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With no end in sight to the SAG and WAG strikes, we looked at episodes of four beloved TV shows that deal with labor disputes: The Simpsons, South Park, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Babylon 5. PLUS: Fiery hot takes on the new movies by two of our fave filmmakers, Wes Anderson and Jackie Chan.

PREVIEW - #452 - Hidden Strikes

A podcast about political cinema and our crumbling world. Hosted by Will Sloan and Luke Savage.

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The troops fight abroad, and sketch comedians fight on the home front. In our latest dispatch from the universe of Aaron Sorkin's STUDIO 60 ON THE SUNSET STRIP, we ponder the author's tortured relationship with everything from advertising to gender to Woody Allen via "The Nevada Day" Parts 1 & 2 and "The Option Period."

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PREVIEW - #428 - Studio Sucky, Part 3: Cheeses of Nazareth

In the feature-film adaptation of John le Carré's TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY (2011), Cold War-era Britain doesn't look that much different from behind the Iron Curtain - visually, at least. We discuss the challenges of compressing an intricate novel into a two-hour movie, and try to situate le Carré politically. PLUS: Taking the temperature of the snap British election, and a fond farewell to a B-movie titan.

#527 - Trained to Rule the Waves

It's a jumbo-sized helping of Aaron Sorkin as we continue our descent into madness/journey through STUDIO 60 ON THE SUNSET STRIP. In this instalment, we consider Sorkin's views on race, the Greatest Generation, and Abbott & Costello. PLUS: We probe further into the dark heart of Jerry Seinfeld.

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PREVIEW - #526 - Studio Sucky, Part 2

Maybe it's a fool's errand to look for politics in the Marx Brothers' DUCK SOUP (1933), but nevertheless, many have tried. We discuss the philosophy of the Brothers' tomfoolery, and the way that movies and literature imagine countries like Freedonia.

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#525 - Freedom and Freedonia

After inhabiting the White House but before examining the Newsroom, Aaron Sorkin created a show that sought nothing less than to fix the most important American institution of them all: Saturday Night Live. We launch what will eventually become a multi-episode discussion of STUDIO 60 ON THE SUNSET STRIP (2006-7).

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PREVIEW - #452 - Hidden Strikes

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