Each week, Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness take you on a journey.
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Sep 28, 2026 · 1:03:31
Original Release Date: Monday 28 September 2026 Description: If we know anything after almost 20 years of podcasting, it’s that people love hearing “production meetings on the…
Sep 21, 2026 · 1:04:57
Original Release Date: Monday 21 September 2026 Description: Hindsight, like this episode, is 20/20 (Year 20 Episode 20, get it?) and so Dean and Phil begin this week’s show with…
Sep 14, 2026 · 1:13:43
Original Release Date: Monday 14 September 2026 Description: Dean Haglund is back from Stockholm and he has brought tales of family mysteries with him! Because Dean is also…
Sep 7, 2026 · 1:09:07
Original Release Date: Monday 7 September 2026 Description: Dean Haglund is in Stockholm, so for the bulk of the show, this week’s guest co-host, music, arts and culture…
Aug 31, 2026 · 1:02:20
Original Release Date: Monday 31 August 2026 Description: From free sex bungalows to Phil’s new monthly stage show, from two popular Netflix series to two Palme d’Or winning…
Aug 24, 2026 · 1:03:55
Original Release Date: Monday 24 August 2026 Description: In a cold open, Phil tells of the “Live Event of the Week”. Then, in the return of “Lawsuit of the Week”, the ongoing…
Aug 17, 2026 · 1:11:01
Original Release Date: Monday 17 August 2026 Description: In a cold open, Dean and Phil share how impressed they are with an animated short made by the college student son of one…
Aug 10, 2026 · 1:09:20
Original Release Date: Monday 10 August 2026 Description: In some ways, Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness pick up where last week’s show (the one thousandth episode of YOUR Chillpak…
Aug 3, 2026 · 1:15:02
Original Release Date: Monday 3 August 2026 Description: Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness commemorate this, the one thousandth episode of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour (originally…
Jul 27, 2026 · 1:02:02
Original Release Date: Monday 27 July 2026 Description: One episode shy of their 1,000 installment of this show, Dean and Phil jokingly compare notes on the tolls reaching such a…
Jul 20, 2026 · 1:01:39
Original Release Date: Monday 20 July 2026 Description: In a truly confusing, but nevertheless hilarious, cold open, Phil offers a correction about “Malt Air”. Thanks to emails…
Jul 13, 2026 · 1:12:24
Original Release Date: Monday 13 July 2026 Description: It was a rough weekend for Dean Haglund, whose beloved Doberman, Leeloo, is undergoing emergency spinal surgery as we…
Jul 6, 2026 · 1:16:25
Original Release Date: Monday 6 July 2026 Description: It was a big weekend, and your friends in podcasting have a lot of big topics to discuss, from the World Cup to the art of…
Jun 30, 2026 · 1:06:19
Original Release Date: Monday 30 June 2026 Description: Tomorrow is Canada Day and the end of the week is Independence Day in the USA. Your friends in podcasting have thoughts…
Jun 22, 2026 · 1:05:12
Original Release Date: Monday 22 June 2026 Description: There are two Carolinas in the USA. North and South. Phil is exploring both of them. So, this week’s show was pre-recorded…
Jun 15, 2026 · 1:04:18
Original Release Date: Monday 15 June 2026 Description: In a rather shocking cold open, Phil reveals not only that he has World Cup Fever, but also that he is genuinely thrilled…
Jun 8, 2026 · 1:09:56
Original Release Date: Monday 8 June 2026 Description: Phil was actually worried he and Dean wouldn’t have enough to discuss to fill this week’s show and wow was his worry…
Jun 1, 2026 · 1:13:49
Original Release Date: Monday 1 June 2026 Description: Even we are impressed at the ground covered in only 74 minutes this week by your friends in podcasting! They start by going…
May 25, 2026 · 1:13:21
Original Release Date: Monday 25 May 2026 Description: Great theaters and great comedy are on the minds of your friends in podcasting. First, Dean and Phil pat themselves on the…
May 18, 2026 · 1:04:45
