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Josh Widdicombe's Archive of Pop Culture

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  • Josh Widdicombe's Archive of Pop Culture

    The Making of 'Apocalypse Now' (Part 2)

    13/06/2026 | 36 mins.
    Welcome back to part 2 of the incredible story of the making of Apocalypse Now… in this episode we’ve got casting disasters, drink and drugs problems on set, and a civil war that repeatedly sends the helicopters AWOL whilst trying to film!!

    All episodes for this series are available to listen to now if you go to;
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    And join the Archive of Pop Culture ⁠⁠⁠⁠fan club.⁠⁠⁠⁠

    If you want to get in touch with the show...
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    New episodes are released twice weekly. Please subscribe, leave a review, and spread the word if nostalgic pop culture is your cup of tea!!
    A ⁠⁠⁠⁠Keep It Light Media⁠⁠⁠⁠ Production
    (Copyright 2026)
  • Josh Widdicombe's Archive of Pop Culture

    The Making of 'Apocalypse Now' (Part 1)

    10/06/2026 | 45 mins.
    In the mid 1970’s America stood at a crossroads. The Vietnam War had recently ended, leaving deep social divisions and a crisis of trust in government after the Watergate scandal...
    Alongside this, American cinema was re-inventing itself after the demise of the old Hollywood studio system…
    A new breed of young, hungry and fearless filmmakers are forging a new path - Scorsese, Lucas, Spielberg, and the elder statesman of the group - Francis Ford Coppola…
    Amongst this landscape, the visionary filmmaker - off the back of huge success with The Godfather and its sequel - risked his own fortune, health, and sanity, to go deep into the Heart of Darkness to make arguably the most infamous war film of all time…
    This is the insane story of a doomed production - typhoons,
    heart attacks, civil war, actors being overweight, high on drugs, and even removed from the film completely…
    This is the story of Francis Ford Coppola and the most infamous and psychologically destructive film production in Hollywood history…
    This is the incredible story of the Making of Apocalypse Now…

    All episodes for this series are available to listen to now if you go to;
    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://museumofpopculture.supportingcast.fm/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
    And join the Archive of Pop Culture ⁠⁠⁠⁠fan club.⁠⁠⁠⁠
    If you want to get in touch with the show...
    Email: museumofpopculturepod@gmail.com
    Instagram: archiveofpopculture_pod
    New episodes are released twice weekly. Please subscribe, leave a review, and spread the word if nostalgic pop culture is your cup of tea!!
    A ⁠⁠⁠⁠Keep It Light Media⁠⁠⁠⁠ Production
    (Copyright 2026)
  • Josh Widdicombe's Archive of Pop Culture

    Spiderman: Turn off the Dark - Broadway's Biggest Musical Failure? (Part 4)

    06/06/2026 | 29 mins.
    Spiderman: Turn off the Dark - Broadway's Biggest Musical Failure? (Part 4)

    In the final part of this incredible story of the Spiderman Broadwy musical - Turn off the dark, we discover the true cost, both finanical and emotional, of the infamous show.
    How did it measure up to other notorious Broadway bombs?
    Was it really a failure? And if so, who was to blame?

    All episodes for this series are available to listen to now if you go to;
    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://museumofpopculture.supportingcast.fm/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
    And join the Archive of Pop Culture ⁠⁠⁠⁠fan club.⁠⁠⁠⁠
    If you want to get in touch with the show...
    Email: museumofpopculturepod@gmail.com
    Instagram: archiveofpopculture_pod
    New episodes are released twice weekly. Please subscribe, leave a review, and spread the word if nostalgic pop culture is your cup of tea!!
    A ⁠⁠⁠⁠Keep It Light Media⁠⁠⁠⁠ Production
    (Copyright 2026)
  • Josh Widdicombe's Archive of Pop Culture

    Spiderman: Turn off the Dark - Broadway's Biggest Musical Failure? (Part 3)

    03/06/2026 | 38 mins.
    Spiderman: Turn off the Dark - Broadway's Biggest Musical Failure? (Part 3)
    In this episode the Spiderman Broadway show is hit by casting issues, money issues, and theatre issues. Bascially, anything that can go wrong does. Will the show ever open? And at what cost?

    All episodes for this series are available to listen to now if you go to;
    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://museumofpopculture.supportingcast.fm/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
    And join the Archive of Pop Culture ⁠⁠⁠⁠fan club.⁠⁠⁠⁠
    If you want to get in touch with the show...
    Email: museumofpopculturepod@gmail.com
    Instagram: archiveofpopculture_pod
    New episodes are released twice weekly. Please subscribe, leave a review, and spread the word if nostalgic pop culture is your cup of tea!!
    A ⁠⁠⁠⁠Keep It Light Media⁠⁠⁠⁠ Production
    (Copyright 2026)
  • Josh Widdicombe's Archive of Pop Culture

    Spiderman: Turn off the Dark - Broadway's Biggest Musical Failure? (Part 2)

    30/05/2026 | 38 mins.
    Spiderman: Turn off the Dark - Broadway's Biggest Musical Failure? (Part 2)

    In this episode we discuss the genesis story of the band whose two members soundtrack the doomed musical - rock legends U2.
    And we start to get a sense of the various egos orbiting the broadway show as it starts to take shape. You could say the warning signs were there from the start....

    All episodes for this series are available to listen to now if you go to;
    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://museumofpopculture.supportingcast.fm/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
    And join the Archive of Pop Culture ⁠⁠⁠⁠fan club.⁠⁠⁠⁠

    If you want to get in touch with the show...
    Email: museumofpopculturepod@gmail.com
    Instagram: archiveofpopculture_pod

    New episodes are released twice weekly. Please subscribe, leave a review, and spread the word if nostalgic pop culture is your cup of tea!!

    A ⁠⁠⁠⁠Keep It Light Media⁠⁠⁠⁠ Production
    (Copyright 2026)
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About Josh Widdicombe's Archive of Pop Culture
Join Josh Widdicombe (Parenting Hell) as he tells the greatest stories in the history of popular culture. Partnered each time by one of his best friends in the world (comedians Tom Craine, Matthew Crosby or Suzi Ruffell) Josh takes us through the wildest and most entertaining stories of unhinged genius, world dominating success and shaming failure. Mr Blobby, The KLF, East 17, Dallas, Ghostwatch, the Sinclair C5, U2, Mary Whitehouse, Apocalypse Now, David Hasselhoff… all will be covered at some point plus many more from the world of film, TV, music, celebrity and pop culture! A Keep It Light Media Production (Copyright 2026)
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