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A Monthly Podcast by the creators of Unnamed Journal, designed to discuss literature, pop culture, and other assorted dorkeries.

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    • Jul 2, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 14m AVG DURATION
    • 31 EPISODES


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    Shai-Hulud the Popcorn Bucket, Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2024 41:10


    We're back, and we are once more talking about Dune. In this case, the most recent Denis de Villeneuve adaptation, Dune Part 2. We have opinions.

    A Song of Fire and Ice

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2023 69:32


    For this episode, the nexus of Ralph Bakshi's rotoscoped animation and Frank Frazetta's musclepulp art: the 1983 animated cult classic Fire and Ice. Ready your axe, flee the glaciers, and dig the ride.

    Unnamed Journal 34 Chat, w/ Special Guest Annalise Grey

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2023 64:57


    This episode covers what's in UJ 34, and also includes advice on how to submit to Unnamed Journal. Thanks to author Annalise Grey, whose poem "True Story" appears in this issue.

    Unnamed Journal 33 Plug

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2023 55:40


    Quick discussion of the New issue of Unnamed Journal, the cover, the stories, and everything else that pertains.Subscribe to our Patreon to read the issue.Or check out our Gumroad.Also available on Amazon.

    Been Through the Forest on a Horse With One Horn, Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2023 55:38


    Part 2 of our discussion of The Last Unicorn. Includes some inside dope on the next issue of Unnamed Journal, and upcoming podcasts.

    Been Through the Forest on a Horse With One Horn, Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2023 43:36


    Wade with us through the glory years of Rankin-Bass animation with this roundtable discussion of The Last Unicorn. Part 1 of 2.

    Plan Nine From Argon, Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2022 54:00


    What makes a bad story? What makes a bad story comedy gold? And should we grade on a curve? Listen as we challenge the status of "Eye of Argon" as the Worst Fantasy Story Ever, mostly by looking at the backstory of its creation, and how it got passed around the sci-fi community.

    Plan Nine from Argon, Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2022 77:45


    Lo! We brave band of threesome plumb the fetid depths of the most deeping, dreadful tale of Fantasy Fiction? Join our savage spelunking of this gruesome grimoire, The Eye of Argon!

    The Last Unicron, Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2022 70:30


    The continuation of our Transformers discussion and some shameless shilling of the Latest edition of Unnamed Journal. Of course, if you're a Patron, you already have that.

    The Last Unicron, Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2022 46:49


    A bifurcated episode! We start talking about The Transformers, and at some point during the discussion, something got bumped and the recording stopped. This is the part before the bump. Part 2 coming soon!

    Neil Gaiman is Just This Guy, Man

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2022 46:48


    We sat down to discuss fantasy author Neil Gaiman, and we recorded nearly two hours worth of material. This bit here is the part about Neil Gaiman. The rest of the madness will become a bonus episode, here shortly. Enjoy!

    Funny, He Doesn't Look Souix-ish

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2022 110:48


    We chatter like a bunch of fanboys about Mel Brooks, talking about all the movies of his we've seen, which is almost all of them. In the process, we discover the difference between what's brilliant and what's mediocre.

    Cannon Films is Cursed

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2022 75:38


    Cannon Films, the Art-House of Schlock. The Criterion of Cult. A stew of memorable entertainments, actual cinema, and complete garbage. We wander through the canon of Cannon, and like a forbidden encyclopedia it breaks our recording. It's DOOMED!

    Huxley's Prophecy, Gibson's Nightmare, L. Ron Hubbard's Bet

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2022 111:49


    Dune and Loving It

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2021 94:34


    Denis de Villneuve's Dune has exploded in our minds, and we have opinions about it. We compare it to David Lynch's film, Jodowrosky's unmade film, and go off on a few mild tangents. Duke, duke, duke!It's not an April Fool's Joke this time.

    Trifles of the King

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2021 76:50


    We have a series of agreements about film adaptations of Arthurian Legend, beginning with The Green Knight and ending with John Boorman's Excalibur, which is objectively the best King Arthur movie. You can disagree, but you're wrong.

