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?
5 Star Tossers
Latest Episodes
The NXIVM Cult: Lacan's Structure of the Pervert
Wow, an embarrassment of riches here. Pervs R' Us reigns supreme over all the other stars. Pyramid schemes, viral brainwashing tech, the drive unleashed. We read Keith Raniere, the leader of the NXIVM cult, now behind bars, as a fig...
Gambling: Aren't You Humiliated?
We set out to discuss the new Predictive Markets and gambling sites like Kalshi, that allow people to bet on practically anything. Like, you can gamble on when the Strait of Hormuz will be reopened. We ended up thinking about how th...
Men Suck
The Tossers try to atone for the grave sin of dialecticizing the poles of gender without definitively dunking on men. Well, should we atone? Who are the men that suck? Is this all gender's fault? Is there something redeemable in men? What about...
