The Cluttered Desk

Welcome to The Cluttered Desk! In this episode, Andrew and Colin return to X-Men by discussing the new trailer for Season 2 of X-Men '97  and then they analyze a few X-Men poems. Enjoy! *** Coda: Boochy Mama's Sunlight Serenade  (Andrew) Water  (Colin) *** Andrew's recommendation: The X-Terminators (2022-2023) Colin's recommendation: Persepolis   ***  Please contact us at any of these locations: W...

Welcome to The Cluttered Desk! In this episode, Andrew and Colin discuss the intriguing and troubling contours of influence by offering a close reading of the Phoebe Bridgers song "Punisher." Enjoy! *** Coda: Miller Lite (Andrew) Deschutes Non-Alcoholic Fresh Squeezed IPA (Colin) *** Andrew's recommendation: Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men Colin's recommendation: Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little...

Welcome to The Cluttered Desk! In this episode, Andrew and Colin return to Westeros to discuss A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. Enjoy! *** Coda: Sierra Nevade Springfest IPA  (Andrew) Bubly Grapefruit Water  (Colin) *** Andrew's recommendation: Shrinking (TV Series) Colin's recommendation: Cruel Optimism by Lauren Berlant and Punisher by Phoebe Bridgers ***  Please contact us at any of these locati...

Welcome to The Cluttered Desk! In this episode, Andrew and Colin finish their discussion of Mark Fisher's  Capitalist Realism.  Enjoy! *** Coda: 51K IPA from Blackrocks Brewery (Andrew) Water (Colin) *** Andrew's recommendation: Key & Peele   Colin's recommendation: Yellowface by R. F. Kuang and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms ***  Please contact us at any of these locations: Website: www.thecdpodc...

Welcome to The Cluttered Desk! In this episode, Andrew and Colin continue their discussion of Mark Fisher's Capitalist Realism. Enjoy! *** Coda:  Winter Sangria Sparkling Water  (Andrew)  Topo Chico  (Colin) *** Andrew's recommendation: Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) Colin's recommendation: Slaughter on 10th Avenue by Mick Ronson ***  Please contact us at any of these locations: Web...

Welcome to The Cluttered Desk! In our annual  Simpsons episode, Andrew and Colin discuss the 2007 movie, The Simpsons Movie. Enjoy! *** The Coda: Great Lakes Brewing Company's Christmas Ale (Andrew) and  Topo Chico (Colin) *** Here are links for this episode: Andrew's recommendation: Listen to audiobooks through Spotify Colin's recommendation: The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein and The Simpsons epi...

Welcome to The Cluttered Desk! In this episode, Andrew and Colin begin their book study of Mark Fisher's Capitalist Realism. Enjoy! *** Coda: Bell's Christmas Ale  (Andrew) Strawberry Peach LaCroix (Colin) *** Andrew's recommendation: Night in the Woods   Colin's recommendation: Lux by Rosalía and Bones and All (2022) ***  Please contact us at any of these locations: Website: www.thecdpodcast.com...

Welcome to The Cluttered Desk! In this episode, Andrew and Colin discuss Andrew's recent conference presentation on Frank X Walker's poem "Amazin' Grace." Enjoy! *** Coda: MI P1LSNER (Andrew) La Croix Limoncello (Colin) *** Andrew's recommendation: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) Colin's recommendation: Three Days of Condor (1975) and Taylor Lorenz on Taylor Swift's potential conservative turn ...

Welcome to The Cluttered Desk! In this episode, Andrew and Colin discuss the far-right's fascination with The Lord of the Rings. Enjoy? Who knows. *** Coda: Miller Lite (Andrew) Cherry Limeade Waterloo (Colin) *** Andrew's recommendation: Susanna Clarke's novel, Piranesi Colin's recommendation: The journalist, Taylor Lorenz ***  Please contact us at any of these locations: Website: www.thecdpodcas...

Welcome to The Cluttered Desk! In this episode, Andrew and Colin discuss James Gunn's Superman (2025) and the conservative media response to it. Enjoy!  *** Coda: Clawhammer from Highland Brewing Company (Andrew) Water (Colin) *** Andrew's recommendation: Grant Morrison's All-Star Superman and Supergods Colin's recommendation: Todd McGowan's new book, Pure Excess: Capitalism and the Commodity *** ...

Welcome to The Cluttered Desk! In this episode, Betsy Cooper joins Andrew and Colin to discuss the new Jurassic Park movie,  Jurassic World Rebirth. Enjoy!  *** Coda: Sierra Nevada Summerfest (Andrew), Tennessee Hills Blackberry Sage Craft Cocktail (Betsy), and Tangerine LaCroix (Colin) *** Andrew's recommendation: Deprivation (2019) Colin's recommendation: Clever Girl by Hannah McGregor and Bury...

Welcome to The Cluttered Desk! In this episode, Andrew and Colin discuss the destructive nature of the Jubilee debate format as well as the Jordan Peterson Jubilee debate. Enjoy!  *** Here's a link to the Peterson debate. *** Coda: Andrew had the Oberon Ale from Bell's Brewing Company, and Colin had Jim's Organic Coffee. *** Andrew's recommendation: The Bear (Season 4) and Eugene Thacker's Horror...

