Blue Rose Task Force: A Twin Peaks Obsessive Podcast

Nov 15 2024 52 ep. 96 mins 96

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25YL Media and Ruminations Radio Network present John Bernardy & Elle Holgate in a spoiler laced, coffee-fueled, Twin Peaks podcast that dives deep into history and theory.

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Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me — Reading the Sounds

Nov 15 2024 54 mins

Your host John is all ears as he continues looking into Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, starting with the soundtrack and music releases, and how the tracks are used in the film. Then it’s onto what sound effects, filters and frequencies may represent, before a look into Lodge-adjacent use of words, lyrics to songs, and what happens when sounds can’t be said aloud.Production by M

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me— Reading the Codes and Symbols (w/ Elle Holgate)

Nov 08 2024 42 mins

Agent Elle returns to have a conversation with your host John about the codes and symbols found in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me. They look for meanings within the TV set in the credits, the name Teresa Banks, Lil’s presentation, and iconography of the Jade Ring, utility pole, and the Jumping Man. What could it mean that the director of the FBI is the director of the film? Is Dee

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me — Production History (w/ Scott Ryan)

Nov 01 2024 89 mins

In this first installment of episodes exploring Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, your host John sits down with author Scott Ryan to discuss the film and Ryan’s book Fire Walk With Me: Your Laura Disappeared. They look into the timeline of the film’s production, from script to editing and everything in between. You get the origin of the Blue Rose, details on the Grandson, whether

Two Agents' Worth of Mailbag

Apr 08 2024 38 mins

Your host John returns with our wayward field agent Elle to field questions and comments from listeners, and to discuss their upcoming plans for discussing Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me.Production by Mitch Proctor and Area 42 Studios and SoundAdditional audio editing John Bernardywww.RuminationsRadioNetwork.comwww.instagram.com/RuminationsRadioNetworkwww.25yearslatersite.comInstagr

PAW Patrol: Jungle Gems shows off its Twin Peaks influence

Apr 01 2024 14 mins

Twin Peaks Influences show up in the strangest places, but few have been stranger (or more unexpected) than seeing it in last week’s new PAW Patrol special event, Jungle Gems. Your host John looks into the connections when the pups travel to the Argentina from Twin Peaks, how Ryder’s origins are Cooper-based, and whether Nickelodeon had any idea this was happening.Production by

Blue Rose Ruminations in the Red Room

Mar 02 2024 74 mins

Blue Rose Task Force Podcast is officially two years old, which means it’s about time you meet its producer (and head of Ruminations Radio Network) Mitch Proctor. He brings his Ruminations From the Red Room formula to your host John, and they go behind the curtains for a Twin Peaks-centric conversation about the show, David Lynch, podcasting, the greater fandom, and upcoming plan

The Music of Twin Peaks

Feb 24 2024 71 mins

Your host John takes the music of Twin Peaks on its own to look at how it was made and how it was used in the original series. Get a look at the various music releases over the years, and how Angelo Badalamenti, David Lynch and Julee Cruise began working together. Then explore the circular nature of the music, how motifs and instruments associate with characters and themes, and wha

S2E22 “Beyond Life and Death” (Part 2)

Jan 10 2024 136 mins

In the second half of our coverage of the Twin Peaks original series finale, your host John looks into the original script to discern Windom Earle’s plan, explores the roles of each Lodge Denizen, and ponders whether Cooper failed or if he’s at the beginning of something much bigger. 0:00:40 Intro0:02:35 What we already knew about Earle’s plan0:04:25 The original script and E

S2E22 “Beyond Life and Death” (Part 1)

Dec 06 2023 99 mins

So we’ve made it to an ending for the original series of Twin Peaks. In this first half of our coverage of Episode 29, your host John walks you through how the episode was written —and then rewritten by David Lynch— before parsing through the final Log Lady Introduction. Then he takes you through the endings of all the storylines anchored to the town of Twin Peaks, including

S2E21 “Miss Twin Peaks”

Nov 22 2023 95 mins

It’s time for Miss Twin Peaks to anoint its next Queen in Twin Peaks Episode 28, and your host John looks into director Tim Hunter and writer Barry Pullman’s style choices before analyzing the episode’s time wonkiness, Cooper’s intuition, and all the keys—physical or metaphorical. Find out what they unlock, and stick around for artifacts of Audrey being the Queen, and ele