The Cross Cut

This week! Labor is having a hot moment in America and the Hollywood unions are a huge part of that. We talk about what the writers and actors are looking to gain, as well as why that relates to a football team of has beens and never was...es? We look a The Replacements and try to gauge how much Gene Hackman set his talents to autopilot. Rate, review, and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts!...

Next week! We talk about the rise of #HotLaborSummer by getting into the film The Replacements starring everyone's favorite Keanu Reeves. Turns out the movie wants us to root for the scabs, let's see how that ages!

This week! We talk about all the latest science in renewable energy. From cold fusion (as mentioned in our film The Saint ) to superconductors to the recent advances in solar and wind, we spend this week trying to give you hope that the world isn't going to end in your lifetime. Will it work? Who knows?!?!?! Rate, review, and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts! Follow us on social at: In...

Next week! We are covering recent energy related advances in fusion, as well as the possibility of superconductor developments. We pair this with the Val Kilmer starrer The Saint, which is probably a pretty terrible movie!

This week! We cover testimony in front of the US Congress by several whistleblowers stating they have seen real life proof of alien crafts and actual alien bodies in government hands. We pair that with the classic 1997 hit Men In Black where well dressed aliens try to keep the majority of the population in the dark about alien activity. Rate, review, and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts! F...

Next Week! We look into the congressional hearings regarding UFOs, where multiple whistleblowers sound the alarm of government cover-up. Pairing that with the kings of cover-up, we take a look back at the 1990's classic, Men in Black.

This week! We talk RoboCop and the ways in which the technologies that brought Murphy back to life are actually starting to become real. From returning movement to the paralyzed to improving prosthetics for amputees, we look at how science is using AI to expand leaps and bounds over what were have been able to do over the last few decades.

Next week! We are covering one of Forest's favorite films (and one that Jesse is totally neutral on) in RoboCop. This bleak satire of American life is a blood-drenched machine with a soul, much like its titular character. Join us as we take a drive through Detroit and avoid ED 209.

This week! We are looking at how the fake life science in the 1997 sleeper cult classic Gattaca is starting to become more real life. Scientists (and maybe cops) are using DNA found in the world to make assumptions about populations of animals and maybe one day populations of murders. This will surely end well! Rate, review, and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts! Follow us on social at: Ins...

Next week! We'll be covering the cult classic Gattaca full of smoking hotties like Ethan Hawk, Uma Thurman, and Jude Law. Also, we recorded this before the passing of Alan Arkin, so RIP to a true king.

This week! I'm late getting the episode out so no show notes! Don't trust various oozes and/or green drinks! Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/well/eat/green-superfood-powders.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/05/well/mind/ashwagandha-supplement-benefits.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare https:/...

Next week! We uncover the secrets of the internet's favorite green drinks and we try to see through our childhood nostalgia to examine the cinematic classic, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II - The Secret of the Ooze . This episode, we talk about how we both experienced the movie for the first time.

This week! The military reports on AI gone awry and then WHOOPS! decides that it totally, definitely didn't happen you guys. Trust us, would we ever lie to you? cough pentagon papers cough mk ultra cough panama papers cough reality winner leaks cough edward snowden COUGH! Whenever AI starts to threaten all of humanity, of course we think Terminator 2: Judgement Day. James Cameron threw down on...

Next week! Are our own drones trying to murder the service persons put in charge of controlling them? Isn't this basically Skynet? The answer may be YES! Excited to bring you the first of our 4 episode long sci-fi series!

This week! We get BLOWN AWAY by some new science news about storm trackers. This of course means we have to cover one of the defining summer blockbusters of 1996, Twister . We talk Helen Hunt's casting, the late Bill Paxton's memorable tribute from real storm chasers, and argue over the true message of the film: love vs. data. Rate, review, and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts! Fol...

Next week! We're covering a rogue storm chaser, leaving us no option but to cover 1996's Twister . Hoping this movie doesn't... blow.

This week! We review (and celebrate!) Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon being fired, while comparing our current news media hellscape to the incomparable film Network . We dive into the collaboration between Paddy Chayefsky and Sidney Lumet, as well as how there reticence about the state of the media in the 1970's has more than come to fruition today. Totally chill podcast! Rate, review, and subscr...

Next week! We will be covering the Sidney Lumet classic Network to explain not just the firing of Tucker Carlson, but also his ascendance in the first place. Sorry for not having the ep out this week, but we'll be moving to bi-weekly eps going forward so there should be a more consistent release schedule.

This week! You pay for the whole seat but you only need the edge! We are swan diving in to the world of professional wrestling as Vince McMahon sells his family business to Endeavor. We pair this with the hit Darron Aronofsky film The Wrestler to see just how connected the events of the movie are to the real life world of modern wrestlers.

This week! We look into why the Finnish people have been rated the happiest people in the world for the 6th year in a row. Is there some deep dark secret to living most of the year in the deep dark? Or are there flaws in the scoring system itself? We'll have plenty of time to consider this as we spend ten (or ten thousand?) years stuck in the same day. That's right, we're celebrating G...

We got completely crushed by childcare issues this week, so we're back next week!

This week! Donald Trump, the somehow 45th president of these United States, was indicted and arraigned for a crime associated with the hush money payments to pornstar Stormy Daniels. Is there a better sentence for SEO in the whole of the internet? And is the existence of that sentence worth the complete destruction of American Democracy? The answer to both is: No! We pair this historic event with...

Where have all of our kitchens gone??? Have they turned into ghosts?!?! This week! We look into the rise and now fall of ghost kitchens as Uber Eats starts to prune the dead delivery denizens from their app. Who will survive and why are we covering such a lame story? The world is bad, let us just have fun! We pair this delicious appetizer with the main course, Pixar's Ratatouille . A film abou...

I would write more of a description here, but I have a 5 year old whose just had a nightmare about the Big Bad Wolf, so I'm cutting it short. The movie is about the big bank collapse in 2008! There's another bank that just collapsed! You get it. Rate, review, and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts! Follow us on social at: Instagram: @thecrosscutpod Twitter: @thecrosscut Newsletter: h...

This week! We take a deep dive into the world of Huggy Wuggy, that cute/terrifying doll that kids are super into these days. Why are there so many teeth? And why are they so sharp? We answer these questions and more with the help of our guest, Iris Smith! Oh yeah, she's also our niece. If terrifying toys are your thing, then you will love the film we are covering: M3GAN! An AI with a full human ch...