Mass for Shut-ins: The Gin and Tacos Podcast
News:Politics
Artist and author Brian Brown joins me to discuss his new book The He-Man Effect: How American Toy Makers Sold You Your Childhood. We talk about our memories of toy advertising and cartoons from the Eighties and the political and regulatory changes that opened the floodgates to marketing at children. Inhumanoids, M.A.S.K., SilverHawks, and Sectaurs are just a few of the D-list intellectual properties of the era that we recall with accuracy I can only describe as alarming. Brian's earlier books on Andre the Giant, Vladimir Putin, and the criminalization of marijuana are all worth your time too.
Please support Mass for Shut-ins, an independent and ad-free podcast, via Patreon. Contact me via twitter (@edburmila), at least for now. I am on Bluesky at edburmila.bsky.social as well.
Thanks: Brian Brown, the bands that contribute music (IfIHadAHiFi, The Sump Pumps, Oscar Bait), Zachary Sielaff, Question Cathy, and all Patreon supporters, subscribers, and listeners.
Minicast G2: Dundee United
Minicast G1: The Flying Boy trick
Minicast F3: Operation Washtub
048 - The Apple II Age (with Laine Nooney)
047 - The Great American Transit Disaster
046 - Assemble for Assemblies
045 - All-Mailbag Episode 2023
043 - KLF Burns One Million Quid (Literally)
042 - Dan vs. Dave (with David Roth)
Minicast F2: Short Music for Short People
040 - Project Genetrix (feat. Kelsey Atherton)
Minicast F1: The Battle of the Waldorf-Astoria Ballroom
037 - Workin' on the Railroad with Matt Weaver and Maximillian Alvarez
036 - Smashing Statues with Erin Thompson
Minicast E5: Chaotic Neutral
Minicast E4: The Great Diamond Hoax of 1872
Olufemi Taiwo, "Elite Capture"
Minicast E3: MiG Jacker
034 - Ryan Cooper (Left Anchor, American Prospect)
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