Mansplain Nation
Mansplain Nation
A Crash Pod Productions
making a map to break free from our own prison of masculinity
Always Crashing into IT
It’s an A Crash Pod Productions crossover event! Mans Plain Nation is here to talk about the hit horror franchise Stephen King’s IT, while Tim and Terry put on their twisted brand of cultural criticism through clips of other people’s music and movies and such. Part 1: This One Was My Dream The Goonies (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089218/) Elis & Tom, Águas de Março https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waters_of_March Part 2: We all Afloat Adrift down here Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto, Águas de Março Chester Copperpot break by FFKG Cibo Matto, Águas de Março Stand by Me (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand_by_Me_(film)) Part 3: Parents are Kinda Useless When The Night Stands By Goonies Transmission FFKG Ben E. King, Stand by Me (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand_by_Me_(Ben_E._King_song)) CNN News Break (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Kavanaugh) Brazil (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_(1985_film)) Ronald Reagan on Terrorism (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKeABzRz7jw) Blue Velvet (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Velvet_(film)) Public Enemy, Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZM5_6js19eM), One Man’s Terrorist Mix by FFKG Part 4: It’s The Joy In Your Heart Rosemary Clooney & John Pizzarelli, The Waters of March The World’s End (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World%27s_End_(film)) Disposable Heroes of HipHoprisy, Television the Drug of the Nation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Disposable_Heroes_of_Hiphoprisy)
Sep 20, 2019
1 hr 27 min
Male Icons & Emotional Support
Season Finale, Henry Rollins, Beyond Redemption and being support for a recidivist, Emotional Laborers, The Return of Louis CK, Paul F Thompkins, Nanette
May 6, 2019
23 min
The 12 Steps of Recovery
It took us a little bit longer to set up the virtual studio this week so I left some of that beginning chit chat in where Todd and I talk at length about learning to swim and DND, little Behind the Scenes for y’all. History of Addiction & Recovery: http://www.williamwhitepapers.com/pr/AddictionTreatment&RecoveryInAmerica.pdf https://www.amazon.com/Slaying-Dragon-Addiction-Treatment-Recovery/dp/093847507X 12 Step Resources: https://www.aa.org/pages/en_US/is-aa-for-you-twelve-questions-only-you-can-answer https://na.org/?ID=ips-eng-index https://na.org/admin/include/spaw2/uploads/pdf/litfiles/us_english/IP/EN3107.pdf Health Resources: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ De La Soul: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np0YIaHv6LQ&list=PLdkmNiJ2Qjtzf6vgVYi83mVkU_DPmY97_ Legion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzD1Ko7fFeo As always, cullah.com for more of the the theme song and acrashpod.com/contact to say hi
Apr 26, 2019
39 min
Captain Marvel, NXIVM, Manipulation
Personal Information on the Internet, Captain Marvel, History of Being the Only Woman in the Room and tearing other Women Down, NXIVM on CBC Radio Uncover, Cults and Confidence Schemes on The Grift by Maria Konnikova, Pyramid Schemes, Ponzi Schemes, and MLMS on The Dream by Stitcher Media, Mayor Pete, Fred Rogers.
Apr 19, 2019
40 min
Jordan Peele, Spoilers, Tarantino, and US
This Week’s Quiz How do you feel about “Spoilers” and why: https://www.wired.com/2014/06/spoiler-debate/ Tyler Perry & Tessa Thompson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_Colored_Girls Jordan Peele’s Us: https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/9/18257721/us-review-jordan-peele-get-out-lupita-nyongo-winston-duke-elisabeth-moss-tim-heidecker-horror https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/28/podcasts/still-processing-us-jordan-peele.html Jordan Peele Sexual Icon: https://www.pinterest.com/shallowsquid/jordan-peele/ Quentin Tarantino & Uma Thurman: https://variety.com/2018/film/news/uma-thurman-kill-bill-accident-quentin-tarantino-harvey-weinstein-1202687733/ https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/19/movies/tarantino-weinstein.html Who Gets to Tell Your Story: https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story?language=en Ursula K. LeGuin’s The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC5gaeCfX38 Operation Ivy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dMVHxFzNK4 Hobo Johnson and NPR Tiny Desk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8a2EosJIbM James Acaster: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9_0_kJzIa0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qm1r3b4YseM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nlf3XMg6Ltg Cullah.com
Apr 12, 2019
46 min
Y, The Last Man
