Let's Unpack That

Let's Unpack That

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  • S2, Episode 10: The Hunger Games as Memento Mori
    (Remember that you will die.) How the heck is Peeta still alive? This week we analyze chapters 19 and 20 of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Nenah teaches us her Horse Girl ways, we debate how Katniss can be squeamish about wounds but not killing animals, and overall we complain a lot about the shoehorned tragic romance plot.
    Content warnings: wounds, death, violence, manipulation.
    Twitter: @letsunpackpod
    Audio producer: Dylan Forehand
    Sources:
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17334183
    https://www.queensjournal.ca/story/2019-09-04/pop-culture/breaking-down-why-were-obsessed-with-celebrity-relationships/
    https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-big-questions/200912/why-we-are-obsess
    https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/fake-dating
    https://www.mayoclinic.org/blood-poisoning/expert-answers/faq-20058534ed-celebrities
    Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
    “Mass Mania”
    1 hr 2 min
  • S2, Episode 9: Rue's Death and COVID-19
    Like every other podcast, we're talking about it. This week we discuss chapters 17 and 18 of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins in the context of a global pandemic. These chapters hit a bit differently than they used to.
    Content warnings: death, grief, violence, coronavirus.
    Twitter: @letsunpackpod
    Audio producer: Dylan Forehand
    Sources:
    https://science.howstuffworks.com/blast-resistant-clothing1.htm
    https://gizmodo.com/could-an-explosion-really-knock-you-over-like-in-the-mo-5963652
    https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/noise-induced-hearing-loss
    https://www.businessinsider.com/here-are-5-major-plot-points-missing-from-the-hunger-games-2012-3
    http://www.ezekielemanuel.com/
    The Panem Companion: An Unofficial Guide to Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games by V. Arrow
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachian_music
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-act_structure
    Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
    “Mass Mania”
    1 hr 11 min
  • S2, Episode 8: Out of Slavery and Into District 11
    How does fear work? What is it like to enjoy killing someone in combat? Is Rue gullible or smart? Why is District 11 like that? Could Rue be a Christian? We discuss all of this and more in chapters 15 and 16 of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.
    We have an email now! [email protected]
    Twitter: @letsunpackpod
    Audio producer: Dylan Forehand
    Sources:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amygdala
    https://www.pbs.org/tpt/going-to-war/themes/combat-experience/
    https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-embodied-mind/201212/survival-mode-and-evolutionary-mismatch
    https://thehungergames.fandom.com/wiki/District_11
    https://www.facingsouth.org/2019/11/fighting-voter-purges-across-south
    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/22/police-killings-disabled-black-people-mental-illness
    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/half-people-killed-police-suffer-mental-disability-report-n538371
    https://www.ucf.edu/pegasus/your-brain-on-music/
    Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
    “Mass Mania”
    52 min
  • S2, Episode 7: When and How Will the United States Fall?
    You are not immune to propaganda. And we’re definitely on some watchlists because of this episode’s research. How does the Capitol manipulate Panem’s people? Why should you vote? How is media being manipulated today? Are there limits to the Capitol’s technology? What is biological warfare and what does its use suggest about the world outside Panem? How do hallucinogens work? All of this and more as we discuss chapters 13 and 14 of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.
    We have an email now! [email protected]
    Twitter: @letsunpackpod
    Audio producer: Dylan Forehand
    Sources:
    https://www.forbes.com/sites/ryanholiday/2012/07/16/what-is-media-manipulation-a-definition-and-explanation/#691f387a3939
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_manipulation
    https://cpj.org/reports/2019/12/one-country-one-censor-china-hong-kong-taiwan-press-freedom.php
    https://www.wired.com/2014/08/how-movies-manipulate-your-brain/
    https://www.healthline.com/health/wasp-sting#symptoms
    https://www.icrc.org/en/document/chemical-biological-weapons
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_warfare
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallucinogen
    55 min
  • S2, Episode 6: Teens Are People Too!
    Why would Suzanne Collins choose President Snow as a main character for the prequel novel? Why do people look down on the YA genre and teens who read it? Why has Katniss started playing the game all of a sudden? We talk about all this in chapters 11 and 12 of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.
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    Audio producer: Dylan Forehand
    Sources:
    http://www.stvalentinesday.org/history-of-st-valentines-day.html
    https://time.com/5769393/hunger-games-prequel-coriolanus-snow/
    https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/brainsnacks/201203/the-only-5-fears-we-all-share
    The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff
    https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/science-choice/201704/seeing-the-bigger-picture-can-p
    https://www.bodyandsoul.com.au/wellbeing/why-you-rehearse-arguments-in-your-head-according-to-a-psychologist/news-story/7ddda9f296aafd52655cbf16272955cfromote-self-control
    Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
    “Mass Mania”
    1 hr 5 min
  • S2, Episode 5: Katniss the Post-Apocalyptic Politician
    What’s it like to have dinner with someone you’ll later have to kill? What is it like to curate a public image for your life? Why is everyone manipulating and gaslighting Katniss? Is their manipulation justifiable? This week we discuss chapters 9 and 10 of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, and all the mindboggling complexity we didn’t notice when we were in middle school.
    Audio producer: Dylan Forehand.
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    Sources:
    https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-events/brother-against-brother.htm
    https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/subliminal/201205/how-we-communicate-through-body-language
