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Shoot the Dancing Bear!

Three disparate men converge for a strange discussion of pop culture and politics. Our hosts include a psychonaut therapist with an aim to explore the healing benefits of drugs, an anarchist philosophy professor equally influenced by Marx and prison, and an English teacher terrified by the universe but energized by marginalized literature and media alike. Topics will cover the range from popular to degraded culture.

Oh, Let it End: Year end Wrap-Up

Dec 31, 2020

We discuss things we enjoyed from the year 2020, many of which were not actually produced in this blighted year. HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Italian Intellectual Shitposting: Possessor and Slavoj Zizek

Dec 17, 2020

We come at you with a variety of terror on this episode. First, the grisly body horror in Brandon Cronenberg's film Possessor, then the brutal, macabre state of our everyday future, the looming normal.

Alienation (and, because of, with) Video Games

Nov 29, 2020

Down Tim, Seth and Jesse engage fully in a Nerdcast about video games this year. Naturally, the conversation turns from entertainment to social isolation and alienation! We cover Demon's Souls, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Final Fantasy 7 Remake, and Persona 5.

Inhabited by the Spirit of Kornacki

Nov 8, 2020

We have witnessed the election! In this episode, we give our initial thoughts on what we learned, and prognosticate about the future. Not great, Bob!

Stick Talk! On the Debate and the Coronavirus

Oct 6, 2020

Trump got diagnosed with the corona as we were recording this, so our discussion of the first debate got thrown for a loop, but it's still tight! Predictions abound!