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Ariel Baska
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Disabled AF
Send us a textThis week marks the 11th year of the Easterseals Disability Film Challenge, and Ariel's first year participating as a producer. Ariel speaks with Cashmere Jasmine, the writer, director, and star of Disabled AF, and Benjamin Shearn, the editor. Watch the film before you listen, here --> Disabled AFSupport the show
2024-04-17
39 min
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Fantasia 2022: Employee of the Month
Send us a textAriel sits down at Fantasia 2022 with filmmaker Véronique Jadin to speak about her new office revenge horror comedy. -------Did you know that Ariel is making another movie? Shining in the Dark can be found at the intersection of disability, grief, and tentacles, check it out here and support today!Support the show
2022-08-17
22 min
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Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes
Send us a textAriel and Rabia speak with Junta Yamaguchi, the director of the incredible one-take sci-fi feature, Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes, one of their favorite films from Fantasia, Fantastic Fest, and others, which just made its VOD premiere yesterday, with Indiecan Entertainment.Support the show
2022-01-26
27 min
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Ted Lasso
Send us a textIn this episode, Ariel speaks with the people directly responsible for the brilliant comic timing of Ted Lasso - the editors, A.J. Catoline and Melissa McCoy.Support the show
2022-01-13
18 min
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Seyran Ates: Sex, Revolution, and Islam
Send us a textAriel sits down for another interview with a documentary filmmaker and their subject, this time with filmmaker Nefise Özkal Lorentzen, and Seyran Ates, the Nobel Peace prize-nominated subject of her documentary, Seyran Ates: Sex, Revolution, and Islam.Support the show
2021-12-29
37 min
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What If Babel Was Just a Myth?
Send us a textAccording to Unesco, a human language disappears every two weeks. Within a century, 50 to 90 percent of all languages will be gone. Does it matter? Spoiler alert: Yes. Ariel interviews both documentary filmmaker Sandrine Loncke and her subject, Florian Lionnet. They discuss how language encodes culture and worldviews, and the threat to our humanity when languages are lost.Support the show
2021-12-22
38 min
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Sunday Bloody Sunday: Alone With You (Fantastic Fest)
Send us a textAriel has a chat with Emily Bennett and Justin Brooks, the directors and star of the new horror movie, Alone With You, that played recently at Fantastic Fest.Support the show
2021-12-16
36 min
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Sunday Bloody Sunday: For Roger (Grimmfest)
Send us a textIn a new weekend series exploring horror titles, Ariel sits down with filmmaker Aaron Bartuska to discuss his new horror film, For Roger, in the first installment of Sunday Bloody Sunday.Support the show
2021-12-12
27 min
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Mr. Soul!
Send us a textAriel sits down with Melissa Haizlip to discuss her new documentary exploring the first nationally broadcast all-Black variety show on public television, Ellis Haizlip's SOUL!Support the show
2021-12-10
29 min
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Unapologetic
Send us a textAriel sits down with Ashley O'Shay, director of the new documentary, Unapologetic, about two Black women advocating for justice in Chicago on behalf of countless Black victims of police violence.Support the show
2021-12-01
23 min
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Climate Change: Tom Bowman
Send us a textAriel and Rabia discuss the current state of environmental policy around climate change with Tom Bowman, author of Empowering Climate Action.Support the show
2021-11-17
34 min
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Cryptozoo
Send us a textAriel sits down with director Dash Shaw to discuss his Sundance-winning adult animated fantasy of mythical creatures, Cryptozoo. The film will be screening at the Alamo Drafthouse Winchester on Saturday, November 13th at 4pm, with a Q&A led by Ariel.Support the show
2021-11-11
29 min
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Fantasia 2021: Dreams on Fire
Send us a textAriel and Rabia sit down with director Philippe McKie to discuss his film Dreams on Fire, an exploration of one woman's journey through the Tokyo underground dance scene.Support the show
2021-11-03
41 min
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Fantasia 2021: Glasshouse
Send us a textAriel speaks with writer and director Kelsey Egan about her new film, Glasshouse, set in a dystopian matriarchal landscape, about memory, history, and culture.Support the show
2021-10-27
30 min
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Dune (2021) & Donald Mowat
Send us a textAriel speaks with Donald Mowat, the BAFTA-nominated hair and make-up designer behind films as varied as Skyfall, Cowboys & Aliens, and Blade Runner 2049. Now he tackles the world of Dune, and shares his insights into the process.Support the show
2021-10-20
21 min
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Fantasia 2021: Frank & Zed
Send us a textAriel and Rabia speak with Jesse Blanchard, director of Frank & Zed, a gory puppet horror masterpiece that premiered at Fantasia this year.Support the show
2021-10-13
30 min
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Fantasia 2021: Indemnity
