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"The abilities of a humble scholar, seeking only knowledge Are crushed by the tyranny of a fool, bent under the weight of his wealth. The proper hierarchy has been reversed; How sad that the lion is made servant to the dog" - Gendun Choephel Cop Hater - 1958 - William Berke Kofuku - 1981 - Kon Ichikawa Sponsor: peoplewatching.ca Email: allunitspodcast@gmail.com Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes....

"Is [pop star] a feminist? Is MasterCard a queer ally? Is this tv show my friend?" - Annelise Ogaard Sponsor: peoplewatching.ca Email: allunitspodcast@gmail.com Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/all-units/id1241776225?mt=2

"When you bond yourself to suffering you can't live without causing suffering—this way of life can't survive without torture, murder, terror, war and what that gets you is just TV time and candidacy for the torture chamber too. We stopped in this phoney California town and there was nobody here." - Michael Cisco, Animal Money Serie Noire - 1979 - Alain Corneau After Dark, My Sweet - 1990 - James F...

I am joined by cultural critic and writer Tara Hillegeist to tackle the enormity of her experience with Dorohedoro and through the lens of her own experiences and the larger sense of how identity works online. Sponsor: peoplewatching.ca Email: allunitspodcast@gmail.com Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/all-units/id1241776225?mt=2

"We also knew that a knife was not found at the scene. We don't know where the knife came from or where it went, so whoever did this took the knife away with him or her. We knew that." - The Profiler, Pat Brown With genre fiction aficionado, architecture writer and craft blogger Lisa Cassidy. Law And Order: Criminal Intent Elementary Sherlock Holmes: The Sign of Four - 1987 - Peter Hammond They Mi...

I am joined by excellent artist and wonderful podcaster Will Simpson to talk about the art, and much more, of Q Hayashida's Dorohedoro. Sponsor: peoplewatching.ca Email: allunitspodcast@gmail.com Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/all-units/id1241776225?mt=2

"I never knew how to be scared, just how to handle my infra-red. I love nothing: made my barber write a "Fuck You" in my head." - Z-Ro I am joined by writer, Bullet Points editor and hall-of-fame podcast guest Astrid Budgor to talk about the Female Prisoner Scorpion series. Sponsor: peoplewatching.ca Email: allunitspodcast@gmail.com Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/all-unit...

Abuse of power comes as no surprise. FilmStruck shut down. What does "just a website" mean? Sponsor: peoplewatching.ca Email: allunitspodcast@gmail.com Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/all-units/id1241776225?mt=2

"But time passed, and my motivations evolved." - Christoper Kemp, Floating Gold Battles Without Honor and Humanity - 1973 - Kinji Fukasaku Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima - 1973 - Kinji Fukasaku Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War - 1973 - Kinji Fukasaku Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics - 1974 - Kinji Fukasaku Battles Without Honor and Huma...

Dorohedoro is what it feels like to read comics for 25 years. Sponsor: peoplewatching.ca Email: allunitspodcast@gmail.com Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/all-units/id1241776225?mt=2

"Just as the examples of necessary violence are innumerable, so are acts of brutality; since brutality always steps in to oppose violence-by which I mean, again, an uninterrupted dynamic that is life itself." - The Declared Enemy, Jean Genet Penitentiary - 1979 - Jamaa Fanaka Penitentiary II - 1982 - Jamaa Fanaka Penitentiary III - 1987 -Jamaa Fanaka Sponsor: peoplewatching.ca Email: allunitspodca...

I'm joined by Astrid Budgor to talk about three genre films from the early 80s that thrum with deep-seated disgust and fear of sex. This kind of thing often goes unaddressed in genre fiction criticism, aside from a "woah, weird!", so I'm delighted we had this discussion. The three films are Scream For Help, Butcher Baker Nightmare Maker and Incubus Sponsor: peoplewatching.ca Email: allunitspodcast...

I'm joined by Astrid Budgor to talk about three genre films from the early 80s that thrum with deep-seated disgust and fear of sex. This kind of thing often goes unaddressed in genre fiction criticism, aside from a "woah, weird!", so I'm delighted we had this discussion. The three films are Scream For Help, Butcher Baker Nightmare Maker and Incubus Sponsor: peoplewatching.ca Email: allunitspodcast...

