Earwolf introduces two new shows:
• Actor and comedian Paul Scheer (“Veep”) is known for picking apart bad movies in clinical detail on his podcast “How Did This Get Made?” But on “Unspooled,” his new collaboration with film critic Amy Nicholson (“The Canon”), he’s turning his focus to good movies – specifically the American Film Institute’s list of the 100 greatest movies of all time. What made these movies so special in the first place? How do they hold up in 2018? In this show launching May 17, Paul and Amy dissect iconic scenes, talk to artists and filmmakers about the influence of these films and give listeners a free education in classic cinema.
• On “Obscure,” coming June 8, actor and comedian Michael Ian Black (“Wet Hot American Summer,” “Another Period”) reads every line of the classic Thomas Hardy novel “Jude the…
