Ghost Divers
109 episodes - English - Latest episode: 13 days ago - ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsDive into the ghosts of old anime to discuss film and narrative theory, politics, and queerness in a biweekly show hosted by Connor and Niamh.
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[S14E17] NANA, chs. 66–69 + Takumi
April 12, 2024 12:00 - 4 hours - 236 MB0:08:21 Synopses 0:16:42 Chapter 66 discussion 0:51:46 Chapter 67 discussion 1:13:51 Chapter 68 discussion 1:54:20 Chapter 69 discussion 2:32:51 Takumi discussion 4:09:29 Plugs and outro 3:45: Post-ED chat OP: "My Funny Valentine" by Buck-Tick ED: "I'm addicted to you" by Anna Tsuchiya Write into our Question Bucket at [email protected] and follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) ...
[S14E16] NANA, chs. 62–65
March 29, 2024 12:00 - 3 hours - 212 MB0:07:48: Synopses 0:18:04: Chapter 62 discussion 1:08:28 Chapter 63 discussion 1:50:30 Chapter 64 discussion 2:33:49 Chapter 65 discussion 3:33:11 Plugs and outro 3:45:33 Post-ED chat OP: "Your Guitar" by Shonen Knife ED: "What to say" by Aiha Higurashi Write into our Question Bucket at [email protected] and follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) or @...
[S14E15] NANA, chs. 58–61 + Nobu
March 15, 2024 12:01 - 4 hours - 218 MB0:06:57 Synopses 0:20:38 Chapter 58 discussion 1:31:20 Chapter 59 discussion 2:15:37 Chapter 60 discussion 2:38:30 Chapter 61 discussion 3:00:20 Nobu discussion 3:44:29 Plugs and outro 4:03:29 Post-ED chat OP: "Sweet Christmas" by Shonen Knife ED: "As long as we're together" by Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her Write into our Question Bucket at [email protected] and follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twit...
[S14E14] NANA, chs. 54–57
March 01, 2024 13:01 - 4 hours - 220 MB0:05:29 Synopses 0:20:31 Chapter 54 discussion 1:19:13 Chapter 55 discussion 2:01:17 Chapter 56 discussion 2:52:16 Chapter 57 discussion 3:38:11 Plugs and outro 3:48:03 Post-ED chat OP: "Don't leave me" by Teengenerate ED: "Sea me (English version)" by Olivia Lufkin Write into our Question Bucket at [email protected] and follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Connor: @rabbleais (...
[S14E13] NANA, chs. 50–53
February 16, 2024 13:01 - 3 hours - 183 MB0:04:32 Synopses 0:15:32 Chapter 50 discussion 0:59:01 Chapter 51 discussion 1:41:06 Chapter 52 discussion 2:28:39 Chapter 53 discussion 3:00:05 Plugs and outro 3:13:12 Post-ED chat OP: "Eyes for the Moon" by Mika Nakashima ED: "get out from the shell -asian version" by L'Arc~en~Ciel Write into our Question Bucket at [email protected] and follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) C...
[S14E12] NANA, chs. 46–49
February 02, 2024 13:00 - 3 hours - 210 MB0:11:38 Synopses 0:17:29 Chapter 46 discussion 1:22:38 Chapter 47 discussion 2:06:34 Chapter 48 discussion 2:57:37 Chapter 49 discussion 3:29:01 Plugs and outro 3:38:03 Post-ED chat OP: "Cinderellalize" by LOVES. ED: "Take Me Home" by Aiha Higurashi Write into our Question Bucket at [email protected] and follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) or @rab...
[S14E11] NANA, chs. 42–45
January 19, 2024 13:00 - 3 hours - 186 MB0:04:12 Looking back on the arcs so far as we move into a new narrative arc 0:28:06 Synopses 0:39:10 Chapter 42 discussion 1:29:53 Chapter 43 discussion 2:12:14 Chapter 44 discussion 2:31:54 Chapter 45 discussion 3:07:14 Plugs and outro 3:15:36 Post-ED chat OP: "Old Fashioned Love Song" by Sheena & the Rokkets ED: "I'm Your Girl" by Aiha Higurashi Write into our Question Bucket at [email protected] and follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdiver...
