Season 1

Fact: motivational speeches make The Reel Debaters cry This week on the show we picked the "motivational speech" scene and put it through our idea machine and came to this conclusion: The Premise: Pick any motivational speech from any movie and replace the audience from that movie with a completely…

Happy Halloween Debaters! Today on the the show Micheal Petrow, Martin Navarro and with the help of our resident horror expert Jimmy Skinner take a deep dive into what they love about the Horror Genre. With the amount of ideas coming out of the dark side of cinema it was hard to focus on just one t…

Welcome to the 1st episode in our ongoing series about making movies in Manitoba This week on the podcast Micheal Petrow, Mark Cowell and Martin Navarro sit down with director, actor, producer and stuntman Bj Verot and pick his brain on how he got into stunt work, what it takes to learn the craft a…

There is law that states if a person is murdered inside their home the real estate agent has to disclose it to the new potential buyers. When we heard this we thought one thing only ... MAKE A DEBATE ABOUT IT! This week on The Reel Debaters we turn on the sales pitch and see who can close the deal.…

Welcome to our first Reel Talk Episode. Whats Reel Talk? Simply put, it's the conversation we get into while producing the show that dosen't have a home to live for eternity on the internets. You'll be getting interviews, trivia, some good ol' Top 10's and a few other segments that will show up now…

Ever think to yourself "hey self, what bad guy/girl from a movie would run a great daycare"? We're guessing not much but thats why you listen to us, so you don't have to. This week on The Reel Debaters we're celebrating evil doer's in a whole new light. The debate: The last daycare in town is run b…

Sex ed, family health, health class, it’s been called a dozen things over the years but no matter what you call it it’s still awkward talking about pregnancy and what not in front of your peers. The Reel Debaters this week decided to find out what would happen if movie character taught it instead y…

Raise your hand if you have heard of the classic video game [Rampage](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rampage_\(video_game\))… (giant animals terrorizing a city while they beat each other to a pulp) Keep your hand up if you liked the video game “inspired” movie Rampage with Dwayne “ The rock” Johnson…

The perfect Prank is hard to pull off. You need timing, people who know how to keep their yap shut and a victim who won’t see it coming but imagine for a moment you had all of this PLUS and unlimited budget and one of the best mind fuck movie plots to use as said prank , now were talking right! Thi…

"Your new tag team champions of the world are ...." If these words "ring a bell" then this episode is gonna be more of a treat than normal. This week on The Reel Debaters Hollywood and Wrestling are combined for one over the top match up. The Debate: If you could take 2 different characters played …

I think all of us have wished at some point in our youth secretly to replace our current parents with a set from our favourite movie(s)....no, just me? Alright then, moving on... This week on The Reel Debaters we take that wish and put it into action. The Topic: If you could replace your current pa…

With the way the hospitality industry is booming these days it takes a lot to come up with an idea that really draws people in and makes them want to come back to your establishment be it a restaurant, food truck or bar. This week on The Reel Debaters we decided to combine 2 loves into one podcast,…

This week on The Reel debaters its fast cars and fuel pods in a fast and furious track across this great nation we call home (Canada to those that are just tuning in) The Premise is if you were in a cross country race (think cannonball run meets death race) and you have to pick a car to win it, wha…

YO ADRIAN! One of the most famous lines from Sylvester Stallone's resume of movies. But what about the rest? Most of us will admit that it's either the Rocky Franchise or the Rambo series that comes to mind first when you think of good ol' Sly. This week on The Reel Debaters we decided to highlight…

While trying to escape a crowd of adoring fans, movie star Don Lockwood (Gene Kelly) hops into a passing car driven by Kelly Selden (Debbie Reynolds) in singing in the rain when they are introduced to each other for the first time. Or maybe you're more familiar with the taxi cab scene in "When Harr…

Superman. Batman. Spiderman. Iron Man. Xmen. The list of heroes and the groups that that they belong to has historically ended with the suffix "man" Today on the Reel Debaters we a trending away from all things masculine and celebrating the female super hero and all their glory. The scenario is thi…

Do or do not podcast , there is no try. This week on the Reel Debaters we switched gears for a minute. Instead of the debate format we’ve been giving you we decided to have a fire side conversation (sans fire) in honour of Star Wars and May the 4th be with you weekend. This is clearly a topic that …

Scene: It's a Zombie Apocalypse You and 4 of your friends are cornered by a horde of walkers You are each given one hand to hand combat weapon to miraculously fight your way out with...WHAT THE HELL DO YOU PICK? This week The Reel Debaters wrangle with weapons from from Kill Bill Volume 1, Bravehea…