This week is Round 1 in our Cage Match, wherein Nicholas Cage and Matthew Modine are two Philly kids who get sent to Vietnam and come back severely damaged. Mary talks a little too much about Cage’s abs, way too much about the city of Philadelphia, and possibly not enough about birds.

Listen here: https://sites.libsyn.com/398906/episode-59-birdy-1984

This episode was referenced in the Philadelphia Inquirer: https://www.inquirer.com/entertainment/movies/best-jersey-shore-movies-20240515.html