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In honour of Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the United States Supreme Court, Todd and Oren begin their look at Margaret Atwood’s famous story of female oppression, “The Handmaid’s Tale”. Spoiler: Offred mostly goes shopping. Email: bannedthingshappen@gmail.com Facebook: https://facebook.com/banndthingshappen Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/blahblahblahmedia...

Welcome to the first official episode of Half-Cut Conspiracies. In this episode, join Carlo and Todd in a light-hearted conversation as they dive into the mysteries surrounding QAnon and their bakers, who have set their sights on taking down the Deep State cabal of the Satan-worshipping baby-eaters like Hillary...

It’s Halloween so let’s take a break from reading! This episode we watch and discuss the 2000 Japanese film Battle Royale with guest host Dave Coalmine. Surprise, surprise, there wasn’t as much blood as we thought there would be! EDIT: There were timing issues with the original version of...

This was our live wrap-up event to complete our discussion of The Autobiography of Malcolm X, featuring some exciting announcements and live callers....

We wrap up our episodic look at The Autobiography of Malcolm X by talking about the Epilogue, which describes Alex Haley’s experience interviewing Malcolm X and putting the book together. We also discuss Spike Lee’s film adaptation from 1992. Also, Oren reveals something troubling about how he reads books....

This week we’re talking about the final two chapters in the Autobiography of Malcolm X, covering the final period in his life following his visit to Mecca, just prior to his death. Oren and Todd also take a few minutes to talk about the raging dumpster fire that is...

Oren and Todd return to their discussion of The Autobiography of Malcolm X. They also talk too much, which required this episode to be split into two. This week, it’s a look at chapters 15, 16, and 17....

Todd and Oren take a break from their look at the Autobiography of Malcolm X to visit a film from the same era (a film mentioned early on in the Autobiography — and not exactly raved about). Gone With The Wind features problematic portrayals of slavery, and was recently...

Audio issues are overcome and the podcast is back on schedule with this week’s episode, as Todd and Oren continue to look at Autobiography of Malcolm X — which, for this week’s chapters, reads a bit more like the Autobiography of the Nation of Islam....

Some unfortunate technical difficulties led to the delay of the episode, as well as some less-than-stellar audio, but we’re back anyway, to continue our dive into The Autobiography of Malcolm X, covering chapters  six through 10....