The Conundrum Cluster Podcast

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.theconundrumcluster.com Thoughts on Days of Rage: America's Radical Underground, the FBI, and the Forgotten Age of Revolutionary Violence by Bryan Burrough, the Weather Underground, and the state of radical movements today. Most recent episodes: Ep67: URGENT🚨WW3 Emergency Geopolitics Episode🚨 Analyzing Mid-East Strategic Rocket Fo...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.theconundrumcluster.com Thoughts on 28 Days Later (2002), 28 Weeks Later (2007), 28 Years Later (2025), the zombie genre, coming-of-age stories, The Accountant 2 (2025), and the Boomer race. Most recent episodes: Ep66: Mission Impossible has fallen (Paid) Ep65: The definitive introduction to LOST: Season 1, objectively the best tele...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.theconundrumcluster.com Thoughts on Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning (2025), the art of the blockbuster, and our impending AI apocalypse. Most recent episodes: Ep65: The definitive introduction to LOST: Season 1, objectively the best television ever produced (Paid) Ep64: Warfare (2025) is a shockingly perfect new movie that y...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.theconundrumcluster.com Thoughts on LOST (2004-2010) and the triumph of television. Most recent episodes: Ep58: Horror snoozefest Nosferatu (2024) is basically Hamilton for redpilled people (Paid) Ep59: This new Academy Award-winning romantic comedy about a prostitute is what rightwing pseudo-intellectuals pretended Nosferatu (2024)...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.theconundrumcluster.com Thoughts on Warfare (2025), The Outpost (2019), Lone Survivor (2013), and war movies in general. Episode on The Outpost (2025): Ep16: Someone finally made a good Afghanistan War movie and nobody noticed (Paid) Episode on Alex Garland’s dogshit previous film Ep31: Alex Garland's Civil War (2024) is a shocking...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.theconundrumcluster.com Thoughts on Minecraft (2025), World War I, The Naked Gun (1988), and CHiPs! (1977). Most recent episodes: Ep58: Horror snoozefest Nosferatu (2024) is basically Hamilton for redpilled people (Paid) Ep59: This new Academy Award-winning romantic comedy about a prostitute is what rightwing pseudo-intellectuals pr...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.theconundrumcluster.com Thoughts on Steven Soderbergh’s Black Bag (2025), Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2011), the espionage genre, and the psychic trauma left by the High Woke period. Most recent episodes: Ep58: Horror snoozefest Nosferatu (2024) is basically Hamilton for redpilled people (Paid) Ep59: This new Academy Award-winning...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.theconundrumcluster.com Review/analysis of “Forging the Thunderbolt” by Mildred Hanson Gillie. Full book available for free here . I know people didn’t listen to this episode when it first dropped but it really is relevant to what’s going on today. The Substack is also about twice as big as it was when the episode first came out and...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.theconundrumcluster.com Review of Command and Conquer: Tiberium Dawn (1995), with thoughts on Desert Storm, campiness, Nuremberg, Dune 2, and the post-Cold War false consensus. Most recent episodes: Ep58: Horror snoozefest Nosferatu (2024) is basically Hamilton for redpilled people (Paid) Ep59: This new Academy Award-winning romanti...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.theconundrumcluster.com Review of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl , with extended thoughts on conspiracy culture, faith, and the modern world. Previous episode: Ep59: This new Academy Award-winning romantic comedy about a prostitute is what rightwing pseudo-intellectuals pretended Nosferatu (2024) was (Paid) Previous S.T.A.L.K....

