

Left Unread
Left Unread
A podcast about history, politics, leftism, weirdness, and crime by two friends trying to make each other laugh.
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Oct 7, 2025 • 1h 5min
168. Spectacle in the Age of the Jackal I feat. Fourth Reich Archaeology
The LU Boys are joined this week by Dick and Don of the Fourth Reich Archaeology podcast for part one of a two part series on Guy Debord’s 1967 work The Society of the Spectacle and his 1988 followup Comments on the Society of the Spectacle. We use these works as a lens to decrypt the first year of the Trump 2 administration and the explosion of violence and confusion that has followed in its wake.
All interstitial music provided by the excellent Angleton’s Orchids (Don).
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Sep 27, 2025 • 1h 16min
167. Sorry We Can't Make It To Your Function
We're too busy noticing THE PATTERN
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Sep 12, 2025 • 1h 5min
166. We Kindly Urge You All To Go Outside
This week was full of events. Within this episode, those events are discussed. In a fairly measured fashion, for us. Enjoy.
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Sep 5, 2025 • 1h 9min
165. Goofus and Gallant
We're a 7 on the Bristol Cool Chart
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Aug 13, 2025 • 1h 13min
164. LU at the Movies: War of the Worlds (2025)
more like snore of the worlds gottem
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Jul 31, 2025 • 1h 8min
163. El Cid and the Enduring Culture Myth of the Reconquista III: The Apex of Ambition
This week we return to Iberia in the late 11th century to see how our old pal Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar is handling his second brush with exile from the royal court of Alfonso VI. He learned a lot during his first brush with freelance mercenary work, and this time we'll see him put those skills to work as he attempts to realize his loftier ambitions.
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And I swear, that isn't my real nickname :'(

Jul 19, 2025 • 1h 17min
162. The list is fake, you guys.
And even if it WAS real, I'm not on it.
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Jul 11, 2025 • 1h 7min
161. Speed Metal is Good
This week, we put the pedal to the metal and embrace...THE SPEED.
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Jul 5, 2025 • 1h 6min
160. LU at the Movies: El Cid (1961)
This week we settle in to talk movies; specifically, the 1961 historical epic 'El Cid'. Directed by Anthony Mann, and produced by Franco-collaborator Samuel Bronston, this hard-to-find technicolor classic is a prime example of political propaganda on the big screen. Shot largely on-scene in Spain, with 60's heavy-hitters Charlton Heston and Sofia Loren leading a cast that included hundreds of actual Francoist soldiers on loan as extras, there was plenty to admire and critique in equal measure.
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Jun 27, 2025 • 1h 16min
159. El Cid and the Enduring Culture Myth of the Reconquista II: El Campeador
This week we continue our look at the life and times of famed Reconquista-era knight and mercenary Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, known to posterity by the epithet El Cid. This week we will discuss the Christian response to the collapse of the Caliphate, the rise of the Almoravids, and begin to explore more deeply El Cid’s life and deeds, insofar as we know of them, and will attempt to sift apart truth from legend.
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