames appeared first on Dare Daniel Family of Podcasts.Podcast,Video,games,Videogames,Xbox,Playstation,Steam,Novels,Games,media,Crossmedia,Transmedia,D,D,DnD,Dungeons,and,Dragons,Actual,Play,Fifth,Edition,Fantasy,Storytelling,Roleplaying,TTRPG Canon Fodder – Touki Bouki https://daredaniel.com/2026/08/18/touki-bouki/ Tue, 18 Aug 2026 11:44:28 +0000 https://daredaniel.com/?p=23230 Touki Bouki (1973; Directed by Djibril Diop Mambéty) Canon Fodder Episode 68 This week, Daniel and Corky hit the road again with Djibril Diop Mambéty’s Touki Bouki. Blending French New Wave style, African oral traditions and bursts of surrealism, Mambéty’s remarkable debut follows two young outcasts scheming to […]

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Two Senegalese young adults in fashionable attire in a scene from Touki Bouki (1973)

Touki Bouki (1973; Directed by Djibril Diop Mambéty)

Canon Fodder Episode 68

This week, Daniel and Corky hit the road again with Djibril Diop Mambéty’s Touki Bouki. Blending French New Wave style, African oral traditions and bursts of surrealism, Mambéty’s remarkable debut follows two young outcasts scheming to escape Senegal for the promise of Paris. But did your hosts get swept up in the journey, or did this influential first film leave them stranded short of the Canon?

TOUKI BOUKI FACTS & FIGURES

Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #66

World premiere: May 1973 (Cannes Film Festival)

IMDB synopsis: “Mory, a cowherd, and Anta, a university student, try to make money in order to go to Paris and leave their boring past behind.”

CLIPS & CLIPPINGS

Trailer for Touki Bouki

Finale

Scorsese on Touki Bouki

NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE

Born in Flames (1983; Directed by Lizzie Borden)

IMDB synopsis: “Set ten years after the most peaceful revolution in United States history, it presents a dystopia in which the issues of many groups – minorities, liberals, gay rights organizations, feminists – are dealt with by the government.”

Our review of Born in Flames comes out Tuesday, Sep. 1!

Follow Canon Fodder, Dare Daniel & Single Take on Facebook and Instagram. Listen, rate, review and subscribe to the show on Pandora, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Listen Notes, Castbox and more. New episodes every other Tuesday! Please help support the show by clicking the Donate button on the homepage or find “Support the Show” in the main menu.

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]]> full 45:46 23230 contact@canonfodderpodcast.com (Canon Fodder Podcasts)noTouki Bouki (1973; Directed by Djibril Diop Mambéty) Canon Fodder Episode 68 This week, Daniel and Corky hit the road again with Djibril Diop Mambéty’s Touki Bouki. Blending French New Wave style, African oral traditions and bursts of surrealism, Mambéty’s remarkable debut follows two young outcasts scheming to […] The post Canon Fodder – Touki Bouki appeared first on Dare Daniel Family of Podcasts.Canon Fodder PodcastsTouki Bouki (1973; Directed by Djibril Diop Mambéty) Canon Fodder Episode 68 This week, Daniel and Corky hit the road again with Djibril Diop Mambéty’s Touki Bouki. Blending French New Wave style, African oral traditions and bursts of surrealism, Mambéty’s remarkable debut follows two young outcasts scheming to […] The post Canon Fodder – Touki Bouki appeared first on Dare Daniel Family of Podcasts.Podcast,Video,games,Videogames,Xbox,Playstation,Steam,Novels,Games,media,Crossmedia,Transmedia,D,D,DnD,Dungeons,and,Dragons,Actual,Play,Fifth,Edition,Fantasy,Storytelling,Roleplaying,TTRPG Canon Fodder – The Gospel According to St. Matthew https://daredaniel.com/2026/08/04/canon-fodder-the-gospel-according-to-st-matthew/ Tue, 04 Aug 2026 11:44:56 +0000 https://daredaniel.com/?p=23220 The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964; Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini) Canon Fodder Episode 67 This week, Daniel and Corky spread the good word about Pier Paolo Pasolini’s The Gospel According to St. Matthew. Shot with neorealist immediacy and scored with everything from Bach to Blind Willie […]

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Jesus and his apostles in an image from The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964).

The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964; Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini)

Canon Fodder Episode 67

This week, Daniel and Corky spread the good word about Pier Paolo Pasolini’s The Gospel According to St. Matthew. Shot with neorealist immediacy and scored with everything from Bach to Blind Willie Johnson, Pasolini’s radical yet reverent retelling presents Jesus as an uncompromising revolutionary with no time to waste. But did your hosts see the light in Pasolini’s vision, or did they fall just short of salvation?

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW FACTS & FIGURES

Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #157 [tied]

World premiere: Sept. 4, 1964 (Venice Film Festival)

IMDB synopsis: “The life of Jesus Christ according to the Gospel of Matthew. Film shows Christ as a Marxist avant-la-lettre and therefore uses half of the text of Matthew.”

