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The Thing Minute

The Thing Minute

By Harper W. Harris

The Thing Minute is a daily podcast that dives into John Carpenter's 1982 masterpiece THE THING, minute by minute! Every weekday I talk with horror filmmakers, authors, special effects artists, and more about a minute of THE THING.

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Episode 54: I'll Keel You

The Thing MinuteOct 19, 2017

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Special Episode: INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS with Cabin Minute Cast!!

Special Episode: INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS with Cabin Minute Cast!!

We're back!

In this very special crossover episode, Heidi Bennett and Molly Bailen from Cabin Minute Cast join us to talk about Philip Kaufman's 1978 sci-fi classic INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS! We talk about connections to THE THING, sound design and music, and of course the raw sex appeal of peak Donald Sutherland.

We had a great chat and it's a great movie that clearly had some influence on THE THING, so check it out!
Jul 24, 201801:02:50
Special Episode: We're Gonna Find Out Who's Who

Special Episode: We're Gonna Find Out Who's Who

For the final episode, I have on lots of previous guests to give their two cents about the end of the movie! Please check out links to all our guests' stuff!

For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Jan 19, 201837:13
Episode 109: Keep Holding Onto Your Butts...Again

Episode 109: Keep Holding Onto Your Butts...Again

Minute 109: Credits pt. 7
Guest: Michelle Asci

For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Jan 18, 201841:30
Episode 108: Chandler Bing in The Dark Knight

Episode 108: Chandler Bing in The Dark Knight

Minute 108: Credits pt. 6
Guest: Michelle Asci

For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Jan 17, 201838:50
Episode 107: Rosemary's Babies

Episode 107: Rosemary's Babies

Minute 107: Credits pt. 5
Guest: Michelle Asci

For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Jan 16, 201834:22
Episode 106: Right Into Their Eyeballs

Episode 106: Right Into Their Eyeballs

Minute 106: Credits pt. 4
Guest: Michelle Asci

For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Jan 15, 201837:18
Episode 105: Rock Walker and Kendrick P. Sweet

Episode 105: Rock Walker and Kendrick P. Sweet

Minute 105: Credits pt. 3
Guest: Zachary T. Owen

For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Jan 12, 201822:10
Episode 104: Six Degrees of Wilford Brimley

Episode 104: Six Degrees of Wilford Brimley

Minute 104: Credits, pt. 2
Guest: Zachary T. Owen

For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Jan 11, 201824:58
Episode 103: A Role of Some Distinction

Episode 103: A Role of Some Distinction

Minute 103: Credits, pt. 1
Guest: Zachary T. Owen

For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Jan 10, 201846:08
Episode 102: MacReady's Method Acting

Episode 102: MacReady's Method Acting

Minute 102: Wait here for a little while...see what happens...
Guest: Zachary T. Owen

For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Jan 09, 201836:23
Episode 101: Well What Happens?!

Episode 101: Well What Happens?!

Minute 101: Mac and Childs Discuss if they should survive
Guest: Zachary T. Owen

For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Jan 08, 201834:22
Episode 100: But if He Knows What I Know What He Knows

Episode 100: But if He Knows What I Know What He Knows

Minute 100: The Two Survivors Meet
Guest: Katie Mello

For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Jan 05, 201831:43
Episode 99: A 6' 3" Tech

Episode 99: A 6' 3" Tech

Minute 99: Mac Blows it All Up
Guest: Katie Mello

For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Jan 04, 201836:40
Episode 98: Here's My Computer Thing That I Made

Episode 98: Here's My Computer Thing That I Made

Minute 98: Blair-Thing Attacks MacReady
Guest: Katie Mello

For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Jan 03, 201831:54
Episode 97: Penis Wizard

Episode 97: Penis Wizard

Minute 97: Nauls (Presumably) Gets Attacked by Blair
Guest: Katie Mello

For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Jan 02, 201827:58
Episode 96: THE Wilford Brimley

Episode 96: THE Wilford Brimley

Minute 96: Blair Attacks Garry
Guest: Katie Mello

For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Jan 01, 201829:44
Episode 95: Wilford Brimley in a Basement

