FAUXTUS

Shreya and Jacob talk about the weird Bill Clinton combination satire and hagiography from the late 90s. Why does John Travolta have no eyebrows? Is this movie about the "suicide" of Vince Foster? What the hell is everyone pretending to be inspired by Bill goddamned Clinton for? Also they talk about Riverdale because Shreya made Jacob watch Riverdale. 

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Shreya, Jacob, and special guest Hesse talk about the 1983 David Cronenberg/Stephen King collaboration The Dead Zone. Is senate candidate Greg Stillson really all that different from Jed Bartlet? Why is Christopher Walken so in his feelings? What does "the dead zone" even mean? Is the ice gonna break? Plus bonus Elizabethtown discussion!

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Shreya and Jacob talk about the 1972 Rod Serling TV movie The Man, a movie that asks a simple question: what if a black man became president? How would he keep power? What would he do? They also talk about some other stuff. Lot of tangents in this one. It's a short movie.

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Shreya and Jacob, with guest Kate! dig into Roland Emmerich's 140 minute summer blockbuster. They answer the big questions: Is President Whitmore winning re-election after nuking Houston? Did Brent Spiner die or not? Is Jeff Goldblum a nerd? How does this movie think Los Angeles is laid out? and more. 

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Just some bonus material cut from the upcoming episode 2 of Fauxtus. Stay tuned.

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Shreya and Jacob intro the podcast, take the oath of office, appoint their cabinet, do some housekeeping, and discuss the ins and outs of a Nebraska high school student body presidential election, and its implications on the broader political world, in Alexander Payne's ELECTION. The first hundred days of FAUXTUS have commenced.

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