Send us a textAriel and Rabia have a wide-ranging conversation with South African filmmaker Travis Taute about his new thriller, Indemnity.Support the show
2021-09-29
29 min
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Fantasia 2021: When I Consume You
Send us a textAriel and Rabia discuss the relationship between trauma, fantasy, and the horror genre in this conversation with Perry Blackshear, director of When I Consume You.Support the show
2021-09-15
25 min
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Fantasia 2021: The Sadness
Send us a textAriel and Rabia sit down with Canadian director Rob Jabbaz to discuss his new award-winning and deliciously gory horror film, The Sadness.Support the show
2021-09-12
36 min
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Fantasia 2021: Kratt
Send us a textAriel and Rabia sit down with director Rasmus Merivoo to discuss the premiere of his new film Kratt, a horror comedy that's genuinely for the whole family. Support the show
2021-08-25
35 min
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Fantasia 2021: King Knight
Send us a textAriel sits down with Richard Bates Jr. to discuss his new coven comedy, King Knight, newly premiered at Fantasia 2021. Support the show
2021-08-18
21 min
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Violation
Send us a textAriel talks with filmmakers Dusty Mancinelli and Madeleine Sims-Fewer about their film, Violation, now available on Shudder. The conversation dives directly into hard topics, including rape revenge, trauma, and artistic responsibility. Listeners may be triggered by this conversation's topics, including sexual violence and trauma.Support the show
2021-08-05
37 min
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IFFR 2021: Everything Is Cinema
Send us a textAriel and Rabia speak with Don Palathara about his new film that premiered at the International Film Festival of Rotterdam, Everything is Cinema, an important narrative filmed as if it were a documentary of a difficult relationship in the midst of the pandemic.Support the show
2021-07-15
23 min
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100th Episode: Harley Quinn
Send us a textFor our 100th episode, it's a celebration of the Ride the Omnibus family! Ariel and Rabia have a wide-ranging conversation about the many lives of Harley Quinn across comics, television and film, with special guests Billy and Danielle Dass, our amazing production team for the show!Support the show
2021-07-12
50 min
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Baltimore Museum of Art
Send us a textAriel sits down with Kwame Webb from the Board of Trustees of the Baltimore Museum of Art to discuss the vitality of the BMA as a cultural institution, and what changes it has gone through in the pandemic. They discuss what the BMA means to the community that surrounds it, and the recent bequest from John Waters.Support the show
2021-07-09
38 min
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Hot Docs: The Bank Job
Send us a textAriel sits down with director Daniel Edelstyn to discuss his documentary, The Bank Job, a collaboration between himself and Hilary Powell to expose the trade of debt and other dark secrets of capitalism. Support the show
2021-07-07
39 min
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Mental Health in Horror
Send us a textAriel and Rabia sit down with filmmaker Adam Stovall, director of A Ghost Waits, to discuss the topic of mental health and horror. Support the show
2021-06-14
1h 07
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Bonus: Rabia Sitabi
Send us a textAriel has several important announcements to make in this episode, a conversation with the Cultured Curator, Rabia Sitabi.Please consider donating a dollar or sharing the following link on social media to spread the word about our new project, Our First Priority. ---> bit.ly/KS-OFPSupport the show
2021-06-10
10 min
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Alexander Chard
Send us a textAriel speaks with writer and actor Alexander Chard about his process while performing and collaborating on the film The Blackout, currently available on Amazon Prime. Support the show
2021-06-08
35 min
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Berlinale 2021: Jack's Ride
Send us a textAriel speaks with Susanna Nobre about her film Jack's Ride, about cab driver Joaquim as he navigates the retirement system in Portugal and reminisces on his life. It's a touching documentarian reflection on what it really means to respect one's elders.Support the show
2021-06-07
15 min
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Berlinale 2021: Jesus Egon Christ
Send us a textAriel sits down with David and Sasa Vajda to discuss their new film, Jesus Egon Christ, about the relationships between religion and addiction and mental health. Support the show
2021-06-06
44 min
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Berlinale 2021: Kelti
Send us a textAriel sits down with director Milica Tomovic to discuss her new ensemble drama Kelti, that premiered at the 2021 Berlinale. Support the show
2021-06-02
30 min
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Berlinale 2021: The World After Us
Send us a textAriel sits down with director Louda Ben Salah to discuss his romantic charmer of a film, The World After Us, that premiered at the Berlinale this year.Support the show
2021-05-31
45 min
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Berlinale 2021: As I Want
Send us a textAriel speaks with director Samaher Alqadi about her film, As I Want, an exploration of the push for human rights - women's rights, and female identity under Egypt's increasingly repressive regime. Support the show
