Swords and Satire

Nothing says happy holidays like a movie about an avatar of hatred and misery, who gains a conscience through a near-death experience of sadness, fear, and threat of bodily harm. So that’s why we deci...

25 Dec 20211h 9min

Our patrons have spoken and have thus decreed that we explain the convoluted plot and examine the tired tropes and potentially disturbing lore of The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, a Disney holiday f...

18 Dec 20211h 12min

This week we cover a horror holiday classic, at least in our minds, Krampus! We talk all about this loveable demonic sater, including the historical lore and how he is depicted in this devotional film...

11 Dec 20211h 15min

Check out our final discussion of Over the Garden Wall, episodes 7 through 10, in which our intrepid explorers face their final tests of telling friend from foe and resisting pure despair, and they ha...

4 Dec 202154min

This week we watched a movie about a fantastical native group in a sacred jungle that is under threat from colonizers, who want to take all of the natural resources and destroy the native group’s home...

27 Nov 20211h 18min

Listen in to our evolving discussion of Over The Garden Wall, episodes 4 through 6, in which Greg, Wirt and Benjamin Franklin, a.k.a. George Washington, continue their pilgrimage to find their way hom...

20 Nov 202145min

This week we cover Kung Fu Panda, the animated movie about a loveable Panda who turns himself from a zero to a hero with the power of belief. We delve into the problematic body shaming jokes in this f...

13 Nov 20211h 7min

So as the spooky season comes to a close this year we are going back to our usual cadence with our coverage of TV shows every other week, and this week we start our exploration of Over the Garden Wall...

6 Nov 202145min