[S14E10] NANA, chs. 37–41
January 05, 2024 13:00 - 3 hours - 217 MB0:06:35 Discussing the image of the moon in NANA 0:18:44 Synopses 0:27:54 Chapter 37 discussion 1:07:54 Chapter 38 discussion 1:33:19 Chapter 39 discussion 2:20:43 Chapter 40 discussion 2:58:41 Chapter 41 discussion 3:39:26 Plugs and outro 3:48:56 Post-ED chat OP: "Under the Moonlight" by Buck-Tick ED: "If It Is the Deep Sea, I Can See You There" by Melt-Banana Write into our Question Bucket at [email protected] and follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter)...
The Third Annual New Year's Special: Cromartie High — The Movie
January 01, 2024 06:00 - 3 hours - 202 MBHappy New Year! Will you feel a little better about our little prank if I tell you that not only are we doing Barry Lyndon on Stairwells next week but ALSO Niamh finished recording this episode, went to bed, and then woke up to a day of nothing but fever dreams and sweating through faer sheets? Trust us, it's better this way. Barry Lyndon deserves better than being the afterthought at the end of one of these specials. 0:34:02 Show rankings 1:35:08 OP bracket 1:52:19 ED bracket 2:13:58 ...
[S14E9] NANA, chs. 33–36
December 22, 2023 13:00 - 3 hours - 202 MB0:24:08 Synopses 0:34:01 Chapter 33 discussion 1:31:40 Chapter 34 discussion 2:10:03 Chapter 35 discussion 2:47:48 Chapter 36 discussion 3:17:43 Plugs and outro 3:29:25 Post-ED chat OP: "Star" by Shonen Knife ED: "Do I love you enough?" by Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her Write into our Question Bucket at [email protected] and follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Connor: @ra...
[S14E8] NANA, chs. 29–32 + Naoki
December 08, 2023 13:00 - 3 hours - 196 MB0:16:26 Synopses 0:30:50 Chapter 29 discussion 1:32:02 Chapter 30 discussion 2:02:14 Chapter 31 discussion 2:22:02 Chapter 32 discussion 2:48:08: Naoki discussion 3:16:51 Plugs and outro 3:22:09 Post-ED chat OP: "Drive a car" by Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her ED: "Touch my lips" by The Girl. Write into our Question Bucket at [email protected] and follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomni...
New Year's Special Announcement + Bonus Early Release: Pondering Pootan with Ajishio Taro & Hachimitsu Boy, Chapter Seventy-Four: Train in Vain
November 29, 2023 13:00 - 43 minutes - 38.7 MBHello fellow divers! We are planning to record the New Year's Special on December 9, 2023, so that is also the deadline for emails! If you have any questions for us about the show in general, our past year of ghost diving, or Barry Lyndon, please send them to [email protected]! If you want to submit your predictions for the OP and ED brackets, go to challonge.com/diveyop2024 and challonge.com/diveyed2024. Also enjoy this episode of our other show, Pondering Pootan with Ajishio Taro ...
[S14E7] NANA, chs. 25–28
November 24, 2023 13:00 - 3 hours - 191 MB0:07:26 Synopses 0:13:07 Chapter 25 discussion 1:08:04 Chapter 26 discussion 1:48:14 Chapter 27 discussion 2:27:10 Chapter 28 discussion 3:06:01 Plugs and outro 3:14:42 Post-ED chat OP: "Motor psycho" by Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her ED: "Akai ito" by Logiq Write into our Question Bucket at [email protected] and follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Connor: @rabbleais (twi...
[S14E6] NANA, chs. 19–24
November 10, 2023 13:00 - 4 hours - 231 MB"It felt like I was going to disappear into the 4-hour podcast..." 0:13:17 Synopses 0:26:21 Chapter 19 discussion 1:10:01 Chapter 20 discussion 1:44:21 Chapter 21 discussion 2:07:33 Chapter 22 discussion 2:40:15 Chapter 23 discussion 3:06:31 Chapter 24 discussion 3:46:10 Plugs and outro 3:58:00 Post-ED chat OP: "Hide & seek" by LOVES. ED: "A rhythm like my heartbeat" by Aiha Higurashi Write into our Question Bucket at [email protected] and follow us on Twitter! The Show: ...
[S14E5] NANA, chs. 13–18
October 27, 2023 12:00 - 3 hours - 196 MBWhy does Trapnest take over everything important in my life? Write into our Question Bucket at [email protected] and follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) or @rabbleais (cohost) Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long ...
