Struggle Session

Support the show by subscribing! http://sesh.plus or http://patreon.com/strugglesession or http://strugglesession.substack.com “I explained that I had disowned the work in question, and partly that was because the film industry and the comics industry seemed to have created things that had nothing to do with my work, but which would be associated with it in the public mind. I said, ‘Look, this is...

Support the show by subscribing! http://sesh.plus or http://patreon.com/strugglesession or http://strugglesession.substack.com The world historical tension Papas and Boys come to a head on this episode of Struggle Session! Shawn and Aaron from SRSLY WRONG join Jack and Leslie to talk about their new show on Means TV and the best and worst cartoon dads. https://means.tv/  https://srslywrong.com/  L...

Listen to the full episode by subscribing at http://sesh.plus or http://patreon.com/strugglesession or http://strugglesession.substack.com Hello spooky friends! Leslie and Jamie Peck are back to talk vamps. On this edition of Vampire Castle we sink our fangs into the the bloody, sexy, and surprisingly great Interview with the Vampire TV series. Lestat, Louis, and Claudia are back in prestige TV fo...

Get bonus episodes like this when they release and support the show by subscribing! http://sesh.plus or http://patreon.com/strugglesession or http://strugglesession.substack.com Originally released 7/15/22. Unlocked courtesy our friends at Blue Wire Podcasts. On today's episode Jack and Leslie do an apocalyptic double feature with Chapo Trap House's Matt Christman! We discuss John Carpenter's Prin...

Katie joins Jack and Leslie to say that Israel is an apartheid state, whether The Hill likes it or not. Here's Katie's video essay on the topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3a7d4Qa8M6I  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/struggle-session--5842028/support . Subscribe at http://patreon.com/stru...

Listen to the full episode and hundreds of bonus episodes at http://sesh.plus or http://patreon.com/strugglesession or http://strugglesession.substack.com We returned to Pandora, and may not come back! Jack Allison and Leslie Lee III discuss the amazing and immersive experience of Avatar in 3D IMAX. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Become a supporter of this pod...

Support the show by subscribing! http://sesh.plus or http://patreon.com/strugglesession or http://strugglesession.substack.com CM Punk, War Games, bleeding in wrestling, House of Black, AEW Backstage drama and more are covered on this special wrestling edition of Struggle Session featuring Leslie Lee III and featured guest Bryan Quinby. This episode brought to you by Blue Wire Podcasts! Learn more...

Get bonus episodes like this when they release and support the show by subscribing! http://sesh.plus or http://patreon.com/strugglesession or http://strugglesession.substack.com Originally released on February 19th, 2020 Jack and Leslie are joined by Lucia Love and OK Fox of Art & Labor podcast to discuss Star Trek: The Next Generation. Episodes discussed include: 02x09: The Measure of a Man 0...

Listen to the full episode and hundreds of bonus episodes at http://sesh.plus or http://patreon.com/strugglesession or http://strugglesession.substack.com Another monarch bites the dust, the Don't Worry Darling press tour implodes, and things get real backstage at AEW on this episode of Struggle Session starring Leslie Lee III and Jack Allison. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoice...

Support the show and get tons of bonus episodes, commentaries, and mini-series at http://sesh.plus or http://patreon.com/strugglesession or http://strugglesession.substack.com Jack and Leslie venture forth into Middle-Earth. We review the first two episodes of Jeff Bezos $1 billion series Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power and the second episode of House of the Dragon. Tell us what you think about...

Get bonus episodes like this when they release and support the show by subscribing! http://sesh.plus or http://patreon.com/strugglesession or http://strugglesession.substack.com Originally released June 20th, 2022 Summer movie season is upon us! Jack and Leslie review two blockbusters and one indie comedy: Top Gun Maverick, Jurassic World: Dominion, and Crimes of the Future. Top Gun: Maverick is M...

Listen to the full episode and hundreds of bonus episodes at http://sesh.plus or http://patreon.com/strugglesession or http://strugglesession.substack.com Jack and Leslie are joined by Elana Levin of Graphic Policy Radio to discuss Netflix's long-awaited adaption of Neil Gaiman's The Sandman. Does it do the classic fantasy-horror comic justice? Is it goth enough? We answer within. Learn more about...

Support the show and get tons of bonus episodes by subscribing at http://sesh.plus or http://patreon.com/strugglesession or http://strugglesession.substack.com Jack and Leslie make their return to Westeros. We review the first episode of the new hit series House of the Dragon, talk more about the WB/Discovery drama, how GoT's big return presages the even bigger return of Avatar, the billion-dollar...

