About this podcast
HARD OUT is a 60-minute ticking time bomb of a trash-talking comedy podcast by the creators and star of the underground cinema cult classic-in-the-making Cactus Jack. At the hour mark, our patented buzzer abruptly ends the conversation—even if an esteemed guest is mid-sentence.
All "Overtime" bonus content (and more) is available on our Patreon.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 59 episodes
- We're Baaaaaaaack · 1 h 0 min · Episode 70Hard Out RETURNS, with more sacred cow barbecuing than ever! Join R. Michael Gull and Jay Thornton as they napalm any and everyone (and probably their careers in the process).
- Joe Wilson Talks Living On Borrowed Time, Using Comedy to Cope with Stage 4 Cancer, Art, Chemo, and More · 60 min · Episode 69Host Jay Thornton—himself a survivor of Stage 3 colon cancer—and multi-hyphenate artist Joe Wilson (who has been battling Stage 4 pancreatic cancer for well over a year, and has…
- Cowabunga! Youtube Movie Reviewer Al Lucard talks his Favorite Movie - The OG TMNT! · 59 min · Episode 68Horror film aficionado Al Lucard is a friend of the show, an a fan of our sicko mockumentary CACTUS JACK (can find it on Vudu and Amazon)—he stopped by back in June (I know, I…
- Screenwriting Duo Lustig & Thornton Dish on Getting Dumped by Disney, Studio Corporatization, AI, Streamers, and Writer Leverage in the Strike! · 1 h 0 min · Episode 67Title of this one kinda says it all. Ben Lustig and Jake Thornton (no relation—unfortunately, given the power of nepotism in Hollywood)!) broke in with a million dollar spec sale…
- ”Goblins of Discord” Enneagram Podcast Host, Creative, Mindset Coach and More LARISSA THOMAS Returns to (Sorta) Discuss Stacy Title’s Subversive and More-Relevant-Than-Ever 1995 Flick The Last Supper! · 60 min · Episode 66We're baaaaa-aaaack. Well, Jay is (though Chris or even R. Michael Gull may pop in from time to time to co-host), after a six-month hiatus. The title of this one says it all…
- ”The Bespectacled Mofo” Rob Hagans Talks Nano-Budget Filmmaking & Directing $1,000 Feature Films 😲‼️ · 1 h 0 min · Episode 64Screenwriter and filmmaker Rob Hagans, aka "The Bespectacled Mofo," drops by to talk making movies on a true nano (or even "pico") budget. We're talkin' $1k films, people!! Give…
- Filmmaker Chris Rucinski & Star Jesse Gavin Talk Making the Indie Thriller NORTHERN SHADE (and More) · 1 h 0 min · Episode 63This week Jay and R. Michael Gull sit down to chop it up with writer-director Chris Rucinski and actor Jesse Gavin, the star of Chris' super solid, character-driven directorial…
- Jeanne Marie Spicuzza Dishes on Distro, Delusion, and Being Part of Tommy Wiseau’s Wacky World‼️ · 1 h 0 min · Episode 62Whew! This one is *WILD*, folks! Full disclosure: we were trying to use R. Michael Gull's relationship with friend Jeanne Marie Spicuzza (writer, star, and co-director of The…
- Cactus Jack Actor R. Michael Gull Details Childhood Hazing and Plots the Perfect Revenge!! · 1 h 0 min · Episode 61Don't call it a comeback! After two-timing it on another podcast, Jay is back home where he belongs at Hard Out—with none other than his muse R. Michael Gull as co-host moving…
- Award-Winning Cactus Jack Actor Michael Gull on Aaron Rodgers/Covid, Rust Shooting, and Rittenhouse! · 1 h 0 min · Episode 60Weeeeee're Baaaaaaaack. No movie reviews this time, just Jay sitting down for a good ole fashioned shit-shooting with Cactus Jack himself, R. Michael Gull. We're coming back…
- HARD OUT: My Favorite Movie - PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET (with Alvaro Rodriguez) · 1 h 0 min · Episode 59After a long hiatus, we're back with an episode we recorded on July 24, 2021 with none other than Alvaro Rodriguez—screenwriter of MACHETE, FROM DUSK 'TIL DAWN 3: The Hangman's…
- Hard Out: My Favorite Movie - BRAVEHEART (w/ Vlas & Charley Parlapanides) · 1 h 0 min · Episode 58Our love of Mel Gibson and Braveheart has finally been matched!! Writers of the Superman-starring, Tarsem Singh-directed IMMORTALS, creators of the Netflix/Powerhouse original…
- Hard Out: My Favorite Movie - THE KARATE KID (w/ Dalan Musson) · 1 h 0 min · Episode 57Dalan Musson! A true mensch of a man, he's a talented-as-hell writer, a former amateur wrestler, a staff writer on showrunner/creator Malcolm Spellman's *incredible* Marvel…
- Hard Out: My Favorite Movie - BRAZIL/HALLOWEEN (w/ Karl Slominski and Jenna Lyn Wright) · 1 h 0 min · Episode 56As they close in on the end of their fully-funded Kickstarter for Karl Slominski's *truly breathtaking" graphic novel EVERMORE FALLS, Karl and his partner-in-crime Jenna Wright…
- Hard Out: My Favorite Movie - GET CARTER (w/ guest Jon Adler) · 1 h 0 min · Episode 55Milwaukee Morning Radio stalwart FM 102.1's Jon Adler stops by to shoot the shit on morning drive radio life, stalker listeners and death threats, interviewing rock stars and…
- Hard Out: My Favorite Movie - KUNG FU HUSTLE (w/ Clint Jones, the "PWNISHER") · 1 h 0 min · Episode 54VFX badass Clint Jones—if you're one of his over *half a million* YouTube subscribers, you might know him as "PWNISHER"—stops by to not only talk his unabashed love of Stephen…
- Hard Out: My Favorite Movie* - CHILDREN OF PARADISE (w/ guest Mark Metcalf) · 1 h 0 min · Episode 53You may know him as Animal House's Doug Neidermeyer, Seinfeld's Maestro, Buffy the Vampire Slayer's "The Master," authoritarians in iconic Twisted Sister videos, or from one of…
- Hard Out: My Favorite Movie - APOCALYPSE NOW (w/ guest James McTeigue) · 1 h 0 min · Episode 52Calling in from Berlin where he's been busy co-directing THE MATRIX 4 with Lana Wachowski, director James McTeigue (V FOR VENDETTA) joins the show to talk not only Francis Ford…
- Hard Out: My Favorite Movie - Boon Joon-ho's MOTHER (w/ guest Kevin Arbouet) · 1 h 0 min · Episode 51Writer-Director-Producer-Fashionista-Martial-Artist-Election-Pundit multi-hyphenate extraordinaire Kevin Arbouet stopped by to talk Bong Joon-ho's 2009 South Korean *masterpiece*…
- Hard Out: My Favorite Movie *Special Mother's Day Edition* - IMITATION OF LIFE (w/ Special Guest... our Mom!) · 1 h 0 min · Episode 50We tricked our mom Elizabeth Wiley into coming on the podcast to talk about not only Douglas Sirk's seminal 1959 "melodrama" IMITATION OF LIFE, but motherhood, raising us, her…
