About the Show

Read it and Weep started like a million years ago by comedian Alex Falcone as a book club for popular fiction that was not the best (or more specifically in hindsight, not aimed at him). With his co-hosts and guests he suffered through largely bad books, movies, and TV for hundreds of episodes before deciding he needed a break and switching to mostly good movies.

After 400 episodes, he kicked off season 2 (we have long seasons) with one question in mind: does it hold up? He watched lots of old movies, ate some fast food, and had a water balloon fight (that one definitely held up).

At this point he realized he had been doing podcast about movies for a long time and really didn’t know that much about them. So he enlisted his two movie-guy friends to teach him in a season called Slightly Condescending Film School. People liked it.

Now fully enlightened, he embarked on Season 4: Perfect Opinions where he discusses topics usually revolving around media and tells you the only right way to feel about them. 

Season 5 kicked off in 2022 with a crazy idea: what if a movie podcast was also a complicated table-top board game? It’s called Kevin Bacon’s Exquisite Corpse.

About the Hosts

Host / Producer

Alex is the only comedian and writer based in Los Angeles, CA. He hosts the show, edits it, and is usually the person you’re talking to on Facebook/Twitter. He’s acted on Portlandia a handful of times, done standup on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and is frequently touring. Check out his website for details of that.

Anthony Lopez

Co-host, cat person

Anthony is a comedian and movie buff in Portland, OR. He’s got a strong opinion about everything and enough knowledge to back it up, even when he’s wrong. He was added as a regular co-host to the show in 2017.

Hunter Donaldson

Co-host

Hunter is a podcaster and stand-up comedian currently living in the woods of Arkansas. His love of strategy board games is only matched by his love of FUN! You can hear more of him on his board game podcast Space Cats Peace Turtles. In the before times he was a kinda good regional comedian who was elected into the Willamette Week’s “Funniest Five” 2019 while performing at clubs and festivals across the country. He is not a snitch.  

Ezra Fox

Founder, co-host

Ezra Fox (the mustard) is a writer and founding-member of Riaw. He loves his kids, bread, and when his kids are dressed up as bread.

Chris & Tanya

Hosts Emeritus

Chris (behind the hat) is a founding member of RiaW. Tanya was added when Ezra went on paternity leave. They both retired at the end of 2016 amid a series of earth-shattering scandals, but return from time to time to share their lights with the world.

Support the Show

Do you want to help keep the podcast floating down the tracks? You can!

Sponsor an episode, make a one time donation, or become a Meat Buddy, our loyal recurring donors. All levels come with exclusive member benefits like getting to vote on upcoming topics and… good feelings? Okay, just one exclusive member benefit.

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