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(Note: This episode was originally released under the old podcast title "This is the End: Pop Culture & Collapse." As of July 2025 the show is now titled, "Strange Days, Here We Come: Pop Culture, Dystopia & Collapse.")
PopMythology.com film critic and novelist Jess Kroll joins me to have a conversation about 10 different movies that depict collapse in some way. In this episode, Part 1, we discuss the first five.
Scroll all the way down below to see the titles of the films discussed and during which timestamped moments that spoilers or semi-spoilers of these films are mentioned.
LIST OF FILMS (and spoiler demarcations)
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THREADS (16:57 -28:02)
CONTAGION (28:02 - 44:13)
CHILDREN OF MEN (44:13 - 1:01:05)
IDIOCRACY (1:01:05 - 1:16:12)
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(Note: This episode was originally released under the old podcast title "This is the End: Pop Culture & Collapse." As of July 2025 the show is now titled, "Strange Days, Here We Come: Pop Culture, Dystopia & Collapse.")
PopMythology.com film critic and novelist Jess Kroll joins me to have a conversation about 10 different movies that depict collapse in some way. In this episode, Part 1, we discuss the first five.
Scroll all the way down below to see the titles of the films discussed and during which timestamped moments that spoilers or semi-spoilers of these films are mentioned.
LIST OF FILMS (and spoiler demarcations)
-----------------------------------
THREADS (16:57 -28:02)
CONTAGION (28:02 - 44:13)
CHILDREN OF MEN (44:13 - 1:01:05)
IDIOCRACY (1:01:05 - 1:16:12)

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