Welcome to The Cluttered Desk! In this episode, Andrew and Colin discuss breakfast cereal (sort of) and heaven or, as Andrew prefers, New Creation. Enjoy!  *** Coda: Both Colin and Andrew had Jim's Organic Coffee. *** Andrew's recommendation: A Specter, Haunting by China Miéville Colin's recommendation: Psychocinema by Helen Rollins ***  Please contact us at any of these locations: Website: www.th...

Welcome to The Cluttered Desk! In this episode, Andrew and Colin discuss the pilot episode as a unique piece of television media. Enjoy!  *** Coda: Fear. Movie. Lions Hazy Double IPA from Stone Brewing (Andrew) and Kolsch Style Non-Alcoholic from Best Day Brewing (Colin) *** Andrew's recommendation: "On Care for Our Common Home" and The Mess Around Colin's recommendation: Sophie Powers' American I...

Welcome to The Cluttered Desk! In this episode, Andrew and Colin examine recent reevaluations of the Star Wars prequel films. To do this, they deploy a rhetorical technique called "steelmanning." Enjoy!  *** Source: "You Underestimate Their Power: The Definitive Defense of the Star Wars Prequels" by Eli Lo Re Coda: Norm's Raggedy IPA from Griffin Claw Brewing Company (Andrew) and Water (Colin) ***...

Welcome to The Cluttered Desk! In this episode, Andrew and Colin discuss the 2024 film I Saw the TV Glow. Enjoy! *** The Coda: Two Hearted IPA by Bell's (Andrew) and Jim's Organic Coffee (Colin) *** Here are links for this episode: Andrew's recommendation: "You Just Lost The Game" from the American Hysteria Podcast Colin's recommendation: Trick by Alex G and Set It Off (1996) ***  Please contact u...

Welcome to The Cluttered Desk! In this episode, Andrew and Colin discuss teaching subjects and material they love. To do so, they use Stephanie Burt's piece from Vanity Fair, which reflects on her experience teaching a Taylor Swift course at Harvard. Enjoy! *** Here's a link to the Stephanie Burt piece for Vanity Fair *** The Coda: Zombie Ice Undead Double Pale Ale (Andrew) and Jim's Organic Coffe...

Welcome to The Cluttered Desk! In our annual Simpsons episode, Andrew and Colin discuss the complex characterization of Marge Simpson. Enjoy! *** "A Streetcar Named Marge" (S4E2) "Marge vs. the Monorail" (S4E12) "Kill Gil, Volumes I & II" (S18E9) "Marge Gamer" (S18E17) *** The Coda: Tangerine Space Machine (Andrew) and Water (Colin) *** Here are links for this episode: Andrew's recommendation: Fin...

Welcome to The Cluttered Desk! In this episode, Andrew and Colin discuss Charli XCX's BRAT, both the concept and the album. Then, in a seamless transition, they decide which Lord of the Rings character, film characters only, is the most BRAT.  *** The Coda: 19 Crimes Cab Sav (Andrew) and Chai Tea (Colin) *** Here are links for this episode: Andrew's recommendation: Heretic (2024) Colin's recommend...

Welcome to The Cluttered Desk! In this episode, Andrew and Colin discuss an essay Colin recently published on the television show  Community . Enjoy! Here's a link to Colin's essay: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/13/5/117 *** The Coda:  Oktoberfest from Founders Brewing Co.  (Andrew) and Water (Colin) *** Here are links for this episode: Andrew's recommendation: Corn mazes and Low Cut Connie's "Re...

Welcome to The Cluttered Desk! In this episode, Andrew and Colin discuss commercial gyms through the lens of scapegoating practices and ritualistic sacrifice. Enjoy! *** The Coda: Oktoberfest from Sierra Nevada (Andrew) and Water (Colin) *** Here are links for this episode: Andrew's recommendation: the horror streaming platform FOUND Colin's recommendation: Taylor Swift's song "Back to December" a...

Welcome to The Cluttered Desk! In this episode, Andrew and Colin discuss Deadpool & Wolverine (2024). Enjoy!  *** The Coda: "Gin and Buch" (Andrew) and Water (Colin) *** Here are links for this episode: Andrew's recommendation: Die (2022) Colin's recommendation: What Ever Happened to Pizza at McDonald's? and Love Lies Bleeding (2024) ***  Please contact us at any of these locations: Website: www.t...

Welcome to The Cluttered Desk! In this episode, Andrew and Colin discuss the three-part Netflix documentary film Dancing for the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult (2024).  They also return to authorial intent as a framing device to explore the narratives the documentary elects not to entertain. Enjoy!  *** Our full episode on authorial intent is available here . *** The Coda: Equal Exchange Organic Coffee...

Welcome to The Cluttered Desk! In this episode, Andrew and Colin discuss the final step of Andrew's PhD program. Enjoy!  *** The Coda: HOPPENHEIMER and LaCroix Beach Plum *** Here are links for this episode: Andrew's recommendation: Dungeons and Daddies Podcast Colin's recommendation: Why Theory's recent episode on prequels and The Dear Committee Triology by Julie Schumacher  ***  Please contact u...

Welcome to The Cluttered Desk! In this episode, Andrew and Colin discuss the final five episodes of Season 1 of X-Men '97.  Enjoy!  *** The Coda:  J.T.S. Brown Bourbon and sparkling water and  Jim's Organic Coffee Sweet Love Blend *** Here are links for this episode: Andrew's recommendation: Pontypool (2008) Colin's recommendation: Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life  by Karen E. Fi...