Original Release Date: Monday 18 May 2026 Description: On this second episode of Year 20 (“the year we get it right!”), Dean and Phil have crime on their minds! They start with…
May 11, 2026 · 1:07:11
Original Release Date: Monday 11 May 2026 Description: Welcome to Year 20 (“the year we get it right!”). On this, their overall 988th installment, Dean and Phil really put the…
May 4, 2026 · 1:24:37
Original Release Date: Monday 4 May 2026 Description: Welcome to a show 19 years in the making! Special guest co-host Jon Lawlor, and special guests Erynn Petrulis, Yoshi Kato,…
Apr 27, 2026 · 59:41
Original Release Date: Monday 27 April 2026 Description: We are one week away from Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness celebrating 19 years of “changing the way people listen to the…
Apr 20, 2026 · 1:03:40
Original Release Date: Monday 20 April 2026 Description: After a cold open wherein Phil gives everyone the lay of the land, outtakes from last week’s show are picked up off the…
Apr 13, 2026 · 57:42
Original Release Date: Monday 13 April 2026 Description: Dean Haglund is back in Los Angeles and he and Phil went up to the rooftop studio high atop the historic neighborhood of…
Apr 6, 2026 · 1:12:08
Original Release Date: Monday 6 April 2026 Description: In his final show from his current trip to the East Coast, Phil regales with thoughts of Easter and tales of cherry…
Mar 30, 2026 · 1:04:44
Original Release Date: Monday 30 March 2026 Description: Phil is in the nation’s capital, and reveals that he really doesn’t understand much about weather at all. Dean is in…
Mar 23, 2026 · 1:06:16
Original Release Date: Monday 23 March 2026 Description: This week’s episode starts off with a follow-up to a fascinating bit of silent film history discussed on this weekend’s…
Mar 16, 2026 · 1:16:06
Original Release Date: Monday 16 March 2026 Description: This week’s show begins with Dean and Phil discussing the World Baseball Classic and sharing (and answering) an email…
Mar 9, 2026 · 1:11:12
Original Release Date: Monday 9 March 2026 Description: After comparing notes on their forthcoming respective travel plans, Dean and Phil roll up their sleeves and discuss the…
Mar 2, 2026 · 1:06:50
Original Release Date: Monday 2 March 2026 Description: Dean and Phil discuss the fallout from Paramount supposedly closing the deal to acquire Warner Bros. and its assets. They…
Feb 23, 2026 · 1:04:21
Original Release Date: Monday 23 February 2026 Description: After discussing the latest news regarding Netflix, their attempts to purchase Warner Bros, and what the current…
Feb 16, 2026 · 1:01:16
Original Release Date: Monday 16 February 2026 Description: Your friends in podcasting discuss Netflix's (perhaps misleading) embrace of movie theaters, they celebrate the…
Feb 9, 2026 · 1:15:32
Original Release Date: Monday 9 February 2026 Description: It’s part two of a special two-part episode! 2025 was a truly great year in cinema and Dean and Phil have a great many…
Feb 2, 2026 · 59:27
Original Release Date: Monday 2 February 2026 Description: It’s part one of a special two-part episode! After a rather hilarious cold open, Dean and Phil immediately get down to…
Jan 26, 2026 · 1:29:33
Original Release Date: Monday 26 January 2026 Description: Phil is playing hurt with a nasty head cold. Dean is braving the sub-zero temperatures. And somehow, they manage to…
Jan 19, 2026 · 1:00:56
Original Release Date: Monday 19 January 2026 Description: Phil gets things started by singing the praises of “The Lowdown” (and its emotional intelligence), and of Marc Hershon,…
Jan 12, 2026 · 1:16:30
Original Release Date: Monday 12 January 2026 Description: On the eve of the Golden Globes, Dean and Phil got together via Zoom with the Best of 2025 very much on their minds.…
Jan 5, 2026 · 1:02:24
Original Release Date: Monday 5 January 2026 Description: Our first installment of 2026 finds your friends in podcasting discussing why the President of the United States is so…
Dec 29, 2025 · 1:11:31
