Podcast appearances and mentions of forrest wickman

There is a prominent bird in the 2000 film Charlie's Angels that makes absolutely no sense. This so-called Pygmy Nuthatch doesn't look or sound like it should, or live where the characters say it does. The bird is so elaborately wrong that it has haunted the birding community, including Slate's very own Forrest Wickman, for almost a quarter of a century. In this episode, Forrest embarks on a wild goose chase: Why can't hundreds of filmmaking professionals with a $100 million budget accurately portray a single bird? This episode was reported and written by Forrest Wickman. It was edited by Willa Paskin. It was produced by Max Freedman. Decoder Ring is produced by Willa Paskin, Evan Chung, Katie Shepherd, and Max Freedman with help from Sofie Kodner. Derek John is Executive Producer. Merritt Jacob is Senior Technical Director. In this episode, you'll hear from Charlie's Angels screenwriters John August and Zak Penn, director McG, animal trainer Guin Dill, and sound editor Michael Benavente; and bird experts Nick Lund, Nathan Pieplow, and Drew Weber. If you have any cultural mysteries you want us to decode, email us at DecoderRing@slate.com Want more Decoder Ring? Subscribe to Slate Plus to unlock exclusive bonus episodes. Plus, you'll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of the Decoder Ring show page. Or, visit slate.com/decoderplus to get access wherever you listen. Disclosure in Podcast Description: A Bond Account is a self-directed brokerage account with Public Investing, member FINRA/SIPC. Deposits into this account are used to purchase 10 investment-grade and high-yield bonds. As of 9/26/24, the average, annualized yield to worst (YTW) across the Bond Account is greater than 6%. A bond's yield is a function of its market price, which can fluctuate; therefore, a bond's YTW is not “locked in” until the bond is purchased, and your yield at time of purchase may be different from the yield shown here. The “locked in” YTW is not guaranteed; you may receive less than the YTW of the bonds in the Bond Account if you sell any of the bonds before maturity or if the issuer defaults on the bond. Public Investing charges a markup on each bond trade. See our Fee Schedule. Bond Accounts are not recommendations of individual bonds or default allocations. The bonds in the Bond Account have not been selected based on your needs or risk profile. See https://public.com/disclosures/bond-account to learn more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There is a prominent bird in the 2000 film Charlie's Angels that makes absolutely no sense. This so-called Pygmy Nuthatch doesn't look or sound like it should, or live where the characters say it does. The bird is so elaborately wrong that it has haunted the birding community, including Slate's very own Forrest Wickman, for almost a quarter of a century. In this episode, Forrest embarks on a wild goose chase: Why can't hundreds of filmmaking professionals with a $100 million budget accurately portray a single bird? This episode was reported and written by Forrest Wickman. It was edited by Willa Paskin. It was produced by Max Freedman. Decoder Ring is produced by Willa Paskin, Evan Chung, Katie Shepherd, and Max Freedman with help from Sofie Kodner. Derek John is Executive Producer. Merritt Jacob is Senior Technical Director. In this episode, you'll hear from Charlie's Angels screenwriters John August and Zak Penn, director McG, animal trainer Guin Dill, and sound editor Michael Benavente; and bird experts Nick Lund, Nathan Pieplow, and Drew Weber. If you have any cultural mysteries you want us to decode, email us at DecoderRing@slate.com Want more Decoder Ring? Subscribe to Slate Plus to unlock exclusive bonus episodes. Plus, you'll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of the Decoder Ring show page. Or, visit slate.com/decoderplus to get access wherever you listen. Disclosure in Podcast Description: A Bond Account is a self-directed brokerage account with Public Investing, member FINRA/SIPC. Deposits into this account are used to purchase 10 investment-grade and high-yield bonds. As of 9/26/24, the average, annualized yield to worst (YTW) across the Bond Account is greater than 6%. A bond's yield is a function of its market price, which can fluctuate; therefore, a bond's YTW is not “locked in” until the bond is purchased, and your yield at time of purchase may be different from the yield shown here. The “locked in” YTW is not guaranteed; you may receive less than the YTW of the bonds in the Bond Account if you sell any of the bonds before maturity or if the issuer defaults on the bond. Public Investing charges a markup on each bond trade. See our Fee Schedule. Bond Accounts are not recommendations of individual bonds or default allocations. The bonds in the Bond Account have not been selected based on your needs or risk profile. See https://public.com/disclosures/bond-account to learn more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There is a prominent bird in the 2000 film Charlie's Angels that makes absolutely no sense. This so-called Pygmy Nuthatch doesn't look or sound like it should, or live where the characters say it does. The bird is so elaborately wrong that it has haunted the birding community, including Slate's very own Forrest Wickman, for almost a quarter of a century. In this episode, Forrest embarks on a wild goose chase: Why can't hundreds of filmmaking professionals with a $100 million budget accurately portray a single bird? This episode was reported and written by Forrest Wickman. It was edited by Willa Paskin. It was produced by Max Freedman. Decoder Ring is produced by Willa Paskin, Evan Chung, Katie Shepherd, and Max Freedman with help from Sofie Kodner. Derek John is Executive Producer. Merritt Jacob is Senior Technical Director. In this episode, you'll hear from Charlie's Angels screenwriters John August and Zak Penn, director McG, animal trainer Guin Dill, and sound editor Michael Benavente; and bird experts Nick Lund, Nathan Pieplow, and Drew Weber. If you have any cultural mysteries you want us to decode, email us at DecoderRing@slate.com Want more Decoder Ring? Subscribe to Slate Plus to unlock exclusive bonus episodes. Plus, you'll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of the Decoder Ring show page. Or, visit slate.com/decoderplus to get access wherever you listen. Disclosure in Podcast Description: A Bond Account is a self-directed brokerage account with Public Investing, member FINRA/SIPC. Deposits into this account are used to purchase 10 investment-grade and high-yield bonds. As of 9/26/24, the average, annualized yield to worst (YTW) across the Bond Account is greater than 6%. A bond's yield is a function of its market price, which can fluctuate; therefore, a bond's YTW is not “locked in” until the bond is purchased, and your yield at time of purchase may be different from the yield shown here. The “locked in” YTW is not guaranteed; you may receive less than the YTW of the bonds in the Bond Account if you sell any of the bonds before maturity or if the issuer defaults on the bond. Public Investing charges a markup on each bond trade. See our Fee Schedule. Bond Accounts are not recommendations of individual bonds or default allocations. The bonds in the Bond Account have not been selected based on your needs or risk profile. See https://public.com/disclosures/bond-account to learn more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There is a prominent bird in the 2000 film Charlie's Angels that makes absolutely no sense. This so-called Pygmy Nuthatch doesn't look or