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Kathryn Bigelow Part 2 1:47:44

6d ago1:47:44

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We're back for part 2 of our Kathryn Bigelow theatrical retrospective! Things get a little heated on this episode with divided opinions between Steven, Benjamin and Sean as we discuss a more drama-focused and historically themed selection of movies from our beloved Bigelow, including; The Weight of Water (2000), K-19: The Widowmaker (2002), The Hur…

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Inside the Mind of a Cult Expert - Decult takeover - Ulrike Schiesser 31:42

5d ago31:42

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In this special episode Scott Homan sits down with Austrian cult expert and professional skeptic Ulrike Schiesser as part of our Decult Takeover series, in support of the upcoming Decult Cult Awareness Conference. Ulrike, a psychologist and psychotherapist working at the Federal Office for Cult Affaires (Bundesstelle für Sektenfragen) in Austria, h…

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Investigative Journalist on Jehovah’s Witness Shunning & Ongoing Abuse 24:10

6d ago24:10

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Anusha Bradley, a renowned investigative journalist at Radio New Zealand, discusses her in-depth reporting on Jehovah’s Witness shunning—a practice that has caused widespread emotional abuse among those who leave the faith or are disfellowshipped, officially kicked out. Anusha Bradley will also be leading a panel at the upcoming Decult Cult Awarene…

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Assessing Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris’ Economic Policy Proposals Interview with Matt Bruenig, president of People’s Policy Project, a left-wing think tank, conducted by Scott Harris 25:58

2d ago25:58

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Matt Bruenig discusses the important issues examined in his recent article, “Our Verdict on Kamala Harris’s New Plans,” and issues related to economic policies being debated by Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump in the 2024 election campaign.Av Scott Harris

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Trump-Backed Election Board Issues New Rules that Could Sow Certification Chaos Interview with Greg Palast, investigative journalist and director of the film “Vigilante Inc.: America's New Vote Suppression ... 13:39

6d ago13:39

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Greg Palast talks about Georgia’s five-member state election board, dominated by MAGA election deniers, which adopted new rules raising alarm about the potential for confusion and interference in the election certification process this November, examined his article, “Prepare for November’s Quiet Coup.” Palast is also the New York Times best-sellin…

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Trump’s Racism is the Primary Driver of Voter Support Interview with James Risen, a best-selling author and former New York Times reporter, conducted by Scott Harris 15:14

6d ago15:14

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James Risen will discuss the important issues of race and racism in the 2024 election campaign examined in his recent Intercept article, “Racism Is Why Trump is so Popular,” where he argues: “Trump’s popularity with his base isn’t the result of economic anxiety, as many claimed in 2016. It’s about race and demographics.” Risen is The Intercept’s se…

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Coalition Demands US News Media Aggressively Cover Election Campaign Threats to Democracy Interview with Nora Benavidez, senior counsel and director of digital justice and civil rights with the media democracy ... 21:56

6d ago21:56

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Nora Benavidez talks about the coalition led by Free Press calling on corporate media outlets to report on rising authoritarianism and threats to democracy during the 2024 election campaign, covering six practices the media should adhere to during moments of crisis.Av Scott Harris

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The World’s at a Crossroads on Our Climate Future: Apocalypse or Utopia Interview with Brian Tokar, activist, author and board member of the Institute for Social Ecology, conducted by Scott Harris 16:15

6d ago16:15

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Brian Tokar discusses his article “Movements for Climate Action: Toward Utopia or Apocalypse?” which examines the climate crisis and how we can chart a new path to a future that is not only sustainable but better than the way we currently live and interact with technology. Tokar will be addressing this topic at Hamden, Connecticut’s Unitarian Socie…

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New Book Warns Voters that 2024 is “The Inflection Election: Democracy or Fascism” Interview with Mark Green, former two term New York City Public Advocate and author or editor of twenty six books on U ... 29:21

6d ago29:21

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Mark Green talks about his newest book titled, “The Inflection Election: Democracy or Fascism in 2024,” which warns Americans that this November will be a choice between a Party of Progress and a Party of Dangerous Extremism that may determine the path for American governance for generations.Av Scott Harris

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Common Cause Protecting 2024 Election Against Multiple GOP Threats Interview with Jay Young, executive director of Common Cause Illinois, and Cheri Quikmeyer, executive director of Common Cause Connecticut ... 18:00

