Giving the Mic to the Wrong Person
112 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsSocialism and Simpsons soundclips. Posadism and pro-wrestling.
A somewhat tri-weekly leftist podcast based in Portland, OR, talking with people about their cultural obsessions and offering plenty of our own recommendations. We try to make socialism more fun with pop culture refs, you could say.
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Ep 53 Part 1: Arguing, with Ben Burgis
June 12, 2019 05:57 - 1 hour - 38.7 MBBen Burgis(Rutgers prof, Zero Books author, Ben Shapiro debunker/mocker) joins us(Candy, Jacob, and Jeremy) to talk about his new book from Zero Books, _Give Them an Argument: Logic for the Left_. Why do you actually need an argument versus just wanting to snark and dunk on or morally shame somebody? Listen and find out! Check out Part 2 here: https://soundcloud.com/givingthemic/ep-53-part-2-arguing-with-ben-burgis Also covered: hockey as the One True Sport, Aaron Sorkin and why stirring ...
Ep52 - Part 2 - The DSA NW Unity Conference
May 26, 2019 05:21 - 54 minutes - 31 MBPart 2! The 1st-ever NW Unity Conference for the Democratic Socialists of America was held in early April, 2019, in Portland, Oregon. - Check out Part 1 here: https://soundcloud.com/givingthemic/ep52-the-dsa-nw-unity-conference-part-1 - Members from chapters around the NW(from Anchorage to Billings to Eugene and more) converged on a cold rainy weekend to chat and plot and socialize. I talked to Ashley Gallagher, Portland organizer of the event, and members from the Seattle, Tacoma, and Whatco...
Ep52 - The DSA NW Unity Conference (Part 1)
May 21, 2019 05:03 - 1 hour - 38 MBCheck out part 2 here: https://soundcloud.com/givingthemic/ep52-part-2-the-dsa-nw-unity-conference -- The 1st-ever NW Unity Conference for the Democratic Socialists of America was held in early April, 2019, in Portland, Oregon. Members from chapters around the NW(from Anchorage to Billings to Eugene and more) converged on a cold rainy weekend to chat and plot and socialize. I talked to Ashley Gallagher, Portland organizer of the event, and members from the Seattle, Tacoma, and Whatcom County...
ep 51 - Is There a Journalism Crisis in America Today?
May 03, 2019 05:01 - 1 hour - 56.2 MBLet me be blunt: American journalism is in crisis, thanks to funding cuts, newspaper closures, and more. Veteran reporters Albert Laurier and Don McIntosh join us and Candy returns to help bring the labor POV. Various subjects: what's going on, getting into "objectivity" vs "subjectivity," how Professionalism changes the way politics get covered, editorial standards, being a freelancer, and more. Read Albert's writing at https://medium.com/@TheDoctor50 and https://twitter.com/CriticInc R...
Ep 50 - Part 3 - Eco-Fascism (feat. C Derick Varn)
April 26, 2019 07:19 - 35 minutes - 21.9 MBPart 3 of 3 of our extended conversation with Derick Varn. The full talk is up at Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/givingthemic/ - C Derick Varn finishes his extended talk with us by getting into eco-fascism, a topic brought back into relevance by the Christchurch murderer. This is part 3 of a 3 part episode. ------ Links: - Derick Varn's previous appearance: http://goo.gl/RHtnGy -- Also check out the earlier part: https://soundcloud.com/givingthemic/ep-50-varn-ishing-the-truth-part-2-w-c-de...
Ep 50 - Varn-ishing the "Truth" Part 2 - (w/ C Derick Varn)
April 21, 2019 19:01 - 1 hour - 42.2 MBPart 2 of our extended conversation with Derick Varn. The full talk is up at Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/givingthemic/ - C Derick Varn continues to give us a primer on how to interpret conspiratorial claims, including: wondering why _has_ conspiracy culture resurged in popularity lately, how to help people handle ambiguity, why ethos is handy in person-to-person coversations, 9/11 stuff, Bayesian probability. This is part 2 of a 3 part episode. ------ Links: - Derick Varn's previous app...
Ep 50 - 5 Rules to Conspiracies with C Derick Varn - Part 1
April 18, 2019 04:05 - 1 hour - 48.3 MBPart 1 of our extended conversation with Derick Varn. The full talk is up at Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/givingthemic/ - C Derick Varn returns to give us a primer on how to interpret conspiratorial claims, and takes on a glorious history of what certain intelligence services were up to after WWII and why most coverups aren't to hide secretive evil dealings but usually just obscuring fuck-ups. Topics covered include: Rambo 3, Predator, Rogerian Arguments, George Lincoln Rockwell, busines...