[S14E4] NANA, chs. 7–12
October 13, 2023 12:00 - 4 hours - 232 MBThe hand I was holding then was the only one I wanted to hold that night… and forever... Write into our Question Bucket at [email protected] and follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) or @rabbleais (cohost) Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornate...
[S14E3] NANA, chs. 1–6
September 29, 2023 12:00 - 2 hours - 160 MBHey Nana... 'member when we first met? Write into our Question Bucket at [email protected] and follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) or @rabbleais (cohost) Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping....
[S14E2] NANA, Nana K. and Nana O.
September 15, 2023 12:00 - 2 hours - 143 MBWe discuss the first volume of NANA comprising of the original one-shot stories. 0:09:39: Komatsu Nana one-shot 1:23:30: Ōsaki Nana one-shot Write into our Question Bucket at [email protected] and follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) or @rabbleais (cohost) Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: export...
[S14E1] Intro to NANA
September 01, 2023 12:00 - 58 minutes - 53.4 MBDive into NANA! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) or @rabbleais (cohost) Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Release Schedule [S14E1] Intr...
[S13E5] Question Bucket: Is Yayoi bucatini?
August 18, 2023 12:00 - 2 hours - 142 MB01:56:14: Time stamp to skip the Madoka Magica and Fate/Zero spoilers You can write into future Question Buckets at [email protected] and don’t forget to follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire...
[S13E4] Psycho-Pass, eps. 17–22
August 04, 2023 12:00 - 3 hours - 188 MBNote: In support of the ongoing strikes in Hollywood and the guidance released by SAG-AFTRA regarding rewatch and companion podcasts, we have decided to postpone coverage of Psycho-Pass: The Movie until the strike resolves. We will be back in two weeks with the Question Bucket for Psycho-Pass instead. If you have questions for us, please email them in this week. Thank you! 00:20:38: Synopses for episodes 17–22 00:55:33: Discussion for episodes 17–22 03:05:42: Post-ED discussion (content w...
[S13E3] Psycho-Pass, eps. 9–16
July 21, 2023 12:00 - 3 hours - 200 MB00:23:57: Discussion for episodes 9–11 01:14:08: Discussion for episodes 12 & 13 01:53:12: Discussion for episodes 14–16 Write into our Question Bucket at [email protected] and follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abn...
[S13E2] Psycho-Pass, eps. 1–8
July 07, 2023 12:00 - 3 hours - 215 MB00:22:41: Discussion for episodes 1–3 01:20:18: Discussion for episodes 4 & 5 02:11:26: Discussion for episodes 6–8 Write into our Question Bucket at [email protected] and follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormal...
[S13E1] Intro to Psycho-Pass
June 23, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 79.1 MBDive into Psycho-Pass! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) or @rabbleais (cohost) Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Release Schedule [S1E1...
[S12E10] Question Bucket: There's a lot of porn of Lucario and I think Naze is down with that
June 09, 2023 12:00 - 3 hours - 203 MBOur bucket is overflowing with questions this week! Thank you to everyone who wrote in. We try to get right to the emails... but end up talking about overall feelings on the show for a while first... Anyway, we have a good mix of serious questions and jokey ones and have fun bouncing between discussions about the pain of childhood and jokes about Pokémon. You can write into future Question Buckets at [email protected] and don’t forget to follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdivers...
[S12E9] Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, eps. 45–50
May 26, 2023 12:00 - 3 hours - 211 MBTopics discussed: Once again Niamh has not been able to finish the notes in time. Expect them sometime this weekend. Sorry! Write into our Question Bucket at [email protected] and follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) or @rabbleais (cohost) Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Orn...
[S12E8] Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, eps. 39–44
May 12, 2023 12:00 - 3 hours - 195 MBTopics discussed: Revealed Intentions; the people making IBO love Victory Gundam; how to say Dáinsleif; someone really needed to warn all these characters about death flagging; Iok Kujan continues to survive out of pure stupidity; Hush’s anime rival to gofer lackey arc; the Dáinsleif as an escalation of medieval warfare into modern weaponry; Gjallarhorn’s relationship to myth and history and the original stopping on history and arresting of society into a static structure; the Old Norse lege...