CLIPS & CLIPPINGS

Trailer for The Gospel According to St. Matthew

Walking on water

Entering Jerusalem

Cleansing the temple

NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE

Touki Bouki (1973; Directed by Djibril Diop Mambéty)

IMDB synopsis: “Mory, a cowherd, and Anta, a university student, try to make money in order to go to Paris and leave their boring past behind.”

Our review of Touki Bouki comes out Tuesday, Aug. 18!

Follow Canon Fodder, Dare Daniel & Single Take on Facebook and Instagram. Listen, rate, review and subscribe to the show on Pandora, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Listen Notes, Castbox and more. New episodes every other Tuesday! Please help support the show by clicking the Donate button on the homepage or find “Support the Show” in the main menu.

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]]> full 43:55 23220 contact@canonfodderpodcast.com (Canon Fodder Podcasts)noThe Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964; Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini) Canon Fodder Episode 67 This week, Daniel and Corky spread the good word about Pier Paolo Pasolini’s The Gospel According to St. Matthew. Shot with neorealist immediacy and scored with everything from Bach to Blind Willie […] The post Canon Fodder – The Gospel According to St. Matthew appeared first on Dare Daniel Family of Podcasts.Canon Fodder PodcastsThe Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964; Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini) Canon Fodder Episode 67 This week, Daniel and Corky spread the good word about Pier Paolo Pasolini’s The Gospel According to St. Matthew. Shot with neorealist immediacy and scored with everything from Bach to Blind Willie […] The post Canon Fodder – The Gospel According to St. Matthew appeared first on Dare Daniel Family of Podcasts.Podcast,Video,games,Videogames,Xbox,Playstation,Steam,Novels,Games,media,Crossmedia,Transmedia,D,D,DnD,Dungeons,and,Dragons,Actual,Play,Fifth,Edition,Fantasy,Storytelling,Roleplaying,TTRPG Canon Fodder – The Battle of Algiers https://daredaniel.com/2026/07/21/canon-fodder-the-battle-of-algiers/ Tue, 21 Jul 2026 11:16:30 +0000 https://daredaniel.com/?p=23194 The Battle of Algiers (1966; Directed by Gillo Pontecorvo) Canon Fodder Episode 66 This week, Daniel and Corky rock the Casbah with their review of The Battle of Algiers. Shot with the urgency of breaking news, Gillo Pontecorvo’s landmark docu-thriller covers colonial occupation, violent rebellion and the human […]

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A crowd of protesters in a black-and-white image from The Battle of Algiers (1966).

The Battle of Algiers (1966; Directed by Gillo Pontecorvo)

Canon Fodder Episode 66

This week, Daniel and Corky rock the Casbah with their review of The Battle of Algiers. Shot with the urgency of breaking news, Gillo Pontecorvo’s landmark docu-thriller covers colonial occupation, violent rebellion and the human cost of revolution. But did your hosts join the resistance, or did they surrender to the film’s relentless power?

THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS FACTS & FIGURES

Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #45 [tied]

World premiere: Aug. 31, 1966 (Venice Film Festival)

IMDB synopsis: “In the 1950s, fear and violence escalate as the people of Algiers fight for independence from the French government.”

CLIPS & CLIPPINGS

Trailer for The Battle of Algiers

Exploding women

The wrong man

One Battle After Another cameo

NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE

The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964; Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini)

IMDB synopsis: “The life of Jesus Christ according to the Gospel of Matthew. Film shows Christ as a Marxist avant-la-lettre and therefore uses half of the text of Matthew.”

Our review of The Gospel According to St. Matthew comes out Tuesday, Aug. 4!

Follow Canon Fodder, Dare Daniel & Single Take on Facebook and Instagram. Listen, rate, review and subscribe to the show on Pandora, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Listen Notes, Castbox and more. New episodes every other Tuesday! Please help support the show by clicking the Donate button on the homepage or find “Support the Show” in the main menu.

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]]> full 33:20 23194 contact@canonfodderpodcast.com (Canon Fodder Podcasts)noThe Battle of Algiers (1966; Directed by Gillo Pontecorvo) Canon Fodder Episode 66 This week, Daniel and Corky rock the Casbah with their review of The Battle of Algiers. Shot with the urgency of breaking news, Gillo Pontecorvo’s landmark docu-thriller covers colonial occupation, violent rebellion and the human […] The post Canon Fodder – The Battle of Algiers appeared first on Dare Daniel Family of Podcasts.Canon Fodder PodcastsThe Battle of Algiers (1966; Directed by Gillo Pontecorvo) Canon Fodder Episode 66 This week, Daniel and Corky rock the Casbah with their review of The Battle of Algiers. Shot with the urgency of breaking news, Gillo Pontecorvo’s landmark docu-thriller covers colonial occupation, violent rebellion and the human […] The post Canon Fodder – The Battle of Algiers appeared first on Dare Daniel Family of Podcasts.Podcast,Video,games,Videogames,Xbox,Playstation,Steam,Novels,Games,media,Crossmedia,Transmedia,D,D,DnD,Dungeons,and,Dragons,Actual,Play,Fifth,Edition,Fantasy,Storytelling,Roleplaying,TTRPG