
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

Aug 22, 2022 • 4min
Pod Save Liz Cheney w/ American Prestige
Listen to the full episode and hundreds of bonus episodes at http://sesh.plus or http://patreon.com/strugglesession or http://strugglesession.substack.com On today's episode Jack and Leslie are joined by Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison of American Prestige. We discuss Liz Cheney's devastating primary loss, Obama's media career, and Biden going double or nothing with COVID. https://www.americanprestigepod.com/ Tell us what you think of the show with a voicemail at http://sesh.show 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.

Aug 17, 2022 • 44min
Vampire Castle: What We Do in the Shadows
Get bonus episodes like this as soon as they drop at http://sesh.plus or http://patreon.com/strugglesession or http://strugglesession.substack.com Originally published 08/02/19 On this month's episode of Vampire Castle, Leslie and Jamie talk about the TV series about the world's worst vampires, What We Do in the Shadows. Intro: Intellectual Dark Wave - Vampire Castle Outro: Norma Tanega - You're Dead Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/struggle-session--5842028/support.

Aug 15, 2022 • 1min
Batgirl Cancelled! Sequel in Limbo? Holy Merger Batman!
Listen to the full episode and hundreds of bonus episodes at http://sesh.plus or http://patreon.com/strugglesession or http://strugglesession.substack.com On today's episode Jack and Leslie discuss the cancellation of the nearly finished $90 million Batgirl film, Walter Hamada's impending departure, the fallout from Ezra Miller's crime spree, #Batmangate, and more as we dig up some behind-the-scenes at Warner Brothers. Tell us what you think of the show with a voicemail at http://sesh.show 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.

Aug 11, 2022 • 58min
Dune by Frank Herbert
Get bonus episodes like this as soon as they drop at http://sesh.plus or http://patreon.com/strugglesession or http://strugglesession.substack.com Originally published March 17, 2022 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/ Illustrations of the Chapterhouse: https://twitter.com/blakersims/status/1502996014373949440 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.

Aug 3, 2022 • 1h 48min
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Crossover
Listen to this ep ad free on The Real News feed: https://therealnews.com/does-the-new-star-trek-betray-the-socialist-principles-of-the-original-series Or support the show and listen to every episode ad free with hundreds of bonus episodes by subscribing at http://sesh.plus or http://patreon.com/strugglesession or http://strugglesession.substack.com The venerable Star Trek universe is really the only major pop culture property that can be claimed as certifiably leftist. But how do the newest batch of shows hold up? In a special crossover episode, Lyta Gold of Art for the End Times teams up with a lively panel of fellow podcasters and Trekkies—David Banks and Britney Gil (Iron Weeds), Leslie Lee III (Struggle Session), and Aaron Thorpe (Trillbilly Workers Party, Struggle Session, and Everybody Loves Communism)—to discuss the most recent Star Trek show to hit the airwaves, Strange New Worlds. Drawing on decades of collective Trekkie experience, they debate Paramount’s increasingly cynical approach to making Trek, and how the whole series succeeds (or fails) in imagining fully automated luxury space communism while still being created by capitalists. Pre-Production/Studio/Post-Production: Dwayne Gladden Struggle Session brought to you by Blue Wire Network Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/struggle-session--5842028/support.

Aug 1, 2022 • 1min
Mad God + The Spine of Night w/ Talking Simpsons [Trailer]
Listen to the full episode and hundreds of bonus episodes at http://sesh.plus or http://patreon.com/strugglesession or http://strugglesession.substack.com On today's episode Jack and Leslie dive into two recent animated films whose throwback sensibilities and beautifully bleak styles make them instant classics. Bob and Henry from the great Talking Simpsons podcast joins us to discuss The Spine of Night and Mad God. Intro: Katie Halper livestream with Lucy Lawless, Steven Donziger, and Cornell West: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN13gOqOvsI Check out Talking Simpsons here: https://www.patreon.com/talkingsimpsons -------------------------------------------------------- Tell us what you think of the show with a voicemail 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.

Jul 29, 2022 • 59min
Heidi Fleiss w/ Molly Lambert
Support the show by subscribing at http://sesh.plus or http://patreon.com/strugglesession or http://strugglesession.substack.com On today's episode special guest Molly Lambert joins Leslie to talk about her show HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story. We discuss why the cops went after Heidi, Hollywood's relationship to sex work, Pretty Woman, Showgirls, the OJ Simpson trial, Vince McMahon, and a lot more. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/heidiworld-the-heidi-fleiss-story/id1615634639 https://www.patreon.com/HEIDIWORLD -------------------------------------------------------- Tell us what you think of the show with a voicemail 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 Struggle Session brought to you by Blue Wire Network Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/struggle-session--5842028/support.

Jul 25, 2022 • 1min
Zack Snyder, Super Villain?
Hear the full episode by subscribing at http://sesh.plus or http://patreon.com/strugglesession or http://strugglesession.substack.com On today's episode Jack and Leslie discuss Rolling Stone's bizarre hit piece on Zack Snyder and Ray Fisher. Exclusive: Fake Accounts Fueled the ‘Snyder Cut’ Online Army https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/justice-league-the-snyder-cut-bots-fans-1384231/ An update from Fisher: https://twitter.com/ray8fisher/status/1549920816950812677 -------------------------------------------------------- Tell us what you think of the show with a voicemail 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.

Jul 21, 2022 • 1h 1min
Oliver Stone's Nixon and Roger Altman's Secret Honor w/ Aaron Good
Support the show by subscribing at http://sesh.plus or http://patreon.com/strugglesession or http://strugglesession.substack.com On today's episode Jack and Leslie discuss two movies about Tricky Dick, Oliver Stone's Nixon (1995) and Robert Altman's Secret Honor (1984) with special guest Aaron Good of American Exception. Check out Aaron's show and book here: https://www.patreon.com/americanexception https://www.skyhorsepublishing.com/9781510769137/american-exception/ -------------------------------------------------------- Tell us what you think of the show with a voicemail 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.

Jul 15, 2022 • 1min
John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness and In the Mouth of Madness w/ Matt Christman
Hear the full episode by subscribing at http://sesh.plus or http://patreon.com/strugglesession or http://strugglesession.substack.com On today's episode Jack and Leslie do an apocalyptic double feature with Chapo Trap House's Matt Christman! We discuss John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness and In the Mouth of Madness. -------------------------------------------------------- Tell us what you think of the show with a voicemail 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.