Zebras In America
275 episodes - English - Latest episode: 14 days ago - ★★★★★ - 50 ratings“Dude, you can get past a dog. Nobody f's with a lion.” - Grandma's Boy
“You notice things if you pay attention.” - In The Mood For Love
Marcus Pinn likes movies. Scott Thorough likes movies. Marcus writes about movies (Pinnland Empire, The Pink Smoke), and Scott sometimes scores movies (Newlyweeds, Manos Sucias). They both have a background in hyper underground rap music, and enjoy sandwiches. Through a deep love of rap music, wrestling, and dissecting low and high brow cinema, Marcus and Scott developed an interesting kinship. After a bar conversation about movies where a stranger interrupted to tell them how much they enjoyed listening, they decided, “hey let's see if other people want to listen to our zany thoughts about film”. “Zebras In America” is a stream of consciousness rap on film and anywhere it may take a conversation.
"Zebras In America Opening Theme" music by Scott, scratches by Marcus.
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Episodes
Episode 59
June 22, 2018 03:19 - 55 minutes - 127 MBWe tried an experiment that if someone would paypal us $10, we would try to record an episodes about just that movie. John Cribbs (@thelastmachine)of the great website http://thepinksmoke.com took us up on our offer to peep the 1998 John Woo disasterpiece "BlackJack". This is just part one! Marcus had to go body slam Malick haters in Utah so in the 25th hour, Saskia Kahn (@ohsaskia Saskiakahn.com) came in tp discuss the "BlackJack" We did something different with this one. Bare with ...
Episode 58
June 13, 2018 02:15 - 55 minutes - 50.4 MBWe went to see this small indie film Hereditary and then talked about it. Scott's opinions have changed a touch since last night but that's cool. Thoughts are ephemeral dude. We had a lot of opinions about this addition to the growing cannon of grief horror. Maybe all horror films are grief horror? Pet Cemetary def is? Trying out an experiment: If you paypal us $10, we will try to record episodes about just one movie. Email us at [email protected] Tweet us at @ZebrasPod Scott raise...
Episode 57
June 05, 2018 01:59 - 1 hour - 129 MBTopics this week- Cake eaters, 100 girls, 100 women, Winter passing, Splinterheads, Cherry, Walk To Remember, Glitter,Bring It On, The Vicious Kind, Upgrade, Antiporno, Personal Problems, Scott's Problems (he's like the New York Times, he's got mad issues), David Mamet and his ouvre, First Reformed, 2005 films, Rap Beef, Stephen Frears, Ask Me Anything, Peter Greenaway, the noise made in the trailer for Hereditary, Ask Me Anything, Chris Farley and appreciating our fans. If you give us $10,...
Episode 56 - Ryan Prows
May 30, 2018 02:21 - 1 hour - 147 MBDirector Ryan Prows (Lowlife) sits down at the metaphorical squared circle to talk to the Zebras about film, wrestling, politics, elephants in rooms, and other forms of mythology. REUPLOAD ALERT For some reason the original episode cut off, so here is the original in all its glory. Ryan is on twitter @ryanprows and the World Wide Web RYANPROWS.COM Check out Lowlife on just about any streaming service for the cost of a cold one. Email us at [email protected] Tweet us at @ZebrasPod ...
Episode 56
May 30, 2018 02:21 - 1 hour - 147 MBDirector Ryan Prows (Lowlife) sits down at the metaphorical squared circle to talk to the Zebras about film, wrestling, politics, elephants in rooms, and other forms of mythology. REUPLOAD ALERT For some reason the original episode cut off, so here is the original in all its glory. Ryan is on twitter @ryanprows and the World Wide Web RYANPROWS.COM Check out Lowlife on just about any streaming service for the cost of a cold one. Email us at [email protected] Tweet us at @ZebrasPod ...
