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The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi#60 The Upside (Best of The Downside 2021)For our annual moment of positivity, we take a look at the best moments from our inaugural year. Russell and I talk through clips of Caleb Hearon, Hannah Berner, Ashley Ray, Alex Brightman, Usama Siddiquee, Monroe Martin, Joanna Hausmann, Mike Recine, clips from patron-only episodes, and a preview from our upcoming episode with Samantha Ramsdell.
Speaking of the Patreon! The videos for the two patron-exclusive episodes referenced are now PUBLIC for the first time (#44 The Trolley Problem But With Bill Cosby & George Bush & #46 We Didn't Get SNL) and we've also made public the video of Russell and I breaking down...2022-01-042h 00
re:verbE44: The Political Aesthetics of Cold War Propaganda (w/ Dr. Bret Vukoder)On today’s show, Alex and Ben speak with Dr. Bret Vukoder about his recently defended dissertation, an investigation into the United States Information Agency’s (USIA) filmic and televisual propaganda output during the Cold War. Due to a domestic production ban, the massive archive of over 20,000 films has been relatively unknown in media scholarship, until now.To investigate this rich but little known archive, we begin our conversation discussing a sub-genre of USIA propaganda, which Bret refers to as “thesis films” - in short, films that are explicitly about the USIA’s film-making and information-dissemination processes. We turn ou...2020-09-281h 11
Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang"I Don't Think So, Honey! 4" LIVE (Part Two)The 4th installment of "I Don't Think So, Honey!" Live is here! 50 comedians take one minute each to go off on culture. Part Two featuring Annie Donley, Eric Shethar, Jack Raymond, Derek Smith, Eric Schwartau, Steven Phillips-Horst, Tammy Spanx, Aimée Lutkin, LaGina Hill, Lauren Ashley Smith, Mariah Smith, Jesse Roth, Karen Chee, Fareeha Khan, Audrey Stanfield, Chloe Fineman, Nik Ruckert, Alex Kacala, Michael Foulk, Todd Buonopane, Jeff Hiller, Sophie Santos, Kat Burdick, Ayo Edebiri, Katie Hartman, and Joanna Hausmann. Recorded Live at The Bell House in Brooklyn, NYSound Engineering and Mixing by William Sm...2018-03-3055 min