Depot Devoid: A Movie Podcast for Dead People

Depot Devoid: A Movie Podcast for Dead People

by Matt Fagan

Comedy TV & Film

Season 1

Typewriter Sex Robots!

A man murders his wife, is recruited as a spy, and enters a drug-fueled world of literature, homosexuality, and deeply erogenous typewriters! NAKED LUNCH attempted, in 1991, to adapt the wild nonlinear narrative of William S Burroughs' novel into a surprisingly coherent film. Ted's audio is weird for the first two minutes, but after that, the Fagan brothers are able to make complete and utter sense of every single thing that happens in the movie. Especially the typewriter sex robots.

Ted & Matt vs. Reality: Depot Devoid Podcast Year One

Happy Anniversary! In this 40th episode, the Depot Devoid Podcast looks back on our first year of publication. We're a movie podcast, but the Depot Devoid has always actually been about the death of our brother Ian. It's a show about nostalgia and grief, and the ways we find to heal. While barely discussing Tucker & Dale vs. Evil, we talk about the lives that are changing around us, and how something as simple as recording this podcast can keep us sane in an insane world. Ted has a lot to say about his recent dealings with the Social Security Administration, Matt goes into a bit of detail about his upcoming gallery show, and both brothers share a little too much about scary dental visits. But perhaps the weirdest highlight of the episode is Matt's dramatic reading of his new children's poem, “Up a Hippopotamus' Bottom.”

Ghosted & Busted

Audiences think of Ghostbusters as one of the classic comedy films of the 1980s, but you know what they forget? Ghosts are people who used to be alive, so Ghostbusters is all about death! Matt Fagan and Ted Fagan started the Depot Devoid Podcast after they lost their brother Ian. And they recorded this episode just three weeks after Matt lost his dog to bone cancer. Not for the first time, the brothers find themselves revisiting a pivotal comedy from their youth with fresh eyes, and raw hearts. Sometimes, the Depot Devoid is all fun and games – but sometimes it's grief counseling. And sometimes it's a bit of both. This episode was a strange emotional space for us. We are looking back at a movie we love – one of those movies that shaped us – and seeing it for what it really is. We are adults stepping outside of our own childhoods, and we are haunted by ghosts both literal and metaphorical. Sound fun? Join us for a unique conversation that is as much about Ghostbusters as it is about processing the death of a loved one who passes right in front of you. A conversation about nostalgia, and how comedy is not evergreen, and how we all grew up in an actual haunted house. And Ted uses “Pet Sematary” as a verb.

Whether You Like It or Not, Hedwig and the Angry Inch

We've got a whole Depot full of Pride this week! And you can watch the full video version of this episode on YouTube. Hedwig and the Angry Inch is the queer redemption story we all need right now: messy, cruel, and challenging, but also transformative, inspiring, and filled with love. Bursting at the seams with amazing music, performed by a truly complicated leading lady, Hedwig gets under your skin in the best possible way. Host Matt Fagan is an unabashed fan, and is clearly excited to share this movie with his little brother, co-host Ted Fagan, for the very first time! During Pride 2025, when the general vibe in America is not exactly upbeat, it's nice to just have a really good time watching a movie like Hedwig. It left us feeling better than when we started. Maybe you should watch it too.

Goonies [Seldom] Say Die!

The Goonies is turning forty years old, and our brother Ian should have turned 45 this week. Growing up on the Oregon coast in the 1980s, The Goonies was an indelible part of our childhoods! Puzzles, treasure, friends with bicycles and dangerous ideas: The Goonies was everything a kid could want. For us - Matt Fagan, Ian Fagan, and Ted Fagan - it gave shape to fantasies we played out every day. Today we are, for better or worse, adults, and we are looking back at The Goonies as grown men who have lost the brother in between them. This episode is part nostalgia and part eulogy; we laugh a lot, but we shed a lot of fucking tears for Ian too. We are not the same people that we were in 1985, and we are not the same people that we were when there were three of us. We watched The Goonies for the first time since Ian's death, and then we recorded this episode on what would have been his 45th birthday. Of all the childhood favorites Ted and I have revisited on Depot Devoid, this was definitely the most emotionally challenging. There will be a lot of new podcast episodes about The Goonies this week, but I bet ours is the only one with an actual eulogy in it, and probably the most crying too. That's the Depot Devoid difference! Full video for this episode is on our YouTube channel.

