In March of 2021, I was enlisted to start a podcast on the Ruminations Radio Network for my writing outlet of Film Obsessive. Phoenix-based Will Johnson and I are two very different film critics. We are also two cool dads and two exhausted school teachers. Lastly, we have become bitter rivals of taste. We crack each other up on social media and on our online workplace where we thought we might as well bring this movie nerd fights to the masses. Will and I will take opposing sides of love and hate on a single film each episode for tirade duels we’re calling The Cinephile Hissy Fit Podcast.
Our format is as follows. The “lover” gets five uninterrupted minutes to shout their praises. The “hater” goes second with their own five-minute stump position. Then, we open it up to shared debate and send you folks home after 30 total minutes. Easy-peasy and promised good fun! Find us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instgram. Subscribe to us on your favorite podcast service soon! In 2023, the Ruminations Radio Network has started their own YouTube Channel where audio podcasts and video podcasts will be published and promoted regularly. Follow our work there as well! RRN also has a Teepublic storefront linked below!
In 2025, the Cinephile Hissy Fit was, thanks to my membership with the CCA, added to the roster of shows on the Critics Choice Podcast Network. Additionally, the show was nominated for “Best Member Podcast” by the Hollywood Creative Alliance (another membership of mine) for their inaugural Astra Podcast Awards. We couldn’t be more honored and proud of what we’ve built!
2025
RECOMMENDED BY TRAVELANDLEISUREASIA AS ONE OF “15 PODCASTS EVERY FILM BUFF SHOULD HAVE ON THEIR RADAR”
NOMINATED FOR “BEST MEMBER PODCAST” AT THE INAUGURAL ASTRA PODCAST AWARDS FROM THE HOLLYWOOD CREATIVE ALLIANCE
2024
2023
Co-hosting TWO discussionS with You’ll Probably Agree for future podcast episodes
2022
One-week Cinephile Hissy Fit guest run on the Marvel Movie Minute podcast
IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE hosted EVENT
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2021
CINEPHILE HISSY FIT GUEST APPEARANCE
There are many social media friends out there among us who have only met in the virtual sense. This big connected world allows that kind of long-distance connection. Nonetheless, nothing beats a hug, a handshake, or face-to-face interaction between two people. For the Cinephile Hissy Fit podcast on the Ruminations Radio Network, Will Johnson hails from Phoenix, Arizona and Don Shanahan calls Chicago, Illinois home. The odds of them ever meeting together in the same room, let alone making some content together, was slim. Those odds shattered recently when Will traveled to Chicago for family matters and got to hang put with Don.
