It's a media heavy ep! After Mark tells Corrigan about a Soviet officer who saved us all from certain death and Corrigan explains what the deal is with Mercury retrograde, we delve deep into the movies we watched this week and unpack why modern documentaries are so unsatisfying.
Highlights:
[0:00] Marko tells Corrigan how Stanislav Petrov saved the world
[12:09] Corrigan explains what it means for Mercury to be in retrograde
[31:30] Marko gives our Ko-Fi subscribers individualized horoscopes
[59:30] What we watched! We dive real deep this week on the filmmaking and storytelling in these flicks. (Pan’s Labyrinth, Monkey Man, Identity, Frailty, The Mutilator, Ghostbusters, A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night, Ghostbusters, Bad Vegan, Michael Clayton, The Bear)
[101:19] We discuss orthorexia, the problems with current documentary trends, and the docuseries Bad Vegan
Stuff we referenced:
Ep. 182: plane theft & nonce hunters
Ep. 181: toxic landscapes & extreme protest
Ep. 180: The Toynbee Tiles & Media Gambles
Extra: The Doomsday Clock
Ep. 179: the coffee's too hot and so is the planet
Ep. 177: a scientology scandal & a brief history of assassination
Ep. 176: the ethics of AI art
Ep. 175: irish america & feral children
Special Sneak Peak! JoAG Fancave Ep. 1: The Others
Ep. 174: a real mean serial killer & a royal conspiracy
Ep. 173: chiropractic quackery & tiktok pranksters
Gaza Supersode
Ep. 172: gaza pt. 4: but do you condemn hamas?
Ep. 171: gaza pt. 3: oil, anticommunism, & the rapture
Ep. 170: gaza pt. 2: the brits & the making of israel
Ep. 169: gaza pt. 1: american imperialism
Ep. 168: chasing the humane execution
Ep. 167: sasquatches & spiritual warfare
Ep. 166: global outlook fubar
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