135: Over the Hill or Underland
This week we're finally talking about The Matrix, which is arguably the most culturally influential film of the last 30 years. We discuss the various ways the "red pill/blue pill" moment has been inge...
25 Aug 50min
133: Now I Can't See, I Just Stare
This week we are covering the 1993 film, Alive, directed by Frank Marshall and starring Ethan Hawke and Josh Hamilton. A sort of apocalypse in miniature, the movie depicts the miraculous survival of s...
11 Aug 50min
132: Sleep with One Eye Open
This week we are tackling The Odyssey, both the ancient Greek epic and the recent adaptation directed by Christopher Nolan. We go over the context of the poem's composition and dissemination, its sign...
4 Aug 55min
131: The End of Laughter and Soft Lies
This week we have a two pronged episode. We open up discussing the suit four states have brought against Meta, alleging the company has knowingly caused irreparable damage to millions of teens in prom...
28 Jul 1h
130: When You Wish Upon a Star
We're going back to where it all began; that's right, it's aliens, this time those friendly aliens from Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind. We talk about the general optimism and la...
21 Jul 59min
129: With the Tolling Tolling Bells' Perpetual Clang
In honor of America's 250th birthday we are covering one of the landmark events in the nation's history, namely the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. We discuss why the assassination was so significan...
14 Jul 1h 18min
128: Everybody Won't Be Treated All the Same
This week we are using a novel format to explore recent Supreme Court decisions. Stu presents Michael with a brief sketch of the case, Michael decides how he would rule, and Stu then reveals the actua...
7 Jul 47min
