The Culture Quest

Who would have thought that listening to 5 symphonies for one episode might be a bit too much? Certainly not our humble adventurers!

The list of symphonies we’ve been listening to:

• Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 (Wikipedia).
• Brahms' Symphony No. 3 (Wikipedia).
• Dvořák's Symphony No. 9 - New World Symphony (Wikipedia).
• Mahler's Symphony No. 1 (Wikipedia).
• Sibelius' Symphony No. 2 (Wikipedia).

Episode Breakdown:

• In the Tavern Talk segment, we’re talking about our favorite quotes (00:02:30). We each bring a quote to discuss, and Peter… overachieves.
• We then head on into the main discussion - we kick it off by talking about how under-prepared we were (00:20:12).
• Baryo introduces the 5 symphonies that we’ve been listening to (00:08:21).
• We then share our ranking of the symphonies (00:29:40).
• After ranking the symphonies, we move on to talk about listening to classical music in general (00:51:06).
• We then introduce our next episode, which is going to be a side quest focused on the Anthropocene (01:02:04).
• Stick around and listen to a promo clip for The History Cache podcast, @CacheHistory (01:05:47) - go give it a listen!

Music: An Appreciation - Roger Kamien - Goodreads

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Roll Over Beethoven by Chuck Berry, performed by Peter Thomas.

The episode was recorded on March 27th, and originally released on April 19th, 2020.

Our humble adventurers spend some quality quarantine time together and talk about their favorite movies!

Episode Breakdown:

• We start the episode by talking about our mental health and how it slowly deteriorates (00:00:50).
• We then move on to discuss our favorite movies! (00:08:28).
• Before we actually start ranking, we talk about a few honorable mentions (00:11:18).
• We then start ranking! (00:16:13).
• We finish today’s episode by talking about upcoming episodes (01:01:57)

Here’s links to everything we’ve mentioned:

• Captain America: The Winter Soldier - IMDB
• Interstellar - IMDB
• Toy Story - Wikipedia
• The Matrix - IMDB
• Inception - IMDB
• The Prestige - IMDB
• Six-String Samurai - IMDB
• The Red Elvises - Allmusic
• Baseketball - IMDB
• Southpark: Bigger, Longer and Uncut - IMDB
• The Cornetto Trilogy - Wikipedia
• Fight Club - IMDB
• Shutter Island - IMDB
• Little Giants - IMDB
• Casino Royale - IMDB
• Kung Pow: Enter the Fist - IMDB
• School of Rock - IMDB
• Dumb and Dumber - IMDB
• The Dark Knight - IMDB
• Logan - IMDB
• La La Land - IMDB
• The Devil Wears Prada - IMDB
• The Shawshank Redemption - IMDB
• Clerks - IMDB
• Clerks II - IMDB
• Die Hard - IMDB
• Before Sunrise - IMDB
• Before Sunset - IMDB
• The Ocean’s Trilogy - IMDB
• Ocean’s Eleven - 1960 - IMDB

Baryo and Ynon’s Quick Stop picture - Clicky.

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The episode was recorded on April 10th, and originally released on April 13th, 2020.

Our not humble adventurers are not enjoying a Superman comic book for the un-first time!

Episode Breakdown:

• In this episode's Tavern Talk we talk about our recent peak and plop moments (00:01:00).
• We then proceed to introduce this episode's main subject - All-Star Superman, by Grant Morrison and Frank Quietly (00:14:23)
• We then share our overall thoughts on the comic (00:20:10). We mention what a good first comic book it is, how we enjoyed the different stories in the series and how much we liked the artwork.
• We then discuss our favorite and least favorite 'chapters' from the book (00:27:29).
• We talk about how each chapter could have been a full story on its own (00:34:34). 
• This leads us to talking about some of the unique properties of the medium (00:36:11).
• We then discuss the cover art of the book and the inspiration for it (00:39:47).
• We bring up the attitude that was used in writing this book (00:41:15).
• We talk about the death of comic book heroes and how it became a bit of a trope (00:43:29).
• We then talk about the glasses that make all the difference between Clark Kent and Superman (00:46:13).
• We then ask Peter if he's ever stopped reading a comic because of the style of art (00:52:56).
• We close the episode by previewing our next episode - Mom's Classics - in which we'll discuss Baryo's Mom's favourite classical music symphonies (00:56:47).
• Stick around and listen to a promo clip for the All the People You Should Know podcast! (@allthepeoplepod) (01:00:58).