Original Release Date: Monday 29 December 2025 Description: Our final installment of 2025 finds your friends in podcasting discussing Dean's holiday travels, the health of Phil's…
Dec 23, 2025 · 1:08:47
Original Release Date: Monday 22 December 2025 Description: Dean and Phil got together high atop a certain “historic building” in downtown Los Angeles to watch the sunset on the…
Dec 15, 2025 · 1:07:36
Original Release Date: Monday 15 December 2025 Description: Dean and Phil share seasonal decoration news, holiday plans, and Christmas travel tales. Then, Phil tells a hilarious…
Dec 8, 2025 · 1:05:37
Original Release Date: Monday 8 November 2025 Description: On this week’s show, Dean Haglund is finally using a microphone once again. It makes his audio better, to be certain,…
Dec 1, 2025 · 1:16:52
Original Release Date: Monday 1 December 2025 Description: Dean and Phil compare notes on their Thanksgivings and reveal how (and probably why) Phil got sick on his birthday!…
Nov 24, 2025 · 58:46
Original Release Date: Monday 24 November 2025 Description: This week, Dean and Phil will begin to slowly roll out the new era of Chillpak Hollywood, releasing much more content…
Nov 17, 2025 · 1:13:55
Original Release Date: Monday 17 November 2025 Description: Big changes are coming, with much more content each week. This week, Dean and Phil hint more at what these changes…
Nov 10, 2025 · 1:14:56
Original Release Date: Monday 10 November 2025 Description: After almost 19 years of “changing the way you listen to the internet”, your friends in podcasting are about to change…
Nov 3, 2025 · 1:11:23
Original Release Date: Monday 3 November 2025 Description: After a cold open wherein Phil sets the stage, the show gets started in mid-conversation as frequent contributor Jon…
Oct 27, 2025 · 1:07:30
Original Release Date: Monday 27 October 2025 Description: In what might be a first, Dean will offer up both a point and a counterpoint (all on his own) about the merits and…
Oct 20, 2025 · 1:17:13
Original Release Date: Monday 20 October 2025 Description: Big changes are on the horizon for YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour! This week's show begins with Dean and Phil discussing…
Oct 13, 2025 · 1:17:11
Original Release Date: Monday 13 October 2025 Description: This week's episode picks up where last week's show left off with a deep dive into Charles Laughton's 1955 masterpiece…
Oct 6, 2025 · 1:47:49
Original Release Date: Monday 6 October 2025 Description: In what might be our longest episode ever, but is certainly an epic installment in any event, your friends in podcasting…
Sep 29, 2025 · 1:10:05
Original Release Date: Monday 29 September 2025 Description: Because Phil is on the road, tending to family matters, this week’s show was pre-recorded last week and much of the…
Sep 22, 2025 · 59:41
Original Release Date: Monday 22 September 2025 Description: Phil is hitting the road, but before doing so, he recorded a great deal of material for the next two installments of…
Sep 15, 2025 · 1:09:47
Original Release Date: Monday 15 September 2025 Description: In another episode featuring now regular contributor Jon Lawlor (longtime purveyor of excellent Chillpak Hollywood…
Sep 8, 2025 · 1:10:45
Original Release Date: Monday 8 September 2025 Description: This week’s show was recorded several days early because Dean is off to Canada to workshop a new play, to re-visit…
Sep 1, 2025 · 1:09:41
Original Release Date: Monday 1 September 2025 Description: It's the symbolic final weekend of summer 2025 and your friends in podcasting commemorate in style with almost 70…
Aug 25, 2025 · 1:02:14
Original Release Date: Monday 25 August 2025 Description: This was not the show we expected to be bringing you this week, but all of a sudden, during their “side project” (“The…
Aug 18, 2025 · 1:18:12
Original Release Date: Monday 18 August 2025 Description: This week, another “audio collage” of two different conversations recorded at different times, both exploring different…
Aug 11, 2025 · 1:01:44
Original Release Date: Monday 11 August 2025 Description: This week, Dean and Phil go deeper into the life and career of the brilliant Tom Lehrer before opening the Chillpak…
