Part Two of the exploration into Don and Harry’s favorite episodes from their favorite shows explores singing spider-tanks, power mad immortals, big booty cyborgs and creepy laughing fish!
Amidst the turbulent news cycle, the guys take a breather by recalling five favorite episodes from their favorite shows, discussing how they’re written and how that informs their perspectives on world building in creative media. Spoilers for Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex and Batman: The Animated Series!
In our third episode looking at fascism in media, we hone in the 1997 military/sci-fi flick Starship Troopers. Everyone fights, no one quits! Your cohosts Ace Harrison and Donovan Rico take apart the film as a work of propaganda and ask whether or not it’s entirely successful. … More What Did Starship Troopers Teach Us About Fascism?
The topic of fascism continues as the guys turn to the future for answers on media’s education of oppression! Star Trek (The Original Series) is discussed once again, this time with two episodes glanced at: the classic parallel universe epic “Mirror Mirror”, and the Nazi episode “Patterns of Force”!
This week the guys discuss how media and global education has failed in modern understanding of fascism, given…well, everything.
After a summer break, the boys are back and catching up on a recurring news topic that won’t seem to die – Trump Voter Regret. Chiefly surrounding the saga with the Epstein Files, the two liberal nerds swirl their heads around reconciliation with Trump voters and how much more rope the President has before all … More How Do We Contend with Trump Voter Regret?
Before you dry out from your QnoA fix, check out these other spots on the internet to see what the guys have been up to on other podcasts!
In the lead-up to the James Gunn directed Superman film, lots of discussion has been circling about online regarding past media on the Man of Steel, with a historically odd omission. Superman: The Animated Series – the influential cartoon from the DC Animated Universe – tends to get the short shrift in internet conversation compared … More What’s the Deal with Superman: the Animated Series?
After four months of unimaginable pain and suffering, Don and Harry process the waking nightmare that is modern America, strengthening their resolve to make it through to the other side.
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