Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchNo Way Out w/ Danny Bessner
Season 2 Episode 228
The Amazon series The Boys, based on the comic book series of the same name, is a hyper-violent and deeply cynical take on superhero culture and, ult…
5 years, 5 months ago
Nostalgia Trap - Episode 227: The Political Economy of Flavortown w/ Rax King and Danny Bessner (PREVIEW)
Season 2 Episode 227
Writer Rax King's deservedly celebrated recent piece, "Love, Peace, and Taco Grease: How I Left My Abusive Husband and Found Guy Fieri," is both an i…
5 years, 5 months ago
Welcome to the Human Race w/ Danny Bessner and Trevor Beaulieu (PREVIEW)
Season 2 Episode 226
Trevor Beaulieu of the Champagne Sharks podcast joins us on our journey through 90s Los Angeles, as we explore John Carpenter's batshit 1996 action f…
5 years, 5 months ago
Trap to the Future w/ Danny Bessner, Courtney Rawlings, and Bill Black
Season 2 Episode 225
On our first live podcast episode, Danny Bessner, Courtney Rawlings, and Bill Black join us for a detailed look at the 1985 pop culture nostalgia mon…
5 years, 5 months ago
Losing My Edge w/ Mike Koncewicz
Season 2 Episode 224
Oliver Stone's 1995 film Nixon, starring Anthony Hopkins as the haunted, duplicitous 37th U.S. president, marked both a turning point in the filmmake…
5 years, 5 months ago
Plaid to the Bone w/ Danny Bessner and Courtney Rawlings (Preview)
Season 2 Episode 223
As we continue our series on 90s L.A. movies, we arrive at the 1995 high school classic Clueless (dir. Amy Heckerling), one of a number of Jane Auste…
5 years, 5 months ago
Earn This w/ Jared Yates Sexton
Season 2 Episode 222
Jared Yates Sexton is a professor and political analyst whose latest book American Rule: How a Nation Conquered the World but Failed its People takes…
5 years, 5 months ago
You're Nobody Til Somebody Loves You w/ Danny Bessner (PREVIEW)
Season 2 Episode 221
Our journey through 90s Los Angeles with Danny Bessner continues with an exploration of the Jon Favreau/Vince Vaughn indie bromance Swingers (19…
5 years, 6 months ago
Hush Hush w/ Danny Bessner and Will Menaker
Season 2 Episode 220
Why are noir detective stories such fitting containers for exploring the greed, corruption, and violence of Los Angeles? As we continue our series wi…
5 years, 6 months ago
Come and See w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper
Season 2 Episode 219
Are we as trapped by the future as we are by the past? Continuing our exploration of fascism and resistance in the 20th and 21st centuries, Justin Ro…
5 years, 6 months ago