Aug 4, 2025 · 1:15:08
Original Release Date: Monday 4 August 2025 Description: Dean Haglund turned 60 this week and on the occasion, Phil Leirness and (friend of show and composer of numerous themes…
Jul 28, 2025 · 1:03:44
Original Release Date: Monday 28 July 2025 Description: Because your friends in podcasting really wanted to take a much-needed week off, they pre-recorded this week's show in two…
Jul 21, 2025 · 1:00:49
Original Release Date: Monday 21 July 2025 Description: It’s been a while since Phil brought out the ol’ Chillpak soapbox, but on this week’s show, it comes in handy as Dean and…
Jul 14, 2025 · 1:03:07
Original Release Date: Monday 14 July 2025 Description: Dean and Phil begin by remember "Live Aid" at 40, before celebrating an influential rock star, a chart-topping R&B…
Jul 7, 2025 · 1:10:17
Original Release Date: Monday 7 June 2025 Description: This week, you will hear your friends in podcasting discussing an ill-fated screening of Spaceballs , the 4th of July,…
Jun 30, 2025 · 1:08:16
Original Release Date: Monday 30 June 2025 Description: Phil is in Montecito, California. Dean is ALMOST back into his house in Birmingham, Michigan. They got together via the…
Jun 23, 2025 · 1:06:01
Original Release Date: Monday 23 June 2025 Description: Dean is back home in Birmingham, Michigan. Phil is at home in Los Angeles. They connect via Zoom to discuss the fire…
Jun 16, 2025 · 1:03:50
Original Release Date: Monday 16 June 2025 Description: From a secret location somewhere in America (actually a rooftop high atop the historic village neighborhood where Phil…
Jun 9, 2025 · 1:13:39
Original Release Date: Monday 9 June 2025 Description: Dean and Phil have quite the array of topics to discuss, including a recent Marvel film, a Neil Simon comedy from the…
Jun 2, 2025 · 1:12:12
Original Release Date: Monday 2 June 2025 Description: Dean and Phil commence the proceedings with a cold open wherein they address a fantastic voice message they received from a…
May 26, 2025 · 1:00:33
Original Release Date: Monday 26 May 2025 Description: It’s Memorial Day in the USA. Dean Haglund in Michigan and Phil Leirness in California are joined by Jon Lawlor in New…
May 19, 2025 · 1:10:09
Original Release Date: Monday 19 May 2025 Description: If you are interested in movies, movie making, or the movie business, you are going to find this week’s show fascinating.…
May 12, 2025 · 1:09:59
Original Release Date: Monday 12 May 2025 Description: Phil is back from Fort Worth, Texas, and has a Logan’s Run location story to share with Dean. Phil also regales Dean with…
May 5, 2025 · 1:11:40
Original Release Date: Monday 5 May 2025 Description: During this week in 2007, YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour was born! Of course back then, we were called From the Heart of…
Apr 28, 2025 · 1:11:50
Original Release Date: Monday 28 April 2025 Description: Our last show before our 18th Anniversary is also our last show to be recorded via Skype! It’s also an action-packed 72…
Apr 21, 2025 · 1:16:03
Original Release Date: Monday 21 April 2025 Description: Welcome to a very freewheeling episode! It begins with Dean Haglund revealing what he's watching these days. The action…
Apr 14, 2025 · 1:02:15
Original Release Date: Monday 14 April 2025 Description: This week's episode finds Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness in fine form, discussing this year's Oscar-winning animated…
Apr 7, 2025 · 1:02:57
Original Release Date: Monday 7 April 2025 Description: One month from their 18th Anniversary (of changing the way you listen to the internet!), your friends in podcasting are…
Mar 31, 2025 · 1:07:17
Original Release Date: Monday 31 March 2025 Description: Phil is in Los Angeles, Dean is back in home in Detroit (or its environs) and normalcy is restored on this week's show.…
Mar 25, 2025 · 1:20:35
Original Release Date: Monday 25 March 2025 Description: Due to the ridiculous travel itineraries of your friends in podcasting, this week’s show is coming at you one day late,…