[Teaser] Bonus audio from Ep49 - Gothic Marxism & Revolutionary Pessimism
April 14, 2019 06:35 - 3 minutes - 1.5 MBHere's a teaser of the bonus for our episode with the Regrettable Century. Support us at our Patreon to get regular early releases and bonus audio. https://www.patreon.com/givingthemic
EP49 - Gothic Marxism & Revolutionary Pessimism (w/ The Regrettable Century)
March 30, 2019 08:58 - 1 hour - 43.8 MBFor BONUS audio from this episode, check out the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-audio-for-25684365 -- 3/4 of the Regrettable Century(Kevin, Chris, and Jenny) join us in a pod crossover to talk about their fave subjects, revolutionary pessimism and Gothic Marxism. We contrast it with utopian science fiction(like Kim Stanley Robinson), ask if there is a Higher Power("IT WAS ME, AUSTIN! IT WAS ME ALL ALONG!"), podcasts as radicalizing vector, Texas, shit-talking militant atheists, ...
EP48 - Recovering Alex Jones' Memories About the Satanic Panic w/ JG Michael and Joseph Flatley
March 11, 2019 04:14 - 1 hour - 67.1 MBJacob & I continue the conspiracy theory talk with JG Michael from Parallax Views and Joseph L Flatley, author, filmmaker, and reporter from Pittsburgh PA. Joseph has a new book out called _Satan Goes to the Mind Control Convention_ that we discuss here. We cover the Satanic Panic, recovered memory, Alex Jones trying to break into Bohemian Grove, 80s Time Life book series, et al. -JG Michael's podcast Parallax Views: https://parallaxviews.podbean.com/ -His other podcast with previous guest ...
Ep47 - Hot for Teacher (Strikes) - with Candy, Jody, and Marj
February 26, 2019 06:00 - 1 hour - 39.3 MBTeachers Strikes! Mass Labor Action! We have on three union teacher organizers from Portland-/Vancouver-area public schools to help provide local context for the modern national wave of teacher actions, starting in Wisconsin in 2011 and continuing past when this episode will be posted. Candy, Jody, and Marj join us to talk about their own histories with how they got involved, the differing issues between Oregon and Washington education funding, how to expand union consciousness into political...
EP46 : Part 2 : A Conspiracy Does Not a Theory Make (feat. Arun Gupta)
February 05, 2019 05:15 - 48 minutes - 23 MBPart 2 of our talk with Arun Gupta(@arunindy) continues on dissecting "conspiracy" from "conspiracy theory." We cover: Trump, conspiracy theory as campaign strategy, the Bundys in the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, dealing with Trump supporters, Qanon as a source of power for the disconnected, how to handle high school reunions, explaining is not excusing, 9/11 Truthers and how Truther theories mutate, and what happens when Establishment media is compelled to do Cletus Safaris. -- Check ...
EP46 : Conspiracy: Just, like, a theory? Part 1 (feat. Corey Pein & Arun Gupta)
January 26, 2019 05:40 - 1 hour - 29.3 MBCorey Pein(@coreypein) and Arun Gupta(@arunindy) return to the show in this first half of a two-part episode to help us suss out the difference between conspiracies and the social phenomenon of conspiracy theories, exactly how conspiracy theories work, and why we create them. What's the difference between investigative journalism and conspiracy theorizing? What happens when the people in power start believing the conspiracy theories? Qanon, the Pisstape, George HW Bush, Iran-Contra. We run th...
EP 45 - The January 19th #MeToo Speak Out & March(with the Socialist-Feminist Caucus)
January 15, 2019 05:45 - 51 minutes - 22.9 MBThis Saturday, January 19th, there's going to be a #MeToo Speak Out at Terry Schrunk Plaza in Portland, Oregon, starting at 10am. - We're joined by members of the Socialist-Feminist Caucus: Rosemary from Socialist Alternative, Camille from the International Socialist Organization, and Shannon from Democratic Socialists of America to talk about why the Portland chapters of their groups are joining together to host this event. Also, we get into the original Portland Women's March, the demand...
Ep 44 - Economics: What Is To Be Done?
