Supercontext: an autopsy of media

This 1996 album is heralded as the critical apex for the "post-metal" sub-genre. We discuss the hardships and trauma the band members were struggling with while recording it and how it acts as catharsis for them and their listeners. We also spend a lot of time on meaning, genre distinctions and the inability of language to describe the identity we form with music. Interested in the media we discussed this episode? Please support the show by purchasing it through our affiliate store: Through Silver In Blood Silver Blood Transmission Additional Resources: Neurotics Never Know A Chat with Neurosis' Dave Edwardson Neurosis on 30 Years of Finding 'New Ways of Being Heavy' Neurosis' Through Silver In Blood is still crushing, 20 years later Neurosis – 'Through Silver in Blood' Turns 20 NEUROSIS' DARK PATH, DEEP BOND: INSIDE 'THROUGH SILVER IN BLOOD' AND BEYOND

This comic book about a private moon mission gone wrong is now lauded for launching the career of Walking Dead artist Charlie Adlard. But, it was also responsible for Larry Young and Mimi Rosenheim's publishing house AiT/PlanetLar. So we discuss their approach to balancing commerce with art, and medium with story. Interested in the media we discussed this episode? Please support the show by purchasing it through our affiliate store: Astronauts in Trouble: Live From The Moon The Making of Astronauts in Trouble Astronauts in Trouble reissue Additional Resources: Young, L. (1999). The Making of Astronauts in Trouble. AIT / Planetlar. San Francisco. PREPPING FOR RE-ENTRY WITH 'ASTRONAUTS IN TROUBLE' Astronauts In Trouble #1 Adlard, C., Smith, M., and Young, L. (2003). Astronauts in Trouble Master Flight Plan. Ait/PlanetLar. San Francisco. Astronauts in Trouble: Live from the Moon (Scanned covers) 10 Years and Counting At AiT/Planet Lar Time to Make a Movie Version of "Astronauts in Trouble" A Short Interview With Larry Young AN INTERVIEW WITH LARRY YOUNG How To Pitch Your Comic By (Or Possibly To) Larry Young

This dystopian television series presents a horrifying, totalitarian society that forces women to bear children as slaves. We discuss its streaming based production and reception, and then turn to multiple articles on representation, politics, religion and intersectionality to try to provide a perspective the two of us might not normally find. Interested in the media we discussed this episode? Please support the show by purchasing it through our affiliate store: The Handmaid's Tale Children of Men Top of the Lake Y the Last Man God is Disappointed in You Spitboy Hannibal Fargo Split Infinity Additional Resources: 10 Things You Didn't Know About The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale Is Doing A Great Job Of Freaking Everyone Out At SXSW Margaret Atwood on Christianity, 'The Handmaid's Tale,' and What Faithful Activism Looks Like Today Hulu's 'The Handmaid's Tale' presents striking oppression, silent sisterhood Reflecting on the frightening lessons of 'The Handmaid's Tale' What Margaret Atwood thinks of the new Hulu adaptation of 'The Handmaid's Tale' How The Handmaid's Tale is being transformed from fantasy into fact How 'The Handmaid's Tale' Villains Were Inspired By Trump The Handmaid's Tale, Retold. By: Dockterman, Eliana, Time, 0040781X, 4/24/2017, Vol. 189, Issue 15 Hate crimes, honour killings and FGM: how The Handmaid's Tale captures our age of fear The Handmaid's Tale is just like Trump's America? Not so fast The Black Woman's Tale: Why Margaret Atwood's Espousal of White Feminist Beliefs Shouldn't Surprise You 'The Handmaid's Tale': A White Feminist's Dystopia

This crime novel follows a wandering problem-solver who always wins. We discuss why these books are so immensely popular and the vicarious consolation we get out of the hero, his nobility and his alienation. Interested in the media we discussed this episode? Please support the show by purchasing it through our affiliate store: The Killing Floor Servant of the Shard The Authority Vol 1 (featuring Midnighter) Captain America and the Crusade Against Evil: The Dilemma of Zealous Nationalism Lucas Davenport series The Equalizer Additional Resources: The Official Website of Lee Child and Jack Reacher FAQ LEE CHILD: THE EMOTIONAL CONTRACT OF JACK REACHER How Jack Reacher Was Built Why I love Lee Child's Jack Reacher novels The Curious Case of Lee Child

This 1958 Orson Welles' picture has been called the last of the classic film noir era. We discuss Welles' approach to filmmaking, his conflicts with the movie studio and the thematic tensions displayed by the genre at the time. Oh, and Charlton Heston's makeup. That gets a good 10 minutes. Interested in the media we discussed this episode? Please support the show by purchasing it through our affiliate store: Touch of Evil Will Eisner Crime SuspenStories Criminal To Be a Man: Letters to My Grandson The Bridge The Element of Crime Get Shorty Cookie's Fortune Lone Star Additional Resources: AT THE MOVIES; Dark Secrets Of Suburbia ORSON WELLES' MEMO ON TOUCH OF EVIL One of our classics is missing Beatrice Welles interview – Part 1: Treasures to be auctioned, life with Orson Welles and public misconceptions Restoring the Touch Of Genius to a Classic Touch of Evil (re-issue) 25 Minority Characters That Hollywood Whitewashed From Breakfast at Tiffany's to Hellboy: The ongoing problem of Hollywood 'whitewashing' "Ballad of a fat man" Clute S, Edwards R. The Maltese Touch Of Evil : Film Noir And Potential Criticism [e-book]. Hanover, N.H.: Dartmouth; 2011. Available from: eBook Collection (EBSCOhost), Ipswich, MA. Accessed September 3, 2018.