Episode 55
May 24, 2018 02:23 - 1 hour - 60.7 MBThis week's episode takes a while to get going- and that's a good thing. Scott comes up with a term called doing the "wokey pokey". We talk Deadpool 2, Enemy Mine, First Reformed, Last Flag Flying, Spirits, Disobedience, Before We Vanish, Jeanette, Little Hours, and sushi amongst other things. Sushi is mad good. Email us at [email protected] Tweet us at @ZebrasPod Scott is doing a charity walk https://www.theovernight.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participantID...
Episode 54
May 16, 2018 12:40 - 56 minutes - 51.9 MBFilmmaker and musician Amir Motlagh comes through to have an insightful conversation about techmology, music, access, and singularity. He has two films slated to be released this year. Scott quotes Lil B. Favorite rapper lists are made. Friendships are formed. We read an email. Hot takes are made. Peep his work- https://www.amirmotlagh.com/ Follow Amir on Friendster or twitter @amirmotlagh Email us at [email protected] Tweet us at @ZebrasPod Scott is doing a charity walk https://...
Episode 54 - Amir Motlagh
May 16, 2018 12:40 - 56 minutes - 51.9 MBFilmmaker and musician Amir Motlagh comes through to have an insightful conversation about techmology, music, access, and singularity. He has two films slated to be released this year. Scott quotes Lil B. Favorite rapper lists are made. Friendships are formed. We read an email. Hot takes are made. Peep his work- https://www.amirmotlagh.com/ Follow Amir on Friendster or twitter @amirmotlagh Email us at [email protected] Tweet us at @ZebrasPod Scott is doing a charity walk https://...
Episode 53
May 02, 2018 02:11 - 52 minutes - 47.8 MBThe intricacies of judging regional rap, how Lucretia Martel is the film game's Outkast, wrestling, imitations, freestyles, ZAMA, Infinity War. Email us at [email protected] and we will answer your questions on the show. Send us videos too if you're feeling funky. Tweet us at @ZebrasPod Scott is doing a charity walk https://www.theovernight.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participantID=25411 Survey https://goo.gl/forms/tFjRm4p0aHFHds1h2
Episode 52 - Leanne
April 25, 2018 01:17 - 1 hour - 60.1 MBWe were visited by friend of the show and occasional Pinnland Empire contributer @LianemarieK. She cool. My nam Jef We talk at length about How To Be A God, film theory, New Jersey, Unsane, and what it's like to be stalked in real life. If you're in Kansas City Missouri and want to get your nails did, visit Leanne's business-https://t.co/HFkIbzMdLJ One of her articles- http://www.pinnlandempire.com/2014/02/two-by-wenders-special-guest-writer.html?m=1 Tweet us at @ZebrasPod ...
Episode 52
April 25, 2018 01:17 - 1 hour - 60.1 MBWe were visited by friend of the show and occasional Pinnland Empire contributer @LianemarieK. She cool. My nam Jef We talk at length about How To Be A God, film theory, New Jersey, Unsane, and what it's like to be stalked in real life. If you're in Kansas City Missouri and want to get your nails did, visit Leanne's business-https://t.co/HFkIbzMdLJ One of her articles- http://www.pinnlandempire.com/2014/02/two-by-wenders-special-guest-writer.html?m=1 Tweet us at @ZebrasPod ...
Episode 51
April 18, 2018 02:19 - 1 hour - 67.9 MB51 episodes my friendos. In NYC we used to call schools by their plural form. So, if you went to PS 58, you went to "fiddy eights". A bunch of people I know went to "fiddy ones". That's edutainment folks. We talked about cilantro juice and self care. Hi Doug. We talked Low Life and Quiet Place. Peep Low Life if you have the chance. And Wrestling! And Vanilla Ice. And so many tangents. Scott may be in a weird place, send him Pokémon memes. Suicide was briefly talked about. If you ar...
