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What do the results of the 2024 U.S. presidential election, a sweeping victory for President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance, mean for the U.S. Jewish community and Israel? How did the Jewish community vote? What are the top takeaways from the Senate and the House elections? Get caught up on all the latest election data points and analysis in this week's episode, featuring Ron Kampeas, JTA's Washington Bureau Chief and guest hosted by Julie Fishman Rayman, AJC's Managing Director of Policy and Political Affairs. AJC is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization. AJC neither supports nor opposes candidates for elective office. The views and opinions expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the views or position of AJC. AJC's Policy Priorities: AJC Congratulates President-Elect Donald J. Trump Listen – AJC Podcasts: The Forgotten Exodus: with Hen Mazzig, Einat Admony, and more. People of the Pod:  The Jewish Vote in Pennsylvania: What You Need to Know Sinwar Eliminated: What Does This Mean for the 101 Hostages Still Held by Hamas? From Doña Gracia to Deborah Lipstadt: What Iconic Jewish Women Can Teach Us Today Follow People of the Pod on your favorite podcast app, and learn more at AJC.org/PeopleofthePod You can reach us at: peopleofthepod@ajc.org If you've appreciated this episode, please be sure to tell your friends, and rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Transcript: Julie Fishman Rayman:  Hello, I'm Julie Fishman Rayman:, AJC's managing director of policy and political affairs. Today, I have the pleasure of guest hosting people of the PA and speaking with Ron Kampeas, JTA's Washington bureau chief, to discuss the results and the implications of the 2024 US presidential election as the nonpartisan global advocacy organization for the Jewish people, AJC congratulates Donald J Trump on his election as the 47th president of the United States and Senator J.D. Vance as vice president. AJC looks forward to working with the president-elect and his administration on the domestic and foreign policy concerns that are AJC advocacy priorities to learn more about our policy priorities for the incoming administration. Head to the link in our show notes as a reminder. AJC is a 501(c)3 non partisan, not for profit organization. AJC neither supports nor opposes candidates for elected office. Ron, welcome to people of the pod. Thank you for being here Ron Kampeas:  Of course. Julie Fishman Rayman:  Well, I'd like to start in asking you if you have a sense about the Jewish vote, because there have been a number of different exit polls, which, I guess, not surprisingly, because exit polls are what they are, say vastly different things. There are some that say it's the biggest Jewish vote in support for a Democratic candidate ever, and then also the highest percentage ever for a Republican candidate. What do we know to be true? And what would you sort of be looking at in terms of, you know, as we're examining this moving forward? What are we looking for? Ron Kampeas:  So first of all, I know I've seen those very extreme assessments as well, and I know what they're based on, and even when what based on what they're based on, and we, I'll talk about that too. That's just not correct. So they're talking about a 79% turnout, according to a poll the consortium of a number of organizations like the CNN and the New York Times. And that poll is not reliable yet. It does show 79% and think 21% in other words, an even split. Nobody seemed to have voted for at least among the Jews for third party candidates. And I'm not sure what number of Jews who were included in that poll were. I mean, it's a vast, vast poll. They do talk to a lot of people, but even they will say, and I think they put it on their things, that it's just preliminary, the more reliable analysis is considered to be the one that came out of the Fox AP analysis that showed 66% 67% for Paris, 32% 31% for Trump. And I think that's what the Trump people are talking about in terms of the highest for Republicans. It's just not the highest for Republican. I think if you count in the margin of error, that's not even like recently the highest for a Republican. Nothing's changed in the last four years. I think what it is showing is that whereas Republicans, when I started at JTA in 2004 they were happy to get 25% they've gone up from 19% with George W Bush in 2020 to 25% with John Kerry a few years later, now they can comfortably say they're getting about 30% of the Jewish community. People love to attach everything that happens to the very current politics of the day. So however you count it, nothing seems to have changed. Julie Fishman Rayman:  So interesting, because for I think a lot of Jews around America, we feel as though so much has changed. But when you go to the voting booth, Jews consistently aren't necessarily thinking just about either Israel or antisemitism, AJC does a survey looking at American Jewish opinion, not every year, but almost every year. And we did it in June, and asked questions about political affiliation. Who are you going to vote for? And one of the things that we asked was, what drives your vote, and foreign policy is always low down on the list. On election night, CNN asked that same question, of course, to all Americans, and I think 4% said that their vote was driven by foreign policy. Has there been a moment where the American Jewish vote is more focused on issues that feel perhaps a bit more parochial. Ron Kampeas:  No, certainly within the Orthodox subset, and it's always difficult to tell, because it's the smaller the subset, the bigger the margin of error. But when there's consistency over time and survey after survey after survey, I think you can conclude that, yes, Orthodox Jews do attach. Of more importance to the US Israel relationship and how it's manifesting, how they're perceiving it. The only time that a Democrat, at least since FDR, I think, a Democrat, didn't receive a majority of the Jewish vote was Jimmy Carter, who, in 1980 got a plurality of the Jewish one, I think, about 45%. People sort of conflate things in their head. In his post presidency, Carter became very identified with being very critical of Israel, and it's true, in 1980 he'd had difficult relationships with Menachem Begin, but he brokered the most important peace treaty in Israeli history. He saved a lot of lives. So I don't think people were feeling bad about Carter in 1980 because of Israel. I like to tell people, Jews are like everybody else. You know it's true that a majority of us vote for Democrats, and there are other subsets where, like a majority vote for Republican more majority for Democrats, but we vote for the same reasons as everybody else. Our votes will get more enthusiastic for a Democrat on one circumstance, just like everybody else's will, or might get less enthusiastic just like everybody else's will. We're susceptible to the same things. Julie Fishman Rayman:  It's really interesting. So at this moment, there's so much Monday morning quarterbacking happening, and I don't want to look too far in the rear view, but I do want to ask you for your take on this question of, would the result have been different had the Vice President selected Shapiro, Governor, Shapiro from Pennsylvania, as her running mate. Ron Kampeas:  Maybe it's hard to say vice presidents have had such a little impact on nominations. But on the other hand, Pennsylvania was close enough, and Shapiro is popular enough that perhaps it might have made the difference. She might have had Pennsylvania, and then if she had Pennsylvania, I don't know, she would have gotten to 270 but you know, Nevada and Arizona are still being counted. They might still go in her column. If they do go in her column, although I don't think they will, I think it looks like they're going to go into Trump's column if Nevada and Arizona go into her column and she missed out on Pennsylvania, you could say that her decision to go with Tim Walz instead of Josh Shapiro was faithful. On the other hand, everybody's a cynic. Nobody actually believes anything anybody says. But I tried to get away from that. I try not to be too much of a cynic. And when Josh Shapiro said afterwards that he had second thoughts about taking other thing because he's he's like a hugely successful governor so far in Pennsylvania is this is two years into his first term. You know, if I'm Josh Shapiro, I'm thinking about my legacy, and I'm thinking about running for president in the future and two years, just, yeah, I'm not going to make an impact in Pennsylvania in just two years. If I'm the 60% governor who can get Republicans to vote for me in the middle of the state, I'm thinking two terms will make me like, well, you know, get me a statue in some building at one point, there's this whole narrative that there was an anti semitic pushback. It was an anti semitic pushback against Shapiro. It was anti-Israel at times. I really believe it did cross over antisemitism. I'm not sure that that had the effect on the Harris campaign in terms of its decision making. She clicked with Tim Wallz. Shapiro wasn't so eager. Shapiro was going to be a co president. Walls wanted to be a vice president. He made that very clear. He had no intentions of ever running for the presidency. So if you're a Harris, do you want to have a Dan Quayle, or do you want to have a Dick Cheney kind of thing? You know as somebody who who's prone to take over, or somebody who's prone to do what needs to be done to be vice president. And obviously she preferred the latter. Julie Fishman Rayman:  It's a great analogy. Can we talk for a minute about sort of Jewish representation in Congress where Israel was on the ballot? What are your perceptions there? Ron Kampeas:  I think that it might have made a difference in Mark 17th, where Mike Lawler defeated Mondair Jones. Mondair Jones was perceived when he first ran into 2020, and he was elected. He was perceived initially as somebody who would be very different from Nita Lowey, who he was replacing because she's a very solid, long time pro-Israel and an AJC board member and an AJC board member. He actually declared before she retired, so he was a little bit confrontational with her, which happens, obviously, I don't know if Israel came up in that equation, though young progressive people thought he'd be a squatter, but he wasn't. In his two years in Congress, he wasn't a member of the squad, and he went out of his way to align with the pro-Israel community, and this because it was so important in his district. But Lawler is just like he's been. He's a freshman, but he's been out front. He's been very good at cultivating the Jewish people in his district. And he's not just led on a number of Israel issues, but he's always made sure to do it in a bipartisan way, partnering with Jared Moskowitz in Florida, or Josh got him or in New Jersey, and you know, that might have helped him in the district. It was a close race. He won by a close margin. So I think maybe that was definitely a factor there. I think that one of the group's decision desk that declares winners just declared for Jackie Rosen in Nevada. She's been reelected, according to them, but we'll wait. We'll see if and when AP calls it. But again, a state with a substantial Jewish population, she is, like, one of the premier Democrats. She's Jewish, but she also is like, very, very upfront about Israel. She co chairs an antisemitism Task Force. She has a bill that would designate a domestic antisemitism coordinator. So in such a close race or such close margins with the Jewish community, that's actually much larger than the margin that might have helped put her over the top. On the other side, you. Know, you have Michigan, which might have also, like we looked at Pennsylvania and Josh Shapiro, Michigan also might have cost Kamala Harris the presidency because of her support for Israel, because, you know, President Trump managed to peel away Muslim American and Arab American voters in in Michigan, in a kind of a weird slate of hand, because he said that he would be more pro their issue than Kamala Harris was, even though he's more pro Netanyahu, definitely than Kamala Harris is. But also, there were third party voters, people who voted for Jill Stein. Julie Fishman Rayman:  Pretty significant numbers for Jill Stein from Michigan. Ron Kampeas:  Pretty significant numbers for Jill Stein. But Elissa Slotkin over the top, very pro Israel, centrist Democrat Jewish. Very much a foreign policy, you know, specialist. She came out of the CIA and the Defense Department. Also very partisan. She was meeting with red constituents, like veterans, and she was doing a good job of it. She had that appeal. And I think that's why she ran for Senate. I think that's where Democrats are excited to have her run for Senate. And then October 7 happened, and she had to navigate a very difficult situation in her state, which has a substantial Jewish community, has an even bigger Muslim American and Arab American community. She had meetings with both leaders. She put out sensitive statements after the meetings. I think one of the most interesting sort of developments with her is that Rashida Tlaib, the Palestinian American Congresswoman attacked Dana Nessel for prosecuting people who were violent were allegedly violent at protests. She put out a statement that, without saying it was because Dana Ness was Jewish, she was said that Dana Nessel had other sort of considerations. When she brought these prosecutions, Dana Nessel outright accused her of antisemitism, and then Rashida Tlaib was the subject of a lot of Islamophobic, anti Palestinian vitriol. And it was interesting because there were two letters that went out at the time from Congress members, one condemning anything that insinuated that Dana Nessel had dual loyalties, or anything like that, and one condemning the anti Islamic rhetoric that Rashida clade faced, and the only person who signed both letters was Alyssa Slotkin. That was interesting. Julie Fishman Rayman:  I want to to turn a little bit if we can, to the expectations for for the next administration, even for the next Congress. When we last spoke, right after the Republican National Convention, JD Vance had been selected as the running mate, and you and I, we talked about what that means for a Trump foreign policy in the next administration. Will it go in a more isolationist direction, more aligning with JD Vance's world view? What do you think now and what might we expect? Ron Kampeas:  But still a potential for sure, there are names being rooted about for Secretary of State. One of them is Rick Grinnell, who's completely a Trumpist, who will do what he wants, his former Acting CIA director. And the other is Marco Rubio, gave one of the best speeches at the convention, I thought, and who is very close to the pro Israel community, who's an internationalist, but who has tailored his rhetoric to be more to make sure he doesn't antagonize Donald Trump. He was, you know, he was a came close to being the vice presidential pick himself. I mean, if Marco Rubio becomes Secretary of State, I think that's a good sign for internationalists. I mean, you know, Israel has kind of a buffer, because the Republican Party is very pro Israel. And there are people like JD Vance says, who say, you know, Israel is the exception when it comes to what I think about pulling United States back from the world, even though he says it's not so much the exception. And then there are people like Marco Rubio who are internationalists. Does Marco Rubio get to run an independent foreign policy? That would be very good news, I think, for for internationalists, if, if Donald Trump doesn't get in his way. But I don't know if that that happens. There's a view of pro israelism that says internationalism is necessary. I always like to say when a pack used to have its policy conferences, and it's a shame it doesn't any more, they would have a little brief talk before on Tuesday morning, before going up to the Hill, they would have, like, some prominent Senator come out and give a rah rah speech, and then like, three officials would come out on the stage Howard core, late Richard Fishman, and Esther Kurz. And Esther Kurz had handled Congressional Relations, and they would talk about the three items they were bringing up the Hill, usually two laws in a letter or a resolution or something like that.  And she would always say, and this was like the one moment like they would sort of reveal this. They'd be very candid about this. You have to push not for assistance for Israel, but foreign assistance generally, because there is no such thing as sort of singling out Israel and saying, Okay, we're going to take care of Israel, but nobody else in the world that it's all it's all interconnected, and it's such a true thing now, because you can say, you know, let's just cut off Ukraine. But if you're cut off Ukraine, you're bolstering Putin. If you're bolstering Putin, you're bolstering somebody who has a substantial and military alliance with Iran, if you're bolstering Iran, that is not good for Israel. And it's like it's kind of circuitous to get there, but it's also very substantive point. I think those are the things the pro Israel community is going to be looking at with genuine concern. Julie Fishman Rayman:  Indeed, it's all about sort of the strength of the American global leadership regime. And when you start to whittle away at one, the overall package ends up being weaker. Speaking of Israel, I can't speak to you this week and not ask you about the news out of Israel, about Netanyahu firing the defense secretary, gallant and what that means. And also, if we can extrapolate, if we can prognosticate what might happen vis a vis Israel in this lame duck session, while we still have Biden as president, but moving through the transition towards a future Trump administration. Ron Kampeas:  Yeah, you know, there a lot of Israelis are actually worried about that. Like, Oh, Biden's gonna take his frustrations out on VB in the lame duck doesn't have anything stopping him. I don't think that's going to happen. I think what's interesting is, like, you had a couple of instances in American history where a lame duck president used the fact that he didn't care, you know, what anybody thought of him, to push something through in 1988 Ronald Reagan recognized the PLO because it's something George H W Bush wanted him to do. George H W Bush wanted to push like more Israel Palestinian peace he did with the Madrid Conference, but he didn't want to be the one to invite the PLO into the room, so he got Ronald Reagan to do it in his last two months in office. In 2016 Barack Obama allowed through a Security Council resolution of that condemned the settlements. The United States didn't vote for it, but it also didn't veto it. That really kind of shook Israel up. But was interesting. I've done the reporting on this. When he was taking advice, Should I, should we vote for the resolution? Should we veto it, or should we just allow it through? There were people voicing opinions on all sides. Joe Biden and Jack Lew, who was then the Treasury Secretary, is now the ambassador to Israel, both said, veto it. Don't let it through. Don't let it through because, partly because it's going to really upset our Jewish supporters. If you let it through, you're not going to be president anymore, but somebody in the room is going to probably try and be president. I think that Joe Biden still has that sense of responsibility. I could be wrong. You know, four years or a year of like, from his perspective, being very strongly supportive of Israel and not getting anything back. From Bibi, from his perspective, might have changed his mind. Something might occur now. But the question is, like, you can tell Israel if they hit anything, but if they hit, if they hit anything, if they elevate it at all, they're going to need US assistance. And Trump hasn't said he's going to give that. Biden has. Biden's proven he's going to give it. So you've got two months of a president who will, who will back up Israel with American might, and then you have a president who has isolationist tendencies and who doesn't want to get involved with wars for another four years. Julie Fishman Rayman:  Is there anything else that you're hearing, perhaps, from the Israeli perspective, about Gallant departure, and what that signal? Ron Kampeas:  I think, that Netanyahu, you know, he's just trying to keep his government intact. Gallant is very vocal in opposing or in supporting drafting the ultra orthodox the Haredi orthodox Netanyahu government relies on Haredi orthodox parties. So there's that he's also facing a kind of spy scandal from his own circle. Just a weird, weird story. Somebody who's in his circle is alleged to have tried to help Netanyahu politically by leaking highly classified documents and altering them as well to foreign news outlets. The allegation is that whatever the guy's motivation was, he's actually put Israel at risk. So Netanyahu is suddenly in a position of facing allegations that he put Israel at risk. Now he's faced a lot of scandals in his time. Israelis have a high level of tolerance for people who are alleged to have skimmed off the top, alleged to have helped themselves, and that's what the scandals are about. They have no tolerance for anybody who puts Israel's security at risk. So if this comes back to Netanyahu that could be more damage than than any other scandal that he's endured so far and so notably, I think, you know, when he was firing Galant, he said he accused Galant of leaking information, although, I mean, what he was seemed to be referring to was Galant didn't leak anything. Galant openly said that he disagreed with Netanyahu on certain tactics, and that, you know Netanyahu is casting is putting Israel at risk, which is not to say that Netanyahu is necessarily going to be implicated by the scandal, but it's certainly not of a piece with leaking, actually classified documents that reveal methods and sources can put Israel's intelligence gathering methods at risk. Julie Fishman Rayman:  As always, there's so much more to the story, right? Ron Kampeas:  Yeah, yeah. There always is. Julie Fishman Rayman:  Ron, we could probably talk for a very long time about the American elections and what's going on in Israel and the degrees of various scandals and how populations will take them, and what the future of our country in the region looks like. But I know that you're very busy, especially this week, and I just want to say how grateful we are they always make time for AJC and for people of the pod. Ron Kampeas:  Of course.