[S12E7] Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, eps. 33–38
April 28, 2023 12:00 - 3 hours - 215 MBTopics discussed: Iok is a Jerid; Vidar, Gaelio, Ein, and the Norse god of vengeance; the myth of Ragnarök and its significance in Norse mythology; McGillis as a Loki; the patriarchal systems throughout the world of IBO; sacrifice; McGillis’s promise to pass on the colonial apparatus to Orga; an appraisal of Kudelia and the limits of her ability to progress; Atra and Kudelia’s ideas around the end of the conditions that produce child soldiers; Kudelia’s attempts to create the groundwork to s...
[S12E6] Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, eps. 26–32
April 14, 2023 12:00 - 3 hours - 174 MBTopics discussed: Niamh’s new way of doing synopses; Julieta is the weird girl to Ple’s silly girl, cyber new type vibes all around; Montag goes masked off and just becomes McGillis; the new yakuza motherfucker; the potential identity of the mysterious masked man; the new state of the world and the lack of significant improvements in the wake of Makanai’s election; Tekkadan’s move from an oppositional force to a part of the standing regime; Tekkadan banning the Alaya-Vijnana system; “I sure ...
[S12E5] Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, eps. 20–25
March 31, 2023 12:00 - 3 hours - 188 MBTopics discussed: Trying to imagine the position of being completely unmoved by anything except Biscuit; spending over a half hour to synopsize three episodes; Connor figured out why he was trudging through Victory; Victory and disgust at the Earth and the ocean; abjection around the Alaya-Vijnana system and cybernetics in general; IBO’s belief in the transformative power of the truth and electoral politics; the tension with Kudelia and the danger that her revolutionary politics can easily b...
[S12E4] Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, eps. 14–19
March 17, 2023 12:00 - 3 hours - 190 MBTopics discussed: An aside for a correction email; the show being cheeky with McGillis’s obvious disguise; Tekkadan’s lack of understanding of their own revolutionary impulses; the show’s nuances in presenting the difficulties of Marxist politics; the narrowness of Kudelia’s default idea of revolution; Tekkadan as revolution as action without a conceptual framework, Kudelia as revolution as a concept without concrete practice, and the need of the two to come together to achieve more; Savarin...
[S12E3] Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, eps. 7–13
March 03, 2023 13:00 - 3 hours - 205 MBTopics discussed: Is there anything going on with Moby Dick references?; the introduction of the Turbines to further explore gender and sexuality on the show; the introduction of the various meanings of family; the harem anime providing a potential framework for Atra to reapproach the romantic tension triangle between, Mika, and Kudelia in a way that allows her to reach out to and support Kudelia; the appeal of Mikazuki as a romantic interest for Atra and Kudelia; the glimpses into character...
[S12E2] Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, eps. 1–6
February 17, 2023 13:00 - 2 hours - 153 MBTopics discussed: Mikazuki is the main guy from Battles Without Honor or Humanity 2; Kudelia Bluth; the very first scene and the symbols of Iron, Blood, and Orphans; why people say this is the Gundam about child soldiers; how IBO engages in the language of Tomino Gundam shows but tries to translate it for a wider audience; our view of Mars; bodies in IBO; the humanness of the design of Gundam Barbatos; body modifications and the beliefs and opinions about them in the society of IBO; abjectio...
[S12E1] Intro to Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans
February 03, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 77.2 MBDive into Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) or @rabbleais (cohost) Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingsched...
[S11E4] Question Bucket: Normal Country* —Nice to EAT you— (with special guest kb)
January 20, 2023 13:00 - 2 hours - 121 MBTopics discussed: The two Kino’s Journey movies; the Land of Foxes, the Normal Country*, and the Boring Country of Thematically Significant Travelers and Their Nuanced Relationship with Travel as an Institution; the many advantages of a small orange; developing a script for the poker episode of Kino’s Journey; the superpower of Google Maps; Beast Wars; Riku’s unlimited superpowers; the Land of Airports; devising a country with the express purpose of trapping Kino; Kino at 40 a.k.a. Batou; th...
[S11E3] Kino's Journey —the Beautiful World—, eps. 8–13 + ep. 0 (with special guest kb)
January 06, 2023 13:00 - 3 hours - 168 MBTopics discussed: The Individual vs. Society; Kino’s increasing meddling or involvement in the countries they visit; the optimism or pessimism in the ending of episode 8; pushing against social mores vs. outright violent resistance; the bourgeois consumption of the novel and the cutting off of the revolutionary potential of literature and criticism; solipsism; the problems of the family in liberal society; work and mechanized labor; gender roles and labor; aimlessness, purpose, and purposefu...
