Pod Damn America

BONUS cross pod w/ our pals at Tender Subject This week on Tender Subject, we are joined by comedian Jake Flores and writer J †Johnson to talk Frankenstein. We dissect the book and the 2025 film through queer and Marxist theory and get into why the film often let us down. Media referenced: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Skin Shows: Gothic Horror and the Technology of Monsters by J Halberstam Capitalism: A Horror Story by Jon Greenaway J †Johnson is the co-editor of Cul de Sac of Blood, a horror poetics journal and the author of two books with Punctum Books. Their forthcoming book, Janky Materiality will also be published by Punctum. Kayte is also a co-host on Fangs for the Memories and makes art here.

Anders talks to Racket MN's Jay Boller and Minneapolis Unite Here organizer, Sheigh Freeberg about Alex Pretti's murder and how Minnesotans are resisting ICE's occupation. UNITE Here mutual aid fund: https://workingpartnerships.betterworld.org/campaigns/uniteherelocal17 Racket: https://racketmn.com/

I talk about monster trucks, Anders talks about Mother Theresa. FULL EP AT PATREON.COM/PODDAMNAMERICA

NYU History professor Nikhil Pal Singh joins us to talk about his new piece on Trump's whole nativist neo imperialist era thing he's doing right now. NIHKIL PAL SINGH @nikhil_palsingh https://www.equator.org/articles/homeland-empire-trump-ICE LA SHOW https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-woke-mob-tickets-1980730835248?aff=oddtdtcreator MERCH poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/poddamnamerica

Anders tells Jake the story of Justin C. Ravitz, 1970s Detroit's marxist judge. SOURCE: Detroit: I Do Mind Dying from Haymarket Books FULL EP AT PATREON.COM/PODDAMNAMERICA

Anders returns to the show and we talk about ICE's 2000 pig siege on Minnesota. MERCH poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/poddamnamerica

I further explore Venezuela's past and present through undead symbolism in two right wing Venezuelan films. FULL EP AT PATREON.COM/PODDAMNAMERICA

I drink your diet coke, drink it up. MERCH poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/poddamnamerica

This episode is a cross examination of Dostoevsky's seminal work The Brothers Karamazov and Satoshi Kon's slept on brilliant anime holiday film Tokyo Godfathers. Happy New Year. FULL EP AT PATREON.COM/PODDAMNAMERICA

Tony Boswell from WordIsBondTV joins us to figure out whether 2025 was Fine Shyt or Chopped. TONY BOSWELL@WordIsBond @WordIsBondTV on IG wordisbondtv.com MERCH poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/poddamnamerica