Leo Quintum’s name is squiggly-lined - Clicky

The list of symphonies for Mom’s Classics episode:

• Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 (Wikipedia).
• Brahms' Symphony No. 3 (Wikipedia).
• Dvořák's Symphony No. 9 - New World Symphony (Wikipedia).
• Mahler's Symphony No. 1 (Wikipedia).
• Sibelius Symphony No. 2 (Wikipedia).

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The episode was recorded on March 13th, and originally released on April 5th, 2020.  

Our humble adventurers are using the extra time that was thrust upon them to talk about what to do when extra time is thrust upon you!

Due to the Corona virus that is going around now, we’re all stuck at home. We’ve decided to share our recommendations for a movie, a book, a music album, and one wild card recommendation, to help pleasantly pass the time.

Episode breakdown:

• We start the episode by talking about being stuck at home (00:01:52).
• We then recommend a bunch of stuff that you can do at home while you’re quarantined
• We start by talking about our strategies in choosing our recommendations (00:05:48).
• We start by recommending movies (00:08:28).
• We then move to recommend music albums (00:15:07).
• We then move on to recommending books (00:24:19).
• We finish by handing out some wild card recommendations (00:31:05).
• Before we end the episode, we’re recommending a few other things that just shouldn’t go unmentioned (00:38:56).

Here’s links to everything we’ve recommended (spoilers!):

• The Intern - IMDB
• Nancy Meyers - IMDB
• Donnie Darko - IMDB
• The Prestige - IMDB
• Christopher Nolan - IMDB
• John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band - Allmusic
• Paul Mccartney - Ram - Allmusic
• George Harrison - All Things Must Pass - Allmusic
• Akira the Don - Wikipedia
• Wild Rose (OST) - Allmusic
• Wild Rose - IMDB
• Hamilton - Wikipedia
• Dishonesty is the Second Best Policy - David Mitchell - Goodreads
• The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams - Goodreads
• Secret Sanction and Mortal Allies - Brian Haig - Goodreads and Goodreads
• Hamish & Andy - Website
• The Rusty Lake and Cube Escape games - Website
• Juggling - Wikipedia
• The Harry Potter books - Goodreads
• The Jackbox games - Website
• The Culture Quest Podcast - Website

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The episode was recorded on March 28th, and originally released on March 30th, 2020.

Our adventurers have stumbled upon a book they wished would never end, but also that it would tell a different story.

Episode Breakdown:

• We start the episode by talking about the opening segments that we do in the show, we name the segment and listen to a few audio drops that might go along with it (00:02:09).
• In this episode’s Tavern Talk segment, we discuss Taika Waititi’s Jojo Rabbit (IMDB) (00:07:57). We quickly break down the story of the movie, talk about the actors and characters and compare it to Hunt for the Wilderpeople (IMDB).
• Our main discussion is about Last Chance to See, by Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine (Goodreads). We start by discussing what the book is about and how it came to be (00:20:52).
• We then share our general feelings towards the book (00:23:18).
• We talk about how Adams’ experience in the field changes the personality of the book (00:30:29).
• We then discuss Adams’ quirky writing style (00:31:57) and how it sometimes maybe goes a bit too far.
• We talk about our favourite bits from the book (00:36:25).
• We tackle a few moral questions in the field of ecology (00:43:12).
• We go over a list of the species that were discussed in the book and see how they’re doing today (00:56:13)
• We bring up a few favourite quotes from the book (01:01:48).
• We end the episode by introducing the subject of our next leg of the adventure - All-Star Superman (Wikipedia) (01:06:32).
• Bonus! Stick around after the ending theme to listen to a promo clip by Round & Round Podcast!

