We're going on hiatus for three main reasons: firstly life has gotten in the way, secondly our patreon wasn't sufficient to cover our costs, and finally solidarity with the Writers' Strike. We'd like to thank all of our listeners and contributors. We'll see you in the future! Music by Tryad

For International Women's Day Ani's chatting to guest Johanna Isaacson about horror feminism. We're particularly drawing on her recent book Stepford Daughters: Weapons for Feminists in Contemporary Horror (2022). You can find more of Jo's work for free at Blindfield Journal, and she runs the Facebook page/group Anti-capitalist feminists who love horror films.  Crowdfunding page for queer horror short Illuminati Castrati at boosted.org.nz/projects/queer-horror-short.  Edited by PodCraft.ph’s Zarah Meneses. Thumbnail image from Assassination Nation (2018). More info about the podcast at jetpack1917.info

Lidia Grigorut guests to discuss extended reality: a term including virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality. We discuss possible futures, how political economy shapes technology, and what the heck is the deal with the MetaVerse. More info and a music-free version at jetpack1917.info

🎃 Happy Halloween! 🧙‍♀️ In this finale, we conclude our reviews of  horror we overlooked in last year's roundup of faves down the decades.  We wrap up with recs from the 2000's-20's. Recs: Anything by Takashi Miike, Ginger Snaps (2000), Battle Royale (2000), In My Skin (2002), Three... Extremes (2004), Pontypool (2008), Thirst (2009), Death Note (2009), Jennifer's Body (2009) plus The Take's video essay Jennifer's Body and the Horrific Female Gaze, All About Evil (2010), Attack The Block (2011), Under The Skin (2013), It Follows (2014), Antibirth (2016) plus Jo Isaacson's essay Reproductive politics and Body Horror in Antibirth, 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016), Raw (2016), Summer of '84 (2018) plus Ryan Hollinger's short video essay Exploring The Bleakest & Scariest Reimagining of 80s Nostalgia, Mandy (2018), Assassination Nation (2018), Overlord (2018), Knife + Heart (2018), Tumbbad (2018), Blood Quantum (2019), Atlantics (2019), The Invisible Man (2020), I Blame Society (2020), Titane (2021), Fresh (2022), X (2022), Crimes of the Future (2022), Nope (2022), Men (2022). Edited by PodCraft.ph’s Zarah Meneses. More info at jetpack1917.info. Thumbnail image from Halloween III (1983). If you enjoy what we do, please contribute to our patreon at patreon.com/jetpack1917 🧙‍♀️ 💀 🎃 

Last year we picked favourite horror movies through the decades. This year we're reviewing horror we overlooked. In Part 2 of 3, we cover the 1980's-90's. Recs: Possession (1981), The Evil Dead (1981), Evil Dead II (1987), Mr Wrong (1984), Nightmare on Elm St (1984), plus documentaries Never Sleep Again: The Elm St Legacy (2010), Scream Queen: My Nightmare on Elm St (2019), Gremlins (1984), C.H.U.D. (1984), The Stuff (1985), The Fly (1986), Bad Taste (1987), Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1987), The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988), The Blob (1988), Shocker (1989), Poison (1990), Hardware (1990), Braindead AKA Dead Alive (1992), Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), The Prophecy (1995), The Craft (1996), Halloween H20 (1998), Dark City (1998), Anthologies: Creepshow feature (1982), Twilight Zone feature (1983), Tales from the Darkside TV series (1984-1988), Tales from the Darkside feature (1990), Amazing Stories TV series (1985-1987), The Twilight Zone TV series (1985-1989), Friday The 13th TV series (1987-1990), Monsters (1988-1991), Freddy's Nightmares TV series (1988-1990), Tales From The Crypt TV series (1989-1996), Tales from the Hood feature (1995). Edited by  PodCraft.ph's Zarah Meneses. Thumbnail image from The Video Dead (1987). More info at our new domain jetpack1917.info. Happy Halloween!

Ghosts, Nazis, and mutated bears! Oh my! Last Halloween we picked our favourite horror movies from each decade. However, any list of great horror movies will always be incomplete, so this year we're reviewing ones we overlooked. In the first of three parts, we review horror from the 1970's.  Spoilers for the following:  Multiple Maniacs (1970), The Crazies (1973), The Stepford Wives (1975),  Hausu (1977), Martin (1978),  The Boys from Brazil (1978),  Prophecy (1979). Edited by DJ Panda. Thumbnail image from Shocker (1989). More info at jetpack1917.info

Christianity vs paganism! Cult dynamics! Nicolas Cage: good or bad?!  Our first Halloween episode features guest superfan Lucy Buchanan. We review folk horror classic The Wicker Man (1973), and its descendants The Wicker Man remake (2006), The Wicker Tree (2011) and Midsommar (2019).  Edited by Lindsay Curtis. Willow's Song performed by folked at bandcamp. Midsommar review cited Blindfield Journal's On Death Cults and Bordered Utopias. More information at our new domain jetpack1917.info.  Have a haunted Halloween!

We discuss our dark pasts. Edited by PodCraft.ph's Zarah Meneses.

We conclude our discussion of disability rights in the age of COVID. Edited by Lindsay Curtis. Further credits at jetpack.zoob.net.

We discuss disability rights in the age of COVID. Edited by DJ Panda and Lindsay Curtis. Further credits at jetpack.zoob.net.