    Everyone should read An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green
    https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/ddcf/5d4ca2183564d34bc63836ee14bdeca4fb0d.pdf
    https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ethics-manipulation/
    Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
    “Mass Mania”
    1 hr 3 min
  • S2, Episode 4: Thank You For Your Consideration *mic drop*
    What makes Katniss a Young Adult heroine? Why is she relatable? Is she right to be suspicious of Peeta and avoid being friends with him? Will Katniss ever get to just be a dramatic teenager without the adults chastising her? Who is Peeta and who is Gale? Why was there a love triangle at all? Where did the Mockingjay movies go wrong? Today we discuss chapters 7 and 8 of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.
    Content warnings for talk about food (34:50-38:03) and weight (36:00-37:15).
    Audio producer: Dylan Forehand.
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    Sources:
    https://www.cbs.com/shows/survivor/cast/216263/
    http://theathleticshop.com/team-uniforms-important/
    Missing Alissa Podcast: www.missingalissa.com
    Sarah Turney’s Fundraiser: www.gofundme.com/f/billboardsforalissa
    Sarah Turney’s Podcast: www.voicesforjusticepodcast.com/
    Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
    “Mass Mania”
    “Turn Down For What” by DJ Snake and Lil Jon (used for fair use parody purposes so please don’t sue us)
    1 hr 13 min
  • S2, Episode 3: To Rebel or Not To Rebel?
    Every episode is a Master’s thesis these days. Give us the degrees. This week we read chapters 5 and 6 of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and delved into the mechanics of control and the consequences of rebellion.
    Content/trigger warnings for this episode!
    We talk a lot about sexual assault, trafficking, violence, and lack of bodily autonomy as they relate to the tributes and the power structure of Panem. Mostly from 18:30 to 36:45
    Some gore talk about torture/mutilation and more about sexual assault from 50:25 to 53:30
    Feel free to skip any part, or even the entire episode. We want you to be safe.
    Audio producer: Dylan Forehand.
    Follow us on Twitter @letsunpackpod and rate and review us on iTunes!
    Sources:
    Reviewed Work: Hunting Girls: Sexual Violence from "The Hunger Games" to Campus Rape by Kelly Oliver Review by: Wendy Braun -- Studies in Popular Culture--Vol. 40, No. 1 (FALL 2017), pp. 136-138
    https://www.jstor.org/stable/44779946?read-now=1&seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
    2013 The Ambiguity of Panem: Capitalism, Nationalism, and Sexuality in Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games Series Megan Ann Peters Minnesota State University - Mankato
    https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/ddcf/5d4ca2183564d34bc63836ee14bdeca4fb0d.pdf
    https://thehungergames.fandom.com/wiki/Cinna
    https://www.thehairpin.com/2014/03/after-philomela-a-history-of-women-whose-tongues-have-been-ripped-out/
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philomela
    Book: The Unspeakable, Gender and Sexuality in Medieval Literature 1000-1400 by Victoria Blud
    Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
    “Mass Mania”
    1 hr
  • S2, Episode 2: Madge the Unsung Mockingjay
    We solemnly swear to talk less about the movies in the future. What do the mockingjays mean? Why does Katniss come across so cold? Why do people kill other people? All these questions and more, answered in this episode of our analysis of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.
    Audio producer: Dylan Forehand
    Sources:
    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-13687796
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbitofrontal_cortex
    https://www.monash.edu/news/articles/8603
    https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127888976
    https://www.history.com/shows/hatfields-and-mccoys/articles/the-hatfield-mccoy-feud
    https://www.norad.mil/About-NORAD/Cheyenne-Mountain-Air-Force-Station/
    https://www.biography.com/writer/suzanne-collins
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachia
    Ziliak, James P. (September 16, 2010). "The Appalachian Regional Development Act and Economic Change" (PDF).
    https://web.archive.org/web/20081202140133/http://www.arc.gov/index.do?nodeId=26
    Let Us Now Praise Famous Men; text by American writer James Agee and photographs by American photographer Walker Evans
    Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis is a memoir by J. D. Vance
    Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
    “Mass Mania”
    1 hr 2 min
  • Season 2, Episode 1: Let's Get This BREAD
    This week we read chapters 1 and 2 of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. What and why is Panem? How could the US government collapse? Does Katniss have PTSD? How do revolutions start?
    Audio production by Dylan Forehand.
    Many, Many Sources:
    Duda, John. MLN, vol. 120, no. 5, 2005, pp. 1245–1249. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/3840711.
    https://slate.com/technology/2013/11/the-hunger-games-could-a-real-country-have-an-economy-like-panems.html
    https://75thhungergames.weebly.com/all-about-panem.html
    https://eng.amomama.com/118960-the-origin-13-districts-panem-explained.html
    https://thehungergames.fandom.com/wiki/Panem
    https://schoolblogthehungergames.wordpress.com/2012/10/29/the-symbol-of-bread-in-the-hunger-games/
    https://www.learning-mind.com/psychological-deflection/
    McLeod, Jane D., and Michael J. Shanahan. “Poverty, Parenting, and Children's Mental Health.” American Sociological Review, vol. 58, no. 3, 1993, pp. 351–366. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/2095905.
    https://www.newsweek.com/2016/09/02/how-poverty-affects-brains-493239.html
    https://www.npr.org/2011/02/07/133568676/the-elements-of-a-successful-revolution
    Aseem Shrivastava. “Overpopulation: The Great Red Herring?” Economic and Political Weekly, vol. 27, no. 38, 1992, pp. 2032–2038. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/4398909.
    The Murder Squad Podcast: themurdersquad.com
    Missing Alissa Podcast: www.missingalissa.com
    Crime Junkies Podcast: crimejunkiepodcast.com
    Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
    “Mass Mania”
    51 min

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A podcast hosted by college grads and certified nerds Nenah and Lidia, analyzing books they read in middle school. New episode every 2 weeks!