The Second Annual New Year's Special: NANA by Yazawa Ai
January 01, 2023 06:01 - 4 hours - 256 MBHappy New Year! We've made it another full year of the show! As with last year's special, we start with a self-indulgent look back at the past year of the podcast and rank everything we've watched. We also run tournaments for the OPs and EDs! We then have our special discussion for the year. That's right, Niamh conned Connor into reading the entirety of NANA! We start talking about the manga at around 1:25:11 and do our best to provide a thorough synopsis before digging into the story's th...
[S11E2] Kino's Journey —the Beautiful World—, eps. 1–7 (with special guest kb)
December 23, 2022 13:00 - 3 hours - 189 MBTopics discussed: Kino and Hermes are funny little guys; the philosophical allegorical mode of Kino's Journey; Kino's shifting and poorly-maintained position as an observer who does not intercede; Kino as a stateless, detachged party; Kino's gun rituals; the philosophy of altruism and society; Niamh's proposal for a NANA Festival; the Land of Sad Bangers; the functions of religion in society; the melodramatic humor of Kino's Journey; Gender Is Happening; Kino's ring of keys moment; Kino's ge...
[S11E1] Intro to Kino's Journey —the Beautiful World— (with special guest kb)
December 09, 2022 13:00 - 46 minutes - 42.4 MB“Someone once told me that watching anime made them want to record a podcast.” Dive into Kino’s Journey —the Beautiful World— (2003)! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Niamh’s mediamh pile: @mediamh_pile Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) or @rabbleais (cohost) Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatesta...
[S10E4] Question Bucket: I saw a calzone and it really made an impression on me (with special guest Josh McKenzie)
November 25, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 94.2 MBTopics discussed: Once Again, Shōnen Bat is a Stand Alone Complex; Someone Actually Asks Niamh to Talk About NANA; The Forbidden Sixth Route in the Five Kinds of Animal You Can Date Otome; We Have A Very Broad Definition of “Game Show”; The Thematic Pairing of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots and Jackass Forever; The Teleological Fallacy of Pizza; Niamh Desperately Trying to Get the Podcast Back on Track; and Connor’s Disgusting Recipe for Fast Tea. You can write into future Questio...
[S10E3] Paranoia Agent ep. 8–13 (with special guest Josh McKenzie)
November 11, 2022 13:00 - 2 hours - 156 MBTopics discussed: There Needs to be More Maromi Merchandizing; the Shockwaves of the First 7 Episodes; Collective Narratives of Shared Truth; the Hell of Animation Production; Overcoming Modernity; the Conservativism of Paranoia Agent; the Return for Traditional Japanese Values with Misae as a Traditional Japanese Mother; the Cyclical Nature of Paranoia Agent; the Power of Ideas and Their Emergence from the Social Consciousness; the Balance of Maromi and Shōnen Bat; the Double-Edged Sword of...
[S10E2] Paranoia Agent ep. 1–7 (with special guest Josh McKenzie)
October 28, 2022 12:00 - 2 hours - 132 MBTopics discussed: Breaking the Pattern of Paranoia Agent in Episode 7; Repression and Alienation; It’s ‘Cause You Be On That Phone; The Tsunami as Lil Slugger; Issues of Victimhood; Shōnen Bat is a Stand Alone Complex; Harumi and Maria; Niamh is Still NANA Brained; Announcement of Our Next New Year’s Special; Josh Says the Wildest Thing About Tokyo Godfathers; Crises of Childhood, Femininity, and Masculinity; The Worsening Effects of the Sluggings; The Animated Being of Maromi; Lil Slugger a...
[S10E1] Intro to Paranoia Agent (with special guests Josh McKenzie and Craig Neeson)
October 14, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 61.3 MB“To begin, a rabbit jumps behind the moon. What is it that the black rabbit sees on the horizon with his big red eyes? A fish on the land has trouble when he is stepped on by cows. The playful palace where the butterfly dances vanishes away. At twilight, the cows starts it by chance and the goodness continues. The golden fox grins at you. And then…” Dive into Paranoia Agent! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Ni...
