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Episodes: 58
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.8/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Male
Location: USA
Instagram: 22.0k followers
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Eric Vespe - Host of The Spiel, welcoming a notable guest each week to discuss a work of film from the career of director Steven Spielberg. The show is described as an open-ended love letter to Spielberg and hi...
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Recent Guest Discussions
Drew McWeeny - Discussion Of Spielberg’s Disclosure Day (incl. Spoiler-free Then Spoiler Details), Plus Reaction To Elements Like Jaws Easter Egg And Performances/notes About The Film.
Lou Taylor Pucci - Talking About *batteries Not Included As Well As Lou’s New Film Touch Me; Also Spielberg Producorial Outings Like Poltergeist And The Goonies.
DC Pierson - Discussion Of Transformers: Dark Of The Moon Restoration And Continuing A Watch-journey Through Transformers Films; Includes Spielberg Executive Producer Context And Reactions To Specific Franchise Elements.
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Episodes
The Dreamworks Era with Jeff Wadlow
August 25, 2026
Director Jeff Wadlow (Kick-Ass 2, Imaginary) has a new killer shark movie out now called The Devil's Mouth starring Kathryn Newton, so naturally he had to come on The Spiel talk a little bit about his Spielberg-y influences. Yes, Jaws does come up, of course, but the conversation mostly focuses on Spielberg's move into the executive arena when he, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and David Geffen launched their very own movie studio and called it Dreamworks. What happens when a filmmaker is put in charg...
Jaws with Ian Nathan
August 10, 2026
Jaws is host Eric Vespe's favorite movie of all time, so it's only fitting that we get the nerdiest possible deep dive into the 1975 blockbuster with special guest Ian Nathan. Ian's an author and documentarian who has produced books on The Coen Brothers, Tim Burton, and Guillermo del Toro as well as produced truly epic documentaries on John Carpenter's The Thing and James Cameron's Aliens. His next project up is Jaws Explored, a documentary that goes into the minutiae of the film, its legac...
Disclosure Day Review with Drew McWeeny
June 13, 2026
There is a brand new Steven Spielberg movie out in theaters this weekend so of course we had to dive into it on The Spiel. Vespe is joined by his longtime friend and ex-Ain't It Cool colleague Drew McWeeny to dissect, as best they can, Spielberg's Disclosure Day, which could very well be his final cinematic statement on the topic of extra-terrestrial beings. The conversation begins with a spoiler-free discussion before diving into more spoilery specifics. This chat is definitely intended for...
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