Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast 227. One (Portland/Antifa/Hollywood) Battle After Another
Nancy and Sarah talk Portland, where Nancy just returned from her forever-beat. The city of Portland is not on fire. What it is, instead, is a reminder of 2020’s worst political violence, and Nancy and Sarah talk about how it’s changed, and who wants that old feeling back.
Then we discuss One Battle After Another, one of the most talked-about movies of 2025. It’s Big Lebowski meets political thriller meets father-daughter saga, and our PTA stan (Sarah) faces off against our normie moviegoer (Nancy), but you might be surprised who loved the movie more.
P.S. Sarah is in a battle with the sun and blinds throughout this episode. We did what we could.
Also discussed:
* Trump administration wants to re-litigate 2020 so bad
* Days of Rage is Sarah’s lullaby
* But what IS antifa?
* Nancy met a Groyper!
* “Why can’t I have a goat and smoke pot?”
* Tragic moments in self-own: Palisades fire starter was a climate activist
* Charlie Kirk followers practice … civil disobedience?
* How Sarah fell in love with Magnolia
* Paul Thomas Anderson is Sarah’s guy
* “Ocean waves, Bob.”
* Sarah’s Mount Rushmore of actors: DiCaprio, Rockwell, Hoffman, Washington
* “You can’t make a life and take a life at the same time.”
* The character of Perfidia and The Power of the Pussy
* Any Pynchon readers around here? Anyone?
* Sean Penn is a caricature: good or bad thing?
* To Chase Infiniti and beyond!
* “Semen demon”
* Owen Glieberman’s OBAA review: We have notes
* Christmas Adventurers’ Club
* Santa is not a white supremacist
* Diane Keaton, style icon
* Diane Keaton never condemned Woody Allen
* This week’s hot boxes are spooky in different ways
Plus, John C. Reilly will always have a place in Sarah’s heart, Daniel Day-Lewis would be too scary to talk to, Diane Keaton wore life like a loose garment, and much more!
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