This week we discuss the Netflix show, Another Life. Every youtuber seems to think it's trash, but as trash tv experts we disagree! This is good ACKTSHULY! We discuss the human truths it tries to explore like: the horror of connecting with others, the terror of parenthood, and how we process past traumas. Then we connect it to the larger trauma that we've been living with (hint: 2016). We also call out dumb, nerd youtubers for being dumb.

We ride out to: Lizzo-Truth Hurts

Links

-Death of Yugoslavia 1/6-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDADy9b2IBM

-Marxist Poety Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marxist-poetry/id1473011608

-Russel Brand and Gabor Mate-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-mJnYmdVmQ

This week we're joined by our fellow Texans from Psychic Dolphin Garage to break down the premier episode of the Real Housewives of Dallas. We discuss how the wealthy use money to control others, their bizarre aesthetics and just how very Dallas this show is. If there's one conclusion we come to, it's that this show should be used to convert people into leftists.

Jeremy's Breakdancing Troop Mural:

https://tinyurl.com/yycd6e5z

Also please don't forget to listen to Dolphin Psychic Garage available everywhere on everything and follow our buds:

@sexconfetti

@shenobi1kenobi

@schnedwob

@DolphinGarage

We discuss the DSA clapping controversy, and why it matters. Then we examine Bravo's Southern Charm and it's struggle to deal with it's racism, sexism, and classism. Also, who raised these people?

Links:

Antifa Resolution Thread: https://twitter.com/leonardpierce/status/1157845386616344576

We ride out to Laki Pingvini-Šizika: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0qEjcZHJKo

In this ep Ljubica shares her thoughts about the neon color trend sure to dominate our wardrobes, as well as some ways to update the look so you don't give people laser tag flash backs. After that Adam leads us through a discussion of the recent controversy about whether Bernie is paying his staff enough. We point out why your faves were wrong to pile on Bernie for this one. Finally we dive into Netroots Nation, explain what it is, and why so few candidates attended. Ljubica also shares her personal Netroots experience.

cw: for predatory behavior and harassment. (we don't go into super detail but we do talk about it)

Links:

Jaclyn Hill, Lipstick and Capitalism: A Love Story | with Maggie Mae Fish--https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Kj8rX_5qmc

We ride out to deca joins Go Slow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikn3Drf3PpU

First we discuss the Netflix teen, melodrama, The Society. It claims to depict socialism--but spoiler, it's not the good kind. The show also makes us wonder whether this is a sign that we are moving past the apocalypse fertilization of shows like the Walking Dead, and towards re-thinking how to organize.

Next we discuss the Vanderpump Rules reunion. Is this show even good anymore? Should fat shaming be punishable by job loss? Is denying a trans woman's experience for coin ok? And why does the success of the VPR kids trigger regular people.

We ride out to Bijelo Dugme's Djurdjevdan

Music Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C3SKkNt828

Translated Lyrics: https://lyricstranslate.com/en/Djurdjevdan-St-Georges-day.html

Why is it islamophobic to think that Ilhan Omar is anti-semitic? Because Roland Barthes was wrong in "Death of the Author." We bring Walter Benn Michaels' "Against Theory" to bear on the faux-outrage against Omar and critique AOC's weak support. Then, we talk about our very different public high school experiences - different in terms of class - and the recent college admissions scandal.

Closing song:

bloothirsty butchers - デストロイヤー [Destroyer]

This week we say goodbye to 2018 with an ep full of recommendations! Here's a bunch of stuff we like in no particular order.

Helpful Links

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-Against Theory https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/bc01/f683dd50ec4f99f0358f2d7cef8a9701b6ce.pdf

-Cunk on Britain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUM89s4N2BQ&list=PLtn0bqSPV-EDUlKldlC5j2YhAI1LF8pTG

-Wohe Lit http://wohelit.com

-Unraveled Podast https://www.unravelpodcast.com

-Midwest Socialist: What it means to be a marxist http://www.midwestsocialist.com/2018/11/29/what-it-means-to-be-a-marxist/

-Donald Trump, Brett Kavanaugh, and the Rule of Pampered Princelings https://theintercept.com/2018/10/10/donald-trump-inherited-wealth/

-Bee and Puppycat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNs9shgQ2rI

-Everything is Alive, https://www.everythingisalive.com

-Within the Wires http://www.nightvalepresents.com/withinthewires/

-Two Fat Ladies on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu9yUU0fTAk

-BA brown butter chocolate chip toffee cookies https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/brown-butter-and-toffee-chocolate-chip-cookies

Matthew of Liquid Flannel joins us again to talk The Spirit of Christmas, a Netflix (but more like Hallmark) Original Christmas movie about a hard-working lady lawyer that falls in love with the burly ghost haunting a Vermont inn at Christmastime. We recap its dumb plot and weird world - where ghosts are fully embodied people who hide in the armoire - and we talk about the hallmarks of the genre, its conservative worldview, what makes it bad, and what makes it maybe kind of good. Feel free to watch the movie first for maximum masochistic enjoyment, or let us bite the bullet for you and recap the best / worst bits.

Follow Matthew @MattTheGweat and check him out the Liquid Flannel podcast, on iTunes and Soundcloud etc.

On this ep we get meta and discuss why we do what we do: watch bad tv and connect it to politics. Then we get into some the witchy TV that's been flickering across our screens lately. First we discuss Charmed and how it's failed to charm us into continuing with the series. Next we discuss The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. We talk about why the show works so much better than Charmed, and what doesn't work so well (Hint: homophobia and racist imagery).

We ride out to Bbymutha's Janis Ian Dyke: https://soundcloud.com/bbymutha/janis-ian-dyke-prod-sxylk-myfriendmeesha

Links

Vogue Runway app:https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/vogue-runway/id289380413?mt=8

SHOWstudio Vetements - Autumn / Winter 2017 Panel Discussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpzIoX4dg5I&t=1705s

Digibro - "Why You Watch Bad Anime" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi04dyS2xkI

Lindsay Ellis-Ep 1 Transformers and Film Studies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRXI__Wixas (highly recommend the entire series)

We share our first impressions of the CW reboot of Charmed and ride out to B*Witched "C'est la Vie"

Links:

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Charmed ep we mentioned in the ep: The Ethics of "Charmed" and Lady Detectives-->https://soundcloud.com/coldpizzaparty/the-ethics-of-charmed-and-lady-detectives