Thanks to everyone for their well wishes and kind words on the 350th episode yesterday! Star Wars was a huge undertaking for me, but the positive reception has been more than worth all the hard work! The rebellion will continue next week, but in a slightly different way...

"Shock me, shock me, shock me with that deviant behaviour!"

🚨BRAND-NEW EPISODE🚨 Episode 350 - STAR WARS Star Wars opened on 25th May 1977. The first cut had been a disaster. The odds were stacked against it. And yet what followed was the biggest box office phenomenon in cinema history. It's a story worthy of a 350th episode. Listen in your podcast app📱🎧

Tomorrow, 6am GMT... Episode 350... The history and legacy of... STAR WARS (1977)

It's true. You don't reach 350 episodes on hard work alone. It's also the people around you; friends, family, and listeners who genuinely care, providing the valuable support to keep going. Indie podcasts like Verbal Diorama need you more than ever. Follow. Listen. Share. Comment. Support.

"I want to learn the ways of the Force and become a Jedi, like my father."

A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away... A film nobody believed in changed everything. Coming next week on Verbal Diorama.

🚨 FROM THE ARCHIVE 🚨 ROGUE ONE A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away, I did an episode six years ago on the remarkable story of the making of Rogue One; arguably one of the best modern Star Wars movies. It was my only foray into that universe. Was. Available in your podcast app 📱🎧

I find your lack of faith (in this podcast) disturbing...

Ready to judge @indpodawards 2026! This is my fourth year of judging, and every year I'm wowed by the quality and brilliance of independent British and Irish podcasts. And my bio is true. I'm very passionate about The Mummy (1999). It is the greatest movie ever made.

Hi, you've reached Em. Sorry she can't come to the podcast right now, but leave a message at the tone, and she'll get back to you soon. Beep!

If you've listened to the end of the Hamilton episode, you'll know that the one brief clip from Hamilton itself is reserved for... "and Peggy!". This is Peggy. She says hi!

Verbal Diorama: Serving revolution and revelation to the greatest listeners in the world since 2019. Work!

This is also me, to people who used to listen to the podcast... 😉 (I will also send a fully armed battalion to remind you of my love 🫶)

Immigrants... they get the job done 💪 verbaldiorama.com/iwannalisten

I'm taking the advice of the Schuyler Sisters, and I'm going to Take a Break But don't worry, I am not throwing away My Shot to do an episode on Star Wars. You just need to Wait For It Be in The Room Where It Happens, and listen to the latest episode. It'll leave you Satisfied. See you in 2 weeks

"Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope."

🚨BRAND-NEW EPISODE🚨 Episode 349 - HAMILTON (2020) As the United States turns 250, who lives, who dies, who tells your story? In 2026, that question has never been more important. History has its eyes on you, America. Listen in your podcast app📱🎧

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Tomorrow, 6am GMT... Episode 349... The history and legacy of... HAMILTON (2020)

The Kings of Kaijune 2026...

Only one country has had nuclear weapons used against it, and that country was bombed twice, three days apart, in 1945. Godzilla is the unspoken grief and trauma of a nation reeling from American nuclear ambition. It's no wonder the monster returned, and kept on returning...

Episode 349 - HAMILTON (2020) is now available for $5/£4+ Patrons on their exclusive RSS feed at verbaldiorama.com/patreon. It'll be available for everyone on Thursday 2nd July. Just before Independence Day... 🇺🇸

"Oceans rise, empires fall, we have seen each other through it all. And when push comes to shove, I will send a fully armed battalion to remind you of my love."

🚨BRAND-NEW EPISODE🚨 Episode 348 - GODZILLA (1954) Kaijune concludes, with the OG kaiju. The King of the Monsters! Director Ishirō Honda, effects genius Eiji Tsuburaya, and Japan's nuclear anguish combined to create something cinema had never quite seen before. Listen in your podcast app📱🎧

Coming soon to a galaxy far, far away....

Tomorrow, 6am GMT... Episode 348... The history and legacy of... GODZILLA (1954)

Ann Darrow goes from being homeless, to the star of a moving picture, to a captive, to a fiancee, to a captive, to the beauty that killed the beast, all within 100 minutes...

Episode 348 - GODZILLA (1954) is now available for $5/£4+ Patrons on their exclusive RSS feed at verbaldiorama.com/patreon. It'll be available for everyone on Thursday 25th June. From King Kong, to the King of the Monsters...

"As a scientist - no, as a human being - adding another terrifying weapon to humanity's arsenal is something I can't allow."