Dragging Twin Peaks a Season Three Podcast back from the wilderness with all the requisite care and respect, is Deputy Andy Brennan. The man behind the icon, Harry Goaz, joins us to talk about his new role in the Eddie Alcazar film The Vandal. Fresh from winning new fans at the Cannes Film Festival, The Vandal (executive produced by Darren Aronofsk…

The four-and-a-half-hour YouTube video 'Twin Peaks ACTUALLY EXPLAINED (No, Really)' has inspired more theorising and critiquing that almost any piece of criticism since the end of Season 3. The brain behind it, a YouTuber named Rosseter, has divided fans with his bold claims and authoritative approach. While he admits he might change its name in th…

For the final episode of 2018 we'll share an interview with casting director Johanna Ray. Johanna has worked with David Lynch on all of his projects since the filming of Blue Velvet, in 1985, including Twin Peaks and Twin Peaks Season 3. In the interview, Johanna is very forthcoming about her fascinating career and about the 2019 film The Happy Wor…

We're back with a discussion of the Conversation With the Stars event that took place across Australia and New Zealand in August and September. Andy finally got author Brad Dukes to sit down for a chat about his book Reflections: An Oral History of Twin Peaks, what life was like inside the hothouse of secrecy and leaks during the production of Seas…

Finally! For this special episode Andy chats to Rebekah del Rio over afternoon tea at Hobart's Dark Mofo Festival to find out about her contributions in Mulholland Drive and Episode 13 of The Return. He also takes a look at Twin Peaks: Conversations With the Stars, a showcase of five original cast members and executive producer Sabrina Sutherland s…

In our final episode (for the foreseeable future), we focus on the journey of Dale Cooper. “The core of it is Agent Cooper’s odyssey back to Twin Peaks,” said Showtime president David Nevins. Who are we to argue?To follow this faint and complex path Andy is joined by screenwriter, director and Twin Peaks nerd Keith Gow, author of the much shared an…

For our second roundtable discussion of The Return we take a final lap through the characters and places before dropping in for a chat with long-time David Lynch sound collaborator John Neff, John talks about their song No Stars, their band Bluebob and why he thinks he's seen The Return before. Special guests this week include film theorist Eloise …

This week we bring back some of the guests we've had in earlier episodes to talk about Twin Peaks The Return, as a finished entity. We open with a rant from Andy, have a freewheeling discussion that returns to the topic of Twin Peaks as a trauma narrative, what to make of Cooper's journey and Bis finishes with an extremely powerful and satisfying t…

Our discussion the final two parts of Twin Peaks the Return concludes with a profound mix of satisfaction, joy and sadness. Thomas Caldwell helps us come to terms with the realities, resolutions and reinterpretations. This episode ends with an interview with Twin Peaks The Return's producer Sabrina Sutherland who talks about her long journey before…

Our discussion of Parts 17 and 18 have been divided into two episodes. Part 18 will be out on Thursday AEST (Wednesday in the US and UK) with an interview with Twin Peaks The Return producer Sabrina Sutherland. Joining us to discuss the extremely bold turns the show is taking in its final hours is film reviewer, actual David Lynch scholar and film …

Is Part 16 the first installment of The Return that gives us more answers than questions? Bismuth Hoban joins us on the journey from a highway to a dancefloor for a narrative that goes into hyperdrive. The son goes into the trap, the tulpa goes out the window and more than one person wakes up after a long time away. All this and commentary that's b…

ZZ Top and Sunset Blvd. together at last! David Bowie in a diving bell, Ed and Norma in love, Richard in trouble, and Dougie and Margaret in states of change, it’s Part 15 and it’s got it all. We open with a discussion about sound and dissociation in Twin Peaks before we dive into the episode and finish with an interview with Jake Wardle, actual Fr…

Film critic and writer Sarah Ward joins us again to dissect the latest episode of the 2017 TV series that will be rewatched for decades: Part 14 of Twin Peaks The Return. We cheer Deputy Andy, decode Gordon Cole’s Parisian dream, elect not to hassle Sarah Palmer and tell you THIS IS WHAT WE DO IN THE FBI. All this and analysis that's been described…

Starting positions listeners. Join us as we unravel timelines and reflect the reflections for Part 13 of Twin Peaks the Return, with help from special guest Brisbanian film critic and long-term Peaks fan Sarah Ward. Time loops, Peaks fracture, frames straighten and a pattern emerges, from a joyous conga line to an empty gas station. All this an com…

Audrey's out of detention, Jerry's out of the woods, and Sarah's convenience store is out of Smirnoff. It's Part 12 of Twin Peaks the Return and all bets are off. This week, sound scholars and long-term Lynch nerds Thembi Soddell and Jess Pinney join Andy and Hayley to discuss one of the most divisive installments yet. Talk turns to Twin Peaks and …