Internal memos obtained by ProPublica show the persistent effort by US Amb. Jack Lew in pushing for the rapid approval of arms to Israel despite humanitarian concerns.

Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas has a lot to say about the nominee for Jack Lew as ambassador to Israel. Lew was the coordinator of the deal that released over a billion dollars to Iran in unmarked bills on cargo planes. Why? That's a question that remains unanswered and makes Senator Cotton and others a no vote. As a combat veteran Senator Cotton is well aware of how serious aiding, funding and arming our enemies is to the American people, and it's military. Jack Lew is wrong for America and Israel.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas has a lot to say about the nominee for Jack Lew as ambassador to Israel. Lew was the coordinator of the deal that released over a billion dollars to Iran in unmarked bills on cargo planes. Why? That's a question that remains unanswered and makes Senator Cotton and others a no vote. As a combat veteran Senator Cotton is well aware of how serious aiding, funding and arming our enemies is to the American people, and it's military. Jack Lew is wrong for America and Israel.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 15-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world, from Sunday through Thursday. US bureau chief Jacob Magid and feature reporter Melanie Lidman join host Jessica Steinberg for today's podcast. Magid talks about former treasury secretary Jack Lew, an Orthodox Jew who is the current frontrunner for US ambassador to Israel. Lew was chief of staff for former President Barack Obama and has been critical of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the past. Magid also discusses comments made by two Democrat lawmakers who are perturbed that President Joe Biden's White House is moving ahead with the Visa Waiver Program and the Saudi normalization deal for Israel -- two projects that Netanyahu is eager to finalize -- despite the administration's continued frustration with Netanyahu's right-wing government. Lidman speaks about the painstaking renovation work that was undertaken at Jerusalem's Church of Holy Sepulchre in the Old City, one of Christianity's oldest sites. It's a complicated process given the handful of churches that wield control over the holy site. Lidman also talks about an archaeological find near Kiryat Gat, where the region's most ancient city gate was found, unfolding new information about the establishment of cities and urban environments earlier than was previously thought. Discussed articles include: Former treasury secretary Jack Lew frontrunner for next US ambassador Some Democrats ‘dumbfounded' by Biden's willingness to hand major gifts to Netanyahu Round-the-clock excavations at Church of Holy Sepulchre yield historical treasures Discovery of Israel's oldest gate resets clock on local urbanization by centuries Subscribe to The Times of Israel Daily Briefing on iTunes, Spotify, PlayerFM, Google Play, or wherever you get your podcasts. IMAGE: Christian worshippers take part in the Holy Fire ceremony at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City during the Easter holiday on April 15, 2023 (Photo by Jamal Awad/Flash90)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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This was nearly an episode about Lesbian Vampire Killers. Instead, we we have chosen the 1970s vampiric gothic horror masterpiece, The Vampire Lovers starring Ingrid Pitt and Peter Cushing. Is it actually scary? Probably not, but vampires are inherently queer and this one is actually a lesbian! This is a queer movie watch party for your ears, hosted by Rowan Ellis and Jazza John. Join us as we take a look at the queer film canon, one genre at a time. From rom-coms to slashers, contemporary arthouse cinema to comedy classics - Queer Movie Podcast is a celebration of all things queer on the silver screen! New episodes every other Thursday. Find Us on the Internet Super Highway - Twitter: https://twitter.com/QueerMoviePod  - Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thequeermoviepodcast - Website: http://www.queermoviepodcast.co.uk/  - Multitude: @MultitudeShows Production - Hosts: Rowan Ellis and Jazza John - Editor: Julia Schifini - Executive Producer: Multitude - Artwork: Jessica E. Boyd Transcript [Intro Music] JAZZA:  Welcome to the Queer Movie Podcast, celebrating the best. ROWAN:  And worst. JAZZA:  In LGBTQ+ cinema. One glorious genre at a time. ROWAN:  I'm Rowan Ellis. JAZZA:  And I'm Jazza John. Each episode we discuss a movie from a different genre of cinema. ROWAN:  This episode, genre is-- ROWAN & JAZZA:  Queer Horror..  JAZZA:  [vampire laugh] ROWAN:  Thanks, Jazza. JAZZA:  But, before we dive into this week's episode, Rowan, what's the gayest thing you've done since we last spoke? ROWAN:  Well, this is actually something that I've wanted to do for a long time. But every time I've tried to do it, there's been a It's not been available for me. And that is volunteering for a Queer Organization specifically for a Queer Youth Group or kind of youth mentoring organization, something like that. And there's, sadly not a lot of them in London, and a lot of them kind of were at capacity or weren't doing their services because of COVID. But at the beginning of the year, I applied and I've just found out today that I've been accepted, so I'm very excited. I've got to do some training, obviously, very soon, but yeah, I'm gonna get to do some mentoring. JAZZA:  It's gonna be so cool. And you're officially becoming a Queer Elder-- ROWAN:  Oh my God. JAZZA:  --soon anyway, aren't you? ROWAN:  Yeah, I am. JAZZA:  Yeah. ROWAN:  In a week's time, I will indeed hit 30 and therefore-- JAZZA:  Good then. ROWAN:  --become an OAP. JAZZA:  Uh-huh. As a as a cis gay man, I stopped aging at 24. So let me know-- ROWAN:  You never will reach that, yeah, I'll let you know what it's like. JAZZA:  Awesome. Thank you so much. ROWAN:  And Jazza, what's the gayest thing that you've done since we last spoke? JAZZA:  So recently, the UK started lifting lockdown restrictions, right? And we were able to have familiar relations again. I had relations with an individual and was able for the first time to actually complete a full session of prep. Do you know how prep works? ROWAN:  I was wondering where you were going with it. I was like, complete a full session of what? JAZZA:  Yeah, it's not session-- ROWAN:  --[2:00] I was like a full, a full session of-- JAZZA:  A full of [2:03] like a-- ROWAN:  --[2:03] relations, you able to what? JAZZA:  I full cycle, a full cycle of [2:06]. ROWAN:  Pretty you. JAZZA:  So I do have that you're able to get it on the NHS now. And it is for anybody who doesn't know a medication that prevents you from getting HIV. And how it works is you're meant to take it two hours before you have relations. And then afterwards you've had relations in order to properly protect yourself. In the past, I have only ever prepared to have the relations and never had to complete the whole cycle of prep. ROWAN:  Oh my God, that's the saddest thing I've ever heard, that's hilarious. JAZZA:  Is it. ROWAN:  You know what, that was excellent. That was a very good-- JAZZA:  Thank you-- ROWAN:  --gayest thing I've done since [2:42]-- JAZZA:  Yeah yeah yeah. I feel like an actual adult now. ROWAN:  Look at you. JAZZA:  [2:45] yeah, look at me. Man in my 30s, finally able to look after myself. ROWAN:  Full disclosure to everyone listening, Jazza as he said that grinning like a little schoolboy does have a tiny gnome figurine right behi--as he said, I felt like such an adult. There is a tiny gnome figurine right behind him. JAZZA:  I'm an adult who collects plushies and plays D&D like these are-- ROWAN:  You know what, fair enough. JAZZA:  Yeah, these are not things that are mutually exclusive. ROWAN:  Yeah, you know what, you're right. [3:09] [Transition Music] JAZZA:  The film we have chosen for today is the 1970s vampiric Gothic horror masterpiece. The Vampire Lovers, starring Ingrid Pitt, and the absolute legendary Peter Cushing. So without further ado, let's start nibbling away at Roy Ward Baker's, The Vampire Lovers. ROWAN & JAZZA:  [trumpet sound] ROWAN:  Are you anticipating some kind of like dramatic horror music [3:47]-- JAZZA:  Yeah, in my head like it's the the title card. ROWAN:  Excellent. JAZZA:  I actually, vampire [3:53]. ROWAN:  I know we just said that we were going to go straight into talking about the history of the genre and the-- JAZZA:  Uh-hmm. ROWAN:  --context of it. But I just also need everyone to know not to make this the call out Jazza Podcast. But-- JAZZA:  It it already is. ROWAN:  --I came up with a whole list of, honestly, iconic wonderful, queer horror movies have come out. Especially some in the last few years. Because we have had an absolute amazing blossoming of queer horror within the last few years. I came up with an amazing shortlist. Jazza, came up with a movie that I immediately vetoed. That is the movie lesbian Vampire Killers. JAZZA:  Uh-hmm. Which has James-- ROWAN:  Which has-- JAZZA:  Corden in it. ROWAN:  --James Corden in it, is therefore I hate crime. And I immediately vetoed it. And then the list Jazza went through the list and it. Basically the secret came out that Jazza is a massive baby. And essentially would just was not able to watch an actual horror movie. And so-- JAZZA:  Uh-hmm. ROWAN:  --we have watched this movie, which is, horror in the most technical sense of the word. JAZZA:  No, but it's like, it's it's a lot of foundations of horror, like, like it's a classic Gothic, lots of dark cobwebby castles. Lots of screen Queens, a couple of screen Kings. ROWAN:  Yes, every element of horror except the bit where it's scary, which I think suited Jazza just fine. JAZZA:  Yeah. ROWAN:  I think that was-- JAZZA:  100% ROWAN:  --that was, I think he's very pleased with himself that he managed to get this. Because the other, we watched some of the trailers together. And there were a few trailers that Jazz stopped halfway through and went, "Oh, yes, I think we get the idea." And then, and it was very obvious why. JAZZA:  Apparently, I'm quite good to watch horror movies with. Just know that if you ever watch a a legitimate horror movie with me, that is actually scary. I'm not having a nice time. And you know what, in this podcast that I am lucky enough to have with you, Rowan. I want to have a nice time, you know? And I don't think that's too much to ask. ROWAN:  Okay, well, when we connect, spend actual time together, maybe I'll just I'll be like, oh, yeah, let's watch this nice little, like animated children's movie and then just slip in a horror movie instead. You could just hold onto my hand. JAZZA:  Maybe next year's Halloween, we can have a special episode again. And you couldn't actually scare the hell out of me, it will be good. ROWAN:  Yeah, if everyone could just audio clip Jazza, just then essentially promising on his on his firstborn son that he will watch a horror movie with me, that'd be great. So I know that Jazza, you've done normally when we watch these movies, we do a little bit of context. And then we talk to each other and go, oh, wait, shit, did we do the same context maybe hopefully, we looked up different bits of trivia otherwise is going to be very boring for both of us. And luckily, we had kind of done a mix. So I know that you've looked up Hammer Horror, which is the kind of studio and very specific niche genre that this particular movie is in. So would you like to tell me about it? I'm ready to learn.  JAZZA:  Yeah yeah yeah, so a Hammer, also great name, Hammer Productions. They were a production house in the UK, who were famous for bringing a lot of classic horror from the black and white era of the 1930s into color. We making a lot of the classics like Frankenstein, Dracula, The Mummy, etc. Remaking them into color movies for audiences throughout the 1950s and 60s. The other thing that they were very well known for doing is having a butt ton of sequels for everything. So this particular movie that we're doing. The Vampire Lovers, has two sequels to it. Lust for a Vampire, released the following year, and then Twins of Evil. Which as far as I have been able to find out on the Wikipedia page was just kind of like the same plot two more times, but with different actors. But to be fair, if the punters are going to go and watch it, then why not right? The reason the The Vampire Lovers itself is quite interesting, and is that a little bit of a tipping point in terms of cinema, is because it was towards the end of the strictness of the Hays Code in the US, which is a piece of us legislation that was very tight collared, around the depictions of sex, nudity, deviant acts like homosexuality. ROWAN:  I'm gonna be annoying and interrupt here is the Queer Film Historian bitch on this podcast. Because I think it's genuinely interesting. It wasn't technically a piece of like Governmental Legislation as such, it was a code that was self-imposed by Hollywood on itself, specifically, because they thought that the government will be even more harsh, so they were like, oh, shit, like, let let's just, we promise no titties, no gays, no, no-- JAZZA: No titties, no gays. ROWAN:  [8:39] for gays, we promise. And and so yeah, no, it's it's a, it's one of those kind of really interesting things actually happened with the comic, comic books as well, the Comic Code Authority happened as well. JAZZA:  Mmm. ROWAN:  A lot of industries at the time were like, well, I guess if someone's gonna do it, it might as well be us, to ourselves. JAZZA:   Uh-hmm. Yeah yeah yeah. And this was kind of like, towards the end of the prolific nature of the Hays Code. And it was still actually really hard to get this past the censors. The Vampire Lovers, which obviously, is pretty gay. There's naked ladies and there's titties absolutely everywhere. And there's also a man who dies while he's having a piss. So it's not really kind of like the highest brow of entertainment. But the reason that they were able to get especially the the gay shit through the censors, even at the time as they were expanding. Was because it was based on the original source text from the 1800s, Carmilla, which is like a classic text. And because it's seen as a classic text, they were like, actually, this is basically Shakespeare. I don't think anybody actually said that. But essentially, that's how they managed to to get around it. ROWAN:  Just being true to the original. JAZZA:  Yeah yeah, exactly. But yeah, we're watching a a movie about lesbian vampires. Of course, there's going to be a little bit of a camper and Gothic horror is always just a little bit of camp. But it's also a really interesting moment in kind of like the attitudes of prudishness, that were in Hollywood throughout the 50s and 60s. ROWAN:  Absolutely. I do, I do agree with you like Hammer Horror is just camp, it's just campy. Like it just has that energy to it in general-- JAZZA:  It is now. ROWAN:  --and I think as well like well, we'll talk about this when we're actually talking about the plot and the performances and stuff in the next section. But yeah, the acting of the time was not exactly the most based in like realism. And and I think that that style of acting that was popular then I think just is so imbued with camp-- JAZZA:  Uh-huh. ROWAN:  --as you look back on it now. Even if this hadn't had a load of vampires in it, I feel like it still would have felt a little bit-- JAZZA:  Uh-hmm. ROWAN:  --kind of queer energy. JAZZA:  A 100%. It reminded me an awful lot of like Ryan Murphy guy. ROWAN:  Oh, yeah. JAZZA:  Which obviously is referential to this era of horror. And I was like, Oh, I 100% understand where all of these references now come from in, like our modern media as well. Rowan, you had, a you also went away and did some of your own research you clever bookworm slash website were around like, vampires, sexuality, all of those things. Would you end up fine, come on, show and tell. ROWAN:  Well, basically, for those for those who don't know about the history of the vampire, it's kind of appears in a lot of different folktales and legends around different places. Just I think the idea of someone who needs to drain other people of their blood, which is very much linked to like, you know, lifeforce in a lot of cultures. It makes sense that there will be kind of mythology around that, and and kind of scary tales, and all that kind of thing. But it kind of didn't necessarily get a kind of literary grounding until the early 1800s. Were John Polidori, wrote The Vampyre, which was actually created kind of as part of the sort of Gothic horror writing contest that also produced, Frankenstein. It was a good, it was a good time that they were having in that rainy manor house. And kind of interestingly, the history of vampires, I think, has not necessarily been, obviously in the mainstream link to queerness. But when you start looking into the history of it, it's a lot of like reading between the lines when it's going on. So, for example, that original text of Vampyre, a lot of people kind of thought that potentially the that kind of central character was based on Lord Byron. There was a bit of a mix up as to who had originally written the tale. And it was attributed Lord Byron originally and then kind of had to be redacted. And so you kind of have this element of like, oh, there's this creeping queerness in there. And that only became like, more intensified when it came to Dracula, which came a bit later. Because again, Bram Stoker, lots of rumors about him being gay, he had a very close relationship with Oscar Wilde. He wrote some frankly, adoring love letters to Walt Whitman, really, really, very gay letters to Walt Whitman. And there are just some quotes that come up in the book that feel very much like they are centered around the kind of repressed, a repressed homosexuality-- JAZZA:  Uh-hmm. ROWAN:  --shall we say. A lot of people have pointed out the fact that he basically started to write Dracula very, very soon after Oscar Wilde's trial and conviction. And that there was potentially a link between that and like the anxieties of being this like queer man who was worried about being like, discovered. So obviously, as with much of queer history, it is not provable. But I do think it's very interesting. And it's something a lot of people have have talked about. But yeah, I think vampire stories in general, as well as being kind of horror, obviously have a lot of links to the idea of sexuality, and and sexual anxieties, I guess over the years. JAZZA:  When we're looking at this area as well. It's really difficult to kind of like put the gay label on it. Because it wasn't a term that they used for themselves-- ROWAN:  No. JAZZA:  --either, but we're just kind of trying to view it for our own lens. ROWAN:  Yeah, exactly. So in Dracula, for example, you've got Lucy, the character of Lucy, who's this kind of like symbol of the new woman. So kind of more independent and breaking free of the constraints of society, especially sexual constraints. And so if she sort of gives herself or is compromised by this kind of foreign invader, then she becomes this corrupted figure, which is very, you know, if you read through the lines, metaphorically, it's very much a sort of like fallen woman virginity loss kind of situation. And then yeah, I mean, spoiler alert for Dracula, but she ends up being staked by like, all of the men who she had been pursuing at one point or another during the story, and dies-- JAZZA:  Uh-hmm. ROWAN:  --this death that's very, like writhing around and bleeding, and it's very kind of like, you know, symbolically resonant in a lot of ways. So yeah, I think I think that like even if you come to Twilight, or to more modern depictions of vampires, it doesn't necessarily have a Victorians lens of sexuality. It has a modern lens, but it's still feels like it might be commenting in some way. So there's a lot more sort of, in the vampire as the romantic lead for women's or like girls fiction, it becomes much more about a man who needs to control his natural impulses, and that he's able to do it for you. The female love interest. JAZZA:  That's the Twilight stuff isn't? ROWAN:  Exactly. JAZZA:  I'll be honest, I wasn't even I wasn't even making that link in like, I feel like Twilight is such a long time ago now. ROWAN:  Ancient history. JAZZA:  Yeah, yeah. But like, seriously, but yeah, I didn't even make that link of kind of like sexual request-ness. But then I haven't really read, I haven't read any of the Twilight books, I've only seen the movie. So maybe that's why it's not at the front of my mind. ROWAN:  Well, allegedly Stephenie Meyer did come up with the idea from some kind of romantically charged dream that she had. And she is quite from quite a religious background. So I think that the sexual repression and morality element to it is, it's not has not been not commented on by people in the past. So yeah, so I definitely think that the vampire legend and mythology and stuff has always had links to sex in some way and to that kind of forbidden element of sex. And I think that that only gets more apparent when you talk about sex that is genuinely forbidden and taboo in the way that kind of same gender relationships might be. So yeah, it completely makes sense, lesbian vampires completely make sense on a literary level. And it very much is not just a kind of, ohhh, she's sexy, and she's a lesbian, and she's a vampire. It's like, oh, there is actually some kind of literary backing to making this a a thing in your films. JAZZA:  Did you have because I accidentally came across this while I was looking through stuff around the source material for The Vampire Lovers, which is like a a vampire novel that predates Dracula by a couple of decades called Carmilla. About a lesbian female vampire. And apparently she's based on this Hungarian, I believe she's a Princess. She's a fancy person, uhm, called Elizabeth Boothroyd. Have you seen her a bit about her? ROWAN:  If this is who I think it is? Yeah, I think she married into a family and got an absolute ton of land and power from it and use that to allegedly just kill a lot of servant girls, and some minor nobility. JAZZA:  Some set I don't think we have to say allegedly anymore. This was in like the the 15, 16 [16:54]-- ROWAN:  She's not gonna [16:55]-- JAZZA:  [16:56] I think we're gonna get sued by Elizabeth III of Hungary fame, but she apparently killed up to 650 people and there was some people who say that she used to bathe in their blood to maintain like youth? Some of this is urban legends now, and there's some people that say that she inspired because she was from the Kingdom of Hungary. Which at that time included, Slovakia and Romania, which is kind of like the part of the world that is where like, vampiric culture comes from, I guess? And some people even suggest that she inspired Carmilla and Dracula. But yeah, like, it's an interesting part of kind of like also the, the empowered woman as well, which was definitely, I mean, deviant for the time that vampire novels became really, really big in the Victorian era. But certainly for like the 1500-1600s when she was alive, as well. And kind of like the fear and the weariness of the empowered, maybe sexualized women as well. I kind of like themes that run through this type of horror too. ROWAN:  Indeed, without I guess, should we go into talking about the actual movie and how the lesbian vampires sort of displays herself. JAZZA:  Displays herself. ROWAN:  Displays herself in this movie JAZZA:  Sometimes literally displays herself-- ROWAN:  Quite literally. JAZZA:  Uh-hmm. [18:15] [Transition Music] [18:15] [ADS] JAZZA:  Dear listener, there's only so many times you can lean on your ability to make a [18:25] gin and tonic. Trust me, I've had the headaches to prove it. Sometimes you need to shake up your drinks trolley, pun intended, and shaker and spoon subscription cocktail box is the perfect way to do that. Each box they send you contains enough ingredients to make three different cocktails with your favorite Spirits. 