6d ago18:00

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Jay Young and Cheri Quikmeyer discuss the work Common Cause is doing on election protection, i.e. addressing voter suppression, mass purges of the voting rolls, intimidation of poll workers, GOP election deniers’ threats to delay certification of vote totals and thus sow chaos, and the group’s recruitment of volunteers to be poll watchers.…

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Donald Trump’s Repeated Stochastic Terrorism Now Targets Haitian Immigrants Interview with Wajahat Ali, creator of Left Hook sub stack, co-host of The Democracy-Ish podcast and author, conducted by Scott ... 27:22

6d ago27:22

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Wajahat Ali discusses the presidential debate and election campaign, with a focus on Trump’s threat to democracy, his demonization of immigrants and white supremacist rhetoric and action, as well as corporate media’s skewed election coverage. Ali is also author of “Go Back to Where You Came From: And Other Helpful Recommendations on How to Become A…

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Corporate Media ‘Sanewashing’ Trump’s Obvious Cognitive Decline Interview with Parker Malloy, publisher of the Present Age newsletter, media critic and former editor- at-large at Media Matters for America ... 18:58

6d ago18:58

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Parker Malloy discusses her critique of corporate media for “sanewashing” Trump’s often unhinged and incoherent speeches and interviews — as well as soft-pedaling or sanitizing Trump and Vance’s advocacy of disturbing policies such as Trump’s ‘violent day’ of policing that will end crime, the lie that Democrats advocate the killing of babies after …

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US Media Sanitizes US Role in Israel’s Brutal Gaza War Interview with Norman Solomon, co-founder of RootsAction.org and executive director of the Institute for Public Accuracy, conducted by Scott Harris ... 27:19

6d ago27:19

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Norman Solomon talks about his latest book, “War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine,” with a just published revised edition that includes a new afterword on the Gaza War. On the one year anniversary of the October 7th Hamas attack on Israel, he’ll examine the Biden administration’s unconditional support for Isr…

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Escaping Utopia - Gloriavale Leavers' Support Trust - Decult 34:04

7d ago34:04

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In this special episode of the Decult Takeover Series, I’m joined by Liz Gregory, the founder of the Gloriavale Leavers' Support Trust, who plays a crucial role in helping survivors of the notorious Gloriavale Christian Community in New Zealand. Liz and her work are featured in the new film Escaping Utopia, and in this interview, she delves deep in…

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Sarah Kendzior (best-selling author, journalist) interviewed by WPKN's Brendan Toller 48:44

3d ago48:44

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Sarah Kendzior discusses the current state of affairs ahead of the 2024 U.S. Election. https://sarahkendzior.substack.com/ SARAH KENDZIOR BIO I am the bestselling author of THE VIEW FROM FLYOVER COUNTRY (2018), HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT (2020), and THEY KNEW (2022). My next book, THE LAST AMERICAN ROAD TRIP, will come out in 2025. From 2018 until 2013,…

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Cult Chat | Centrepoint Restoration | Decult Cult Awareness Conference 32:40

8d ago32:40

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Join us for an illuminating episode of our Decult Takeover series in support of the Decult Cult Awareness Conference! We’re honored to have Doctor Caroline Ansley, a Christchurch, New Zealand-based medical doctor and co-host of the Cult Chat Podcast, as our special guest. Dr. Ansley is the visionary founder of the Centrepoint Restoration Project an…

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Excommunicated LGBT Exclusive Brethren - Decult Cult Awareness Conference 28:35

9d ago28:35

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In this special episode, I sit down with Craig Hoyle, an LGBT+ author, journalist, and religious refugee from Auckland, who will be speaking at the Decult Cult Awareness Conference in Christchurch. Craig's powerful personal story, as told in his book Excommunicated: A Multigenerational Story of Leaving the Exclusive Brethren, sheds light on the tra…

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Kicked out of religion - social punishment - Decult Cult Awareness 19:59

9d ago19:59

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We’re excited to announce that Lindy Jacomb will be one of the speakers at Decult Cult Awareness Conference 2024! Lindy co-hosts the Cult Chat Podcast and runs the Olive Leaf Network, an organization dedicated to providing aid and advocacy for former members of high-demand religious groups. Lindy herself is a religious refugee, having been kicked o…

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Trump Has Made Immigration a Toxic Issue in Election 2024, Interview with Dulce Guzmán, executive director of Alianza Americas, conducted by Scott Harris 16:30

5d ago16:30

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Dulce Guzmán discusses how the issue of immigration is being debated by the candidates and covered by the news media in the 2024 presidential election, with a focus on Donald Trump’s demonization of immigrants stoking hate and fear, and an assessment of Vice President Kamala Harris’ stated policies on immigration, with a review of her recent trip t…

