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Where Do I Know Them From?“That's Mr. Movies Right There” - Monkey Man (feat. Aroog)IT'S FINALLY HERE! The season four finale, and we celebrated by bringing on a very special guest, Aroog, from The Navel Gaze. We talk about Dev Patel's most recent movie, and directorial debut, Monkey Man, Aroog provides her medical expertise, and Alexandra invents new slang. It's an epic action packed season finale, we hope you enjoy. Link to The Navel Gaze: https://open.spotify.com/show/1QnYkqfthJQ7Ng0k8ut3PL?si=0df277121de64767CW: murder, childhood trauma, death of a parent, sexual assault
2025-08-151h 14
The Navel GazeHow Was Your Weekend?We return in episode 12 with some unsexy office roleplay to set the stage for an analysis of the white collar workplace, ranging from its mid-century beginnings, its computerized transformation during the new millenium, and to the present day open concept hellscape. Our discussion takes us from Protestant work ethic to ergonomic furniture, office sirens to Dilbert, with a mandatory Navel Gaze detour about a semi-obscure French film.Mix by Gabe including sounds by:Skykicking by InsidesA Poem in Braille by dom mino’Good Sleep by I Am Robot an...
2025-07-221h 53
The Navel GazeIt's a Miracle!If a star falls in the sky and nobody is around to be moved by it, how bright is its light? This episode, we come to you with the question of miracles.Using a theological and not so theological framework, the first inquiry is the purpose of miracles. Then, 17776 and Syzygy, Beauty align for some intra-pod meaning-making. Wim Wenders’ Wings of Desire offers us an access point to the unified field, and from there on out we bond over woo-woo and shells.Keep your friends close, gazers, so you may share with them the magic of...
2025-03-281h 31
The Navel GazeGuncle Sam Wants YouIn episode 10, we finally reach the end of our heterosexuality suite, climaxing with the contemporary moment. We whet our critical palette with the bland offerings of Red White & Royal Blue, talk child-rearing under patriarchy, and theorize that the 'situationship' signifies parallel deterioration of heterosexual and hagplatonic relations alike. We finish with a discussion of what the hell a futurism even is.0:29 Intro16:13 Red, White, & Royal Boooo35:25 Let’s make a baby?1:08:33 Heteropessimism makes hags of us all1:34:13 Queer fut(ch)urism1:57:56 Outro and Media Recommendations...
2024-11-212h 11
The Navel GazeThe Bottom of ThingsWhat even is sodomy and why does it get people's panties in such a twist? Was Rosie the Riveter a fed? If a tradwife drinks raw milk and nobody is around to film it for TikTok, is she even a girlboss?The answers to all these questions might share more DNA than we thought, enough to warrant a paternity test. Resources will be available in this doc, which will be updated as we expand this suite of episodes.This episode's bumpers are a marital mix of the following tracks:
2024-08-271h 39
The Navel GazeWe're Gonna Give It to Ya Straight...Pride month may be drawing to a close, but we’re just getting started. Strap in for a suite of episodes dedicated to dismantling the conjoined constructs broadly known as “gender” and “sexuality”.To kick it off, we present you with episode 8 of the Navel Gaze, in which we have a straight-shootin' discussion about the regime of heterosexuality, its coercive constructs, and the ways we cope.Resources will be available in this doc, which will be updated as we expand this suite of episodes.Timestamps0:00 an introductory explication of the 2011 hit "Born This...
2024-06-281h 20
The Navel GazeLone WolvesWe return at last from a hiatus with episode 7, our first long-distance episode. Tune in to hear us tackle the nuances of loneliness: platonic and romantic, suburban and feral, incel and spinster, podcaster and listener.This episode’s bumpers feature a homemade mix of the following samples:S1E14 SpongeBob SquarepantsAll I Remember by Brian EnoFire and Light by ActressNight Crawling by John CaleWaiting for the Big One by Junior Varsity KimSweat, Tears or the Sea by Laurel Halo...
