Darling, Why?

In this, the final episode before the hiatus, Louis pays a loving and ridiculous tribute to a film that changed the landscape of what could make big dollar at the cinema. In this episode, Kate and Louis frequently visit some strange and beautiful places and also manage to find the time to give Chad Kroegers end credits song a deeper analysis than you'd find anywhere else. 

The management of the podcast are so very, very proud of this one, and we thank you for your time, and hope you finish listening to this with a big smile on your faces, and the desire to watch Sam Raimi's fantastically entertaining movie all over again!

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Kate and Louis rewind to 2004, when the post-hardcore emo scene was ramping up to its commercial peak, to explore the second album from My Chemical Romance, Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge. They discuss the horror-comic-book-theatricality of the record, the inescapability of the music videos and singles, and Kate makes the case for why this is MCR's best release. 

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All aboard the flight of this Presidential podcast for abother "ITV Classic" 1997's Air Force One. Harrison Ford plays the US President who has to save the Presidential plane after its hijacked by Gary Oldman. Louis loves this movie, and in this episode also has some fascinating things to say about his relationship with American culture. This episode goes into some surprising directions, and features multiple awful impersonations. Get excited!

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Kate's sci-fi kick continues and she presents her book report to Louis on the Philip K. Dick classic, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?. Many of you will be aware of the story from its eventual adaptation into the Harrison Ford starring "Blade Runner". They talk empathy, environmentalism and existential anxiety as it pertains to hunting down state-of-the-art androids escaped from a Mars colony.

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Louis and Kate explore the weird and wonderful world of Revachol, setting for the 2019 gaming spectacular Disco Elysium. A detective thriller quite unlike most others, Disco Elysium came out of nowhere (if by nowhere, we actually mean Estonia) to take the gaming world by storm. 

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SURPRISE EVERYBODY, IT'S A TOTALLY UNPREDICTABLE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL, A UNIQUE CONCEPT THAT NOBODY HAS EVER DONE!

Louis and Kate bring you some of the great things they enjoyed from this rather challenging year. From comedy specials that challenged the form, to schlocktastic gaming ridiculousness, there's plenty of fun and engaging artistic achievement. Maybe there's something new for you here to check out over this period? Maybe you just need a nice breezy lunch break listen in these interesting times? Whatever the case, this episode is a fun time for all.

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Put on your apocalyptic post-punk dancing shoes as Kate and Louis dissect the 2017 offering from Grave Pleasures, Motherblood. They ask essential questions like "What does Louis know about Finland?", "What counts as post-punk?" and "How can metal-tinged Joy Division meets Cold War Armageddon sound so very catchy?"

Oh, and because it's Christmas, there's no avoiding mentioning Die Hard. 

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Louis goes hard (tee hee) on Type O Negative's 1996 album October Rust. Louis and Kate discuss the unique mix of influences behind the record, the unique charms of frontman Pete Steele and the comparative weaknesses of other male singers. This one is a slightly spicier pod than usual. Ed Sheeran might not like this one....

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Content note: Discussion of mental illness and stigma, mentions of suicide, borderline personality disorder, alcoholism and addiction

Kate and Louis discuss beloved musical-comedy Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, it's portrayal of managing mental health and relationships, and it's razor sharp song writing. Along the way, they also talk TV ratings, fart jokes, and why Kate should give Fountains of Wayne another chance. (its because they have songs like Sink To The Bottom, which is great) 

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Louis brings forth one of his childhood (and mid 20's) favourites, the BBC (and Channel 5) series Robot Wars, where people put their metallic and robotic creations to the test in a series of fights until there can be only one. Louis details his many reasons why the show brought him much joy. He even finds a way to settle some old emotional scores with some of the more controversial moments on the show.

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