The Cross Cut

Holy shit, did we finally stumble on a movie that we actually like??? Yeah we did! This week, we cover the Hulu film Prey staring Amber Midthunder and a cast full of native actors. And also... spoiler alert... it's a Predator movie! So you know, it rules. We give you 4 reasons to watch, but the main reason is because it's good and we say so! Rate, review, and subscribe wherever you get your podcas...

As we continue our summer streaming series, we go from relatively unlikable movies to a collection of very unlikable people. None more so than the protagonist of this week's film, Not Okay . When a drunken night on Instagram turns Danni's life from pathetic clout chasing to something else entirely, it creates a wave of collateral damage in it's wake. In this episode, we walk you through four reaso...

Hello, virtual friends! This week, the podcast is covering the HBO Max documentary film We Met in Virtual Reality. We talk about everything from Avatars to digital teachers to marriage proposals, and in doing so, we see some genuinely lovely human stories. Moreover, this is our first documentary covered on the podcast, so some along with us as we break ground on the future we're all headed for! An...

If a man is neither good nor bad, neither white nor black, what is he? He's The Gray Man! Out this week is Netflix's most expensive film to date, staring Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Billy Bob Thorton and a bunch of disposable bad guys. We dig into the four reasons your should watch, and hey, because we are so nice, we even stuck a bonus fifth reason in there. So come see what a Marvel...

Doth thou desire a sadness? Ok look, I'm not the one with the skills at things like "words" or "emotions" but you know what? Jane Austen is, and her novel Persuasion was just adapted to a film for Netflix staring Dakota Johnson. With a gangbuster cast and beautiful scenery, it's got to have everything an Austen fan is looking for. Right? um... right? Uh oh. Well, nevermind! We're here to give you...

Yearrrrgh! What be a pirate's favorite letter? R? You would think so, but it be THE SEA... BEAST! That's right, this week we give you 4 reasons to watch the latest offering from Netflix Animation: The Sea Beast! It's a jaunty tale of a young lass and a, um, other guy who fight sea monsters that may be more than they seem. And the director previously worked on Moana, so it's gotta be good, right? W...

Hi friends! We are embarking an a brief change in format where we look at new movies on streaming platforms and tell you the four reasons why you should like them. No negativity here, even if we really want some! For this week, we're talking about the Joey King vehicle The Princess which places her as a, um, princess who has to escape from the top of a tower all the way down to the bottom. Look, w...

We’re off this week, so enjoy your weekend without us bumming you out!

Everything sucks. So watch this shitty movie with Tom Hanks and Shelley Long, who cares? I don't give a shit. It's called The Money Pit and it sucked. It's about a house that falls apart so we talk about how America is falling apart, which is also leading to houses falling apart. It's a FUCKING METAPHOR. Enjoy your Saturday. Or don't, fuck it. Rate, review, and subscribe wherever you get your podc...

Science is making huge strides in helping people who need transplants, and one of the most recent developments in the field is 3D printed ears. Useful in many ways, the ability to print a body part can take a process that traditionally took months and accomplish the same outcome in just 10 minutes. And this technology is nearly ready for primetime. However, as it turns out, 3D ear printing was alr...

The world is collapsing but hey, there's still basketball! This year, the NBA Finals has extra importance as the Golden State Warriors are looking to regain their championship status after years of injuries holding them back, while the Boston Celtics are seeking the most total NBA championships in the history of the league. And since we are covering this right in the middle of the series, we spend...

Can I help you with something? Oh sorry I didn't recognize you, I had my brain cleansed while sleeping! Ok, so maybe it doesn't work that way, but scientists have identified a system in the brain that operates as a sort of garbage collector, freeing our brains of all sorts of potentially harmful substances. The only catch is, it only works while we're in deep sleep, so a group of researcher has cr...

In our turn towards a (slightly) briefer episode structure, can you tell if we are your normal podcast hosts or if perhaps we have been body snatched!?!? As we cover the recent UFO hearings from Congress, are we being too deferential to the idea that aliens have probably never come to Earth because humans are "bad" and "violent psychopaths"? The truth is out there! Sorry, wrong media. To help us u...

