Mindful Self Indulgence

Mindful Self Indulgence

By Dan EllisSociety & Culture
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Mindful Self Indulgence episodes

  • EP 19 "Underpants Friends" - Questionable Content with Spriteguard

    This month my good friend Spriteguard makes his return to discuss the web comic Questionable Content by Jeph Jacques and how the comic has grown over the last 16 years from a strip about disaffected hipsters to a diverse, inclusive and wholesome experience with great representation.


    Show links:

    www.twitter.com/mindfulselfpod 

    www.twitter.com/dellismulligan 

    www.retrogradeorbitradio.com


    Guest Links:

    www.twitch.tv/spriteguard


    Mindful Self Indulgence is hosted, produced and recorded by Dan Ellis.

    Music for every episode is also written, performed and recorded by Dan Ellis.

    Mindful Self Indulgence is a Retrograde Orbit Radio production.

    1 hr 5 min
  • EP 18 "Worthy Of My Grace" - Neon Genesis Evangelion with SeraphIV

    This month we sit down with my good friend Seraph to talk about Neon Genesis Evangelion. We discuss the series and End of Evangelion, our experience with the franchise, the atrocious Netflix translation, favorite moments, themes, lore and more!

    Show links:

    www.twitter.com/mindfulselfpod 

    www.twitter.com/dellismulligan 

    www.retrogradeorbitradio.com


    Guest Links:

    www.twitter.com/xseraphiv

    www.twitch.tv/seraphiv


    Mindful Self Indulgence is hosted, produced and recorded by Dan Ellis.

    Music for every episode is also written, performed and recorded by Dan Ellis.

    Mindful Self Indulgence is a Retrograde Orbit Radio production.

    1 hr 8 min
  • EP 17 "Traif!" - Robin Hood: Men In Tights With Miriam

    This month the lovely Miriam joins us to talk about Robin Hood: Men In Tights. We discuss Mel Brooks, Judaism in his works, problematic content, disability and more!

    Show links:

    www.twitter.com/mindfulselfpod 

    www.twitter.com/dellismulligan 

    Mindful Self Indulgence is hosted, produced and recorded by Dan Ellis.

    Music for every episode is also written, performed and recorded by Dan Ellis.

    54 min
  • EP 16 "I'm Very Lucky I've Not Been Murdered" - Barenaked Ladies With Sara D

    This month I sit down with longtime friend Sara D to talk about Barenaked Ladies, her life, mixtapes, getting naked with a bunch of strangers, traveling and our recently departed friend.

    Show links:

    www.twitter.com/mindfulselfpod
    www.twitter.com/dellismulligan

    Mindful Self Indulgence is hosted, produced and recorded by Dan Ellis.

    Music for every episode is also written, performed and recorded by Dan Ellis.

    1 hr 29 min
  • EP 15 "A Leap of Faith" - Final Fantasy VI With tinahacks

    This month we chat with the wonderful tinahacks of twitch.tv/tinahacks fame about Final Fantasy VI, speedrunning and much more!


    Show links:

    www.twitter.com/mindfulselfpod 

    www.twitter.com/dellismulligan 


    Guest Links:

    www.twitch.tv/tinahacks


    Mindful Self Indulgence is hosted, produced and recorded by Dan Ellis.

    Music for every episode is also written, performed and recorded by Dan Ellis.

    1 hr 9 min
  • EP 14 "The Institutional Co-opting of…" - The Muppets With Mark Beall (Part 2 of 2)

    In the second half of our discussion we talk about selling The Muppets to Disney, the short-lived 2015 sitcom, Steve Whitmire's exit, not projecting your own interests onto your kids, why movie theaters are magic and close things out with the speedround where I learn facts about Big Bird in the most awkward way imaginable!


    Show links:

    www.twitter.com/mindfulselfpod 

    www.twitter.com/dellismulligan 


    Guest Links:

    www.retrogradeorbitradio.com


    Mindful Self Indulgence is hosted, produced and recorded by Dan Ellis.

    Music for every episode is also written, performed and recorded by Dan Ellis.

    40 min
  • EP 13 "Back There Someday" - The Muppets With Mark Beall (Part 1 of 2)

    This month we talk with Mark Beall about Jim Henson's Muppets. In part one we get into The Muppets' cultural relevance, the deaths of Jim Henson and Richard Hunt, The Muppet Christmas Carol, Meeting Gonzo The Great and more.

    Show links:

    www.twitter.com/mindfulselfpod
    www.twitter.com/dellismulligan

    Guest Links:

    www.retrogradeorbitradio.com

    Mindful Self Indulgence is hosted, produced and recorded by Dan Ellis.

    Music for every episode is also written, performed and recorded by Dan Ellis.

    1 hr 11 min
  • EP 12 "Vapid Nothingness" - Politics and The 2020 Primaries with Nate Staley

    During our conversation on Five Iron Frenzy Nate and I went on a political tangent as we are want to do. We dig into the arc of his political identity and talk about Warren, Sanders and others as potential candidates in 2020, intersectionality, praxis and my reservations about Bernie this time around.


    Show links:

    www.twitter.com/mindfulselfpod 

    www.twitter.com/dellismulligan 


    Guest Links:

    www.twitter.com/stalenate

    www.offbaseline.com

    www.loavesandroses.com


    Mindful Self Indulgence is hosted, produced and recorded by Dan Ellis.

    Music for every episode is also written, performed and recorded by Dan Ellis.

    52 min
  • EP 11 "Time Is A Flat Circle" - Five Iron Frenzy with Nate Staley
    This month we talk to Off Baseline's own Nate Staley about Five Iron Frenzy, smuggling leftist politics into CCM, how we met on a message board 14 years ago and much more before we play our new speedround segment at the end!
    Also mentioned in this episode:
    Bleach
    Shane Claiborne
    Emil Cioran
    Video Game Preservation
    Show links:
    https://www.twitter.com/mindfulselfpod
    https://www.twitter.com/dellismulligan
    Guest Links:
    https://www.twitter.com/stalenate
    https://www.offbaseline.com
    https://www.loavesandroses.com
    Mindful Self Indulgence is hosted, produced and recorded by Dan Ellis.
    Music for every episode is also written, performed and recorded by Dan Ellis.
    1 hr 39 min
  • EP 10 "Rad AF Spin Kick"- The Lost FLCL Episode with Angus Henderson
    It's the fabled lost FLCL episode! Due to some unfortunate audio issues the planned January episode couldn't be posted so I reached into our archives and figured it would be a good time to share this one.
    Resident good friend Gus comes back to talk about FLCL, Toonami and late 90s early 00s anime in the west, The Pillows are great, Gus' double puberty, identity and filling someone else's shoes, rad AF spin kicks, how Ninamori and Naota both perform maturity, those eyebrows, episode 4 got dark there for a minute, "You titty touchin?", Naota becomes his own person (and sometimes that person is a dick), the gunslinger robot and hands in anime, "Isn't that too obvious?", fun facts that aren't that fun,
    and wants and needs interacting in complicated ways.
    Also mentioned in this episode:
    Fullmetal Alchemist
    Teenagers From Outerspace
    Mindful Self Indulgence is hosted, produced and recorded by Dan Ellis.
    Intro and Outro music on every episode is also by written, performed and recorded by Dan Ellis.
    1 hr 37 min

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Mindful Self Indulgence is a monthly podcast hosted by Dan Ellis about people, the media they love and how it has impacted their lives in a meaningful way. TV, Film, Animation, Art, Music... It's all…