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An amused second look at movies and culture from the last century.
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Signup to Generate a PitchBack to the Balcony is hosted by Jim Ordowich. The show has published 100 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Harvey (1950)" (23 October 2026, 47 minutes), "The Four Seasons (1981)" (9 October 2026, 47 minutes), and "Planet of the Apes (1968)" (11 September 2026, 49 minutes).
Back to the Balcony publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 48 minutes across 100 episodes.
Booking probability for Back to the Balcony is 34%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Back to the Balcony requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Back to the Balcony's contact route on record: verified email.
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Jim Ordowich hosts Back to the Balcony, a tv podcast with 100 episodes published.
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Episode #260
In a complete reversal for Halloween, a movie about whimsy instead of horror as guests Christine Wuergler and Kristian Reimer join Jimmy England and Ryan Sim to talk about 1950's Harvey. It's a movie Jimmy picked and...
Episode #259
A movie designed to make you re-examine your relationship with friends. But did friends ever behave like this? Or are they too well off to be relatable? Will Jimmy and guest Mario Bernardi re-examine their friendship...
Episode #257
Mario Bernardi and Chris Jarvie are back and they're not monkeying around - that, by the way, is the only money joke you'll hear about the original Planet of the Apes. A ground-breaker for non-human make-up, it also...
Episode #256
Larry Smith returns with a bee in his bonnet for the movie Dick Tracy. Larry is totally in love with this movie despite some reservations. Listen to what makes it special for him while Jimmy and engineer Greg (to a...
Episode #255
Women are delicate flowers, right? Sometimes but new guest Kelly Holt breaks the mould with her spirited praise of the movie Road House. Guest engineer Greg Dobrowski doesn't help matters with his enthusiastic support...
Episode #254
We never thought we'd see a film chosen by guest Bob Kerr we'd actually enjoy. But honest to Peter, Killer Klowns From Outer Space is so quirky and daffy it defies logic and we liked it, we genuinely liked it. We love...
Episode #253
To say this episode went off the rails very quickly is an understatement. Somehow guest Ryan Sim and engineer Phil (in one of his last engineering spots) ended up at lagerheads over the existence of aliens. Somehow...
Episode #252
A Hollywood comedy director wants to make the great American Drama - it does not go well. Jimmy England wants guest Chris Wuergler and engineer Phil to like it as much as he does. It does not go well. One of the great...
Episode #251
If you feel the "need for speed", maybe a movie about a bus isn't your first choice but if you like high-octane adventure and thrills but don't care about reality then Speed is the movie for you. Guest Chris Wuergler...
Yes it's our 250th episode as Jimmy and Phil reflect on it all and Phil makes a big announcement. But wait! They also made each other watch a movie as well to talk about. Jimmy chose Sunset Boulevard (and pointed out...
Episode #249
Guest Ryan Visser joins Jimmy to find the Meaning of Life but find only a legendary sketch group's most underappreciated film or an absurdist train wreck. No one is neutral about this movie.
Episode #248
Guest Mitch McBeaudry displays an impressive amount of religious knowledge while extolling the virtues of the outragious 1999 movie Dogma. Is it intentionally confrontational to religion or is it about a crisis of...
Episode #247
Considered by many - including guest Mario Bernardi - to be one of the funniest movies ever made. Both funny and disturbing by today's standards is it still good enought to survive as one of the classics of all times? A...
Episode #246
Another exception as we wander into the new century to test guest Chris Jarvie's theory that the Pixar movie Cars is the greatest movie ever made about, well, cars. Mario Bernardi wades in with his opinion and what...
Episode #245
What can we say that's new about Raiders of the Lost Ark. Turns out, a lot. Kristian Reimer joins us for what turned into a far ranging and often hilarious discussion about Raiders. Is it a timeless masterpiece that...
Episode #244
Scott Faulconbridge is back and he's talking about a movie that's totally different from what he's brought in the past - 1996's Fargo. But is it really all that different? Jimmy think so but Scott makes a convincing...
Episode #243
Phil and Jim get together again to watch each other's movie choice and discuss them. Phil made Jim watch Inception and Jim made Phil watch Key Largo. Jim got confused, Phil got bemused. So who do you think got it right?
Episode #242
Happy Valentine's Day everybody. It's our special Valentine's episode with everybody's favourite cutie pie Chris Wuergler. Chris brings a little magic with her movie for lovers, 1998's Practical Magic. But is it all...
Episode #241
It's a different time, a time when the world was black and white and nothing made sense - especially the movie The Big Sleep. It was Chris Wuergler's choice but even she can't make sense of it. What is there about this...
Episode #240
Predator is like catnip to guys - it drives them crazy. Jimmy and Phil host Nik Duncan and surprise guest Ryan Sim to talk about the Sylvester Stallone macho-fest Predator and it turns into three guys wild about the...
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