EP15: Akira

In which Cass and Alex discuss Akira, directed by Katsuhiro Otomo and produced by Tokyo Movie Shinsha.

Discussed: whether we are more jerks together than we are apart, pure experience, identity theft, adult babies, how much fucking money japan had in the 80s, the far off future year of 2019, harvey birdman looking at calendar dot jpg, the box art for streets of rage, the fundamental dishonesty of 80s nostalgia, 1812 nostalgia, going to war with canada, the black plague, the insane clown posse, a death grips/akira mashup that cass made like five years ago, muppet babies donald trump, what if donald trump got into the machine from the fly with a rat, if a grapefruit was a person, incel kaneda, volcel kaneda, the surgery that gives you a galaxy brain, lying on the floor face down with your titties out, the #resistance, crashing your dead friend's bike into a wall, everyone comes in for a huge party, what it all means, Michel Foucault, biopolitics, biopower, Achille Mbembe, necropolitics, cass trying to explain necropolitics while incredibly distracted by a wisdom tooth abscess, Help! The Military-Industrial Complex Made Me Into A Gross Flesh Mass!, facts not caring about your feelings, Richard Feynman, worrying about whether or not you could before you worry about whether or not you should, living in a society, The Evangelion Extended Universe, Tetsujin 28-Go, The House That Anno Built

Cass's book recommendation: Angels in America by Tony Kushner (Millennium Approaches, Perestroika)

Alex's book recommendation: Unclay by T.F. Powys

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