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.theconundrumcluster.com Thoughts on Anora (2024). Happy Valentine’s Day! Previous episode: Ep58: Horror snoozefest Nosferatu (2024) is basically Hamilton for redpilled people (Paid) Here are all the podcast episodes available now (most are paywalled): Ep1: Redditors of the Reddit Moon (Paid) Ep2: Robocop: Rogue City review (Free) Ep...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.theconundrumcluster.com A definitive answer to the ultimate question: Is Nosferatu good? Previous episode: Ep57: CHRISTMAS SPECIAL! The definitive Halo: Reach retrospective (Paid) Here are all the podcast episodes available now (most are paywalled): Ep1: Redditors of the Reddit Moon (Paid) Ep2: Robocop: Rogue City review (Free) Ep3:...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.theconundrumcluster.com Thoughts on Halo: Reach (2010), the Halo franchise in general, and General Wrangel. Merry Christmas! Other Halo episode: Ep54: ELECTION DAY SPECIAL! The definitive Halo: Combat Evolved retrospective (Paid) Previous episode: Ep56: Terrible new Dune TV show targets Femgooners, unlocking secrets of wifejak and t...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.theconundrumcluster.com Thoughts on Dune: Prophecy (2024), the Dune universe, worldbuilding, and the war at home Merry Christmas! Past Dune episodes: Ep23: Dune 2 was unironically really bad and you’re actually stupid if you enjoyed it (Free) Ep25: Returning to the scene of the crime against cinema, the Dune 2 rewatch episode (Paid)...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.theconundrumcluster.com Thoughts on Gladiator (2000), Gladiator 2 (2024), and why historical epics are so very very bad now. Past episode that connects heavily to this one: Ep27: The new Road House movie is an obscene act of cultural terrorism ( Paid ) Here are all the podcast episodes available now (most are paywalled): Ep1: Reddit...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.theconundrumcluster.com The long-awaited Halo: Combat Evolved (2001) episode. It’s still not too late to register and vote in most places. Go to www.swampthevoteusa.com to find out how to vote for Trump right now. If we show up, we will win. You can listen to this in line :) Previous episodes referenced in this: Ep7: Miller’s Crossi...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.theconundrumcluster.com Thoughts on Smile (2022), Smile 2 (2024), Black Christmas (1974), and how to make a scarier scary movie. Here are all the podcast episodes available now (most are paywalled): Ep1: Redditors of the Reddit Moon (Paid) Ep2: Robocop: Rogue City review (Free) Ep3: "War to the Knife" takes a s**t on your stupid Civ...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.theconundrumcluster.com Thoughts on Trump biopic The Apprentice (2024) in theaters now. Here are all the podcast episodes available now (most are paywalled): Ep1: Redditors of the Reddit Moon (Paid) Ep2: Robocop: Rogue City review (Free) Ep3: "War to the Knife" takes a s**t on your stupid Civil War 2 fantasy (Free) Ep4: "The Gloriou...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.theconundrumcluster.com Thoughts on Dead Rising (2006) and Dead Rising: Deluxe Remaster (2024) Relevant prior episodes: Ep22: COMBAT DROP! Surprise Emergency Free Starship Troopers (1997) Sunday Show ( Free) Ep35: The differences between Fallout 3 and Fallout 4 are a little too relevant to today's problems (Paid) Here are all the po...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.theconundrumcluster.com Thoughts on Joker (2019), Joker: Folie à Deux (2024), and Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number. Previous episode: Ep49: New movie Megalopolis (2024) is a grand failure of Boomer Lib vision Here are all the podcast episodes available now (most are paywalled): Ep1: Redditors of the Reddit Moon (Paid) Ep2: Robocop: Rog...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.theconundrumcluster.com Thoughts on Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis (2024), in theaters today! Here are all the podcast episodes available now (most are paywalled): Ep1: Redditors of the Reddit Moon (Paid) Ep2: Robocop: Rogue City review (Free) Ep3: "War to the Knife" takes a s**t on your stupid Civil War 2 fantasy (Free) Ep4: "T...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.theconundrumcluster.com A primer for viewing Andrei Rublev (1966), a movie that helped me out a lot and that I think would help you as well. Full movie: Here are all the podcast episodes available now (most are paywalled): Ep1: Redditors of the Reddit Moon (Paid) Ep2: Robocop: Rogue City review (Free) Ep3: "War to the Knife" takes a...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.theconundrumcluster.com Thoughts on America’s Great Patriotic Epic and the post-woke movie phenomenon explored in the last episode. Previous episode: Ep46: Should people who enjoyed new movie Alien: Romulus (2024) be killed? Here are all the podcast episodes available now (most are paywalled): Ep1: Redditors of the Reddit Moon (Paid...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.theconundrumcluster.com Thoughts on Alien: Romulus (2024), Twisters (2024), and our post-woke nightmare. Previous episode on the Alien franchise Ep14: Emergency surprise free Christmas review of the Prometheus Engineer chronicles (2012) ( Free) Here are all the podcast episodes available now (most are paywalled): Ep1: Redditors of t...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.theconundrumcluster.com Thoughts on Bladerunner 2049 (2017), the greatest movie of all time Very relevant episode: Ep36: Why exactly has Fallout: New Vegas stuck around for so long? (Paid) Here are all the podcast episodes available now (most are paywalled): Ep1: Redditors of the Reddit Moon (Paid) Ep2: Robocop: Rogue City review (F...