This week, we milk the news about the formula shortage for all it's worth! Sorry... but it is incredibly important! We look into how many people use formula, why the supply has dropped so quickly, and what we can do about it. We also look into what this means for families currently dealing with this crisis and try to humanize the experience. To do so, we look at the 2018 film Tully, starring Charl...

Drug manufacturer Eli Lilly has created a drug that has reduced the weight of "obese" people by 50 pounds. Yay? This week, we look at what words like "obese" and "overweight" actually mean, why they don't necessarily have anything to do with health, and why the medical community is still pretending that they do. We also ask the important questions, ones apparently left out of the regular news: doe...

No jokes in this intro. We are currently seeing the culmination of 50 years of extremists attacks on Roe v. Wade with a leaked decision from Justice Alito, promising to tear up women's rights to control their own body. Not only that, this decision attacks the rights to privacy in nearly every way, from healthcare all the way to whether a married couple can use birth control. No, I'm not kidding an...

If you are feeling lonely, well... you're not alone! An epidemic of loneliness has taken over the world, with countries from Japan to the UK to the United States all seeing negative health effects. We take a look into what it actually means to be lonely, what some of those negative health outcomes are, and what we can do about it. Hint: the answer is not "create a fake friend out of old socks." To...

Hello there. Looking to find a podcast to comfort you about the state of the future? I'm sorry, I'm afraid I can't do that. Because this week, we're talking about one thing! Evil AI and how it's entering into our lives every day. Whether you are dealing with an argumentative chatbot online or making your own microwave oven with the desire to end you, AI is in increasingly in our lives every day. W...

Mistletoe can be deadly if you eat it. But this podcast can be deadlier if you don't listen! This week we are tracking down wannabe crime fighters who use their wealth and a little bit of DNA evidence to piece together missing persons and cold case murders. Is it very nice of them, or just another sign that the society we've built is on the rocks? It's almost like we're split into two... Just like...

Not feeling well? It’s probably just stress! Relax by listening to this week’s podcast about how women and people of color are routinely dismissed and ignored by their healthcare providers. Ok, so maybe relax is the wrong word… We had the privilege of speaking with Dr. Rebecca Shansky from Northeastern University’s College of Science Shansky Lab who let us know where this bias against women often...

The only way left is to hack your own brain! This week, we're looking into some very cool and not at all worrying advancements in neural implant technology, surely to be used only for good and in no way to force us to buy Teslas or whatever people are selling on Facebook. What exactly is the technology used for, and on whom? We'll get into that and more with help from the Robert Longo/William Gibs...

It's Oscars week! Not only do we finish up our run of Best Picture nominees with Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog , we give our rundown of the ten (10!) nominees and the order we think they deserve the big prize. It's the ONLY Oscars rating you need! Because we also cover the news, this episode is not free of negativity. We go deep into the attacks on LGBTQ children throughout the country, focu...

It's scam week on The Cross Cut! We examine President Biden's recent executive order on cryptocurrency, take a look at some cool scams in the NFT world, and explore all things blockchain. No matter your level of fluency with the subject, we'll get you up to speed. Then we talk with three friends of the pod, Jamie Wilkinson, Casey Pugh, and Chad Pugh to dig in to their work on the NFT project GAWDS...

Baby you can drive my car! That is, if you are getting the rights you deserve from your ride sharing company. This week, we're looking at Washington State's new legislation regarding Uber and Lyft drivers, including what it means for the prospect of them becoming real actual employees. Employees with the skills and talent of one of the characters in our film of the week! Drive My Car is the first...

Why download this podcast when you could drive to your local market and pick up a copy? Oh, right, podcasts don't work that way. But physical goods sure do, and America is getting back into the swing of buying things in person! Does this spell doom for online retailers like Amazon? Will we once again see the existence of mom-and-pop stores on Main Streets across the country? We answer these questi...