Starship Troopers (1997)

In the latest installment of Dune Pod, Haitch and Jason are joined by the host/producer of the hit podcasts 70mm and The Letterboxd Show, Slim. We cover the ultimate sci-fi war movie, Paul Verhoven’s Starship Troopers.

Chapters

• Introduction (00:00:00)
• Dune News (00:06:25)
• Roundtable Discussion (00:16:41)
• Your Letters (01:01:01)

Notes and Links

• Deep Cuts Podcast on Verhoven’s Toupee. Interesting discussion of how Verhoeven painted a picture of our current reality as a blend of utopia and dystopia from the Deep Cuts crew. Check out the episode here.
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Music by Tobey Forsman of Whipsong Music
Cover art by Ctcher
Transcripts by Sophie Shin
The episode was edited by Megan Hayward of EditAudio and produced by Haitch
Dune Pod is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn
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