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The Military is Trapped Between Fascism and Civil War | Ep. 57
Do US troops have a threshold for the kind of unlawful order they’re unwilling to follow? If Venezuela wasn’t a breaking point, is Greenland? Can the…
3 months, 1 week ago
PatLabor 2: The Movie (1993) w/ Kevin Fox | Ep. 56
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We’re joined by filmmaker and returning guest Kevin Fox to discuss M…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Starship Troopers (1997) w/ Andrew Facini and Sam Ratner | Ep. 55
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We’re joined by returning guests Sam Ratner (Win Without War) and An…
4 months ago
A House of Dynamite (2025) w/ Scott Sagan | Ep. 54
Van and Lyle are joined by nuclear weapons and disarmament expert Scott Sagan to discuss A House of Dynamite, the 2025 political thriller that imagin…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Tigerland (2000) w/ Joe Allen | Ep. 53
Van and Lyle are joined by writer and journalist Joe Allen to discuss Tigerland, Joel Schumacher’s 2000 film about a group of young men cycling throu…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Netflix's Marines (2025) w/ Sam Carliner | Ep. 52
Van and Lyle are joined by returning guest Sam Carliner to take on Marines, Netflix’s new 250th-anniversary docuseries, an unmistakable propaganda pi…
5 months ago
Under Fire (1983) w/ Paul Adlerstein | Ep. 51
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Van and Lyle are joined once again by historian Paul Adlerstein to r…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Downfall (2005) and Triumph of the Will (1935) w/ George Dardess | Ep. 50
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Van and Lyle are joined by the literary critic George Dardess to tal…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Emergency Politics, Revolutionary Gen Z, General Strikes, and Business School for Leftists | Ep. 49
This is where the liberal resistance people were always right.
The US is an insane nuclear power. How do you revolt against that?
If change is going to…
6 months, 1 week ago
Part II: WarGames (1983) w/ Sam Ratner & Andy Facini | Ep. 48
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Van and Lyle are joined by Sam Ratner, Policy Director at Win Withou…
6 months, 2 weeks ago