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The History of American FoodCrossover... Part 15: SLAP! Achievement Unlocked Zorro S1E5 on Amazon Prime*THIS* is the don't listen at work part of the feed. I'll include this for all the naughty episodes. And Zorro - he's a Bad Boy? Bad Girl? Oh heck... it's just how bad people can be when it all becomes about money, power and entertaining TV.So have you been following along?Now that we have our major players set up - and the relationships are established we can really get the plates spinning:Secret Societies - checkLove Triangle - checkTwin Brothers - checkMysterious/Nefarious Death - chec...2024-12-131h 14The History of American FoodCrossover… Part 14: It’s Definitely a Telenovela - Now With Twins - Zorro S1E4 on Amazon PrimeLook - I should really plan better when I take an unexpected trip to Romania. But I did not. Enjoy all the same. #NSFWThings just get more. More more. Oh you were confused last week? Well it doesn't get any better this week. If anything it gets worse... more soupy, more sloppy, more salacious.Greta badly speaks more Spanish - but mainly in the service of the 2! DOS! Zorros issue.Jamie is baffled by the twins issue - not twin Zorros, just regular Telenovella twins.Excitement as we are in N...2024-11-021h 16The History of American FoodCrossover... Part 13: What The Hell Is Going On, 1st Installment - Zorro S1E3 on Amazon PrimeAs long as you remember... this is the NSFW Bonus part, come on along.We are back in Alta California when the wine was Spanish, and the churches were all adobe. Americans were eyeing the other side of the continent... but only in a desultory manner. Snd the richest people of the land - were giant jerks with no thought of the little people actaully doing all the labor, or the local tribes who had been there for a minute. Like a real long time.Anyway - if you'd like to Telanovela up your history, let's Zo...2024-10-181h 09Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersResurrections, New York & New Villains - Zorro S1E10 on Amazon PrimeOk ok... we reached the end of Season 1 and almost nobody who's name we know dies.I mean let's not kid ourselves, the swashing and the buckling and the fact that there MUST be bad guys means that there's going to be a body count - but let's face it. Here we are in Telanovela-land so it's going to be less gruesome that Star Trek. Which - ya' know what? It's fun sometimes to just escape into the past and only be confronted with sherry in pretty glasses, questions about what someone's social class is based on whet...2024-10-1854 minPrizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersFilling Up the Telenovela Bingo Card - Zorro S1E9 on Amazon PrimeThe Telenovela is blooming in it's full flower - we have secret baby - but even better, it is fake! We have mysterious mothers, promised weddings that were and were not completed, consumation while engaged to be married. It's all a grand mess.Plus THE OUTFITSand finally Party Food.But wait, there's also the reveal that some of the bad GUYS are bad Girls. This show has everything, including an evil priest. There's nothing more to be desired - except a second season!As always - you can reach us on the internets.2024-10-111h 07The History of American FoodCrossover... Part 12: No Tapas, But This Has EVERYTHING Else - Zorro S1E2 on Amazon PrimeIn case you are new here - these are the NSFW Eps. Not serious food content, fit for sharing with everyone. Instead, we are being silly about media - mostly about the 19th Century. And there are swears. Sharing this becasue this Zorro series wonderful escapist nonsense.Catch Season 1 of Zorro on Amazon Prime Video to watch alongThis episode is where this show goes mask off and shows it’s Telenovela True Colors.Go watch this episode first on Amazon Prime. Twists, Turns, Escándalo! & we just sorted out that Dani Rojas from Ted Lasso...2024-10-041h 11Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersWedding & Secret Baby! More Telenovela Prizes - Zorro S1E8 Amazon Prime VideoGreta called it - the whole reason you have a Telenovela wedding is so you can not have a wedding. Or did she? This very Telenovela show has lots of tricks up its beautifully tailored sleeves. And the resolution - or not of this wedding situation, did not see this ending coming. But don’t worry Jamie - the 19th century is here to fight about it. And all the competing technologies are here to play. Tomahawk/hatchet v. Knife v. Sword v. Whip v. Bow & Arrow v. Flint-Lock pistol v. Breech Load rifle Oh yeah - and Secret...2024-10-0453 minPrizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersFake News! 19thC Style - Zorro S1E7 on Amazon PrimeSo - are you sure you saw what you saw?Memory construction is a hell of a thing... and we definitely are experiencing a new version of it with video, with rewind... and now with fake video creation.But back in the day when you didn't see anything - and you just got one vivid entertaining newspaper report, what does that do? Many of us are quite excellent at creating images to go along with a description - and then that becomes the memory.But possibly even more interesting - is how much this intersection o...2024-09-281h 15Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersIs This Too Many Locations? - Zorro S1E6 on Amazon PrimeSay in the comments if it's too many locations #locations #toomuchBust seriously - your 6 eps in to a 10 episode season and you're just going to send this many hares running in the field of story.What Gives?Also - Greta admits she entirely absolutely was guessing and was WRONG.But that's happened before & will most likely happen again.You better start paying some things off in the next few episodes. That's all I ask. Oh - and don't stop delivering on the fashion.As always - you can re...2024-09-201h 04Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersSLAP! Achievement Unlocked - Zorro S1E5 on Amazon PrimeSo have you been following along?Now that we have our major players set up - and the relationships are established we can really get the plates spinning:Secret Societies - checkLove Triangle - checkTwin Brothers - checkMysterious/Nefarious Death - checkand a SLAP! - check and checkThere's some fun close quarters fighting, riding off frantically into the moonlight, and jaw clenching to beat the band. Capt. Monestario get's to employ his jaw clenching in a range of emotional situations.We get a doctor that washes h...2024-09-131h 14The History