O Canada Part 5: Nothing

Full video episode available on our Youtube channel! Matt Fagan introduces his brother, Ted Fagan, to a magical film that answers the question: what if your dreams came true and everybody else in the world disappeared? Thanks for Nothing, Canada! Canadian superstar David Hewlett wishes the whole world away - even the smell of rotting beef carcasses! - in this intimate, experimental fantasy from 2003. Written by, directed by, and starring the folks who brought us Cube in 1997, Nothing defies easy categorization. David Hewlett and Andrew Miller play childhood best friends whose relationship experiences a series of rapid and dramatic upsets. When their well-trod dynamic is tested, each of these men is forced to admit that they may not be who they thought they were. Maybe nothing is what they thought it was. But there were definitely too many fuckers before.

O Canada Part 4: Laserhawk

Full video episode available on our YouTube channel! We love you, Canada, but "Space Vegetarians Conquer the World!" is not your best work. This convoluted mess of a sci-fi thriller fell into the Depot Devoid almost by mistake. In fact, it accidentally became the first episode of the "O Canada" run that we recorded, but wound up as chapter four because it came out the same year as CUBE. Some of the worst movies are the most fun to talk about, and in a time where a lot of stuff in America isn't very fun, the Fagan brothers had a really good time talking about Laserhawk. It's sloppy, weird, and has a secret hard-core vegetarian agenda that was sadly dropped partway through the flick. It's not as Canadian as some of the other movies on this list, but Laserhawk is a welcome addition to the collection. We didn't invite you, but we're glad you came.

O Canada Part 3: Cube

Full video available on our YouTube channel! A low-budget sci-fi thriller... or an ingenious, claustrophobic meeting of the philosophy club? Matt's favorite Canadian (David Hewlett) stars in the 1997 indy film Cube, which combines apocalyptic nihilism with insightful social analysis and delivers something wholly unique. Ted Fagan and brother Matt Fagan are on a roll with another unforgettable movie from Canada, the maple-drenched home of some of the best science fiction to ever hit the American market.

O Canada Part 2: Pin (a Plastic Nightmare)

Continuing our celebration of Canadian film excellence, Matt Fagan introduces little brother Ted to one of the strangest (and most Canadian) movies he's ever seen! This 1988 psychodrama from Sandor Stern has fascinated Matt since high school; will Ted ever be the same once the episode is over? Will he see Pin's spooky face every time he closes his eyes? Terry O'Quinn, David Hewlett, and Cynthia Preston star in a uniquely creepy, moderately suspenseful motion picture that you won't soon forget. Also check out the full video on the Depot Devoid channel on YouTube!

O Canada Part 1: The Stepfather

Beginning a multi-episode tribute to our Northern superiors, Matt introduces his brother Ted to the 1987 thriller THE STEPFATHER, starring Terry O'Quinn. Canada has been producing some of the best science fiction and horror series on American television since the 1980s, and also some of Matt's video-rental favorites! This one made a big impression on his teenage mind, forever cementing his loyalty to Canada and distrust of stepfathers, in perpetuity throughout the universe. In the full video version of this episode, you can fully appreciate Matt's fetching homemade vest, which he made for a super special occasion: along with his partner Bill and their dog Gus, they helped win a fifty thousand dollar grant for the Pendleton Animal Welfare Shelter in Pendleton, Oregon, from the Petco Love Foundation. Our Petco Love Story: https://youtu.be/WElX1D-6PSU?si=8A612zfKIrP5imUT

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