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On today’s Struggle Session Jack and Leslie are joined by Matt Binder of DOOMED, Scam Economy, and Majority Report to discuss the life and crimes of the former WWE CEO Vince McMahon. Heads up, the latter half of this episode is as dark as it gets.

Intro: Vince McMahon and Murray Hodgson on Donahue - March 16, 1992:

References:

* WWE Board Probes Secret $3 Million Hush Pact by CEO Vince McMahon, Sources Say https://www.wsj.com/articles/wwe-board-probes-secret-3-million-hush-pact-by-ceo-vince-mcmahon-sources-say-11655322722?mod=e2tw

* John Cena on WWE Owning His Name:

* She Was WWE’s First Female Referee. She Says Vince McMahon Raped Her. Rita Chatterton does not want to be forgotten. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/06/vince-mcmahon-accused-of-rape-by-first-female-wwe-referee.html

* Brickhouse Brown On Allegations Against Pat Patterson:

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On today's Struggle Session Leslie is joined by veteran TV critic Aaron Barnhart to talk about how TV has changed in the world of streaming, his new book The Primetimer Guide to Streaming TV, and some hidden gems to check out during your summer binge-watches.

You can read more about Aaron's book here: https://www.primetimer.com/features/introducing-the-primetimer-guide-to-streaming-tv 

We also listen to a brand new track by Ganser called People Watching:

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How far would you go for revenge? We review Robert Egger's brutal Viking epic The Northman. We also discuss the cinema news from CinemaCon including Sam Raimi's Doctor Strange 2 and James Cameron's Avatar: The Way of Water.

We also rock out to Hether Fortune's new EP:

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The Academy has weighed in, but now it's our turn! Jack and Leslie give their thoughts on all of the Best Picture nominees: Belfast, CODA, Don’t Look Up, Drive My Car, Dune, King Richard, Licorice Pizza, Nightmare Alley, The Power of the Dog, and West Side Story.

We also discuss a couple of pictures that should have been nominated (The Last Duel, Titaine), The Chris Rock and Will Smith slap angle, and the epic Bilt Rewards credit card launch party.

Our track of the week is is Time Room with their ripping new tune, Wound Up:

Intro clip from Dying Laughing:

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On today's special huge episode Robbie Martin (Media Roots Radio) joins Jack and Leslie to discuss the entire Batman franchise! On this first part we discuss Batman (1966), Batman (1989), Batman Returns (1992), Batman Forever (1995), Batman & Robin (1997), and Batman Begins (2005).

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Happy New Year! On today's episode YB joins Leslie to discuss their family's pandemic TV viewing. We talk Foundation, Joe Pera Talks with You, Happy Endings, Yellowjackets, Dexter: New Blood, and TV sensation Yellowstone, and more!

Listen to YB's storytelling podcast This is a True Story at https://thisisatruestory.show

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On today's video game-focused episode, Jack and Leslie give their first impressions of Halo Infinite and the new games announced at The Game Awards, including Slitterhead, Dune: Space Wars, Star Wars: Eclipse, The Expanse: A Telltale Series, and more.

https://www.polygon.com/22786117/activision-blizzard-walk-out-bobby-kotick-resignation-demands 

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On today's episode Jack and Leslie are joined by Jesse Hawken to discuss Peter Jackson's riveting new Beatle's documentary Get Back.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/beatles-get-back-twitter-memes-dave-grohl-1266017/ 

https://www.patreon.com/junkfilter 

https://twitter.com/jessehawken 

And as a special bonus, we have an excerpt from an interview from the 5/27/21 Katie Halper show with Roger Waters and Steven Donzinger about Steven's unjust prosecution.

Katie will be doing a show in support of Steven on Wednesday night with tons of amazing guests including Susan Sarandon, Roger Waters, and Lucy Lawless:

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Here's a special live edition straight from the Bugcon booth San Diego Comic-Con! Writer and filmmaker Vera Drew returns to the sesh to discuss comic conventions, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, the James Bond series, and the latest updates on The People's Joker.

https://www.thepeoplesjoker.com/

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On today's episode, Jack and Leslie answer your voicemail questions on Black horror artists, Alan Moore, Grant Morrison, the next AEW champ, the Spider-Man: Can't Get Home trailer, and more.

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