Studying Scarlet

Jess and Ashley discuss the 1994 film The Shawshank Redemption. They discuss the movie, Jess tries not to cry about Brooks and fails, and Ashley gets philosophical AF.

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Jess and Ashley discuss the 1962 Alcatraz escape. We discuss how the prisoners planned their escape, what they used to orchestrate it and the outcome for the escapees.

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Ashley and Jess take a look at the complex character of Gustavo Fring in Breaking Bad by examining some of the moments in the series that really defined this character. While many aspects of his background are kept deliberately ambiguous, our hosts still try to determine what makes him tick.

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Ashley takes Jess through the major events in the rise and fall of Pablo Escobar. She offers some historical and sociopolitical context for the onset of narcoterrorism in Colombia, as well as exploring some of the smuggling methods employed by the Medellin Cartel. This episode contains some descriptions of graphic violence, so listener discretion is advised.

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Ashley explains the intricate, con-centered plot of the beautiful 2016 film, The Handmaiden to Jess. They discuss the crimes committed by the main characters in the film, the shifting allegiances of con artists, and even a murder or two. For the final thoughts, Ashley offers some interesting similarities between the crimes in the movie and the crimes of Natwarlal from last week’s True Crime episode.

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In this week’s episode, Ashley walks Jess through the highlights of the 60-year criminal career of Indian conman, Natwarlal. Some of his better-known exploits include 9 different jail escapes and selling the Taj Mahal three times. While it can sometimes be difficult to distinguish fact from fiction in this case, what we do know for sure is that even in death, Natwarlal got the last laugh.

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Jess and Ashley discuss the Leverage episode “The Scheherazade Job”. Jess messes up the name of Wadata at every god damn turn and didn’t realize it until typing the description. We also find out that Eliot Spencer likes getting his ass kicked.

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Jess and Ashley discuss the Stradivarius stolen from Erica Morini in 1995. We discuss possible suspects and determine it will probably never be found.

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Jess and Ashley discuss the 1994 film In the Mouth of Madness. Is Hobbs End real and are the books of Sutter Cane causing people to go insane and kill eachother? Tune in to find out! Also the movie has a fire soundtrack so that’s pretty cool.

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Jess and Ashley discuss the phenomenon called karaoke rage and why the song “My Way” is banned in the Philippines. We also look at the history of the song and discover Frank Sinatra has a tie to J. Edgar Hoover. Because of course he does.
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