No Gods, No Monsters

Predators. Humans. Are they so different after all? Maybe an IOF sniper and/or CIA agent has the answer. This episode on the third entry in the standalone Predator franchise discusses existentialism vs utilitarianism, the ethical foundations of an alien species that hunts for sport, Robert Rodriguez's various sins, and which billionaires we'd like to see in the thunderdome. We have bonus episodes,...

We talk about drugs, and looking at yourself in the mirror and how the person you see is never the person you feel like. Also, Charlie explains that Barto has been picking at a traumatic something for the last few years and he should feel pretty bad about it.   To listen to the full episode as well as lots of other bonus content, sign up for our Patreon. Just $1 a month gets you everything we do....

A requiem, a service for the dead. Two classic creatures, killed by one film. We look into the swirling mass of emptiness, at the center of this film, and see what shapes appear in its clouds. Is the Aliens vs. Predator sequel trying to say something? Probably not. Is it saying something, incidentally? Unfortunately it is. We have bonus episodes, behind the scenes notes, and post-recording wrap up...

Barto and Charlie take stock of George A Romero's exploration of the vampire mythos. They talk capitalism and the rust belt, antipsychiatry, the commune Barto lived on, and discuss the reproductive organs of vampires. We have bonus episodes, behind the scenes notes, and post-recording wrap ups for just $1 a month on Patreon.  Patreon.com/NoGodsPod Follow us on  Bluesky  @nogodspod.bsky.social

Continuing our Alien and Predator series deep dive, we bore into Paul W. S. Anderson's ode to ancient astronauts and Lovecraft. We argue about whether AvP is pro or anti-hubris, talk Predator fascism, and search for the sex and gender the Xenomorph usually carries with it. We have bonus episodes, behind the scenes notes, and post-recording wrap ups for just $1 a month on Patreon.  Patreon.com/NoGo...

They're calling it the most psychoanalytic film ever made! Barto and Charlie talk mirrors and duality, the gaze and how films teach us to desire, Hitchcock's fear of cops, and that there is a lot more of Psycho in American Psycho then we might have realized. To listen to the full episode as well as lots of other bonus content, sign up for our Patreon. Just $1 a month gets you everything we do. pat...

It's tokusatsu time with long time listener, first time caller, Newfie. We're exploring Hideaki Anno's fourth addition to his "Shin" series and his take on the prolific Japanese superhero. We tackle cults, covid conspiracies, contradiction, motorcycle accidents, and the contents of Charlie's dreams. Follow Newfie on Bluesky: @newfie.bsky.social Listen to his film podcast: Contempt For The Audience...

We are making our way through the Alien and Predator franchises and are so thoroughly in the late 90s. Yellow tints, lots of leather, and it's gay! We dissect ideas of power, queerness, the psyche, and basketball. We have bonus episodes, behind the scenes notes, and post-recording wrap ups for just $1 a month on Patreon.  Patreon.com/NoGodsPod Follow us on  Twitter  and  Bluesky  @nogodspod Email...

It's long hallway time! Along with the film's troubled production, we discuss what Fincher's nihilistic entry to the series has to say about queerness, the AIDS epidemic, pregnancy and the nuclear family, Christianity and the possibility of redemption, the confluence of the prison with the mental hospital and the factory, as well as Foucault and Deleuze and the transition from a disciplinary to a...

We are the Predators, and we're hunting for meaning beyond "wow that's racist" in the critically panned sequel, Predator 2 (1990). We speculate who the Predator is an analog for, how the director's background may have influenced the uh.... portrayal of certain characters, and we also suggest that the writers - Jim and John Thomas - maybe knew about the CIA's involvement in the distribution of crac...

We're talking Kierkegaard, the nature of the self, the gulf between the genders (that Shinji can't see), and Charlie uncovers a hidden plot by Ikari to make his son into a man. To listen to the full episode as well as lots of other bonus content, sign up for our Patreon. Just $1 a month gets you everything we do. patreon.com/nogodspod Follow us on  Twitter  and  Bluesky  @nogodspod Email us at  No...

Charlie and Barto are left to their own devices and, as a consequence, there's no one to stop them from getting drawn into Scarlett Johansson's deep, dark void. While they're swimming in the inky darkness, they sing songs, discuss Das Ding, the violence of becoming a subject, and whether aliens have cars on their home world. We have bonus episodes, behind the scenes notes, and post-recording wrap...

