{"podcast":{"title":"Fun for All Ages with Frank Santopadre","slug":"fun-for-all-ages-with-frank-santopadre-7402373","podcast_index_feed_id":7402373,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/fun-for-all-ages-frank-santopadre","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/e7a8bc24-569b-11f0-9c10-47cd5e0ef66d/image/f79dcc28e9e7713e914a9d8de449db37.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Frank Santopadre","episode_count":64,"summary":"A podcast celebrating the golden age of pop culture. For the kids who counted down every song on American Top 40, clipped a Monkees record from a box of Alpha-Bits or begged their parents for a Han Solo action figure or Six Million Dollar Man lunchbox. Join Emmy-winning writer Frank Santopadre and a panel of equally obsessed celebs, superfans, cultural experts and industry insiders as they gush and geek out over the TV, films, toys and trends of the 1960s, 70s, 80s...and beyond.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-15T12:23:47.463039+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fun-for-all-ages-with-frank-santopadre-7402373"},"episode":{"title":"Encore Presentation: The Strange Cinema of William Castle w/ Frank Conniff, Rich \"Svengoolie\" Koz and Jeffrey Schwarz","slug":"encore-presentation-the-strange-cinema-of-william-castle-w-frank-conniff-rich-svengoolie-koz-and-jeffrey-schwarz","published_at":"2026-06-02T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fun-for-all-ages-with-frank-santopadre-7402373/encore-presentation-the-strange-cinema-of-william-castle-w-frank-conniff-rich-svengoolie-koz-and-jeffrey-schwarz","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fun-for-all-ages-with-frank-santopadre-7402373","url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/1468/traffic.megaphone.fm/BALJIWAH2987880617.mp3?updated=1780333475","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/1468/traffic.megaphone.fm/BALJIWAH2987880617.mp3?updated=1780333475","summary":"Frank welcomes \"Mystery Science Theater 3000\" writer-performer Frank Conniff, horror host Rich \"Svengoolie\" Koz and filmmaker Jeffrey Schwarz (\"Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story\") for a loving look back at the B-movies of legendary producer, director and showman William Castle (\"13 Ghosts,\" \"Mr. Sardonicus,\" \"House on Haunted Hill\"), his innovative promotional gimmicks (Emergo, Percepto, Illusion-O) and his lasting contributions to the horror genre. Also in this episode, John Waters introduces \"Odorama,\" Jeffrey hangs with Grandpa Munster, Frank gets spooked by an \"Adventures of Superman\" episode and Rich attempts to explain the plot of \"The Tingler.\" PLUS: \"Rosemary's Baby\"! \"Carnival of Souls\"! The wrath of Joan Crawford! Castle inspires Hitchcock! Hitchcock inspires Castle! And the first acid trip in movie history! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"Frank welcomes \"Mystery Science Theater 3000\" writer-performer Frank Conniff, horror host Rich \"Svengoolie\" Koz and filmmaker Jeffrey Schwarz (\"Spine Ting…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5741,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/fun-for-all-ages-with-frank-santopadre-7402373/episodes/encore-presentation-the-strange-cinema-of-william-castle-w-frank-conniff-rich-svengoolie-koz-and-jeffrey-schwarz/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fun-for-all-ages-with-frank-santopadre-7402373/encore-presentation-the-strange-cinema-of-william-castle-w-frank-conniff-rich-svengoolie-koz-and-jeffrey-schwarz.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}