The Quiz Will Cover the Following: Soska Sisters remaking Cronenberg’s Rabid: https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3517493/first-look-laura-vandervoort-soska-sisters-remake-cronenbergs-rabid/ https://maximumfun.org/switchblade-sisters/switchblade-sisters-episode-73-dead-ringers-soska-sisters-plus-interview-michele Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra’s Y: The Last Man, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y:_The_Last_Man https://theplaylist.net/diane-lane-barry-keoghan-y-last-man-20180711/ Tom Petty, Mayor of the Post-Apocalypse, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnCZVs6I1tI The Faces of John Wayne, https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/annehelenpetersen/making-of-john-wayne The Ideal of Masculinity versus the Performance of Masculinity, The Complicity of Geek Masculinity on the Big Bang Theory, discourse on Hegemonic and Hyper Masculinity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L7NRONADJ4 Racist Billboards in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, https://www.pghlesbian.com/2019/02/white-supremacist-billboards-in-armstrong-county-refreshes-content-with-worse-racist-hate/ Enron and the California electricity crisis, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_electricity_crisis#Involvement_of_Enron Stay Free: The Story of the Clash, https://open.spotify.com/show/51evn6HmX9KhCwJA2MAuYx Russian Doll: https://forward.com/schmooze/420004/netflix-russian-doll-nadia-jewish-talmud/ Theme Song: Freed From Greed by Cullah Cullah.com
Apr 5, 2019
42 min
Human Sexuality & Identity Part 3 of 3 (Tim’s Identity)
The quiz this week will cover the following: Tim is wearing a fancy shirt; Todd can’t let it go, Fitz (Fitzgerald) and Ziggy (Zizyphvs) are cats; the comfort of crocs; Tarantino’s Audio Voltron; when clients don’t cancel their weekly appointments; Tim’s fear of demon children; The MansPlainNation recording & editing process; Looking at the same map but seeing different routes; fix it in the edit; todd throws todd under a limb; two hour conversation to find out Tim’s sexuality; Tim has a written statement; Tim finds a new audio fascination; Lack of Communication and Lying; What did David Henry David Thoreau say?; SCRUM or AGILE Marriage Management; Todd explains the concept of “gay for stay”; Pop Culture Detective; Captain Marvel Tim’s Shirt: https://www.rsvlts.com/collections/button-down-shirts/products/miami-vice-short-sleeve-shirt?variant=8458762354740 Pop Culture Detective, Sexual Assault for Laughs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc6QxD2_yQw Tim’s Favorite Article about Captain Marvel: https://junkee.com/captain-marvel-gay/197397 Ziggy the Cat: https://www.instagram.com/p/BlTpLsVgI3b/
Mar 29, 2019
44 min
Human Sexuality & Identity, Part 2 of 3 (Brokeback Mountain)
The Quiz Will Cover: Todd’s Disney Review; The Problems of the Little Mermaid; Epic v. Metal; Todd tries to turn Liam Neeson in to a verb, did it work?; But not in the way you think; When you’re a kid, anyone who is older than you is a responsible adult; Tim goes back to the Oscars; Brokeback Mountain; Tim’s self identification; Heath Ledger wouldn’t be able to play the Joker if people thought he was gay; Conversations about sexuality and identity; Men who engage in queer behavior but identify as straight; The Gaze;
Mar 22, 2019
31 min
Episode 9: Human Sexuality & Identity Part 1 of 3 (Do The Right Thing)
This week the quiz will cover: The greatest black metal band of all time; The excuses of the wind and children; What happens when we die?; “Will we go in the ground, will you go in a tree, will we bury you at sea,” Todd tries to write Joni Mitchell lyrics; Todd’s Theology; Jessie Smollet, White Supremacists, Lt. Christopher Hasson; Tim loses his favorite game “Empire or Atlanta”, two shows which only exist in his consciousness as the popular dramas staring POC; Tim drops the ball on a solid Steven Segal reference; The phrase “drug guy” doesn’t mean the same thing to Todd that it means to Tim; The Oscars, Roma and famously snubbed movies; Do The Right Thing; Kim Basinger, history repeats and happy go lucky racist friendships beat out thoughtful looks at race and class; Moonlight & movies about sexuality and identity; Having your identity forced on to you;  Human Sexuality and The Kinsey Report; Listener Comments!; The 8 point scale and sexuality as a spectrum; Physical and fantastical attraction; Lesson’s in burying the lede and discussing how we sexually identify; Brody Stevens RIP; John Coltrane’s Giant Steps;
Mar 15, 2019
39 min
Episode 8: More Conversations about Sex Crime
The Quiz this week will cover the following: Mansplainnation Classic from the distant past of September 2018, where Tim just hit record and they tried to figure out what the show was about on the fly; The Pseudonyms; Business Ideas based on customer Ages; Jousting to the Death; Furries; Anthrocon; Crazy Convention Sex; Todd’s Mascot Costume Experience as Albert the Owl; The level of kink that unnerves Todd; Tim Tattooed himself on the knee; Face tattoos; Todd’s Six Month Rule; Robbing 64 Banks and getting 65 female friends to sign a letter vouching for you; The culture of victim blaming, guilty until proven innocent, and dismissing accusations as boys being boys; Bill Cosby, Connor Oberst, the Duke Lacrosse Team, Brock Turner; How do you react as a fried when someone you know is accused of sexual harassment/assault; The mating display of of dick pics; Casual Relationships; Exhaustion of trying to be friends with bad behavior; Jerry Sandusky; What the survivor wants; Get your friends to do the right thing and what does that entail; The Person We Know Defense;
Mar 8, 2019
46 min
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