
Struggle Session
Struggle Session is the world's finest politics and pop culture podcast. Leslie Lee III and Jack Allison talk video games, movies, TV, wrestling, comic books, music, anime, and all of your problematic faves.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/struggle-session--5842028/support.
Latest episodes

May 31, 2022 • 43min
Obi Wan, The Sadness, Stan Lee, and Ray Liotta
Listen to episodes like this early and ad-free along with tons of bonus episodes on http://sesh.plus or http://patreon.com/strugglesession or http://strugglesession.substack.com On today's episode Jack and Leslie chat a bit about their excitement for AEW: Double or Nothing before giving our thoughts on new releases as well as Obi Wan and The Sadness. We also discuss Stan Lee's new post-mortem Marvel contract, Seth Green's stolen ape, and the passing of Ray Liotta. Leave us a voicemail at http://sesh.show ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Listen to CULTURE on the Callin app and at 1900CULTURE.COM. We'll be doing a wrestling episode this Wednesday at 7PM EST! Check out our new merch here: http://strugglesession.shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/struggle-session--5842028/support.

May 24, 2022 • 56min
Elevated Horror w/ Josh Lewis and Kurt Schiller
Listen to the bonus episodes like this as soon as they come out at http://sesh.plus or http://patreon.com/strugglesession or http://strugglesession.substack.com Originally published in August of 2019. We're bringing this one back since "neo-horror" is on the way: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/amy-adams-nightbitch-searchlight-annapurna-1235150087/ On today's episode Josh Lewis (Sleazoids) and Kurt Schiller (Parents Just Don't Understand, Blood Knife) join us to cancel "Elevated Horror" once and for all. Tune: The Names - The Fire Tell us what you think about "elevated horror" by leaving us a voicemail at http://sesh.show ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Listen to CULTURE on the Callin app and at 1900CULTURE.COM. We'll be doing a wrestling episode this Wednesday at 7PM EST! Check out our new merch here: http://strugglesession.shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/struggle-session--5842028/support.

May 23, 2022 • 1min
Meltdown May 2022: Elon Buying Twitter, Crypto Crash, Netflix
Listen to the full episode at http://sesh.plus or http://patreon.com/strugglesession or http://strugglesession.substack.com It's finally here! We take a look at the first half of Meltdown May covering meltdowns both online and off including the crypto crash, Elon Musk's potential purchase of Twitter, the collapse of Netflix, removing sex from TV, putting all of Star Wars on streaming and more! Tell us what you think about your picks for Meltdown May by leaving us a voicemail at http://sesh.show ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Listen to CULTURE on the Callin app and at 1900CULTURE.COM. We'll be doing a wrestling episode this Wednesday at 7PM EST! Check out our new merch here: http://strugglesession.shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/struggle-session--5842028/support.

May 17, 2022 • 49min
No More Spooky Wrestlers w/ Bryan Quinby
Support the show by subscribing at http://sesh.plus or http://patreon.com/strugglesession or http://strugglesession.substack.com Enjoy this episode courtesy of Blue Wire Podcasts! On this episode Leslie goes one-on-one with Bryan from Street Fight Radio! They talk all sorts of wrestling and wrestling news including Cody's jump to WWE, Tony Khan's acquisition of ROH, Roman Reign's part-time schedule, the AEW women's division, and more. Tell us your thoughts on wrestling by leaving us a voicemail at http://sesh.show ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Listen to CULTURE on the Callin app and at 1900CULTURE.COM Check out our new merch here: http://strugglesession.shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/struggle-session--5842028/support.

May 11, 2022 • 2min
Doctor Strange w/ Aaron Thorpe and Elana Levin [Trailer]
Listen to the full episode at http://sesh.plus or http://patreon.com/strugglesession or http://strugglesession.substack.com One Dr. Strange was probably enough. On today's Struggle Session Jack and Leslie are joined by special guests Aaron Thorpe and Elana Levin for a round table discussion on the Sorcerer Supreme Dr. Strange. Leslie gives his reaction to Sam Raimi's Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and the gang takes a look at some classic Dr. Strange comic books: Doctor Strange #62 Dr. Strange and Dr. Doom - Triumph and Torment (1989) Dr. Strange Sorcerer Supreme 14-18 Book of Vishanti Backup story in Dr. Strange Sorcerer Supreme 9-13 and 15 https://graphicpolicy.com/radio/ https://www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty Tell us what you think about Dr. Strange by leaving us a voicemail at http://sesh.show ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Listen to CULTURE on the Callin app and at 1900CULTURE.COM Check out our new merch here: http://strugglesession.shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/struggle-session--5842028/support.