Episode 95: Wilford Brimley in a Basement

Minute 95: The Generator's GONE, MacReady
Guest: Crystal Beth

For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Dec 29, 201720:33
Episode 94: The Cavement

Episode 94: The Cavement

Minute 94: The Descent into the Basement
Guest: Crystal Beth

For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Dec 28, 201719:27
Episode 93: Very Few People Destroy Their Homes

Episode 93: Very Few People Destroy Their Homes

Minute 93: The Gang Begins to Blow Up the Outpost
Guest: Crystal Beth

For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Dec 27, 201721:01
Episode 92: Fire Beats Logic

Episode 92: Fire Beats Logic

Minute 92: Things seem grim, but there's a big explosion!
Guest: Crystal Beth

For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Dec 26, 201723:02
Episode 91: I Would Kill All My Friends

Episode 91: I Would Kill All My Friends

Minute 91: The power goes out, Mac wants to turn the heat on
Guest: Crystal Beth

For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Dec 25, 201732:46
Episode 90: Welcome to Earth

Episode 90: Welcome to Earth

Minute 90: Childs abandons his post
Guest: Mike Cummins

For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Dec 22, 201724:23
Episode 89: Maybe He Assimilated a Magician Planet

Episode 89: Maybe He Assimilated a Magician Planet

Minute 89: Blair's Tunnel is Discovered
Guest: Mike Cummins

For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Dec 21, 201723:22
Episode 88: Self-Motivated Thing

Episode 88: Self-Motivated Thing

Minute 88: Blair's Tunnel is Discovered
Guest: Mike Cummins

For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Dec 20, 201719:49
Episode 87: Where’s Blair – The Sequel

Episode 87: Where’s Blair – The Sequel

Minute 87: Garry Gets Tested, Doesn't Want to Be Tied to the Couch
Guest: Mike Cummins

For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Dec 19, 201720:56
Episode 86: Stop Trying to Make Bwana a Thing

Episode 86: Stop Trying to Make Bwana a Thing

Minute 86: Nauls and Childs Get Tested
Guest: Mike Cummins

For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Dec 18, 201720:19
Episode 85: Numbers Up and Stay Alive

Episode 85: Numbers Up and Stay Alive

Minute 85: Palmer-Thing is blown up, Windows-Thing is burned
Guest: Rob Kelly

For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Dec 15, 201734:30
Episode 84: There’s No ‘I’ in TEAM, But There Is an ‘I’ in THING

Episode 84: There’s No ‘I’ in TEAM, But There Is an ‘I’ in THING

Minute 84: Palmer-Thing attacks and kills Windows
Guest: Rob Kelly

For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Dec 14, 201732:43
Episode 83: See a Glacier, They Said…

Episode 83: See a Glacier, They Said…

Minute 83: Copper and Clark get Tested, Palmer's blood attacks
Guest: Rob Kelly

For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Dec 13, 201729:52
Episode 82: We Don’t Know That He Can’t Know

Episode 82: We Don’t Know That He Can’t Know

Minute 82: Windows and Mac get Tested
Guest: Rob Kelly

For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Dec 12, 201727:32
Episode 81: Captain Sterile

Episode 81: Captain Sterile

Minute 81: Windows finishes getting blood samples
Guest: Rob Kelly

For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Dec 11, 201724:37
Episode 80: Midichlorians Minute

Episode 80: Midichlorians Minute

Minute 80: Prepping the Blood Test
Guest: Blake Myers

For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Dec 08, 201719:17
Episode 79: Battle of the '80s Badasses

Episode 79: Battle of the '80s Badasses

Minute 79: Mac Shoots Clark
Guest: Blake Myers

For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Dec 07, 201719:43
Episode 78: Full Frontal Spider Head

Episode 78: Full Frontal Spider Head

Minute 78: Spider-Thing Tries to Sneak Away
Guest: Blake Myers

For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Dec 06, 201726:37
Episode 77: More Wieners

Episode 77: More Wieners

Minute 77: Norris's head slides off the table as his body gets torched
Guest: Blake Myers

For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Dec 05, 201719:58
Episode 76: Melted Bubblegum – Genius!

