
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

Apr 13, 2022 • 34min
Everything Everywhere All At Once, Ambulance, Crimes of the Future
Suppor the show and get hundreds of bonus episodes by subscribing at http://sesh.plus or http://patreon.com/strugglesession or http://strugglesession.substack.com On today's episode Jack and Leslie review two brand new films still in theaters: the Daniels' sci-fi action comedy Everything Everywhere All At Once and Michael Bay's big screen GTA V, Ambulance. We also preview David Cronenberg's upcoming video nasty Crimes of the Future! And we premiere an amazing track by Baseball Hat: https://baseballhat.bandcamp.com/track/projection-3 Source: David Cronenberg’s ‘Crimes of the Future’ Will Stir Up Controversy: https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2022/4/pg6gvpiho6x9kfdk09mg4weuxrymhd Unfortunately, only one of the Davids is releasing a movie this year: https://www.avclub.com/david-lynch-cannes-2022-film-news-inland-empire-1848785241 Leave us a voicemail with your thoughts on these films at http://sesh.show! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Listen to CULTURE on the Callin app and at 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.

Apr 7, 2022 • 39min
Image Comics | Spawn, Youngblood, Savage Dragon, and WildC.A.T.S
Get bonus eps like this when they come out at http://sesh.plus or http://patreon.com/strugglesession or http://strugglesession.substack.com ----------------------------------- Originally published January 7th, 2022 On today's Struggle Session Jack and Leslie take a look back to when comic book artists were rockstars! We talk about the launch of Image Comics and re-read the first issues of Spawn, Youngblood, Savage Dragon, and WildC.A.T.S. We also have an exclusive preview tune from The Red Scare called Sanctity Tapestry: https://theredscaresucks.bandcamp.com/ The History of Image Comics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9a1XSyjjNg ----------------------------------- Send a voicemail here: https://sesh.show/ Listen to Leslie show CULTURE on the Callin app now on Android or at HTTP://1900CULTURE.COM Check out our 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 4, 2022 • 18min
The Batman Franchise Part II with Robbie Martin - Extended Trailer
Listen to the full episode at http://sesh.plus or http://patreon.com/strugglesession or http://strugglesession.substack.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Who would have thought there'd be twice as many Batman movies after '90s? On part two of this special episode Robbie Martin (Media Roots Radio) joins Jack and Leslie to discuss the entire Batman franchise! On this part we discuss The Dark Knight (2008), The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Ultimate Extended Edition (2016), Suicide Squad (2016), Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021), and The Batman (2022). Listen to Robbie's show with Abby Martin here: https://www.patreon.com/mediarootsradio . Leave us a voicemail with your thoughts on the Batman series at http://sesh.show! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Listen to CULTURE on the Callin app and at 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.

Mar 31, 2022 • 44min
2022 Oscars Special
Support the show by subscribing at http://sesh.plus or http://patreon.com/strugglesession or http://strugglesession.substack.com. It means the world to us! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Academy has weighed in, but now it's our turn! Jack and Leslie give their thoughts on all of the Best Picture nominees: Belfast, CODA, Don’t Look Up, Drive My Car, Dune, King Richard, Licorice Pizza, Nightmare Alley, The Power of the Dog, and West Side Story. We also discuss a couple of pictures that should have been nominated (The Last Duel, Titaine), The Chris Rock and Will Smith slap angle, and the epic Bilt Rewards credit card launch party. Our track of the week is is Time Room with their ripping new tune, Wound Up: https://timeroom.bandcamp.com/album/something-new Intro clip from Dying Laughing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruJHXK2XhBU ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Leave us a voicemail with your thoughts on last year's best films at http://sesh.show! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Listen to CULTURE on the Callin app and at 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.

Mar 27, 2022 • 17min
Vampire Castle: 'Fright Night' (1985) & 'Dracula: Dead and Loving It' (1995) - Extended Trailer
Sunday night at 8PM EST join an Oscars Watch Party with Leslie, Jack, and a ton of special guests. Call-in on the Callin app on iOS and Android: https://www.callin.com/room/oscars-watch-party-qeBLvWGnpt ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Listen to the full episode at http://sesh.plus or http://patreon.com/strugglesession or http://strugglesession.substack.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Jamie and Leslie discuss two more great vampire movies: Tom Holland's teen popcorn flick 'Fright Night' (1985) and Mel Brooks' classic horror-comedy starring Leslie Nielsen, 'Dracula: Dead and Loving It' (1995). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Listen to CULTURE on the Callin app and at 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.

Mar 23, 2022 • 1h 15min
The Batman Franchise Part I with Robbie Martin
Get Part II next week at http://sesh.plus or http://patreon.com/strugglesession or http://strugglesession.substack.com On today's special huge episode Robbie Martin (Media Roots Radio) joins Jack and Leslie to discuss the entire Batman franchise! On this episode we discuss Batman (1966), Batman (1989), Batman Returns (1992), Batman Forever (1995), Batman & Robin (1997), and Batman Begins (2005). Listen to Robbie's show with Abby Martin here: https://www.patreon.com/mediarootsradio . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Listen to CULTURE on the Callin app and at 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.

Mar 17, 2022 • 1min
Dune by Frank Herbert
Listen to the full episode at http://sesh.plus or http://patreon.com/strugglesession or http://strugglesession.substack.com On today's episode Jack and Leslie are joined by science-fiction writer Karlo Yeager Rodriguez to discuss Frank Herbert's sci-fi epic to end all sci-fi epics, Dune. Hit the spice for this one. Karlo's website: https://www.alineofink.com/ Podside Picnic: https://www.patreon.com/PodsidePicnic/ Voicemail us your thoughts on Dune here: https://sesh.show/ https://twitter.com/blakersims/status/1502996014373949440 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Listen to CULTURE on the Callin app and at HTTP://1900CULTURE.COM Check out our 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.

Mar 10, 2022 • 1h 26min
Vampire Castle - Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Unlocked for the show's 25th anniversary! 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 04/24/20 Jamie and Leslie debate the late '90s teen vampire drama Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Does Joss Whedon's magnum opus still hold up, or is it best left in the dustbin of WB shows. Find out here! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Listen to Leslie show CULTURE on the Callin app now on Android or at 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.

Mar 9, 2022 • 48min
AEW: Revolution + Willow Nightingale
Support the show and get every episode ad free by subscribing at http://sesh.plus or http://patreon.com/strugglesession or http://strugglesession.substack.com Tonight on CULTURE tune it at 7PM EST before Dynamite as writer Sean T. Collins joins us to talk more wrestling. We'll also be taking your calls on Android and iOS on the Callin app: https://www.callin.com/room/wrestling-with-sean-t-collins-XThIJzbXEK ---------------------------------------------------------------------- On today's episode Jack and Leslie discuss AEW's Revolution PPV! And as a bonus Leslie has a special backstage interview with The Babe with the Power Willow Nightingale from last month's In Grapitol We Trust event. https://www.willownightingale.com/ Jade Cargill Photo Jay Lee AC: https://twitter.com/JayLeeAC/status/1501255887482245121 https://twitter.com/PAWD_WC ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.

Mar 8, 2022 • 1min
The Batman (2022)
Listen to the full episode at http://sesh.plus or http://patreon.com/strugglesession or http://strugglesession.substack.com 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.