Len Bowen on Dark Match

For the series finale of CABBAGES, Gary and Jeff put the long-running Wrestling Season to rest with some help from beloved returning guests ELUCID (of Armand Hammer) and Fatboi Sharif. Still basking in the eerie glow of the summertime release of their joint Invasion Body Camera project, the bespoke hip-hop duo put a period on the pod's six year run with a lively, provocative discussion of Hell Comes To Frogtown (1988, dir. Donald G. Jackson and R. J. Kizer, starring "Rowdy" Roddy Piper & Rory "Always Standing & Walking" Calhoun).Watch full episode video on YouTube. For more podcast episodes and hip-hop newsletters, subscribe to CABBAGES at cabbageshiphop.com Check out Invasion Body Camera at Bandcamp.Theme and interstitial music produced and provided by Height Keech.Thanks for the support all these years! ★ Support this podcast ★

CABBAGES' Wrestling Season may be on the ropes, but with returning guests Brian Ennals and Blockhead in our corner, we can't lose. The powerful rapper-producer duo behind this year's Boatshoes join the pod to discuss the male friendship epic ROCKY III (1982, dir. Sylvester Stallone, co-starring Mr. T and Hulk Hogan).Watch full episode video on YouTube. For more podcast episodes and hip-hop newsletters, subscribe to CABBAGES at cabbageshiphop.com Check out Boatshoes at Bandcamp.Theme and interstitial music produced and provided by Height Keech. ★ Support this podcast ★

With 100 episodes in the can, CABBAGES carries on with its Wrestling Season, and with special guest Teller Bank$ in tow. The Des Moines rapper behind two of 2026's best albums, Hate Island and Mathematics, joins the pod to discuss the luchadores-but-for-kids comedy NACHO LIBRE (2006, dir. Jared Hess, starring Jack Black).Watch full episode video on YouTube. For more podcast episodes and hip-hop newsletters, subscribe to CABBAGES at cabbageshiphop.com Check out Teller Bank$' Hate Island and Mathematics at Bandcamp.Theme and interstitial music produced and provided by Height Keech. ★ Support this podcast ★

On the auspicious occasion of CABBAGES' 100th episode, we hosted two of our favorite returning guests, rapper Stik Figa and turntablist Marcus Pinn, to discuss perhaps the greatest of good bad movies: FREDDY GOT FINGERED (2001, dir. Tom Green).Watch full episode video on YouTube. For more podcast episodes and hip-hop newsletters, subscribe to CABBAGES at cabbageshiphop.com Interstitial music produced and provided by steel tipped dove.Support our guests' music:Stik Figa's Cold Comfort & Marcus Pinn's Music Has the Right To Scratch ★ Support this podcast ★

If you smell what CABBAGES is cooking... then you know our Wrestling Season is back at last, with returning guest Ham El-Waylly. Fresh off the release of his new cookbook Home Cooking: Do-Able Dishes for Every Day, the celebrated chef behind Brooklyn seafood outpost Strange Delight joins the pod to discuss the massive WWE x Hanna-Barbera crossover movie event SCOOBY-DOO! WRESTLEMANIA MYSTERY (2014, dir. Brandon Vietti).Watch full episode video on YouTube. For more podcast episodes and hip-hop newsletters, subscribe to CABBAGES at cabbageshiphop.com Theme and interstitial music produced and provided by Height Keech. ★ Support this podcast ★

Following an extensive Spring break (about which we shall never speak), CABBAGES Wrestling Season is back in action with returning guests and longtime friends of the show Duncecap and Samurai Banana. The dynamic duo behind the recently released joint album Comfortably Suffering for Fused Arrow Records joins the pod to discuss the devastatingly sad family drama THE IRON CLAW (2023, dir. Sean Durkin, starring Zac Efron and Jeremy Allen White).Watch full episode video on YouTube. For more podcast episodes and hip-hop newsletters, subscribe to CABBAGES at cabbageshiphop.com Check out Duncecap & Samurai Banana's Comfortably Suffering at Bandcamp.Theme and interstitial music produced and provided by Height Keech. ★ Support this podcast ★

Despite some bad movie setbacks, CABBAGES Wrestling Season perseveres with help from special guest Action Figure 973. The masked New Jersey mystery emcee behind projects like Luchador Body Odor, DOOM Was Right, and The Most Interesting Man In The World stops by to discuss the genuinely gonzo genre classic THEY LIVE (1988, dir.John Carpenter, starring Rowdy Roddy Piper and Keith David).Watch full episode video on YouTube. For more podcast episodes and hip-hop newsletters, subscribe to CABBAGES at cabbageshiphop.com Check out Action Figure 973 at Bandcamp.Theme and interstitial music produced and provided by Height Keech. ★ Support this podcast ★

CABBAGES goes totally '90s (again) with help from special guests BBGuns. Fresh off the release of their new UDDTBA album Rust Belt, the Pittsburgh hip-hop duo add to our Wrestling Season canon with a 35th anniversary chat about the Vanilla Ice infused, fast-tracked feature film sequel TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES II (1991, dir. Michael Pressman, featuring Kevin Nash as Super Shredder).Watch full episode video on YouTube. For more podcast episodes and hip-hop newsletters, subscribe to CABBAGES at cabbageshiphop.com Check out BBGuns at Bandcamp.Theme and interstitial music produced and provided by Height Keech. ★ Support this podcast ★

CABBAGES Wrestling Season takes a virtual trip up north for a Canadian kayfabe extravaganza. Special guest Len Bowen, the veteran Winnipeg rapper behind 2025's If You Don't See Me, You Saw Me, joins us to discuss the heels-as-heroes horror flick DARK MATCH (2024, dir. Lowell Dean, starring Ayisha Issa and Chris Jericho).Watch full episode video on YouTube. For more podcast episodes and hip-hop newsletters, subscribe to CABBAGES at cabbageshiphop.com Check out Len Bowen at Bandcamp.Theme and interstitial music produced and provided by Height Keech. ★ Support this podcast ★

On this episode of CABBAGES, Wrestling Season is forced to reckon with our former Rapper Movie Season past. With help from special guest Chester Watson, whose latest P.O.W. Recordings project Psychic Warfare Department is a must-hear, we face the fate of WWE Films' late 2010s fare with the cat-and-mouse thriller BLOOD BROTHER (2018, dir. John Pogue, starring Trey Songz, Fetty Wap, and R-Truth).Watch full episode video on YouTube. For more podcast episodes and hip-hop newsletters, subscribe to CABBAGES at cabbageshiphop.com Check out Chester Watson at Bandcamp.Theme and interstitial music produced and provided by Height Keech. ★ Support this podcast ★