January 04, 2019 05:41 - 1 hour - 48.3 MBGarrett & I are joined by three heterodox economics professors to give a more Marxist view of economics from the usual neoclassical dross that gets proffered elsewhere. Youssef Khodaparast, Erik Dean, and Mitch Green are three PhD holders in Econ who help break down why we talk about economics as this mystical thing and hold economists and Alan Greenspan-types up as these High Priests of Modernity who can somehow divine reality for the rest of us. (The photo is of Marley the Good Dog, who ...
Ep 43 - Housing Justice and Tenants Unions
December 17, 2018 04:49 - 1 hour - 35.6 MBTHE RENT IS TOO DAMN HIGH, BUT YOU CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. LISTEN TO FIND OUT HOW. - Kim & Tabby from the Wimby Tenants Union join Margot from Portland Tenants United to talk Garrett & I about how they started a tenants union at Wimbledon Square Apartments to fight back against the horrible "management" company and what wasn't getting fixed. They started small and expanded into bringing demands directly about the landlords. We also go into how the popular discourse around renting can't r...
EP 42 - Peggle is Not Socialist (feat. David Cribb)
November 15, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour - 33.2 MBDavid Cribb(@colestia3) joins us from far Canberra to talk about making radical leftist video games, the Situationists, EVE Online, unionizing Twitch streamers, and more. Cian, local games artist, joins us too. Jacob keeps asking if Assassin's Creed, Ready Player One, Eve Online, etc is socialist. They are not. - Check out David's work at https://colestia.itch.io/ - We recommend Post/Capitalism: https://colestia.itch.io/postcapitalism - Here's a nice documentary on the Situationists from 1989...
Reverse Psychology Works -- On Stephen King's Pet Sematary
October 18, 2018 03:51 - 1 hour - 69.6 MBFor a change of pace, we cover one of the greatest worst of the Stephen King film adaptations, _Pet Sematary,_ a movie about how dire warnings from the dead and near-dead becoming the most compelling advice ever. The film is shot better and acted worse than you remember. Also, the main character is a complete jerk to cats for the entire movie and thus deserves what's coming to him. - Watch _Garth Marenghi's Darkplace_ here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EkN8WtFTpE&list=PLC046BB28463E1459 -...
Socialist Feminism 101
September 04, 2018 02:49 - 1 hour - 50.7 MBSocialist Feminism in theory and practice! What makes it different from corporate feminism, or its even worse variant, carceral feminism? Shannon & Becca from the Feminist Caucus of Portland DSA along with Nykki from the Disability Art & Culture Project join Nat & Jeremy to lay out some basic theory, talk about projects that the SocFem Caucus has been working on like the NNAF Bowl-a-Thon to raise abortion access funds or exposing fake pregnancy resource centers, and we get into personal radi...
Ideology 101: Liberalism vs Socialism (with Jason Lawrence)(Part 2)
August 27, 2018 05:23 - 1 hour - 46.5 MBSocialism! We deep-dive into it in this one, having done a pretty thorough examination of liberalism in the last part. Topics covered: Karl Marx, John Rawls, Bill Burr, Heterodoxy, Iceland, Boots Riley, Ash Sarkar, Michael Hardt, Astra Taylor's _Examined Life_. If you missed Part 1, try here: https://soundcloud.com/givingthemic/ideology-101-liberalism-vs-socialism-with-jason-lawrencepart-1 - ***Support the Holgate Manor Rent Strike!*** https://www.gofundme.com/holgate-manor-strike-fund - Rec...
Ideology 101: Liberalism vs Socialism (with Jason Lawrence)(Part 1)
August 21, 2018 04:19 - 1 hour - 45.6 MBWhat, you mean that "liberal" doesn't actually mean "socialist?!" Jason Lawrence from Portland DSA joins Garrett & I to detail what the actual differences between "liberalism" and "socialism" are, breaks down some basic Marxist principles like the labor theory of value, we mention John Rawls yet again, and even talk about Prof Richard Wolff's work. And Dave Chappelle. And the Jerky Boys. And John Dewey. And Boots Riley's _Sorry to Bother You_. Check out Part 2 here: https://soundcloud.com/giv...
