In this week’s episode, Jamelle and John scrape the bottom of the cinematic barrel with the 1994 environmentalist action flick, “On Deadly Ground,” directed by and starring Steven Seagall. It’s not a good movie, but they had a good conversation covering Seagall’s political trajectory, right-wing misogyny, and the psychological origins of authoritarian politics.

Connor Lynch produced this episode. Artwork by Rachel Eck.

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Links from the episode!

New York Times front-page for February 18, 1994

A Variety review of “On Deadly Ground”

Siskel and Ebert review “On Deadly Ground”

Next week, Jamelle and John will be joined by The New Yorker’s Clare Malone to discuss “Blown Away” with Jeff Bridges and Tommy Lee Jones.