This week: Climate justice, doomerism and pay-to-play Christianity. Tangents include Game of Thrones, ambiguous endings, plus how to engage with critical media.

Show notes:

Paul Schrader explains the ending of First Reformed

https://www.indiewire.com/2018/05/first-reformed-ending-explained-paul-schrader-1201970200/

Why Is Hollywood So Scared of Climate Change?https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/14/movies/hollywood-climate-change.html

The big lie we’re told about climate change is that it’s our own fault

https://www.vox.com/first-person/2018/10/11/17963772/climate-change-global-warming-natural-disasters

Theme Music:

RetroFuture Clean by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4277-retrofuture-clean

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

This week: Toxic nerd culture, fragile masculinity and how Michael Scott made misogyny cool again.

Show notes:

The Adorkable Misogyny of The Big Bang Theory

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3-hOigoxHs

Theme Music:

RetroFuture Clean by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4277-retrofuture-clean

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

This week: Insiders, outsiders, and Hollywood’s romanticized self-reflection. Tangents include grilled cheese sandwiches, the starving artist, and why Ryan Gosling probably shouldn’t have “saved” jazz. 

SHOW NOTES:

Ira Glass on Creativity - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHrmKL2XKcE

Theme Music:

RetroFuture Clean by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4277-retrofuture-clean

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license