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Apr 10, 2025

Earlier this week we said goodbye to Senior Producer, resident trash goblin, and longtime good boy cat sidekick Lincoln Hershenow. In his honor (and in the interest of Mason's health), we decided to take the week off. We will return with a new episode on April 24th.

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Mar 27, 2025

This week Mason and Sean discuss what is widely considered to be one of the worst films to ever win the Oscar for best picture. We did this because it is almost April Fool’s Day when this comes out, and I’m not sure it was worth it. 

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Mar 13, 2025

This week Mason and Sean reflect on Ethel Cain’s recent noise album Perverts and the broader lessons it points to about who we make art for and why. 

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Feb 27, 2025

This week Mason and Sean discuss this year’s nominees for Best Picture at the 2025 Academy Awards. Between the two of us, we watched almost all of them—which is more than can be said for some of the Academy voters. Allegedly!

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Feb 13, 2025

This week, Mason and Sean discuss the rising influence of China in US culture. They touch everything from the electronics we use to the clothes we wear to the politics we…um…politic; and yet, we’re still told they’re one of our biggest enemies. Is this really the case? We probably won’t definitively answer that...

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