Unpacking Peanuts

By: Jimmy Gownley Michael Cohen Harold Buchholz Liz Sumner
  • Summary

  • The show where three cartoonists take an in-depth look at the greatest comic strip of all time-- Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz.
    Copyright 2025 Jimmy Gownley, Harold Buchholz, Michael Cohen, and Liz Sumner. All rights reserved.
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Episodes
  • 1994 Part 2 - Nude Beagle Descending a Staircase
    Feb 4 2025

    44 years into his career and Schulz is still breaking new creative ground as a cartoonist. The gang discuss some of the formal innovations Schulz has made, react to a bunch of great strips, and then answer a Sopwith camel’s worth of listener mail. Plus: Kato Kaelin

    Graphic Novels recommended: Michael: Finder by Carla Speed McNeil Harold: The Dumbest Idea Ever by Jimmy Gownley Liz: Fun Home - A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel Jimmy: Death of Speedy by Jaime Hernandez

    Transcript available at UnpackingPeanuts.com

    Unpacking Peanuts is copyright Jimmy Gownley, Michael Cohen, Harold Buchholz, and Liz Sumner. Produced and edited by Liz Sumner. Music by Michael Cohen. Additional voiceover by Aziza Shukralla Clark.

    For more from the show follow @unpackpeanuts on Instagram and Threads, and @unpackingpeanuts on Facebook, Blue Sky, and YouTube. For more about Jimmy, Michael, and Harold, visit unpackingpeanuts.com.

    Thanks for listening.

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • 1994 Part 1 - The Smaller the King the More the Talk
    Jan 28 2025

    Lucy diversifies her revenue streams. Lydia needs some love letters. Woodstock gets violent. Snoopy goes to the hospital. And Jimmy turns 22. Plus: Spike, and Andy, and Olaf, and Krypto.

    Transcript available at UnpackingPeanuts.com

    Unpacking Peanuts is copyright Jimmy Gownley, Michael Cohen, Harold Buchholz, and Liz Sumner. Produced and edited by Liz Sumner. Music by Michael Cohen. Additional voiceover by Aziza Shukralla Clark.

    For more from the show follow @unpackpeanuts on Instagram and Threads, and @unpackingpeanuts on Facebook, Blue Sky, and YouTube. For more about Jimmy, Michael, and Harold, visit unpackingpeanuts.com.

    Thanks for listening.

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    54 mins
  • 1993 Part 3 - I Never Knew Life Could Be So Beautiful
    Jan 21 2025

    Schulz is revisiting some old scenarios and branching out in new directions. Linus’s snowmen are back, Marcie is desperately attempting to understand football, and the guys touch up John Lennon’s “Imagine.” Plus: Sweet Smug Snoopy

    In this episode Michael praises The River at Night by Kevin Huizenga.

    Transcript available at UnpackingPeanuts.com

    Unpacking Peanuts is copyright Jimmy Gownley, Michael Cohen, Harold Buchholz, and Liz Sumner. Produced and edited by Liz Sumner. Music by Michael Cohen. Additional voiceover by Aziza Shukralla Clark.

    For more from the show follow @unpackpeanuts on Instagram and Threads, and @unpackingpeanuts on Facebook, Blue Sky, and YouTube. For more about Jimmy, Michael, and Harold, visit unpackingpeanuts.com.

    Thanks for listening.

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    1 hr and 7 mins

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