"It is reasonable to suppose that a society thoroughly committed to making artificial realities would have given a great deal of thought to the nature of that commitment" - Langdon Winner, The Whale And The Reactor In Order Not To Be Here - 2003 - Deborah Stratman World On A Wire - 1973 - Rainer Werner Fassbinder Sponsor: peoplewatching.ca Email: allunitspodcast@gmail.com Subscribe on iTunes: http...

I am joined by Frank Lantz to discuss his wonderful article The Lost Commandments Of The Internet and mourn the kind of communication fostered by message boards Sponsor: peoplewatching.ca Email: allunitspodcast@gmail.com Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/all-units/id1241776225?mt=2

With guest Mairead "The proper hierarchy has been reversed; How sad that the lion is made servant to the dog" - George N. Roerich, The Blue Annals Sponsor: peoplewatching.ca Email: allunitspodcast@gmail.com Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/all-units/id1241776225?mt=2

"No doubt, leave a rapper in a body cast And wonder what he was doing while we was in a karate class Snotty ass, it's really like he was a white-belt Right before he "night-night" ask him how the light felt" - Viktor Vaughn, Vaudeville Villain Sponsor: peoplewatching.ca Email: allunitspodcast@gmail.com Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/all-units/id1241776225?mt=2

With guest Lucy Brady from Wyrd Signal "it's my means of survival" - Bata Motel, Crass Fata Morgana - 1966 - Vincente Aranda Invisible Adversaries - 1976 - Valie Export Sponsor: peoplewatching.ca Email: allunitspodcast@gmail.com Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/all-units/id1241776225?mt=2

I am joined by Astrid Budgor to talk about Panos Cosmatos' Mandy and the many adjectives it seems to attract. Sponsor: peoplewatching.ca Email: allunitspodcast@gmail.com Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/all-units/id1241776225?mt=2

"There's nothing that people rebel more against, I told jacques, than being forced to acknowledge the secret and immediate power their fellow human beings have over them. There's maybe nothing more common, routines. A savage power, as indifferent as a thunderbolt, where intellect, merit beauty, language are nothing but animal electricity, a polarity that suddenly develops. Falling under the spell....

I am joined by Chris to talk about the kind of fan sites that existed before social media websites blended everything into a grey paste. Read the post this podcast is based on here: http://funkyassdicegame.tumblr.com/post/177258211489/dicegameproductions-since-the-mid-2000s-or-so Sponsor: peoplewatching.ca Email: allunitspodcast@gmail.com Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/al...

With guest Rosie (from The Shadow Trap podcast)   "Just heard "Orinoco Flow" in the supermarket, which reminded me of one of my favorite things anyone has ever said to me in an interview: Enya explaining why some people find her music to be spiritual — 'It's the amount of reverb we use.'..." - Michael Azerrad‏  Symptoms - 1974 - José Ramón Larraz Headless Woman - 2008 - Lucrecia Martel Sponsor: pe...

I am joined by video essayist Shannon Strucci to discuss the mammoth second entry in her Fake Friends series: FAKE FRIENDS EPISODE TWO: parasocial hell.  This episode was recorded under the assumption you have probably watched part one and part two of this series. It's around 2.5 hours of high-level insight, fantastic editing and in-depth research. It is well worth it if you have any interest at a...

With guest Lisa Cassidy "Maps have three basic attributes: scale, projection, and symbolization. Each element is a source of distortion. As a group, they describe the essence of the map's possibilities and limitations." - Mark Monmonier Boston Strangler - 1961 - Richard Fleischer Star 80 - 1983 - Bob Fosse ​​​​​​​Sponsor: subnormality.ca Email: allunitspodcast@gmail.com Subscribe on iTunes: https:...

Similar to the one I am sitting in now.  ​​​​​​​Sponsor: subnormality.ca Email: allunitspodcast@gmail.com Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/all-units/id1241776225?mt=2