Did I ever tell you how I got these scars? Oh, that’s a different movie? Ok yea we knew that.

Using the power of anthropology, psychoanalysis, Erving Goffman’s social theory, and their big ol’ brains, Lana and Woody figure out what this movie “The Joker” is really about. Spoiler alert: it’s not about incels.

Theme song by Sun Kin https://spoti.fi/33m0C83

Sound mixing by Olaf Woldan 

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An episode without a theme? How delightfully droll! How will our heroes fill an hour when they have nothing prepared but their own genius minds? Would you believe it’s mostly by talking about some dead white guy? Because yea this episode accidentally got hijacked by--

What is the spirit of history? Why are we only free inside the constraint of law? Tune in to hear these extremely complicated concepts explained by two people who have read exactly one chapter of Hegel. 

Theme song by Sun Kin: https://t.co/gldIbCMD8V

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Imagine a world where everything your body needs is pumped into your mouth paste form by some sort of Amazon drone. Wow! You could really get a lot of work done with all your extra time. In a follow up to “An Amazing Opportunity!: MLMs, Capitalism, & Religion”—we use the anthropology of food and psychoanalysis to discover what’s REALLY in those Herbalife shakes. 

It’s me: someone you went to high school with whose life has taken some TURNS and I want to help you be your own boss! Let me just say right off the. At that this is NOT a scam, once you get 4 to 5 people working under you you will be making real MONEY. 

Just kidding, it’s us. In this ep we look at Multi-Level Marketing schemes through the lens of Durkheim’s “Elementary Forms of Religious Life” and discover that capitalism has all the hallmarks of a religion. It’s good stuff, folks.

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A continuation on our Online Dating episode. 

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Is it the globalists? The New World Order? Bilderberg Group? CIA? FBI? No! It’s us, Woody and Lana, your beloved Trash Talks hosts, and this week were talking conspiracy theories. Why do we love them and what are they doing to our minds? Bust out your big wall of pictures and get ready to start connecting them with strings because we’re gonna bust this whole thing WIDE open.

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This week we crack open some white claws and discuss the following: What kind of self does the dating app assume and construct? What genre is the dating profile? What are the semiotics of your tinder photos? Why do we even use dating apps in the first place? Dating talk starts about 30 minutes in, folks!

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Self care: is it good or bad? Would you be surprised to find out the answer is BOTH? Is that not a satisfying answer? Well just listen, we promise we really tease it apart good in this one. Also reality isn’t black and white; it’s social actually (that’s in the episode too). Pour a glass of water, turn off Netflix and treat yourself to some gotdang discourse, you turkey! You’ll be glad you did.

Articles:

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-politics-of-selfcare

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/10/fashion/post-election-anxiety-self-care.html?_r=0

https://qz.com/834607/the-rise-of-donald-trump-demands-a-new-kind-of-self-care/

What would Lacan say about anime profile pictures? Why do we engage in self-help? Is self-help a neoliberal grift? What are the connections between religion, philosophy, and politics? What is progress fetishism? 

Hold on to your wallets kids, today we’re critiquing self-help. 

Your last two brain cells discussing Lacan (Part 2 of Semiotics)