Mar 17, 2025 · 57:24
Original Release Date: Monday 17 March 2025 Description: Today is not only St. Patrick’s Day, it’s also Dean Haglund’s wedding day! Therefore, this week's installment of YOUR…
Mar 10, 2025 · 1:09:10
Original Release Date: Monday 10 March 2025 Description: Coming at you from Venice, Italy, Los Angeles of the 1980s and everywhere in between, this week’s show is a wild…
Mar 3, 2025 · 1:13:49
Original Release Date: Monday 3 March 2025 Description: Later this week, your friends in podcasting depart for Europe. Last night, the Oscars were held. Last week, one of their…
Feb 24, 2025 · 1:03:13
Original Release Date: Monday 24 February 2025 Description: Your friends in podcasting have two more shows before they make their way (separately) to Europe and reconvene in…
Feb 17, 2025 · 59:45
Original Release Date: Monday 17 February 2025 Description: Phil is celebrating his 6th wedding anniversary, the USA is celebrating President’s Day, and the rest of the world, we…
Feb 10, 2025 · 1:25:55
Original Release Date: Monday 10 February 2025 Description: What do the movies The Brutalist, The Substance, Red Rooms and Anora have in common? They all made BOTH Dean AND…
Feb 3, 2025 · 1:06:10
Original Release Date: Monday 3 February 2025 Description: Following what many people seem to feel was the longest January on record, your friends in podcasting return to get…
Jan 27, 2025 · 1:06:43
Original Release Date: Monday 27 January 2025 Description: For what it's worth, awards season in Hollywood is firmly upon us and on this week's show, your friends in podcasting…
Jan 20, 2025 · 1:00:44
Original Release Date: Monday 20 January 2025 Description: Your friends in podcasting have a great deal on their minds ... Cold weather in the nation's capital, the hell of home…
Jan 13, 2025 · 1:08:22
Original Release Date: Monday 13 January 2025 Description: If any week warranted an episode of epic length, it was the week that was. With Phil Leirness coming at us from the…
Jan 6, 2025 · 1:04:35
Original Release Date: Monday 6 January 2025 Description: The first show of 2025 find Dean and Phil in good form and discussing a wide array of topics including the landscape and…
Dec 30, 2024 · 1:09:45
Original Release Date: Monday 30 December 2024 Description: Your friends in podcasting, Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness, participate in a “side project” called The Art Life with…
Dec 23, 2024 · 1:05:45
Original Release Date: Monday 23 December 2024 Description: Because of Dean's peculiar living conditions at present, because of Phil's adventures this week in the nation's…
Dec 16, 2024 · 1:05:31
Original Release Date: Monday 16 December 2024 Description: Are Dean and Phil filled with the spirit of the holiday season? This week, we will all find out! They certainly are…
Dec 9, 2024 · 1:06:47
Original Release Date: Monday 9 December 2024 Description: Your friends in podcasting have returned from travel adventures and have tales about art galleries in the nation's…
Dec 2, 2024 · 1:02:51
Original Release Date: Monday 2 December 2024 Description: Dean traveled to D.C. and Virginia. Phil traveled to New Orleans, Mississippi and Memphis. Therefore, this seemed like…
Nov 25, 2024 · 1:05:12
Original Release Date: Monday 25 November 2024 Description: Happy Birthday to our friend in podcasting, Phil Leirness, who is celebrating many returns of the day in New Orleans…
Nov 18, 2024 · 1:02:17
Original Release Date: Monday 18 November 2024 Description: Dean flies into Los Angeles. Phil picks him up at LAX. You get into the back seat. Highway adventured and high…
Nov 11, 2024 · 58:35
Original Release Date: Monday 11 November 2024 Description: Dean is back from Japan. He will speak about his trip on this week's show. Phil is grieving the death of his sister.…
Nov 4, 2024 · 1:05:49
Original Release Date: Monday 4 November 2024 Description: On Halloween in the USA (November 1 in Japan), Phil and Dean recorded this week's show via zoom for a far out and far…
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