Lay out the chevron tablecloth, set your ovens to 'Moderate' and sharpen your Instagram filters, it's time for another slice of Twin Peaks The Return. To help us cut up Part 11 (and rate theories on our TheoryFish segment), we get the help of film critic and writer Jo DiMattia. All this and solid, and now award-winning, Peaks discussion that some l…

This week we round out our discussion about Part 10 with an interview with the actor who plays its most potent protagonist Richard Horne, the surprisingly forthcoming and very non-American Eamon Farren.Our guest this week is Anders Furze, he's a journalist at The Citizen, co-host the podcast Cultural Capital, a freelance film critic who engages in …

We open our recap of Part 9 with a short discussion about giving up on TV shows and how the new season is broaching new ground in regard to its depiction of Dougie and mental illness with this week’s guest Stephanie Lai.Early on Hayley mention's Mr Roque’s article The Pain and Sorrow of Convenience: Oil and Corn, Avatars of Atomic-Age Suffering in …

With The Return paying a respectful silence to July 4 it seemed like a good time to share an interview with Mark Frost recorded earlier this year. While wandering around his place in California, Mark Frost talks about his book The Secret History of Twin Peaks, creating the new season and, being a sentient human living in the United States, his take…

Take a deep breath, bring your zippo and remember to blink, it’s time to strap in and set the controls for Part 8...First, meet your copilot Clare Nina Norelli. Clare was already an accomplished writer about film sound, music and David Lynch before she wrote the book Soundtrack to Twin Peaks in which she tackles Lynch and Badalamenti's use of music…

We begin this episode with an in-depth discussion about Denise Bryson lead by this week’s guest Bismuth Hoban. Bismuth is a non-binary trans philosopher and elegant nerd who also joins us to break down Part 7 and make a lot of excellent points. Shownotes:Part 7 discussion begins at 17:30.Thank you Diane, we now require an explicit language warning.…

David Lynch scholar, and author of forthcoming book about his film Dune, Christian McCrea joins us to dissect Part 6 of Twin Peaks The Return. That reveal! That accident! That discovery! Ike! All this and analysis critics are calling "exciting" and "well-researched".Music courtesy of @theblackhundred. Find us on Twitter and Facebook at TPseason3 Th…

Script editor Donovan Renn joins us to dissect Part 5 of Twin Peaks the Return. We get overjoyed in Washington, terrified in South Dakota, confused in Buenos Aires and despair in Las Vegas. It's our best episode yet. All this and analysis reviewers seem committed to calling "gripping", "awesome" and "poetic".Music courtesy of @theblackhundred.Find …

We wrap up discussion of the first four parts of Twin Peaks the Return before they begin their weekly assault on our psyches. In this episode, Cooper welcomes a poker machine, Naomi Watts pours coffee, DoppleCoop gives Cole the thumbs up, Albert is rude, and we're very enthused. All this and analysis reviewers are still calling "gripping" and "poet…

We tackle Part 3 of Twin Peaks: The Return with some help from Eloise Ross who brings her sonic nous to disembodied voices and the sounds of nature, Hayley bemoans the show's diversity issues and Andy does a woeful Gordon Cole impression. All this and analysis reviewers are calling "gripping" and "poetic".Music courtesy of @theblackhundred.Find us …

Andy and Hayley are joined by film noir expert and sound design enthusiast Eloise Ross to discuss Part 2 of Twin Peaks: The Return, from that figure in the jail cell to the Chromatics at the Roadhouse. Also, the "David Bowie klaxon" mentioned at 31:02 goes off at 31:48. That alarm sound is not coming from outside of your headphones.Theme music: A S…

Andy and Hayley discuss Part 1 of Twin Peaks The Return, Sherilyn Fenn talks about revisiting Twin Peaks, working with David Lynch, post-production secrecy, and her love of French onion soup.Theme music: "A Strange and Difficult Path (The Radium Age remix)" by @theblackhundredFind us on Twitter and Facebook at TPseason3This week Hayley baked: Apple…

Andy and Hayley get up to date with the world of Twin Peaks on the eve of The Return and lay out the podcast ahead.Theme music: "A Strange and Difficult Path (The Radium Age remix)" by https://soundcloud.com/theblackhundredFind us on Twitter and Facebook at TPseason3Oleh Andy Hazel

Welcome to Twin Peaks The Return - A Podcast.In episode zero, Andy Hazel and Hayley Inch lay out what to expect from May 22...Theme music by The Black HundredIdeas, praise, suggestions? Get in touch at tpseason3podcast@gmail.com.Oleh Andy Hazel