Episode 50 - Mtume Gant and Shaka King
April 11, 2018 02:39 - 1 hour - 77.5 MB50 episodes!!!! FIFTY SON!!! To celebrate, directors Mtume Gant (SPIT, WHITEFACE) and Shaka King (NEWLYWEEDS, MULIGNANS, LAZERCISM) came by to talk about movies. We did talk about movies, but we also talked a lot about rap music and the most recent episode of Atlanta, "Teddy Perkins". Atlanta is a popular award winning show airing on FX and created by Donald Glover. This episode was met with a lot of praise. Does the aforementioned Episode actively borrow from Gant's "Whiteface"? Is it colle...
Episode 50
April 11, 2018 02:39 - 1 hour - 77.5 MB50 episodes!!!! FIFTY SON!!! To celebrate, directors Mtume Gant (SPIT, WHITEFACE) and Shaka King (NEWLYWEEDS, MULIGNANS, LAZERCISM) came by to talk about movies. We did talk about movies, but we also talked a lot about rap music and the most recent episode of Atlanta, "Teddy Perkins". Atlanta is a popular award winning show airing on FX and created by Donald Glover. This episode was met with a lot of praise. Does the aforementioned Episode actively borrow from Gant's "Whiteface"? Is it colle...
Episode 49
April 06, 2018 04:35 - 58 minutes - 53.9 MB"You Were Never Really Here" "Roxanne Roxanne" "Hard Target"
Episode 48
March 28, 2018 01:56 - 46 minutes - 42.2 MBWe went to see "Claire's Camera", then some people got mad at Marcus about his parking, then we went to see "Unsane". All in a day. Then we drove home and picked up Saskia and talked about the movies, and some other cool stuff. It seems like Scott has a vendetta with a particular cartoon character. Tweet us @ZebrasPod Survey https://goo.gl/forms/tFjRm4p0aHFHds1h2 Scott's charity page- https://www.theovernight.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participantID=25411
Episode 47
March 21, 2018 05:25 - 1 hour - 60.9 MB"We Are The Best", "Klown", and Pixar movies are the main stars of this episode. Sorta; we don't really start talking about movies for a while, but Scott posits utopia and threatens a children's cartoon, and Marcus recommends art for the masses (by masses, we suggest rap battles for some of our shebras and hebras). We are starting to piece our favorites of this decade. What are your favorites? Share your favorites with us on our new tweeting page: @ZebrasPod Stop FBFing Scott, he has a...
Episode 46
March 14, 2018 06:05 - 1 hour - 72.6 MBRoberto Bartholomew Cotto III @robcotto comes by to talk about Vincent Gallo, New York Stories and Get Well Soon, amongst other morsels of potentially useful information. He took us to get burgers afterwards and it was tight. We have a twitter page now, so stop FBFing Scott, he has anxiety about notifications- @ZebrasPod Scott's charity page- https://www.theovernight.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participantID=25411
Episode 46 - Rob Cotto
March 14, 2018 06:05 - 1 hour - 72.6 MBRoberto Bartholomew Cotto III @robcotto comes by to talk about Vincent Gallo, New York Stories and Get Well Soon, amongst other morsels of potentially useful information. He took us to get burgers afterwards and it was tight. We have a twitter page now, so stop FBFing Scott, he has anxiety about notifications- @ZebrasPod Scott's charity page- https://www.theovernight.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participantID=25411
Episode 45
March 07, 2018 18:12 - 53 minutes - 122 MBThis episode goes all over the place. What's new? If we made a cogent, super uniform episode, would you even listen bro? Yeah, that's what I thought. We talk about the genius of the rapper Bender, who just recently passed away. a little bit about some movies, Marcus makes a diabetes jokes that makes Scott laugh for ten minutes, and Saskia (saskiakahn.com) chimes in on her thoughts of Dogtooth. #RIPBender Scott's charity https://www.theovernight.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant...
Episode 44 - Warren Wade Anderson
March 01, 2018 03:42 - 1 hour - 73.9 MBIs Ryan Coogler a better director than PT Anderson? Is "The Phantom Thread" similar to the documentary about Lil Wayne called "The Carter"? Is "Belly" good? These questions and many more are answered on this episode, featuring proto zebra and lovely person Warren Wade Anderson @warrenwanderson. Also check his podcast which is in hibernation but has some amazing joints to listen to- https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/inside-the-phoenix/id1076115749?mt=2 If you're too lazy to listen, Scott'...
