Podcast Episodes

Time of My Life w/ Claudia Moreno Parsons

Season 3 Episode 244

A deceptively straightforward romantic drama set in the early 1960s, Dirty Dancing (1987) is a unique entry in the pantheon of 1980s blockbusters. Cl…

5 years, 3 months ago

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Trojan Horse w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)

Season 3 Episode 243

Justin Rogers-Cooper joins us to navigate the politics of desire as we unpack the career of Brad Pitt, an enigmatic American mega-celebrity whose on-…

5 years, 3 months ago

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World on Fire w/ Jordan Thomas

Season 3 Episode 242

Jordan Thomas is a graduate researcher in anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, whose work focuses on the cultural and histori…

5 years, 3 months ago

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One Special Thing w/ Matt Christman (PREVIEW)

Season 2 Episode 241

Paul Thomas Anderson's second feature, Boogie Nights, is a nostalgia trap in every imaginable way, combining an obsessively detailed vision of 1970s …

5 years, 3 months ago

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Nostalgia Trap - Livestream 12.17.2020 w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)

Season 3 Episode 5

This week on the livestream, Justin Rogers-Cooper dropped by to discuss Biden's shocking pick for Secretary of the Interior, and why green capitalism…

5 years, 3 months ago

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They Don't Make 'Em Like They Used To w/ KJ Shepherd (PREVIEW)

Season 2 Episode 240

In a world of infinite #content, why do we find ourselves watching the same movies and TV shows again and again? KJ Shepherd joins us for a conversat…

5 years, 3 months ago

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Heaven is a Place Where Nothing Ever Happens w/ Tyler Scruggs

Season 2 Episode 239

David Lynch's Eraserhead (1977) remains an unrivaled enigma in the history of cinema, a cult film that launched the career of one of Hollywood's most…

5 years, 3 months ago

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Nostalgia Trap - Livestream 12.10.2020 w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)

Season 3 Episode 4

We kicked off this week's livestream with a visit from Justin Rogers-Cooper, who reminds us that liberals (and the left too!) often lack a critique o…

5 years, 4 months ago

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Stay Gold w/ Claudia Moreno Parsons (PREVIEW)

Season 2 Episode 238

Claudia Moreno Parsons joins us for an exploration of Francis Ford Coppola's The Outsiders (1983).Based on S.E. Hinton's 1967 novel about working cla…

5 years, 4 months ago

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For Might and Right w/ Michael Brenes

Michael Brenes is  Associate Director of the Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy and Lecturer in History at the Yale Jackson Institute for Global…

5 years, 4 months ago

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