Captive Audience

Edwin Janes, Sean Roney, Alex Ward

sahiba@cloud10.fm

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Booking Overview

A reaction-video style movie podcast focused on why we watch films and how sharing them with other people changes the experience. Hosts break down classics and newer releases through a lively, community-minded lens, occasionally bringing in a friend for a co-react session.

Metrics

Episodes: 50

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

Contact Information

sahiba@cloud10.fm

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Host

Edwin Janes - Co-host of Captive Audience. Participates in reaction-style film break-downs and collaborates with the other hosts to unpack story beats, themes, and the shared-viewing experience.

Sean Roney - Co-host of Captive Audience. Helps drive the show’s pop-culture and movie-watching perspective, joining reactions and thematic coverage across new releases and classics.

Alex Ward - Co-host of Captive Audience. Leads segments alongside Edwin and Sean, and has featured close connections (e.g., Alex’s brother) in episodes, reflecting the show’s friend/community-oriented approach.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

low
Typical Credentials:  
Friends/insiders connected to the hosts (e.g., community roles like Discord moderators) or knowledgeable non-celebrity commentators with enough expertise to debate and react to films.
Required Achievements:  
Active community presence (e.g., Discord involvement/moderation), Demonstrated film knowledge or personal creative stake in the topics covered, Occasional local/low-to-mid profile media involvement (implied by podcast debut)

Recent Guest Discussions

Kaylah Higgins - The Shawshank Redemption Recap And Reactions (storylines, Casting, Characters, Story Beats).

Michael - Eddington Analysis And Breakdown (plot, Motives, Themes, COVID Response/culture-war Context).

Recent Topics

Film, Pop Culture, Animation, Story, Streaming

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Captive Audience
:

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

April 21, 2026

Hide your contraband and your rock hammer—this week we’re talking about The Shawshank Redemption! Edwin has never seen this cinematic classic from 1994, so naturally we make him watch and react to it. And in this week’s episode we’re joined by friend of the show and Queen of the Discord Kaylah Higgins! We recap the storylines, casting, characters, and story beats in the movie, all while secretly plotting our escape and exodus to Mexico. So file your taxes, write letters to the state senate,...

Eddington (2025)

April 01, 2026

Alex's brother Michael makes his podcast debut to break down one of 2025's most divisive films in Ari Aster's Eddington. A modern western/paranoid thriller/dark comedy that drags it's viewers into the depths of the COVID response & associated culture wars, it's a movie that isn't subtle in it's motives and vibrant in it's expression. Love it or hate it, Eddington is tough to forget and worth bringing to the Captive Audience theater. So dig out your old K95 masks, keep your eyes peeled for A...

Coco (2017)

March 30, 2026

Edwin and Alex dive back into the movies to discuss the beloved 2017 Pixar film Coco. After a discussion about our wider experience with animated movies, we break down the beautiful tale of a Mexican boy's journey into his family's history & the ensuing puddles it turns us into. So grab your guitars, put on some skeleton face paint, and run over the flower bridge to the Land of the Dead to explore a modern masterpiece! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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