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The first and only podcast bringing you weekly case studies in the pop culture of a dying empire. Every Wednesday, co-hosts Josh, Brian, and A.J. dissect an artifact of popular culture, breaking down how its narrative choices reflect or subvert the reactionary political project. From video games to movies to theater to an apparently infinite supply of evangelical Christian radio drama, we expose the machinations of the worst of all possible worlds in order to figure out how to build a better one. Also, we have bits.
Episodes
Wednesday Jun 14, 2023
91 - Awake (2012)
Wednesday Jun 14, 2023
Wednesday Jun 14, 2023
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Brian and A.J. slap on some red/green wristbands and summon a CGI penguin to help them solve the mystery of Kyle Killen’s cult TV one-season wonder: Awake. Topics include the absolutely wild premise, the advantages of casting two broadway legends as therapists, and the importance of taking big swings on network television.
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Media Referenced in this Episode:
- Awake (2011) Available on Prime
- Episode One: “Pilot”
- Episode Six: “That’s Not My Penguin”
- Episode Thirteen: “Turtles All The Way Down”
- “'Awake' finale questions answered by creator” by Mandi Bierly, Entertainment Weekly May 26th 2012
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Commercial: “Boshes All the Way Down”
Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
90 - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (feat. Alice Caldwell-Kelly)
Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
Alice Caldwell-Kelly (Trashfuture/Kill James Bond!/Well There’s Your Problem) recruits the lads into the International Organization of Bros (IOB) as they take on Iran, Russia, and the Mexican Cartel in Infinity Ward’s 2022 sequel/remake/propaganda fever dream Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II. Topics include the infamous Al Qaeda district of Amsterdam, the internet’s obsession with Valeria, and the dangerous messages at the core of one of the best-selling games of 2022.
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Alice Caldwell-Kelly: Twitter / Instagram / Patreon
Trashfuture is a podcast about business success and making yourself smarter with the continued psychic trauma of capitalism.
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Kill James Bond! is a comedy film review/pop culture commentary podcast about the eponymous English spy, James Bond. Alice Caldwell-Kelly, Abigail Thorn, and Devon watch a different Bond movie every fortnight in an attempt to give 007 the socialist, feminist comeuppance he so richly deserves. Free episodes are released every fortnight on all major podcast platforms and bonus episodes are released for supporters on Patreon on the interstitial weeks.
- Website / Twitter / Patreon
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Well There’s Your Problem is a podcast about engineering disasters and systemic failures, from a leftist perspective, with jokes.
- Youtube / Twitter / Instagram / Patreon
- Listen on Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Google Podcasts
Media Referenced in this Episode:
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (Infinity Ward/Activision, 2022)
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward/Activision, 2019)
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Infinity Ward/Activision, 2009)
- Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward/Activision, 2007)
TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: Patreon // brendan-dalton.com // brendandalton.bandcamp.com
Commercial: “Eagle McGee’s Male Murder Cream”
Wednesday May 31, 2023
89 - Beethoven’s Whith (feat. Hussein Kesvani) [Whit’s Endless Summer #24]
Wednesday May 31, 2023
Wednesday May 31, 2023
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Hussein Kesvani (Trashfuture,Ten Thousand Posts) joins the lads in Odyssey for further adventures in pen pals, unemployment, and some good old fashioned lore spelunking. Topics include the allure of Lifetime movies, the death of Hal Smith, and the fascinating lore potential of a town with a weapons-grade nuclear device sitting in the back of an ice cream parlor.
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Hussein Kesvani
Trashfuture: a podcast about business success and making yourself smarter with the continued psychic trauma of capitalism.
Podcast // Website // Twitter // Patreon
Ten Thousand Posts: A show about how everything is a form of posting, and how our lives are guided by the only dialectic that matters: good posts and bad posts.
Media Referenced in this Episode:
- Adventures in Odyssey
- #206 Pen Pals
- #262 A Prayer for George Barclay
- #268 Pet Peeves
- #266 It Began With a Rabbit’s Foot
- #267 And Ended With a Handshake
- Something Awful’s Cyber Seduction Review by Andrew "Linguica" Stine
TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: Patreon // brendan-dalton.com // brendandalton.bandcamp.com
Wednesday May 24, 2023
88 - Shark Tank
Wednesday May 24, 2023
Wednesday May 24, 2023
The lads throw on their Throx and scrub their daddies as they dive headlong into the nightmares of capitalism in the hit reality TV show Shark Tank. Topics include what makes a good pitch, the number of socks in a Throx, and the odious core at the heart of American mythmaking.
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Media Referenced in this Episode:
- Shark Tank Available on Hulu
- “Ex-NFL player thought ‘Shark Tank’ would launch his barbecue empire. It became a nightmare, he says” by Stacey Perman, LA Times. May 18th, 2023.
- Lori Cheek’s TEDxFultonStreet talk
- Senate Banking Committee Examines FTX Collapse by C-SPAN.