of American FoodCrossover... Part 11: So What if Zorro - but a Telenovela and So Much Fun? - Zorro S1E1 on Amazon PrimeIn case you are new here - these are the NSFW Eps. Not serious food content, fit for sharing with everyone. Instead, we are being silly about media - mostly about the 19th Century. And there are swears. Sharing this becasue this Zorro series is very joyously fun.Catch Season 1 of Zorro on Amazon Prime Video to watch alongAfter watching the movie Zorro - it became clear, we need more of Zorro. We also need more of the 19th Century Americas... from something other than the USA America perspective. Because, during the 19th century, the Americ...2024-09-061h 17Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersIt 's Definitely a Telenovela Now! With Twins! - Zorro S1E4 on Amazon PrimeOh you were confused last week? Well it doesn't get any better this week. If anything it gets worse... more soupy, more sloppy, more salacious.Greta badly speaks more Spanish - but mainly in the service of the 2! DOS! Zorros issue.Jamie is baffled by the twins issue - not twin Zorros, just regular Telenovella twins.Excitement as we are in New York. Consternation as a transit across the Panama Isthmus is proposed.And as always we have fun dashing about the (not actually) old Los Angeles countryside as the Mexican sway over Las Californias is...2024-09-061h 16Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersWhat The Hell Is Going On 1st Installment - Zorro S1E3 on Amazon PrimeWhat the Hell is going on? That's the entire sentiment of this episode.And well, as viewers always trying to figure things out we may have brought it on ourselves.One approach of course is to take one story line and then make it endlessly twisty - each twist more diabolical than the last and it's some of the these post Game of Thrones shows where eventually people just can't care anymore. The characters are so contradictory - nothing matters anymore.The other, more fun approach is to just keep throwing in new characters (who's Gu...2024-08-301h 09
The History of American FoodCrossover... Part 10: The End, Or Is It? Is there a Shogun Multiverse Now? - Shogun Ep 10In case you are new here - these are the NSFW Eps. Not serious food content, fit for sharing. Instead, we are being silly about media - mostly about the 19th Century. Though here, about the new SHOGUN becasue - so VERY COOL!So we've come to the end of Shogun - a story that both haunted and informed us in our younger years. Racist, Orientalist - as a book, YES! But this version. as far as I'm concerned redeems the Entire Venture. And as a 1970's work written by a former prisoner of war during the Jap...2024-08-231h 00Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersNo Tapas - but this Zorro has EVERYTHING Else - Zorro S1E2 on Amazon PrimeThis episode is where this show goes mask off and shows it’s Telenovela True Colors.Go watch this episode first on Amazon Prime. Twists, Turns, Escándalo! & we just sorted out that Dani Rojas from Ted Lasso is Zorro 1. This series is SO MUCH FUN. Jamie and Greta are here to absolutely enjoy every last minute of the escapist nonsense. Ok Ok - not just for the fun of it, but how it shows so much of what was up in 19th century California that was not concerned with America. Which, actually, for along time was most...2024-08-231h 11Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersSo What if Zorro - but a Telenovela and So Much Fun? - Zorro S1E1 on Amazon PrimeCatch Season 1 of Zorro on Amazon Prime Video to watch alongAfter watching the movie Zorro - it became clear, we need more of Zorro. We also need more of the 19th Century Americas... from something other than the USA America perspective. Because, during the 19th century, the Americnan America was a very different shape than the USA we live in now. There were lots of other nations in those spaces we conveniently forget about. Also - the 21st century adventure and super hero stories have gotten a little... dark. We need a little light. Not to me...2024-08-161h 17The History of American FoodCrossover... Part 9: Death & Other Heartbreaks - Shogun Ep 9In case you are new here - these are the NSFW Eps. Not serious food content, fit for sharing. Instead, we are being silly about media - mostly about the 19th Century. Though here, about the new SHOGUN becasue - so VERY COOL!With that out of the way - Are Jamie & Greta fighting? Is Mariko sad about her son no longer being hers - or did she just eat some bad fish, and never really cared? But at least everyone can agree that Yabushige is the master of the expressive grunt, even if Fuji is the qu...2024-08-091h 07
Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersLet's Go Buckle Some Swashes - Movie: Mask of Zorro (1998)It's Season 2, and we are entering our Super Hero Era!It starts with Zorro.The 19th Century didn't just have rapidly changing food, fashion, fighting and all new ways to do crime - with the rise of the novel as popular entertainment, the crime fighters also changed. And so did the adventure story.Sure Zorro may have been created in the 20th century, and inspired a rash of 20th century urban heros (Hullooooooooo! Batman), but he rides through Spansih California, and gives us Americans a better peek into the land we took over and m...2024-08-091h 26Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersIs New Tech Always Used for Evil? - Movie: Wild WIld West (1999)The movie WIld WIld West - Great idea, the steam punk era set in a slightly alt (and completely plausible) history. Props - great. Cast - all the big names of the day.The excection? A stinker.But don't worry, you don't have to watch the movie because we did it for you. And we won't be doing it again. That aside, there is all the luxe you'd expect of the the mid-19th century, along with the frontier rought and tumble. And Germans, we finally get Germans in their rightful frequency!And of course the qu...2024-08-021h 20The History of American FoodCrossover... Part 8: Of Course It's A Trap - Shogun Ep 8This is NSFW or small children. You know the drill.If you want to get to the end - and to more fun stuff - go check out the regular feed at Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & Gangsters.I dunno what is up with this episode, but the comparrisons are flying fast and thick. But what really matters is Greta's synopsis of Romeo & Juliet along with the implication that Toronaga is actually a bit of a Drama Queen and the analysis of Japanese