Episode 44
March 01, 2018 03:42 - 1 hour - 73.9 MBIs Ryan Coogler a better director than PT Anderson? Is "The Phantom Thread" similar to the documentary about Lil Wayne called "The Carter"? Is "Belly" good? These questions and many more are answered on this episode, featuring proto zebra and lovely person Warren Wade Anderson @warrenwanderson. Also check his podcast which is in hibernation but has some amazing joints to listen to- https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/inside-the-phoenix/id1076115749?mt=2 If you're too lazy to listen, Scott'...
Episode 43
February 21, 2018 06:07 - 1 hour - 62.5 MBWe went to see Black Panther. We didn't talk about it though. We talked about pogs and duck bacon for an hour. That's right we are back on our grizzly. Sike, that's the wrong number. We talked about it, we also stopped recording to go watch Blade Trinity and then came back. That's fourth dimensional rocketships baby. On a serious note, Scott is walking in a charity to help raise awareness about suicide prevention and would like you to consider donating https://www.theovernight.org/in...
Episode 42
February 14, 2018 05:53 - 57 minutes - 52.4 MBOn our 42nd episode we failed to speak about the meaning of life. But we did speak about Corey Haim, and Saskia showed up and dropped some knowledge before she left for work.
Episode 41 - Cati Gonzalez
February 14, 2018 05:32 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MBEKAJ is a 2015 American drama film written and directed by Cati Gonzalez and starring Jake Mestre, Badd Idea, and Scooter LaForge. It is gritty and dark and sad and shows a different version of a New York City you know. Marcus and I loved it so we had Cati get on the line and explain everything from fashion, EKAJ, politics and whether we should have dogs make movies. Enjoy.
Episode 41
February 14, 2018 05:32 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MBEKAJ is a 2015 American drama film written and directed by Cati Gonzalez and starring Jake Mestre, Badd Idea, and Scooter LaForge. It is gritty and dark and sad and shows a different version of a New York City you know. Marcus and I loved it so we had Cati get on the line and explain everything from fashion, EKAJ, politics and whether we should have dogs make movies. Enjoy.
Episode 40 - Liam Gavin
February 07, 2018 07:48 - 1 hour - 55.1 MBLiam Gavin, director of Scott's favorite grief horror film, "A Dark Song" comes by for a chat. "A Dark Song" is a terrific film about loss and magick, and you should assume there are spoilers for this movie, so go ahead and watch this film before listening.
Episode 40
February 07, 2018 07:48 - 1 hour - 55.1 MBLiam Gavin, director of Scott's favorite grief horror film, "A Dark Song" comes by for a chat. "A Dark Song" is a terrific film about loss and magick, and you should assume there are spoilers for this movie, so go ahead and watch this film before listening.
Episode 39
January 10, 2018 06:06 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MBThe numerology number 39 is a creative number with an inclination toward assisting humankind. The number 39's creativity tends to be focused on benefitting large groups of people rather than only benefitting individual persons. 39's desires to solve problems experienced by the earth's population. To that end, it associates with groups having similar values, especially groups at least partially composed of other creative people. It generally envisions an ideal for society and humankind to a...
Episode 38 - Saskia Kahn & Bill Scurry
January 04, 2018 03:46 - 1 hour - 61.9 MBBill Scurry (http://idontgetitpodcast.com) & Saskia Kahn (http://www.saskiakahn.com/) come thru for this episode that goes all over the place and ends with Scott jamming out on his doo wop grizzly.
Episode 38
January 04, 2018 03:46 - 1 hour - 61.9 MBBill Scurry (http://idontgetitpodcast.com) & Saskia Kahn (http://www.saskiakahn.com/) come thru for this episode that goes all over the place and ends with Scott jamming out on his doo wop grizzly.
