It's part one of our slog through the Vietnam War, the payoff of Alex's joke, and a very fun conversation about Finland.

Recommendations

BUY @grantlyon1's new board game of silly insults Curmudgeon!

Alex's feelings on the movie are entirely stolen from this Guardian article by Linh Dinh: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2001/nov/02/artsfeatures.londonfilmfestival2001

Hunter spent too much money on the Ingmar Bergman Criterion collection

Anthony watched Broadcast News and The Insider

Grant likes The Alienist (CAUTION: NO ALIENS)

Alex recommends Malcolm Gladwell's three episode podcast series about Napalm

Next up

Next up: Apocalypse then and now, we're watching Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991)