sound like it should, or live where the characters say it does. The bird is so elaborately wrong that it has haunted the birding community, including Slate's very own Forrest Wickman, for almost a quarter of a century. In this episode, Forrest embarks on a wild goose chase: Why can't hundreds of filmmaking professionals with a $100 million budget accurately portray a single bird? This episode was reported and written by Forrest Wickman. It was edited by Willa Paskin. It was produced by Max Freedman. Decoder Ring is produced by Willa Paskin, Evan Chung, Katie Shepherd, and Max Freedman with help from Sofie Kodner. Derek John is Executive Producer. Merritt Jacob is Senior Technical Director. In this episode, you'll hear from Charlie's Angels screenwriters John August and Zak Penn, director McG, animal trainer Guin Dill, and sound editor Michael Benavente; and bird experts Nick Lund, Nathan Pieplow, and Drew Weber. If you have any cultural mysteries you want us to decode, email us at DecoderRing@slate.com Want more Decoder Ring? Subscribe to Slate Plus to unlock exclusive bonus episodes. Plus, you'll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of the Decoder Ring show page. Or, visit slate.com/decoderplus to get access wherever you listen. Disclosure in Podcast Description: A Bond Account is a self-directed brokerage account with Public Investing, member FINRA/SIPC. Deposits into this account are used to purchase 10 investment-grade and high-yield bonds. As of 9/26/24, the average, annualized yield to worst (YTW) across the Bond Account is greater than 6%. A bond's yield is a function of its market price, which can fluctuate; therefore, a bond's YTW is not “locked in” until the bond is purchased, and your yield at time of purchase may be different from the yield shown here. The “locked in” YTW is not guaranteed; you may receive less than the YTW of the bonds in the Bond Account if you sell any of the bonds before maturity or if the issuer defaults on the bond. Public Investing charges a markup on each bond trade. See our Fee Schedule. Bond Accounts are not recommendations of individual bonds or default allocations. The bonds in the Bond Account have not been selected based on your needs or risk profile. See https://public.com/disclosures/bond-account to learn more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have a surprise bonus episode this week! Join us on a journey to 1st Century Judea with Life of Brian! We'll discuss stoning, Jesus as a revolutionary, Hava Nagila, and more! Sources: Jesus as a Revolutionary: Josephus, The Jewish War, trans. Martin Hammond, intro and notes by Martin Goodman, e-book (Oxford University Press, 2017). "Josephus" In Our Time (2015) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b05vfdzl Christopher Klein, "Why did Pontius Pilate Have Jesus Executed?" History https://www.history.com/news/why-pontius-pilate-executed-jesus Holland Lee Hendrix, L. Michael White, Paula Fredriksen, Eric Meyers "Jews and the Roman Empire," A Portrait of Jesus' World: From Jesus to Christ PBS (April 1998). https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/religion/portrait/jews.html L. Michael White, Allen D. Callahan, Shayne I.D. Cohen, John Dominic Crossan, Paula Fredriksen, "Arrest and Execution" From Jesus to Christ PBS (April 1998). https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/religion/jesus/arrest.html Jon Wiener, "Jesus the Revolutionary: A Q&A With Reza Aslan," The Nation (25 July 2013). https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/jesus-revolutionary-qa-reza-aslan/ "The Last Days of Jesus" PBS (2017) https://www.pbs.org/show/last-days-jesus/ "From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians, Part One" PBS Frontline (1998) https://youtu.be/JN8FM1NCOSk Tom O'Loughlin and Roland Deines, "Why Study the Pharisees with Professor Roland Deines" University of Nottingham (17 January 2012). https://youtu.be/waWu1ngrxGk "Matthew 5:1-7:29--The Sermon on the Mount" https://www.enterthebible.org/Controls/feature/tool_etb_resource_display/resourcebox.aspx?selected_rid=783&original_id=2 Luke Chapter 6 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/luke/6?37=#50006037 Matthew Chapter 5 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/5 Cast info: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079470/ You're Nicked!: https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/435851/origin-of-youre-nicked-sunshine#:~:text=The%20word%20is%20used%20teasingly,a%20morose%20person.%20...&text=The%201806%20example%20of%20%22nicked,Journals%20for%201805%20(1806). John Stephen Farmer and William Ernest Henley, A Dictionary of Slang and Colloquial English: Abridged from the Seven-volume Work, Entitled: Slang and Its Analogues (Routledge & Sons, 1905) Princeton University Collection, Google E-Book. https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Dictionary_of_Slang_and_Colloquial_Eng/VR1AAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 "To nick," The English We Speak BBC (26 August 2011). https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/theenglishwespeak/2011/08/110816_tews_32_to_nick_page.shtml Forrest Wickman, "When You've Been Nicked by the Bobbies: How being arrested in the U.K. differs from being arrested in the U.S." Slate (13 March 2012). https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2012/03/rebekah-brooks-arrested-how-is-being-arrested-different-in-britain.html Star Signs: "Constellations and the Calendar" NASA https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/starfinder2/en/ Olivia B. Waxman, "Where Do Zodiac Signs Come From? Here's the True History Behind Your Horoscope," Time (21 June 2018). https://time.com/5315377/are-zodiac-signs-real-astrology-history/ Stoning: The Talmud, Sanhedrin 45a, available at https://www.sefaria.org/Sanhedrin.44a.14?lang=bi NIV Study Bible. The Tanakh, full searchable text available at https://www.chabad.org/library/bible_cdo/aid/63255/jewish/The-Bible-with-Rashi.htm Roy A. Stewart, "Judicial Procedure in Biblical Times," Full text available at https://biblicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/eq/1975-2_094.pdf Hava Nagila: Harry Belafonte and Danny Kaye Performing Hava Nagila, available at https://youtu.be/t_L1RAVm4js James Loeffler, "Hava Nagila's Long, Strange Trip." My Jewish Learning. Available at https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/hava-nagilas-long-strange-trip/ From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians, PBS. Available at https://youtu.be/JN8FM1NCOSk Background: "How We Made Monty Python's Life of Brian," The Guardian, available at https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/apr/16/how-we-made-monty-python-life-of-brian-michael-palin-terry-gilliam Life of Brian Televised Debate, Friday Night, Saturday Morning, 1979. Full debate available at https://youtu.be/ZYMpObbt2rs

In this episode, we reach out to your minds with our exploration of The Dead Zone and Scanners! Sources: The Dead Zone (1983) Commentary with Kim Newman and Tim Jones “Memories of the Dead Zone”, Blu-Ray featurette “Visions and Horror From The Dead Zone”, Blu-Ray featurette “The Look of the Dead Zone”, Blu-Ray featurette   Scanners (1981) "How They Made the Exploding Head in Scanners", CriterionCollection "Michael Ironside Remembers Narrowly Escaping Scanners Head Explosion Scene Unscathed" by Kevin Polowy, Yahoo Finance "Exploding Head Aside, Scanners is One of Cronenberg's Most Conventional Films" by A. A. Dowd, The AV Club "How They Blew Up That Head in Scanners" by Forrest Wickman, Slate

