5 Star Tossers
Playful academic podcast that looks at movies and other cultural objects through the lens of 5 groovy themes: Pervs 'R Us, Beast & Sovereign, Il vaut mieux Lyotard que jamais, Marx Grudge, and What Would Jesus Do?
Podcasting since 2021 • 46 episodes
5 Star Tossers
Latest Episodes
Israel's Fault: The Problem with (a Messiah-less) Zion
Oh boy...This episode is longer than usual, more contentious, as it addresses the current genocidal violence in Gaza in ways that neither 'the left' nor 'the right,' as they are now called (defined?), would stand behind; except perhaps ...
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2:28:41
Muteness Envy: Did We Even Talk about It?
In a political climate of unbearable urgency, the Tossers ask: "What if we just stopped talking?"
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1:52:24
Steve Bannon: Militant of the Western Church
Hello listener,How's it been? Great, right?Right?..This episode follows Naomi Klein's recent book Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World, and Errol Morris' 2018 documentary around Steve Bannon, called Americ...
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1:38:38
Married... With Children: The Family Abolition Episode
In this episode, we look at one of the longest running sitcoms in Televisual history (1987-1998), Married... with Children.Ostensibly a misogynistic pigpen ripe for retroactive cancelation, we Tossers find the show deligh...
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1:35:12
Heteropessimism: Or, How to Ignore the Sadness of the Sexual Relation
In this episode, we discuss the thought-provoking 2019 New Inquiry essay by Asa Seresin "On Heteropessimism: Heterosexuality is nobody’s personal problem."Andy defends the future of heterosexuality from the sidelines so to say.J...
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