Adapt and Respond with RJ Young: A College Football Podcast

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Adapt and Respond with RJ Young: A College Football Podcast episodes

November 10, 2021 On The Wachowski's Matrix Trilogy As Fanfic For Frank Herbert's "Dune"
RJ and Tyler talk about how The Matrix film franchise owes so much of its inspiration to Frank Herbert's 1965 novel "Dune." They compare characters -- Neo is Paul Atriedes, duh -- and themes that overlap between the two properties as well as what Herbert was actually writing about: his distrust of superheroes, fascism, demagogues and dictators.
1 hr 57 min
August 16, 2021 On Michael Waldron's "Loki"
Act one, perhaps the best known myth about Loki which involves the creation of Thor's hammer and dwarves nearly chopping off the god of mischief's head for being, well, mischievous and an arrogant prat.
Samuel Thompson
https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1436&context=yjlh
Sif's haircut and Thor's hammer
https://norse-mythology.org/tales/loki-and-the-dwarves/
In the second segment, a character study about Loki in the ancient storytelling tradition of the trickster, courtesy an aggressively aggregated Smithsonian I found clicking links in another aggressively aggregated blog post.
The Trickster
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/folklorist-explains-lokis-place-pantheon-trickster-heroes-180977935/
Act three, a discussion with my best friend Tyler about the hit TV show "Loki," a genocidal god with an apparent heart of gold. Yes, it's oxymoronic, but that's where the good stuff is.
"I think that you could argue that the journey of the season for him is about Loki becoming a hero in a lot of ways, and what's more heroic than doing the right thing for the right reasons and losing anyways? Suddenly, he's in the position that Steve Rogers found himself in after Infinity War, which is really compelling."
—Michael Waldron
https://www.cbr.com/loki-writer-compares-captain-america-similar/
"I think it’s when Alligator Loki ate President Loki’s hand that I realized I was in love."
--Variety
"The Loki finale proves Marvel TV shows are already in a rut. The series remade a charming villain as a dull, passive hero."
--Slate
1 hr 15 min
June 12, 2021 230. Glorious Purpose | Loki Ep. 1 Review
I watched episode No. 1 of "Loki," and I had some thoughts about Disney+ latest effort in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, time and existence and the essence of man and the god mischief. The Time Variant Authority has Glorious Purpose -- we think.
30 min
April 10, 2021 229. A real black writer
RJ and Katy chopped it up about Kiese Laymon's essay in Guernica called You Are The Second Person.
https://www.guernicamag.com/you-are-the-second-person/
32 min
March 27, 2021 228. Montero
RJ and Katy talked about a controversial anti-transgender bill in Arkansas, and the creative brilliance that is Lil Nas X's "Montero (Call Me By Your Name)."
45 min
March 20, 2021 227. What did you create?
RJ and Katy discussed Tracy Letts' epic response to a New York Times questionnaire about what he made in 2020: nothing. But nothing is important to contextualize in a society powered by production as profit.
37 min
March 16, 2021 On John Logan's "Penny Dreadful"
RJ and Ron talked about Penny Dreadful, writing, TV and movies.
56 min
March 06, 2021 225. Coming 2 America review and composer Noam Faingold
I watched Coming 2 America so you don't have to. And then I spoke with Noam about movie scores.
56 min
February 27, 2021 224. Fear of the Black Messiah
In this episode, Katy and RJ chop it up about Judas and the Black Messiah. RJ tries to widen and deepen the discussion when he reads excerpts from "Black Against Empire," and he enthusiastically suggests reading this political history of the Black Panther Party.
41 min
February 20, 2021 223. The Black Panther
RJ and Katy chopped it up about Black Panther and the Black Panther Party's origins here. Your homework is to read Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party, watch the Marvel's Black Panther and watch King in the Wilderness on HBOMax.
We'll talk about Judas and the Black Messiah later.
52 min

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