The Reckless Musecast

In this episode, Ben and Joe talk about the new gay Star Wars show, The Acolyte; Ben talks about New Jersey's contributions to pop culture and the arts; and Ibram X. Kendi's wonderful fall from grace.

Also, check out Ben's article, "Everything You Love is Because of New Jersey," HERE.

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In this episode, Ben visits Joe in sunny Los Angeles! They talk about their favorite L.A. movies, L.A. culture, Troma movies, and debate about whether Leonardo DiCaprio is a good actor or not.

In this episode, Ben and Joe talk about Trump's recent conviction and its impact on culture; Harvard and Syracuse University's decisions to remain neutral on current events; and Kathleen Kennedy remarks on the response from "toxic" fans to Leslye Headland's new Star Wars show, The Acolyte.

In this episode, Ben and Joe talk about Francis Ford Coppola's latest passion project Megalopolis, as well as his history of passion projects; the passion projects that killed New Hollywood; and a dream movie about the Byzantine Empire.

In this episode, Ben and Joe talk about NYU's mandatory ethics homework for student protesters; Facebook and Nike DEI executive Barbara Furlow-Smiles' sentencing for stealing more than $5 million based on an elaborate scheme; and #Blockout2024, involving people blocking celebrities on social media for their silence on the war in Gaza.

In this episode, Ben and Joe talk about Deborah De Robertis' attempts to revive the MeToo movement by defacing Gustave Courbet’s painting "L’Origine du monde" ("The Origin of the World"); how modern activists generally suck; and the origin and meaning of the term "avant-garde."

In this episode, Ben and Joe talk about Alex Garland's Civil War; and discuss how the CIA secretly promoted American Abstract Expressionist art during the Cold War.

In this episode, Ben and Joe talk about the recent Gaza Strip protests at Ivy League universities and Google; and continue their Shed Selection series with 2009's Ink.