Wow this show is really ramping up. We talk Holy Ghosts, our relationship with religion, prophecy, how the Rabbit that lives in your mind is just as real as the Rabbit who has to go to work and, of course, Oedipus is back. To listen to the full episode as well as lots of other bonus content, sign up for our Patreon. Just $1 a month gets you everything we do.  patreon.com/nogodspod Follow us on  Tw...

Dreads, mandibles, heat vision, and invisibility? Baby, you got a stew going! We discuss this '80s sci-fi/action/horror flick's troubled production, its waffling position on imperialism, what happens when we view the Predator as woman, and the real meaning of Shane Black's repetitive genitalia jokes. We have bonus episodes, behind the scenes notes, and post-recording wrap ups for just $1 a month o...

We are talking Cronenberg yet again, and this time we're joined by a favorite thinker, author and podcaster of ours - Adam C. Jones! We discuss viral infections both biological and informational, posting as performance art, control societies, technology as an extension of ourselves, and the film's unique vision of the future. Listen to Adam's podcasts Acid Horizon and Pub Goth Transmission and joi...

WARNING: This episode contains Alien³ spoilers! We continue our Alien and Predator series with this acclaimed action sequel that falls short on carrying on the themes of the original. We discuss the film's takes on corporatism and militarism, gender and motherhood, and how its attempts at feminism reinforce the patriarchal order. We also get lost in a maze trying to figure out James Cameron's poli...

Pooch the polyglot joins us to decipher the signs and signifiers hidden in the ideological clusterfuck that is Arrival (2016). We talk colonialism, language being (or not really being) magic, and the truly unknowable depths of the Other. We get into a big argument about what it's like to experience time all at once and reminisce about The Jeremy Renner App, a product too beautiful to survive this...

We begin our exploration of the Alien and Predator films with the masterpiece that started it all. Join us as we bask in the horror of being biological beings, as we confuse sexual organs, are consumed by Lacan's lamella, and as we struggle with the inevitably oppressive pairing of futurist technology and present day capitalism. We also announce a new patreon tier. We have bonus episodes, behind t...

It's Godzilla's final film of the Heisei Era and we cover all your burning questions about it. Such as, how do you pronounce Destoroyah? What gender is Destoroyah and where does it fit on the Oedipal triangle? Is Godzilla.... dialectic? And what happens when you put a bunch of frozen iguanas in your car? We have bonus episodes, behind the scenes notes, and post-recording wrap ups for just $1 a mon...

It's a No Gods holiday miracle! We're returning to the world of Gremlins to cover one of the most batshit movies ever produced. We discuss the origins of this anti-sequel sequel along with its critiques of corporatism, urban development, Orientalism, genetic research, consumerism and hierarchy. Also, is the Brain Gremlin smart? Or is he just talking? We have bonus episodes, behind the scenes notes...

We're all taking our first walk through the critically and culturally acclaimed series Neon Genesis Evangelion. We discuss our collective history with anime, and do our best to dissect "Angel Attack." We discuss the beautiful look of the show, the UN, Babylonian myth, angels, Shinji being a big whiny baby, Freud, and so much more. To catch up with the rest of our Evangelion watch through, sign up...

We're getting back to nature, the old ways. Yeah, it's pretty uncomfortable and there's a fascist cult, but it sure does look pretty. We also talk grief, drugs, pagan deities and you get to hear how Charlie and Barto thought the election was going to go.   To listen to the full episode as well as lots of other bonus content, sign up for our Patreon. Just $1 a month gets you everything we do.  patr...

For Halloween we look back to the meanest monster to crawl out of the studio system, The Invisible Man. We touch on Bolsheviks, unchecked power, the CIA, the Manhattan Project, and the results of Barto's google search for "Invisible Man, gay?"   We have bonus episodes, behind the scenes notes, and post-recording wrap ups for just $1 a month on Patreon.  Patreon.com/NoGodsPod Follow us on  Twitter...

In honor of Halloween, Charlie and Rabbit (with Barto along for the ride) rank and discuss all of the Hellraiser films. This full episode is available on Patreon. For $1 a month you can get access to all of the No Gods bonus content. Patreon.com/nogodspod

In Lovecraft stories anything is possible, except the nuclear family. We talk ecology, lawn hermits, the unconscious, and hiring personal wizards as we explore the many shades of the Color Out Of Space.   We have bonus episodes, behind the scenes notes, and post-recording wrap ups for just $1 a month on Patreon.  Patreon.com/NoGodsPod Follow us on  Twitter  and  Bluesky  @nogodspod Email us at  No...