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Rowan has her Disney and D&D, I have my love of Final Fantasy in the expanse novels. So this podcast is like catnip to us. Dr. Moyer McTeer is the host and as the coolest job description of Astrophysicist and folklorist. Which honestly, has made wondering what I've been doing with my life. Each episode she goes through the how to of fictional world creation, meaning you can apply her findings to any and all creative projects that you yourself are working on. Are you creating a home route for your D&D table? Are you scribbling away on your first Sci-fi novel? Do you find this stuff interesting? That's fine, too. Honestly, it's necessary educational listening. I had a particularly fun time listening to Moyer and guest Clark Robinson go through the mechanics of building a world magic system. And I think you'll find it interesting too. So go give X0 Law a listen, and tell the doctor we sent you. Now, back to the show. [21:02] [Transition Music] ROWAN:  So we normally split this into three different parts. JAZZA:  Uh-hmm. ROWAN:  We haven't conferred beforehand about what those parts are going to look like for this particular movie. But I have a feeling that we have a very similar thru line. JAZZA:  Hmm. ROWAN:  The first part I have referred to, because there was only one way we could refer to this part, given that in so many other films that we have covered in our previous episodes. This was also the title of a section of the film. JAZZA:  Uh-hmm. ROWAN:  The Party and its Aftermath. JAZZA:  Yeah. 100% It starts with the party and its aftermath. It's very all interesting things start with a party, as does this movie. ROWAN:  Yeah, for some reason, so many stories. Normally, the party in its aftermath is the last act. JAZZA:  Uh-hmm. ROWAN:  Whereas in this one, it's, it's the first so essentially, what happens at the beginning of this movie is that we have this man who's narrating talking about the fact that his sister has died and he is going on this revenge plot. Castle ruins, evil European family, some very helpful vampire lore up front. He lets us-- JAZZA:  Uh-huh. ROWAN:  know you got to decapitate them. You got a stake in through the heart. We're getting a lot of exposition, but you know what, that's just how he rolls. JAZZA:  It was quick. It was quick and acceptable. I feel like you know, for [22:20]-- ROWAN:  Ding, ding, ding! Here we go. JAZZA:  But also, is anyone gonna come into something called The Vampire Lovers, cold as to what a vampire is. ROWAN:  Unlikely. JAZZA:  Like, I feel like most people are probably gonna know broadly, what a vampire is and how you kill it. ROWAN:  Exactly. So it's it's the classic star of the vampire killer is here. He's narrating to us what's about to happen. We have a very fast zoom in on a guy's neck with fang bites. The camera angles and uses within this movie are just very intense. They really love a good zoom in, dramatic zoom in. They really like a good kind of interesting shots, shall we say throughout this. Which I did, did think heighten the camp element. But with, yeah, very quintessential have a horror stuff. The evil figure of the vampire looked like I would say a Halloween sheet ghost costume, mixed with a Dementor. JAZZA:  Oh, well, you have ruined that now. I thought it looks like really quite impressive. ROWAN:  I did as well. Yeah, no, that isn't to diminish how-- JAZZA:  Okay, cool. ROWAN:  --creepy it did look. JAZZA:  Cool. I think that is an accurate description of what it was dressed as to be fair. ROWAN:  Yeah, I was like, you know what, if people aren't going to go back and watch this movie, if they're just listening this to to hear a little bit about lesbian vampires. I want to paint them a picture. And the picture is-- JAZZA:  Uh-hmm. ROWAN:  --a teenager. You know what I'm going to build on this picture. The picture is a teenager who has been asked by their parents to take out their little kid sister and the local sisters friends trick or treating at Halloween. He obviously is too cool for Halloween costumes at this point. He's at that age where it's not cool again. And it's it's, it was cool when he was a kid but he's like, he's he's 15 now, yeah? So he is like, "Urgh, fine!" And he goes into the airing covered and he just gets a sheet and he's like, "Are you happy now?" And he cuts it lies in the sheets. He doesn't care. It's that mix with a Dementor? JAZZA:  Uh-hmm, and lace. ROWAN:  Yeah. JAZZA:  There was lots of lakes. ROWAN:  Yeah. JAZZA:  Yeah, ROWAN:  If you just put that in your head. You've seen him, you can imagine it. JAZZA:  Yeah, 100%. I also love the like beyond just the vampire and the fact that it is a bedsheet. I love the rest of the costuming in this movie, but especially our narrator and the fact that he's there with kind of like his large Bejeweled ring, long sideburns and kind of like ruffled lace cuffs as well. And as he's got kind of got his hand up to his face in shock like, "Huh?!!", you see the rough come out of his sleeve. oh, and it's quite beautiful. It's it's beautiful [24:53], I love it. And all of that coupled with like the artificial fog on the clearly papier-mâché castle. The fake IV and the fact that it's all moonlit night time. I loved it. I was here for it. I felt like I was on a movie set because I was. ROWAN:  Oh yeah, I've completely agree with you there. My note that I made for this section was for a movie about lesbian vampires. We're getting a lot of this random dude. JAZZA:  Who disappears for-- ROWAN:  He disappears-- JAZZA:  --the rest of the movie, by the way. ROWAN:  --for most of the rest of the movie, he comes back at the end. JAZZA:  Uh-hmm. Yeah, and comes back at the very end to ruin it with men. ROWAN:  Yes, well, I mean, what we don't want to give you any spoilers right now. You're gonna get spoilers in approximately how many minutes and take hours to get to the end act. The other note I made was vampire girl is cute and blonde has very shiny hair, please drop the routine. So I was thinking-- JAZZA:  I think, I think it's being, I think, I think the routine is being immortal. ROWAN:  You know what? That makes sense, that checks out. I will say, and we kind of briefly talked about this before we started to record. But the the effects were really good. The there's a computation that happens at this point, and genuinely very, very good special effects, very well-practical effects. JAZZA:  Yeah, like they had Madame Tussaud's head being like, cut off loads of blood everywhere. I laughed when the vampire was killed at the beginning of the movie. I'm sure people in 1970 may have been genuinely shocked. It's-- ROWAN:  Mmm. JAZZA:  --really difficult for me to put myself in the mindset of somebody in the 1970s. ROWAN:  I don't know whether someone in the 1970s didn't I I think they understood what movies were, Jazza. Like I don't think that they were that gonna be that shocked? I think. JAZZA:  It's not quite like in the 1920s when they first showed people a train covered [26:45]-- ROWAN:  Yeah and they ran away. JAZZA:  --and people ran out of the movie. Yeah, yeah yeah. ROWAN:  No, I think that, I think that there was like, it was campy back then it was campy now. It was very much, yeah, my favorite bit of this whole big very, very beginning section before we get to the party, is the disclaimer. Because it goes from this section. It's like a good cold open if, you know, this guy's a vampire hunters. He's a eventing a sister, this is woman who's going around trying to kill people. We get some some of him explaining how to kill a vampire. And we also get her just being really really scared of a cross so you know, ohh, that bit of laws also correct. But once when the kind of credits start to roll at the beginning, there is a disclaimer that any characters or events portrayed are clearly fictitious, which definitely feels like something real vampires making a movie would say. JAZZA:  You saying, are we gonna have to make keep our eye out for more evidence that these are actual vampires making actual movies? ROWAN:  Is Peter Cushing a vampire? Who can tell? JAZZA:  Actually, you know what? He was somehow invoke one, so-- ROWAN:  He does have the vibes. JAZZA:  Yeah. ROWAN:  So then we get to the actual party, which is so aggressively 60s in its hair, makeup and clothing. JAZZA:  Oh my god, the eyeliner? ROWAN:  It's incredible. JAZZA:  --the eyeliner. I was taking notes for my drag character. Like I am doing cat eyes from now on. ROWAN:  I would honestly love to see you as a in drag as a lesbian vampire. I feel like that will be beautiful. JAZZA:  Hey, just you weren't into Halloween this year. ROWAN:  It'll happen. Also in in in, again, with the over the top style acting the over the top style props and stuff. I'm not gonna lie to you, there is no way that you could watch this film with the sound on and not know who the baddies are. Because the music, really is not subtle. There is no no subtleties to this music, you very quickly know who is you're meant to find menacing. Which they needed to do because the acting is so wooden. It's really trying to like give you something give you some indication because the characters are basically just standing around without expressions. JAZZA:  And also like makeup. So you assume that the man who clearly has a inch of white stick on his face. You assume that he is the bad guy vampire, because he turns up has a flowy cape and is whiter than I am. ROWAN:  Uhmm. JAZZA:  Which is saying something. ROWAN:  Now's a good time to point out this man. So basically the plot of the party is there's like, well, there's not much but essentially it's just an excuse for our lead lesbian vampire to turn up. And for her, we assume lesbian vampire mother to, I don't know why I said lesbian, specifically of. Mainly, we can assume she's a vampire. She might also be a lesbian, it's unconfirmed. Kind of drops her off and is like, Oh no, who will look after my daughter while I conveniently have to go away. JAZZA:  Uh-hmm. ROWAN:  And they're like, well, I guess we'll look after her. So this whole party is essentially setting up, that she's gonna have to stay with this family for a little while. But every so often interspersed is just the aforementioned man that Jazza has just briefly described. Who just has a very bad like white face paint makeup on and looks very Draculary and just sort of grins a lot. And he's just never explained the entire movie, it's great. JAZZA:  Yeah, and every now and again, throughout the movie, there will be a shot of the lesbian vampires doing lesbian vampire things, And then that will cast away as a transition to a silhouette of the man with the white face on the on the horse. And I'm like, this movie wants us to believe that this this, I assume that, we know he is a vampire. He's confirmed to be a vampire at the end, because he smiles and has the-- ROWAN:  It's canon. JAZZA:  Yeah, it's canon. But he is confirmed to be a vampire. And I'm like, are we to believe that he is the one pulling the strings of everything? I think that's what we're meant to believe. In which case I kind of dislike because part of the thing that I loved about this movie was the women leads and women like the middle section of the movie is just the women kind of like conversing and trying to kill one another. Why does there have to be a male puppet, puppet master? But then I realized, or, like shoot this down Rowan, and I'm sure you will if you if you do think it is shit. ROWAN:  Pew, pew. JAZZA:  Pew pew. He's Dracula, right? ROWAN:  Well, okay, so it's this question of like, the Dracula character is so well-known and so iconic in everything about him. Not necessarily the actual original Dracula from the book because most depictions of Dracula are nothing like him. But the image of him that has been created by Hollywood by movies and by kind of not even just urban legends. But like people's people's imagination from from movies and like physical-- JAZZA:  Uh-hmm uh-hmm. ROWAN:  --representations of him. So I think it will be very logical to assume that it was meant to be Dracula. But it's it may be it's just because he is so synonymous with vampires we see. If we saw any vampire that looked vaguely like old timey pale skin, we would maybe assume it was Dracula. JAZZA:  But then who else is it going to be? Like, so Carmilla is our titular vampire lover. ROWAN:  uh-hmm. JAZZA:  And apart from Dracula, like obviously, they're originally from different universes from different books. They are-- ROWAN:  Different cinematic universes. JAZZA:  Yeah yeah. This this is like Marvel and DC. ROWAN:  Most ambitious crossover, The Vampire Lovers. JAZZA:  But if it's going to be anybody, I feel like it has to be Dracula. ROWAN:  Yeah. JAZZA:  Because, I feel like nobody else is gonna be calling the shots for Carmilla. ROWAN:  Uhmm. JAZZA:  And even arguably, you'd argue that Carmilla wouldn't be like canonically in the book. She wouldn't be taking any direction from no man. But-- ROWAN:  Indeed. JAZZA:  So we should probably introduce Carmilla, our main lesbian vampire. ROWAN:  At this point going by Marcilla-- JAZZA:  Marci-- ROWAN:  --in an extremely clever, different version of her name. JAZZA:  Yeah. ROWAN:  It's not it was like it was a fake name, but it was just weirdly close to her actual name. JAZZA:  It's a little bit too close, right? So she is played by Ingrid Pitt, who is a Polish-British Actress, and her Wikipedia page, incredibly impressive. She is a Holocaust survivor. Did you know that? ROWAN:  I didn't. It's really, I mean, the Hammer Horror, I know that we're kind of taking the mick out of it. But ultimately, they it has produced some incredibly iconic, especially British Actors and Actresses. JAZZA:  Uh-hmm. ROWAN:  A lot of them were in like, a ton of those very specific Hammer Horror movies and like, very much became, like icons because of it. So I didn't know that about her. But we love to learn. JAZZA:  Yes, she's a, she was a a a Polish Jew and was born 1937 was in a concentration camp in, in Poland. Managed to escape to the UK. And then what it was the era when all of the all of Hollywood were kind of like marrying like seven or eight times. She's had several marriages, she's not had seven or eight, she's had three marriages. But what had the whole classic thing of you know what, I'm just going to become an Actress. Moved to Hollywood, was a waitress for years until she got discovered. And I've got to say, I think that she carries the rest of the cast, I will say including, Peter Cushing.  ROWAN:  How dare you, sir. JAZZA:  I I mean, this is one of his performances. There are other things that he's done better. But she carries this whole movie on her shoulders, I think Ingrid Pitt. I think that she is not, she's not so camp, that it makes it funny. But she really ups the energy, like throughout the film in all of the scenes and the development of her character. ROWAN:  Yeah, I agree. So I I kind of made a note about this, I think that you can see within her fighting to get out is some complexity around Carmilla. To the point where I like kept thinking it was going to be discussed in some way. So what essentially happens as I mentioned at the party, we it's it's a mechanism for Carmilla and Laura to become friends and have to stay together in the house. JAZZA:  Uhm. ROWAN:  Laura, basically slowly starts losing her mind. She starts suffering from nightmares that she's being attacked by this giant cat. She screams a lot. Oh, boy, do they love to scream in this. JAZZA:  I love it so much. ROWAN:  It's I, okay, I'm going to give you another metaphor for the scream. The scream is like, the scream that you get in a high school movie. When a teenager has been punked by their younger brother. And their hair, like their hair has been dyed green. And they look directly into the mirror that is also directly into the camera and they take a deep breath and then they scream. And then the camera zooms out, like to the house and into the like country and then a load of-- JAZZA:  Yeah, yeah yeah. ROWAN:  --birds like flutter out of trees. That's the vibe-- JAZZA:  Yeah. ROWAN:  --from every scream and there's multiple in this particular movie. JAZZA:  Well I love Rowan is that we're very quickly realizing that this season of recording review podcasts, all of your references are going to be to team trash moments. Like that's-- ROWAN:  Yeah, the best of all genres. Other than horror, but I know that you can't handle that, obviously. So I decided to [35:37]-- JAZZA:  [35:37] lead by you. ROWAN:  So yeah, this is very kind of classic Gothic idea of like, slowly trying to figure out like, what's real? What's not real? Did I might actually being attacked? This is a nightmare. Has someone caused me to feel this way? And while this is happening, we get this very intense kind of friendship going on between these two women. I think there's literally an an exchange or one of them says I shall die when you leave. And the other is like, I shall never leave you. And then they do kissy kiss, kiss kiss. JAZZA:  Uh-hmm. ROWAN:  But what's also really interesting to me, which I actually feel like I still see a lot in lesbian movies is that there is no actual relationship development. Which makes sense in this film, because it's like supernatural allure, right? It's like her being like, I'm just this lesbian vampire. And so you're gonna fall for me, even though we literally have never had a conversation properly. Like, we never see that on screen. But I often see that to my mind, at least in lesbian movies. Especially the like historic lesbian movies, where they just really love to bank on the idea of like the repressed women trope. And so they're like, we don't have to have them have conversations and talk about things because they've repressed, right? They just sort of inexplicably now want to kiss. There's no build up and nothing and no discussions. And so I was like, at least here it makes sense. Canonically with the idea of her having this like sexual allure to her victims. JAZZA:  Yeah, it kind of does. I I I will, and this is something that people smarter than me have talked about, about Carmilla the original text from the 1800s. Where she juxtaposes with a character like Dracula, because Carmilla actually seems to genuinely fall in love with the people that she ends up killing, alternative vampires. And I felt like Pitt's depiction of the, she was really good at kind of like, I believed that she really did care for these young women that she ended up, spoiler, kills. ROWAN:  Uhm. Yeah, completely agree. There's these, there are just these moments where she's the character on her own like, and she suddenly has this look of like, deep grief or deep sadness or deep like confliction in her. And I'm like, oh, if this wasn't a Hammer Horror, like I, this same story could be played out. And we really could have dug into the idea of like, I need to do this to survive, or like I cannot, this is what I was meant to do. Like, I've been living for hundreds of years. And this is what's always happened. But this is like, mentally horrific. And I feel like there's some interesting like vampire media that does explore this idea of like, what do you do if you just keep on living? And you have to hurt people in order to survive, like, what does that look like? That and see, or-- JAZZA:  Uh-hmm. ROWAN:  --seeing that conflict of someone who has fallen for someone for that, for real for the first time. That previously it hadn't been things like, these things are really interesting to explore, not where this film is going. Another spoiler alert gang, there there is no complex comes, the biggest complexity is this very specific look that we have interpreted from an actress who was not given anything else in the script to work with. JAZZA:  Yeah. Shall we just say this up before? Up the [38:37]-- ROWAN:  We shout. JAZZA:  --out for that. The script is not this movie's strong point. ROWAN:  Uhm. Yeah, if you couldn't have told that already. I feel like we've really hinted quite heavily at it, so far. JAZZA:  Yes. ROWAN:  But yeah, so the end of this first section is essentially, Laura is bitten. She has these fang bites on her. She she dies, and Marcilla is like, Bye!!! JAZZA:  Yeah, disappears. ROWAN:  I'm out of here, baby. JAZZA:  Uh-hmm. ROWAN:  And so we get to our second section. [39:04] [Transition Music] JAZZA:  So that first section has basically, it's the bullet point version of what's going to happen next with a new girl, essentially. ROWAN:  