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EPISODES

August 6, 2023

JRPGs and Urban Fantasy

"JRPGs and Urban Fantasy"

I talk about my love of turn-based JRPGs that take place in urban settings. I mount a defence of turn-based combat before discussing three of my favourites in the genre: Final Fantasy VII, Shadow Hearts Covenant and Shin Megami Tensei V.

July 31, 2023

The Ween Episode

"The Ween Episode"

I talk about Ween, my favourite band of all time (except maybe The Minutemen). I review their nine studio albums in chronological order and discuss how their humour, often criticized for detracting from a sense of emotional honesty, actually does the opposite, and enhances the unexpectedly beautiful intimacy of their work.

July 16, 2023

Cringing Ourselves to Death

"Cringing Ourselves to Death"

I talk about how overconsumption of cringe and drama content destroys your brain and how building your personality around constantly passing judgement on others leads you down a path of poor mental health.

July 9, 2023

Emptiness in Video Games

"Emptiness in Video Games"

I talk about past video games that use large swathes of emptiness in their design and how it contributes to an almost meditative emotional quality that is lacking from current mainstream games whose design philosophy instead emphasizes massive amounts of content. Games mentioned include: The Wind Waker, Dark Souls, Kingdom Hearts, Penn and Teller's Desert Bus, Ico and Shadow of the Colossus.

July 4, 2023

Steven Universe and Parental Reconciliation

"Steven Universe and Parental Reconciliation"

I talk about the media subgenre that was termed "The Millennial Parental Apology Fantasy" by Vox writer Emily St. James and how I think Steven Universe may be the most significant progenitor of this trope.

June 25, 2023

Body Horror feat. Shannon Strucci

"Body Horror feat. Shannon Strucci"

This week, I am joined by Shannon Strucci (@plentyofalcoves) to discuss everyone's favourite goopy, viscerally disgusting genre. That's right, it's Body Horror. From Cronenberg, to Sweet Home, to Silent Hill 2, to the Old Testament, we do a broad survey of the genre's best offerings, while touching upon how formative personal experiences shaped our curiosity about the world of eyeballs in places where they shouldn't be.

June 19, 2023

Comics Saved Me

"Comics Saved Me"

On another solo episode, I discuss my existentially-damning sense of purposelessness before I discovered comics, and how even though the industry has a hard time paying artists decent wages, it is a medium that has brought me immense joy and surprisingly, a sense of dignity.

June 11, 2023

Are You Lost in The World Like Us? feat. @beetlemoses

"Are You Lost in The World Like Us? feat. @beetlemoses"

Settle in for an extra long episode with Harris (@beetlemoses) in which we discuss Banksy fans, media literacy, navigating online hate, the current state of the animation industry and much, much more.

June 4, 2023

Living History feat. @hackcartoonist

"Living History feat. @hackcartoonist"

This week, I am joined by cartoonist Jason Novak (@hackcartoonist)! We talk about the public utility of decorative fountains, the field recordings of Alan Lomax and Béla Bartók, discovering the inevitable similarities between you and your parents, the cartoons of Ronald Searle, and our shared suspicion that there may be no such thing as free will.

May 22, 2023

The Depressive Episode

"The Depressive Episode"

This week, I forgot to book a guest so I have decided to do an unprecedented solo podcast. I talk about my struggles with mental illness and specifically, depression and suicidality. I go into a long history of my fluctuating mental state and come to an unsatisfying, but honest conclusion.

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