RUINED CHILDHOODS

Brothers/cinephiles Dan and Jon explore Hollywood’s trend of reviving franchises with long-awaited sequels, prequels, spin-offs, remakes, and/or reboots. On each episode, they talk through a film or franchise and imagine how it could be revisited.

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This playlist includes all episodes, some including video of Jon & Dan.

What’s new with Ruined Childhoods?

Season 2

From September 2023 to September 2024, the podcast took a YEAR-LONG journey covering iconic cinema to represent each of the 50 United States + Puerto Rico & Washington DC, all in alphabetical order. Follow along with the above playlists. As of September 18, 2024 all

Here’s a quick glance at what we’ve covered for each state:

  • NEBRASKA - Nebraska (2013)

  • NEVADA - The Misfits (1961)

  • NEW HAMPSHIRE - To Die For (1995)

  • NEW JERSEY - Mallrats (1995)

  • NEW MEXICO - High Noon (1952)

  • NEW YORK - Dirty Dancing (1987)

  • NORTH CAROLINA - The Foot Fist Way (2006)

  • NORTH DAKOTA - Leprechaun (1993)

  • OHIO - Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael (1990)

  • OKLAHOMA - Near Dark (1987)

  • OREGON - The Goonies (1985)

  • BONUS EPISODE - The Goonies House

  • PENNSYLVANIA - Witness (1985)

  • PUERTO RICO - The Rum Diary (2011)

  • RHODE ISLAND - Outside Providence (1999)

  • SOUTH CAROLINA - The Big Chill (1983)

  • SOUTH DAKOTA - Badlands (1973)

  • TENNESSEE - Nashville (1975)

  • TEXAS - Lone Wolf McQuade (1983)

  • UTAH - SLC Punk (1998)

  • VERMONT - Baby Boom (1987)

  • VIRGINIA - Major Payne (1995)

  • WASHINGTON - An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)

  • WASHINGTON DC - Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (1939) & Broadcast News (1987)

  • WEST VIRGINIA - The Night of the Hunter (1955)

  • WISCONSIN - The Great Outdoors (1988)

  • WYOMING - Cat Ballou (1965)

  • ALABAMA - Sweet Home Alabama (2002)

  • ALASKA - The Gold Rush (1925)

  • ARIZONA - Tombstone (1993)

  • ARKANSAS - Mud (2012)

  • CALIFORNIA - Orange County (2002)

  • COLORADO - Things to do in Denver When You’re Dead (1995)

  • CONNECTICUT - Mystic Pizza (1988)

  • DELAWARE - Empire Records (1995)

  • FLORIDA - The Birdcage (1996)

  • GEORGIA - Smokey and the Bandit (1977)

  • HAWAII - Blue Hawaii (1961)

  • IDAHO - Smoke Signals (1998)

  • ILLINOIS - Wayne’s World (1992)

  • INDIANA - Hoosiers (1986)

  • IOWA - Cold Turkey (1971)

  • KANSAS - The Wizard of Oz (1939)

  • KENTUCKY - Sheba, Baby (1975)

  • LOUISIANA - The Big Easy (1986)

  • MAINE - In the Bedroom (2001)

  • MARYLAND - Pecker (1998)

  • MASSACHUSETTS - Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988)

  • MICHIGAN - Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

  • MINNESOTA - Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)

  • MISSISSIPPI - In the Heat of the Night (1967)

  • MISSOURI - Winter’s Bone (2010)

  • MONTANA - A River Runs Through It (1992) & Legends of the Fall (1994)

SEASON 3

This season, beginning in September 2024, is a 52 episode cinematic journey to the alphabet and back. This Cinematic Yo-Yo will prioritize films that contain multiple instances of each letter. Have films you want to suggest to Dan & Jon? Email greatideapod@gmail.com.

  • A - Anaconda (1997)

  • B - Big Business (1988)

  • C - C.C. and Company (1970)

  • D - Donnie Darko (2001)

  • E - Election (1999)

  • F - F for Fake (1973)

  • G - Glen or Glenda (1953)

  • H - Home for the Holidays (1995)

  • I - Insomnia (1997 & 2002)

  • J - Jack and Jill (2011)

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ABOUT THE HOSTS

JON RICHARDSON

Jon is media arts professional living in Portland, OR. Podcasting entered Jon’s life in 2011 and hasn’t stopped since. For a full list of work he’s created, visit jondrichardson.com/podcasts. When not recording podcasts, Jon is usually working on The WALT, hanging out with his daughter and two dogs, or watching movies.

DAN WIENER

By day, Dan is a high school language arts teacher in Seattle, WA. By night, Dan is spending time with his family, grading papers, or recording Ruined Childhoods. Before becoming a teacher, Dan lived in New York and worked as a theatrical actor, but has always been a movie lover.

Jon and Dan are also brothers! Growing up in suburban New Jersey, Dan (nearly 6 years Jon’s senior) and his love for films rubbed off on Jon and their combined love for cinema resulted in countless movie theater visits, “Blockbuster nights”, and conversations that leave everyone in their vicinity thinking “what’s up with these guys?”