Uh-hmm. JAZZA:  That's what going to happen-- ROWAN:  Yes, that's exactly. That's exactly it. JAZZA:  Like this is what Carmilla does. She is parachuted in convolutedly to be, to befriend a young woman in a manor house. And then gradually over time, kills her, while terrorizing the local peasantry as well. Because every now and again we'll have like a peasant washer woman running through the forest. Who then stumbles falls and then screams and does the as you said, that [scream] kind of moment. ROWAN:  Wonderful impression. Yes. JAZZA:  Thank you. I'm conscious of of peeking the mic. Otherwise, I would delete, you know, I [39:52]-- ROWAN:  Oh, yeah. No, I know you would. So this one we get a little more titillation, though. Like we functionally you're right, it's exactly the same story. But we do get a little more titillation. So we have like Emma comes into Carmilla's room. Welcome in there is just naked in the bath, and just has a casual conversation about-- JAZZA:  Uh-hmm. ROWAN:  --the dresses that they're going to wear and Carmilla's like, you should take everything off for you try on this dress, because it ruins the shape to have underwear on. And she's like, oh, okay, like there's literally no reason for the scene apart from for the audience have like this kind of sex and fear and horror and campaign nudity and like all this stuff coming together in in the way that it's often does. So even at that point, I was like, oh, this is ridiculous. And then they start chasing each other around while topless in, what I genuinely think might be the most unconvincing chase scene in all of cinema. JAZZA:  It's kind of like when you see if the like, in in maybe a more modern movie where two women have been asked to, do a pillow fight and and it's sexy. Just trust me, it's sexy. All the way through this second conquest of Carmilla of Emma's character who is this the wide idiot, frankly. ROWAN:  Yeah, she does have a type doesn't she? JAZZA:  Yeah yeah. Oh my God, I didn't even think of it like that. But yeah yeah, though I did it. But she like I I I found myself questioning all the way through kind of like this moment of undressing and Ooh, tits or bear ass, you know. I don't want and can you answer this for me? Is this sexy? ROWAN:  Well as a sexual lesbian, Jazza, I don't really, I I'm both highly qualified and utterly unqualified to answer that question-- JAZZA:  Which is-- ROWAN:  --no, not in my mind. But I think as well it's it's it's that I think that the sexiness with this release, I don't know maybe there's probably some lesbians that are just like, yes, tits. But I think, like, we have them, we know what they look like. So it's kind of like, what did someone else I feel like it's the connection that that-- JAZZA:  Made that that logic. I just, I just want to put this out there that logic does not-- ROWAN:  Not, no, that's fair enough. JAZZA:  Yeah. ROWAN:  But it is this thing of like, there is literally no feeling of connection between them during that chase scene. Like, I think there are other bits where there's more like when they're doing this sort of hypnotizes seductressy bit that like, feels like they're-- JAZZA:  Uh-hmm. ROWAN:  --slightly monstering chemistry. But like, that scene where they're chasing each other around could not have been-- JAZZA:  Less sexy. ROWAN:  --less sexy, if it tried like it just in an embarrassing kind of way that's like, Oh, God, I guess I'm watching this now, this is happening. Because I do think as well, it is like, it is very funny to me, because I think immediately just reminds me of the super, the super cliche to the point where it's almost become a meme thing that happens with gay male characters in movies. And in porn as well, where they, they kind of have a like, they're sort of play fighting, and then suddenly, it's like, oh, no, now we are on top of each other and it is sexual. JAZZA:  Uh-huh. ROWAN:  Like-- JAZZA:  CRGBF episode. ROWAN:  Yeah, it's like it's it's such a trope. And it's so funny that it kind of like this was like, even less convincing than those things. I was really interested to see, because this was on so many sort of, like, you know, classic queer movie lists. But typically movies that are this old, you don't really have the actual canonical confirmation in any way. And you definitely do in this movie, like they, they really have it up and although it does fall into the trope, we'll talk about in a second about like, kind of the evil lesbian trope. It's supernatural and over the top and kind of didn't mind it in that way. But yeah, once again, Emma starts having nightmares. Start screaming, everyone else kind of goes away on like, the day goes away on business. She has a suitor, but he's not you know, it's it's in the olden times. So he doesn't really come-- JAZZA:  Uh-hmm, uh-hmm. ROWAN:  --around all the time. He just occasionally, he'll turn up. But we'll be do have it's a little bit different is the kind of Governess character-- JAZZA:  Yeah. ROWAN:  --like Mme. Perrodot, who's kind of like becomes this accomplice to Carmilla. Because she's just seducing everyone. JAZZA:  I love Carmilla and The Governess. And I want them to go away and have a home with the what was the cat's name? Gustav. ROWAN:  Oh, yeah, you know what-- JAZZA:  I want to-- ROWAN:  --you're right. JAZZA:  --go move to a cottage in the Romanian countryside and just live with Gustav. Because, uhm, so as well as seducing Emma, Carmilla begins seducing and killing all of the peasantry around the mansion. Carmilla begins to seduce The Governess. And that is when it does get sexy. And I was like, oh, all of a sudden there actually feels like there is chemistry between these two women. And I thought that Carmilla had turned The Governess into a vampire? But it turns out that she doesn't that The Governess is just have familia and just really fancy is the pants off of Carmilla. ROWAN:  Uh-hmm. JAZZA:  And to be fair with an ass like that. ROWAN:  I mean, who can blame her? JAZZA:  Mmm. ROWAN:  But yeah, that's an interesting thing here. Again, I'll come back to when we talk about lesbian trips versus exchange that happens between Emma and Carmilla about, you know, I love you. I don't want anyone taking you away from me and Emma being like, we'll always be friends. She's like, no, it's not the same thing, it's different. I want you to love me for all your life. Like it's very much the idea of like Carmilla is the predatory, kind of obsessive like actual lesbian. And then you have this like poor innocent Emma who didn't didn't understand what was happening. Like-- JAZZA:  Uh-hmm. ROWAN:  --she didn't know that that was what was going on in the mind of this perverted lesbian vampire. JAZZA:  I sometimes also get the the feeling that Carmilla was a bit of a like the lesbian version of a nagging dude, bro. Like she keeps on telling, telling Emma there's, ahh you talk such nonsense. Like, getting really defensive about the way that she feels about funerals, for example. ROWAN:  Oh, bloody he hates funerals. JAZZA:  Completely gaslights, Emma about like the bite marks on her being from a brooch and not from anything else. ROWAN:  Yeah, truly Carmilla is the gaslight, gatekeeper, girlboss of all, of all [46:00]-- JAZZA:  That is, that is the classification that we needed. Thank you very much, Rowan, I appreciate it. ROWAN:  I don't know if you had anything else to say about this section. Cuz I think the third section is like the boys are back in town. JAZZA:  Oh, I called the third section. Lesbian Vampire Killers. ROWAN:  Oh, yeah. You know what, that also works very well. [46:16] [Transition Music] ROWAN:  This is essentially when all of the guys and tada like, hey, I don't know whether you've noticed how every woman is dying in the local area by having their blood drained. But I think there may be foul play at work. JAZZA:  Uh-hmm. Can I just say the men, they have been practically no men having speaking parts in this movie, for like a good 50% of the middle part of it. The first 25% is Carmilla and the aftermath party. And then we have 50% of just women. seducing one another and being hot. And-- ROWAN:  And Gustav, the cat. JAZZA:  --and, and Gustav, the cat, of course. So I won't forget Gustav, the cat. And then these men come in. And I'll be completely honest, I forgotten who most of them were. ROWAN:  Oh, yeah, I fully could not remember any of these men were. JAZZA:  And what their relationships were with the women previously. So it is all of the aggrieved men who have been affected by cumulus murdering. So it is the father of Laura who she killed in act one. It is the suitor of Emma, who-- ROWAN:  Uh-hmm. JAZZA:  --at this point is going through the stages of death as well. And also the father of Emma as well, who has just come back from business. ROWAN:  Ooh, and surprised that guy from the beginning who who was narrating. JAZZA:  Oh, sure, the guy of the sideburns. ROWAN:  Yeah. JAZZA:  [47:52] caps. ROWAN:  [47:52] there's also just randomly like, there's a Doctor, there's a butler, there's a landlord. JAZZA:  Yeah, all of these men that, I'll be honest movie I didn't I don't care about and I feel like it wanted us to root for the men because they're the ones who are like injustice. And I was like, now I know that Carmilla is going around and killing all of these doe wide dumb women. But I'm on her side, I'll be completely honest. And I kind of want the men to leave them alone so that they can have their happy lesbian life with The Governess and Gustav. ROWAN:  Yeah. And instead, the men keep trying to bring garlic flowers into their room, which is honestly-- JAZZA:  [48:27] ROWAN:  --very rude. JAZZA:  Yeah, so one of the workers in the mansion, Mr. Venton, is supposed to be a, no, he's not really a hero. Basically, I immediately dislike him because we introduced him as he slaps the ass of a bar wench in the peasant village. He then decides, oh, yeah, definitely everything that's happening to Emma is vampiric in nature. He reckons the vampire is The Governess, actually, rather than Carmilla. And then starts talking with the landlord of the local pub, and getting advice and so brings in garlic flowers to Emma's bedroom, to try and ward off the vampires and causing a Doctor who also as well as encouraging the use of these flowers, brings in a a crucifix and puts it around Emma's neck. Which makes it impossible for both Carmilla and for The Governess to go into the womb and to complete the killing of our delight [49:33] ROWAN:  Yeah. Which ultimately, yeah, great plan to be honest, it did work. They pretty foolproof. JAZZA:  Yeah, it was pretty good until Venton get seduced by Carmilla and just goes, you know what, all I want to do is make out with you and I'm going to like murder this girl for it. And you know what? I was happy to see him die at the hands of Carmilla, good for her. ROWAN:  And then she's also like, ohh, going to kill the Doctor and all, like just the though we have a nice scene when the Doctor's Horse get super spooked. And she somehow, I guess is teleported there. Because she never really seems to leave the house and yet she's always off body killing people. So yeah she's, she's like you know what? We, enough of this. JAZZA:  Uh-hmm. ROWAN:  No thank you. So kind of simultaneously while all of the the lads are going on a little road trip to her old family castle to try and-- JAZZA:  Yeah, where she's buried. ROWAN:  Yeah. JAZZA:  Yeah. ROWAN:  She's like Oop, time for a kidnap and decides to essentially kidnap Emma, and in the process dump The Governess. JAZZA:  Can I just say this just cemented, cemented Carmilla was an, as the absolute fuck boy if this movie, ROWAN:  You're, you know what? You're absolutely right. She is-- JAZZA:  Like-- ROWAN:  --she is the fuck boy-- JAZZA:  --literally-- ROWAN:  --of this movie. JAZZA:  --The Governess is there on the floor, begging, take me with you. She loves you, she wants to create that life with Gustav. ROWAN:  She wants the cottage called dream with the cat-- JAZZA:  [50:58] of this-- ROWAN:  --and, in the woods, in Romanian. JAZZA:  Who knew in the 1970s that this was going to pave the way for the Cottagecore Movement and-- ROWAN:  I know, right. JAZZA:  --Lesbian Cottagecore Movement. ROWAN:  That's the true history of it. And then there's so much screaming again, classic. Because she decides to to feed on The Governess and-- JAZZA:  Yeah. ROWAN:  --maybe shouldn't have done that in front of Emma. If she wanted Emma-- JAZZA:  Uh-hmm. ROWAN:  --to come away with her. But you know she did and that's on her. So all the screaming again. And then the suitor is here to save the day, whose name is Carl. Which-- JAZZA:  Didn't know it is, no, I completely missed that. What? That's very funny-- ROWAN:  It's Carl, yeah. Carl's here to save the day and so Carmilla-- JAZZA:  Carl.. ROWAN:  --looks like, ohh, well, I guess a bit of skip town. This is too much for me, and then runs back to the castle. Which obviously we as the audience know is filled with the lads who are up to no good. JAZZA:  The Lesbian Vampire Killer. ROWAN:  Yeah. The Lesbian Vampire Killer, the lads. And so yeah, she just runs back to the castle, has a little nap. And then while she's napping, doesn't notice them all come around her coffin and and stab her in the heart. JAZZA:  I can I just say they don't, she doesn't notice them. Finding her coffin, moving a massive, kind of like slate off of her coffin. Carrying her coffin into the chapel, opening the coffin, then moving her dress down so that expose his, her chest and then placing the stake on her breast so that they can actually stub her. She doesn't notice any of that, she's fast asleep, bless her. ROWAN:  She's hibernating, [52:22] we nap and she deserves it. JAZZA:  Very cute. This is all happening during the night as well. And that's when she's to be awake? ROWAN:  Hmm, doing question is fine. She's she's hibernating. JAZZA:  And then they once again they stab her through the chest. She is then decapitated, which again, the physical effects of this movie. We're not what I was expecting for 1970, that is very nice. ROWAN:  That's very good. JAZZA:  Have we gone backwards? ROWAN:  Possibly, I I genuinely feel like the special effects of Jurassic Park hold up better than the special effects of Jurassic World. So, yes, you're you're correct. The audience of the goodies. JAZZA:  I am with you. ROWAN:  I really enjoyed that they were like yeah, Peter Cushing can have the killing blow. He's a he's the star of this, is no real connection to a lot of what's going on here but sure. And then at the end come in his portrait on the wall has changed to be all vampire instead of all hot like she was before. JAZZA:  Very doing great. ROWAN:  Yeah, it's great. It was it was very much like Chekhov's decapitation. Because they did the guy at the very beginning was like, the only way you can kill them as if you decapitate them. And it's like, oh, I wonder if that will come back later on. It's like, a plot point. And then yeah, that was the end of the movie we had, we have experienced, The Vampire Lovers. JAZZA:  Uh-hmm, uh-hmm. Rowan did you [53:36], how how was this, how was this experience for you? Because obviously this isn't what you wanted. You wanted quote unquote, "real horror". ROWAN:  So here's the thing. JAZZA:  Mmm, go! ROWAN:  I will admit, when we were coming up with these movies, and we and you decided that we were going to watch The Vampire Lovers, I was worried. JAZZA:  Can I just say, I rolled a dice when decided this. ROWAN:  Yeah, you did annoyingly. JAZZA:  So it wasn't me that decided it was the dice. ROWAN:  The dice, it was the thing. I would admit, the time I was a bit like, disappointed because I like, no that, I don't know if I'm that interested in this or whatever. But then I did watch the movie. And I agree with my initial assessment, I was so bored. This was such a boring movie. JAZZA:  I I couldn't disagree with you more. ROWAN:  Ohhh, God. JAZZA:  I loved it, I loved it so much. ROWAN:  I've could have predicted that though. I feel like we've had, we've disagreed on movies before in this podcast. And I think it's just you enjoy trash. JAZZA:  This isn't, no no-- ROWAN:  Like, and not that that's not even meant to be me. Like, like, taking a dig at you. I'm like you genuinely do appreciate sort of like campy, trashy, like low budget stuff. I think more than I do. JAZZA:  Yes. Yeah. No, I'm with you. That is my vibe. That is my my modus operandi. But also I will say, all the way through, I was just fascinated that a movie like this was out in 1970. And I was also just captivated by all of the women. Either Ingrid Pitt, really does carry this full movie, she was absolutely phenomenal throughout the whole thing. But then every single woman is just absolutely stunning. And I don't understand why they're hanging around with all of these mediocre men. I wanted it to just be the women living their cortical fantasy. And I was so sucked in to their beauty and like some of their sexy flirting. I was super into The Governess, and all of that shit. I genuinely was hooked to this movie. I I really enjoyed the ride, I thought it was great. I will say some of that is based on kind of like, oh, isn't this an interesting depiction of like, the end of the height of the Hammer Horror Movement, and of the type of movie that was out at the time and stuff like that. ROWAN:  What a nerd. JAZZA:  But I have a--I had a really nice time, I'd recommend it. ROWAN:  Yeah, I also I guess it appreciated it on that more intellectual level of like, mmm, this is I was I was like, at the very least, there's stuff that we can say about it. In the same way as I did predict this is what was going to happen. That like when you do an experiment in science class, really, I just keep doing high school metaphors. And it's not even on purpose. And when you do an experiment in science class, and it goes horribly wrong, and all of your results are wrong. You're like, well, at least I have something to write in my evaluation, even if the results and the conclusion of the terrible. I'll have, I'll basically just be able to, like, absolutely destroyed myself by being like me from 10 minutes ago, when I did this experiment is ridiculous, and doesn't know what she was doing and absolute fool. Or here all the things she did wrong. JAZZA:  And you're and you'll get really good marks for being reflective. ROWAN:  Yeah, exactly. You really reflective. And I kind of feel like this is the vibe of like, well, I don't enjoy it. But there's a lot we can say about it. So I guess this is the section where we talk about a little bit more context specific around Queer Movies, lesbian vampires, they're a thing. So this is not, this very much was part of a tradition. Like you talked about Carmilla before. And this is a tradition that has very much been with us for a long time, for a number of reasons. So one, as we talked about before, the vampire genre ties in a lot to sex and sexuality. And it only makes sense that if you're going to talk about perversion and sexuality that lesbians come up, you know, it's a it's just how we do. So I think also the fact that there is a, there is a riskier a danger, and alert sexuality element of vampires. And so if you're going to pick a sexuality to titillate the assumed to be male audience. With a bit of taboo, with a bit of danger, with a lot of titties, the lesbians will do it for you. So this is very much yeah, old, old trope, which has continued on through the decades. And this was absolutely no exception and actually was like a very noted example of it that a lot of people will talk about. I think it was very interesting that, when you look at the Wikipedia article for this movie, it gives you, often Wikipedia articles will tell you like what the rotten score is with critics. JAZZA:  Uhm. ROWAN:  And the note that they've made of it being certified rotten. I looked at the citation, and it was from 2013. It is now absolutely not certified rotten, the critic score is 71. And the audience score is 60. So it kind of has gotten more critical clout as a cult classic, than sort of a good movie at the time getting good reviews. It's very much had basically the reaction that we sort of had to at of, there is something about the context of it and something about its sort of cult classic status, which has, I think, elevate it in in subsequent reviews. JAZZA:  Is it, I'm sensing a mirroring of what we saw with Jennifer's Body-- ROWAN:  Hmm. JAZZA:  --a little bit. ROWAN:  You are not wrong, you're absolutely not wrong. There is this idea of the as I kind of mentioned earlier, corrupting lesbian force, right? So you would often have not just in like supernatural ways in in more realistic dramas around these decades, especially within the Hays Code or around it, of the experienced, maybe older sexual lesbian, and the young innocent virgin who didn't really understand what was going on and couldn't be blamed and was sucked in but just needed to be kind of taken out of this woman's [59:23] and given to a nice good man and that would kind of cheer her like this very much is something that is a big, big part of the conceptualization people had of lesbians of what what that relationship looks like. And I think queer people in general was like, the predator, right? So you had a lot of in our history, we have a lot of stuff where, you know, queer people shouldn't be teachers because they shouldn't be around young people. Ridiculous, obviously. And then more recently, we have the sort of trans bathroom panic stuff around the idea that old trans people shouldn't be trusted with our children in bathrooms like just completely ridiculous. But absolutely ties into this idea of like the evil lesbian trope, which plays out so much, over over time, over over this genre. And if you're being interpreting it in maybe a little bit more of a generous way, or if you wanted to subvert it, then you might look at how becoming a vampire is sort of as a symbol of no longer being tied to sort of puritanical ideas of sex and sexuality. And it being a very freeing experience and that that kind of tying into queerness like, I definitely think there's room for that interpretation. In like more modern explorations of lesbian vampires. I'd be really interested to see stuff like that. But yeah, there's a 1936 film Dracula's Daughter. JAZZA:  Yeah. ROWAN: 

