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Close Encounters of the Slurred Kind

Joeba Fett & Ripley Scott (The Slurred Kind LLC)

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Step aboard The Black Swirl dimension hoppers, your ticket to the Anti-Matter Minute! The dimension in which the minutes of the day don’t matter. Join your cosmic guides Joeba Fett, co-pilot Ripley Scott, and their quirky waste droid Zero Frux, as they navigate the unknown and delve into mind-bendingly absurd news articles each week. So strap in and prepare for light-speed laughter, as we embark on a journey through the bizarre and bewildering all the while exploring new themes and special s ...
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Chill popcorn movie guy Scott and high-strung Indie filmmaker Kris rate todays new releases and flicks from cinematic history. They don’t always get along or adhere to the same taste but they always have a good laugh and a hot take. Listen as Kris shatters the stereotype that all Canadians are polite.
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Skip Intro

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Skip Intro with Krista Smith is an award-winning weekly show bringing you dynamic conversations with the exceptional people behind your favorite shows, films, specials, and documentaries on Netflix.
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What To Watch

Entertainment Weekly

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What To Watch is Entertainment Weekly's daily guide to the shows that should be on your radar -- be it network, cable, premium or streaming! Hosted by Gerrad Hall.
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The Good Fight

Yascha Mounk

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"The Good Fight," the podcast that searches for the ideas, policies and strategies that can beat authoritarian populism.Please do listen and spread the word about The Good Fight.If you have not yet signed up for our podcast, please do so now by following this link on your phone.Email: goodfightpod@gmail.comTwitter: @Yascha_MounkWebsite: http://www.persuasion.community
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The World to Come

David Treatman Creative

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2020 WEBBY AWARD HONOREE In a post-apocalyptic world with no internet or electricity, five disparate factions vie for dominance in the city-state of Fiveboro. Each tribe worships at the altar of the bygone pop-culture references of an earlier time, and relishes the stories of film and television they've never actually seen. The Fansci Folk live in a Sci-Fi/Fantasy cosplay kingdom, the Escandalistas invoke the drama of the Telenovelas, The Criterione Collective praises the independent Art Fil ...
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TV on the Radio