Man Up editor Lowen Liu explains why he’s so bad about taking sick days, even when a serious epidemic is dominating the news. But first, Slate’s culture editor Forrest Wickman lays out why he desperately wants his co-workers to go home when they show symptoms of a cold or flu. Then, Aymann talks to Mieke Beth Thomeer, associate professor of sociology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, about why men in particular are so bad at prioritizing their own health.  What makes you a work in progress? Do you want to talk through something you can’t quite crack related to manhood or masculinity? Let us know, and we might help you work through it on the show. Give us a call at 805-626-8707 or email us at manup@slate.com Slate Plus members get ad-free podcasts and bonus episodes of shows like Dear Prudence and Slow Burn. Sign up now to listen and support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Man Up editor Lowen Liu explains why he’s so bad about taking sick days, even when a serious epidemic is dominating the news. But first, Slate’s culture editor Forrest Wickman lays out why he desperately wants his co-workers to go home when they show symptoms of a cold or flu. Then, Aymann talks to Mieke Beth Thomeer, associate professor of sociology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, about why men in particular are so bad at prioritizing their own health.  What makes you a work in progress? Do you want to talk through something you can’t quite crack related to manhood or masculinity? Let us know, and we might help you work through it on the show. Give us a call at 805-626-8707 or email us at manup@slate.com Slate Plus members get ad-free podcasts and bonus episodes of shows like Dear Prudence and Slow Burn. Sign up now to listen and support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Man Up editor Lowen Liu explains why he’s so bad about taking sick days, even when a serious epidemic is dominating the news. But first, Slate’s culture editor Forrest Wickman lays out why he desperately wants his co-workers to go home when they show symptoms of a cold or flu. Then, Aymann talks to Mieke Beth Thomeer, associate professor of sociology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, about why men in particular are so bad at prioritizing their own health.  What makes you a work in progress? Do you want to talk through something you can’t quite crack related to manhood or masculinity? Let us know, and we might help you work through it on the show. Give us a call at 805-626-8707 or email us at manup@slate.com Slate Plus members get ad-free podcasts and bonus episodes of shows like Dear Prudence and Slow Burn. Sign up now to listen and support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Man Up editor Lowen Liu explains why he’s so bad about taking sick days, even when a serious epidemic is dominating the news. But first, Slate’s culture editor Forrest Wickman lays out why he desperately wants his co-workers to go home when they show symptoms of a cold or flu. Then, Aymann talks to Mieke Beth Thomeer, associate professor of sociology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, about why men in particular are so bad at prioritizing their own health.  What makes you a work in progress? Do you want to talk through something you can’t quite crack related to manhood or masculinity? Let us know, and we might help you work through it on the show. Give us a call at 805-626-8707 or email us at manup@slate.com Slate Plus members get ad-free podcasts and bonus episodes of shows like Dear Prudence and Slow Burn. Sign up now to listen and support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the Spoiler Special podcast, Slate critics discuss movies, the occasional TV show, and, once in a blue moon, another podcast, in full spoiler-filled detail. This week, Forrest Wickman is joined by Sam Adams and Marissa Martinelli to discuss Onward. Ian and Barley Lightfoot are elf brothers in a modernized magical realm. On Ian’s birthday he receives a gift that will allow him and his older brother to bring back their father for a day. But the spell goes wrong and they are left with half a dad. Can Ian and Barley work together to find the Phoenix Gem and make their father whole before the day is over? You can read Sam Adams’ article about the movie’s “exclusively gay moment” here. Note: As the title indicates, spoilers galore. Email us at spoilers@slate.com. Slate Plus members get ad-free podcasts and access to exclusive shows like Dana Stevens’ classic movies podcast Flashback. Sign up now to listen and support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the Spoiler Special podcast, Slate critics discuss movies, the occasional TV show, and, once in a blue moon, another podcast, in full spoiler-filled detail. This week, Forrest Wickman is joined by Sam Adams and Marissa Martinelli to discuss Onward. Ian and Barley Lightfoot are elf brothers in a modernized magical realm. On Ian’s birthday he receives a gift that will allow him and his older brother to bring back their father for a day. But the spell goes wrong and they are left with half a dad. Can Ian and Barley work together to find the Phoenix Gem and make their father whole before the day is over? You can read Sam Adams’ article about the movie’s “exclusively gay moment” here. Note: As the title indicates, spoilers galore. Email us at spoilers@slate.com. Slate Plus members get ad-free podcasts and access to exclusive shows like Dana Stevens’ classic movies podcast Flashback. Sign up now to listen and support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the Spoiler Special podcast, Slate critics discuss movies, the occasional TV show, and, once in a blue moon, another podcast, in full spoiler-filled detail. This week, Forrest Wickman is joined by Sam Adams and Marissa Martinelli to discuss Onward. Ian and Barley Lightfoot are elf brothers in a modernized magical realm. On Ian’s birthday he receives a gift that will allow him and his older brother to bring back their father for a day. But the spell goes wrong and they are left with half a dad. Can Ian and Barley work together to find the Phoenix Gem and make their father whole before the day is over? You can read Sam Adams’ article about the movie’s “exclusively gay moment” here. Note: As the title indicates, spoilers galore. Email us at spoilers@slate.com. Slate Plus members get ad-free podcasts and access to exclusive shows like Dana Stevens’ classic movies podcast Flashback. Sign up now to listen and support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the Spoiler Special podcast, Slate critics discuss movies, the occasional TV show, and, once in a blue moon, another podcast, in full spoiler-filled detail. This week, Dana Stevens is joined by Forrest Wickman, Sam Adams and Marissa Martinelli to discuss Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Director J.J. Abrams seemed committed to fan service; even if it made the final episode of the Skywalker saga worthy of some eyerolls. Well, committed to fans - except those shipping Poe and Finn - despite the film touting the franchise's first same-sex kiss. With the final battle looming, will Rey discover who she really is? Will she be persuaded by Kylo Ren to join the dark side? Or will they join forces? And how does ‘forcetiming’ play into all of this?    You can read Sam Adams’ review here.  