It's an extremely discouraging political moment for our neighbors in the United States, so we decided the time was right to finally examine one of the quintessential cinematic articulations of American exceptionalism, FORREST GUMP (1994). Is life, in fact, like a box of chocolates? We investigate.

"The Man Who Loved Presidents: On John Meacham" by Thomas Frank - https://harpers.org/archive/2021/07/jon-meacham-thomas-frank-soul-of-america/

"Tom Hanks Explains It All" by David Marchese - https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/06/13/magazine/tom-hanks-interview.html

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#345 - At Long Last, the Forrest Gump Episode

Many movies in the 1980s depicted American urban landscapes as lawless hellholes, but Paul Verhoeven's ROBOCOP (1987) was unique for locating the source of the problem in the corporate world. The Superdelegate patron tier has voted for us to watch one of the most beloved screen satires of all time, and we were happy to oblige.

See cohost Will introduce a screening of Don't Let the Riverbeast Get You (2013) at Toronto's Fox Theatre on August 23 - https://www.foxtheatre.ca/movies/dont-let-the-riverbeast-get-you-10th-anniversary/

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#355 - Omni Consumer Products

The new documentary ALEX'S WAR (2022) seeks to "look past the caricature" of the Infowars gadfly Alex Jones. Your hosts find themselves disagreeing on the usefulness of this nonjudgmental profile of the notorious conspiracy theorist.

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#359 - Alex's War

Originally published to Patreon on 9/11/2021. 

In this third edition of Shano's Brainos (really, that's still what we're calling it) on the 20th anniversary of 9/11, Shane talks through the disastrous and ongoing war on terror, how imperial ideologies get formed, and considers what it means to live through history.

Unlocked: Shano's Brainos - 9/11

Lucy, Theo, Andrew, and Ben bring you: A happy hour raccoon make-out session, a surprising tradition in the UP's largest mushroom cult, a mysterious case of missing petrol, a Dutch hurling expert, and the English obsession with phoning the police about garbage.
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EPISODE 265: The Two Slur-Based Softball Games Of The Upper Peninsula Giant Mushroom Cult

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Libertarian magicians Penn & Teller turn their gaze to the art world in TIM'S VERMEER (2013), a documentary that attempts to prove that, with just the right set of tools and a lot of money, one wealthy entrepreneur can paint a Vermeer. We discuss the bleak, empty void that is Penn & Teller's view of art.

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#367 - Penn and Paintbrush

The new documentary series UNPRECEDENTED (2022) seeks to offer an unfiltered look at the Trump family in the weeks before the 2020 election and the January 6 riot. We discuss how its thickets of editorial commentary obscure a potentially compelling look into America's former first family, and then have a laugh reading from Trump Jr's debut book "Triggered."

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#369 - I'm Not Mad

A mysterious invitation to a haunted mansion brings together the motley crew of Dr. Romulus Stone (@intellegint), Colonel Jack Horner (@necrobranson), Reverend Algernon Something (@charlesraustin), Leon Contraire (@thevillainjoel), and Henry Colfer (@cookiesandart). Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/72970223

250 - The Haunting of McDuck Mansion [Patreon Preview]

Bryan is back with Kumars Salehi from Delete Your Account

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We talk to Pascal Robert from This Is Revolution about the current situation in Haiti but first we talk about something much dumber.

PASCAL ROBERT
@probert06
@TIRShowOakland
https://www.huffpost.com/author/pascal-robert

ANDERS SUBSTACK
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You Haiti to See It w/ Pascal Robert

Matt Christman goes off live on http://www.twitch.tv/chapotraphouse
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A podcast about culture, politics, and our crumbling world. Hosted by Luke Savage and Will Sloan.

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#367 - Penn and Paintbrush

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