Tim Faust's Health Justice
July 27, 2018 05:30 - 1 hour - 65.9 MBAudio from Tim Faust's talk in Portland on Friday, July 20, 2018. You also hear Riley from our Medicare-for-All episode, too. - - - - Find us on FB: http://www.facebook.com/givingthemic/ - - - - Help us make the show! http://www.patreon.com/givingthemic - - - - Main theme by The Mysterious Breakfast'r Cereal on SoundCloud @chiptheme - - All items trademarked and copyright their respective owners. Please don't sue. Please don't sue. Please don't sue.
Organizing for Medicare-For-All(with Riley Brann and Tim Faust)
July 19, 2018 05:15 - 2 hours - 72.7 MBWe talk to Riley Brann from the Portland DSA about Medicare4All, how to campaign for it, and why. Natasha & Garrett join in to bring their healthcare industry knowledge. We also get into the moral theory _why_ healthcare should not be a profit center at all, and John Rawls' Veil of Ignorance. Later, Tim Faust calls in from his West Coast campaign speaking to crowds about Health Justice and how single-payer is just one way to get there. He updates from the road from the folks he's talked to, ...
Organizing 101 - Part 2
July 16, 2018 02:05 - 1 hour - 37.1 MBPart 2 of our Organizing 101 episode! Shamus Cooke is back with Garrett & I. We talk about the #OccupyICEPDX camp, how to focus demands from an Occupy camp, when the Direct Action Alliance went to City Council, unions, DRUM & the League of Revolutionary Black Workers, and ol' George Meany. This one has me do a _lot_ of self-owns on mic and you all should enjoy that. - - - - Listen to Part 1 here: https://soundcloud.com/givingthemic/organizing-101-part-1 - - - - Go here to find out more info a...
Organizing 101 - Part 1
July 12, 2018 05:33 - 1 hour - 41.3 MBOrganizing! It's the thing all those online leftists are talking about! Shamus Cooke from SEIU, Portland Tenants United, and the Portland DSA joins Garrett & I to give us an overview of organizing, mobilizing, strategy, agitation, and more. What's it like to canvass for tenants' rights? Part 2 coming soon! - - - - Check out Part 2 here: https://soundcloud.com/givingthemic/organizing-101-part-2 - - - - Opening segment: Jane McAlevey at Harvard Law Forum, March 2018. https://www.youtube.com/wa...
Podcasts Good, Silicon Valley Bad (with Corey Pein)
June 07, 2018 04:33 - 1 hour - 57 MBCorey Pein returns home to Portland to talk about his new book, _Live Work Work Work Die: A Journey Into the Savage Heart of Silicon Valley_, and also regales us with tales about that podcast booktour life, shitty tech ideology, Alex Jones, Elon Musk, FitBits, and the value of podcasts. Corey will be doing a reading at Powell's in Portland on Friday, June 8th, at 7:30pm. - - - - Find us on FB: http://www.facebook.com/givingthemic/ - - - - Help us make the show! http://www.patreon.com/giving...
The Hard Times of '80s Nostalgia (with Ian Williams)
May 14, 2018 01:10 - 1 hour - 59.6 MBIan Williams(@Brock_toon)from Jacobin/Vice joins us to talk how geek culture has degenerated into just nostalgia for '80s nostalgia, Witcher III as the superior Dad Game, Dusty Rhodes as working-class icon, the joys of miniatures war-gaming and Warhammer, Jesse Ventura, how you can learn about Trump from Vince McMahon(and vice versa), and Garfield. - - - - Find us on FB: http://www.facebook.com/givingthemic/ - - - - Help us make the show! http://www.patreon.com/givingthemic - - - - Show note...
Bacon, Urinating Anarchists, and Pre-Giuliani NYC (with Arun Gupta)
April 06, 2018 06:02 - 1 hour - 60.9 MBArun Gupta joins us to regale everyone with tales of visiting factory farms, what New York City used to be like, and what happened when he went to cover the Bundy occupation at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. - - - - Arun will be presenting at the Opening Space for the Radical Imagination event with a talk entitled "Policing, Property, and Protestantism" on Saturday, April 7th. More details here: https://www.oregonimagines.com/ - - - - https://arunkgupta.com/ - - - - More show notes/...
Revenge of the Varn (with C. Derick Varn)
March 25, 2018 05:11 - 1 hour - 88.1 MBDerick Varn(@skepoet) from our Baby Leftist Primer episode returns to talk to Jacob and I about teachers' union, workerism, DSA, Chapo Trap House, gun violence, what leftists keep getting wrong, and how to separate your personal moral purity from your political organizing. We cover a lot. - - - - Derick Varn's previous appearance: http://goo.gl/RHtnGy - - - - Varn's first collection of poetry _Apocalyptics_ will be out this summer from Unlikely Press. - - - - Find us on Fb: https://www.faceb...