- Senate Banking hearing on the downfall of cryptocurrency exchange FTX — 12/14/22
TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: Patreon // brendan-dalton.com // brendandalton.bandcamp.com
Featuring David Armstrong as “Mark Cuban” and Eleanor Philips as “Barbara Corcoran”.
Thursday May 18, 2023
87 - Citizen Kane
Thursday May 18, 2023
Thursday May 18, 2023
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The lads head on down to Xanadu and throw themselves into the fire of the largest fireplace imaginable as they cover what is widely considered to be one of the greatest films ever made: Citizen Kane. Topics include the magnetism of Orson Welles, the revolutionary cinematography, and the enduring historical archetype of Charles Foster Kane.
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Media Referenced in this Episode:
- Citizen Kane: Available on Apple TV
- AT&T Operators Recall War of the Worlds Broadcast
- Orson Welles Shakespeare Collection
- The Battle Over Citizen Kane
- The Citizen Kane of Fan-Fiction
TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: Patreon // brendan-dalton.com // brendandalton.bandcamp.com
Featuring David Armstrong as “Orson Welles”.
Wednesday May 10, 2023
86 - Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace (feat. Milo Edwards)
Wednesday May 10, 2023
Wednesday May 10, 2023
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Milo Edwards (Trashfuture, Masters of Our Domain) and the lads take a deep dive into the creepy, crawly mind of the worst horror writer to never exist as they fight the evil one-eyed aliens and menacing Scotsmen of the hit cult comedy series Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace. Topics include the origins of the Garth Marenghi character, the significance of Scottish shortbread, and the delirious joys of watching Richard Ayoade shooting a shotgun at flying cutlery.
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Milo Edwards:
Twitter // Website // Standup Special
Trashfuture: a podcast about business success and making yourself smarter with the continued psychic trauma of capitalism.
Podcast // Website // Twitter // Patreon
Masters of Our Domain: A podcast about Seinfeld from Phoebe Roy (10k Posts), who has seen it, and Milo Edwards (Trashfuture, Тумач), who hasn’t.
Media Referenced In this Episode:
- Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace Available to Stream On Peacock // Amazon // Youtube
- “Garth Marenghi: how the Edinburgh award winner found his Darkplace” by Rachael Healy. The Guardian, February 24th, 2021.
TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: Patreon // brendan-dalton.com // brendandalton.bandcamp.com
Wednesday May 03, 2023
Wednesday May 03, 2023
Monday May 01, 2023
SPECIAL INTERVIEW: The WGA Prepares to Strike (w/ Colby Day)
Monday May 01, 2023
Monday May 01, 2023
Tonight at midnight, all union contracts governing how screenplays are written and paid for will expire unless a deal is reached between Hollywood and the Writers Guild of America. To find out what's been happening and what the implications of a writers' strike would be on the entertainment industry, Josh sat down and talked with WGA screenwriter Colby Day, whose upcoming film Spaceman, starring Adam Sandler, Carey Mulligan, and Paul Dano, is scheduled to be released by Netflix this fall.
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Wednesday Apr 26, 2023
84 - Everything’s Coming Up Meltsner! (feat. Josiah Sutton) [Whit’s Endless Summer #23]
Wednesday Apr 26, 2023
Wednesday Apr 26, 2023
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Josiah Sutton (Mammonburg) trades the lads’ souls for pogs as they return once again to Odyssey to cover the trials and tribulations of making assumptions and the love life of Eugene Meltsner. Topics include homeschooling, total depravity, and whether or not everything is, in fact, coming up Milhouse.
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Josiah Sutton:
Twitter // Substack // Instagram
Mammonburg is a podcast about the terrible dystopia we’ve found ourselves in, and what four very online leftist Christians think we should do about it. Usually, the answer is just a depressed shrug and something about praying, but sometimes we have some insight.
Media Referenced in this Episode:
- Episode #112: Curious, Isn’t It?
- Episode #169: Hold Up!
- Episode #254: Truth, Trivia, and ’Trina
- Episode #260: Naturally, I Assumed
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Wednesday Apr 19, 2023
83 - Hotline Miami
Wednesday Apr 19, 2023
Wednesday Apr 19, 2023
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The lads grab their animal masks and letterman jackets as they dive into the neon-drenched gore and nihilistic depths of Dennaton Games’ 2012 mega-hit: Hotline Miami. Topics include the game’s difficulty, the absolutely killer soundtrack, and the cold, rotten core at the heart of America’s obsession with violence.
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Media Referenced in this Episode:
- Hotline Miami Available on Steam // All Platforms
- Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number Available on Steam // All Platforms
- The Hotline Miami Story (Documentary) | Complex
- Hotline Miami Creators Break Down its Design & Legacy by Danny O’Dwyer
- “Hotline Miami and The Great Fake Difficulty” by Zachery Oliver. Theology Gaming. March 21st, 2014.
TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: Patreon // brendan-dalton.com // brendandalton.bandcamp.com