This British comedy series is a deconstruction of humor in a jazz-like improvisation. We discuss Lee's persona, the BBC's decision-making process and the fine lines between self-absorption, art and masturbation. In fact, we take a masturbation metaphor way too far. So brace yourselves. Interested in the media we discussed this episode? Please support the show by purchasing it through our affiliate store: Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle, Series 3 The Thick of It Travel Man Nanette Review The Andy Daly Podcast Pilot Project How I Escaped My Certain Fate Something to Take the Edge Off Additional Resources: Who says you can't do jokes about religion on the BBC? Stewart Lee returns in 'Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle' Stewart Lee Live Review: If You Prefer A Milder Comedian Please Ask For One Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle roars back with more deceptive deadpanning 'Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle': Daring You To Like It Why I walked out of a Stewart Lee gig Where are the Thinkers? Stewart Lee in conversation with Neil Jackson for Post-Nearly Press

This independent comedy/fantasy comic book series wasn't intended to be for kids necessarily, but because of how savvily Jeff Smith marketed his self-publishing business, it became a hit for all-ages. We discuss Bone's impact on the library market, as well as its struggles with female representation and censorship. Interested in the media we discussed this episode? Please support the show by purchasing it through our affiliate store: Out From Boneville RASL Possessions A Tale of Sand Return of The Dapper Men Raina Telgemeier The Complete Tales of Winnie-the-Pooh The Last Unicorn Additional Resources: Interview: Jeff Smith Pt. 1 AICN COMICS EXCLUSIVE! Alexandra DuPont Interviews BONE Creator Jeff Smith!! The History of BONE & Jeff Smith Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan panel votes not to ban elementary school book series Mix of tradition, fantasy comics pays off for artist The Jeff Smith Interview

This mainstream television series may be about the afterlife, but it also serves as a platform for defining our morality here in the real world. We discuss the team behind its creation and how they crafted a narrative that avoids political correctness, while teaching us about ethics and positivity in a time of political trauma. Interested in the media we discussed this episode? Please support the show by purchasing it through our affiliate store: Science... For Her! Let's Get Physics Y'all EXPERIMENTING with Megan Amram The Lifeguard They Remain The Prisoner Brooklyn 99 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Additional Resources: Kantian comedy: the philosophy of The Good Place The Complicated Morality of The Good Place The Good Place: how a sitcom made philosophy seem cool Talking to a Philosopher About 'The Good Place' The Good Psychology In 'The Good Place' How Will NBC's 'The Good Place' Tackle Religion? How 'The Good Place' Became an Antihero Antidote 'The Good Place's Optimism Is a Salve for Despair in the Trump Era 'The Good Place' Helps Normalize Interracial Relationships 'The Good Place' is The Most Woke Sitcom on TV 'The Good Place' brings representation and genius-level comedy to the small screen

This 2011 award-winning work of literary fiction has been celebrated by everyone from academics to Rolling Stone. But we look at it in light of its cultural expectations, from a "high brow" publisher, to its timidity about engaging with ethnically diverse characters. Interested in the media we discussed this episode? Please support the show by purchasing it through our affiliate store: A Visit From the Goon Squad Burn Collector The Loom of Ruin Commonwealth Run White Jazz American Tabloid The Cold Six Thousand Additional Resources: A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan – review "Goon Squad": Jennifer Egan's time-travel tour de force CS Note: Salon's site is so full of ads and video overlays that I could barely read the article as it slowed my computer to a halt. HBO Sets Pulitzer Prize Winner 'A Visit From The Goon Squad' For Series Treatment Strong, M. J. (2018). Found time: Kairos in A Visit from the Goon Squad. Critique, 59(4), 471-480. Cowart, D. (2015). Thirteen Ways of Looking: Jennifer Egan's A Visit from the Goon Squad. Critique, 56(3), 241-254. MOLING, M. (2016). "No Future": Time, Punk Rock and Jennifer Egan's A Visit from the Goon Squad. Arizona Quarterly, 72(1), 51. "Water, Water Everywhere," By: WHELDON, WYNN. Commentary. Nov2017, Vol. 144 Issue 4, p60-62. 3p. "Big Novelist: Jennifer Egan," By: Heller, Nathan. Rolling Stone. 5/31/2012, Issue 1158, p66-67. 2p. Bookclub-in-a-Box Discusses A Visit From The Goon Squad, by Jennifer Egan, By: Godfrey, Laura; Egan, Jennifer; Herbert, Marilyn; Bookclub-in-a-Box (Firm). [England] : Bookclub-In-A-Box. 2012. eBook., Database: eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)

This 1967 movie was called "the death of cinema" by its creator, and operated as a critique of both capitalism and mainstream films. We try to understand how a man as notoriously malicious as Godard was to his cast and crew, could also use this platform to argue for a better world. Interested in the media we discussed this episode? Please support the show by purchasing it through our affiliate store: The Magic Christian Trouble Every Day Guido Crepax Ravenous Maximum Overdrive Jim Jarmusch Hal Hartley David Cronenberg Additional Resources: Revolution & Car Crashes: 5 Things Learned About Jean-Luc Godard's 'Weekend' From The Criterion Collection's New Release Are You in a Film or in Reality? Jean-Luc Godard's 'Weekend' Will Have You Wondering Jones, Kent. Sight & Sound. Feb2016, Vol. 26 Issue 2, p46-51. 6p. 5 Color Photographs, 5 Black and White Photographs. Flashback: Weekend – Jean-Luc Godard's assault on bourgeois values from 1967 Weekend (Jean-Luc Godard, 1967) Two Weeks with "Weekend" Breaking The Rules - The French New Wave Godard's Comic Strip Mise-en-Scène