Close Encounters of the Posadist Kind (with Douglas Lain and Comrade Communicator)
March 06, 2018 03:11 - 2 hours - 81.2 MBDouglas Lain from Zero Books returns! Comrade Communicator from the Intergalactic Workers League contacts us remotely about 1:14:00 in. -- Help us make the show! https://www.patreon.com/givingthemic - - Find us on FB: http://www.facebook.com/givingthemic/ -- Show notes: http://goo.gl/5ZEtPe. -- Check out Barkles The Dog the Game: GOTY edition : : http://barkles.dog/game -- _Bash Bash Revolution_ from Douglas Lain : : http://goo.gl/Gdfj7i -- Check out our last episode with Doug L...
Douglas Lain from Zero Books on Kill All Normies, Zizek, and Posadists-FIXED
February 10, 2018 06:34 - 2 hours - 70.9 MB[RE-UPLOAD] Jacob & I welcome Douglas Lain from Zero Books to talk about everything from the difference between Anarchism and Marxism, how copy-editing at Zero Books works, the reaction to Angela Nagle's Kill All Normies, interviewing both Posadists and Slavoj Zizek, Leftist YouTube, Chapo Trap House, and much, much more. - - - Show notes here: http://goo.gl/8hrgD8 - - - Help us make the show! https://www.patreon.com/givingthemic/
(RE-UPLOAD) From Fan to Fan Fiction, Hannibal to #Hannigram
January 09, 2018 08:01 - 1 hour - 51.9 MBJemiah, Natasha, & new guest Ami school me on the history of fan fiction, and we get into lots of "Hannibal." First episode we've ever recorded where multiple co-hosts declare "FUCK YOU, ANNE RICE" on mic. - Help us make this show! http://www.patreon.com/givingthemic/ -- Show notes here: http://goo.gl/uUKP4h
From Fan to Fan Fiction, Hannibal to #Hannigram
January 09, 2018 05:31 - 1 hour - 51.9 MBJemiah, Natasha, & new guest Ami school me on the history of fan fiction, and we get into lots of "Hannibal." First episode we've ever recorded where multiple co-hosts declare "FUCK YOU, ANNE RICE" on mic. - Help us make this show! http://www.patreon.com/givingthemic/ -- Show notes here: http://goo.gl/uUKP4h
Paul Guinan's Meaning of Life, Comics, & Patreon - Part 2
December 11, 2017 04:24 - 1 hour - 55 MBPart 2 of our episode with Portland comics veteran Paul Guinan. Much more comic-making talk on this one! Check out Aztec Empire at https://www.patreon.com/guinan -- http://www.bigredhair.com/ Help us make this show! http://www.patreon.com/givingthemic/ -- Show notes here: goo.gl/49zdwM
Paul Guinan's Meaning of Life, Comics, & Patreon - Part 1
December 01, 2017 04:57 - 1 hour - 43.8 MB(Part 1) Portland comics veteran Paul Guinan(_Boilerplate_, _Frank Reade: Adventures in the Age of Invention_) joins us to talk about the meaning of life, as well as his career, his Patreon comic _Aztec Empire,_ the _24-Hour Comic_ documentary, the considerations of making education comics about dark historical events, gentrification in Portland and Chicago, and much more. Check out Aztec Empire at https://www.patreon.com/guinan or the site he & his wife Anina Bennett run at http://www.bigr...
Portland Democratic Socialists of America & You
October 24, 2017 04:29 - 1 hour - 43.4 MBThe Democratic Socialists of America exploded over the last year, going from about 6,700 members in 2016 to surpassing 30,000 in October 2017. We have on Olivia and Jody from the Portland chapter(https://portlanddsa.org) to talk about why they joined with the organization and why you should, too. http://www.dsausa.org/join - Show notes: https://goo.gl/aQBDgB
Big Daddy Varn's Baby Leftist Primer (with C. Derick Varn)
October 17, 2017 04:01 - 1 hour - 53.1 MBUpdate: if you dig this, check the followup! https://soundcloud.com/givingthemic/revenge-of-the-varn-with-c-derick-varn - - -- - - - - - A LOT of people got radicalized and activated by political events of the last year. Derick Varn(@skepoet) is a lecturer, poet, and reader for Zero Books who joins us to give advice and warnings to folks on the Left who are new to this sort of thing. All of this has happened before and will happen again. There's a great reading list here of stuff y'all need...