Episode 76: Melted Bubblegum – Genius!

Minute 76: Norris's resuscitation doesn't go as planned
Guest: Blake Myers

For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Dec 04, 201732:09
Episode 75: Changing Your Shirt With Hot Coffee In Your Hands

Episode 75: Changing Your Shirt With Hot Coffee In Your Hands

Minute 75: Copper and Windows Try to Resuscitate Norris, Mac Holds Everyone At Bay
Guest: Travis Bow

For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Dec 01, 201730:31
Episode 74: Blair’s Milk Duds

Episode 74: Blair’s Milk Duds

Minute 74: Mac Fights Off His Attackers, Norris isn't Breathing
Guest: Travis Bow

For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Nov 30, 201725:60
Episode 73: Chaotic Neutral Childs

Episode 73: Chaotic Neutral Childs

Minute 73: Mac Gets Into the Base With Dynamite In Hand
Guest: Travis Bow

For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Nov 29, 201722:21
Episode 72: Suspicion and Paranoia Minute

Episode 72: Suspicion and Paranoia Minute

Minute 72: Nauls Tells Everyone MacReady Has Turned
Guest: Travis Bow

For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Nov 28, 201719:34
Episode 71: Norris the Boom Operator

Episode 71: Norris the Boom Operator

Minute 71: The Crew Seals the Outpost, Nauls Returns
Guest: Travis Bow

For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Nov 27, 201723:39
Episode 70: Wrestling With an Inflatable Doll in Mac’s Shack

Episode 70: Wrestling With an Inflatable Doll in Mac’s Shack

Minute 70: Mac and Nauls go to investigate the light in the shack
Guest: Josh Horowitz and Brett Stillo

For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Nov 24, 201738:38
Episode 69: Visceral Gooey and Vaseline Shimmer

Episode 69: Visceral Gooey and Vaseline Shimmer

Minute 69: Fuchs' body is discovered
Guest: Josh Horowitz and Brett Stillo

For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Nov 23, 201726:25
Episode 68: Slurpees, Oatmeal, and Jack Daniels

Episode 68: Slurpees, Oatmeal, and Jack Daniels

Minute 68: Mac visits Blair
Guest: Josh Horowitz and Brett Stillo

For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Nov 22, 201730:39
Episode 67: MacReady, Snake, and Jack Walk Into a Bar...

Episode 67: MacReady, Snake, and Jack Walk Into a Bar...

Minute 67: Fuchs Finds Torn Clothing, Mac Struggles to Keep the Group Together
Guest: Josh Horowitz and Brett Stillo

For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Nov 21, 201730:40
Episode 66: The Gore Wars Had Begun

Episode 66: The Gore Wars Had Begun

Minute 66: The Lights Go Out, Fuchs Goes to Investigate
Guest: Josh Horowitz and Brett Stillo

For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Nov 20, 201728:52
Episode 65: Spuchs Fuchs

Episode 65: Spuchs Fuchs

Minute 65: Mac Re-Records, then Visits Fuchs
Guest: Mark Ybarra

For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Nov 03, 201746:18
Episode 64: Somebody Pooped Their Parachute Pants!

Episode 64: Somebody Pooped Their Parachute Pants!

Minute 64: Mac Uses his Tape Recorder
Guest: Mark Ybarra

For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Nov 02, 201736:34
Episode 63: Calling All Phlebotomists

Episode 63: Calling All Phlebotomists

Minute 63: Mac Separates the Suspicious
Guest: Mark Ybarra

For links to everything we talked about, go to www.thethingminute.com!
Nov 01, 201724:44
Special Episode: The Lost Ice Scene

Special Episode: The Lost Ice Scene

In addition to today's regular episode, here's a special treat for Halloween! It's a dramatic audio reenactment of The Lost Ice Scene that was in Bill Lancaster's script but was deemed too expensive to film. While I did the sound design, the rest could not have happened without the extreme generosity of the Atlanta Radio Theatre Company!
Oct 31, 201716:15