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From Kane’s Rosebud to Indy’s Whip to Captain America’s shield... Iconic treasures from the world of film and television are centerstage in this podcast hosted by collectors David Mandel (Veep, Curb Your Enthusiasm) and Ryan Condal (Colony, House of the Dragon). Every week, the two writers share their love of Hollywood memorabilia, revealing unbelievable stories around some of the most famous and culturally important props, costumes, art, and ephemera in silver screen history.
Unknown Host hosts The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of, a history show with 182 episodes published.
David and Ryan fire up the cameras and microphones to jump on the horn and break down Heritage Auctions' massive summer entertainment sale. The guys cover everything from antique (but screen-used!) Pirates of the Carribe
David and Ryan crack open Propstore's incredible The Boys auction (now live) and dive The Deep (get it) into all the insanity from the acclaimed and recently-ended Amazon Prime series. Join the guys for a head-popping ba
David and Ryan are back with another topic from Scott Brown's Downtown Brown book-collecting newsletter. But this one translates directly from collecting books to collecting props. Scott states, "Shiny Object Syndrome (S
Surely they can't be serious. In another coup for the Stuff Dreams Are Made Of (our first comedy coup?), David and Ryan of Mandel, Condal and Taylor have a hilarious chat with comedy legend David Zucker. They talk all ab
First, go download and listen to Part I at the Felix Comic Art Podcast for a great discussion about comic art collecting and Ryan's budding comic art collection. Then, join David and Ryan and Felix here for Part II where
David and Ryan are joined by Scott Brown of Downtown Brown Books to discuss -- you guessed it -- book collecting. A lifelong collector and enthusiast of rare books, Scott has also been a dealer for the last twenty-five y
David and Ryan tear open Newman's bag of undelivered mail to find all the listener questions that have stacked up over the past few months. They cover call sheet collecting, bidding strategies, selling their collections
David and Ryan are back and diving deep into another storied movie prop from the 1980s: Henry Jones' grail diary from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. For their quest, the guys are joined by multi-time Stuff guest and
In this x-cellent edition of the podcast, David and Ryan are joined by x-traordinary model-maker, collector of x-acting taste and all-around ILM x-pert Jason Eaton to discuss everything about the legendary ILM model shop
David and Ryan recap the March 2026 Propstore auction, their victories and defeats, what they observed about this strange day in collecting, what they sold, what they bought (!) — and then they discuss the year ahead and
It's a very special episode of The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of as David and Ryan are joined by the delightful Janet Snow who played "Assistant to Mr. Puzo" for arguably the greatest film of all time, The Godfather. Join us
It's auction week, baby! Join David and Ryan LIVE (or after the fact for those of you who aren't insane) to experience the March 2026 Propstore sale and all the things the guys are bidding on, not bidding on, should be b
The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of is back, David and Ryan are back, and so is their banter about collecting and collections. They talk about what's been up since December, what they have their minds on this year (besides warf
The boys are back, ready to buy props and chew bubblegum -- and they're all out of bubblegum. David and Ryan dive into this brand-spanking-new season with a catalog episode, this one covering Propstore's March 25-27 Los
In this (actually) final bonus episode of 2025, David and Ryan get back on the mics to pay tribute to the two legends we lost this week: director Rob Reiner and uber-collector Bob Burns. Join the guys as they say farewel
That's a wrap on podcasting in 2025. After 44 (and when you reach the end of this one, 45) chock-full episodes, David and Ryan take stock of an eventful year of sales, ballooning growth in the hobby (and prices... and pr
It's book club week on The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of! David and Ryan are joined by the prolific film book author Jay Glennie to discuss being the author-of-record for Quentin Tarantino himself. They discuss his previous (
David and Ryan get on the blower to cover the categories and days 2 and 3 of the Propstore auction, which kicks off today, December 5th! They cover their tried and true 'live show' categories including the little things
Just when you thought it was safe to go back on the internet... Propstore drops their massive, 2343 lot December EMLA UK auction. In this episode, David and Ryan go 15 rounds with Day 1, discussing everything from Barbie
It's actual auction madness at The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of, but your ever-loyal writer-collectors are bringing you all the news, scoops and gossip. This week they're trawling through Heritage's monster December 9-10 ent
David Zucker
Director
1 appearance on this show
Scott Brown
author of The Family That Sings · Historic West Bottoms Association
1 appearance on this show
Tom Spina
Sculptor / FX Artist · Regal Robot, Tom Spina Designs
2 appearances on this show
Greg Nicotero
make-up SFX legend · KNB FX
1 appearance on this show
Guillermo Del Toro
Director
1 appearance on this show
Joe Dante
1 appearance on this show
Jason Eaton
ILM
1 appearance on this show
Lisa Henson
The Jim Henson Company
1 appearance on this show
Brandon Alinger
Propstore Los Angeles
2 appearances on this show
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