The intro bit was created by our awesome friends, Chantelle (Lady Justice Podcast) and J.T. (True Crime Lab): 

Lady Justice Podcast - Website, Twitter - Lady Justice is a weekly true crime podcast that takes a look at fascinating cases both past and present.

True Crime Lab - Website, Twitter - True Crime Lab is a true crime comedy podcast where we make fun of the criminals because, well, they deserve it. You can find us where’ve you get your podcasts.

Round & Round - Website, Twitter - Two Navy buddies trying to make sense of this whacky world. 

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The episode was recorded on Feb. 28th, and originally released on March 22rd, 2020.

Our jolly adventurers are celebrating their 10th episode, in what very well may be the last episode ever!

We’re playing a game of trivia that includes a question about each of the subjects that we’ve discussed in our previous episodes! Can you score better than Peter and Baryo? Hint: not unless you take points as easy as Ynon hands them out.

Episode Breakdown:

• We get into the trivia game and explain how we’re going to play the game (00:02:23).
• Question 1: Mel Brooks’ The Producers (00:03:40).
• Question 2: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young’s Deja Vu (00:12:14).
• Question 3: Playdead’s Inside (00:17:09).
• Question 4: Steven Spielberg’s Jaws (00:20:49).
• Question 5: Meditations by Marcus Aurelius (00:26:44).
• Question 6: American Beauty by Sam Mendes (00:35:07).
• Question 7: The Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds (00:41:15).
• Question 8: Man on Wire by James Marsh (00:48:16).
• Question 9: Taika Waititi’s Hunt for the Wilderpeople (00:50:56).
• We tally up the score and celebrate our success in the game! (00:54:51).
• We then look back at what we’ve accomplished up until now and what we can improve (00:55:12).
• We take a minute to look at where our podcast has been downloaded the most (00:57:45).
• We close the episode by introducing the subject which we’ll discuss next episode - Last Chance to See by Douglas Adams (01:03:55).

American Beauty - Picture 1 - Look Closer

American Beauty - Picture 2 - Prison Cell

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The episode was recorded on Feb. 8th, and originally released on March 8th, 2020.

Our adventurers have bargained for a movie, but have gained a director!

Episode Breakdown

• We start the episode by each bringing up a character that we want to discuss (00:01:52) - Nina Kulikova (00:02:15), Matthew Murdock (00:07:52), Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader (00:19:42).
• We move on to the main discussion of this episode, which is about Hunt for the Wilderpeople, by Taika Waititi (00:28:41) - we summarize the movie quickly.
• We take a stab at analyzing the theme of the movie and the interactions between the characters (00:30:39).
• We learn what Skuxx means and we talk about its role in the movie (00:34:59).
• We share our feelings about Bella’s character (00:38:52), and its relationships with Hector and Ricky’s characters (00:40:10).
• We then discuss the score, or the soundtrack, of the movie (00:41:34), which was performed by Moniker.
• The conversation then turns to focus on Taika Waititi and his other works (00:44:04), we compare them with Hunt for the Wilderpeople.
• We discuss how Taika has kind of burst into our lives (00:50:06).
• We summarize our feelings about the movie (00:54:00).
• We close the episode by introducing what we’ll do in the next episode, which is going to be a Journey Log Episode - A Culture Quest Special! (00:57:43).
• Stick around and check out Lady Justice Podcast’s promo clip at the end of the episode and go give it a listen!

Bring back Daredevil Petition

SaveDaredevil.com

The Star Wars Saga: Introducing Machete Order

Lady Justice Podcast

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The episode was recorded on Jan. 24th, and originally released on Feb. 23rd, 2020.

