Join Todd and Oren as they dig into the first nine chapters of what will hopefully be the worst thing they ever read on this podcast, a book that has been called the “Bible of the Racist Right” — The Turner Diaries. This is an ugly book filled to the…
Episode 21 – A Clockwork Orange (Finale)
Oren and Todd once again went live to wrap up their look at A Clockwork Orange, a dicussion that included both the novel by Anthony Burgess and Stanley Kubrick’s film. Also, a caller gave our hosts a quiz on some Nadsat words, and oh my brothers, they did not do…
Episode 20 – A Clockwork Orange (Film)
A Clockwork Orange has the rare distinction of being a work that has been banned as not only a novel but a film as well, so Oren and Todd decided to take look at the 1971 Stanley Kubrick adaptation alongside their discussion of the novel. What they find is an…
Episode 19 – A Clockwork Orange (Part Three)
Todd and Oren reach the final part of the novel A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess, including the infamous Chapter 21 that was not originally included in the U.S. release of the book. Spoiler Alert: Things do not turn out well for your humble narrator, Alex. Facebook: https://facebook.com/bannedthingshappen Email: bannedthingshappen@gmail.com…
Episode 18 – A Clockwork Orange (Part Two)
Todd and Oren continue their look at A Clockwork Orange, digging through Part Two of the novel, which sees your humble narrator, Alex, succumb to the Ludovico Technique, which appears to have cured him of his tendency towards evil … or at least made it painful and nauseating to contemplate…
Episode 17 – A Clockwork Orange (Part One)
Happy New Year! It’s the first episode of 2021, and Todd and Oren discuss their viddying of the horrorshow novel A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess. This episode covers Part One of the novel, and if someone of the words in this description made you scratch your head, you may want…
Episode 16 – Hail Mary
In our final episode for 2020, we are visited not by Christmas ghosts but by Carlo Sia, co-host of another Blah Blah Blah Media production, Half-Cut Conspiracies. Carlo joins Todd and Oren to discuss the 1985 Jean Luc Godard film Hail Mary which turns out not be as religious as Todd…
Episode 15 – I Am Jazz
In this episode Oren and Todd tackle one of the most controversial books written in recent years — a story of … learning to understand people who are different than you? Yes, we’re looking at the 13th most banned or challenged book of the last decade, I Am Jazz, a…
Episode 14 – The Handmaid’s Tale (Finale)
In this episode Todd and Oren wrap-up their look at Margret Atwood’s bestselling work of feminist fiction, The Handmaid’s Tale. There are also a few digressions into subjects like what not to do on a podcast as well as which version of Windows is the worst (the answer is obviously…
Episode 13 – The Handmaid’s Tale (Part Three)
This week we come to the end of our look at a terrifyingly plausible dystopia as we cover the final 100 pages of Margret Atwood’s 1985 novel ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’. Also, is it true that when you make the world better, it’s only ever better for some? Discuss among yourselves….