house construction technology.There's the problem with what happens when you do try to go...2024-07-271h 15Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersAny Stagecoach Outta Purgatory - Movie: Surrounded (2023)Not Depressing or Less Depressing than Expected...Regardless, Letitia Wright kills everyone who does her wrong. Or at least gets to see them die. It's a revenge flick, but first with suffering. And yet strangely, the glory isn't in the gore. Rather it's in the fight - and coming out the other side. Want to know what it was really like to travel in a 19th Century Stage Coach in the high coutry of the Southweat? Well, this gets you part way there. No Smell-O-Vision (yay!) and you miss out on the choking dust and the bouncies...2024-07-261h 43Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersLaying the Ghosts At Last - Bass Reeves Ep 7 & 8Bass is coming to the end of his trail.And it has to do with the ghost that has taken up residence inside his head - Esau.That insidious speech: I, the Evil Guy - am not so different from you, The Good Guy who has messed up a bit along the way in the pursuit of good. The thing where cruel people doing cruel things to make their personal life better is somehow equated with good people trying to reduce cruelty in the world. And those people dedicated to making things less cruel, becasue they...2024-07-191h 29Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersHow to Make the Coolest Man Lose Control - Bass Reeves Ep 6So you're a good guy. You know you've made some mistakes along the way - and you SOMEHOW got away with it. But you've made your way most of the time following the rules, dealing Justice - and bringing folks to Justice, or bringing Justice to folks.But our man Bass - it's all off kilter now. He's lost his way, and Justice somehow is no longer the way to redemption. In fact, it seems to be feeding Evil. What's a man to do when a ghost takes up residence in your head - and no one can un...2024-07-1257 minThe History of American FoodCrossover... Part 7: Emo Lyrics & Silly Hats - Shogun Ep 7This is NSFW or small children. You know the drill.If you want to get to the end - and to more fun stuff - go check out the regular feed at Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & Gangsters.Curious George should have taught us - be wary of the man in the unusual hat. But we just won't learn.Good stories, expert kneeling and why does everyone feel the need to share their relationship woes in the midst of the most tenuous moments?Kilingon revelations & more Zombie Buntaro for all of us to enjoy,As alw...2024-07-121h 16Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersCarnivals & Trance Music - Bass Reeves Ep 5The 19th Century contains so much of what the modern age is - and we get to see some of the stranger aspects in this episode…The Medicine Show or Carnival with spiritualism, menageries and mountebanks. And then the merging of the ancient work songs with the modern era - to create the soundtracks we now live with.And of course, the beginnings of traveling to go some place - just to see it. The idea that the world is a big giant place filled with wonders we have never imagined coming to a town...2024-07-051h 12Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersOn the Trail with Bad Bad Guys - Bass Reeves Ep 4So is Bass Reeves the inspiration for the Lone Ranger - or not? Or does it not matter that much in the end.For as much as people like to look back on the past, on the 19th century as simpler times with more direct paths and clearer values... Turns out it was not. There were fewer distractions sure, but there were still hard decisions that had to be made, becasue people were just as much out for themselves then as they are now, and perfectly willing to justfy it then... just the way they do now.2024-06-2857 minThe History of American FoodCrossover... Part 6: If You Stay War, Don't Gotta Get War - Shogun Ep 6As long as you know... ehhhhh not so safe for work. But this means something even when there's no ep this week!TIme to do the WAR!And come join us over on Prizefighters, Circusfreaks & Gangsters - so you can get to the end of the series!Join us to find out WHO IS CORRECT!Jamie says there's no fighting this episode.Greta says there's lots of fighting - you just have to listen for it.And then there's the whole thing where we discuss just how bad the Y...2024-06-281h 14Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersSay Goodbye to Donald Sutherland & Meet Bass Reeves Eps 1, 2 & 3If you already miss Donald Sutherland, or want to see him in a role where he's doing his best Donald Sutherland, come join us in watching Bass Reeves.David Oyelowo had this story he wanted to make and share... and for some reason Hollywood wasn't ready to do a story that rotated on the axis of a black lead Lawman.But with the success the 19th century stories around Yellowstone the same money decided this was worth a shot.So WE - with you - get to follow along on the story of the first Black U...2024-06-211h 17Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersNaughtiness Returns to the Movies & We Get the "R" - Movie: Blazing SaddlesAnd now for "Something Fun"Technically not in the 19th C last round... too earlyAnd now we blow right by the 19th C and end up in the 20th C.What is WRONG with us? Well, after all the death and blood, it's time to watch no blood and all the jokes. Mel Brooks takes on the The Western as an institution, as well as the Hollywood Production codes, which had just been axed in the early 60's to be replaced by the voluntary rating system we see today - G, PG, & R (General, Pa...2024-06-141h 32The History of American FoodCrossover... Part 5: 044 Truly Earthshaking - Shogun Ep 5As long as you know... ehhhhh not so safe for work. But this means something even when there's no ep this week!But Let's go earthquakes.And come join us over on Prizefighters, Circusfreaks & Gangsters - so you can get to the end of the series!