You can also check out past Spoiler Specials, and you can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts. Note: As the title indicates, spoilers galore. Email us at spoilers@slate.com. Hosts Dana Stevens is Slate’s movie critic. Forrest Wickman is Slate’s culture editor. Sam Adams is a Slate senior editor and the editor of Slate’s culture blog, Brow Beat. Marissa Martinelli is a Slate assistant editor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the Spoiler Special podcast, Slate critics discuss movies, the occasional TV show, and, once in a blue moon, another podcast, in full spoiler-filled detail. This week, Dana Stevens is joined by Forrest Wickman, Sam Adams and Marissa Martinelli to discuss Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Director J.J. Abrams seemed committed to fan service; even if it made the final episode of the Skywalker saga worthy of some eyerolls. Well, committed to fans - except those shipping Poe and Finn - despite the film touting the franchise's first same-sex kiss. With the final battle looming, will Rey discover who she really is? Will she be persuaded by Kylo Ren to join the dark side? Or will they join forces? And how does ‘forcetiming’ play into all of this?    You can read Sam Adams’ review here.  You can also check out past Spoiler Specials, and you can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts. Note: As the title indicates, spoilers galore. Email us at spoilers@slate.com. Hosts Dana Stevens is Slate’s movie critic. Forrest Wickman is Slate’s culture editor. Sam Adams is a Slate senior editor and the editor of Slate’s culture blog, Brow Beat. Marissa Martinelli is a Slate assistant editor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the Spoiler Special podcast, Slate critics discuss movies, the occasional TV show, and, once in a blue moon, another podcast, in full spoiler-filled detail. This week, Dana Stevens is joined by Forrest Wickman, Sam Adams and Marissa Martinelli to discuss Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Director J.J. Abrams seemed committed to fan service; even if it made the final episode of the Skywalker saga worthy of some eyerolls. Well, committed to fans - except those shipping Poe and Finn - despite the film touting the franchise's first same-sex kiss. With the final battle looming, will Rey discover who she really is? Will she be persuaded by Kylo Ren to join the dark side? Or will they join forces? And how does ‘forcetiming’ play into all of this?    You can read Sam Adams’ review here.  You can also check out past Spoiler Specials, and you can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts. Note: As the title indicates, spoilers galore. Email us at spoilers@slate.com. Hosts Dana Stevens is Slate’s movie critic. Forrest Wickman is Slate’s culture editor. Sam Adams is a Slate senior editor and the editor of Slate’s culture blog, Brow Beat. Marissa Martinelli is a Slate assistant editor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the Spoiler Special podcast, Slate critics discuss movies, the occasional TV show, and, once in a blue moon, another podcast, in full spoiler-filled detail. This week, Dana Stevens and Forrest Wickman discuss Knives Out, the whodunnit from Rian Johnson. Renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey’s death following his 85th birthday party sparks a twisted hunt for the murderer. The suspects: his own family. Can celebrity detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) pin down Thrombey’s eccentric family intent on avoiding suspicion. What happens when they find out Harlan’s personal nurse, Marta, will receive his fortune? And what role does ICE have in a potential motive?  You can read Dana Stevens’ review here.  You can also check out past Spoiler Specials, and you can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts. Note: As the title indicates, spoilers galore. Email us at spoilers@slate.com. Podcast Production by Rosemary Belson.  Hosts Dana Stevens is Slate’s movie critic. Forrest Wickman is Slate’s culture editor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the Spoiler Special podcast, Slate critics discuss movies, the occasional TV show, and, once in a blue moon, another podcast, in full spoiler-filled detail. This week, Dana Stevens and Forrest Wickman discuss Knives Out, the whodunnit from Rian Johnson. Renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey’s death following his 85th birthday party sparks a twisted hunt for the murderer. The suspects: his own family. Can celebrity detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) pin down Thrombey’s eccentric family intent on avoiding suspicion. What happens when they find out Harlan’s personal nurse, Marta, will receive his fortune? And what role does ICE have in a potential motive?  You can read Dana Stevens’ review here.  You can also check out past Spoiler Specials, and you can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts. Note: As the title indicates, spoilers galore. Email us at spoilers@slate.com. Podcast Production by Rosemary Belson.  Hosts Dana Stevens is Slate’s movie critic. Forrest Wickman is Slate’s culture editor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the Spoiler Special podcast, Slate critics discuss movies, the occasional TV show, and, once in a blue moon, another podcast, in full spoiler-filled detail. This week, Dana Stevens and Forrest Wickman discuss Knives Out, the whodunnit from Rian Johnson. Renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey’s death following his 85th birthday party sparks a twisted hunt for the murderer. The suspects: his own family. Can celebrity detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) pin down Thrombey’s eccentric family intent on avoiding suspicion. What happens when they find out Harlan’s personal nurse, Marta, will receive his fortune? And what role does ICE have in a potential motive?  You can read Dana Stevens’ review here.  You can also check out past Spoiler Specials, and you can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts. Note: As the title indicates, spoilers galore. Email us at spoilers@slate.com. Podcast Production by Rosemary Belson.  Hosts Dana Stevens is Slate’s movie critic. Forrest Wickman is Slate’s culture editor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the Spoiler Special podcast, Slate critics discuss movies, the occasional TV show, and, once in a blue moon, another podcast, in full spoiler-filled detail. This week, Dana Stevens, Forrest Wickman and Sam Adams discuss the sixth installment in the Terminator series, Terminator: Dark Fate. Despite the sequels in between, T6 picks up where Terminator 2: Judgment Day left off. Sarah Connor is back and joined in the fight against Terminators by a Rev-9, a technologically advanced human and, of course, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s terminator. But will James Cameron’s return be enough to revitalize this nostalgic franchise? Or are audiences ready to say “hasta la vista” to the Terminator? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the Spoiler Special podcast, Slate critics discuss movies, the occasional TV show, and, once in a blue moon, another podcast, in full spoiler-filled detail. This week, Dana Stevens, Forrest Wickman and Sam Adams discuss the sixth installment in the Terminator series, Terminator: Dark Fate. Despite the sequels in between, T6 picks up where Terminator 2: Judgment Day left off. Sarah Connor is back and joined in the fight against Terminators by a Rev-9, a technologically advanced human and, of course, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s terminator. But will James Cameron’s return be enough to revitalize this nostalgic franchise? Or are audiences ready to say “hasta la vista” to the Terminator? