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The Guest Room Podcast

Larry Ganni hosts an almost weekly podcast with a rotating cast of friends (including his wife, the brilliant Dr. Jessica Ganni) in which they talk about various pop-culture topics including movies, television, music, even the occasional book. An aspiring musician, Larry also attempts to entertain with his somewhat above average drumming and rather middle of the road vocals. The conversations are friendly, funny, occasionally vulgar, and often heartfelt. Sit back, put your feet up, and enjoy your stay in The Guest Room!

Oct 14, 2018

This week Larry checked out First Man, the new film from Oscar winning director Damien Chazelle and starring Ryan Gosling, and The First, the Hulu series starring Sean Penn. Both are about the space program, both deal with challenges on the home front, and one is fiction. How does Larry, a lover of all things space,...


Sep 3, 2018

Larry binged the Amazon series Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan this weekend and now he must speak of it. He was a big fan of the early 90s film series. Does this new series live up to his enthusiasm for the older films, or does it fall somewhere near the multiple attempted reboots? 


Apr 24, 2018

Larry welcomes a true Hollywood veteran to the show, Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated costume designer Jean-Pierre Dorleac. Jean-Pierre talks about his early experiences in theater, both as an actor and as a costume designer, having the legendary Edith Head as a mentor, his life-long friendship with Jean Simmons, and...


Nov 27, 2017

Dr. Jess and Larry were joined by a veritable Who's Who of past Guest Room guest for Thanksgiving, including Cadwell, Anju, Ashley, Therese, and Autumn for a broad and mostly spoiler-free pop-culture discussion. Much time is spent on the Netflix series Alias Grace, Mindhunter, and Easy but other mentions include...


May 21, 2017

Larry and Greg O. got to see Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 a week late. And then Larry took an extra week editing their discussion. The pair had a lot of fun with this movie, both in viewing and in discussion. Dr. Jess also offers some occasional off-mic two-cents. Afterwards Larry and Dr. Jess offer some...