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A Critic With Monsters on His Mind
Mongo 29 October 2023
The scariest part of Erik Piepenburg’s job as a reporter who covers horror movies? Films that fail to frighten him.
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*GOAT* on Friedrich A. Hayek and his delusions
When writing GOAT: Who is the Greatest Economist of all Time, and Why Does It Matter? I vowed I would write the whole truth.  Not just that...
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Meg Ryan on Her New Rom-Com, ‘What Happens Later’
Mongo 28 October 2023
She always had concerns about the happily-ever-after ideals of the genre. Now as a director she’s pushing its boundaries to examine issues o...
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Pool Parties, Private Jets, & Superstitions
Today's episode of the podcast is a not your normal podcast. This episode takes place as I travel in the car to an event in NJ. Dustin a...
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That was then, this is now — Gaza edition
The [Assyrian] empire’s chief concern were the corridors and trade routes that ran through Gaza on the coast as well as Megiddo, which had ...
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U.S.A. facts of the day
Basically, the 2022 numbers — which you can see summarized in  the Fed’s report  — tell a really encouraging story. In a nutshell: Ameri...
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A Landmark of Black Cinema, Restored for a New Age
Mongo 27 October 2023
The British director Horace Ové struggled to get his 1975 film, “Pressure,” made and released. Now, weeks after his death, a new restoration...
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