EP25 - The Obligatory Star Trek Episode
October 11, 2017 01:59 - 1 hour - 40.2 MBHelp us make this show! http://www.patreon.com/givingthemic/ Natasha(@ashesforfoxes), Garrett(@comradegarrett), and I recorded a snap reaction cast to the two-part pilot/prologue of Star Trek: Discovery. Entire episode is a spoilercast, but anybody listening to this has already seen it or doesn't care. We get into our respective Trek fandoms(or lack thereofs), Natasha is way too into the godawful "Enterprise" theme, and Garrett plays the role of the innocent but curious observer in this trek...
EP 24 - Walter Benjamin, Information, & the OverWatchmen
September 25, 2017 05:35 - 1 hour - 48.4 MBHelp us make this show! http://www.patreon.com/givingthemic/ On this episode, Jacob(@jacobmercy) joins Natasha(@ashesforfoxes), Garrett(@comradegarrett), and I talk about information overload which merges into Watchmen, Overwatch, a mention of Comet the Superhorse & Walter Benjamin, and a buncha more dumb jokes. The name we’re trying to pronounce is “ Bill Sienkiewicz,” whom you can find at http://www.billsienkiewiczart.com/ Ep was recorded in mid-September. Show notes here: http://goo.g...
EP 23 - Harry Potter & the Standard of Gold w/ @anomalily
September 10, 2017 07:03 - 1 hour - 47.7 MBOur Patreon is live! https://www.patreon.com/givingthemic Lillian(@anomalily) from the podcast/website OhMyDollar joins us to talk about basic budgeting, handling financial anxiety, and using Harry Potter to teach social acceptance and basic empathy. We also have an extended bit on "Smalt," the dumbest crowdfunded thing ever(which is saying something). Ep was recorded in mid-August. Check out her website here: https://www.ohmydollar.com/ Her book will be on Kickstarter in Oct 2017. L...
Ep 22 - Gettin' More Radical
August 21, 2017 04:28 - 1 hour - 57.8 MBWe have a Patreon now! https://www.patreon.com/givingthemic/ Jacob Mercy(@jacobmercy) joins us in a group discussion of talking about how we each have grown increasing political as it were over the past few years. This ep has far more politics and far more jokes than usual. We also discuss Joss Whedon in a slightly prescient takedown. Ep recorded in mid-July. ----- Recs: ----- Age of Anger: A History of the Present · Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life · Badlands · GLO...
Ep 21 - A Very Special Episode - TEEN DRAMA - Part 2
July 28, 2017 05:57 - 1 hour - 66.2 MBWe have a Patreon now! https://www.patreon.com/givingthemic/ AND NOW THE EXCITING CONCLUSION of our two-parter on TEEN DRAMA! TeamMom Tara(@tcbbiggs), Natasha(@ashesforfoxes), and I go over Buffy & Riverdale. This is the talk you've been waiting for. Ep recorded in late June. "Treacherous White People Shit" trademarked by Elon James White of the WeNerdHard podcast. · · · Tara can be heard on Blazer's Edge: www.blazersedge.com/podcasts · · · RECS: · · · I Was There Too · What Trump Can ...
Ep 20 - A Very Special Episode - TEEN DRAMA - Part 1
July 19, 2017 04:25 - 1 hour - 38.8 MBWe have a Patreon now! https://www.patreon.com/givingthemic/ Part 1 of an episode about TEEN DRAMA! From Degrassi Jr High to 90210 and Buffy and Twin Peaks and My So-Called Life and Vampire Diaries and MORE! TeamMom Tara(@tcbbiggs) from the Blazer's Edge podcast returns to talk with Natasha(@ashesforfoxes) and I about TEEN DRAMAS we have known and loved, or at least their weird tropes. Also, for expected reasons, we get into what slashfic is. Ep recorded in late June. "Treacherous White Pe...