---What show can bring you managerial manipulation, whispers of medival animal cruelty, zombie family insights and pheasant fetishization?Shogun of course - and as always with phenominal costumes and nice views of some of the behind the scenes that are required to run the w...2024-06-071h 24Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersThe End... Or Is It? Is there a Shogun Multiverse Now? - Shogun Ep 10So we've come to the end of Shogun - a story that both haunted and informed us in our younger years. Racist, Orientalist - as a book, YES! But this version. as far as I'm concerned redeems the Entire Venture. And as a 1970's work written by a former prisoner of war during the Japanese Occupation during WW2, writing a book trying to get into the somewhat legendary history of Japan - it did what James Clavell wanted, it introduced Japan as a complex society to America and Britain and it's still sprawling empire at the time. ...2024-06-071h 00Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersDeath & Other Heart Breaks - Shogun Ep 9Are Jamie & Greta fighting? Is Mariko sad about her son no longer being hers - or did she just eat some bad fish, and never really cared? But at least everyone can agree that Yabushige is the master of the expressive grunt, even if Fuji is the queen of eye-acting. And we all know what's going to happen to Yabu next ep.Oh yeah... and we will be laughing at Ishido's expense as he steps on all the rakes. Dames - can't talke to 'em, can't listen to 'em. Listen and find out all the wa...2024-05-311h 07Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersOf Course It's A Trap - Shogun Ep 8I dunno what is up with this episode, but the comparrisons are flying fast and thick. But what really matters is Greta's synopsis of Romeo & Juliet along with the implication that Toronaga is actually a bit of a Drama Queen and the analysis of Japanese house construction technology.There's the problem with what happens when you do try to go home again, and what happens when going into the trap is actually the best option. Lots goes down in this Episode of Shogun... and we are here to tell you all about it.As always - yo...2024-05-251h 15The History of American FoodCrossover... Part 4: 043 Housekeeping, Deception & a Training Montage - Shogun Ep 4Heads up! NSFW, Not E for Everyone. Think - F for FunWant to get more of the Shogun?Head over to Prizefighters, Circusfreaks & Gangsters - we're up to Ep 7! BUt in the meantime... you can just sit back and listen to us take apart and give context to 17th Century Japan.As always - you can reach us on the internets.Jamie Lewis (plagueofstrength.com & IG @plagueofstrength)&Greta Hardin (The History of American Food podcast & @THoAFood all over)Look for us weekly and on Instagram & Threads: @pcgpodcast2024-05-171h 26Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersEmo Lyrics & Silly Hats - Shogun Ep 7Curious George should have taught us - be wary of the man in the unusual hat. But we just won't learn.Good stories, expert neeling and why does everyone feel the need to share their relationship woes in the midst of the most tenuous moments?Kilingon revelations & more Zombie Buntaro for all of us to enjoy,As always - you can reach us on the internets.Jamie Lewis (plagueofstrength.com & IG @plagueofstrength)&Greta Hardin (The History of American Food podcast & @THoAFood all over)Look for us weekly and on Instagram & Threads: @pc...2024-05-171h 16Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersIf You Stay War, Don't Gotta Get War - Shogun Ep 6Join us to find out WHO IS CORRECT!Jamie says there's no fighting this episode.Greta says there's lots of fighting - you just have to listen for it.And then there's the whole thing where we discuss just how bad the YA Movies of the 1980's & 1990's screwed up the sexes abilities to ya' know... talk to one another.Join us for this, and some music memories.As always - you can reach us on the internets.Jamie Lewis (plagueofstrength.com & IG @plagueofstrength)&Greta Hardin (The History...2024-05-101h 14The History of American FoodCrossover... Part 3: 042 Is That How You Use the Rules? - Shogun Ep 3Heads up! NSFW, Not E for Everyone. Think - F for FunLook you guys... Ep 4 & Ep 5 are already up on the other feed. No need to wait!I'm super glad you are digging this bonus content.If you want more just subscribe to the main Prizefighters Circus Freak & Gangsters PodcastWe are like this ALL the time, and you get to learn ALL the new stuff - ok all the new stuff about the old stuff.Come enjoy it all.As always - you can reach us on t...2024-05-031h 00Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersTruly Earthshaking - Shogun Ep 5What show can bring you managerial manipulation, whispers of medival animal cruelty, zombie family insights and pheasant fetishization?Shogun of course - and as always with phenominal costumes and nice views of some of the behind the scenes that are required to run the world. As in... have you ever tried to get rabbit blood out of a bamboo cutting board without Dawn Dish Soap?If any of this sounds like fun to you, jump in the palanquin and come along for the adventure.As always - you can reach us on the internets.2024-05-031h 23Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersDeception, Housekeeping & a Training Montage - Shogun Ep 4This is the one with treachery & an explodey ending.Just watch the show and then enjoy our digging into the “what is going on!”Sorry - I’m moving. I’m out of time.But look up _The Religion_ by Tim Willocks to understand European Feudal Bushido… and siege warfare You have the Googles. As always - you can reach us on the internets.Jamie Lewis (plagueofstrength.com & IG @plagueofstrength)&Greta Hardin (The History of American Food podcast & @THoAFood all over)Look for us weekly and on Instagram...2024-04-261h 26Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersIs That How You Use the Rules to Win? - Shogun Ep 3Doctors, Courtesans, Archery (and yes the English bowmen used the Yew Tree!)Tricky Bureaucracy - I tell ya, this show has it all.If there's one thing to learn, that husband is not out of the way until you see the body. No presumptive closes with those people.But also, if you get motion sick - you CAN be too rich in feudal Japan.Once again - a lot is going down in the Kantō, in Osaka, in the Bay - and you want to be there to see it all! So come joi...2024-04-191h 00Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersOh Sure, Just Die & Leave Us With This (Beautiful) Mess - Shogun Ep 2Shōgun Episode 2! Check out this intro sequence - Game of Thrones, but make it Japan. This is the problem with hereditary rulership positions. Power can only change with a death. And no matter how hard everyone keeps trying to make it otherwise, death is messy! And for the number of times this happens, it seems like no one is willing to make it not chaos. I mean honestly - has the regent system ever worked out? Why do people keep trying to make Regency happen? Not solving that. But come on - look at t...2024-04-121h 26Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersThis Time Definitely in Japan - Shogun Ep 1Shogun - The Mini Series - The RebootHow, you ask, can we justify leaping all the way back to the 17th Century in a 19th Century podcast? Tune in and find out.But also - the perils & hilarity of reading the source material are revealed.Who'd face blind?Why do the Japanese interiors look so cool?Find out who has the best beard!They're aren't many fights - but there's plenty of all the other F's!Come for the standard stuff, but stay for the detours.And g...2024-04-051h 23
