93 - They Still Manage to Wedge in Some Racism, but It’s a Little Too Professional (S13E6 True Believers)

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01/31/22 • 78 min

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Munch My Benson: A Law & Order: SVU Podcast

After kicking things off with Adam’s tales of neglected hot tub maintenance, the Munchie Boys step into the world of early Season 13 where a new writing staff ventures off into a Stabler-less world. Where some episodes may not be as boldly helmed and written, this is a fantastically directed, process-concerned contemplation on how a rape and its ensuing investigation affects the victim in the days and weeks that follow.
It also features Munch’s former Homicide fellow detective after an apparent name change from Frank Pembleton to Bayard Ellis, who is apparently now a civil rights defense attorney. Yes, this one’s got none other than 11-time Emmy nominee (and two-time winner) Andre Braugher. Don’t worry, we also talk at length about a cast member’s involvement in a meditation cult and how it colors our undying appreciation of Mandy, the undeniable sexual energy between Braugher and Hargitay, and the notion of an SVU without Olivia Benson which was apparently in the cards.
Sources:
Ken Barlow’s son and the humiliation sect: The extraordinary saga of how the Coronation Street star’s actor son is helping run a very troubling ‘cult’ - Paul Bracchi for The Daily Mail and Tom Leonard - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2248461/Ken-Barlows-son-humiliation-sect-The-extraordinary-saga-Coronation-Street-stars-actor-son-helping-run-troubling-cult.html
Interview: Linus comes back fighting; TV and film star Linus Roache took a risk by stepping out of the spotlight to seek peace among a controversial US cult - Thomas Quinn for The Mirror - January 30, 1999 - https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Interview%3A+Linus+comes+back+fighting%3B+TV+and+film+star+Linus+Roache...-a060225623
Jeremiah Sand - Lift It Down - Sacred Bones Records - https://www.sacredbonesrecords.com/products/sbr239-jeremiah-sand-lift-it-down
Music:
Divorcio Suave "Munchy Business"
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92 - She Kind of Gets Mind-Raped by the Hawk (S21E8 We Dream Of Machine Elves)

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This week we watched an episode unlike any other SVU in the catalog. A young girl from Kansas is abandoned by her Fireball-shooting friends, drugged with exotic psychedelics, raped, and forced to dig her own physical and metaphorical grave by the acolytes of a famed radical psychologist who just so happens to have been SVU's own resident Alice-In-Wonderland-expert Amanda Rollins's former guru. Between blue rape avatars, expensive music cues, and extensive literary references, things get pretty weird. This, of course, is all just fuel for the Munch fire as Josh and Adam discuss the hero's journey; pedicab culture; early 20th century Swedish folklore illustrator, John Bauer; famed ethnobotanist and drug user, Terrence McKenna; famed memoirist and sex haver, Anaïs Nin; and whether or not we're too old to pick up trendy new drug habits. This is a wild ride folks. Hold on tight!
Sources:
DMT - PsychonautWiki - https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/DMT
Terrence McKenna's Last Trip - Wired - https://www.wired.com/2000/05/mckenna/
John Bauer's Illustrations - WikiArt - https://www.wikiart.org/en/john-bauer
Music:
Divorcio Suave - “Munchy Business”
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...These Are There Stories
- Adam - http://www.lawandorderpodcast.com/podcast-episodes/sick
- Josh - http://www.lawandorderpodcast.com/podcast-episodes/plastic
Both of us on FMWL Pod
- 1st Time - https://www.buzzsprout.com/1679521/9271395
- 2nd Time - https://www.buzzsprout.com/1679521/10596164
Chick-Lit at the Movies - https://www.spreaker.com/user/14744598/the-thin-man-munchie-boys-final
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94 - Do Buffalonians Dream Of Erotic Meats? (S13E5 Missing Pieces)

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This week, the world's largest airline ensured that this episode could not be released on time. To all of the listeners whose Monday mornings were tragically impacted by this unfortunate event, we at Munch My Benson are truly sorry.
Sadly, the writing staff of Season 13 of SVU was absolutely unapologetic in thoroughly trashing the second largest city in the state that SVU calls home. We've seen this show look askance at lesser states and provinces across the continent, but the glee with which this episode implies that Buffalonians will stop at nothing to ensure that their own children grow up in unsafe homes is truly shocking. Josh and Adam, of course, talk early childhood education, examine the films of Satyajit Ray and Michael Cimino, describe bottomless brunches and lil' squeezers, and plumb the depths of Rollins's depraved backstory. Enjoy!
Music:
Divorcio Suave - “Munchy Business”
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Check out Munch Merch: https://www.zazzle.com/store/munchmybenson
Check out our guest appearances on:
...These Are There Stories
- Adam - http://www.lawandorderpodcast.com/podcast-episodes/sick
- Josh - http://www.lawandorderpodcast.com/podcast-episodes/plastic
Both of us on FMWL Pod
- 1st Time - https://www.buzzsprout.com/1679521/9271395
- 2nd Time - https://www.buzzsprout.com/1679521/10596164
Chick-Lit at the Movies - https://www.spreaker.com/user/14744598/the-thin-man-munchie-boys-final
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Email the podcast: [email protected]
Next Week's Episode: Season 12, Episode 5 "Wet"
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