5 Star Tossers
Playful academic podcast that looks at movies and other cultural objects through the lens of 5 groovy themes: Pervs 'R Us, Beast & Sovereign, Il vaut mieux Lyotard que jamais, Marx Grudge, and What Would Jesus Do?
Podcasting since 2021 • 66 episodes
5 Star Tossers
Latest Episodes
One Babel After Another: Walter Benjamin Finds Meme-ing
Dear, surviving, audient: how is it hanging?We\I sympathize.If you were looking to art as an answer, hoping for some revolutionary frameworks, or just plain ol' solace inside -- -- I...
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1:29:22
Charlie Kirk: Can't We All Grieve Along
We wanted to talk about the aftermath of Charlie Kirk's assassination. We ended up returning to a question Sagi asked in the last episode (Bowser Bones): how do we talk to people who mean well but don't get more radical ideas? This question is ...
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Bowser Bones: The Fantasy of Biological Male Strength
Bowser bones is a phrase Andy and Jake came up with after playing way too much Mario Tennis. One afternoon, Jake chose to play as Bowser and easily defeated Andy, who was playing as Princess Peach. He accused Jake of cheating because Bowser's c...
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1:53:24
AI is still here: The Fragment on Machines, Progress, and the Tower of Babel (Part 2)
Well, we thought about AI again. This time Andy joined us. Jake, as promised, went Marx Grudge. He read from Marx's "Fragment on Machines," and listed the many lawsuits currently levied against "AI vendors." That said, he also couldn't help thi...
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