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Georgia GOP Election Deniers Working to Sabotage 2024 Election, Interview with Julie Houk, managing counsel for election protection at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, conducted by Scott ... 19:00

10d ago19:00

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Julie Houk talks about her group’s work in Georgia, including the filing of a lawsuit to bar enforcement of provisions in a new Georgia law that would permit baseless mass challenges to large swaths of eligible voters, and concern about new rules issued by Georgia’s election board requiring a hand count of Election Day ballots that could cause a co…

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Trump’s Abortion Ban is Now Literally Killing Women 7:24

9d ago7:24

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Between The Lines’ Scott Harris spoke with Amy Littlefield, abortion access correspondent with The Nation magazine, who talks about her recent article, “An Abortion Ban Killed Amber Thurman—and Likely Many More,” with a focus on how these deaths may carry political consequences in this year’s presidential and congressional election.…

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Tidings from Hazel Kahan: Moral injury and sharing responsibility for war’s consequences 29:30

13d ago29:30

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Chris Antal, Staff Chaplain and Dr. Peter Yeomans, Staff Psychologist at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Philadelphia talk about understanding the suffering of moral injury among U.S. combat-deployed Veterans and their facilitation of a 12-week Moral Injury Group and Community Healing Ceremony in which Veterans’ burdens are shared by the…

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Tidings from Hazel Kahan: Robert Massoud tells the story of Palestine through Zatoun’s olive oil 29:30

10d ago29:30

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Robert Massoud, Palestinian founder of the Zatoun organization, speaking to us from Toronto about the twenty years he has spent telling the story of Palestine through its olive oil, without being silenced by politicians and media.(First broadcast on WPKN on September 13, 2023.)Av WPKN

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Tidings from Hazel Kahan: Yumna Patel analyzes Israel's 2023 assault on the Jenin refugee camp 29:30

10d ago29:30

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Yumna Patel, Palestine News Director for Mondoweiss, reports from Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank about the significance for Palestinians of last week’s military assault on the Jenin refugee camp. In this reporting, she covers the effect on Palestinian youth of the Palestine Authority’s inability to protect them and what “Gazafication” means fo…

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Tidings from Hazel Kahan: Dr. Yara Asi asks how can we measure Gaza’s trauma? 29:30

10d ago29:30

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Dr. Yara Asi, author and assistant professor at the University of Central Florida, where she studies physical and mental health in conflict-affected and fragile populations. Born in Palestine, Dr. Asi is the author of How War Kills; The Overlooked Threats to our Healthand a New York Times opinion piece titled Gaza is showing us we need new tools to…

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Tidings from Hazel Kahan: Jeff Halper on Israel’s weaponization of humiliation 29:29

10d ago29:29

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Jeff Halper is an Israeli-American anthropologist, author, lecturer, and political activist has lived in Israel since 1973. He is the Director of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions and a co-founder of The One Democratic State Campaign. A Jewish Israeli, Jeff speak to us from Jerusalem about Israel’s entrenched use of humiliation to con…

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Steve Wick, author and journalist, on uncovering the truth and telling the whole story 29:29

10d ago29:29

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Steve Wick, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, journalist, formerly of Newsday and more recently editor of the Suffolk Times, talks about his earlier work, two new upcoming books, the importance of local journalism and emphasizes that, “if you want to get the present right, you have to get the past right” which means, he says, uncovering the truth and …

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Kathryn Bigelow Part 1 2:02:00

20d ago2:02:00

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It's Steven's choice for our latest director deep-dive and this time he has picked Kathryn Bigelow! With numerous accolades to her name, a filmography that runs the gamut from iconic cult horror to Oscar winning war drama, and one of the finest action directors of a generation, Bigelow has long been a high ranking filmmaker for the three of us at F…

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Assembling Tomorrow: A Guide to Designing a Thriving Future - SCOTT DOORLEY & CARISSA CARTER - Highlights

25d ago

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How can we design and adapt for the uncertainties of the 21st century? How do emotions shape our decisions and the way we design the world around us? Scott Doorley is the Creative Director at Stanford's d. school and coauthor of Make Space: How to Set the Stage for Creative Collaboration. He teaches design communication and his work has been featur…

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Can Design Save the World? - SCOTT DOORLEY & CARISSA CARTER - Co-authors of Assembling Tomorrow - Directors of Stanford’s d.School

