Sword & Podcast

Rapper Clara Biznass of Hand Job Academy is on the show to talk about Russ Meyer's Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! Tura Satana's legendary life story, queer characters in exploitation cinema, and the men in this movie as a metaphor for all men. There's also some talk about Lemonade, 10 Cloverfield Lane, and the problems with nerd culture. The audio connection is iffy in places, but the conversation holds together.

Katie Schenkel is back because she and Elle realized they have a favorite movie in common: Wes Anderson's The Royal Tenenbaums. The performances, the music, the dialogue, the references to 1970's children's lit. This conversation goes on for a while.

Jo Graham (co-host of How2Wrestling) is a 20something Brit who knew nothing about the OJ Simpson trial until there was a TV show based on it. Elle is a 30something American who remembers when it was on TV all the time. These two points of view convergence for a conversation about the best TV show of 2016.

Juliet Kahn is back to talk about Sophie Campbell's graphic novel series, Wet Moon. Southern Gothic, queer as hell, magical realist, intersectional feminist college drama is the order of the day. Plus some talk about other comics along the way.

Podcaster and longtime New Yorker Elana Levin is here to talk about the 1979 semi-sci fi classic street gang film, The Warriors. NYC geography as plot element, the importance of branding to street warfare, the real New York versus the mythical/cinematic New York, and what people miss about costuming (not just in this film, but in comics too). We also talked about the idea of a Warriors comic, and Elana wants me to add Ronald Wimberly as a candidate for writer/artist, which I totally agree with. New INTO IT art by Lauren Moran.

Into It favorite Jessica Berger is back on the show to answer listener questions! We talk about all kinds of stuff, from upcoming movies to underrated TV shows, to Anna Kendrick's twitter presence. New INTO IT art by Lauren Moran! (I also used it for the episode art this time around.)

Cartoonist, writer, and podcaster Chris Haley is on the show to talk about his favorite guy besides Superman, Daniel Bryan! Team Hell No, Team Uppercut, Orton and Botista at Wrestlemania, Cena at Summerslam, and Bray Wyatt in a cage. Important opinions about hair and beard length, and Chris still refuses to tell the Lex Luger story.

Betty Felon and Whitney Holmes are both lifelong fans of Teen Witch, and have plenty to say about it. The primacy of female sexual desire, the ethics of witchcraft, the enigma of Polly and what on Earth is going on with that little brother character?

Graphic designer and writer Dylan Todd is here for the third installment of our Star Wars trilogy, to talk about Return of the Jedi. A defense of the Ewoks, an excoriation of "Jedi Rocks," and some more talk about what a cool dude Han Solo totally is. All this and Dylan's Emperor Palpatine impression too.

DJ Benhameen, host of Fan Bros, arrives for the second of a three-part series on the original Star Wars trilogy. The triumph of Darth Vader, the miracle of the Yoda puppet, Boba Fett's reputation, and Lando as the totally cool guy that Han never actually was. Also yes, we talk about the guy with the ice cream maker.