If ever there was a western where outlaws and outlaw truckers became one, Sam Peckinpah's masterpiece The Wild Bunch would be it. An over-the-hill-but-still-formidable gang of bank robbers heads out for one final score only to find their final obstacle is a stubborn sense of honor. The laughter of the gallows is omnipresent throughout both the move and this episode. Want to hear the full episode? Click hereto find it on the SiriusXM App.
Recorded close to Halloween, these two episodes are a ghoulishly joyful detour into John Carpenter's cult classic The Prince of Darkness. Part of the director's Apocalypse Trilogy, the movie concerns a ragtag band of grad students, holed up in an abandoned church, attempting to prevent an Eldritch-induced world ending event while staving off an army of the homeless. That army is led by Alice Cooper. School's out forever. Want to hear the full episode? Click hereto find it on the SiriusXM App.
Recorded close to Halloween, these two episodes are a ghoulishly joyful detour into John Carpenter's cult classic The Prince of Darkness. Part of the director's Apocalypse Trilogy, the movie concerns a ragtag band of grad students, holed up in an abandoned church, attempting to prevent an Eldritch-induced world ending event while staving off an army of the homeless. That army is led by Alice Cooper. School's out forever. Want to hear the full episode? Click hereto find it on the SiriusXM App.
As the song says, "the thumb goes up; the car goes by". Or it should have in the case of C. Thomas Howell's character Jim in 1986's The Hitcher. Instead young Jim Halsey picks up the aptly named John Ryder and sets a course for a 90 minute nightmare. The fact that Ryder is played by Rutger Hauer should have tipped off our hapless hero. But we're glad Howell did pull the car over, since it gives Justin and Jimmy Mac a chance to talk not only about the cult classic but also their plans to save Thanksgiving. Want to hear the full episode? Click hereto find it on the SiriusXM App.
Get your motor running, head out the highway, looking for adventure, and whatever comes your way. The urge to be free is the center of a hero's journey. It is their ultimate goal. Despite being set in different times and having different objectives, the heroes of both The Wild Bunch and Easy Rider share the deep desire to break away from the worlds in which they are trapped. It is a desire shared by many men of the year 1969 in which the films were made. Want to hear the full episode? Click hereto find it on the SiriusXM App.
Using Joseph Campell's Hero's Journey as a model, Jimmy and Justin talk about The Call to Adventure that not only starts countless films but also drives those who choose trucking as a profession. They manage to find time to share their enjoyment of director Sam Peckinpah's gleefully mean-spirited cult movie 1975's The Killer Elite and its joyful slaughter of ninjas. Ninjas! Want to hear the full episode? Click hereto find it on the SiriusXM App.
Jimmy Mac and Justin Welborn discuss the idea of the road combined with the race against time as an antagonist of many a movie hero and the American truck driver. They also work in the time to discuss one of Jimmy's favorite movies: 1972's The Taking of Pelham 1, 2, 3. Best line from that film? "We need more time Pelham!" Want to hear the full episode? Click hereto find it on the SiriusXM App.
Join hosts Jimmy Mac and Justin Welborn on Cargo Cult. It's a podcast about the movies, books, music, and moments that helped shape not only the lifestyle of the trucking industry but also the American obsession with being on the move. Want to hear the full episode? Click hereto find it on the SiriusXM App.