Jim Clyburn, Democratic Congressman, joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss the climate agenda President Biden set out today and the theme of equity that runs through the President's executive actions. Barry Gibb, the last surviving member of the Bee Gees, discusses the band's legacy and the new HBO documentary that looks at their extraordinary stardom, 'The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart'. Our Hari Sreenivasan talks to former Treasury Secretary Jack Law about Biden's massive stimulus plan and the economic challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Adewale Adeyemo, Américain d’origine nigériane est proposé par le président élu Joe Biden secrétaire au poste d’adjoint au Trésor américain. S'il est confirmé à ce poste, il sera le premier Afro-Américain à diriger le ministère des Finances de la première puissance économique mondiale.  Adewale Adeyemo, 39 ans, est promis à un poste important et difficile en même temps. Car il faut gérer la crise économique que traversent les Etats-Unis, crise provoquée par la pandémie de coronavirus. Et sur ce sujet il s’est montré optimiste lors de son discours de prise de service : « Les défis qui nous attendent n’ont rien de commun avec ceux que nous avons déjà connu, mais je sais, comme nous l’a dit le président élu, que le peuple américain peut faire beaucoup de choses quand on lui en donne l'occasion. Je suis honoré de faire partie et de travailler avec cette équipe talentueuse, et de travailler avec tout le peuple américain pour construire une économie qui donne à chacun sa chance. » Malgré son jeune âge, il a déjà fait un sacré parcours « Wally », comme on le surnomme, est né au Nigeria mais a grandi à Los Angeles sur la côte Ouest. Ses parents ont quitté leur pays, le Nigeria, pour lui offrir une vie meilleure au États-Unis. Il ne les a pas déçus : Wally obtient une licence en Arts à l’université Berkeley en Californie puis un diplôme en droit à l’université de Yale. Mais c’est l’économie qui l’intéresse, un domaine où il se distingue pour son expertise macro-économique. Dès l’âge de 33 ans, il intègre l’administration de Barack Obama où il connaît une ascension fulgurante. En 2013, Wally Adeyemo devient chef de cabinet adjoint du secrétaire au Trésor Jack Lew, puis en 2015 directeur adjoint du Conseil économique national. Après l’élection de Donald Trump, il travaille dans un organisme privé spécialisé dans la gestion d’actifs, et devient ensuite le premier président de la Fondation Obama. Un profil qui a séduit Joe Biden. « En le nommant secrétaire adjoint au Trésor, le président élu a voulu passer le message de la diversité et du rassemblement », estime Sarah Fila- Bakabadio, maîtresse de conférence en Histoire africaine-américaine. En intégrant des personnalités d’origine diverses dans son cabinet, Joe Biden marque aussi une rupture avec Donald Trump », estime de son côté Léonard Wantchekon, professeur de Sciences politiques et économiques à l'Université de Princeton aux États-Unis. Si le Sénat le confirme, Wally Adeyemo sera le premier Afro-Américain à occuper ce poste prestigieux. ►À lire aussi : aux États-Unis: Joe Biden dévoile son plan de relance de 1 900 milliards de dollars

