Amusing Ourselves to Death

Amusing Ourselves to Death

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Amusing Ourselves to Death episodes

  • S1E50 - The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station (1896)
    Attention! Let it be known to all that this sonic recording, captured with the glorious contraption that is the phonograph, contains a discussion by respectable gentlemen, elucidating the virtues and transgressions of the moving picture “The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station”, now circulating in theatres in the Year of our Lord, Eighteen Hundred and Ninety Six! Please enjoy verily, pardon any blasphemous statements and let it serve as a warning that this new fad of “cinema” will not survive the 19th century! Good Day and God Bless!
    1 hr
  • S1E49 - Clue with Jon Lunger
    Colonel Passino and Professor Peck, in the recording studio, WITH A MICROPHONE! Mr. Lunger assists in solving the mystery of the cult classic film “Clue”. We investigate the multiple endings, theorize on what makes it resonate in our funny bones, research how to adapt a board game and pontificate on the TRUE reality of the characters (are they really just in Hell?). Join us for an episode to be served at 7:30 or whenever is convenient for you, that’s the appeal of podcasts….AND MURDER!
    1 hr 31 min
  • S1E48 - Etiquette by Casiotone For the Painfully Alone
    Baby’s 1st Album Episode! Owen Ashworth’s fourth album under CFTPA all adhered to strict rules: short songs, played in the key of C, and recorded on a Casio keyboard. We talk about music, how it works on our brains, and what’s up with all those notes? Like, how many do we really need? C’mon. Enough.
    55 min
  • S1E47 - The Last of Us Part II with Alex Clayton
    Spoilers ahoy! We unpack the most anticipated video game sequel of 2020. Not saying too much else because I’m afraid of toxic internet trolls hacking me for saying anything positive, negative, staying neutral, or glancing in the general direction of a GameStop. Luckily we were joined by video game connoisseur Alex Clayton on the eviscerating experience that is “The Last of Us Part II”.
    2 hr 8 min
  • S1E46 - The Hobbit Trilogy with Whitney Pirnik

    Sometimes, a journey’s end has ANOTHER end...which is also kind of the beginning? And sometimes that end wants to be the original journey so bad that it cloyingly pays homage after homage and services the fanbase so hard & desperately like a married couple trying to recapture first love before putting their pants back on, holding back impotent tears, making pretend plans for the future and then googling divorce attorneys in the morning? Anyway, we talk about all three “Hobbit” films.

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    1 hr 41 min
  • S1E45 - Southland Tales

    This is the way the world ends

    This is the way the world ends
    This is the way the world ends
    Not with a bang, but with a podcast…
    It’s Low-Grade Explosive Day aka 4th of July and we’re firing up the 2006 cinematic mess “Southland Tales”. An alternate history of America in the mid 2000’s, a meal of government/technology/entertainment boiling in a thick Fluid Karma stew of quantum physics, Neo-Marxists and porn stars…or is it all an excuse for a Justin Timberlake music video? All I know is I’m a pimp, and pimps don’t commit suicide…but they probably do listen to this episode!

    Pretty Lousy - Loose Ends - prettylousy.bandcamp.com

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    1 hr 9 min
  • S1E44 - New Jack City with Kirk Griffiths
    Grab your video camera belt and sit your $5 ass down, it’s time to talk “New Jack City”, the Wesley Snipes film about the rise and fall of a Harlem crime syndicate during the 1980’s crack cocaine epidemic. Comedian Kirk Griffiths joins us to explore power, keeping brothers, warehouse shoot-out exit strategies, the importance of wedding caterer background checks and is this really a secret comic book movie? You’ll want to “rock-a-bye-baby” to this episode!
    1 hr 25 min
  • S1E43 - Her

    The cellphone operating system. Ever present in our lives, helpful with information and organization, sleek & stylish. What the 2013 Spike Jonze film “Her” starring Joaquin Phoenix presupposes is...”what if ur phone make u have teh feelz”?

    Also, Justin breaks up with his AI girlfriend.

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    1 hr 11 min
  • S1E42 - Lord of the Rings: Return of the King with Whitney Pirnik
    Every journey comes to an end, every saga has a conclusion, every dog has its day, every Kiss Begins With Kay. Hail to the “Return of the King”, the definitely-not-rigged-11-time-Oscar Winner! We wrap up one trilogy, discover who the true protagonist was (spoilers: not the Friends We Made Along the Way), talk multiple endings, big spiders and rank our favorite of the three films.
    1 hr 40 min
  • S1E41 - The Last of Us (Naughty Dog)

    On the eve of the highly anticipated “The Last of Us Part II” release, we explore what made the 2013 pain simulator, er, I mean video game, work like gangbusters. The incredible Joel & Ellie dynamic? The gameplay of fighting against those irresistible Infected and huggable Hunters? The crafting, yo, could it be the CRAFTING? Oooh, ooh, I know, it’s definitely the primordial pleasure our reptile brains get from moving planks, pallets and ladders around in the post-apocalyptic wasteland of America…..oh yeah baby, that’s the stuff. And beware, much like cordyceps “spores” warn of a gaggle of Clickers and Bloaters, our “spoilers” will lead you directly into the hungry maw of plot revelation, so crouch safely and carry a broken scissor!

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    1 hr 55 min

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Amusing Ourselves to Death is a conversational podcast about pop culture and the media we love. Also guest comedians, games, and just a little bit of existential dread!