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Episode 37
Planes. They are big and fast and make loud noises and the ones used by the United States military can shoot things. This was the central conceit of Top Gun, a deeply 80s action movie about said big,…
Published on 2 years, 10 months ago
The Silence of the Lambs
Episode 36
This week was Valentine’s Day, so it’s a week for thinking about those people who make your heart go pitter-patter. The people who give you butterflies every time you see them and get your pulse up i…
Published on 2 years, 10 months ago
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Episode 35
Treating mental health problems is a tricky project. The mind is a staggeringly complex structure, composed of layers of experiences and biology that, when overlaid on and enmeshed with each other, c…
Published on 2 years, 10 months ago
The Hunt for Red October
Episode 34
It’s the end of the second World War and things are looking up! The Nazis have been defeated and their leaders are on trial for unspeakable war crimes, China is recovering from the brutal Japanese in…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
Pulp Fiction
Episode 33
Tar-an-tino-ism n. 1 a self-indulgent, protracted conversation, usually on a topic no one cares about, with copious amounts of swearing and racial epithets between two or more characters in a film di…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Episode 32
A lot of stuff happened in the American West from the late nineteenth century, unfortunately most of it was either pretty depressing or pretty tame. People took stuff that wasn’t theirs, but mostly f…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Episode 31
Pirates. During their heyday in the 16th-19th century when the combined rises of mercantilism, imperialism, and naval technologies sparked an explosion of commercial, exploratory, and political sea-t…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
The Magellans 2022 Recap Spectacular!!!!!
Episode 30
2022, what a great year it has been for people who haven’t been elected British Prime Minister or for people who haven’t bought Twitter. Really, it’s been a good year who did very little proactive. U…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
The Muppet Christmas Carol
Episode 29
Christmas, according to the song it’s the most wonderful time of the year. The holiday’s superlative status is derived from different factors according to different people. Maybe you’re really into c…
Published on 3 years ago
All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)
Episode 28
War, what is it good for? It’s a question that has hounded philosophers, humanitarians, politicians, Fallout protagonists, and more. Throughout history many people at some point in their life have pa…
Published on 3 years ago