    Teenage Dungeon Vampire Space Pirates

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2021 110:00


    It was suggested that we do a 101 on RPG's (not MMORPG's), so we did. And not only did we cram Dune in there, we discovered it was actually relevant.If you like this kind of thing, we have more of the kind of thing that you like. Support us on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/shallowpedantic, and by new issues of Unnamed Journal at https://app.gumroad.com/shallowpedantic

    Punk Rock's Dead Mix Tape

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2021 100:23


    What is Punk? How important are the Stooges to Punk? Is Punk dead? Listen to us almost discuss these questions in between geeking out about our favorite bands. We conclude with sage advice about making mixtapes for people you want to date.

    Kevin Smith is Henry Rollins

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2021 94:06


    Lucky 13! We have a serious discussion of the filmography of Kevin Smith, comparing him to Quentin Tarantino, Charles Bukowski, and Henry Rollins. We mostly focus on Smith's "classic run" of View Askew films from 1993 to 2001.

    Würrk, Dåmmit, or Let's Do the Goth Dance Again

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2021 91:15


    A planned conversation about vampire comedy rapidly morphs into reminisences of the Goth scene, the spontaneous MST3Kness of the Rocky Horror Picture Show, Where Horror Is Now, and the decline of Mel Brooks. Also features some preview info on the next issue of UJ. Fans of What We Do In Shadows welcome.

    Andrew Has Opinions About Dune

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2021 8:01


    The long-promised episode, finally a reality.

    Go Team Phrasing!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2021 99:02


    An encompassing extrapolation from the plot structures and themes of "The Venture Brothers" and "Archer" to the general cultural-aesthetic vibe of Generation X and a lot of windy references to Greek Philosophy.

    Anime 101

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2021 111:41


    Are you prepared for two solid hours of chatter about Anime? Get comfy as we set to discussing: What Anime is, When it started, What is good/bad Anime for noobs?, Why it looks like that, Why Cowboy Bebop is a really good show, and Various asides on tangential mattersShare and enjoy!

    Moore Morrison, Please

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2020 100:15


    What if they gave a Podcast and no one introduced it? Enjoy as we meander through a series of topics almost entirely unintended: crazy cat dudes, ice hoes, werewolf romance, Doctor Sleep, The Pie Theory of Popular Entertainment, and the vast oeuvres of comic writers Alan Moore and Grant Morrison.

    A Fistful of Samurai Pies

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2020 89:33


    Listen to us not shut up about Westerns, Samurai movies, Sturgill Simpson, The Mandalorian, Pie, and how all of these things go together. Dune gets mentioned, because of course it does.

    Gieger Counter

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2020 84:59


    The gang (we're a gang now) discuss H.R. Gieger's particular brand of accessible horror-art, its origins, meaning, and influence, and about ten other subjects as our flow (and pronounciation of the man's name) keeps tacking back and forth like a whirligig in a hurricane. Good times.

    The Brust of the Lieber Fitz-Gerald

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2020 73:48


    We indulge in some Edmund Fitzgerald Porter and wax on about two creative fantasy authors that we've introduced each other two: Stephen Brust and Fritz Leiber. In the process, we hit upon why Andrew doesn't like cross-world fantasy, whether sci-fi and fantasy should be distinct, and stumble upon the Universal Field Theory of Creative Decline. A long and ramshackle episode, but fun.

    We All Shine On

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2020 50:10


    A discussion of the bifurcation of The Shining into the King novel and the Kubrick film, both of which work despite the intentional differences between them. Ongoing discussion of the needs of literature vs. the needs of film.We also chat a bit about new things for Unnamed Journal and Shallow & Pedantic in general.

    Mike Gets the Good Mike

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2020 62:14


    A podcast of changes here at Shallow & Pedantic. We break out new audio equipment, discuss big changes coming for Unnamed Journal and the whole S & P Universe (namely, that there will be one), and argue about whether fantasy is inherently atavistic.

    The Philosophy of Horror

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2019 68:54


    It's Halloween, so we must do the thing that Halloween Podcasts do: confront the terror of the season. No, not inappropriately-timed store displays, just a cliff-dive into the ontology of horror. What is it? Why do we make it? Is it tragedy or comedy? Is it didactic, or merely sublime? Do we have to talk about IT?

    Graphic Novels Should Not Be Movies

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2019 53:25


    For our inaugural episode, we drink a growler of pale ale and make a bunch of wildly inflated statements about various graphic novels and their terrible movie adaptations. We're not talking about you, Marvelfans, so locate and obtain your chill.

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