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Episode 15: Mom, I'm Dating Siri 1:08:54

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This week we're getting into the many absurdities of 2013's Spike Jonze directed AI romcom, Her. We discuss the technical problems with the film's depiction of AI, plus Stu educates Michael on the particulars of the non-vol-cel community, which he has, for some reason, researched extensively. We also spend a few minutes off the top riffing on Jerry…

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Episode 14: He's the Ghoul that's Kept it Together Best 58:07

10d ago58:07

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We're talking about Amazon Prime's new smash hit series Fallout. Along the way we touch on such subjects as Ridley Scott, 50's Nostalgia, Plato's Cave, Jerry Seinfeld's scintillating and brilliant new movie about snacks, as well as JRR Tolkien's alleged antipathy for Shakespeare. We also get into why this is such a successful adaptation of a video …

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Episode 13: "The Greatest Defeat in the History of the United States" 1:10:30

17d ago1:10:30

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We're promoting Stu's new book, Fernsehturm Berlin, a mix of memoir, historical imagination, and chaotic rumination this week while also discussing the dreaded Cuban Missile Crisis, the moment in the Cold War that perhaps brought us closest to nuclear armageddon. Was Curtis LeMay correct in his estimation that the resolution of this conflict was "t…

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Episode 12: Civil War 1:03:39

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We're back in the Alex Garland space, confronted, once again, by one of his ideology-free films. Civil War asks us to imagine an America that is UNDER SIEGE from internal forces...but does it, in any way, explain what is motivating those forces? Does the movie offer answers as to what might heal a similarly divided nation? Is the moral of the film …

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Episode 11: Ex Machina 1:02:02

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Is the AI apocalypse coming soon? Will our large language model chat bots soon...take over the world? Has artificial general intelligence come to bury us and not to praise us? This week we're discussing Alex Garland's 2014 AI-Frankenstein-gothic-horror-sci-fi, Ex Machina, in the hopes of getting to the bottom of the above questions and oh so much m…

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Episode 10: 3 Body Problem Season One 1:08:00

1M ago1:08:00

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We discuss the recent NYC EARTHQUAKE and the vertiginous thrills and community-building possibilities implicit in moments of seeming crisis before diving deep into Netflix's new television program, 3 Body Problem. Have the team of Weiss and Benioff redeemed themselves after the legendarily poor reception of the final season of Game of Thrones? Are …

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Episode 9: The Leftovers Season One 1:08:57

1M ago1:08:57

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This week the pod is looking at a television program we love, the first season of Damon Lindelof and Tom Perrotta's The Leftovers. We get into themes of religion, madness, and bureaucracy and how they manifest in response to the rapture-like event depicted in the series. Is the "sudden departure" more similar to perennial pod topics 9/11 or the pan…

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Episode 8: Dune 1:00:25

2M ago1:00:25

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It's Dune season and the pod is talking all things Arrakis. Covering both parts of Denis Villeneuve's epic adaptation, this episode explores various themes: resource management, intelligence agency witchcraft, the dangers of messianism, Frank Herbert's complicated politics, ecology, the rivalry of Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel, the despicableness of…

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Episode 7: Don't Look Up 56:49

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In this episode the pod plunges into the depths of Adam McKay's 2021 satire Don't Look Up. Is it the contemporary equivalent to the keen and biting satire of Dr. Strangelove? Does its central analogy between a comet strike and climate change make any sense at all? Is this the most annoying movie ever made? Plus we get into the (potential) end of a …

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Episode 6: Dr. Strangelove 1:07:48

2M ago1:07:48

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Michael and Stu discuss Stanley Kubrick's 1964 black comedy, Dr. Strangelove or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. Are the concerns of this film relevant to a contemporary audience? Have we left the frightening world of nuclear apocalypse behind? Were our childhoods shaped, in various ways, by the terrifying vision of this film? Do …

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Episode 5: Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus 1:17:50

2M ago1:17:50

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Michael and Stu discuss apocalyptic themes in Mary Shelley's genre-inventing science fiction classic, Frankenstein. Are we, as a society, on the verge of being overrun by monsters of our own making? Can we see Victor Frankenstein's creation as a metaphor for any of our current predicaments? Is Frankenstein's Monster the first emo kid? The answers t…

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Episode 4: Waterworld and The Postman 1:15:20

3M ago1:15:20

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In this episode we explore Kevin Costner's two 1990's post-apocalyptic outings, WATERWORLD and THE POSTMAN. Are they any good? No. Do they have an important message? Also no. But do they reveal something about what the apocalypse meant to mass culture in the years immediately following the end of the Cold War? You'll have to listen to find out! Spo…

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Episode 3: An Inconvenient Truth 1:18:40

3M ago1:18:40

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Michael and Stu dig into Davis Guggenheim's 2006 Al Gore-centric exploration of climate change, AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH. Has its truth become any more convenient? And what are we to make of its mercurial protagonist, the one-time future President of the United States? Answers to these questions and so much more can be found...in this very episode! ht…

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Episode 2: The Last of Us 1:05:18

3M ago1:05:18

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Michael and Stu discuss the pop culture phenomenon that is 2023's THE LAST OF US. Apocalyptic thinking INVADES prestige television drama and NOTHING will ever be the same. https://www.instagram.com/theendoftheworldwms/ https://youtube.com/@TheEndoftheWorldwMS?si=xmj-2e0s58JdN8-B https://linktr.ee/endoftheworldwithmichaelandstu…

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Episode 1: Arrival 1:00:37

3M ago1:00:37

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Michael and Stu discuss the 2016 film ARRIVAL. https://www.instagram.com/theendoftheworldwms/ https://youtube.com/@TheEndoftheWorldwMS?si=xmj-2e0s58JdN8-B https://linktr.ee/endoftheworldwithmichaelandstuAv The End of the World with Michael and Stu

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Episode 15: Mom, I'm Dating Siri 1:08:54

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Episode 14: He's the Ghoul that's Kept it Together Best 58:07

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Episode 13: "The Greatest Defeat in the History of the United States" 1:10:30

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Episode 12: Civil War 1:03:39

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Episode 11: Ex Machina 1:02:02

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Episode 10: 3 Body Problem Season One 1:08:00

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Episode 9: The Leftovers Season One 1:08:57

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Episode 8: Dune 1:00:25

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Episode 7: Don't Look Up 56:49

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Episode 6: Dr. Strangelove 1:07:48

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Episode 5: Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus 1:17:50

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Episode 4: Waterworld and The Postman 1:15:20

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Episode 3: An Inconvenient Truth 1:18:40

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Episode 2: The Last of Us 1:05:18

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Episode 1: Arrival 1:00:37

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