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Literature and Media Pods! Hosted by Frank, Brazilian Historian and Writer & Leon, Dutch Social Scientist | https://linktr.ee/leftpagehbm
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Episode 59 - Ghost in the Shell (1995): This whole thing smacks of gender
One of the best Sci-fi all time, and they’re right! Join us in discussing identity, more cyberpunk, and a heap of gender!
Enjoy!
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Episode 95 - The Expanse 7-9: Ideals for the Dreamless
We finalise The Expanse! Thinking of its last 3 books and overall merits in materialism, and the lingering problems in its liberalism.
And yet, it’s a must read, and worth talking about
Enjoy!
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Instead of having meaningless debates with people who only care about violence when a white person dies, you could instead learn something about cultural dynamics!
We worked really hard on it! And for an unscripted presentation I think I did quite well lmao
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Conversation 3: Videogame OSTs and The Two Pillars of Heracles
A video episode!
An experimental show for our first video content, about music, "historical accuracy and more!
It's interesting! It's new! Check it out for free members!
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Et je me crée d’un trait de plume
Maître du Monde
Homme illimité.
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Episode 58 - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33: Ontological Crash Out with André (@andrekanasiro.bsky.social)!
The French game is one of the biggest this year, and we had to talk about how it can be so good...and have many many colonial problems.
Enjoy!
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Episode 94 - Moby Dick: The White Whale is Everything w/ @thelitcritguy.bsky.social
We’re talking about one of the books of all time! It’s all here: capitalist and individualist violence, whales, religion, and of course, the joys of being gay
Enjoy!
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This nostalgia is the most pervasive kind, not being just about “wasn’t that fun?”
But one that is so self-absorbed and alienating that it fully misrepresents a fucking industry, to a deluded, consumer-driven fantasy
Fuck nostalgia, and fuck that.
Does that take away the quality or the passion involved? Of course not!
But to say “gaming was sacred” is beyond childish, it’s fetishistic and alienating.
Also… what about those devs? Their histories, *their* passion, isn’t that more important than yours as just a consumer?
Like, yeah, the exploitative conditions as we see them today are different and worse. But the “we didn’t have guides or the internet, we could just game” this “making sacred” is fantasy.
This was AN INDUSTRY some tendencies, along with the scale changed, but not its purpose: make money.
Been seeing some “Nostalgia” discourse today, and while the obvious notion of escapism and self-absorption is clear here, I (Frank), just want to point something else out.
The idea that “(insert your identity-absorbing hobby) was better before” is fucking nonsense
UK: I should do something good for once!
Me: yeah, but you're the UK so you should still go about it the worst way possible
UK: Got it!
it can be in a week, months, or a decade or two when this entire system finally falls. but it will fall. it always does. and saying it wont denies the mountains of evidence that is our human history. and we'll be there to pick up the pieces and build a better tomorrow together ♥️🖤
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EPISODE 57 - Sinners(2025): Sinnin' till you Saint it
We are (v)amping it up yet again!
No idea if that makes sense, but the responsible host is away so this is what you get.
Enjoy!
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Alongside our earlier episode on the short story collections!!
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And check out the first part if you missed it!
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Episode 93 - The Witcher Saga pt. 2: Pathologizing the Path!
Time to wrap up the Witcher Saga proper!!
In this 2nd part we go into History and Myth, more relationships, and how this is some incredible fantasy and well worth reading!!
Enjoy!
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If you missed it:
We’re back talking about one of the big things! And a good one at that!
Andor is here, it’s good, it’s interesting, and it’s worth talking about!
Give it a listen!
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Episode 56 - Andor (S2): Building a Rebellion on (a New) Hope!
We’re back for Season 2, and for good reason!!
Follow us as we chat about antifascism, liberal hypocrisy, the fascist death cult, representing violence, and lots more!!
Enjoy!
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Thank you so much!! We appreciate it and are glad you enjoyed it!!
(Hoping you find the second part just as good!)
We found another thing.
Enjoy another odd tape on our new kind of bonus content
Thank you
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Logging on and I saw hospitals being bombed, billionaire rocket ships blowing up, universities being targeted and more Gazans being killed for the having the temerity to ask forfood. And I haven't even had breakfast yet.
So I wrote this short howl into the wind instead: tacity.co.uk/2025/06/19/r...
And if you didn’t catch it the first time around, give a listen to our previous episode on the Witcher short story collections!
Episode 59 - The Witcher, On the Paths of Fantasy!
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Episode 92 - The Witcher Saga pt. 1: The Witchering Hour!
We return to the Witcher books! Now to dive into the 5 novels proper, and there’s so much we split it into 2 parts!
Enjoy our dive into war, history, myth, political machinations and more!
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And do check out Justin’s stuff with both @librarypunk.bsky.social and the new show he’s doing, The Preacher and the Slave!
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Episode 91 - The Historical Torment Nexus w/ Justin (@smazzie.bsky.social) from @librarypunk.bsky.social!!
Our enemy, Harari, is back.
So we must suffer to see how bad History is tortured, and apparently, how AI will doom us all.
A painful, but fun time!
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I could talk about The Wire all day, but alas, I only had an hour or so with these wonderful guys. It was still a great conversation about the police, capitalist realism and everything in between. Have a listen!
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