Agitator

In this special crossover episode with filmmakers/actors/hosts of the excellent //MOVIES podcast , we're talking Sam Levinson's Euphoria  -- why it's not what any of us thought it was, what it actually is, and what makes it great. Will we ever get a season 3? Which character deserves a spin-off? Is this a teen drama, music video, or gangster epic? Can two dudes hang out without one popping a boner...

We gon need a bigger stable for all this horsin' around. The Rare Candy boys join Kelby in mourning our brother JDO, who has gone off to his celestial Mormon heaven as depicted by Terrence Howard. 1x1=2. Snow on Tha Bluff. Haircuts with your mom. Meth lab on Zillow. Sam Forster's bestseller is just a throwback meme from 2016. The ending of The Sopranos. Tubi Originals. Playing like you hopped off...

Shouts out our boy. All love.

Rare Candy's Glen Rockney and our boy Kelby are tackling one of the greatest stories ever told: the Book of Exodus (also, The Prince of Egypt ). Was Moses tripping on psychedelics? How much of the Bible is autofiction? Is there a way to do this sincerely, or is it all blasphemy? Let the Catholic LARPer who has not even read the Bible cast the first stone. If you're following us and still sleeping...

A live review of Mario + Rabbids: Star of Hope. A look back on our favorite arcs of the podcast. Red-blooded Americans with Yakuza codes. The capitalist artist. The worst Marx brother. JDO says goodbye.

We're freestyling the concept and premise of a sprawling sword & sorcery/survival horror epic, after we diagnose the problems of today's youth, eulogize Steve Albini as much as he deserves it, pontificate better ways to approach open-world gaming than the endless side-questing and modifying, and discuss our favorite shows a little bit. Like this? Sign up for free or get bonus content for $5/mo...

We kick off the show talking shop and breaking down pretentiousness as laziness, then move into the current state of mediocrity in rap music and what makes Kendrick one of the worst to ever rock the mic. Also: who dissed Drake best? And "can I say it?" We miss you, DMX.

We talk about a lot of shit. Fallout vs Shogun. Some game called Gungeon something-something, sounds dope. Our kids are kicking it with us. We're back to our noisy roots. You love it, shut up.

On this episode: Miike's 2014 high school death game film As the Gods Will  + when one of the greats shows up to make something mediocre + the swinging pendulum of brilliance + perfect CGI + craft talk re: character development and form vs formula + what would've made this movie better + AN AGITATOR FILMS ANNOUNCEMENT ++ NEWS ABOUT THE IMPENDING SUMMER FOR THE SHOW.

Very special interview episode today with ADR (English dub) anime director/producer/writer Shannon Reed of Sentai Filmworks. We get into the nuts and bolts of what it means to direct anime and what all goes into the dubbing process, from rewriting to match mouth flaps to pulling the perfect performance out of voice actors and everything in-between. We also talk balancing fun and hard work, Star Wa...

Today on the show, we have Jeremy Bronaugh, author of When You Bleed to Death , to discuss processing trauma through art, anime of the '90s vs today, technology going too far (or not far enough), prose vs plot, the Road House remake, the best Easter movies, Poor Things , pop culture reflecting culture, raising kids, and so much more. This one's a banger. Check out the audiobook of When You Bleed t...

Are dinosaurs real? How much dope they be selling at Crayon World? How come when people invent a new fuel source or cure cancer with vegetables they "suddenly aren't with us" anymore? Should people be mad about the New Demons anthology? Is writing a business? What's next for the Agitator boys? All these questions and more are answered on... this episode. Support the Agitator project and get a more...

Agitator boy Kelby was flying solo holding it down for the Broken River crew at Ghoulish Fest in San Antonio. Shouts out Max Booth III and Lori Booth for the hard work throwing and promoting that; there was a major turnout of locals ready to buy weird and fucked up books. On this special boots-on-the-ground episode, Kelby is chopping it up with author (and psychiatric professional) Michael Tichy b...

The Agitator boys have opposing thoughts on DUNE. Instead of going to war over some art that someone else made, we explore the nature of taste and why we vibe with or hate certain movies. We also have beef with Gerber for putting lead in baby snacks and with PSO for being a terrible energy company. 

Our review of Takashi Miike's shot-on-iPhone 15 short film Midnight + character development through method acting + freestyling a story by starting with a theme + THIS IS FICTION, ANYTHING WE SAY CAN AND WILL MAKE YOU LOOK STUPID IN A COURT OF LAW + new capitalism. Sign up for $5/month at patreon.com/agitator for Discord access, early looks and behind the scenes of film projects, bonus and extende...

Email business inquiries to kelbylosack@outlook.com RE: The County series funding and Agitator Films stock. On this episode, JDO and Kelby are talking: Adam Lehrer's analysis of the recent self-immolation , our responses to people still waiting on our Kickstarter and pre-order projects, Ye's VULTURES, Shane Gillis coming full circle with SNL, and the hourglass method of outlining a story. We almos...

JDO is doing some live-developing of his novel-in-progress, Ronin Trash, about tusk hunters and demons. We're also talking beginner's mind, bringing more feminine left-brain energy into the process, voice vs plot, Palahniuk, Crichton, THE WILL OF THE MANY, WebNovel apps, and more. Thank you for listening. Shout out if you vibe with this in any way. brbjdo.substack.com kelbylosack.com

The mystic juggalo weebs are live from the couch in Oklahoma recapping AWP, laying out all the realities/logistics/benefits/pitfalls/alternatives of publishing as a collective, and detailing the dangers of putting your trust in models of big industry (we go in on why Kelby was kicked off Amazon and we were all kicked off Publishers Marketplace). New listeners who found the show after meeting us in...

SPKU (seppuku) is Agitator's music-focused spinoff. On this episode, hoodrat novelist/filmmaker Kelby Losack chops it up with one half of the roid noise duo Botched Chadification/author/essayist/System of Systems host and Safety Propagandist Adam Lehrer about Kanye's new joint, the masterpiece VULTURES 1.     Botched Chadification Listen to System of Systems on Patreon and everywhere you listen to...

Short film behind the scenes, AWP recap, etc. We're all in a hotel in Kansas City. Hour and a half of sleep in the past couple days. We're selling books like it's fenty. Featuring: Rios de la Luz E Rathke Grant Wamack

On this episode of the freestyle storytelling podcast, we have actor/poet Kenney Dorcely straight from the Massachusetts boonies to develop an epic anime rap ballad opera inspired by 8 Mile, Avatar: The Last Airbender, and Yu-Gi-Oh! Follow Kenney on IG: @ chupakarbra_burnsum Watch Kenney on GLUE ADDICT  

We react to Jerry Hasani and mumble rap in general, bring news of crazy book sale success, spitball some directions to further level up the show, and then we get into the main event: freestyling a rodeo clown family tragedy based on the story of Moses (with some Dr Dolittle/Animal Farm sprinkled in). 

Agitator is a freestyle storytelling podcast hosted by hoodrat noir and gutter cyberpunk novelists/filmmakers J David Osborne and Kelby Losack . In this episode, the prompt is provided by Castaigne Publishing : what would a Steinbeck story incorporating a classic Universal monster look like? We also freestyle an anti-open world video game concept. Sign up at patreon.com/agitator for exclusive Disc...

rarecandy.substack.com This is a cross post with our Rare Candy brother Glen Rockney. Talking Bret Easton Ellis's masterpiece THE SHARDS. 

We ain't got time for these descriptions no more, cuz. This a pivot point though, crucial listening. It's also just chill. Happy new year everybody.