S8: She Spies

01/13/24 • 59 min

After a holiday hiatus, we are back to discuss double agents, digital and analog decryption, and international sexpionage. As Cold War kids, we recall the early shows about spies that made us wish we were young recruits. We also talk about famous honey traps throughout history and private lives made public (aka reality tv shows). Shows featured are: THE COMPANY YOU KEEP, KILLING EVE, THE AMERICANS, and SLEEPY HOLLOW. It's spoiler-ific.

Links:

March for Our Lives: https://marchforourlives.com/

Reality TV and Real Ethics: https://mediaengagement.org/research/reality-tv-and-real-ethics/

The History of the Honey Trap: https://foreignpolicy.com/2010/03/12/the-history-of-the-honey-trap/

SLEEPY HOLLOW Expose: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/sleepy-hollow-set-hellish-nicole-beharie-burn-it-down-1235508051/

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Links:

March for Our Lives: https://marchforourlives.com/

Reality TV and Real Ethics: https://mediaengagement.org/research/reality-tv-and-real-ethics/

The History of the Honey Trap: https://foreignpolicy.com/2010/03/12/the-history-of-the-honey-trap/

SLEEPY HOLLOW Expose: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/sleepy-hollow-set-hellish-nicole-beharie-burn-it-down-1235508051/

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S1E7: Time Travel

Ever since our friend Peter Mulvey floated the idea of "a month to lean up on," we've been trying to crack the code of time travel. This episode's series have done that, and then some, all in ways that nearly broke our brains. This hour we discuss meeting time travelers, the infinite darkness of the antihero, our favorite time jumping series, and those series we loved, but flew straight over our heads like a UFO flashing warning signals to the humans below. Shows featured are TRAVELERS, TIMELESS, DARK, and BODIES. Spoilers all over the place.

Links:

Civil Eats: https://civileats.com/

Is TIme Travel Possible?: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20231110-doctor-who-is-time-travel-really-possible-heres-what-physics-says

Bootstrap Paradox: https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a41600521/bootstrap-paradox/

Flatterland by Ian Stewart / How to Escape a Black Hole: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatterland

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S1E9: The Departed

Where have we been? Lost in the wilderness! Where have you been? But seriously, this penultimate episode is about the wide wilderness of grief, and the shows that have been brave and foolish enough to tackle the topic. We discuss our comfort shows, AI and dead celebrities, collective sorrow, and finding a way forward. Shows featured include GO ON, THE HANDMAID'S TALE, KIDDING, and TREME. As usual, spoilers ahead. And some melancholia.

Links

GBS/CIDP Foundation International - https://www.gbs-cidp.org

Melanoma Research Foundation - https://melanoma.org

Norm and Cliff Robots in Airports - https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/cheers-bar-robots-controversy

George Carlin AI Special? - http://tinyurl.com/CarlinDudesy

AI Brings Film Stars Back From Dead - http://tinyurl.com/DeadCelebsAI

Storytelling as a Way Through Grief - http://tinyurl.com/StorytellingGrief

Collective Bereavement - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1054137315590745

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