What's Interesting About...

What was supposed to be an episode on many different small subjects ended up just being Vivian and Aled (with an occasional Jonathon) chatting about gigs.

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The time has come for us to finally give our thoughts on My Octopus Teacher. Jonathon, Aled and Vivian disect the documentary, including discussions on toxic masculinity, human's capacity to colonialise the environment, and whether or not that dude got a little too friendly with that octopus.

This week, Aled shares his love for the Muppets with Vivian and Jonathon. We talk about how puppets are nostalgic, the importance of the Christmas Carol in British households, and Aled talks about Rainbow Connection for a solid four minutes.

This week, Aled Thomas, Jonathon O'Donnell and Vivian Asimos chat about Guillermo del Toro's 2006 film Pan's Labyrinth. We talk about disobedience, animatronics vs CGI, and discuss how the true monster in our world is the white patriarchy.

Today, Aled Thomas, Jonathon O'Donnell and Vivian Asimos chat about the documentary Searching for Sugarman, available through Amazon. Vivian and Aled may have a little disagreement, but through the discussion we can get at the heart of what we can find interesting about the Sugarman.

In this episode, Aled Thomas, Jonathon O'Donnell and Vivian Asimos chat about Nintendo's Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. We focus in on how the Great Plateau functions as a great video game tutorial, and how Breath of the Wild is a beautiful depiction of a nature-filled post-apocalyptic world.

In this episode of What's Interesting About, Vivian Asimos brings the topic back to reality television as she, Aled Thomas and Jonathon O'Donnell discuss why Love Island is so interesting. We talk about the sociological and anthropological viewings of Love Island, discuss lad culture, and talk about the interesting aspect of the audience lens.

This week, Aled, Jonathon and Vivian chat everything interesting about Lil Nas X's music video Montero (Call Me By Your Name). We chat about why it's interesting that a gay rapper gives Satan a lap dance, talk about the deeper meaning to the music video, and learn about the history of seeing demons and Satan as powerful.

This week, Vivian, Jonathon and Aled chat everything interesting about Good Omens, originally a book written by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. We focus our discussion on the Amazon Prime television show, however. We chat about the relationship between Aziraphale and Crowley, and Jonathon teaches us about the history of corporate Heaven.

Vivian, Aled and Jonathon talk the Bernie Sanders meme from Januaray 2021. We talk about why memes work, and how complicated they are as a form of storytelling. We also discuss the power of the underdog, and the way younger generations turn to lesser-known older people to communicate their ideas.