Denis McDonough has been nominated by Joe Biden to be the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for his administration. #MindfulSkeptics #BoyceLittlefield #JoeBiden #Veterans #VA On December 10, 2020, President-elect Joe Biden announced his intention to nominate McDonough to serve as United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs in his incoming administration. Denis Richard McDonough (born December 2, 1969) is an American political and government official. He was the 26th White House Chief of Staff, succeeding Jack Lew at the start of President Barack Obama's second term, and serving in that role throughout that term. Previously, McDonough served as Deputy National Security Advisor from 2010 to 2013 and as Chief of Staff of the National Security Council from 2009 to 2010.

This conversation with Jack Lew, former US Treasury Secretary (2013-2017) was held on March 4, 2019 and was moderated by Karen Dynan, HKS. Jack Lew served as the 76th Secretary of the Treasury from 2013 to 2017. He also served as White House Chief of Staff to President Barack Obama and Director of the Office of Management and Budget in both the Obama and Clinton Administrations. Previously, he was principal domestic policy advisor to House Speaker Thomas P. O’Neill, Jr, and has held a variety of private sector and nonprofit roles. Jack is currently a partner at Lindsay Goldberg and on the faculty at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. This event is sponsored by M-RCBG, IOP and the Business & Government PIC.

Jack Lew, Former U.S. Treasury Secretary, thinks economic sanctions are a powerful tool to influence countries to change their policies. Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs Magazine Editor, says the U.S. is abusing its privileges. Alison Williams, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Analyst of U.S. Banks, talks IPO growth. Mohamed El-Erian, Bloomberg Opinion Columnist, is worried about the over-promise of liquidity in banks.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Jack Lew, Former U.S. Treasury Secretary, thinks economic sanctions are a powerful tool to influence countries to change their policies. Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs Magazine Editor, says the U.S. is abusing its privileges. Alison Williams, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Analyst of U.S. Banks, talks IPO growth. Mohamed El-Erian, Bloomberg Opinion Columnist, is worried about the over-promise of liquidity in banks. 

