300 episodes

Discussions on narrative in movies, television, literature and video games

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    • Arts
    • 4.7 • 11 Ratings

Discussions on narrative in movies, television, literature and video games

    Philosophy & Narrative: Cyberpunk, Posthumanism, and Slavoj Žižek

    Philosophy & Narrative: Cyberpunk, Posthumanism, and Slavoj Žižek

    We cover an article by man of the peoples’ philosopher Slavoj Žižek, exploring emerging ideas and the landscape of what posthumanism might evolve into via current pop culture touchstones.

    • 36 min
    Literature: The (Not So) Midas Touch | 2N5E by Yuki Iwama

    Literature: The (Not So) Midas Touch | 2N5E by Yuki Iwama

    We discuss this intriguingly opaque short story, and ponder what it means to consume a god.[Average score: 5.6]

    • 16 min
    Film & TV: Strawberry y Chocolate

    Film & TV: Strawberry y Chocolate

    We head down to Cuba circa the late 70s to check out this touted foreign flick covering a range of socio-political topics. [Average 8.3]

    • 27 min
    Games & Gaming Culture: Recontextualization/Defamiliarization

    Games & Gaming Culture: Recontextualization/Defamiliarization

    On the frontier as always, we define and discuss the practice of recontextualizing and/or defamiliarizing narratives in games (and some other media) framed around likely the most famous example of such found within the Nier series.

    • 29 min
    Games & Gaming Culture: Mortal Kombat Khicanery

    Games & Gaming Culture: Mortal Kombat Khicanery

    Two kombatants enter the ring to briefly review the series’ 2021 film incarnation before turning their attention to the franchise overall.

    • 32 min
    Games & Gaming Culture Guest Special: Grand Theft Auto with American Slacker Podcast

    Games & Gaming Culture Guest Special: Grand Theft Auto with American Slacker Podcast

    Grab a bat and haul ass in your Banshee, as TLS is joined by the hooligans of ASP for a whirlwind tour of the GTA series.

    • 1 hr 33 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
11 Ratings

11 Ratings

G. T. Blackwell ,

Unique and interesting format for a movie podcast

I really enjoy this podcast. The MOTS scale is an interesting way of assessing the quality of movies. Plus you can tell these guys are having a good time. which is always nice to hear.

csquaredM ,

Not offering nuanced or complex analysis

And overly smug (too much meaningless intellectual flexing)

Craig g new jersey ,

Very entertaining

Great podcast, they discuss cool topics and give funny, interesting takes.

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