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SILENCE OF THE LAMB! + New Vic Berger Video Series

Hello all!

We're proud to introduce a new short video series we'll be hosting over the summer from video wizard Vic Berger with Ben Craw and Oliver Noble. The series is called "The Phantom of Mar-a-Lago" and will collect footage from Trump's...

842 - Fleet Weak feat. Alex Nichols (6/17/24)

Featured player Alex Nichols returns to look at the creeping criminalization of the “edgar” haircut in Tekkkxas, the jomney sun-ization of the U.S. Navy, the state of the American “young” fascist movement, and Joe Biden’s floundering cel...

841 - Fr*ciaggine Follies feat. Seeking Derangements (6/14/24)

To celebrate Pride Month, we’ve got Hesse and Ben from Seeking Derangements on the show to look at a slew of recent headlines in queer news, some recent moments of straight excellence (like John Fetterman crashing his car into an old lady), and ...

Bonus: Ren Faire feat. Lance Oppenheim

We talk to Lance Oppenheim, director of Ren Faire, the new docu-series on HBO. Ren Faire looks at the drama behind the scenes of the enormous Texas Renaissance Festival. When capricious 86-year-old owner and founder “King” George Coulam attemp...

MM24: Right Hand/Left Hand - The story of M-I-T-C-H-U-M feat. John Semley

Ah little lad, I see you listening to my podcast, would you like to hear the story of The Night of the Hunter and The Friends of Eddie Coyle? The story of good and evil? Of a psychotic preacher stalking the Depression-era South, killing women and ...

840 - Tom of Finlandization (6/10/24)

Last week, we looked at Trump’s felony convictions and the various weaknesses that brings his campaign. This week, we turn to Biden world. First, Hunter is in court on federal gun charges, leading us all to learn about his bizarre taste crack mu...

839 - King of the Swill feat. Ben Clarkson (6/6/24)

Chief animation correspondent Ben Clarkson returns to the show to look at the latest offering from Daily Caller’s original comedy content department, Adam Carolla’s adult cartoon Mr. Birchum. The crew wades into a miasma of poor animation, slo...

MM23: Through A Glass Darkly - Simulated Realities of Mamoru Oshii feat. Felix Biederman

Felix joins Will and Hesse to look at two films from director Mamoru Oshii, Angel’s Egg (1985) & Patlabor 2 (1993). Both films explore Oshii’s fascination with navigating simulated and detached realities, with <...

838 - Enemies of the Group Chat feat. Alex Nichols (6/3/24)

We have Alex on today to first and foremost look at newly released soda rankings. Then, we catch up on reactions to Trump’s conviction, examine the many Rubicons people are always crossing, and ask if Barron will be Augustus Batman or something....

837 - Flag Hags feat. ALAB Series (5/30/24)

The original bastards of law Tim (@GarlicCorgi) and Andy (@wyatt_privilege) of the ALAB Series podcast stop by to chat law and courts today and WHAT TIMING because the Donald Trump guilty verdict dropped about 10 minutes into recording this ep. So...

MM22: Prisoners of Life - Altman in the 90’s feat. Andrew Hudson & Taylor

This week on Movie Mindset we return to the genius of Robert Altman. Where last we left our hero he was examining the American character through the lens of a whorehouse and the city of Nashville, TN. For this episode. Will and Hesse are joined by...

836 - Pier One Imports feat. Derek Davison (5/28/24)

Chief Chapo foreign correspondent returns to take us around the wide world of conflict. We get an update on the war in Gaza including the bombing of Rafah, the failing floating Pier, and the Biden administration's attempts to broker some kind of d...

Movie Mindset Bonus: Hundreds of Beavers with Director Mike Cheslik

We sit down with Mike Cheslik, the director of the new(ish) silent comedy action farce Hundreds of Beavers. We discuss his Wisconsin influences, ultra-DIY approach to filmmaking, making your film exactly as stupid as it needs to be, and t...