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the Spoiler Special podcast, Slate critics discuss movies, the occasional TV show, and, once in a blue moon, another podcast, in full spoiler-filled detail. This week, Dana Stevens, Forrest Wickman and Sam Adams discuss the sixth installment in the Terminator series, Terminator: Dark Fate. Despite the sequels in between, T6 picks up where Terminator 2: Judgment Day left off. Sarah Connor is back and joined in the fight against Terminators by a Rev-9, a technologically advanced human and, of course, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s terminator. But will James Cameron’s return be enough to revitalize this nostalgic franchise? Or are audiences ready to say “hasta la vista” to the Terminator? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the Spoiler Special podcast, Slate critics discuss movies, the occasional TV show, and, once in a blue moon, another podcast, in full spoiler-filled detail. This week, Forrest Wickman, Sam Adams and Dan Kois discuss Jojo Rabbit. Taika Waitit’s Nazi spoof takes a comedic look at how people, even children, get caught up in movements fueled by hateful ideology. But does the comedic lens allow for sympathization? As a young member of Hitler Youth nearing the end of WWII, Jojo Betzler, invents an imaginary friend... Hitler. What happens when Jojo discovers a Jewish girl hiding in his family home? And how does Jojo navigate those challenging his ideology and the imminent fall of Nazi Germany? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the Spoiler Special podcast, Slate critics discuss movies, the occasional TV show, and, once in a blue moon, another podcast, in full spoiler-filled detail. This week, Forrest Wickman, Sam Adams and Dan Kois discuss Jojo Rabbit. Taika Waitit’s Nazi spoof takes a comedic look at how people, even children, get caught up in movements fueled by hateful ideology. But does the comedic lens allow for sympathization? As a young member of Hitler Youth nearing the end of WWII, Jojo Betzler, invents an imaginary friend... Hitler. What happens when Jojo discovers a Jewish girl hiding in his family home? And how does Jojo navigate those challenging his ideology and the imminent fall of Nazi Germany? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the Spoiler Special podcast, Slate critics discuss movies, the occasional TV show, and, once in a blue moon, another podcast, in full spoiler-filled detail. This week, Forrest Wickman, Sam Adams and Dan Kois discuss Jojo Rabbit. Taika Waitit’s Nazi spoof takes a comedic look at how people, even children, get caught up in movements fueled by hateful ideology. But does the comedic lens allow for sympathization? As a young member of Hitler Youth nearing the end of WWII, Jojo Betzler, invents an imaginary friend... Hitler. What happens when Jojo discovers a Jewish girl hiding in his family home? And how does Jojo navigate those challenging his ideology and the imminent fall of Nazi Germany? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the Spoiler Special podcast, Slate critics discuss movies, the occasional TV show, and, once in a blue moon, another podcast, in full spoiler-filled detail. This week, Dana Stevens, Forrest Wickman and Inkoo Kang discuss Parasite. With Hitchcock-like quality, Bong Joon-ho plays with the audience in the upstairs / downstairs dive into economic inequality. The Kims, stuck on their low social rung jump at the opportunity to latch onto an affluent family. But how long can they keep the ruse up? What will they do to keep up the charade? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the Spoiler Special podcast, Slate critics discuss movies, the occasional TV show, and, once in a blue moon, another podcast, in full spoiler-filled detail. This week, Dana Stevens, Forrest Wickman and Inkoo Kang discuss Parasite. With Hitchcock-like quality, Bong Joon-ho plays with the audience in the upstairs / downstairs dive into economic inequality. The Kims, stuck on their low social rung jump at the opportunity to latch onto an affluent family. But how long can they keep the ruse up? What will they do to keep up the charade? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the Spoiler Special podcast, Slate critics discuss movies, the occasional TV show, and, once in a blue moon, another podcast, in full spoiler-filled detail. This week, Dana Stevens, Forrest Wickman and Inkoo Kang discuss Parasite. With Hitchcock-like quality, Bong Joon-ho plays with the audience in the upstairs / downstairs dive into economic inequality. The Kims, stuck on their low social rung jump at the opportunity to latch onto an affluent family. But how long can they keep the ruse up? What will they do to keep up the charade? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the Spoiler Special podcast, Slate critics discuss movies, the occasional TV show, and, once in a blue moon, another podcast, in full spoiler-filled detail. This week, Dana Stevens, Forrest Wickman and Sam Adams discuss Joker. Though this bleak origin story is a departure from the traditional DC superhero movies, Arthur Fleck’s (Joaquin Phoenix) descent from mentally ill clown to murderous villain is clichéd and uncomfortable to watch. But is it just one bad day that leads Arthur down this path? Or is it a consequence of broken system failing to help someone in need? This show is sponsored by Cloud 10 Click Here to Download: The Daily Popcast with Lance Bass    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the Spoiler Special podcast, Slate critics discuss movies, the occasional TV show, and, once in a blue moon, another podcast, in full spoiler-filled detail. This week, Dana Stevens, Forrest Wickman and Sam Adams discuss Joker. Though this bleak origin story is a departure from the traditional DC superhero movies, Arthur Fleck’s (Joaquin Phoenix) descent from mentally ill clown to murderous villain is clichéd and uncomfortable to watch. But is it just one bad day that leads Arthur down this path? Or is it a consequence of broken system failing to help someone in need? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the Spoiler Special podcast, Slate critics discuss movies, the occasional TV show, and, once in a blue moon, another podcast, in full spoiler-filled detail. This week, Dana Stevens, Forrest Wickman and Sam Adams discuss Joker. Though this bleak origin story is a departure from the traditional DC superhero movies, Arthur Fleck’s (Joaquin Phoenix) descent from mentally ill clown to murderous villain is clichéd and uncomfortable to watch. But is it just one bad day that leads Arthur down this path? Or is it a consequence of broken system failing to help someone in need? This show is sponsored by Cloud 10 Click Here to Download: The Daily Popcast with Lance Bass    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

June Thomas, Benjamin Frisch, and Rachelle Hampton discuss Richard Linklater's Where'd You Go Bernadette, HBO's A Black Lady Sketch Show, and Slate's list of the 25 most important characters of the past 25 Years with Forrest Wickman. In Slate Plus, the panel adds their own picks to the important characters list. This episode is brought to you by Everlane. Check out your personalized collection today at everlane.com/culture.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

June Thomas, Benjamin Frisch, and Rachelle Hampton discuss Richard Linklater's Where'd You Go Bernadette, HBO's A Black Lady Sketch Show, and Slate's list of the 25 most important characters of the past 25 Years with Forrest Wickman. In Slate Plus, the panel adds their own picks to the important characters list. This episode is brought to you by Everlane. Check out your personalized collection today at everlane.com/culture. 