2024-05-161h 24
The Navel GazeThat's All, Folks!In episode 6, we unpack the gravity of endings, featuring a discussion that takes us from Walter Benjamin and Queen Latifah to bucket lists and Russian formalism. We hope you enjoy the final episode of 2023, and we can't wait to see you in the new year!Timestamps00:30 intro and some personal endings11:20 how did we end up here? a necessary prelude23:55 it was just a dream, and other disapppointing finales44:50 stories, stories about stories, and stories about storytellers1:13:10 and everybody clapped: a case study of self-narrativization1:43:45...
2023-12-191h 53
The Navel GazeIn the Same VeinWhat do the men of the vague East, ambiguously homosexual bad boys, and the sparkling redhead in your Biology class all have in common? They’re threats to American masculinity. Oh, and they want to suck your blood. In our media-rich fifth episode, the pod bites into the immortal myth of the vampire. Listener, beware...!Timestamps:0:25 introduction, appetizer, and blood-sucking tidbits14:33 whetting our palate with the myth’s orientalist origins32:50 do vampires take pre-workout? and other questions for the eighties55:00 post-Twilight, undead daughters of the confederacy, and a return to f...
2023-11-091h 45
The Navel GazeTouch (Gr)assIf three people is a crowd, then what is 8.7 million species? According to ecosexuals—an orgy for the ages. In our fourth episode, the pod gets dirty while digging for a reason to live, laugh, and love. Some artifacts of note include the earth itself, a clock with no hands, alien dildos, and Alain Guiraudie’s Stranger by the Lake. Best listened to while laying on a sun-warmed rock.This episode’s interludes are field recordings gathered by Molly and Atticus, and they feature a stranger in the prairie.Resources:Special thanks to Leslie...
2023-10-111h 40
The Navel GazeIn Defense of Crazy B*tchesIn episode 3, we discuss the phenomenon of "the BPD girlie," perform cheeky armchair psychoanalysis of cultural icons like Livia Soprano and Amy Dunne, and enter the amniotic world of Robert Altman's stunning 1977 film, "3 Women." We hope you enjoy...if you don't, we're deleting the whole thing. But you will enjoy it because you love us, right?Timestamps0:50 intro4:17 our crazy confessional11:52 an anthropological justification for our navel gazing26:12 is chicness a criteria in the DSM-V?34:24 in which we commit the cardinal sin of categorizing women49:18...
2023-08-191h 41
The Navel GazeGF in the MachineThe pod convened for a day-long symposium on the fuckability of AI. The resulting episode is an uncensored 2 hour deep dive into the alienation of being disembodied, the history of robotesses, and a case study on the bittersweet romance of Spike Jonze’s Her. Turns out apps aren’t just siphoning your information; they’re stealing your heart too.
2023-04-152h 21
The Navel GazeAll About LurveFor a very special first episode, Aroog, Gabe, and Molly talk all about love. We look at heterosexy courting rituals throughout time, trade book recommendations, and unpack the bisexual possibilities of the esoteric art house film, He’s Just Not That Into You. Most importantly, we answer the age-old question: what is a boy nun?
2023-03-051h 23
The Formative Films ProjectThe Pods are Alive with The Sound of Music (Part 1)As Julie Andrews once belted out on the rolling hillside of Salzburg, Austria, “The hills are alive with the sound of music,” and so is this podcast. For our next 12 films, we’ll be looking at some classic musicals (including The Sound of Music), musicians dealing with the vices that come with fame, the power of rock music, and more. From Bing Crosby to Ryan Gosling, Christopher Plummer to Jack Black, the Monkees to Stillwater, or Jean ValJean to Elton John — here are our favorite movies about the music, and how these two mediums can coalesce into something special.
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2021-06-142h 25
Reading Between The LinesK-pop: The Gateway Drug to Korean CultureThis week on Reading Between The Lines, Nicole and Wyatt are joined by Aroog Khaliq and Alicia Marksberry to talk about Anderson .Paak and new protest anthems, Netflix's "Never Have I Ever," the world of K-pop and more!
2020-06-301h 31