Our adventurers grow and agree to disagree!

Episode breakdown:

• In our opening segment, we discuss lobbying by Google and tech companies (00:02:09), which leads us to talk about copyright, user data and privacy, and semantic bubbles. 
• We then turn our focus to discuss Man on Wire. Peter tells us how he came upon this film (00:26:21).
• We break down the movie - Petit’s dream of the walk between the Twin Towers (00:28:42), his earlier daring walks (00:29:59), the ‘heist’ (00:32:00) and the big walk (00:39:18).
• We talk about the aftermath of the walk - Petit’s arrest (00:41:26), his connection to the towers (00:44:02).
• We discuss the gradient of impressions we had of the movie (00:47:07).
• We move on and introduce the subject of our next episode - Hunt for the Wilderpeople, an indie movie by Taika Waititi (01:04:14).
• After the ending theme, we have a little bonus - a promo clip to our friends’ podcast, Jumbled (01:06:14).

Don’t Be Evil, Rana Foroohar.

Ted Talk - Beware Online ‘Filter Bubbles’.

The Madness of Crowds, Douglas Murray.

Leahy-Smith America Invents Act.

Short Q&A with Petit.

Philippe Petit: The Journey Across the High Wire TED Talk.

An older documentary about Petit Himself.

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The intro bit was performed by the talented Bill Sunderland from the Escape This Podcast (EscapeThisPodcast.com) and Solve This Murder Podcast (SolveThisMurder.com).

The episode was recorded on Jan. 10th, and originally released on Feb. 9th, 2020.

Our adventurers go on a trip back in time to the year 1966! 

Here’s a breakdown of this episode: 

• We start by discussing how the world will look like in 50 years (00:02:00), make some predictions of our own (00:23:45) and discuss a few predictions from friends (00:25:02) - What Ya Reading?, I Think We're Doing it, Lady Justice, Blood and Firewater, Goldblockcareer.
• Our main discussion is about Pet Sounds, by the Beach Boys. We start the conversation by reviewing the Beach Boys’ history and some background of this album (00:29:13).
• We talk about our general thoughts of the album (00:32:32), and then try and look at it in the context of the time it came out (00:37:14) and in the context of how it compares to earlier Beach Boys music (00:43:37). 
• We then mention a few specific songs (00:47:15) and look at what the Beach Boys did after this Pet Sounds (01:01:15).
• We then summarize our feelings about Pet Sounds (01:03:02)
• To close, we introduce the next part of our quest: Man on Wire (01:04:55).
• After the ending theme, we’re playing our very own promo clip (01:08:10), along with promo clips for The Deddy Bones Show, Bedknobs & Broomflicks, Goldblockcareer and True Crime Project.

Quartz - The World in 50 Years.

The Emergence of the Middle Class.

Scale - Geoffrey West.

Factfulness - Hans, Ola and Anna Rosaling.

Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time List.

The Beach Boys - Surf’s Up.

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‘Sloop John B’ / ‘The John B. Sails’, Traditional, Performed by the Wahsingtoot Band.

The episode was recorded on Dec 27th, 2019 and originally released on Jan. 26th, 2020.

Our adventurers look inside themselves and are surprised by what they find. They start the episode by talking about what rules they will enact once they seize power. They then discuss the movie American Beauty by Sam Mendes (15:10). After breaking down the movie, they talk about their impressions of the movie (20:15) and ponder about the theme of the movie (22:30) and how each character explores it: Lester (22:45), Carolyn (23:25), Angela (29:14), Jane (33:25), Ricky (33:54) and Col. Fitts (34:51). They then discuss a few deleted scenes and their meanings (40:06) and for the first time, they rank the movie on the Peter Scale! (44:25). As usual, they close things off by introducing next week’s subject - Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys (44:59).

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American Woman by The Guess Who, performed by Peter Thomas

The episode was recorded on Dec 13th, 2019 and originally released on Jan. 12th, 2020.