May 6, 2022 • 1h 2min
Kingdom Come w/ Aaron Thorpe [Unlocked]
Support the show and get hundreds of bonus episodes like this by subscribing at http://sesh.plus or http://patreon.com/strugglesession or http://strugglesession.substack.com Originally released January 14tth, 2022 On today's episode Jack and Leslie are joined by Aaron Thorpe of The Trillbillies to discuss the comic book that attempted to Make DC Comics Great Again, Mark Waid and Alex Ross' Kingdom Come. Can the heroes of the past prevent disaster in the future by locking the dissidents of the present in a gulag? Find out! https://spacelight.substack.com/ https://www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Listen to CULTURE here: HTTP://1900CULTURE.COM Check out our new merch here: http://strugglesession.shop Send a voicemail here: https://sesh.show/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/struggle-session--5842028/support.

May 2, 2022 • 36min
The Northman + CinemaCon
Support the show by subscribing at http://patreon.com/strugglesession http://sesh.plus and http://strugglesession.substack.com How far would you go for revenge? We review Robert Eggers' brutal Viking epic The Northman. We also discuss the cinema news from CinemaCon including Sam Raimi's Doctor Strange 2 and James Cameron's Avatar: The Way of Water. We also rock out to Hether Fortune's new EP: https://hetherfortune.bandcamp.com/album/sober-karaoke-act-1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Listen to CULTURE on the Callin app and at 1900CULTURE.COM Check out our new merch here: http://strugglesession.shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/struggle-session--5842028/support.

Apr 26, 2022 • 2min
Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens w/ Bugmane - Commentary
Listen to the full episode at http://sesh.plus or http://patreon.com/strugglesession or http://strugglesession.substack.com He's all the buzz of the podcast world and he's back on Struggle Session for another Star Wars commentary. The one and only Bugmane joins Leslie and Jack for Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens. This is a special commentary episode, so you can watch along with the movie or download the episode with the backing track here: https://mega.nz/file/0MB3GZYb#NB0Gt3vZem69Fmy0qwZy8zLBSoeayzRcAlqrkRRGzD0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Listen to CULTURE on the Callin app and at 1900CULTURE.COM Check out our new merch here: http://strugglesession.shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/struggle-session--5842028/support.

Apr 21, 2022 • 42min
Recent Reads + The David Lynch Foundation [Unlocked]
Support the show and get hundreds of bonus episodes like this by subscribing at http://sesh.plus or http://patreon.com/strugglesession or http://strugglesession.substack.com This is a special two-part megapode! During the first half Jack and Leslie talk about some of the books they've been reading including The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu, Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin, The Freeze-Frame Revolution by Peter Watts, The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian by Robert E. Howard, and more! In the second half, we check out some surreal clips from the Scientology-lite David Lynch Foundation. What are you reading? Leave us a voicemail and let us know at http://sesh.show! Interviews with David Lynch: https://web.archive.org/web/20070108153617/http://www.nervepop.com/filmlounge/interview/DavidLynch/index.aspx http://davidbreskin.com/books/inner-views/david-lynch-3/ David Lynch Launches $500 Million Transcendental Meditation World Peace Initiative: https://www.indiewire.com/2022/04/david-lynch-transcendental-meditation-world-peace-initiative-1234716956/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Listen to CULTURE on the Callin app and at 1900CULTURE.COM Check out our new merch here: http://strugglesession.shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/struggle-session--5842028/support.

Apr 18, 2022 • 58min
The Batman
Get bonus eps like this when they come out at http://sesh.plus or http://patreon.com/strugglesession or http://strugglesession.substack.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Originally released March 7th, 2022 New year, new Batman! Jack and Leslie review Matt Reeves' iteration of Discovery's most valuable IP The Batman starring Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Paul Dano, Jeffrey Wright, and John Turturro. What did you think about The Batman? Leave us a voicemail at https://sesh.show/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Listen to CULTURE here: HTTP://1900CULTURE.COM Check out our new merch here: http://strugglesession.shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/struggle-session--5842028/support.