Podcast Episodes

Westworld - S04E05 - Zhuangzi

Are we hosts dreaming that we’re human? Or are we humans dreaming that we’re hosts? Dive into the philosophical origins of the title of this episode.…

3 years, 11 months ago

The Lorehounds: The Second Age - Chapter 2: The Fall of Númenor

David and John discuss the film, tv, and radio adaptations of Tolkien’s work before telling the story of the Fall of Númenor, a tragedy about the pow…

3 years, 11 months ago

Westworld - S04E05 - Zhuangzi - Instant Take

Westworld is hitting its stride in a big way. It felt good to finally get some answers to our burning questions, but now that the door has been kicke…

3 years, 11 months ago

Nope (2022)

Nope is the latest film from Jordan Peele, one of the few auteurs of modern cinema. This master of horror created another high-concept social comment…

3 years, 11 months ago

Westworld - S04E04 - Generation Loss - Feedback

How is the sublime capable of simulating the entire earth? Can a heaven become a hell? Has the simulation spread to the entire universe? Is it a tuna…

3 years, 11 months ago

Badasses 2022 - The New Crop of Badasses

Shake those protein drinks because we’re considering new badasses tonight. There are select iconic and soon-to-be-iconic characters in tonight’s pote…

3 years, 11 months ago

Freewill vs Determinism with Aaron Rabinowitz

Today we're joined by Aaron Rabinowitz, lecturing philosopher at Rutgers, as well as host of the Embrace the Void and Philosophers in Space podcast. …

3 years, 11 months ago

Westworld - S04E04 - Generation Loss

What do Apple and Westworld have in common? Forced obsolescence. Dolores presses forward to a new world order with hordes of flies. Fire fights explo…

3 years, 11 months ago

The Lorehounds: The Second Age - Chapter 1: The Rise of Númenor

David and John discuss the history of Tolkien’s writings before setting sail to the island of Númenor to introduce our first major location in The Ri…

3 years, 11 months ago

Die Hard With a Vegeance (1995)

CHAMPION. CHARISMA. CHARACTER.

Listener beware! Spoilers start at (00:26:05).

Today we’re focusing on “Charisma” with John McClane in the third movie o…

3 years, 11 months ago