As we enter 2023, it's time for our annual look back on the movies that defined our podcast over the past 12 months. In our third Year-in-Review Extravaganza, we're handing out awards for Best Movie, Worst Movie, Best End-of-History Movie, Thing We Liked Growing Up That Holds Up Relatively Well, Best Tubi Movie, and more. Will Alexandra Pelosi win an award? Will Dinesh D'Souza go home empty-handed? What about Trump vs. the Illuminati? Tune in to find out!

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#391 - The Third Annual Michael & Us Year-in-Review Extravaganza

The amateur documentary MY YANG GANG DIARY (2021) gives us opportunity to look back on the presidential candidacy of Andrew Yang. We discuss how the "Not left, not right, but forward" candidate offered a vision of radical centrism.

"What Happened to Andrew Yang?" by Akela Lacy - https://theintercept.com/2021/08/15/andrew-yang-new-york-mayor/

#403 - Fully Automated Luxury Centrism

We discuss prolific animation director Masaaki Yuasa's feature films and focus on MIND GAME, THE NIGHT IS SHORT, WALK ON GIRL, and INU-OH.

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#324 - Masaaki Yuasa's Elastic Dreamlands

Hosts Josh and Jamie and special guest Will Menaker (of Chapo Trap House) discuss American screen legend Clint Eastwood in assassination thrillers with a double feature of his bizarre ostensible Bond-parody THE EIGER SANCTION (1975) and Wolfgang Petersen's cat-and-mouse dad cable classic IN THE LINE OF FIRE (1993). Next week's episode is a patron-exclusive bonus episode on PLAY MISTY FOR ME (1971) and TALK RADIO (1988), you can get access to that episode (and all past + future bonus episodes) by subscribing to our $5 tier on patreon: www.patreon.com/sleazoidspodcast

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265 - THE EIGER SANCTION (1975) + IN THE LINE OF FIRE (1993) ft. Will Menaker

As a little thank you for your hard work during the crucial month of Plapril, we thought we'd chuck you a little freebie. Enjoy your taste of what life is like behind the paywall.
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Lucy, Andrew, and Ben bring you: A mysterious sea beast in a New Orleans park, hot dog chaos in Philadelphia, an ice disk of hitherto unseen proportion, and the monarch of a short-haul flight.
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UNLOCKED BONUS EPISODE: Rage Virus Outbreak At Dollar Dog Night

Bonus Episodes

Yeah I'm thinking we're back. Back with a big one. Back with Bono. He wrote a memoir called Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story and we're podcasting all about it. Well, not all about it, but about half of it, because Bono's book is so meaty that it requires a two-part podcast. We dig into Bono's early life in bubblin' Dublin, the crucial single week where he asked out his wife and joined U2, his political awakening and initial transition into "foreign dignitary," and the time he made a Parmesan cheese sandwich at Paul McGuinness's house. It's a wild ride, and an Irish one. Missed you guys :)

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Songs in the episode:
"With Or Without You (8-Bit U2 Cover)" - 8-Bit Misfits
"Teenage Kicks" - The Undertones
"I Will Follow" - U2
"Sunday Bloody Sunday" - U2
"Pride (In The Name of Love)" - U2
"Do They Know It's Christmas?" Band Aid
"Where The Streets Have No Name" - U2
"Where The Streets Have No Name (Live)" - The Killers
"Big Boy" - Viagra Boys and Jason Williamson
"The Fly" - U2

And Introducing

#116 BONO! pt. 1

A Christian boy goes up against his sinister atheist philosophy teacher (played by Kevin Sorbo!) in GOD'S NOT DEAD (2014), one of the biggest Evangelical blockbusters of all time. Luke and guest host Alex Shephard discuss the film's tone-deaf depiction of academia and its particular streak of right-wing sadism. PLUS: What's next for Tucker Carlson? And is there any life at all in the ol' Ron DeSantis?

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"Tucker Carlson Has Already Lost His War With Fox News" by Alex Shephard - https://newrepublic.com/article/172274/tucker-carlson-twitter-video-lost-war-fox-news

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#424 - Know Thyself (w/ Alex Shephard)

We begin with a rundown of recent events, from the Coronation to the CNN Trump town hall to the Liberal Party of Canada's recent convention, before discussing this month's Superdelegate pick: the beloved comedy GALAXY QUEST (1999). We situate the film's satire in the context of 1999-era fan culture, and hash over our own respective histories with the Star Trek franchise. PLUS: a dive into a young Tucker Carlson's journalism.

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#426 - By Grapthar's Hammer

TRIGGER WARNING: BEASTIALITY, PEDOPHILIA

We discuss Cornel West's 2024 presidential campaign.

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Grimace's Birthday

Charles and Alex catch up on OK Go's cereal lawsuit, Rivers Cuomo's visit to the Rock Hall of Fame, and guys who still talk about Bored Apes every day. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit

165 - Perfect Score

Did Tetris bring down the USSR? That's the implication of TETRIS (2023), a highly fictionalized account of the beloved video game's journey from the Soviet Union to your phone. We examine what anti-Communist kitsch looks like in the year 2023. PLUS: Russian coups, disappearing subs, and further thoughts on the movie on everyone's lips, The Flash.

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#438 - In Soviet Russia, Game Plays You

A podcast about culture, politics, and our crumbling world. Hosted by Luke Savage and Will Sloan.

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