When Good King Grinstead's (@charlesraustin) kingdom comes under siege by Vahgo of the North (@necrobranson), the two must forge a treaty.

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184 - The Royal Negotiation [Preview] [Patreon Exclusive]

An ambitious young man is lured into a world of drug use, his life soon in a shambles. A family is forced to kick their drug-addicted son out of their home. A woman resists rehab, then embraces it, finding it the most affirming experience of her life. These plot lines exemplify the melodrama of countless films and television dramas depicting addiction.

Since the 1930s, Hollywood has cultivated a hyperbolic characterization of people struggling with substance use. In film after film, show after show, people with drug and alcohol use disorders are burdensome, reckless, meandering zombies whose only hope for recovery are punitive measures: deprivation of necessities like housing and cars, dangerous rehab facilities, or the threat of jail.

In reality, these cold-turkey, abstinence-only, “tough love” measures aren’t particularly helpful—and in fact are often counterproductive. Instead, studies repeatedly show the effectiveness of harm-reduction approaches, like treating opioid addiction with medication. But maintenance and mitigation don’t make for the same compelling drama as downward spirals and a brutal rock-bottom followed by a cathartic climactic redemption —an issue that has long affected policy and public perception of drugs and substance use.

On this very special virtual live episode, we examine the history of onscreen depictions of addiction, dissect the dehumanizing tropes embedded within each of them, and discuss how they relate to drug policy in the United States.

Our guest is writer Zach Siegel.

Ep 140 - Kicking the Hollywood Habit: Addiction Morality Tales in Film and TV [Virtual Live Show]

Zing! Executives Rodney Kroenke (@necrobranson) and Lachlan Walmsey (@charlesraustin) develop concepts for upcoming Zing! podcasts featuring some of the biggest names in entertainment.

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185 - The Zing! Podcast Network Executive Programming Meeting

Hether Fortune (@unhinged_adult) joins us to discuss "the Airbnb for gigs," listening to click tracks like songs, and getting angry onstage.

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88 - Hether Fortune Kit (ft. Hether Fortune)

Charles, Alex, and Dan stumble onto the unique musical legacy of Raymond Scott.

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89 - Soothing Sounds for Baby

"America's 50 best cities to live in," reveals USA Today. "These rising U.S. cities could become the top places to live and work from home," reports CNBC. "The best U.S. cities to raise a family," lists MarketWatch.

Over and over again in American media we hear stories centered around ranking, judging and analyzing the rather vague concept of  a city. But who is being discussed when we talk about "cities"? How are "cities" a meaningful unit to understand a given space, especially in a country marked by runaway inequality and segregation?

When we’re told Johns Creek, Georgia, is the best city for "young people," or Carmel, Indiana, is the most "livable," whose lives and experiences are the media really talking about? Who is the audience for these reports about the best cities for families, for nightlife, for safety, for education, for happiness?

The criteria most U.S. corporate media uses centers a very particular constituent: Your average homeowner or prospective homeowner, usually white, upwardly mobile, namely, those who marketers, investors and real estate agents most want to reach.

Cities then, aren't deemed livable for their fair labor practices, but for their business-friendly policies. They're not worth moving to for their abundance of free public space in low-income neighborhoods, but for their charming boutiques and chic restaurants. They don't rank high for their strong rent-control laws, but for their ability to attract tech companies and they capture attention not for their excellent mental-health statistics, but for their "booming economies".

On this episode, we parse the ways in which media coverage of cities and urban living — often crafted by white professional-class writers for white professional-class audiences, and funded by faceless parent companies and corporate advertisers — centers the most powerful while ignoring the needs of the working class, the homeless, people with disabilities, and the vast majority of Black and brown residents.

Our guest is VOCAL-NY's Jawanza James Williams.

Episode 141: How "Most Livable Cities" Lists Center Upwardly Mobile White Professionals

Charles, Alex, and Dan round up recent articles and imagine ways to sabotage bands.

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90 - They Would Should Fuck Love to Ozzy

High Shaman Bloor (@necrobranson), Henderson (@intellegint), and Rand O'Nally (@charlesraustin) gather at Goofer's Glen to perform the ceremony of Pluckman's Grummet in front of the Okey-Dokey Tree.

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188 - The Goblin's Leg

Walt Tremblay (@necrobranson) is joined by his landlord/roommate Stan Cueday (@intellegint) to discuss Malcolm Gladwell's appearance on Hot Ones. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/54719400

E0 #19 - Walt's Smile Log 3 [Preview] [Patreon Exclusive]

A Chosen Boy named Lordo sets off on a magical quest to defeat the gunmetal dragon Vizhu Peetsu with the help of his adventuring party: the merlin Brian Winchester, the goblin Swoggle Cherrypopper, the elf Cedar Playfair, and the drawf Beagle Barnswallow.

With @necrobranson @charlesraustin and @WereratStudios (@thevillainjoel @cookiesandart @ElectrumDaddy and friends)

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192 - The Chosen Boy

Bryan & Brett are back talking on phones and not playing music outside of homes.

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