2021-05-18
36 min
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Accessible Festivals
Send us a textAriel and Danielle discuss the myriad ways that film festivals and other events can do better by their audience, creating an intentional that accommodates the needs of disabled guests and filmmakers.Support the show
2021-05-15
59 min
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Berlinale 2021: A River Runs, Turns, Erases, Replaces
Send us a textAriel speaks with Shengzhe Zhu about her film A River Runs, Turns, Erases, Replaces, a landscape documentary of Wuhan, China in the early days of the 2020 pandemic.Support the show
2021-05-12
31 min
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SXSW 2021: The Wrap-Up
Send us a textAriel sits down with fellow journalist and critic Andrew Pope of Whitlock & Pope to discuss all things South by Southwest, from shorts to features, documentaries to animated films, genre to drama, and everything in between.Support the show
2021-05-03
46 min
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Oscar Special: Sound of Sound of Metal
Send us a textAriel sits down with Oscar winner Phillip Bladh to discuss the sound achievements of one of the year’s finest films, Sound of Metal.Support the show
2021-04-28
1h 02
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SXSW 2021: Love Is Just a Death Away
Send us a textAriel talks with stop-motion animator Bara Anna Stejskalova about her deliciously macabre tale of love and decay, Love is Just a Death Away.Support the show
2021-04-19
19 min
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SXSW 2021: The Feast
Send us a textAriel talks with Lee Haven Jones and Roger Williams, creators of The Feast, a new Welsh-language horror film that had its premiere at SXSW 2021. It's a story rooted in lore and legend, with a deeply embedded message about what we owe to the land from which we come.Support the show
2021-04-16
17 min
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SXSW 2021: Off Season
Send us a textAriel sits down with Mickey Keating, director of Off Season, which saw its premiere at SXSW this year. The film is a Lovecraftian take on a Florida beach town that shuts down for the season, and the conversation ranges from everything from cult film to Ingmar Bergman to parental relationships.Support the show
2021-04-12
16 min
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SXSW 2021: Paul Dood's Deadly Lunch Break
Send us a textAriel sits down with director Nick Gillespie to discuss his new horror-comedy Paul Dood's Deadly Lunch Break, a hilarious and gory film that also serves as a commentary on accessibility, internet celebrity, and what it means to be an outsider.Support the show
2021-04-05
19 min
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SXSW 2021: 4 Feet High
Send us a textAriel sits down with the creators, writers, and directors of 4 Feet High, Maria Belen Poncio, Rosario Perazolo Masjoan. The story of Juana, a wheelchair-using senior in highschool, who explores her sexuality and protests for her right to a better education.Support the show
2021-04-02
30 min
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SXSW 2021: Witch Hunt
Send us a textAriel sits down with director Elle Callahan to discuss the premiere of her new film, Witch Hunt, that imagines a world where witchcraft is controlled by the federal government. The film and the conversation focus on the messaging of misogyny and the treatment of marginalized groups in this supernatural horror film.Support the show
2021-03-31
14 min
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SXSW 2021: Spring Valley
Send us a textAriel sits down with documentary filmmaker Garrett Zevgetis and healer-activist Vivian Anderson, founder of Every Black Girl, to discuss the premiere of Spring Valley at SXSW. The film is an exploration of the full context of one viral video, demonstrating the way that one small clip can generate a flurry of media activity without any acknowledgement of the larger patchwork of history and trauma behind it.Support the show
2021-03-26
32 min
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SXSW 2021: Potato Dreams of America
Send us a textAriel and director Wes Hurley sit down to discuss his new autobiographical film, Potato Dreams of America, a film that recreates the harsh realities of life in post-USSR Russia, and the way the immigrant narrative plays out in American schools, with teachers who value diversity over individuality. A conversation and a film about the exploration and the claiming of identity as your own.Support the show
2021-03-24
28 min
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Sunday Scares: Sound of Violence
Send us a textAriel sits down with Director Alex Noyer to discuss his new film, Sound of Violence, that just premiered at SXSW. They discuss disability representation, and the ultimately destructive nature of creativity.Support the show
2021-03-22
19 min
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SXSW 2021: See You Then
Send us a textAriel sits down with director Mari Walker and actresses Pooya Mohseni and Lynn Chen to discuss their film, See You Then, a drama about a pair of women catching up over drinks. The film is real, and raw, as an exploration of what it means to affirm your gender, and what it truly means to be a woman. Support the show
2021-03-19
15 min
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SXSW 2021: The Return - Life After ISIS