Episode 37
December 27, 2017 03:27 - 1 hour - 95.3 MBDo you fear death? No but I fear heaven End of the year GIANT SIZE FUN FILLED EPISODE THIS IS OUR LONGEST EPISODE AND WE GO THE F IN
EPISODE 36
December 07, 2017 06:02 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBDoes dried watermelon exist? Survey https://goo.gl/forms/tFjRm4p0aHFHds1h2 "Beauty & the Beast, 413, White Doug, Baby Boy, kidney advice, GDT talk, The Shape of Water, & John Wick" - Jacob Rivera
Episode 34
November 22, 2017 03:17 - 55 minutes - 50.8 MBScott has a new synthesizer. People eat spaghetti in movies. Spaghetti has carbohydrates. This is a rap I found on the internet about carbs- First let’s talk about the carbohydrates They are fast energy for your body There are mono-, di-, and polysaccharides That’s one and two and more simple sugars combined If you need quick energy eat carbohydrates When your body needs more fuel they will disintegrate They release energy when broken down by your body They are like the fast food version of ...
Episode 33 - The Pink Smoke (Chris Funderburg and John Cribbs)
November 08, 2017 06:22 - 1 hour - 60.6 MBMilk Bustello Onions Peanut Butter Carrots/celery/scallion Potato Garlics Pepper Cheese Swiss Lettuces Grapes - Scott's grocery list. Oh also we rode around cars with boys. The boys from The Pink Smoke 2 b eggzack http://thepinksmoke.com/ They lied when they said there was no air in space- Vast Aire They lied when they said no more driving episodes- Scott Survey https://goo.gl/forms/tFjRm4p0aHFHds1h2
Episode 33: Zebra Smoke
November 08, 2017 06:22 - 1 hour - 60.6 MBMilk Bustello Onions Peanut Butter Carrots/celery/scallion Potato Garlics Pepper Cheese Swiss Lettuces Grapes - Scott's grocery list. Oh also we rode around cars with boys. The boys from The Pink Smoke 2 b eggzack http://thepinksmoke.com/ They lied when they said there was no air in space- Vast Aire They lied when they said no more driving episodes- Scott Survey https://goo.gl/forms/tFjRm4p0aHFHds1h2
Episode 32
November 01, 2017 04:34 - 1 hour - 71.8 MB"Boroughs, the Hal's, & favs lists"- Jacob Rivera I texted filmmaker and co-host of Wrong Reel podcast Mikhail Karadimov from a restaurant asking if he wanted to come over in an hour to talk about movies. He was down. - Scott Thorough
Episode 31
October 25, 2017 05:11 - 1 hour - 55.3 MBGrief comedy. Grief horror. Grief. A Dark Song, Something About Mary, Baumbach's new stuff, Vagabond and potentially a lot more. Also, Harvey Weinstein is gross and we discuss it. If you have been a victim of sexual assault, abuse, harassment and you need help that you might not be able to find locally, http://rainn.org/ 8006564673 And our DM's are always open.
Episode 30
October 18, 2017 04:47 - 48 minutes - 44 MBIn his waking world, James-Michael and his parents are moving to New York City from the mountains so he can improve his socialization skills after years of home-schooling. En route to New York the Starlings' car is driven off the road and both of James-Michael's parents are killed, but not before the boy discovers that both of them were robots.
Episode 29- Martin Kessler
October 11, 2017 05:24 - 1 hour - 63.7 MBMartin Kessler is back, and better than ever. Wee takl ahbout blaed rnner 2, Claire Denis, Ma Lout and Scott tells a joke with an Australian accent. Should we call Martin, Martin Bestler, the best Czech-Canadian son of a luthier to ever appear on Zebras In America?
Episode 29
October 11, 2017 05:24 - 1 hour - 63.7 MBMartin Kessler is back, and better than ever. Wee takl ahbout blaed rnner 2, Claire Denis, Ma Lout and Scott tells a joke with an Australian accent. Should we call Martin, Martin Bestler, the best Czech-Canadian son of a luthier to ever appear on Zebras In America?
