CiTR -- Exploding Head Movies Podcast
1) XHM #780 - "Vi har alle vår rolle å spille" (2026 March 16)
The 98th Academy Awards were handed out on Sunday so as we wrap up award season, we'll recap who won and we'll profile the score from the Best International Feature Film: Hania Rani's soundtrack from ...Show More
2) XHM #779 - "Paddles to peddle" (2026 March 09)
With the 98th Academy Awards to be handed out on Sunday and we've already covered all the nominated songs & scores, we'll go with one that was on the shortlist but tied to a film with 9 other nominati...Show More
3) XHM #778 - "Monstrous souls seeking love" (2026 March 02)
Not only is it Week 6 of our annual Oscars profile but it's also CITR's annual FUNDRIVE! As I profiled the 5 nominees for Best Original Song, which ties into a discussion of KPop Demon Hunters and a f...Show More
4) XHM #777 - "Get your nose in the carpet" (2026 February 23)
For our final Oscar-nominated score profile, leading up to next month's Academy Awards, we listen again to cues from Jonny Greenwood's work from Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another, up for...Show More
5) XHM #776 - "Taking arms against a sea of troubles" (2026 February 16)
It's Week 4 of our annual Oscars profile and first time nominee Max Richter has had a strong presence in modern classical music. His score to Hamnet ties into a lot of themes surround Family Day, Mard...Show More
6) XHM #775 - "Neck bolts optional" (2026 February 09)
Week 3 of our annual Academy Awards profile looks at Alexandre Desplat's Oscar nominated score to Guillermo del Toro's 2025 adaptation of Frankenstein. gak also offers a pronounciation guide to all th...Show More
7) XHM #774 - "Back to the shack, two Mississippi" (2026 February 02)
Week 2 of our annual Academy Awards profiles looks again at the music from 2025's Sinners, which has two musical nominations amongst its records 16 total: one song & Ludwig Göransson's score. Prepare ...Show More
8) XHM #773 - "I'm covered in bees!" (2026 January 26)
The nominees for the 98th Academy Awards were announced last Thursday. Thus begins our annual Oscar season profiles! We begin with Jerskin Fendrix's nominated score from Bugonia as we also explore som...Show More
9) XHM #772 - "We still don't want this fascist groove thing" (2026 January 19)
Since 2026 still has some spillover from the previous year, we'll hear selections from Tom Rowland's score to the 2025 limited TV series Mussolini: Son of the Century as we try to find cheer in a worl...Show More
10) 24 Hours of Radio Art, Hrs 15 & 16 - "Is í an t-ochtú farraige an ceann a sheolann os ár gcionn uile" (2026 January 17)
"The eighth sea is the one we sail above us all" gak's back, live, for 24 Hours of Radio Art, emphasizing the radio part of the art. In honour of the 75th anniversary of Radio Free Europe/Radio Libe...Show More