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Back to SearchNostalgia Trap - Episode 366: News Trap 8.11.23 - OK DOOMER (PREVIEW)
This week I crank up the doom machine and cover a few troubling trends for a dystopian future, drawing connections between this week's horrific destr…
2 years, 8 months ago
Nostalgia Trap - Episode 365: Summer 2023 News Trap w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)
This week Justin and I survey the big stories of the hot summer of 2023, with our eye on an unfolding and genuinely shocking set of ecological develo…
2 years, 8 months ago
Nostalgia Trap - Ep 364: A Veep Theory of American Politics (PREVIEW)
Veep is an HBO comedy series, starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus, that presents a dark satire of insider DC political culture. This week Justin and I consi…
2 years, 8 months ago
Nostalgia Trap - Episode 363: M3GAN
The sci-fi horror film M3GAN was a "surprise" hit last year, generating tons of internet buzz, viral Tik Tok dance videos and, of course, endless thi…
2 years, 9 months ago
Nostalgia Trap - Episode 362: Judas and the Black Messiah (PREVIEW)
The FBI-orchestrated murder of Black Panther Party leader Fred Hampton in 1969 remains one of the most singularly evil crimes of the 20th century, an…
2 years, 9 months ago
Mr. Trap Ep 5 - Hey, Kids Are Our Future (PREVIEW)
Continuing our epic survey of Mr. Show with Bob and David, the most important television program of all time, we watch the final two episodes of Mr. …
2 years, 9 months ago
Nostalgia Trap - Episode 361: Sittin' on Top of the World w/ Kristen Lovell
Kristen Lovell is a filmmaker whose new documentary, The Stroll, tells the story of transgender women surviving as sex workers in New York City's Mea…
2 years, 9 months ago
Nostalgia Trap - Livestream 6.16.23: The Audacity of Nope (PREVIEW)
This week Justin and I finally get around to watching Jordan Peele's latest film, Nope, a UFO story layered with allegories about race, nature, and c…
2 years, 9 months ago
News Trap 5.31.23 - Kicking Out the Low End
On this week's News Trap, I tell the sad story of our podcast's PERSECUTION by the algorithmic fiends at YouTube, who are maliciously and wrongfully …
2 years, 10 months ago
Nostalgia Trap - Livestream 5.19.23: Cat-pitalism w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)
This week Justin and I watch the Netflix documentary Inside the Mind of a Cat and contemplate the weird social, political, and spiritual economy of o…
2 years, 10 months ago