Ep. 396 - The Far-Right's Obsession with Lord of the Rings
06/16/2026 | 54 mins.
A Salon author reads his own progressive mindset into LotR and then doesn't understand why some popular right-wingers love the books so much. So, par for the course for Salon. Glance – inkl news
Ep. 395 - Backlash and Missing the Point
06/09/2026 | 32 mins.
According to Esquire the negative backlash to the final season of The Boys, and to the finale in particular, is because the audience just missed the point. It's not because the writers and showrunners decided to go over the top with the heavy-handed politicizing and turned it into pure dog crap... The Boys Finale Backlash Shows Fans Missed Homelander’s Point
Ep. 394 - The End of "The Boys"
06/02/2026 | 26 mins.
When it first came out, The Boys was a cultural phenomenon. So how, just a few years later, did it devolve into just a hollow sounding board for cultural platitudes?
Ep. 393 - Invincible's DEI Makeover
05/14/2026 | 35 mins.
The creator of the Invincible comics, and now animated series, explains why some characters go race and gender swapped from the comics to the tv show. I'd like to look at that reasoning in light of the current social moment we're living in.
Ep. 392 - How Women Ruined Gaming in America
04/30/2026 | 1h 13 mins.
Trey and I are going to look back at Gamergate and the consequences it had on gaming in the United States, and also at the aftermath and pushback that has come from those consequences.
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