funny. really enjoyed this season. would love to have more episodes.

What a Slammin pod. Jesus Christ. Absolutely Slammin.

She really needs you brother

Please

This guy gets it and so do his guests.

I so regret losing my Dino Dudes figures. I think my mom may actually have thrown them out! Typical mom!

Highly researched good fact based content

Fan of Ben’s work, podcast content, and personality. 5Star for using our I M A G I N A T I O N. Thank you for creating something new and not guaranteed. Looking fwd to mor.

Legit one of the most interesting movie podcasts. Also very funny. It’s about weird, old movies that barely exist and the even weirder stories of the people who made them. Ben’s sincerity and enthusiasm are shared by his guests. Also they’re all incredibly funny

This guy always hits. Dudes just like me cept he has friends. Super dope!

But this will do for now

I first heard of The Rodge Tapes on an episode of Hollywood Handbook, which left me thinking that this show actually didn’t exist. Luckily I followed up and it does exist. And it’s great! Ben Rodgers is, as always, smart and hilarious, and the guests so far have been great.

Ben iseffortlessly charming and entertaining. He is hilarious, he has hilarious guests. Check it out.

Ben does a deep dive into forgotten movies of the past. Each ep him and a guest watch one of these and discuss it

I loved Ben from The Action Boyz, and I’m loving him having his own show. I’ve loved every episode so far, and that’s saying something because it takes a lot of new podcasts awhile to get good

Feels like a combination of How Did This Get Made, Action Boyz, and Hollywood Handbook. Really loving the series. Ben is a great host and the guests have been awesome too! Now if only I could track down these movies…

It’s great to hear Ben review some of these movies I loved so much from the vhs days. I have so many good memories of The Blade of Urax.

Kind of a love letter to overlooked classic movies.

For the better part of the last decade, the UCB diaspora sprang the kernel that has evolved and diverged itself one way or another into a now well-established movie podcast landscape. Indeed, if you have any penchant for comedy or movies, your cup runneth over at an ever-increasing rate. Podcasts about film are everywhere and show no signs of waning. In the past year or so the Academy even went so far as to make some recs on their twitter for podcasts cinephiles should check out . To date, all have utilized the same basic formula – hosts versed in improv/writing/comedy coupled with some nostalgic slant on the movies that make us feel young again – bad, cheesy, silly, cultish or over the top action. Regardless of the specific slant or even combination thereof, this formula has always been filtered through the criterion that the movies covered were real. Here Ben Rodgers, inadvertently or intentionally (likely the latter) does away with this last critical criteria, and in so doing, turns “the bad movie podcast” genre on its head – covering movies that are entirely made up. In what is an interesting meta take on what movie podcasting is or could be, listeners will be enjoying an hour of comedy about something they haven’t seen and will never see. It is hard to imagine Ben and his guests not enjoying the comedic challenge of engaging an audience who aren’t familiar with the source material all the while winking at the audience from behind a microphone. Perhaps a high-minded endorsement of the internet reaction video, or an eventuality of a business model for podcasts where movies are going to be covered ad nauseum – either way, the Rodge Tapes is worth a listen and might be the first in a new wave of post genre-film podcasting.

I don’t even watch movies anymore, just give me Ben Rodgers talking to his friends about movies I’ll never watch, every week, directly into my veins.

Can’t wait to see what other gems the host finds under the seats. So far each one has been pure Encore/Starz fueled nostalgia. Love it. (Note: I always pronounced Urax like “your-axe”)

I’d never heard of some of these movies before the podcast came along, and I’m a movie buff!

The best real pod about fake movies I’ve ever heard.

Now we got ourselves a podcast

I wonder if he will block cool people who listen to this podcast on Instagram too.

Finally a podcast about movies. And movies I’ve seen. Movies I know. The movies I grew up on.

You can actually find these movies if you want to watch along with the show if you aren’t tied to the VHS format. I don’t live in LA so I can’t go to the New Beverly to keep up with Video Archives. The titles are obscure, sure, but you can find these if you look.

Ever sit down and scroll endlessly through Amazon Prime, unsure what to watch? Well you won’t be doing that anymore. Just watch the movies they talk about on this podcast. You’ll save so much time that would otherwise be spent scrolling. Scrolling is a waste of time. Just think about what you could do with the time that you’d otherwise spend scrolling.

Loved the first episode and can’t wait for more, even though I’ve never even heard of these movies.

Can’t believe a podcast is actually doing 91’s Caller One. Didn’t think anyone remembered that one

In the LA comedy scene, Mr. Rodgers is one of the most enigmatic, principled, and most importantly: funny. The Rodge Tapes is a perfect vehicle for Ben Rodgers’ comedic and cultural instincts. The show is a delight from top to bottom, high concept, yet accessible, fun, and funny. If you’ve never heard or seen a single film this pod examines, you should still check this out. It’s not only a great exploration of an important and under-examined aspect of film history, it’s a great discussion of entertainment culture broadly.

One episode down and this show is already great! Hope Ben’s collection of obscure vhs tapes doesn’t run out anytime soon.

I’m a huge fan of Ben Rodgers and all of his stuff and I wasn’t sure what to expect when this was announced. It did not disappoint, it’s got that gritty sarcastic vibe that I love. Love his takes on film and it is especially fun to hear him talk about deep cut hard to find movies. I will absolutely listen ASAP every week.