Send us a textIn this episode, Ariel sits down with Alba Sotorra Clua to discuss her powerful documentary, The Return: Life After ISIS. Revenge, justice, and forgiveness are the topics of the day, as the formerly enslaved women of ISIS apply to return home countries, and the world considers their fate, and that of their children.Support the show
2021-03-17
20 min
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SXSW 2021: Luchadoras
Send us a textAriel sits down with Paola Calvo and Patrick Jasim to discuss their film, Luchadoras, premiering at SXSW this week. Their film focuses on female fighters in Ciudad Juarez, the women who fight in the lucha libre arena. They discuss the empowering image of the luchadora as a masked superhero in the ring in a place where violence against women and femicide is a very real threat.Support the show
2021-03-15
27 min
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Sunday Scares: Stuffed
Send us a textThe beginning of a new series, celebrating creepy content on Sunday nights. Join us for these interviews that are co-productions of Ride the Omnibus and Ghouls Magazine. In this inaugural episode, Ariel talks with Theo Rhys and Joss Holden-Rhea about their new horror musical, premiering at SXSW this week. The film centers on a taxidermist looking for a human specimen, and the man, afraid enough of aging to volunteer. The film will be available to stream online beginning on March 25th. Support the show
2021-03-14
57 min
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Berlinale 2021: Last Days at Sea
Send us a textAriel sits down with Venice Atienza to discuss her film Last Days at Sea, a documentary portrait of Reyboy, a young boy living in the beautiful village of Kerihatag in the Philippines. She discusses her decision to step out from behind the camera to engage in a more collaborative and open process as a filmmaker, and to engage personally with her subject. She talks about her desire to show how climate change and pollution affect the daily routines of the villagers, and articulates the immeasurable benefit added by having a multi-national and multi-lingual te...
2021-03-03
40 min
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TRANS
Send us a textAriel reports from Nevermore Film Festival, this time with Korean director Naeri Do in a bilingual episode with simultaneous translation from SaeHee Chun. This conversation, much like the film, is one wild ride. Hear more about why humans shouldn't be considered the center of everything as we discuss the complexities of crossing boundaries in time, space, disability, and gender. From trans-humanism to cyber-feminism, this is a whole new kind of science fiction.Connect with the world of TRANS here: https://www.instagram.com/donaele2/Support the show
2021-03-01
54 min
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An Ideal Host
Send us a textAriel continues reporting from Nevermore Film Festival in North Carolina with this conversation with Robert Woods, about his directorial debut, An Ideal Host. They discuss his rather unique approach to writing a movie, why an alien invasion is the perfect metaphor for modern life, and his personal approach to inclusive film-making.Support the show
2021-02-26
31 min
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A Ghost Waits
Send us a textAnother day, another festival! Coming from Nevermore Film Festival in North Carolina, Ariel talks with director Adam Stovall about his new horror comedy A Ghost Waits, now available on the new Arrow streaming service. The conversation starts in technique, veers into capitalism and gets real about how this comedy deals with ideas of depression and suicide. Support the show
2021-02-24
59 min
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IFFR 2021: Bebia, à mon seul désir
Send us a textAriel sits down with Juja Dobrachkous to talk about her new film, Bebia, á mon seul désir, an evocative and haunting story of a young girl’s rite of passage after the death of her grandmother. They talk everything from Greek mythology, to the intricate textures portrayed in the film, to the secret sense that is key to her artistic vision.Support the show
2021-02-22
42 min
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Promising Young Woman
Send us a textAriel and Rob have a chat about one of the major awards contenders this year, Emerald Fennell's enormous hit, Promising Young Woman. They explicitly discuss the critical reception of the film, the realities of rape culture in the modern world, and gender politics as discussed in the film and in the media narrative around it. #notallmen or #yesallmen?Support the show
2021-02-21
55 min
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Sundance 2021: A Review
Send us a textFour intrepid film friends, Ariel, Katelyn, Chris, and Lisa talk about their takeaways from the 2021 edition of the Sundance Film Festival. They discuss their favorite discoveries, moments of brilliance, moments of weird, and evaluate the first ever virtual version of the Park City spectacle.Support the show
2021-02-12
1h 01
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IFFR 2021: Landscapes of Resistance
Send us a textAriel sits down with Serbian director, Marta Popivoda, to talk about her documentary Landscapes of Resistance, which just had its world premiere at the International Film Festival of Rotterdam. The film has two storytellers - Sonja Vujanovic, and the spaces she has inhabited. Sonja fought against fascism with the partisan movement in Yugoslavia, and battled her way to survival through many landscapes, including Auschwitz. Popivoda talks about how she made this beautiful historical record of a film, and how the fight must continue.Works referenced: Unwomanly Face of War by...