The History of American FoodSpecial Ep Crossover: 040 This Time in Japan - Shogun Ep 1Heads up! NSFW, Not E for Everyone. Think - F for FunIt is KILLING me that I get featured while on a research break!I mean yes - head for the back catalog... but if you are a "what's new" kinda listener I gotta let you have something.So - for fun, here's a crossover episode from my other podcast - Prizefighters, Circusfreaks & Gangsters - which is mainly about the mayhem that was the 19th century in America and the hot nonsense that is most of the media that depicts the 19th Ce...2024-04-031h 23Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersThis Can't Be The End! Warrior S3E10All beautiful things must come to an end - but PLEASE not this one!Somehow we are at the last Warrior episode in existence as of the end of 2023!And all sorts of things are left hanging - but more importantly, the board is cleared of all the useless pieces. Printer Girl Yan Mi catches a trainLi Yong no longer has a friend or a wifeAh Sahm has had to choose Tong Brother or Blood Sisterand we are left with QUESTIONS!Has Wong Chao made h...2024-03-291h 02Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersNot Much of a Body Count For a Title Like That - Warrior S3E9So much happened in this episode... and it was just a warm up!Lai will never learn - never.Yan Mi shows that she just might learn - and act.Mai Ling is just gonna Mai Ling... Leary has his note book out - but might be ready to write a conclusionChao has a plan! OK that's not new.Young Jun is faced with making a choice... with no backsiesAh Sahm is gonna have to choose the dock or the ship and has Strickland finally gone so far...2024-03-221h 06Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersAll The Get Backs... and A Wedding - Warrior S3E8Things begin to really Get OUT of HAND!There's a heavily armed weddingThere's an innaugurationThere's a blood bathThere's hallucinationsThere's a jail cell cage fightAnd There's a "train your competition" - yes that's a death threatLook this episode is chock full - and it's just a warmup for the even more unhinged rest of the season. So strap on your roller skates (which were popular by 1880) if you want to keep up.Jamie Lewis (plagueofstrength.com & IG @plagueofstrength)&Greta Hardin (The Hi...2024-03-151h 12Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersThe Most Threatening Wedding Invites Ever - Warrior S3E7This is the episode where people seem to think they are owed. Pimp guy thinks Ah Toy owes him his prostitutes back, Some dad thinks Leary owes him getting his stupid sons outta jail, Happy Jack thinks Abby owes him her attention and space and the best one...Mai Ling thinks everyone owes her coming to her wedding. While the rest of the people are pretty wrong, Mai Ling has the clout or at least is terrigying enough to be right. Or at least get people to agree to show up for her wedding.And then...2024-03-081h 23Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersMovie-Ep Time! This Episode has All the Shoot-outs, Tropes & Accents - Warrior S3E6Well it is about time this show went properly poly-glot. Finally MORE languages in what was an absolute babble of a city. Portuguese, Italian, Chinese (multiple dialects, but mainly Cantonese) along with Spanish and English and German. We finally get German. As well as someone completely hopped up on cocaine. (The particular alkyloid was isolated in 1959 for a German PhD project - I bet that was one hell of a final presentation!)You also get to hear me show off a little of my southern side. Yikes!And we may get the answer to whether Lee...2024-03-011h 34Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersAbsolutely Outsmarting Ourselves - Warrior S3E5This is one of those episodes where everyone gets a very bent version of what they wanted all along. Power - but not that way. Friendship, but whoops! it is not. A chance to go out in a blaze of glory, but thwarted - but in the good way.And of course, setting up the perfect trap that... traps you.An episode full of twists and turns - and a certain amount of smacking oneself in the face. Outsmarting all around. Jamie Lewis (plagueofstrength.com & IG @plagueofstrength)&Greta Hardin (The History of...2024-02-231h 30Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersHow to Make "It Could Be Worse" a Reality - Warrior S3E4What happens when everyone gets to lean into their worst instincts? You set up all the crises!Young Jun's gonna spit in the eye of authority, Mai Ling's gonna be the one asking for approval and Buckley is going to allow a woman to hold his hand.In otherwords, everything is about to go off the rails and it's all going to go gorgeously wrong. I mean if you are here for a scrap.So buckle up - and whatever you do, don't go out to eat in a fancy restaurant in short sleeves....2024-02-161h 36Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersThat was Fun, Let's Never Speak of it Again - Warrior S3E3Sometimes there can be too much of a good thing. ANd this time it was recording this episode. I don't want to talk about it.In the meantime - counterfeiting money is not good for a happy life, and you should really work on that relationship with your sibs. It could go bad.Jamie Lewis (plagueofstrength.com & IG @plagueofstrength)&Greta Hardin (The History of American Food podcast & @THoAFood all over)Look for us weekly and on Instagram & Threads: @pcgpodcast2024-02-091h 03Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersSo Many More Ways to Fight - Warrior S3E2Oh - you think you've seen all the ways to fight? You ain't seen nothin' yet. It's time to break out the MEAN GIRLS!Jamie Lewis (plagueofstrength.com & IG @plagueofstrength)&Greta Hardin (The History of American Food podcast & @THoAFood all over)Look for us weekly and on Instagram & Threads: @pcgpodcast2024-02-021h 34Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersSeason 3 Says - Let's Goooo! - Warrior S3E1And Season 3 of Warrior is BACK!If Season 2 went graphic novel, Season 3 seems to be going simply GRAPHIC as in the "this changes your rating to NC-17"Right out of the gate Ah Sahm seems a little more unhinged, Mai Ling seems a little more murder-y, Wang Chao is tempting death that much more, Lee has more brain bruises, Buckley is that much more power hungry and Leary is that much more an Irish Bruiser.And the injury effects - blech. Jamie who loves a good horror flick is here for it. Greta, who is...2024-01-261h 18Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersComic Book Nonsense in Egypt & America Knows it All - Movie: The Mummy (1999)America - we know what's up. And we are not afraid to America-splain to you about how your country/culture works. That's right, we are just that good.Or bad.Or something.This is the FUN Mummy movie from 1999 - not the gritty reboot from 2017. So pop the popcorn and get ready for things to get a little silly. While Greta enjoys the comic book nonsense of it all, Jamie is skeptical that anything this ridiculous can be good. Shoot-em-ups, punch-em-ups, romance tropes, practical special effects for the mummies and early CGI...2024-01-191h 15Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersOK It Was Gene Hackman! - Movie: The French Connection (1971)100 Years after Gangs of New York - and we are BACK to the Naked City with 8 million stories (to steal from the 1948 film - The Naked City)Are things any better? Do you want to call the cops now? Is anyone more sober now? (Doesn't seem that way)Are there just as many ways to die? While there are definitely more rats, there's also running water - so win some, lose some.While the last film had a promising premise, and produced a terrible film - this one has a depressing premise...2024-01-121h 22Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersWhat an Extraordinarily Bad Movie, But Still a Good Time to Talk About - Movie: League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)Welcome to our Second Movie Break!What is wrong with us? For a movie that made us this angry and dissapointed - we sure spent a lot of time talking about it. League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is that kid with every advantage and so much potential... that even when it's clear they're not going to make the team of become a doctor, you still can't let it go.And like so many others - we look at what might have been. To balance out the (granted enjoyable) dissapointment - we spend time considering who a bunch...2024-01-052h 26Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersFinale 2 - Never Come Straight For Buckley - Warrior S2E10What have we learned about Buckley? He's a twisty dude. What has Penny learned bout dealing with Buckley? Not a dang thing. But Mai Ling, because SHE isn't particulary straight forward might have a handle on the whole thing.But all of that is cute and all - what this REALLY is all about is the Hero's Journey.So jump in, buckle up, and hang on. And we have both a cliff hanger and some surprise endings.Jamie Lewis (plagueofstrength.com & IG @plagueofstrength)&Greta Hardin (The History of American Food...2023-12-291h 23Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersBONUS - Xmas Carol - All Over the Dang PlaceWhat are the odds?Episode 25 on December 25th - I certainly didn't see it coming.But if you ever wanted to know about the connection between Bill Murray, 1980's rat infested New York, the Muppets, Vampires, PT Barnum and Christmas, this is the place to be!So snuggle up with your most troubled Santa memories and watch the world change as we look at 19th century Christmas and how it's making out lives crazy today!Jamie Lewis (plagueofstrength.com & IG @plagueofstrength)&Greta Hardin (The History of American Food podcast & @THoAFood all...2023-12-251h 26Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersRiot! Riot! Riot! Warrior S2E9This week we start out as a TikTok POV video - but rapidly pulls out into lots and lots of fightsSo many fights that China Town is no longer left standing.We get the team ups we've been waiting for. Ah Sahm and Li Yong get to fight back to back. We also get the appearance of the nunchuck - and the disappearance of Ah Sahm's shirt.Ah Toy and Mai Ling get a team up too - though it's needles not knives.And while everyone else is stressing out about the...2023-12-2257 minPrizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersWhy Do We Forget That War is Dumb & Bad? - Warrior S2E8All the wars this episode - the Hop Wei has finished the war with the Fung Hai, we see flashbacks in the American Civil War in federally manadated sepia tone, and the smaller action between fought between Young Jun and Father Jun.But really, it's all about chaos Buckley can't wait to unleash in San Francisco now that he holds the mayor's power in his hands (insert manaical laughter here)Help us out - Download! And leave a Review to Get the Word OUT! You can find us: Jamie Lewis (plagueofstrength.com & IG @plagueofstrength)2023-12-151h 08Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersBut What if We Taught the Business Cycle Using Opium Barons? - Warrior S2E7We are out of the movie and back in the "real world" - whatever that means in this case. I mean, c'mon look at Mai Ling's wardrobe these days.But Young Jun & Ah Sahm have discovered that just getting the money back by winning the fight festival was only the first step. Now they have to deal with Dad!Everyone else is facing that moment of truth - how will they handle it?Penny's backed into a corner (2 corners?), O'Hara has to take credit for faking it, Lee is on to him, Zing goes before...2023-12-081h 24Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersYou Killed my Father with a 46 & 2/3 Caliber Golden Gun - Prepare to Die - Warrior S2E6Hot Damn!It's the Season 2 Movie! And we nearly died of sheer glee.Seriously ... all the fight styles, witty banter, sweet tailoring, shoe appreciation, the cheesiest sex scene outside of a Velveeta fetish, all in service of a Revenge Quest!It has all the Eater Eggs for those fans of Enter the Dragon (the Bruce Lee love is real) - and just the motivation the rest of us need to go track it down and watch it - to see the source material.So get out the popcorn for this one, warm up...2023-12-011h 21Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersThe Argument for Indoor Archery - Warrior S2E5This is an ANGRY EMOTIONAL EPISODE! OK. Enough with the ALL CAPS - but honestly, we are here for the cool fights on the stairs. It has hands, guns, knives, swords and even indoor arrows! The lines and set ups from all the 80’s movies (and a few from even earlier…) all the fun clichés are here. And it all ends with slo-mo pit fighting in the rain and a sibling throw down. Honestly - what more do you want from a mid-season episode?