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We’re back! Oh man, it’s been a while but we have returned for 2022. If you missed the update, you can back and listen to that. The Beijing Winter Olympics just finished but they were far from having controversy. We’ll be looking at the doping scandal involving Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva who was found with a banned substance but was allowed to continue. People were quick to notice this fact and compared this to American sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson’s situation last year in the lead up to the Tokyo Summer Games and how she wasn’t allowed to compete. But are these two situations the same?

That’s it for this week. Stay tuned for an all new, all different episode dropping soon. Also, don’t forget to check out the award winning podcast October Jones and Fish with Legs.

Thanks for listening.

Peace.

We've been gone for a bit but we're back for 2022, baby!

We’re back! ‘Member South Park? ‘Member when they used to kill Kenny? ‘Member when a generation of people became politically apathetic and actively contrarian because of the show? Okay well maybe that’s a bit too far of a reach but a show as popular and culturally significant as South Park did have some kind of effect on society at large is fair to say. This week we take a look at when writer Dana Schwartz critiqued the show and the backlash she received for it.

Here are the articles referenced for your reading pleasure:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/02/21/i-criticized-south-park-spawning-generation-trolls-so-trolls-came-me/

https://tv.avclub.com/south-park-raised-a-generation-of-trolls-1798264498

That’s it for this week. Stay tuned for an all new, all different episode dropping soon. Also, don’t forget to check out the award winning podcast October Jones and Fish with Legs.

Thanks for listening.

Peace.

We’re back! Oh boy it’s been a while but this week we take a look at the Internet. It’s something so revolutionary it’s changed many facets of our society. The problem I have is I don’t know how to feel about it. It’s caused so many positive things but at the same time so many negative things.

That’s it for this week. More all new, all different episodes will be on the way to close out 2021, so stay tuned for that. Also, don’t forget to check out the podcast October Jones and Fish with Legs.

Tesla has a new car, the Cybertruck. It’s not out yet but it will be someday, maybe. I’m not a fan of its design and I don’t just mean how it looks. It presents a vision of the future that is cold, dark, and lonely. Elon Musk tends to be portrayed as some kind of visionary genius who’s out to save humanity but the Cybertruck doesn’t portray that vision. The same goes with other ventures Musk has going as we take a look at the fabrication of the Musk/Tesla mythos.

I don’t mention it outright in the episode but the following videos form part of the basis of this topic and you might find them interesting.

https://youtu.be/5pNL7MlUpmI

https://youtu.be/5OtKEetGy2Y

That’s it for this week.Stay tuned for an all new, all different episode dropping soon. Also, don’t forget to check out the podcast October Jones and Fish with Legs.

Thanks for listening.

Peace.

Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho is considered a classic by many. It’s had a huge impact, both when it was first released and on more recent works. This week I’m joined by special podcast person Christian as we take a look at the history of horror in cinema and how a film like Psycho changed everything.

If you want some further reading/info here are some articles:

https://www.popmatters.com/psycho-mother-of-all-horrors-2496182685.html

https://cinephiliabeyond.org/psycho-proto-slasher-brought-revolution-cinema/

https://ew.com/article/2009/08/04/psycho-the-horror-movie-that-changed-the-genre/

https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/firsts-psycho-the-first-film-to-demand-theatrical-showtimes

That’s it for this week. Big thanks to Christian for joining in. Stay tuned for an all new, all different episode dropping soon. Also, don’t forget to check out the podcast October Jones and Fish with Legs.

Thanks for listening.

Peace.

We’re back! Do you enjoy comics? Of course you do. How about anti-heroes? No brainer. Violence? Um, yeah. So then you’ll definitely like the Punisher. Easily the most sophisticated anti-hero out there. Or maybe not. For my money the Punisher is actually a very boring character. Yes. I’m willing to go there.

Special podcast person Christian joins me on talking about the character, what he represents in comics and how his worldview has been co-opted by contemporary law enforcement and military.

Here is the article we refer to:

https://www.vulture.com/article/marvel-punisher-police-cops-military-fandom.html

That’s it for this week. Big thanks to Christian for joining in. Stay tuned for an all new, all different episode dropping soon. Also, don’t forget to check out the podcast October Jones and Fish with Legs.

Thanks for listening.

Peace.

It’s been a while since we’ve had a bonus episode so worry no longer for it is here! This clip comes from the episode ‘Welcome to the Space Jam.’

To keep an air of mystery about this bonus episode, I haven’t even listened to this snippet. What I can tell you is that I’m joined by special podcast people Dexter and Alex and I’m going to assume it had something to do with Space Jam but there’s a slight chance it doesn’t. You’ll just have to take that chance.

Thanks for listening.

Peace.

We’re back! So you need to send an email to a colleague but how should you start? Is a simple “Hey” good enough? Should you include exclamation points? How should you sign off? Sincerely? Cordially? Wiggidy wiggidy? Is the tone too harsh? Should you CC? BCC? Where does it end?

Well, you’re in luck. In this week’s episode, special podcast person Alex joins me in a discussion on the triviality (roll with it.) of composing and sending emails. Do we know how to compose the perfect email? Probably not, but we do know how to comment on the ridiculousness of it all.

That’s it for this week. Big thanks to Alex for joining in. Stay tuned for an all new, all different episode dropping soon. Also, don’t forget to check out the podcast October Jones and Fish with Legs.

Thanks for listening.

Peace.

We’re back! This week we’re talking about spoilers. That’s right, cover your ears because everything is getting spoiled. So beware. Now, with that warning out of the way, I think people's aversion to having things spoiled is a little ridiculous. It’s not the end of the world if something gets spoiled but at the same time I can understand wanting to experience something with a blank slate. So where does the balance lie? That’s a good question. I hope it gets answered in this episode. Just in case you’re wondering, I don’t actually listen to the episodes before hand because I don’t want anything spoiled.

That’s it for this week. Stay tuned for an all new, all different episode dropping soon. Also, don’t forget to check out the podcast October Jones and Fish with Legs.

Thank you for listening.

Peace.