

Struggle Session
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.
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Sep 13, 2022 • 1min
Queen's Dead, Punk Lives
Listen to the full episode and hundreds of bonus episodes at http://sesh.plus or http://patreon.com/strugglesession or http://strugglesession.substack.com Another monarch bites the dust, the Don't Worry Darling press tour implodes, and things get real backstage at AEW on this episode of Struggle Session starring Leslie Lee III and Jack Allison. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/struggle-session--5842028/support.Subscribe at http://patreon.com/strugglesessionPlease leave us a 5 star review at Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/struggle-session/id1265384284Send an email or voicemail to thestrugglesession@gmail.comKeep up with and contact Leslie: https://msha.ke/lleeiii

Sep 7, 2022 • 1h
Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power
Support the show and get tons of bonus episodes, commentaries, and mini-series at http://sesh.plus or http://patreon.com/strugglesession or http://strugglesession.substack.com Jack and Leslie venture forth into Middle-Earth. We review the first two episodes of Jeff Bezos $1 billion series Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power and the second episode of House of the Dragon. Tell us what you think about these films by leaving us a voicemail at http://sesh.show ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out our new merch here: http://strugglesession.shop Ad-supported episodes courtesy Blue Wire Pods! https://www.bluewirepods.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/struggle-session--5842028/support.Subscribe at http://patreon.com/strugglesessionPlease leave us a 5 star review at Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/struggle-session/id1265384284Send an email or voicemail to thestrugglesession@gmail.comKeep up with and contact Leslie: https://msha.ke/lleeiii

Sep 3, 2022 • 43min
Top Gun: Maverick, Crimes of the Future, Jurassic World: Dominion
Get bonus episodes like this when they release and support the show by subscribing! http://sesh.plus or http://patreon.com/strugglesession or http://strugglesession.substack.com Originally released June 20th, 2022 Summer movie season is upon us! Jack and Leslie review two blockbusters and one indie comedy: Top Gun Maverick, Jurassic World: Dominion, and Crimes of the Future. Top Gun: Maverick is Military Propaganda. Official Documents Prove It: https://www.mintpressnews.com/top-gun-maverick-military-propaganda-official-documents/281077/ Tell us what you think about these films by leaving us a voicemail at http://sesh.show ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out our new merch here: http://strugglesession.shop Ad-supported episodes courtesy Blue Wire Pods! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/struggle-session--5842028/support.Subscribe at http://patreon.com/strugglesessionPlease leave us a 5 star review at Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/struggle-session/id1265384284Send an email or voicemail to thestrugglesession@gmail.comKeep up with and contact Leslie: https://msha.ke/lleeiii

Aug 31, 2022 • 2min
The Sandman
Listen to the full episode and hundreds of bonus episodes at http://sesh.plus or http://patreon.com/strugglesession or http://strugglesession.substack.com Jack and Leslie are joined by Elana Levin of Graphic Policy Radio to discuss Netflix's long-awaited adaption of Neil Gaiman's The Sandman. Does it do the classic fantasy-horror comic justice? Is it goth enough? We answer within. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/struggle-session--5842028/support.Subscribe at http://patreon.com/strugglesessionPlease leave us a 5 star review at Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/struggle-session/id1265384284Send an email or voicemail to thestrugglesession@gmail.comKeep up with and contact Leslie: https://msha.ke/lleeiii

Aug 26, 2022 • 39min
House of the Dragon
Support the show and get tons of bonus episodes by subscribing at http://sesh.plus or http://patreon.com/strugglesession or http://strugglesession.substack.com Jack and Leslie make their return to Westeros. We review the first episode of the new hit series House of the Dragon, talk more about the WB/Discovery drama, how GoT's big return presages the even bigger return of Avatar, the billion-dollar Lord of the Rings Amazon series, and more! This episode brought to you courtesy of our network Blue Wire Podcasts! https://www.bluewirepods.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/struggle-session--5842028/support.Subscribe at http://patreon.com/strugglesessionPlease leave us a 5 star review at Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/struggle-session/id1265384284Send an email or voicemail to thestrugglesession@gmail.comKeep up with and contact Leslie: https://msha.ke/lleeiii

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.Subscribe at http://patreon.com/strugglesessionPlease leave us a 5 star review at Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/struggle-session/id1265384284Send an email or voicemail to thestrugglesession@gmail.comKeep up with and contact Leslie: https://msha.ke/lleeiii

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.Subscribe at http://patreon.com/strugglesessionPlease leave us a 5 star review at Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/struggle-session/id1265384284Send an email or voicemail to thestrugglesession@gmail.comKeep up with and contact Leslie: https://msha.ke/lleeiii

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.Subscribe at http://patreon.com/strugglesessionPlease leave us a 5 star review at Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/struggle-session/id1265384284Send an email or voicemail to thestrugglesession@gmail.comKeep up with and contact Leslie: https://msha.ke/lleeiii

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.Subscribe at http://patreon.com/strugglesessionPlease leave us a 5 star review at Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/struggle-session/id1265384284Send an email or voicemail to thestrugglesession@gmail.comKeep up with and contact Leslie: https://msha.ke/lleeiii

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.Subscribe at http://patreon.com/strugglesessionPlease leave us a 5 star review at Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/struggle-session/id1265384284Send an email or voicemail to thestrugglesession@gmail.comKeep up with and contact Leslie: https://msha.ke/lleeiii