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Sean Moncrieff and guests cover what's hot and what's not on the radio. Listen and subscribe to TV on the Radio on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App. You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'
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Sign up for the Persuasion panel event in London: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/trump-vs-harris-what-next-for-america-and-the-world-tickets-1026768591497 Yascha Mounk and Charles Taylor discuss the modern struggle for meaning and belonging. Charles Taylor is a Canadian philosopher and Professor Emeritus at McGill University. Taylor is the recipient …
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This week, Krista brings back her 2019 interview with Laura Dern. Dern talks about growing up on film sets in 70s Los Angeles, reflects on the arc of her career, and discusses how she's seen the experience of women in the industry evolve. Listen to more from Netflix Podcasts.Netflix
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On this week's episode we are continuing with our annual Hot Ghouls of Halloween series with Revue Cinema programer and co-host of the Movies & Chaos podcast Serena Whitney. We dig into one of her favorite films, the 80s classic Fright Night. Does Kris think it sucks? Do they end of on a weird Joker Two tangent? Does Serena drop some breaking news?…
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Yascha Mounk and Ruxandra Teslo discuss luxury beliefs and the concept of "elite misinformation." Ruxandra Teslo is a PhD student in Genomics at the Sanger Institute in Cambridge, UK. She writes about science and culture at Ruxandra’s Substack. In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Ruxandra Teslo discuss Rob Henderson’s concept of luxury be…
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Creator and Writer Erin Foster and Executive Producer Sara Foster join the show to talk about Nobody Wants This, a comedy centered on the unlikely relationship between an outspoken, agnostic woman, Joanne (Kristen Bell), and an unconventional rabbi, Noah (Adam Brody). The sisters share how Erin's experience dating her now-husband Simon, who is Jewi…
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It's the most wonderful time of year! That's right it's the beginning of spooky season and that means it's our female focused series Hot Ghouls of Halloween and were talking all three Black Christmases (1974, 2006, 2019) with filmmaker and programer Dara Jade Moats. So three films, two hosts and one guest; tune in and find out it how it went. Dara …
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Yascha Mounk and Amanda Ripley discuss what natural catastrophes reveal about human nature. Amanda Ripley is an American author and journalist. Her books include The Unthinkable: Who Survives when Disaster Strikes and High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out. In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Amanda Ripley discuss the pitfal…
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Will Ferrell and Harper Steele join the show to talk about their new documentary, Will & Harper, which chronicles a 17-day cross-country road trip the pair decided to take after Steele came out to her friends and family as a trans woman. The pair discuss how the idea behind the documentary took form, reflect on one of the most emotionally intense m…
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Show Notes In this episode of "Close Encounters of The Slurred Kind," Joeba and Ripley challenge their onboard droid, Zero, to a brain-busting showdown, putting their knowledge against some of the universe's most complex theories. From discussing the Riemann Hypothesis to pondering the implications of Supersymmetry, the crew attempts to unravel hig…
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On this week's show we are talking Canada's submission for Best International Feature Film for the 2025 Academy Awards; Universal Language. The second film from Canadian filmmaker Matthew Rankin (The Twentieth Century: 2019) which takes place between Montreal and Winnipeg in a Canada where Persian and French Canadian are the official languages. We …
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The first installment of a new monthly feature. In this inaugural mailbag, Yascha answers listener questions on the upcoming US election; how concerned we should be about a second Trump term; whether it’s possible for a politician to change their views without giving up on their principles; his tips for how to travel well; and more. This is a previ…
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Yascha Mounk and Musa Al-Gharbi discuss why so many members of elite groups like to pretend they’re oppressed. Musa al-Gharbi is an assistant professor in the School of Communication and Journalism at Stony Brook University. His most recent book is We Have Never Been Woke: The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite. In this week's conversation, Yas…
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"A Russian-Canadian filmmaker gains unprecedented access to follow a Russian Army battalion in Ukraine." says the the films IMDB. The documentary Russians at War was suppose to have its North American premier at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) Friday the 13th 2024 but was paused on the Thursday; in what the festival called "an unprec…
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Yascha Mounk and Alexandre Lefebvre discuss taking liberalism seriously as the main moral paradigm of our world. Alexandre Lefebvre is a professor of politics and philosophy at the University of Sydney. His books include Human Rights as a Way of Life and, most recently, Liberalism as a Way of Life. In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Alex…
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If you love indie film, if you have made indy film , or you are recovering from a TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) hangover then this film might be for you. The story of filmmaker Zia Anger's first feature attempt Always All Ways, Anne Marie and financed/distributed by Mubi; the film deals with femininity, loss, struggle, abortion, and wh…
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Yascha Mounk and Raj Vinnakota discuss how to build a healthy campus community (and keep it). Raj Vinnakota is President of the Institute for Citizens & Scholars, co-founder of the SEED Foundation, and co-chair of the Civics and Civic Engagement Taskforce for the United States Congress Semiquincentennial Commission. In this week's conversation, Yas…