June Thomas, Benjamin Frisch, and Rachelle Hampton discuss Richard Linklater's Where'd You Go Bernadette, HBO's A Black Lady Sketch Show, and Slate's list of the 25 most important characters of the past 25 Years with Forrest Wickman. In Slate Plus, the panel adds their own picks to the important characters list. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the Spoiler Special podcast, Slate critics discuss movies, the occasional TV show, and, once in a blue moon, another podcast, in full spoiler-filled detail. In this week’s episode, Forrest Wickman and Sam Adams discuss the first ever Fast & Furious spin-off, Hobbs & Shaw. Are Hobbs and Shaw really that different? Exactly how many tow trucks equal one helicopter? Why did The Rock need someone to throw him a t-shirt before the final fight scene? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the Spoiler Special podcast, Slate critics discuss movies, the occasional TV show, and, once in a blue moon, another podcast, in full spoiler-filled detail. In this week’s episode, Forrest Wickman and Sam Adams discuss the first ever Fast & Furious spin-off, Hobbs & Shaw. Are Hobbs and Shaw really that different? Exactly how many tow trucks equal one helicopter? Why did The Rock need someone to throw him a t-shirt before the final fight scene? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the Spoiler Special podcast, Slate critics discuss movies, the occasional TV show, and, once in a blue moon, another podcast, in full spoiler-filled detail. In this week’s episode, Forrest Wickman and Sam Adams discuss the first ever Fast & Furious spin-off, Hobbs & Shaw. Are Hobbs and Shaw really that different? Exactly how many tow trucks equal one helicopter? Why did The Rock need someone to throw him a t-shirt before the final fight scene? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Spoiler Specials, Dan Kois, Forrest Wickman and Marissa Martinelli spoil Toy Story 4. What’s the logic of the Toy Story Universe? As we ask of all sequels, does this one deserve to exist? Does the movie succeed as a rom-com?    Podcast production by Danielle Hewitt. Engineering by Merritt Jacob. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Spoiler Specials, Dan Kois, Forrest Wickman and Marissa Martinelli spoil Toy Story 4. What’s the logic of the Toy Story Universe? As we ask of all sequels, does this one deserve to exist? Does the movie succeed as a rom-com? Listen to them discuss!    Podcast production by Danielle Hewitt. Engineering by Merritt Jacob. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Spoiler Specials, Dan Kois, Forrest Wickman and Marissa Martinelli spoil Toy Story 4. What’s the logic of the Toy Story Universe? As we ask of all sequels, does this one deserve to exist? Does the movie succeed as a rom-com?    Podcast production by Danielle Hewitt. Engineering by Merritt Jacob. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dana Stevens and Stephen Metcalf are joined by a rotating third chair of Slatesters to discuss Rocketman with Forrest Wickman, HBO's Chernobyl with Sam Adams, and the podcast Headlon: Running From COPS with Inkoo Kang. 

Dana Stevens and Stephen Metcalf are joined by a rotating third chair of Slatesters to discuss Rocketman with Forrest Wickman, HBO's Chernobyl with Sam Adams, and the podcast Headlon: Running From COPS with Inkoo Kang.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dana Stevens and Stephen Metcalf are joined by a rotating third chair of Slatesters to discuss Rocketman with Forrest Wickman, HBO's Chernobyl with Sam Adams, and the podcast Headlon: Running From COPS with Inkoo Kang.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Spoiler Specials, Sam Adams, Forrest Wickman, and Matthew Dessem discuss the action movie John Wick III. Does the laughable extremism of the violence in the movie, excuse the actual violence in the movie? Are stunt dogs really that talented or was that CGI? What was that ending and does it even matter? Podcast production by Danielle Hewitt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Spoiler Specials, Sam Adams, Forrest Wickman, and Matthew Dessem discuss the action movie John Wick III. Does the laughable extremism of the violence in the movie, excuse the actual violence in the movie? Are stunt dogs really that talented or was that CGI? What was that ending and does it even matter? Podcast production by Danielle Hewitt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Spoiler Specials, Sam Adams, Forrest Wickman, and Matthew Dessem discuss the action movie John Wick III. Does the laughable extremism of the violence in the movie, excuse the actual violence in the movie? Are stunt dogs really that talented or was that CGI? What was that ending and does it even matter? Podcast production by Danielle Hewitt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This month on Outward hosts Christina Cauterucci, Bryan Lowder, and New America’s Brandon Tensley talk about sex. First, they invite Slate culture editor Forrest Wickman on as a straight correspondent to find out what he knows and misunderstands about queer sex, and why the word rosebud has more than one meaning. Next, Christina, Bryan and Brandon discuss how they learned about queer sex, what porn gets right and wrong, and what sorts of lessons belong in sex education. Then, they talk to journalist Anna Franks, who recently wrote about dental dams for the Atlantic, about if dental dams are useful and why they persist. Plus, June Thomas pops up in the chats here and there.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This month on Outward hosts Christina Cauterucci, Bryan Lowder, and New America’s Brandon Tensley talk about sex. First, they invite Slate culture editor Forrest Wickman on as a straight correspondent to find out what he knows and misunderstands about queer sex, and why the word rosebud has more than one meaning. Next, Christina, Bryan and Brandon discuss how they learned about queer sex, what porn gets right and wrong, and what sorts of lessons belong in sex education. Then, they talk to journalist Anna Franks, who recently wrote about dental dams for the Atlantic, about if dental dams are useful and why they persist. Plus, June Thomas pops up in the chats here and there.