How powerful are sanctions, really? In this episode, Jen and Jarrett talk to former U.S. treasury secretary Jack Lew about how policymakers ought to approach sanctions, and the dangers of using sanctions unwisely. This is the second episode of a three-part special series on sanctions—a 101 on how sanctions work and how policymakers should use them. Don't miss part one of our series on what sanctions are and how they work. Listen here: https://soundcloud.com/diplopod/sanctions-101-how-sanctions-work And come back tomorrow for part three of our series, when Jen and Jarrett talk to sanctions lawyer Greta Lichtenbaum about how she helps her clients navigate sanctions policies. To make sure you don't miss anything, subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. Jacob Lew served as U.S. secretary of the treasury from 2013 to 2017. He previously served as White House chief of staff. Jarrett Blanc is a senior fellow in the Geoeconomics and Strategy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He was previously the State Department coordinator for the Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA). We want to hear from you! Write to us at diplopod@ceip.org, or call us at 202-939-2247. Leave us a voicemail and we might use your question on a future episode. You can also talk to us on Twitter using #DiploPod. And follow Jen! She's on Twitter at https://twitter.com/jrpsaki. Go Deeper: Read Jack's new Foreign Affairs article on economic statecraft: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/world/use-and-misuse-economic-statecraft?gpp=6Kgbv%2BDmD6cFKWHq7SX4uzozL2Fad2ZDR1NuUFRHcUkvK3F2TndueEtGRWpxSUFvZG1sbGV6V3BITGNrWDVHOHoxaThIdnB6Y291ODZWUS9POjViMDg1N2FjN2ZiZmEzYTdmYzEzYjA4NDkzM2I2MTFjZTMzZjI1NTJhMjAyOGNiMzM2MDVjYmMyOGI1MTU2YzU%3D&cid=%3Fcid%3Dlew_nephew_paywall_free_10152018 Watch Jack's 2016 speech on U.S. sanctions policy: https://ceip.org/e-5191 More about Jack Lew: https://sipa.columbia.edu/faculty-research/faculty-directory/jacob-j-lew More about Jarrett Blanc: http://carnegieendowment.org/experts/1343 Follow Jarrett on Twitter at https://twitter.com/jarrettblanc

This is the first episode of a three-part special series on sanctions—a 101 course on how sanctions work and how policymakers should use them. This episode, Jen talks with her special cohost for this series, Jarrett Blanc, about what sanctions are and how they work. Over the next two days, we'll release two more episodes—tomorrow Jen and Jarrett talk to former U.S. treasury secretary Jack Lew about how policymakers think about sanctions, and on Wednesday they'll talk to sanctions lawyer Greta Lichtenbaum about how she helps her clients navigate sanctions policies. To make sure you don't miss anything, subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. Jarrett Blanc is a senior fellow in the Geoeconomics and Strategy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He was previously the deputy lead coordinator and State Department coordinator for Iran nuclear implementation at the U.S. Department of State under President Obama, responsible for the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on Iran's nuclear program, including Iranian and U.S. commitments on sanctions. We want to hear from you! Write to us at diplopod@ceip.org, or call us at 202-939-2247. Leave us a voicemail and we might use your question on a future episode. You can also talk to us on Twitter using #DiploPod. And follow Jen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JRPsaki Go Deeper: More about Jarrett Blanc: http://carnegieendowment.org/experts/1343 Read Jarrett's op-ed on Russia sanctions: http://ceip.org/p-77414 Listen to Jarrett talk about Iran sanctions: http://ceip.org/p-77016 Follow Jarrett on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JarrettBlanc

This week at In The Past Lane, the history podcast, I speak with historian James E. Lewis, Jr. about his book, The Burr Conspiracy: Uncovering the Story of an Early American Crisis. Most people these days know that Aaron Burr was, as his character says in Hamilton, The Musical, “the damn fool” who in 1804 shot and killed Alexander Hamilton. More specifically, Burr was the sitting VP who shot a former Secretary of the Treasury in a duel resulting from a personal feud. Think about it. That’s the equivalent of VP Mike Pence killing former Secretary of the Treasury Tim Geitner or Jack Lew. But amazingly, Burr went back to Washington DC and finished out his term, leaving office in March 1805. One of the statements by Hamilton about Burr that contributed to their feud and duel was Hamilton’s warning that Burr had no morals and was a man driven by pure ambition. To one friend he wrote: “As to Burr there is nothing in his favour. His private character is not defended by his most partial friends. He is bankrupt beyond redemption except by the plunder of his country. His public principles have no other spring or aim than his own aggrandizement…. If he can, he will certainly disturb our institutions to secure to himself permanent power and with it wealth. He is truly the Cataline of America.” Hamilton later wrote to another friend that Burr’s ambition for power was boundless. He was, said Hamilton, “sanguine enough to hope everything – daring enough to attempt everything – wicked enough to scruple nothing” Was Hamilton right? Was Burr a power hungry demon? Well, his critics would say yes. And for evidence, they’d point to not only his killing of Hamilton, his chief political rival, but also the bizarre plot he got involved in just months after leaving office in 1805.  To this day, scholars are divided in their assessment of just what Aaron Burr was up to in 1806 - 1807.  Burr headed out to the recently acquired Louisiana purchase territory and begin recruiting men and building ships for some sort of expedition. Some evidence suggests Burr was planning to launch a military campaign to seize a chunk of the lower half of the LP, plus Spanish Mexico, whereupon he would declare it an independent nation with himself as its leader. Other evidence indicates that Burr was floating variations on this scheme by British officials, urging them to support it.  And there’s ample evidence that this scheme also had the backing of General James Wilkinson, the highest-ranking officer in the U.S.   For his part, Burr claimed he was merely assembling men and equipment to establish a colony in the new territory. In any case, as we will hear in my conversation with historian James E. Lewis Jr., the significance of the alleged Burr conspiracy is not that it existed, but that people believed it did. As a result, the Burr conspiracy constituted a major crisis in the early republic, one that suggested the young and fragile American experiment was on the verge of collapse.  This incident is a vivid reminder of just how dicey things were for the United States in its earliest days. If you remember my interview with Carol Berkin in episode 28 of ITPL, the 1790s were marked by bitter political feuding, vicious partisan media, and social unrest that nearly plunged the young nation into civil war. Then in 1804, Burr killed Hamilton. Then just a few years later, the alleged Burr conspiracy was uncovered. Five years later, in 1812, the US went to war against Great Britain for a second time. Two years later, 1814, the British attacked Washington DC and burned the White House.  It’s worth keeping these incidents in mind when we think about the early Republic. The founders may have set up a remarkable political system based on the Constitution, but there was no guarantee that it would succeed. Indeed, the founders were keenly aware that all previous attempts at republican government had failed. This historical awareness, plus the context of near constant political turmoil, made the crisis of the Burr conspiracy of 1806-1807 an alarming and consequential event. Follow In The Past Lane on Twitter  @InThePastLane Instagram  @InThePastLane Facebook https://www.facebook.com/InThePastLanePodcast/ YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeZMGFqoAASwvSJ1cpZOEAA Music for This Episode Jay Graham, ITPL Intro (JayGMusic.com) Kevin McCleod, “Impact Moderato” (Free Music Archive) Andy Cohen, “Trophy Endorphins” (Free Music Archive) The Womb, “I Hope It Hurts” (Free Music Archive) Blue Dot Sessions, “Sage the Hunter,” (Free Music Archive) Jon Luc Hefferman, “Winter Trek” (Free Music Archive) The Bell, “I Am History” (Free Music Archive) Production Credits Executive Producer: Lulu Spencer Technical Advisors: Holly Hunt and Jesse Anderson Podcasting Consultant: Dave Jackson of the School of Podcasting Photographer: John Buckingham Graphic Designer: Maggie Cellucci Website by: ERI Design Legal services: Tippecanoe and Tyler Too Social Media management: The Pony Express Risk Assessment: Little Big Horn Associates Growth strategies: 54 40 or Fight © In The Past Lane, 2018 Recommended History Podcasts Ben Franklin’s World with Liz Covart @LizCovart The Age of Jackson Podcast @AgeofJacksonPod Backstory podcast – the history behind today’s headlines @BackstoryRadio Past Present podcast with Nicole Hemmer, Neil J. 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When Dan Pfeiffer, Senior Advisor to President Obama (now co-host of the popular podcast Pod Save America), shut the door to the Oval Office for the last time—closing the chapter on our first African-American President, and leaving the highest office in the land to Donald J. Trump, racist and reality TV star—it was more bitter than sweet. Pheiffer tells the story of his fascinating years serving President Barack Obama and gives his take on many subjects including how Democrats can win back the Oval Office in his smart, witty, revealing new memoir YES WE (STILL) CAN: POLITICS IN THE AGE OF OBAMA, TWITTER AND TRUMP, an irreverent, no B.S. take on the politics of our time. Recently,Pfeiffer joined Halli at her table, the podcast posted at Halli Casser-Jayne, along with author Brian Abrams whose new book is OBAMA: AN ORAL HISTORY 2009-2017.On November 9, 2016, Pfeiffer, like many of us, woke up wondering WTF had just happened. How had Donald Trump won the White House? How had a decent and thoughtful president been succeeded by a buffoonish reality TV star, and as many of us wondered, asked himself: What do we do now? But instead of throwing away his phone and moving to another country, which he admits were his first and second thoughts, Pfeiffer decided to tell to tell his surreal story, recounting how Barack Obama navigated the insane political forces that created Trump, explaining why everyone got 2016 wrong, and offering a path for where Democrats go from here. In his new book YES WE (STILL) CAN.Obtaining unprecedented access to Obamaworld, interviewing aides and advisers in the administration and on the campaigns as well as several elected members of Congress, both Democrat and Republican, journalist Brian Abrams set out to compile an oral history of Barack Obama's presidency. The result is his book OBAMA: AN ORAL HISTORY 2009-2017 an immersive chronology of the politics and governing behind a landmark American presidency, manna for those who revere President Obama and even those who do not, certainly an important read for all historically minded. Offering behind-the-scenes stories, this amazing compilation illuminates the inner-workings of an administration through more than one hundred exclusive interviews with senior staffers including Jon Favreau, David Axelrod, Rahm Emanuel, Valerie Jarrett, and David Plouffe; cabinet members such as Leon Panetta, Jack Lew, and Arne Duncan; and key lawmakers: Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, Joe Lieberman, Scott Brown, and Barbara Boxer, among many others.Dan Pfeiffer, Pod Save America, Brian Abrams, President Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Democrats, Republicans, politics, history, books, authors -- we have it all for you on The Halli Casser-Jayne Show the new podcast posted at Halli Casser-Jayne dot com.

In his first major speech since leaving office, former U.S. President Barack Obama slammed ‘strongman politics' -- an obvious dig at the current President of the United States Donald Trump -- and defended globalization. This week on The Halli Casser-Jayne Show we are taking a look at Barack Obama, the man and his presidency when joining me at my table is the author of the hot new book OBAMA: AN ORAL HISTORY 2009-2017, Brian Abrams and Jonathan Chait, a political columnist for New York magazine here to talk about his book AUDACITY, HOW BARACK OBAMA DEFIED HIS CRITICS AND CREATED A LEGACY THAT WILL PREVAIL. The podcast will be posted at Halli Casser-Jayne dot com.Obtaining unprecedented access to Obamaworld, interviewing aides and advisers in the administration and on the campaigns as well as several elected members of Congress, both Democrat and Republican, journalist Brian Abrams set out to compile an oral history of Barack Obama's presidency. The result is his book OBAMA: AN ORAL HISTORY 2009-2017 an immersive chronology of the politics and governing behind a landmark American presidency, manna for those who revere President Obama and even those who do not, certainly an important read for all historically minded. Offering behind-the-scenes stories, this amazing compilation illuminates the inner-workings of an administration through more than one hundred exclusive interviews with senior staffers including Jon Favreau, David Axelrod, Rahm Emanuel, Valerie Jarrett, and David Plouffe; cabinet members such as Leon Panetta, Jack Lew, and Arne Duncan; and key lawmakers: Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, Joe Lieberman, Scott Brown, and Barbara Boxer, among many others.Jonathan Chait is a political columnist for New York magazine. Previously a senior editor at the New Republic he has also written for the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and The Atlantic. He has been featured throughout the media, including appearances on NPR, MSNBC, Fox News, CNN, HBO, The Colbert Report, Talk of the Nation, C-Span, Hardball, and on talk radio in every major city in America. Jonathan Chait comes to The Halli Casser-Jayne Show to talk about his brand new book AUDACITY, HOW BARACK OBAMA DEFIED HIS CRITICS AND CREATED A LEGACY THAT WILL PREVAIL, in which he makes the argument that most of Obama's achievements will not only survive a Trump administration, but also the judgment of time, which will proclaim that Obama was among the greatest and most effective presidents in American history.Barack Obama, POTUS, Obama administration, politics, Donald Trump, authors, books, The Halli Casser-Jayne has it all for you, the podcast posted at Halli Casser-Jayne dot com.

Innovation and technology were major components of the Asian Financial Forum 2018 with successive speakers providing encouragement to the more than 100 financial, business and investment leaders. Andreas Dombret of Deutsche Bundesbank looked to China’s role in green finance and Hong Kong’s role in RMB internationalisation while keynote speaker Jack Lew spoke of Hong Kong’s role in US-China relations. AFF is a great international opportunity, said Mr Lew.

US business familiarity with Hong Kong has opened the door for further investment between the US and the Chinese mainland, said Jack Lew, former US Treasury Secretary, speaking at the Asian Financial Forum 2018. Mr Lew said Hong Kong offers many attractions, particularly for smaller scale businesses, while the AFF is an important gathering for investors.

Jack Lew, Former U.S. Treasury Secretary, said the U.S. economy needs a targeted investment. Ian Bremmer, Eurasia Group Founder and President, said most American companies are happy with Trump's domestic policies but not happy with his international policies. Dom Barton, McKinsey & Co. Global Managing Partner said when trade deals go wrong, it's a race to the bottom. Vint Cerf, Google Chief Internet Evangelist, said our ability to use machine learning is quite impressive and we can absorb large amounts of data. Brad Smith, Microsoft President and Chief Legal Officer, said there is a real divide between urban and rural areas and we need financial innovation back in rural areas.                                               Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Jack Lew, Former U.S. Treasury Secretary, said the U.S. economy needs a targeted investment. Ian Bremmer, Eurasia Group Founder and President, said most American companies are happy with Trump's domestic policies but not happy with his international policies. Dom Barton, McKinsey & Co. Global Managing Partner said when trade deals go wrong, it's a race to the bottom. Vint Cerf, Google Chief Internet Evangelist, said our ability to use machine learning is quite impressive and we can absorb large amounts of data. Brad Smith, Microsoft President and Chief Legal Officer, said there is a real divide between urban and rural areas and we need financial innovation back in rural areas.                                              

In this week's episode of Intelligence Matters, former White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough talks about his view of American exceptionalism in creating opportunities for its citizens, how his ideologies were deeply influenced by both his upbringing and travels, and what distinguishes President Barack Obama in his view from other government officials. In a wide-ranging interview with former Acting Director of the CIA Michael Morell, McDonough talks about being one of eleven children and the values he gained from being raised in a devout Catholic family in Stillwater, Minnesota. After graduation from Saint John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota McDonough traveled extensively in South America, and describes the experiences that helped shape his worldview.. In 1996 he began his career in government as an aide on the Hill, he talks about the lessons learned and skills gained that led to his appointment the 26th White House Chief of Staff, succeeding Jack Lew at the beginning of President Barack Obama's second term. Despite his meteoric rise in government, McDonough remains deeply humble and viewed his role in the White House, as having to tee up decisions for the President to make, a conduit emphasizing the value that he attached to that.

