This week the guys hired stunt doubles to give their hot takes on the podcast then sat down to watch 2019's Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. Phil and Aus break down the movie by discussing dirty hippie cults, Tarantino self-indulgence, bad takes, racism in Hollywood, Spaghetti Westerns, historical context, and feet.

Plus, a book recommendation from friend of the show and Achewillow voice-of-reason, Amy Frost

Austin's Shout Out: The Truth About Obama's Painter

Phil's Shout Out: Last Podcast On The Left Episodes 147-149: Charles Manson (wherever you get podcasts)

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TRIGGER WARNING- this week's conversation contains discussion of suicide as depicted in the film Babylon

This week Aus and Phil return from their hiatus to explore the wild world of early Hollywood by breaking down 2022's Babylon. The guys talk about changing industries, depravity and the subcultures that make room for it, art for the masses, and elephant shit. It's truly a wild conversation that goes as many odd places as the movie it covers.

book adaptations, and how casting the right actors makes all the difference in conveying a film's meaning.

Austin's Shout Out: Florian Gadsby- ceramic potter

Phil's Shout Out: Local

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This week, Aus and Phil steal wi-fi from the Man so they can get their podcast uploaded in the name of fighting fascists and censorship... also they watched The Book Thief. The guys talk about the power of art, being the best version of oneself, book adaptations, and how casting the right actors makes all the difference in conveying a film's meaning.

Austin's Shout Out: Anne Marie- Psycho

Phil's Shout Out: Film Riot- Amazing Effects In Classic Movies

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This week, Austin and Phil fight fascism with art and brutality by calling out incels, trolls, and hatemongers as the petulant man babies that they are... but aside from what they do in their everyday lives, they also took time to review Quentin Tarantino's 2009 masterpiece Inglourious Basterds. The guys discuss the film's multiple points of view of Nazi occupation, art as a weapon against fascism, and great subtle performances holding their own against much bigger ones.

Plus, we review some feedback we got about recent episodes

Austin's Shout Out: LeGrand- "Indifferent"

Phil's Shout Out: Mad God

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Phil traded his car for a microphone so that he could record a podcast with Austin as soon as Aus was released from jail, so they got to work recording an episode whose monetization could save their local orphanage... naturally they landed on 1980's musical comedy The Blues Brothers as a subject. The guys discuss the movie as a musical gateway drug for Phil, Austin's confusion over the movie's tone early on, the state of SNL and its movie spinoffs, and Chicago as a movie setting.

Austin's Shout Out: The Raven Boys

Phil's Shout Out: Parker graphic novels by Darwyn Cooke

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This week Austin and Phil hit the airwaves with a podcast hosting bill they can't afford and a show doc they don't have and they're looking for adventure... to talk about. Luckily they have just the thing with Edgar Wright's 2017 action film Baby Driver. The guys briefly discuss the cancelled cast members of this production before getting into a conversation about choices and consequences, gross Oedipus complexes, Phil's undying love for Jon Hamm, music driving everything, and the Venn diagram overlap between Edgar Wright, Rian Johnson, and Wes Anderson.

Austin's Shout Out: A Sane and Reasonable Video About Avatar: the Way of Water

Phil's Shout Out: Confess, Fletch

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This week Austin and Phil do some serious day drinking and hatch a plot to pay their hosting fees by selling podcasts with forged signatures of their hosts, but run into a roadblock when they can't find a crayon to sign Joe Rogan's name with... They give up on their plan and watch Can You Ever Forgive Me as the second half of their double-feature with last week's I, Tonya. The guys talk about choices and consequences, vulnerability and hiding, friends who are bad for you, and taking shots at Tom Clancy.

Austin's Shout Out: Vox-Why We All Need Subtitles Now

Phil's Shout Out: TownLand-Honey On The HiFi

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The guys try a sport above their station in life this week as they take on discussions of cycles of abuse, class, and figure skating when they break down the 2017 sports biopic/crime story I, Tonya. All these issues dealt with in the movie get even more complicated when Aus and Phil discuss the humanizing of terrible people and the complications brought on by unreliable narrators. 

Austin's Shout Out: An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green

Phil's Shout Out: Adam Driver TED Talk

Aus and Phil try to work their way into a better class of podcasters by fighting their way to the top of the rankings and be among the podcasts full of greenhouses and sushi bars and raves... every time they've tried this before, they've failed because they couldn't take control of the search engine... this time will be different.

Ok, now that that joke has been run into the ground, the guys watched Snowpiercer this week and talk about classism.  Also, they discuss how this film complements last week's movie Bullet Train and how they go together as a double feature.

Austin's Shout Out: Snowpiercer comics

Phil's Shout Out: the music of Jeff Beck

Aus and Phil show their support for mass transit and high speed rail by hopping on 2022's Bullet Train. The guys talk about the value of a movie knowing what it is, stunt performers turned directors, and the lessons taught by Thomas the Tank Engine. All aboard for Season 6, our season of double features!

Phil's Shout Out: Flaked

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