2021-02-08
34 min
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Best Films of 2020: The Contenders
Send us a textAriel reunites with a group of film friends - Zoya Fansler, Barbara Sadhana and Andy Gyurisin, the creative manager and film programmer at the Alamo Drafthouse Winchester who crafts communities dedicated to film. Together they discuss how their viewing habits have changed in 2020, and the films that defined 2020 for them.All films discussed on the podcast can be found in this list on the podcast Letterboxd account: https://boxd.it/aQKMKSupport the show
2021-01-13
1h 15
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The Social Dilemma and This Moment
Send us a textAriel reflects on the nature of alternate realities and narratives promoted to justify political violence across American history. She discusses what the Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma has to tell us about this particular moment in our country's history, and how we got here. Included is a re-broadcast of the interview conducted in October 2020 with Jeff Orlowski, the director of The Social Dilemma, and Larissa Rhodes, producer.Support the show
2021-01-11
55 min
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QI Tribute: New Year’s Special
Send us a textTo ring in 2021 right, Kieran hosts a rousing game (and loving tribute to) QI. Also known as Quite Interesting, this British panel show tests the knowledge of guests on esoterica, with a dose of silliness thrown in for good measure. Join the party as Ariel, Megan, Dan, and Ellen prove their ignorance once and for all with some punny, trivial, goofy fun.Support the show
2021-01-01
45 min
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Best Comics of 2020: A Full-Color Finale
Send us a textAs we say farewell to 2020, Ariel sits down with three fellow members of the Comics Bookcase crew, Zack Q, Harry, & Jacob. Together they evaluate the best graphic novels and comics of the many they read and reviewed this year. ComicsBookcase.com is a website that features analysis, reviews, creator interviews and in-depth discussion of any and every aspect of the comic creation process.You can find the list of recommended reading from the full staff of Comics Bookcase here:https://www.comicsbookcase.com/reading-lists-archive/best-comics-2020-comics-bookcase-staffYou can...
2020-12-28
40 min
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Best Reads of 2020: Burning for Books
Send us a textAriel is joined by Joyce, Linda, and Clyde, three avid readers, to discuss the books that carried them through this difficult year. Which books surprised them the most? Which books prompted the best or most difficult conversations? Listen and share in their passion for the written word. This episode was edited by William DassSupport the show
2020-12-14
1h 22
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Best Games of 2020: Saving Throws
Send us a textAriel sits down with Ron and Andrew to discuss the games that have gotten us through this strange year in the life of our world. From RPGs to interactive family games, we've got recommendations that come from our own desert islands, adrift in the ocean of 2020.This episode was edited by William Dass.Support the show
2020-12-09
56 min
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Noirvember: Richard Stark's Parker
Send us a textAriel talks to Lisa and Brad Gullickson of the Comic Book Couples Counseling Podcast about Darwyn Cooke's graphic novel adaptations of the Parker novels by Donald Westlake writing under the pseudonym Richard Stark.Support the show
2020-11-30
47 min
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Noirvember: Panic in the Streets (1950)
Send us a textAriel and Kieran discuss the film from 1950 that should really be titled, 2020: The Movie. A generally overlooked noir in its time, Panic in the Streets stars Richard Widmark, Jack Palance, Zero Mostel, and Barbara Bel Geddes. With connections from the Ottoman-Turk Empire, to the Hollywood Blacklist, to the pandemic, we're taking you everywhere Philip Marlowe would never dare to tread.Support the show
2020-11-24
51 min
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Eating Animals (2017)
Send us a textAriel talks with Los Angeles-based professional chef and independent farm enthusiast, Katy Watson, about Jonathan Safran Foer's book, Eating Animals, and the documentary of the same name from 2017, directed by Christopher Quinn. How much does the treatment of animals affect your health? How far, exactly, do you need to go to make sure that your food doesn't come with a secret price tag in hospital bills? And what does all this have to do with the factory farming industrial complex and the USDA? Find out on today's episode!Support the show
2020-11-18
1h 06
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Possessor (2020)
