Episode 4. Talk Radio (Oliver Stone, 1988)

Subtitle: Champlain for my real friends and true pain for Champlain

In this fourth episode of Kill It With Fire, Ady, Marc and Paul take a look at Oliver Stone's 1988 film Talk Radio, based on the play by monolinguist Eric Bogosian (and starring Bogosian in the lead role as radio 'shock jock' Barry Champlain.

Topics discussed include: Oliver Stone's work as a director; the origins of the film in Eric Bogosian's play; the film's production; Paul's inability to tell Alex Jones from The One Show apart from Alex Jones from America; the 'talk radio' phenomenon and its parallels with the age of the Internet and social media; being horrible on the Internet; trolling; and confusing Baldwins with Baldwins.