012 - Kill Yr Idols: Political Phantasmagoria Edition

In this late night edition, we talk about wishful thinking, hero-worship, myth-making, cults of personality, et cetera, within in the political realm, be it through mind-numbingly inane fanfiction, terrible Hollywood screenwriters, or the delusional cries into the chasm of twitter and reddit and the like.

General Recommendations

JD's Recommendation: The Boys (again, oops) & Psycho Mall WalkerJNM's Recommendation: One Strange Rock

Further Reading, Viewing, Listening

Read

No Politician Deserves Fan FictionBen Garrison image searchJon McNaughton image searchThe Strange, Nostalgic World of Obama-Biden Fan FictionHope Never Dies: An Obama Biden Mystery, et al.Joe Biden: It Would Be an Insult to My Dead Son for Everyone to Have Healthcare'The West Wing's' idealism looks even better 20 years after its first Emmy

Listen

West Wing Thing (podcast)

Locationless Locations

Every show-related link is corralled and available here.Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpodJD Newland - @jdnewlandJoshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingActPlease send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to:
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