Ep 19 - Sports, Fandom, and Phil Hartman w/ TeamMom Tara
June 06, 2017 05:05 - 1 hour - 62.9 MBWe have a Patreon now! https://www.patreon.com/givingthemic/ TeamMom Tara(@tcbbiggs) from the Blazer's Edge podcast joins Natasha(@ashesforfoxes), Garrett(@comradegarrett), and myself to discuss: online fandom, getting into spots as a data-intensive obsession, being a woman in a male-dominated fan space, and Phil Hartman. Ep recorded in mid May. · · · Tara can be heard on Blazer's Edge: http://www.blazersedge.com/podcasts · · · Auralnauts' channel on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/use...
Ep 18 - Rogue One and Grilled Cheese and College Radio
May 23, 2017 03:49 - 1 hour - 40.9 MBNatasha(@ashesforfoxes), Garrett(@comradegarrett), & I go over our histories in College Radio, Rogue One, Prog Metal bands we liked in high school, and a thousand other related subjects as usual. And political stuff. Ep was recorded in late April. / / / / / Show notes: · · Current Affairs: "The Racism v. Economics Debate Again" - https://www.currentaffairs.org/2017/04/the-racism-v-economics-debate-again · · · · · · Recs: S-town -- Chris Ware's Jimmy Corrigan -- Cherry Glazerr -- h...
Ep 17 - Redpillers, the Post-Apocalypse, and Jenkem, all in one show?!
April 24, 2017 03:14 - 1 hour - 46.5 MBWe have a Patreon now! https://www.patreon.com/givingthemic/ Natasha(@ashesforfoxes), Garrett(@comradegarrett), & I started by talking about Gamergate/RedPill/MRA bollocks, and naturally wander off into creators who can't be edited, Zizek, why we can't envision a future that isn't post-apoc or SkyNet-controlled, and wind up mentioning fake drugs, from "Nuke" to one the media actually think are real, like Jenkem. Ep was recorded in early April. / / / / / Notes: - - - - - - The quote I'm ...
Ep 16 - P.S.Kayfabe - What Does It Mean?
March 28, 2017 04:14 - 1 hour - 51.9 MBWe have a Patreon now! https://www.patreon.com/givingthemic/ Natasha(@ashesforfoxes) & Garrett(@comradegarrett) join me once again to cover why pro-wrestling is critical to an understanding of how American politics currently works, along with Linda McMahon's Senate campaigns, the feud between Andy Kaufman & Jerry 'the King' Lawler, and when Quentin Tarantino played Margaret Cho's boyfriend on her mid-90s sitcom. - The middle section has a few minutes of Marc Maron discussing how Roland Bart...
Ep 15 - The Johnlock Consipracy & Other Fan Weirdness with Natasha & Garrett
March 06, 2017 01:00 - 1 hour - 47.4 MBWe have a Patreon now! https://www.patreon.com/givingthemic/ Talking weird online fan conspiracies along with the downside of 21st-C entitled nerd/geek fandom with new guest Natasha and returning guest Garrett. Recorded in mid-Jan 2017, right after the "Sherlock" series 4 finale. Other topics: Captain America as Hydra agent was some dumb shit, huh? Online supporters only getting really engaged when they can vent outrage. Other dumb jokes. ·· Show recs ·· Imaginary Worlds - http://www.imag...
Ep14 - B-Side to Our Crow Episode with Jemiah & Jon
February 06, 2017 00:51 - 1 hour - 36.9 MBListen to Part 1: http://soundcloud.com/givingthemic/ep-13-the-crow-w-jemiah-jon A rough b-side accompaniment to our last episode on the Crow, this was our _first_ attempt at recording a Crow ep, but it went quickly off the rails in amusing ways. Jemiah Jefferson(jemiah.com) and Jon Ascher(jonascher.com) joins to talk about our stories of how we moved to Portland, life at Kinkos, dealing with M-S, and how we each found out about James O'Barr's "the Crow." · · -- Show Notes -- · Rick Morani...
Ep 13 - The Crow w/ Jemiah & Jon
January 09, 2017 05:23 - 1 hour - 61.3 MBAt long last, our Crow episode is out! Jemiah Jefferson(http://jemiah.com) returns along with Portland artist Jon Ascher(http://jonascher.com) to discuss the phenomenon that was James O'Barr's "the Crow:" the comic, the film, the soundtrack. We also talk about Frank Miller, Watchmen, and that time in everybody's lives where the only thing to do is to drink Thunderbird and binge on Bruce Lee films. This was actually the 2nd attempt at our discussion, recorded back in Early November 2016, as ou...