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This month on Outward hosts Christina Cauterucci, Bryan Lowder, and New America’s Brandon Tensley talk about sex. First, they invite Slate culture editor Forrest Wickman on as a straight correspondent to find out what he knows and misunderstands about queer sex, and why the word rosebud has more than one meaning. Next, Christina, Bryan and Brandon discuss how they learned about queer sex, what porn gets right and wrong, and what sorts of lessons belong in sex education. Then, they talk to journalist Anna Franks, who recently wrote about dental dams for the Atlantic, about if dental dams are useful and why they persist. Plus, June Thomas pops up in the chats here and there.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For this episode of The Future Is A Mixtape, Jesse & Matt discuss the slow, spiral reckoning of Ridley Scott's much-celebrated and increasingly influential film Blade Runner, whose long and winding road lead to a sequel, Blade Runner 2049. While detractors of the original film might feel they're viewing a sexy-time noir featuring little more than robots and porn-jazz, for the entranced, the film's hypnotic imagery and ruminations on universal themes like humanness, memory and belonging still keep many cineaste-hearts aflutter. After the blockbuster ascendency the Star Wars franchise and SF's increasing maturation as a cinematic genre, Ridley Scott's formerly “one-off” was released in 1982, and quickly disappeared at the box office and inside film critics' confused typewriters. However, unbeknownst to many, this leftover lasagna turned into the cult film of cult films. Blade Runner would later grow an organic fanbase from Arty Nerds, Noir Addicts and Cyberpunks, all of whom would despoil their underoos over spinners, unicorn origami and whether Deckard was or wasn't a replicant. Seeing blinking cash-registers in their eyes, Hollywood producers sought out Denis Villeneuve as their architect to extend the franchise with Blade Runner 2049. Your meta-guidance-counselors, Matt & Jesse, will provide a spoiler-bonanza of both films, weigh out Villeneuve's sense of cinema, and examine how the sequel's repeater bleakness short-circuits better questions and ideas. The co-hosts will finally imagine how this film might be retrofitted or retold, narratively speaking, and roust its viewers into utopian dream-scaping. Mentioned In This Episode: Opening Music Salvo: White Zombie's “More Human Than Human” from Their Last Album Astro-Creep: 2000 – Songs of Love, Destruction and Other Synthetic Delusions of the Electric Head (1995) Ridley Scott's Blade Runner: The Final Cut (Edition 2007) The Movie Art of Syd Mead: Visual Futurist Denis Villeneuve's Blade Runner 2049 (Pre-Order) The Art and Soul of Blade Runner: A Visual Art Book Podcasts on Blade Runner 2049 (That May Or May Not Have Influenced Our Podcast): Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald's Podcast The Watch, Which Features Sam Esmail and a Discussion on Blade Runner 2049 and Mr. Robot Slate's Podcast Spoiler Specials About Blade Runner 2049, Which Features Dana Stevens, Forrest Wickman and Sam Adams The Director's Cut Podcast: Featuring Rian Johnson Interviewing Denis Villeneuve and His Critically Acclaimed Blade Runner 2049 The Collider Podcast: Episode 110 - Blade Runner 2049 Featuring Hosts Adam Chitwood and Matt Goldberg The Original Trailer for Ridley Scott's Blade Runner (1982) The Official Trailer for Denis Villeneuve's Blade Runner 2049 Time Magazine: “Director Denis Villeneuve Proved to Us He Love Blade Runner More Than Anybody” The Three Short Films Set Between Blade Runner and Blade Runner 2049: Blade Runner 2049 - “2036: Nexus Dawn” Blade Runner 2049 - “2048: Nowhere to Run” Blade Runner 2049 - “Black Out 2022” Ben Child in The Guardian: “Blade Runner 2049: Five Things We Learned from the Shorts” Jason Sondhi in Best Short of the Week: “Hollywood's Embrace of the Short Film Tie-In” Clickhole: “Culture Shock: Everything You Need to Know About Blade Runner” Documentaries About the Original Blade Runner: Channel 4: On the Edge of Blade Runner (Featured on YouTube) Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner (Found in Most DVDs/Blu-rays of the the 1982 Film) BFI Film Classics: Scott Bukatman's Blade Runner Instagram: “Blade Runner Reality” Devon Maloney in Wired: “Blade Runner 2049's Politics Aren't That Futuristic” Marie Claire: “These Three Women Are About to Make Sci-Fi History” Angelica Jade Bastién in Vulture: “Why Don't Dystopia's Know How to Talk About Race? Darryl Hannah's Background in Gymnastics Helped in a Key Scene with Blade Runner, But She Still Had a Male Gymnast Stunt Double in a Scary Sequence. The Important Themes and Motifs of Blade Runner: Here & Here RadioTimes: "Rutger Hauer Dissects His Iconic “Tears in Rain” Blade Runner Monologue" YouTube: “Blade Runner - Final scene, ‘Tears in Rain' Monologue (HD)” Michael Shulman in Vanity Fair: “Untold Story: The Battle for Blade Runner” The Seven (Not Six) Different Film Cuts of Blade Runner (1982) Vice's Motherboard's Brian Merchant Reveals a Shocker: “The Studio Execs [Also] Hated the Blade Runner Voiceover They Forced Harrison Ford to Do” Vulture: “Which Cut of Blade Runner Should I Be Watching” No Film School: “Why Does the Ending of 'Blade Runner' Look Familiar? Ask Stanley Kubrick” A Mr. Kenneth Thompson Explains How YOU Can Make Gaff's Origami Unicorn (or How You Can Make a Purchase Order for HIM to Make It for You for $14.99) Duke Harper's Youtube Aide: “Origami Blade Runner Unicorn Tutorial” Vice: “Behold, the Moment Harrison Ford Decked Ryan Gosling in the Face” The Official Website for Blade Runner 2049 The Official Timeline for Events in the Blade Runner Universe Inverse Entertainment: “How All Three Blade Runner 2049 Shorts Connect to the Original” Forbes Magazine: “Blade Runner 2049 Is A Box Office Bomb: 10 Reasons It Was Doomed” Rolling Stone: “Why Blade Runner 2049 May Have Been a Victim of Peak Dystopia Fatigue” Forbes Magazine: “Box Office: Blade Runner 2049 Is A Bomb Because of Its Budget” Nexus 6 Versus Nexus 8 Versus Nexus 9?   