Having had a short break, we gleefully stroll perhaps unwisely into the fiery debate surrounding Apu in The Simpsons, and try to move the conversation toward what should be done next. We also question how to stand safely - specifically in a sporting context - and gush over the latest Netflix hot property, Terrace House (pun intended). Turns out subtitles are key to its success.
Scott's award-winning short film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPBoICTcjec
Chris's Zelda soundtrack analysis: https://acloserlisten.com/2018/04/03/press-a-the-music-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild/
May 8, 2018
40 min
We offer hot takes on some 20-30-year-old Studio Ghibli films and the '90s sitcom Friends, before setting off briskly toward more-serious topics. This week, the "Stop Funding Hate" campaign and our issues with the Daily Mail website, the pernicious influence of YouTube's algorithms and "influencers", and the glorification of war presented by the otherwise excellent Battlefield 1 video game. Can we go the whole episode without discussing US gun control? No, no we can't.
Hope you've packed some fluids for a slightly lengthier stroll this week!
Mar 5, 2018
43 min
In this episode we celebrate another legal slap against the increasingly ruddy cheek of the UK government's affectionately nicknamed Snooper's Charter (but do not condone violence against actual people). We then debate what should be done with "buildings of notoriety", following Hamburg council's decision to repurpose a former Gestapo HQ, and finish with a list of brilliant women inventors who were shamefully footnoted in the contemporary annals of recognition and/or remuneration. Oh, and the county of Yorkshire makes a disconcertingly vehement entrance in our final act.
Watch your footing as we take a stroll!
Feb 14, 2018
37 min
In our "sophomoric" episode, we delve into the sordid world of Twitter and wonder why HR departments for high-profile jobs - the England women's football team coach, for instance - don't seem to do the same. We discuss the winner of the UK City of Culture award (spoiler: Coventry) and probably insult much of northern England in the process, and conclude by examining Nintendo's outside/inside-the-box initiative, Labo. Oh, and Christopher Columbus has a surprising third-act cameo.
Enjoy the stroll!
Feb 3, 2018
35 min