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Noted artist Rob Israel and former academic Dr. Joseph Kaye discuss movies, pop culture, art, music, and the zeitgeist. Digressions abound.
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15 hours ago
15 hours ago
We’re back and talking about The Companion, the Last of Us, the Handmaid’s Tale, and Andor, as well as the new Pope! We also cover America’s not-so-slow slide into fascism, weird JD Vance memes, and potential Democratic contenders. Plus the decaying of Nancy Mace and John Fetterman. All this plus a little bit more, and we’re still going on about that. Recorded on May 8, 2025.
7 days ago
7 days ago
We’re back and talking about Andor and the Handmaid’s Tale, two stories in which revolutions are slowly starting to form. And then we talk about our own current events in which Trump defies court orders and nothing happens, the SCOTUS is on the brink of mandating public church schools in Oklahoma, and RFK is starting watch lists of people with autism. We do, though, get some brief good news to talk about at the end - a great speech by the Illinois governor, JB Pritzker. All this and more on an nearly all-dystopian episode of you still going on about that. Recorded on May 1, 2025.
Thursday Apr 17, 2025
Thursday Apr 17, 2025
We’re talking Bondsman, The Last of Us, Handmaid’s Tale, Black Mirror, and Daredevil before tackling Trump’s deportations, the ongoing constitutional crisis, the gutting of Health & Human Services, and ghoulish simpleton JD Vance dropping a national championship trophy like a complete embarrassment. All this plus some Catholic Church hypocrisy, Linda McMahon‘s thoughts on A1, and a revisionist history of home alone two. It’s April 16, 2025, and we’re still going on about that.
Thursday Apr 10, 2025
Thursday Apr 10, 2025
We’re talking about Rob’s viral Elon drawing, the Minecraft movie, the return of the Handmaid’s Tale, the new Kevin Bacon show, Bondsman, and the latest episode of Daredevil. We also talk Trump’s dumb tariff plan, Elon Musk being bad at video games, the ghastly deportation effort Trump’s gradually expanding, and some weird news about Weezer. All of this and more, and we’re still going on about that. Recorded on April 10, 2025.
Thursday Apr 03, 2025
Thursday Apr 03, 2025
We’re back and talking about a new season of a Star Wars series, the latest episode of Daredevil, and the sad passing of Val Kilmer. We’re also talking about Trump‘s tariffs and what they’ve done to the stock market, JD Vance claiming that the United States is powerless to retrieve a wrongfully deported person from an El Salvadorean super prison, and the elections in Wisconsin and Florida, at least one of which brought good news. Before we wrap it all up, we talk about The Studio – a new series on Apple TV and the next season of The Last of Us. All of this and more, and we’re still going on about that. Recorded on April 3, 2025.
Thursday Mar 27, 2025
Thursday Mar 27, 2025
We’re back and talking about the new Andor trailer, the show Adolescence, Oscar-winning movie Anora, Smile 2, and the latest two episodes of Daredevil and the season 2 finale of Severance. We’re also talking about how the entire national security apparatus of the Trump administration shared top secret war plans via an unsecured app, some recent and upcoming election information, and Steak & Steak’s bizarre decision to start frying potatoes in rendered cows. All of this and more, we’re still going on about that. Recorded on March 27, 2025.
Friday Mar 21, 2025
Friday Mar 21, 2025
We’re talking about Kraven, The Electric State, the latest episode of Daredevil: Born Again, and the second to last episode of Severance Season 2. We’re also taking about Elon Musk wrecking Tesla, Donal Trump wrecking the economy, and angry voters wrecking town halls. And we’re finishing up with maybe one man who can begin turning things around… Tim Walz - all this and more, and we’re still going on about that. Recorded on March 21, 2025.
Thursday Mar 13, 2025
Thursday Mar 13, 2025
We’re back and talking about the new Lilo and stitch live action trailer; The Apple TV show, Sugar; the A24 horror move Heretic; plus new episodes of severance and daredevil. We’re also talking about the return of Tim Walz (good news) but also the cratering stock market, the budget impasse, Trump hawking Teslas, diseases spreading, and all the other disasters we’ve seen over the last week. It’s been a tough one, but we’re still going on about that. Recorded on March 13, 2025.
Thursday Mar 06, 2025
Thursday Mar 06, 2025
We’re talking about the return of Daredevil, another great episode of Severance, and a pretty good new show called Running Point before shifting gears and talking about Trump betraying our allies in Ukraine, Trump‘s horrible speech in front of Congress, the Democrat’s tepid and disappointing response, and the tearing down of American government. We’re also talking about some efforts abroad to strike back at Elon Musk and Tesla, as well as the resurgence of measles in states like Texas and Florida. We’re only a month or so in, and it’s already far worse than many of us thought it would be, and we’re still going on about that. Recorded on March 6, 2025.
Thursday Feb 27, 2025
Thursday Feb 27, 2025
We’re back and talking about the new Andor season two trailer, Nosferartu now streaming on Peacock, and the latest episode of Severance, as well as the sad passing of Michelle Trachtenberg and Lynne Marie Stewart. After that, we talk about the rapid disintegration of American government, led by Trump and Musk, and the recent wave of angry voters attending town-halls and demanding answers from indifferent and entitled GOP congresspersons. It’s not even the end of February and planes are crashing ever, but we’re still going on about that. Recorded on February 26, 2025.