Keynote conversation on energy, economics, and trade with Jack Lew, Visiting Professor of International and Public Affairs, SIPA and 76th Secretary of the Treasury, and Jason Bordoff, Founding Director, Center on Global Energy Policy.

In episode 27, Phil and John Kennedy cover Hillary's appearance before Congress, an Irwin Schiff tribute, a savy Google employee, Jack Lew(ser) and a whole lot more! Kennedy Financial Website: www.PhilipKennedy.com Kennedy Financial Blog www.KennedyFinancialBlog.com John Kennedy's blog: www.JohnRobertKennedy.com Like KF on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/KennedyFinancial/1414628248835502 Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/KennedyFinance Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsWh9tf4L2tWgAzPJeh9l3g Join on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/Kennedy-Financial-8256656?home=&gid=8256656

Puerto Rico A Cambio De Grecia. ¿Esa es la propuesta de Alemania? Al menos eso sí lo propuso el ministro de Finanzas de Alemania, Wolfgang Schaeuble en un comentario en broma que le hizo a su contraparte Secretario del Tesoro de los Estados Unidos, Jack Lew. Hay verdades que se dicen mejor entre broma y broma. Pero, ¿hasta que parte se queda en solo broma este comentario del ministro alemán? Por si acaso, nosotros vamos a delantar el trabajo y vamos a buscar un nuevo país que "nos adopte", ya que pareciera ser que nadie nos quiere. Este programa quedó para morirse de la risa con las ocurrencias de los chancleteritos y chancleteritas que llamaron.

Hacked e-mails reveal that billionaire George Soros is best friends with Ukraine's US-backed president...and he can pick up the phone anytime to call Jack Lew. He is also pushing for more war in Ukraine.

Rischia grosso, l'Europa. Il Fondo monetario internazionale un mese fa sosteneva che le probabilità di una nuova recessione per l'Europa sono salite del 35-40%. Se dovesse accadere si tratterebbe della terza recessione in quasi sette anni, dall'inizio della prima crisi nel 2007-2008. La terza probabile recessione europea preoccupa anche gli Stati Uniti: «il mondo non può permetterselo», diceva qualche giono fa al G20 il capo del Tesoro americano Jack Lew. Vincenzo Visco è stato al ministero dell'economia italiano negli anni decisivi della costruzione europea, la fine degli anni '90. Il suo è un punto di vista autorevole. «E' ormai acquisito – ha detto a Memos - che le politiche di austerità con le quali si è tentato di far convergere le economie europee hanno solo peggiorato la situazione. Siamo di fronte ad un suicidio annunciato». Per Visco le responsabilità della crisi europea sono tutte imputabili al governo tedesco e rispondono alla «volontà di potenza del governo di Berlino». Ma l'Europa oggi rischia anche una crisi istituzionale per gli effetti che potrebbe avere l'inchiesta giornalistica internazionale sul Lussemburgo, sugli accordi segreti tra quel governo e le multinazionali per pagare meno tasse. Juncker, presidente della Commissione europea, è stato capo del governo lussemburghese per vent'anni. Dell'austerità, di Juncker abbiamo parlato con Eleonora Forenza, deputata del gruppo della Sinistra Unitaria al parlamento europeo. Ospite di Memos anche Vittorio Malagutti, caporedattore dell'Espresso, il settimanale che fa parte del Consorzio Internazionale di Giornalismo Investigativo (I.C.I.J.), tra gli autori dell'inchiesta sul Lussemburgo (LuxLeaks).

Rischia grosso, l'Europa. Il Fondo monetario internazionale un mese fa sosteneva che le probabilità di una nuova recessione per l'Europa sono salite del 35-40%. Se dovesse accadere si tratterebbe della terza recessione in quasi sette anni, dall'inizio della prima crisi nel 2007-2008. La terza probabile recessione europea preoccupa anche gli Stati Uniti: «il mondo non può permetterselo», diceva qualche giono fa al G20 il capo del Tesoro americano Jack Lew. Vincenzo Visco è stato al ministero dell'economia italiano negli anni decisivi della costruzione europea, la fine degli anni '90. Il suo è un punto di vista autorevole. «E' ormai acquisito – ha detto a Memos - che le politiche di austerità con le quali si è tentato di far convergere le economie europee hanno solo peggiorato la situazione. Siamo di fronte ad un suicidio annunciato». Per Visco le responsabilità della crisi europea sono tutte imputabili al governo tedesco e rispondono alla «volontà di potenza del governo di Berlino». Ma l'Europa oggi rischia anche una crisi istituzionale per gli effetti che potrebbe avere l'inchiesta giornalistica internazionale sul Lussemburgo, sugli accordi segreti tra quel governo e le multinazionali per pagare meno tasse. Juncker, presidente della Commissione europea, è stato capo del governo lussemburghese per vent'anni. Dell'austerità, di Juncker abbiamo parlato con Eleonora Forenza, deputata del gruppo della Sinistra Unitaria al parlamento europeo. Ospite di Memos anche Vittorio Malagutti, caporedattore dell'Espresso, il settimanale che fa parte del Consorzio Internazionale di Giornalismo Investigativo (I.C.I.J.), tra gli autori dell'inchiesta sul Lussemburgo (LuxLeaks).

Rischia grosso, l'Europa. Il Fondo monetario internazionale un mese fa sosteneva che le probabilità di una nuova recessione per l'Europa sono salite del 35-40%. Se dovesse accadere si tratterebbe della terza recessione in quasi sette anni, dall'inizio della prima crisi nel 2007-2008. La terza probabile recessione europea preoccupa anche gli Stati Uniti: «il mondo non può permetterselo», diceva qualche giono fa al G20 il capo del Tesoro americano Jack Lew. Vincenzo Visco è stato al ministero dell'economia italiano negli anni decisivi della costruzione europea, la fine degli anni '90. Il suo è un punto di vista autorevole. «E' ormai acquisito – ha detto a Memos - che le politiche di austerità con le quali si è tentato di far convergere le economie europee hanno solo peggiorato la situazione. Siamo di fronte ad un suicidio annunciato». Per Visco le responsabilità della crisi europea sono tutte imputabili al governo tedesco e rispondono alla «volontà di potenza del governo di Berlino». Ma l'Europa oggi rischia anche una crisi istituzionale per gli effetti che potrebbe avere l'inchiesta giornalistica internazionale sul Lussemburgo, sugli accordi segreti tra quel governo e le multinazionali per pagare meno tasse. Juncker, presidente della Commissione europea, è stato capo del governo lussemburghese per vent'anni. Dell'austerità, di Juncker abbiamo parlato con Eleonora Forenza, deputata del gruppo della Sinistra Unitaria al parlamento europeo. Ospite di Memos anche Vittorio Malagutti, caporedattore dell'Espresso, il settimanale che fa parte del Consorzio Internazionale di Giornalismo Investigativo (I.C.I.J.), tra gli autori dell'inchiesta sul Lussemburgo (LuxLeaks).

with Brad Friedman & Desi Doyen

with Brad Friedman & Desi Doyen

The Liberal Fix team interviews Professor Stephen Zunes,  Stephen Zunes, professor of Politics and International Studies at the University of San Francisco Professor Zunes and the Liberal Fix team will be discussing the confirmation of Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense plus the many international challenges we face. Before the interview the topics for discussion are the Obama press conference concerning no deal being reached on the sequester, Keith Ellison on Hannity.  VAWA finally passes the House, Robin Kelly wins Democratic Primary in her efforts to win Jesse Jackson Jr's seat, and the confirmation of Chuck Hagel and Jack Lew. The feature story this week will be a discussion over the Supreme Court hearing on the Voting Rights Act. A recap of the week in Progressive or Liberal Politics. News, Commentary and Analysis. Hosted by Indiana writer Dan Bimrose and co-hosted by Iowa activist Crystal Kayser and sociologist Keith Brekhus from Montana, every week the three of them feature a special guest and tackle those tough issues with a perspective that comes from outside the beltway. If you are interested in being a guest and for any other inquiries or comments concerning the show please contact our producer Naomi De Luna Minogue via email: naomi@liberalfixradio.com. Join the Liberal Fix community, a like-minded group of individuals dedicated to promoting progressive ideals and progressive activists making a difference.  

Hugo Chavez is back in Venezuela, Hillary Clinton will be getting paid to give speeches, No Exams On Wiccan holidays At University Of Missouri, Insurance pools for 'High-Risk' Patients are running out of money, and Christians are being murdered in Africa.

Hugo Chavez is back in Venezuela, Hillary Clinton will be getting paid to give speeches, No Exams On Wiccan holidays At University Of Missouri, Insurance pools for 'High-Risk' Patients are running out of money, and Christians are being murdered in Africa.

In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, discusses tax expenditures, sequestration, tax reform and charitable contributions, a Congressional Budget Office economic outlook for 2013 though 2023, smart growth and sustainable communities, the nomination of Jack Lew for Treasury Secretary and the president's State of the Union address. In historic tax credit news, he reports on the president's nomination of Sally Jewell for Secretary of the Interior and a Missouri Senate Appropriation Committee hearing on state tax credit programs. In low-income housing tax credit news, he discusses IRS Notice 2013-9 and Hurricane Sandy, the Treasury's Priority Guidance Plan, and a Mississippi bill that would reduce taxes for affordable housing properties. In new markets tax credit news, he alerts listeners to CDFI Fund listening sessions, recertification guidelines for CDFIs, qualified equity investment issuance for January and an upcoming CDFI Fund Advisory Board meeting. In renewable energy tax credit news, he discusses phase two of the Section 48C Advance Energy Manufacturing Tax Credit program and two solar tax credit bills in Hawaii.

In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, discusses tax expenditures, sequestration, tax reform and charitable contributions, a Congressional Budget Office economic outlook for 2013 though 2023, smart growth and sustainable communities, the nomination of Jack Lew for Treasury Secretary and the president's State of the Union address. In historic tax credit news, he reports on the president's nomination of Sally Jewell for Secretary of the Interior and a Missouri Senate Appropriation Committee hearing on state tax credit programs. In low-income housing tax credit news, he discusses IRS Notice 2013-9 and Hurricane Sandy, the Treasury's Priority Guidance Plan, and a Mississippi bill that would reduce taxes for affordable housing properties. In new markets tax credit news, he alerts listeners to CDFI Fund listening sessions, recertification guidelines for CDFIs, qualified equity investment issuance for January and an upcoming CDFI Fund Advisory Board meeting. In renewable energy tax credit news, he discusses phase two of the Section 48C Advance Energy Manufacturing Tax Credit program and two solar tax credit bills in Hawaii.

In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, discusses two reports on tax expenditures, one from the Government Accountability Office and one from the National Taxpayer Advocate, and the Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's resignation and President Obama's nomination of Jack Lew. In new markets tax credit news, he invites listeners to the Novogradac New Markets Tax Credit Conference. In historic tax credit news, he alerts listeners to the National Trust for Historic Preservation's call for nominations for its 2013 list of the Most Endangered Historic Places. In low-income housing tax credit news, he discusses the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's HOME and the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Guidebook. In renewable energy news, he discusses a Journal of Tax Credits article about attracting investors to renewable energy projects.

In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, discusses two reports on tax expenditures, one from the Government Accountability Office and one from the National Taxpayer Advocate, and the Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's resignation and President Obama's nomination of Jack Lew. In new markets tax credit news, he invites listeners to the Novogradac New Markets Tax Credit Conference. In historic tax credit news, he alerts listeners to the National Trust for Historic Preservation's call for nominations for its 2013 list of the Most Endangered Historic Places. In low-income housing tax credit news, he discusses the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's HOME and the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Guidebook. In renewable energy news, he discusses a Journal of Tax Credits article about attracting investors to renewable energy projects.

In this week's Washington Report, David Sanger, chief Washington correspondent for the New York Times, talks to Kerry Nolan about some objections being raised by Republicans to President Obama's nominations of Chuck Hagel as Defense Secretary, John Brennen as Director of the CIA and Jack Lew as Treasury Secretary, as well as the French involvement in Mali.

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*Stimulating political talk* Grayson is back with some brass knuckles, the Tea Party is officially unpopular, the Tea Party are corporatists - not capitalists, Druge compares Obama to Hitler & Stalin, Obama to nominate Jack Lew for Treasury Secretary, Gov. Rick Scott lies about how much Medicaid expansion will cost, KBR causes cancer (literally) 2012 warmest year on record for 48 States in America, Greg Gutfeld praises sweatshops, Sandy Hook "truthers" exist, people mad at an old football announcer - why? Does soda lead to depression? Fox casually interviews secessionist, top 5 ways Obama is like Bush & more..

Assemblyman Rory Lancman on the passing of The Iran Divestment Act of 2012, Dr. Tevi Troy adviser to Gov. Mitt Romney and Rabbi Levi Shemtov, Exec vp Director Washington Office of AMERICAN FRIENDS of LUBAVITCH on the appointment of Jack Lew a religious J