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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
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
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Featuring David Armstrong as “Orson Welles”.
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.
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Wednesday May 03, 2023
Wednesday May 03, 2023
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
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
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.
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Wednesday Apr 12, 2023
Wednesday Apr 12, 2023
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Matt Barbot (@barbotrobot) returns to the pod to take the lads on a wild romp through the holy land as they cover Martin Scorsesse and Paul Scharder’s controversial Passion project: The Last Temptation of Christ. Topics include the pitfalls of adapting Jesus’ story, the petty backlash from the Christian Right, and the terrifying genitalia of Willem Dafoe.
Matt Barbot:
Twitter // Instagram // New Play Exchange
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Media Referenced in this Episode:
- The Last Temptation of Christ. Available on Amazon // Apple TV
- Don Wildmon: The Man the Networks Love to Hate by Don Wildmon with Randall Nulton. Bristol Books. 1989
- Hollywood Under Siege: Martin Scorsese, The Religious Right, and the Culture Wars by Thomas R Lindlof. The University Press of Kentucky. 2008.
- The New Religious Right Versus Media Wrongs: AFA Fights Temptation by David S. Olsen. Journal of Film and Video. 2001.
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Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
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Down Gilead Lane
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Season One, Episode 2: “The Unloveable: Part 1"
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Season Three, Episode 6: “Stars and Gripes”
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Season Three, Episode 8: “Beauty and the Beast Within”
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Season Three, Episode 13: “Summer Camp Blues” feat. Josh Boerman
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Beyond Gilead
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Season Twelve, Episode 5: “One Way”
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Wednesday Mar 29, 2023
Wednesday Mar 29, 2023
The lads return to Odyssey for some thrilling adventures in daddy issues as they dive headlong into many trials and tribulations facing the fathers in Focus on the Family’s America. Topics include Phil Lollar at his best, Bill Kendall at his worst, and the ongoing manipulation/conversion of one Eugene Meltsner.
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Media Referenced in this Episode:
- 195: Father’s Day
- 230: Our Father
- 234: Our Daily Bread
- 232: Thy Kingdom Come
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Wednesday Mar 22, 2023
Wednesday Mar 22, 2023
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The lads finally finish the hat as they cover James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim’s beautiful, pointillist musical: Sunday in the Park With George. Topics include the complexity of the score, the controversial second act, and the challenge of bringing order to the whole through design, composition, balance, light, and harmony.
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Media Referenced in this Episode:
- Sunday in the Park with George by James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim.
- “Eight Lines (Octet)” by Steve Reich. 1979.
- Look, I Made a Hat: Collected Lyrics (1981-2011) with Attendant Comments, Amplifications, Dogmas, Harangues, Digressions, Anecdotes and Miscellany by Stephen Sondheim. Penguin Random House. 2011.
- “Partitions” by Milton Babbitt, 1957.
- Putting it Together: How Stephen Sondheim and I Created "Sunday in the Park with George" by James Lapine. macmillan Publishing. 2021.
- Reich and Sondheim: In Conversation and Performance. Interview with Frank Rich. Lincoln Center, 2016.
- Sondheim on Music: Minor Details and Major Decisions by Mark Eden Horowitz. Scarecrow Press, 2010. Also available on Youtube.
- “UK Omnibus: Sunday in the Park with Stephen.” 1990.
- “Putting It Together” Variations
- Barbara Streisand’s Version
- The Academy Awards Version
- The Xerox Commercial Version
- The Ethan Allen Version
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