835 - O-H-F-U feat. DJ Byrnes (5/23/24)

We’re joined by DJ Byrnes of the independent news outlet The Rooster to take a look at the politics of OHIO, the most normal state in the union. With a trillion dollar nuclear energy scandal that led to multiple suicides, mayors entrapped by a C...

MM21: Sables From Heaven: Written by Dennis Potter feat. Jools Duane

This week we spotlight our first screenwriter with two films written by Dennis Potter: 1983’s Gorky Park (d. Michael Apted) and 1981’s Pennies from Heaven (d. Herbert Ross). Gorky Park is a police inve...

834 - Weakness Will Get You Nowhere feat. Pendejo Time (5/20/24)

The Pendejo boys are back ostensibly to cover some new Greg Abbott shenanigans out of Texas, but we also look at the ICC seeking arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant, the collapse of Red Lobster, a GOP candidate out of Missouri literally...

833 - Fruit Brute feat. Bryan Quinby (5/16/24)

We’re joined by Bryan Quinby to review Jerry Seinfeld’s new Netflix film Unfrosted, about the invention of Pop Tarts. We dive into this bizarre & joyless cultural artifact which is a parade of humiliation for the numerous comedian...

MM20: 90’s Neo-Noirs feat. Hit Factory Podcast

Will & Hesse are joined by Aaron & Carlee of the Hit Factory Podcast to discuss two neo-noirs, 1991’s One False Move directed by Carl Franklin, and 1994’s The Last Seduction directed by John Dahl. Both explo...

832 - Real World Blues feat. Alex Nichols (5/13/24)

Alex is on today as we catch up with the weekend’s drama over the 2024 Eurovision song contest and ask which is more real, twitter or Eurovision (those are the only two options). Then, some disastrous new polls for the Biden campaign, Trump sear...

Bonus: Inside Higher Ed

We’re joined by a former university administrator (who prefers to remain anonymous, though we have reviewed and verified their credentials) for an insider’s perspective of the current state of college administration, and a discussion of just w...

831 - Fan Gruel feat. David J. Roth (5/9/24)

David Roth joins us for a look at sports gambling’s rapid rise and infiltration of every institution of professional sports. We look at how it developed, who’s affected, the insidious exploitation of gambling addiction, and how the permissibil...

MM19: Hawks Screwballs feat. Theda Hammel & John Early

We’re joined by Theda Hammel & John Early to revisit director Howard Hawks, this time look at two of his classic screwball comedies: 1940’s His Girl Friday and 1938’s Bringing Up Baby. Both feature Cary Grant in co...

Bonus: UCLA Encampment Update

Will talks to Anny Viloria Winnett, a UAW 4811 ASE Trustee, Graduate Student Worker at the UCLA School of Public Health, and an organizer involved with UCLA’s pro-Palestinian encampments. They discuss last week’s violent assaults on the UCLA e...

830 - Vat Grown Oaf feat. Trillbillies (5/6/24)

Tom, Tarence and (welcome to the show!) Aaron from the Trillbillies join us for another week of horror and spectacle around the War in Gaza. We touch on the ceasefire agreement being rejected basically as we were recording, some of the clumsy NYPD...

829 - Banality in the UK feat. Riley Quinn (5/2/24)

Riley from the Trashfuture podcast joins us to examine one of the few countries possibly even more benighted than our own, the dear old United Kingdom. After some brief remarks from Will & Felix touching on the ongoing incidents with universit...

Movie Mindset Bonus: Interview With Director Radu Jude

Will & Hesse talk to Radu Jude, the director of the new comedy feature Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World. The film features an overworked production assistant as she drives around Bucharest shooting videos for a large m...

MM18: Dying on Walter Hill feat. Sleazoids

Will and Hesse are joined by Josh Lewis and Jamie Miller of the Sleazoids podcast to investigate the “blood, whiskey & shit” world of director Walter Hill. Tough guy action, guns, squibs, and lean & mean style abound in both Southe...