Remember Shuffle

The Shuffle Bois turn for the first time to the world of fashion and analyze the rise and fall of the iconic teen fashion brand of the 2000s, Abercrombie & Fitch. To do so, they are joined by Colettte Shade, author of “Y2K: How the 2000s Became Everything (Essays on a future that never was.” They discuss the meteoric rise of this teen fashion icon, the alleged sex criminals that formed its brain trust, and what the types of marketing targeted at young people said about consumerist aspirations in the 2000s. Huge shoutout to the book “The Abercrombie Age: Millennial Aspiration and the Promise of Consumer Culture,” by Myles Ethan Lascity, which was one of our main sources for this episode. ⁠Give Remember Shuffle a follow on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ And on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠@RememberShufflePod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to interact with the show between episodes. It also makes it easier to book guests.  For more on Colette Shade, check out her website and give her a follow on BlueSky.

This is a Patreon demo. Join to hear our full thoughts on the 2000s Zombie Comedy films!In a decade obsessed with parody, it was only a matter of time before zombies got their turn. This episode covers Shaun of the Dead (2004) and Zombieland (2009)—bookends of the 2000s that chart the evolution of the zombie comedy, from British deadpan to American violent excess (with some epic redditness thrown in).⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/c/RememberShuffle ⁠And make sure you sign up through the browser–not through the app, to save yourself 50%!

It's our spooky season episode! Remember Shuffle turns to a much requested topic, the zombie films of the 2000s. After tracing the history of zombie media and mythology, they review two major tentpoles of 2000s Zombie films, Danny Boyle and Alex Garland's "28 Days Later" (2002) and Zack Snyder and James Gunn's "Dawn of the Dead" (2004). The Shuffle Bois discuss the themes and big ideas of these films, including individualism vs communitarianism, politics and class, as well as their tropes and style.Join the patreon to listen to the 2nd part of this episode on Zombie parody films, dropping next weekend ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/c/RememberShuffle⁠⁠Give Remember Shuffle a follow on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ And on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠@RememberShufflePod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to interact with the show between episodes. It also makes it easier to book guests.  

Join the patreon to listen to part 2 of our 2006 Victorian stage magician series. The Shuffle Boys talk about the Hapsburg Empire. Unlike the Prestige, the change in setting to the Austro-Hungarian Empire offers a new lens for discussing magic, more in terms of politics and empire: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/c/RememberShuffle

Here is the plot structure diagram we mention: https://preview.redd.it/rvwbt8x46ea41.png?width=1440&format=png&auto=webp&s=c9463c6ebcc29c245435e7abdadf1410f92a4aa8Remember the 2006 Autumn of the two Victorian era stage magician movies? We cover the the better/more popular one on the main feed. We look at friend-of-the-pod Chris Nolan’s 2000s classic about modernity, rivalry, and craftsmanship.Join the patreon to listen to the 2nd part of this episode on The Illusionist (coming later this week) ⁠https://www.patreon.com/c/RememberShuffleGive Remember Shuffle a follow on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ And on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠@RememberShufflePod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to interact with the show between episodes. It also makes it easier to book guests.  Chun ling soo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chung_Ling_Soo?wprov=sfti1

This is a Patreon Demo. Join to hear our full thoughts on the 2000s dumbest Bond movie. We talk space lasers, lairs, race swapping, puns, and surfing mechanics in our review of Pierce Brosnan's swan song to 007.⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/c/RememberShuffle And make sure you sign up through the browser–not through the app, to save yourself 50%!

It’s a gritty reboot for Remember ShuffleJoin the patreon to listen to the 2nd part of this episode on Die Another Day (coming later this week) ⁠https://www.patreon.com/c/RememberShuffleGive Remember Shuffle a follow on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ And on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠@RememberShufflePod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to interact with the show between episodes. It also makes it easier to book guests. 

Join the patreon to listen to the 2nd part of our Sopranos Season 4 episode on the season finale, Whitecaps! ⁠https://www.patreon.com/c/RememberShuffleWe break down one of the Soprano’s masterpiece episode, in which Tony and Carmela’s marriage becomes the biggest whacking of the season. We discuss how all the details this season have built to this point, and themes of class with his lawyer neighbor, Alan Sapinsly.Huge thanks to Isaac for guesting on this episode! Check him out @gluten_daddy on instagram, as well as his podcast, Coexist Inc., here:

Season-long plot chart: https://x.com/RememberShuffle/status/1965431303438041404eyyy, there they are, the loyle Sopranos episode listener. We return the mulecart to the Sopranos well to fill up our buckets with talk on what season 4 was trying to talk about: Alienation and the weakening of all Tony’s social bonds.We break down 3 episodes: the oft-maligned ‘Christopher’, the unforgetably funny ‘The Strong, Silent Type’, and the polarizing ‘Watching Too Much TV’. Then wrap up with looking at how 9/11 influenced the season and themes of Class.Huge thanks to Isaac for guesting on this episode! Check him out @gluten_daddy on instagram, as well as his podcast, Coexist Inc., here: Join the patreon to listen to the 2nd part of this episode on the season finale, White Caps! ⁠https://www.patreon.com/c/RememberShuffleGive Remember Shuffle a follow on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ And on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠@RememberShufflePod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to interact with the show between episodes. It also makes it easier to book guests.  

We finally did it. We lib out for 90 minutes to the first two seasons of Aaron Sorkin’s most successful project: The West Wing. A centrist liberal projection of an idealized America in the year 2000.  We break out our characters, and do a deep dive on Somebody’s going to emergency, somebody’s going to Jail, In Excelsis Dio, and Shiboleth. And then wrap up by trying to identify the very difficult question of “just what exactly does the Bartlett administration stand for anyway?”Give Remember Shuffle a follow on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ And on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠@RememberShufflePod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to interact with the show between episodes. It also makes it easier to book guests.  Join the patreon to support the shuffle bois and for an extra episode per month at⁠ ⁠https://www.patreon.com/c/RememberShuffle