Listen to the full episode and hundreds of bonus episodes at http://sesh.plus or http://patreon.com/strugglesession or http://strugglesession.substack.com On today's episode Jack and Leslie are joined by Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison of American Prestige. We discuss Liz Cheney's devastating primary loss, Obama's media career, and Biden going double or nothing with COVID. https://www.americanpre...

Get bonus episodes like this as soon as they drop at http://sesh.plus or http://patreon.com/strugglesession or http://strugglesession.substack.com Originally published 08/02/19 On this month's episode of Vampire Castle, Leslie and Jamie talk about the TV series about the world's worst vampires, What We Do in the Shadows. Intro: Intellectual Dark Wave - Vampire Castle Outro: Norma Tanega - You're D...

Listen to the full episode and hundreds of bonus episodes at http://sesh.plus or http://patreon.com/strugglesession or http://strugglesession.substack.com On today's episode Jack and Leslie discuss the cancellation of the nearly finished $90 million Batgirl film, Walter Hamada's impending departure, the fallout from Ezra Miller's crime spree, #Batmangate, and more as we dig up some behind-the-scen...

Get bonus episodes like this as soon as they drop at http://sesh.plus or http://patreon.com/strugglesession or http://strugglesession.substack.com Originally published March 17, 2022 On today's episode Jack and Leslie are joined by science-fiction writer Karlo Yeager Rodriguez to discuss Frank Herbert's sci-fi epic to end all sci-fi epics, Dune. Hit the spice for this one. Karlo's website: https:/...

Listen to this ep ad free on The Real News feed: https://therealnews.com/does-the-new-star-trek-betray-the-socialist-principles-of-the-original-series Or support the show and listen to every episode ad free with hundreds of bonus episodes by subscribing at http://sesh.plus or http://patreon.com/strugglesession or http://strugglesession.substack.com The venerable Star Trek universe is really the on...

Listen to the full episode and hundreds of bonus episodes at http://sesh.plus or http://patreon.com/strugglesession or http://strugglesession.substack.com On today's episode Jack and Leslie dive into two recent animated films whose throwback sensibilities and beautifully bleak styles make them instant classics. Bob and Henry from the great Talking Simpsons podcast joins us to discuss The Spine of...

Support the show by subscribing at http://sesh.plus or http://patreon.com/strugglesession or http://strugglesession.substack.com On today's episode special guest Molly Lambert joins Leslie to talk about her show HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story. We discuss why the cops went after Heidi, Hollywood's relationship to sex work, Pretty Woman, Showgirls, the OJ Simpson trial, Vince McMahon, and a lot...

Hear the full episode by subscribing at http://sesh.plus or http://patreon.com/strugglesession or http://strugglesession.substack.com On today's episode Jack and Leslie discuss Rolling Stone's bizarre hit piece on Zack Snyder and Ray Fisher. Exclusive: Fake Accounts Fueled the ‘Snyder Cut’ Online Army https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/justice-league-the-snyder-cut-bots-fans-...

Support the show by subscribing at http://sesh.plus or http://patreon.com/strugglesession or http://strugglesession.substack.com On today's episode Jack and Leslie discuss two movies about Tricky Dick, Oliver Stone's Nixon (1995) and Robert Altman's Secret Honor (1984) with special guest Aaron Good of American Exception. Check out Aaron's show and book here: https://www.patreon.com/americanexcepti...

Hear the full episode by subscribing at http://sesh.plus or http://patreon.com/strugglesession or http://strugglesession.substack.com On today's episode Jack and Leslie do an apocalyptic double feature with Chapo Trap House's Matt Christman! We discuss John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness and In the Mouth of Madness. -------------------------------------------------------- Tell us what you think of...

Chapters 1-23 are available at, Book III coming soon! http://sesh.plus or http://patreon.com/strugglesession or http://strugglesession.substack.com On today's episode of Struggle Session Presents Alan Moore Jack and Leslie continue their reading of Jerusalem from Modern Times to The Breeze That Plucks Her Apron. We meet more of the Vernal family, Alan Moore's old dirtbag friend, and Charlie Chapli...

Listen to the full episode at http://sesh.plus or http://patreon.com/strugglesession or http://strugglesession.substack.com You asked for it, you got it! For the last time we watch Star Wars - Episode VIII: The Last Jedi with the one and only Bug Mane. --------------------------------------------------------------- BugCon 2022 will be the last Bug Con. August 20th and 21st at the Burbank Airport H...