Send us a textAriel and UK-based film critic Zoë Rose Smith discuss all things Possessor (2020), the newly released horror film from Brandon Cronenberg, starring Andrea Riseborough and Christopher Abbott. The conversation about this technonoir ranges from commentary on social media personas to data mining to drone pilots to body dysmorphia to that sneaking suspicion that you're really the only human in a world of automatons.Support the show
2020-11-16
47 min
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Noirvember: Ida Lupino
Send us a textAriel sits down with playwright David S. Kessler to discuss the importance of the trailblazing actor, writer, director, and producer, Ida Lupino. David shares insights into her life from writing and researching his play Gwen and Ida: the Object Is of No Importance. Working as one of the few female directors in film and television at the time, her unique voice shone through especially in the projects she chose. They discuss how her encounters with disability and adversity informed her process as a filmmaker, and her unique intelligence, always visible in the roles...
2020-11-13
45 min
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Noirvember: The Joy of Giallo
Send us a textAriel discusses the genre of giallo with fellow film fanatics Sean and Dan. Giallo means "yellow" in Italian but as a film genre, is a descendant of noir. They discuss why the Italian offshoot of expressionism became so visually fantastic and explosive with color (specifically that particular shade of red from Max Factor nail polish), and the psychologically complex nature of these films. Support the show
2020-11-11
57 min
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BBC's Just a Minute #2
Send us a textIn a follow-up to episode #25, Ariel, Dan, Megan, and Miriam return to play Just a Minute, while Kieran returns to his duties as chairman in the magical game invented by Ian Messiter, and brought by the BBC World Service countries around the world. The game requires each player to speak for 60 seconds without hesitation, repetition, or deviation.Recorded leading up to Election Day in the USA, when the American players desperately needed a laugh.This episode is edited by William Dass.No infringement is intended, and no...
2020-11-04
40 min
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Lovecraft Country: Finale
Send us a textAriel has a chat with Kristina and Rob of Rob Paints the Movies, all about Lovecraft Country. They pick up their conversation where it left off in episode 19, discussing predictions made then about the season, theories about where Season 2 may be headed, the power of history, and how trauma binds families and communities together.Warning: Does contain spoilers and some explicit language.Support the show
2020-11-02
1h 00
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Extreme Horror
Send us a textAriel has a horrorifically lovely conversation with Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Zoë Rose Smith, and Alison Taylor, three female film scholars and critics from Australia and the UK. They discuss why extreme horror holds so much power, the problematic nature of censorship and classification, film criticism, and media narratives across the Australia, the UK, and the US.Warning: This episode includes explicit content, including descriptions of violence and sexual assault.Support the show
2020-10-31
2h 04
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Self-Care & Media
Send us a textAriel sits down with Dr. Ceres Artico to discuss mental health concerns in the pandemic, and how through self-care and careful consumption of media, people can improve upon their individual quality of life.This episode was edited by William Dass.Support the show
2020-10-27
49 min
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Problematic Horror
Send us a textFor this episode, Ariel joins forces with Mick Manhattan of theSceneSnobs.com to host a panel on the problematic, with Allyson Holland, Shannon Hollander, Katy Watson, and Kris PHZ-SICKS Williams. These six voices in podcasting and the film industry come together to talk about the representation of women, BIPOC individuals, people with disabilities, members of queer and trans communities, and other groups within horror. What is it about the film industry that marginalizes these large groups of people both in front of and behind the camera? Why do we still love the films...
2020-10-26
1h 33
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Filmmaker Amna al Hawaj
Send us a textAriel sits down with Bahraini filmmaker Amna al Hawaj, a woman on a mission to create change through popular cinema. She has worked on productions as varied as Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen to the Cannes Grand Prix-nominated Dègradé. She shares her industry insights as well as the view from her window on the world. She clearly articulates the best argument we've ever heard for the arts and the power of stories, and their importance now, more than ever. This episode was edited by William Dass.S...
2020-10-19
1h 04