On the Empire Podcast this week, the smoug levels are rising as we get our teeth into

the second part of Peter Jackson's Hobbit Trilogy and talk to two of its stars, Luke Evans

and Richard Armitage. Plus, yes, we can hear you, Matt Berry. The star and writer of Toast

of London drops in for a chat, all that and much, much more on the only movie podcast

that is simply delighted with the revelation that the super volcano underneath Yellowstone

Park is twice as big as previously thought, which means not only are we all doomed, but

that Roland Emmerich has to go back and remake 2012. When when? I think, hello pod, I'm Chris

Huett and welcome to the Empire Podcast, as ever, I'm joined by a trio of people who frankly

weren't doing anything better. That's a lie, we're on press today, we get all be doing

something better. Anyway, I was going to be joined by just one colleague, but splitting everything

into three is all the raids these days. So, first up, as our queen of the geeks, a woman who's

forgotten more by talking dragons and most of us will ever know, it's Helena Harrah. Hello.

How do you feel about this Yellowstone revelation? It's a little worrying, I'll be honest.

I do want to go there someday. I would like to see you. Did you go there? I went to

Yosemite. Yosemite. Yeah, and that gave me a taste for wanting to go to Yellowstone,

but I would clearly be taking my life into my hands. Well, I do think it's going to

blow up with that warning. Well, I think we'll be okay. I've seen 2012, there wasn't much warning.

There wasn't much warning. We in danger of giving them an idea for Yogi Bear 3,

or he stops to call Dera. That's all right, that's Yellowstone. Yellowstone, a completely different place.

Okay, you just heard him there, and he's our Arthouse Guru, a man who dedicated the art of subtitles,

that even now he's working on subtitles for this very podcast, just press 888 on your camera phone

or podcast listening device now. How's that working out for you? It's you have to press

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