[S9E4] Question Bucket: Danza Kuduro (with Special Guest Star Autumn Blake)
September 30, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 96.3 MB“Most games are mid.” Topics discussed: The Wired vs. Kingdom Hearts; The Ricola Incident; Forever Anime; Things That Are Mid; Kissing and/or Tucking; Coffee Orders; Super Bowl Commercials; Gamer Moded Opinions; and Coffee In General. You can write into future Question Buckets at [email protected] and don’t forget to follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) or...
[S9E3] Serial Experiments Lain, eps. 7–13 (with Special Guest Star Autumn Blake)
September 16, 2022 12:00 - 3 hours - 191 MBTopics discussed: Connor Gaslights Niamh; Connor and Autumn Call Lain Mid; Lain and Alice Enjoy Some Eggo Waffles; Digging Into the Ending of Lain; Comparing Serial Experiments Lain with Neon Genesis Evangelion; The Suicidal Reading of the Ending of Lain; How Lain Tempers Its Bleakness with Love; Connor Brain Dumps His Reading of the Series as a Whole; Is Lain a God, a Little Girl, or a Yokai?; Comparing Serial Experiments Lain with Akira; Tremors is a Libertarian Wet Dream Movie; The Horror...
[S9E2] Serial Experiments Lain, eps. 1–6 (with Special Guest Star Autumn Blake)
September 02, 2022 12:00 - 2 hours - 116 MBTopics discussed: Vibes Are Happening; Lain’s Position in a Cultural Conversation; Assigning Emotions or Motivations to Characters in Lain is an Interpretive Act; soi soi soi soi pv zk pv pv zk pv zk kz zk pv pv pv zk pv zk zk pzk pzk pvzkpkzvpvzk kkkkkk bsch; Making Autumn Explain the Plot of Solid State Society, A Movie They’ve Never Seen; The Visual Aesthetics of Lain; The Mediation of All Conversation; The Disconnection of Temporal and Physical Space; The Audio Aesthetics of Lain; The Te...
[S9E1] Intro to Serial Experiments Lain (with Special Guest Star Autumn Blake)
August 19, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 56.1 MB“When it's all said and done, podcasts are just a medium of communication and the transfer of information. You mustn't confuse them with the real world. Do you understand what I'm warning you about?” “You're wrong. The border between the two isn't all that clear. I'll be able to guest on one soon. In full range. Full motion. I'll translate myself into it.” Dive into Serial Experiments Lain! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmo...
[S8E4] Question Bucket: You wouldn't take this anime boy home to meet your mother (with special guest John-Charles Holmes)
August 05, 2022 12:00 - 3 hours - 182 MB“This 35mm screening of Ingmar Bergman’s Persona is mine. I think this entire theater may even just be a long, long dream I’m having. Everyone on the screen and in the rows of seats may just be illusions, and it can’t be proven whether or not you really exist either. In other words, this screening was created with me at the center. So what will happen if the reel runs out? I don’t know. My imagination isn’t very creative; I just can’t imagine the film ever ending. In other words, there is no...
[S8E3] Baccano!, eps. 9–16 (with special guest John-Charles Holmes)
July 22, 2022 12:00 - 3 hours - 175 MB"Long podcasts are such a crime. They take the limited amount of time that is given to man, and rather than spending it in indolence or drowning it in pleasure it just sits there sucking, eating it up. I can't put up with that, long podcasts are a crime! Death to long podcasts! Die!" Topics discussed: Oops! All Anime Sicko Murderers; Using Non-liner Storytelling to Tell Jokes; Bill Gates; Destabilizing Anime Archetypes; Yum Yum Time to Eat Your Shōnen Anime; Czes Has Been Waiting Centuries ...
[S8E2] Baccano!, eps. 1–8 (with special guest John-Charles Holmes)
July 08, 2022 12:00 - 3 hours - 166 MB"It might be a good idea to start from within the ship Advenna Avis, which was crossing the Atlantic. It might also be a good idea to start with the tragic event that occurred on the transcontinental train Flying Pussyfoot, and was secretly swept under the rug. Regardless of all that, you have chosen 7 July 2022 as the start of this podcast…” Topics discussed: The Ruckus of Episode 1; Orson Welles Despises Men Like Jacuzzi Splot; [extremely Jacuzzi Splot voice] The Rail Tracer!!; Doing a Ha...