Wahyd Vannoni in PBS NewsHour: “Brands Treat Us Like the Replicants in Blade Runner” Hilarious and Criminally Underseen YouTube Parody: “Trump Blade Runner Ad” Sadly, in 2049, the LAPD Still Exists & It's Even Bigger and Badder Than Ever: Here, Here and Here. BBC Newsbeat: “The Curse of Blade Runner's Adverts” Kevin Spacey Vs. Brad Pitt in David Fincher's Seven: “What's in the Box?!” The Original Miracle Birth Meme Collider Interview: “Robin Wright on Blade Runner 2049 and Roger Deakins” Joi as Joy: Your Pocket Girlfriend with Misogyny at Your Fingertips Self-Creating Replicants Is an Allegory to Marxist-Feminist Notions of Reproductive Labor A Joke Well-Deserved by LA Folks to California's Self-Satisfied Bordertown: San Diego Becomes a Waste Dump in Blade Runner 2049 Beyond the Blade Runner Burn: San Diego Visualized in Cinema Leah D. Shade in Patheos: “Watching Blade Runner (1982) in the Age of Black Lives Matter” PBS Newshour: “Where Does America's E-Waste End Up? GPS Tracker Tells All” Alex Acks in Book Riot: “Choose a Better Chosen One” In Blade Runner 2049, Las Vegas Is a Post-Nuclear Wasteland Whose Lasting Remnants Include Bees & Boobs (with Deckard on the Lookout for Interlopers Who Might Raid His Free Alcohol) Is Deckard's Dog a Replicant? That and Other Easter Eggs in Den of Geek. The Reflecting Pond and Niander Wallace: “Blade Runner 2049: Designing the Future” - Production Designer Dennis Gassner Discusses the Brutal Environments of Director Denis Villeneuve's Ambitious Sequel in The American Cinematographer. Esther Inglis-Arkell in io9: “10 Lessons From Real-Life Revolutions That Fictional Dystopias Ignore” NERD FIGHT: Were Sean Young's Eyes Truly Green? Some Say Yes. Others Say No. Why Joe Is Possibly an Allusion to Joe Chip from Philip K. Dick's Ubik & Why “K” Is Also a Potential Allusion to Franz Kafka's character Joseph K. in The Trial. Does Deckard's Daughter, Dr. Stalline, Really Have an Autoimmune Disorder? “15 Burning Questions We Have After Blade Runner 2049” Dr. Stalline Is Like Osama Bin Laden as Seen in Washington Post's Report: “Bin Laden Discovered ‘Hiding in Plain Sight'” Roy Batty: “Shores of Orion . . . Tears in the Rain” Jane Ciabattari in BBC News: “Is Borges 20th Century's Most Important Writer?” Blade Runner 2049's Full Cast Member List on IMDb Box Office Mojo: Blade Runner 2049's Current Financial Pulse Rate Deakins Nominated 13 times for Oscars & Comes Up Empty: A Working History Erik Abriss in Collider: “Oscar Snubs: 4 Times Rogers Deakins Should Have Won Best Cinematography” Roger Deakins in The Guardian: “Why I Won't Win an Oscar” The Screenwriter for the Blade Runner Franchise: Hampton Fancher: A Working History IndieWire: “Blade Runner 2049 Soundtrack: Denis Villeneuve Finally Reveals Why Jóhann Jóhannsson Left the Project Forbes Magazine (Japanese Edition): On Why Blade Runner 2049 Failed for Its Opening Weekend in the Box Office. {For those that can't read Japanese, I will summarize what Tomoko (my badass wife!) translated for me--while we were both laughing at the article's assessment: the film failed due to it 1) being aimed at middle aged men in their forties; 2) it wasn't appealing to women, and henceforth, not of interest to dating couples or married folks; 3) and lastly dads couldn't take their kids to the movie because of its “R” rating} Beth Elderkin in io9: “Director Says CGI Will Take a Back Seat to Practical Effects in Blade Runner” This Is Now Our Third Episode on Terminal Dystopia Syndrome (TDS); Here Are Some Prior Podcast Episodes Concerning TDS: The Future Is a Mixtape: Episode 019: Fake Plastic World (on Adam Curtis' HyperNormalisation) The Future Is a Mixtape: Episode 004: Terminal Dystopia Syndrome (TDS) (on Dave Eggers' The Circle) Stephen Humphries in Christian Science Monitor: “Blade Runner 2049: Why Some Science Fiction Writers Are Tired of Dystopias” David Graeber in The Baffler: "Despair Fatigue" BBC News: “Blade Runner: Which Predictions Have Come True?” SyFy Wire: “How Accurate Is Blade Runner 2049's Prediction of the Future?” -{Futurists Grade Blade Runner 2049's Vision of the Future}- Mashable: How the Future Technology of Blade Runner 2049 Reflects Our Present Mark Fisher's Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative? (2009) Verso's Blog: “In Memoriam: Mark Fisher (1968-2017)” Zero Books' on YouTube: “Capitalist Realism and Mr Robot” Frank Ruiz in The Sacramento Bee: “Salton Sea Is a California Crisis. It's Time for the State to Show Some Urgency” Ian James in The Desert Sun: “Toxic Dust and Asthma Plague Salton Sea Communities” California State Senator Kevin De Leon Sells Out the Public in Favor of Pay-to-Play Water Barons as Seen in The San Bernardino Sun: “Bill Targeting Cadiz Water Transfer Dies in Senate Committee” Abby Olcese in Sojourners Online: “Blade Runner 2049 Paints an All-White Future. Again.” Jess Joho in Mashable: “The Hidden Feminist Message Buried Inside Blade Runner 2049” Kyle Buchanan in Vulture: “Why Ex Machina's Take on Gender Is So Advanced” Is Joi Anything More Than Joe's Pocket-Girlfriend? As Explored in Collider: “Blade Runner 2049 and Gender: The Future Is Female” GQ Magazine: “Blade Runner 2049: Let's Unpack That Strange, Fascinating Threesome Sex Scene” Kyle Buchanan in Vulture: “The Secrets Behind Blade Runner 2049's Surreal Threesome” Mike D'Angelo in The A.V. Club: “An Aborted Three-Way (of Sorts) Is the Most Strangely Affecting Scene in Her” Nathan Rabin's “Manic Pixie Dream Girl” Essay (2007) in The A.V. Club, Where the Trope Originally Surfaced: “The Bataan Death March of Whimsy Case File #1: Elizabethtown” Nathan Rabin in Salon Magazine: “I'm Sorry for Coining the Phrase “Manic Pixie Dream Girl” John Guida in The New York Times: “Are Blockbusters Destroying the Movies?” Michael Moorcock's Infamous Take-Down: “Starship Stormtroopers” Angelica Jade Bastién in Vulture: “Why Don't Dystopias Know How to Talk About Race?” Sarah Emerson in Vice's Motherboard: “Cyberpunk Cities Fetishize Asian Culture But Have No Asians” Siddhant Adlakha in Birth.Movies.Death: “On Blade Runner 2049's Asian Influence [And Disconnect]” Amanda M. Franklin in The Conversation: “Mantis Shrimp Have the World's Best Eyes--But Why?” David Rudd Cycleback's “Eye/Brain Physiology and Why Humans Don't See Reality But a Translation of It” Sarah Benet-Weiser in The Conversation: “What the ‘Fearless Girl” Statue and Harvey Weinstein Have in Common” Jonathan Cook: “Wonder Woman Is a Hero Only the Military-Industrial-Complex Could Create” A Blatant Example of “Lean-In” Feminism or a Laughable Article on Neoliberal Progressivism? As Seen in IndieWire: “Wonder Woman 2: Patty Jenkins Highest Paid Female Director” Vice on YouTube: “Inside the Making of Blade Runner 2049” {Interviewer to Ryan Gosling: “Do you feel optimistic about the future of mankind?” Gosling pauses, gurgles, snorts, and then they both laugh . . . . . . And So The Future Must Be A Mixtape to Have Any At All . . .   Feel Free to Contact Jesse & Matt on the Following Spaces & Places: Email Us: thefutureisamixtape@gmail.com Find Us Via Our Website: The Future Is A Mixtape Or Lollygagging on Social Networks: Facebook Twitter Instagram