(Optional) HOMEWORK:Learn about why most of th...2023-11-241h 10Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersBeautiful Faces & Faces of Death - Warrior S2E4When are the talking episodes good? When they are like THIS!The tributes to story tropes & the turning them on their head. And a director (Loni Peristere) who is SO good at faces.We get "you made me a murderer", "the using 1 guy to go on a secret date with another", "crime lord checking out the drug operation", "locker room badness" & the "come for me - miss me!"And of course, Hong continues to snuggle in next to our black little hearts as our new favorite maniac.Oh and it's also time...2023-11-171h 38Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersGet Your Romance Novel Out of My Action Series - Warrior S2E3What Happenns if you cross Bridgerton with GI Joe? Romance Novels & Action Series - who ever heard of such a thing? Well, apparently, it's definitely a thing on Warrior now. But don't worry - to balance out the secret babies we have necklace fights. No, not that kind, the cool kind! And there are some fun side roads to take for this episode. That's right - it has returned (Optional) HOMEWORK: Learn about Hanuman (There's a Hulu Series "The Legend of Hanuman" you can watch with subtitles, or just readhttps://en...2023-11-101h 14Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersI'm Here to Tell You it Can Always Get Worse - Warrior S2E2Want more Jamie & Greta? Get your tickets (DISCOUNT CODE: Food) to Intelligent Speech Online - this November 4th and see all sorts of History Pods - including Margaret Killjoy and Her Cool People! In our current age of madness, we need ContingenciesYou episode 1 of seson 2 was trouble - WELL!Lee is sleeping in his shirt (I can't even see his Jawline)!Penny is getting backed into corners.But Sophie is enjoying the town, and O'Hara seems to be gaining the good life.The costumes are wilder, the fights are showier, and Li Yong...2023-11-031h 25Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersBONUS - What if Halloween & Thanksgiving DId a Collab? Movie: Fall of the House of Usher (1960)Want more Jamie & Greta? Get your tickets (DISCOUNT CODE: Food) to Intelligent Speech Online - this November 4th and see all sorts of History Pods - including Margaret Killjoy and Her Cool People! In our current age of madness, we need ContingenciesWhat happens when Meet The Parents meets Schlock Horror... that's not even really that scary? This film. With plastic skeletons and furniture from grandma's attic.OK - so it's the Dawn of Color FIlm. There are still people going to the move-ees who can remember when the Talk-ees where the new hotness. So obviously...2023-10-311h 34Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersWe're Back Baby! No One is Making Good Decisions - Warrior S2E1Want more Jamie & Greta? Get your tickets (DISCOUNT CODE: Food) to Intelligent Speech Online - this November 4th and see all sorts of History Pods - including Margaret Killjoy and Her Cool People! In our current age of madness, we need ContingenciesIt's Season 2 of Warrior and OH Boy! Does this season look different. Yeah, yeah, last season was super duper historical, true to the way it was... more or less. THis season - we are in a world of Heightened Reality - and let's face it, it looks REAL GOOD!Are Ah Toy's dresses crazy...2023-10-271h 21Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersA Boat Movie that Doesn't Suck - Movie: Master & Commander - Far Side of the World (2003)How is Jamie going to resolve his enjoyment of boats in person, but not liking boat movies?How bad does a 19thC warship smell?How much is Greta NOT telling you?HOMEWORK! (Optional): Books we mentionedPatrick O'Brian Jack Aubry series. The beginning - Master and CommanderThe Age of Fighting Sail & the Horatio Hornblower series - C.S. Forester Longitude (2000) staring Jeremy Irons (OK this is a movie)The Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Samuel Taylor Coleridge (this is why not to kill an albatross while you are on a...2023-10-201h 53Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersShiny Pyjamas & Bulshido - Kung Fu, That David Carradine ThingWhat is the worst marial arts TV show on American television? I'll happily put my money on Kung Fu with David Carradine. As a kid I would try to watch the show, but always think it was a printing mistake in my local paper - this couldn't possibly be a show about a Chinese guy doing Kung Fu. There was no Chinese guy and there was no Kung FuBut it's worse than that - dead women as your motivation, swamps in Arizona, everyone has zippers! They did get the amount of flies right though - which was lots.2023-10-131h 23Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersFaith in Your Terrible Judgement - Movie: The Greatest Showman (2017)Ladies & Gentlemen Boys & Girls gather ‘round, take a seat and view these wonders of Hugh Jackman, Zendaya and Zach Efron in The Greatest Showman It’s available to watch on several cable providers - and available in the subscriptions of DIsney+, Hulu, SlingAlternately, strap in for some Circus History and an absolute shredding of the public image of PT Barnum. Who was worse - Barnum or Trump? (we all know who worked harder) For now - Society was exploding in all the directions! Fashion had purple for all! Science was full of wonders - germ...2023-10-061h 31
Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersIt's A Pride Off! - Warrior S1E10This week we get to see if the Man makes the Clothes, or the Clothes makes the Man.Also - healthcare in the American workplace is (more or less) the same as it ever was. But at least we can bring waterbottles to the job now.Everyone is at a fever pitch to get out of this season standing on two good feet - but not everyone will get that. Head wounds and all...Help us out - Download! And leave a Review to Get the Word OUT! Want more Jamie & Greta...2023-09-291h 37Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersThe World's Dumbest Arm Bar - Warrior S1E9We have the arena, we have the fighters, we have The Ring of Fire!!!And those fashions - it may be shirts off in the ring, but the Ah Toy and Mai Ling are treating this like a Royal French Opera, and have come dressed to kill.But honestly, once it's all set up it's time to look at some bad ass fightery- and see just what happens to who loses in a fight this big. So get your seats, grab a beer, and place your bets - even the cops are in it for...2023-09-221h 22Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersGoing All In - Warrior S1E8So - you find yourself as a woman type person in the 19th century.How much does that suck?Lots or slightly less. Mostly that depends on birth - where & how much $$$ Dad & Mom have. But sometimes you can make your own luck. Sometimes you only have to put your life on the line. Or is that - you always have to put your life on the line and the odds change.Anyway - blood is going to fly.Help us out - Download! And leave a Review to Get the Word OUT! 2023-09-151h 14Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersChoose Your Own Adventure? - Warrior S1E7Fight! Fight! Fight! This episode has so many bodies!We also get to see a badass training montage. Alas, the music is a little off from our experience, but it does let us contemplate a truly knarly war injury while thinking about going into the fight.And we get to see Buckley getting up to No Good!So much happens in this episode, it's hard to decide which is the best part. Who cares?Jump into the rush and get swept away with this fight, that fight or the other one. Just have the...2023-09-081h 13
Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersI've Never Been Exploded - Warrior S1E6The boys are back in town, and it's time for a party!Lee's happy, O'Hara's grumpy, Young Jun wants to fight and Ah Sahm is making bad decisions - so what else is new? Mai Ling is ready t omake moves on her own - and she is NOT subtle. Get a few face tattooed warriors in her back pocket and she thinks she's are the baddest lady in town.Maybe so - but it doesn't come without consequences and a whole bunch of bodies.Come join us for some trouble, some spectacle and...2023-09-0158 minPrizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersThat Was Phenomenal! - Warrior S1E5Bad Ass Cowboy Fights!Yes, yes, we are here being all erudite and know-it-ally, but sometimes, a really good mini movie with the best fights ever and really smooshy guts SFX are just the best.Find your best cowboy hat, saddle up, and join us for the most fun episode of Warrior yet.Help us out - Download! And leave a Review to Get the Word OUT! You can find us:Jamie Lewis (plagueofstrength.com & IG @plagueofstrength)&Greta Hardin (The History of American Food podcast & @THoAFood all over)2023-08-2557 minPrizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersWe've Learned Nothing - Warrior S1E4Damn Rhyming History! The problem with time being Nietzsche's stupid flat circle, is we just run around and stub our societal toes on the same stupid problems. HBO's show Warriorgives us the chance to indulge in a little nihilist philosophy, and still get in some great fights.It's also one of the best food episodes so far. I mean, trecherous murder, smothered whole fish and the wrong damn beans! This is the episode where we start to see just what you chosen fighter might be facing, and how well suited they...2023-08-181h 25Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersEight Sided Fight - Warrior S1E3There are a lot of fighters to choose from on the HBO showWarriorIf you are a go face first in to fight where you swing first - Leary is your manMore of a sneak up and get them when they least suspect you - Barkley for sureFor those white knight types - it's all Ah Sahm all dayRuthless Smarts, but still know how to make friends and have fun? - Ah ToyDo what it takes, becasue you want to climb as high...2023-08-111h 11
Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersAttractive Wildness - Warrior S1E2The 19th Century - Way more interesting than you throught... It's episode 2, and frankly, things look good on the HBO Show:WarriorThere's a sense of looking around, and getting to know the place. But don't worry, there are still a few fights. Just like the actors, they are incredibly good looking!Why were people so viscious in the 19th century? Partly, I dunno, partly insecurity. But also partly, they really were sure they were right. All of them. All the time. That could make for a mess....2023-08-0455 minPrizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersCriminally Underexamined - Warrior S1E1We are back! Ready to watch the HBO Show:WarriorWe are going to go all the way back to season 1 and walk you through this fight by fight, with a few stops along the way to drool over the food, have some opinions about the clothes, and unpack why the characters actions make Perfect Sense in the 19th century context.What the heck was going on at this point in time in America anyway.Let's Gooooooooo!You can find us:Jamie Lewis (plagueofstrength.com...2023-07-281h 02Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersIncredibly Greasy - Movie: Gangs of New York (2002)Introducing a chaotic look at the the most startling century of all - the 19th Century.We start out with BANG! (and many fatal injuries) with Martin Scorcese's 2002 sprawling epic of fortune, fighting, crime & misery...Gangs of New YorkJamie Lewis (plagueofstrength.com & IG @plagueofstrength)& Greta Hardin (The History of American Food podcast & @THoAFood all over)join forces to go over just what the hell is happeneing in this move, and why it really does need to be 3 hours long. If you are ready to dive and...2023-07-211h 58Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & GangstersIntroducing Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & Gangsters!The 19th Century - American Maheym has arrived! Fighting, Food, Fashion & Fraud Plus bombast, fornication, mendacity, debauchery, slander, sensationalism and vapid triviality... and swearing.Yet it's the least understood American century - far more than the Civil War, the Railroad & Cowboy Movies. Through 20th & 21st century TV & Movies, Jamie Lewis of Plague Of Strength & Greta Hardin of The History of American food will take up on a wild ride through the most exciting parts. These history junkies will talk you through a wild assortment of media as we discuss things like:physical culture & body buildingmedicine...2023-07-1402 min