25d ago

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How can we design and adapt for the uncertainties of the 21st century? How do emotions shape our decisions and the way we design the world around us? Scott Doorley is the Creative Director at Stanford's d. school and coauthor of Make Space: How to Set the Stage for Creative Collaboration. He teaches design communication and his work has been featur…

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How Can Museums Stay Relevant & Engage with Communities? - Highlights - STEPHEN REILY

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How can museums remain relevant in the digital age, where visual imagery is more accessible than ever? What role do museums play in fostering creativity and innovation in their communities? Stephen Reily is the Founding Director of Remuseum, an independent research project housed at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas. F…

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The Future of Museums - STEPHEN REILY, Founding Director of Remuseum on Transforming Cultural Spaces

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How can museums remain relevant in the digital age, where visual imagery is more accessible than ever? What role do museums play in fostering creativity and innovation in their communities? Stephen Reily is the Founding Director of Remuseum, an independent research project housed at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas. F…

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How Our Brains Choose What to Learn & Navigate Uncertainty - Highlights - JACQUELINE GOTTLIEB

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What ignites curiosity in humans? How does our brain select things we need to know and ignore what isn’t essential? How does our perception shape what we know about the world? Dr. Jacqueline Gottlieb is a Professor of Neuroscience and Principal Investigator at Columbia University’s Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute. Dr. Gottlieb studies the m…

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Curiosity, Cognition & Creativity with Neuroscientist DR. JACQUELINE GOTTLIEB

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What ignites curiosity in humans? How does our brain select things we need to know and ignore what isn’t essential? How does our perception shape what we know about the world? Dr. Jacqueline Gottlieb is a Professor of Neuroscience and Principal Investigator at Columbia University’s Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute. Dr. Gottlieb studies the m…

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Sc-Fi Part 7 - All Them Punks 57:28

2M ago57:28

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Steven, Benjamin and Sean conclude their look at science fiction subgenres with an examination of the bizarre fascination with placing the noun ‘punk’ after various technological descriptors to create a subgenre within a subgenre for seemingly no other reason than superficial aesthetics. While Sean and Benjamin can barely contain their disdain for …

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How can journalism make people care about crises & create solutions? - Highlights - NICHOLAS KRISTOF

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How can journalism make people care and bring about solutions? What role does storytelling play in shining a light on injustice and crises and creating a catalyst for change? Nicholas D. Kristof is a two-time Pulitzer-winning journalist and Op-ed columnist for The New York Times, where he was previously bureau chief in Hong Kong, Beijing, and Tokyo…

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Chasing Hope: A Reporter's Life w/ Pulitzer Prize-winning Journalist NICHOLAS KRISTOF

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How can journalism make people care and bring about solutions? What role does storytelling play in shining a light on injustice and crises and creating a catalyst for change? Nicholas D. Kristof is a two-time Pulitzer-winning journalist and Op-ed columnist for The New York Times, where he was previously bureau chief in Hong Kong, Beijing, and Tokyo…

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Alien: Romulus movie review 1:36:48

2M ago1:36:48

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For the second time this year, the Film Utopia Podcast breaks from its traditional show format of legacy movie coverage to discuss Alien: Romulus, the latest film in the long-running Alien franchise. Hot on the heels of an impressive opening weekend, the Fede Alvarez helmed entry is certainly making waves; both financially and critically. But opini…

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Natural Magic: Emily Dickinson, Charles Darwin, and the Dawn of Modern Science with RENÉE BERGLAND

2M ago

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How do the works of Emily Dickinson and Charles Darwin continue to influence our understanding of nature, ecological interdependence, and the human experience? How does understanding history help us address current social and environmental issues. How can dialogues between the arts and sciences foster holistic, sustainable solutions to global crise…

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Sci-Fi Part 6 - Alien Contact 1:29:14

2M ago1:29:14

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On the penultimate episode of our science fiction subgenres series, we discuss all things alien invasion, contact with other worlds and alien abduction stories in movies; including some literary influences to the world of cinema. Join us as we talk our way through the early days of the genre in the 1950s and 1960s with the likes of The Day the Eart…

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It's a Body Swap, but for Sisterhood! 1:08:46

2M ago1:08:46

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When the world is on fire, sometimes you take a break from podcasting, while other times you make wishes on shooting stars to swap lives with your sister - because she's gotta have it better than you, right? In this episode, we discuss Wish Upon a Star (1996), increasingly puritanical media, genuinely gross character quirks, and more! This episode …

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