Episode 28 - Martin Kessler
October 04, 2017 04:59 - 1 hour - 64 MBWe are visited by our first international guest, Martin Kessler. Martin Kessler is a podcast guy (http://flixwise.com), a film-maker (http://m.imdb.com/name/nm4487467), non-reluctant cineast (look into his thoughtful writing on why Resident Evil 4 is better than Holy Motors. Whether you agree or not, you'll get a smile), and a polite guy (I made a joke referencing Tim and Eric about the snacks he should procure and he bought cookies and candy, making him the first guest to bring us snacks). T...
Episode 28
October 04, 2017 04:59 - 1 hour - 64 MBWe are visited by our first international guest, Martin Kessler. Martin Kessler is a podcast guy (http://flixwise.com), a film-maker (http://m.imdb.com/name/nm4487467), non-reluctant cineast (look into his thoughtful writing on why Resident Evil 4 is better than Holy Motors. Whether you agree or not, you'll get a smile), and a polite guy (I made a joke referencing Tim and Eric about the snacks he should procure and he bought cookies and candy, making him the first guest to bring us snacks). T...
Episode 27
September 27, 2017 05:30 - 1 hour - 55.5 MB“Adults...struggle desperately with fiction, demanding constantly that it conform to the rules of everyday life. Adults foolishly demand to know how Superman can possibly fly, or how Batman can possibly run a multibillion-dollar business empire during the day and fight crime at night, when the answer is obvious even to the smallest child: because it's not real.” - Grant Morrisson We talk about superhero movies, but we forgot to talk about Unbreakable. Our bad.
Episode 26
September 20, 2017 05:24 - 43 minutes - 39.7 MBWe took a road trip to Queens. I think we talked about movies. We totes talked about 46 movies. I ate some chicken. We honored Bobby "The Brain" Heenan and Harry Dean Stanton. Survey for funsies: https://goo.gl/forms/SKwk27tbycl7wDma2 Sponsors, we would make you guys sound so good. Looking at you Fandor, Shudder, macaroni cheese.
Episode 25- Mtume Gant
September 07, 2017 02:15 - 1 hour - 63.4 MBMtume Gant becomes our only guest to have eaten 43 hard boiled eggs in an hour. Neil Simon, Bergman, deep analysis of sobering issues, EKAJ, rapper's rappers, Beach Rats, New York's crevices, Darius McCollum, street heroes, teachers and some fun other stuff. Survey for funsies: https://goo.gl/forms/SKwk27tbycl7wDma2 Sponsors, we would make you guys sound so good. Looking at you Fandor, Shudder, macaroni cheese.
Episode 25
September 07, 2017 02:15 - 1 hour - 63.4 MBMtume Gant becomes our only guest to have eaten 43 hard boiled eggs in an hour. Neil Simon, Bergman, deep analysis of sobering issues, EKAJ, rapper's rappers, Beach Rats, New York's crevices, Darius McCollum, street heroes, teachers and some fun other stuff. Survey for funsies: https://goo.gl/forms/SKwk27tbycl7wDma2 Sponsors, we would make you guys sound so good. Looking at you Fandor, Shudder, macaroni cheese.
Episode 24
August 29, 2017 22:32 - 52 minutes - 48.1 MBWe start with Kazaam to lighten the mood, add a little Beach Rats, go through a small gamut of Brooklyn film classics, stop for a second to talk Road House, do a little All These Sleepless Nights and end with a non review dismissal of Bushwick (the filim, not the neighborhood. We love the neighborhood).
Episode 23
August 23, 2017 05:33 - 1 hour - 61.4 MBNostalgia is a way of relating to the world that exaggerates what the current situation lacks—it helps us become aware of the cracks in the fabric of the world. Its tendency is to focus on something that is not: I have no home, or life is not as simple and sausage not as tasty as it was during the Soviet times. If we, however, do not think about these phantasms, if we do not question them and test our longing for them, we end up denying life. nostalgia can be frequently misnamed and easily ma...