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There is no band that has explained Canada to Canadians like the Tragically Hip. No Dress Rehearsal is a four part docuseries charting the life of the band the defined a country. Directed by Mike Downie, brother of the bands late frontman Gord; this series has behind the scenes footage, interviews with the band and famous supports such as Will Arne…
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In this sizzling episode of "Close Encounters of The Slurred Kind," Joeba, Ripley, and Zero dive into the infamous conspiracy theory of the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon. From ship shenanigans involving bacon-wrapped exotic intergalactic delicacies to exploring the cosmic connections in Hollywood, the crew uncovers the fascinating web linking every ac…
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In one of his final extended interviews, which was recorded three years before his recent death, the late anthropologist James C. Scott and Yascha Mounk discuss the need to be vigilant about the ways in which states do violence to individuals and societies. James C. Scott was the Sterling professor of political science and anthropology at Yale Univ…
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Yascha Mounk and Timur Kuran discuss the perceived social and political pressures that lead individuals to conceal their true beliefs—and what that means for our politics. Timur Kuran is Professor of Economics and Political Science and the Gorter Family Professor of Islamic Studies at Duke University. He is the author of Private Truths, Public Lies…
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We're heading back to space to meet some old friends. We are close to our season finale and what better way than to check in on the franchise we started our first episode on with Aliens? This isn't game over but it sure is a good listen.Kris Scott
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Yascha Mounk and Douglas Vakoch discuss whether it is morally justified to alert aliens to humanity's existence. Douglas Vakoch is an American astrobiologist, extraterrestrial intelligence researcher, and the president of METI International, an organization devoted to transmitting messages to outer space. His books include The Drake Equation: Estim…
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Well we are twisting again as the song says and we can't do a Twisters episode without Mr. Twister himself; Canadian filmmaker Reese Eveneshen. After 26 years we have the next installment of what be may be a tornado franchise. With a $155 million dollar budget and at the time of this posting a box office of $312 million was it a success? or a flop?…
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Yascha Mounk and Freddie deBoer discuss whether the sweeping set of progressive ideas that came into force in 2020 has really begun to recede. Freddie deBoer is a writer, academic, and critic. He writes the Freddie deBoer Substack, and is the author of books including the Cult of Smart: How Our Broken Education System Perpetuates Social Injustice a…
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In our most recent and slightly inebriated episode of "Close Encounters of The Slurred Kind," Joeba and Ripley dive into the mysterious origins of the Nazca Lines in Peru. The episode kicks off with Joeba's wild misunderstanding of "Nazca Lines" as he confuses them with something entirely different, leading to a comical interaction involving a Gung…
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On this week's episode (better late than never) Kris was forced to watch a superhero movie and that in itself is a win for the common people. Were talking movies were talking Deadpool and Wolverine directed by Canadian director Shawn Levy (Free Guy, Night at the Museum series). Helping us out is Hamilton funny man Joe Botelho. Was this film worth t…
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Yascha Mounk and Anne Applebaum discuss the new tools autocrats use to stay in power. Anne Applebaum is a staff writer for The Atlantic and a Senior Fellow of the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University. Her books include Red Famine: Stalin’s War on Ukraine and Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe. Her latest book is Autocracy, Inc.…
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Yascha Mounk and Shalom Auslander discuss the origins of the stories that make us feel bad about ourselves. Shalom Auslander is an American novelist, memoirist, and essayist. He is the author of Foreskin's Lament and, most recently, FEH: A Memoir. In this week's conversation, Yascha Mounk and Shalom Auslander discuss how religious narratives inheri…
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On this week's episode we may not have brought our long legs but we did bring in Canadian filmmaker Jess Joy to talk about Osgood Perkins latest thriller. Longlegs which stars Maika Monroe ( It Follows, Villains) and the man himself Nicolas Cage has been said to be "The Best Serial Killer Film Since the Silence of the Lambs". Those are big shoes to…
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Yascha Mounk and Matthew Yglesias discuss Kamala Harris' strengths and vulnerabilities, and what she needs to do to win. Matthew Yglesias is a writer and journalist, co-founder of Vox, and founder of the Substack newsletter Slow Boring. His latest book is One Billion Americans: The Case for Thinking Bigger. In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk…
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In this action-packed continuation of Close Encounters of The Slurred Kind, Joeba and Ripley face the suspenseful task of discovering Zero's fate as a former Weapon XII experiment. As they approach the mutant sanctuary of Genosha, they continue with their usual bouts of hyperspace headline hilarity. Alongside notable guest Robert Mancuso, the crew …
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Yascha Mounk and Eitan Hersh discuss the importance of strategic political action that focuses on goals and outcomes. Eitan Hersh is Professor of Political Science at Tufts University, focusing on U.S. elections and civic participation. His latest book is Politics Is for Power: How to Move Beyond Political Hobbyism, Take Action, and Make Real Chang…
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In this emergency podcast, Yascha Mounk and Rachel Kleinfeld discuss how to prevent a spiral of violence. Rachel Kleinfeld is a senior fellow in the Democracy, Conflict and Governance Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Kleinfeld’s latest book is A Savage Order: How the World's Deadliest Countries Can Forge a Path to Security…
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