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School is just around the corner. In this episode we talk about the upcoming year, some past educational hiccups, and the teacher shortage that is affecting the quality of teachers in our classrooms. Also, with the recent devastation in Eastern Kentucky, we discuss the flooding and how the heart of Kentucky is hurting. We wrap up on the lighter side with some TikTok recipes and tasty treats from the interwebs. Music: Parasail by Silent Partner obtained via YouTube Audio Library Logo by Jason Baker Download or Subscribe: https://twominds.podbean.com Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ADLFr6mADZ79E4ox1Ba1Q twomindspodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @twomindspodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twomindspodcast
Join us as we discuss what streaming service offerings have been tempting us lately. Laugh with us as we attempt to discuss our favorite new shows while trying to avoid any and all spoilers. Rage at us when we let slip crucial information vital to your pop culture enjoyment. Music: Parasail by Silent Partner obtained via YouTube Audio Library Logo by Jason Baker Download or Subscribe: https://twominds.podbean.com Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ADLFr6mADZ79E4ox1Ba1Q twomindspodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @twomindspodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twomindspodcast
In this episode, we discuss some things that have been collecting on the desk and take a step back from the heavy topics in the last few. We talk about online terminology, specific to a subset in the world of celebrity fandom, and how that makes its way into online communities. We bid a fond farewell to the “Stonehenge” of America and snorkel in the world of conspiracy theory and Mandela effects. Music: Parasail by Silent Partner obtained via YouTube Audio Library Logo by Jason Baker Download or Subscribe: https://twominds.podbean.com Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ADLFr6mADZ79E4ox1Ba1Q twomindspodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @twomindspodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twomindspodcast
HOLY COW!! Mr. Claywell is now officially a mister!! I got married!! We talk about my wedding and honeymoon and then discuss some philosophical mind exercises for funsies. Music: Parasail by Silent Partner obtained via YouTube Audio Library Logo by Jason Baker Download or Subscribe: https://twominds.podbean.com Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ADLFr6mADZ79E4ox1Ba1Q twomindspodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @twomindspodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twomindspodcast
Listen to us stumble through an episode where we try to decide what makes a person "manly". Let us know your thoughts. Music: Parasail by Silent Partner obtained via YouTube Audio Library Logo by Jason Baker Download or Subscribe: https://twominds.podbean.com Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ADLFr6mADZ79E4ox1Ba1Q twomindspodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @twomindspodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twomindspodcast
Join us as we catch up after nearly two years of not being able to record together. We hope you are as excited as we are. Music: Parasail by Silent Partner obtained via YouTube Audio Library Logo by Jason Baker Download or Subscribe: https://twominds.podbean.com Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ADLFr6mADZ79E4ox1Ba1Q twomindspodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @twomindspodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twomindspodcast
While director Jafar Panahi appeals his 20-year filmmaking ban and potential incarceration by the Iranian government, he uses the time under house arrest to begin staging what his most recent film would have been in THIS IS NOT A FILM (IN FILM NIST). Co-directed by Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, the 2011 non-fiction work expounds on the nature of a film and the life of an artist when continuing to create involves great personal risk. Also, Mark Pfeiffer and Paul Markoff discuss how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting their movie watching, what changes may be coming to movie theaters when they reopen, and how this could affect what we see and how we see it. Send your comments, questions, and feedback to filmboundpod@gmail.com. Twitter: @filmbound Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/filmboundpod/ Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner Recorded April 27, 2020.
In the stop-motion animated comedy A SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE: FARMAGEDDON, the woolly protagonist tries to help an alien return home while Farmer John turns his property into a extraterrestrial-themed tourist attraction for those fascinated by local rumors of outer space creatures being in the area. Also, Mark Pfeiffer and Paul Markoff discuss actors playing themselves on screen and what to make of such meta performances. Send your comments, questions, and feedback to filmboundpod@gmail.com. Twitter: @filmbound Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/filmboundpod/ Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner Recorded February 22, 2020.
Mark Pfeiffer and Paul Markoff reveal the titles making their lists of the Best Films of 2019 in this special edition episode. They also discuss their favorite performances in last year’s films. Send your comments, questions, and feedback to filmboundpod@gmail.com. Twitter: @filmbound Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/filmboundpod/ Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner Recorded January 18, 2020.
Adam Sandler is a New York City jeweler who obtains a rare black opal that could be the score of his life in Josh and Benny Safdie’s UNCUT GEMS. Ever the risk-lover, he places big bets on the stone and the NBA playoffs that could cost him everything. After the bombing at the 1996 Olympics, the security guard who saved lives by bringing the suspicious package to attention goes from hero to suspect in director Clint Eastwood’s RICHARD JEWELL. Send your comments, questions, and feedback to filmboundpod@gmail.com. Twitter: @filmbound Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/filmboundpod/ UNCUT GEMS clip courtesy A24 RICHARD JEWELL clip courtesy Warner Bros. Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner Recorded December 23, 2019.
The unemployed Kims scheme for every family member to get lucrative jobs in the home of the wealthy Parks, but holding onto their cushy positions is tougher than expected in director/co-writer Bong Joon-Ho’s PARASITE (GISAENGCHUNG). Also, Mark Pfeiffer and Paul Markoff discuss the idea of filmmakers using actors’ likenesses to create new digital performances and what effects this technology may have in the future. Send your comments, questions, and feedback to filmboundpod@gmail.com. Twitter: @filmbound Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/filmboundpod/ Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner Recorded November 8, 2019.
Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson occupy a lonely island in 1890s New England where they must keep the lantern lit for the ships at sea while wrestling to maintain their sanity in director and co-writer Robert Eggers’ THE LIGHTHOUSE. In recommendations, Mark Pfeiffer picks SOUND & FURY, the short anime film accompanying the Sturgill Simpson album of the same name. Paul Markoff selects his favorite film of 2010, Christopher Nolan’s INCEPTION. Send your comments, questions, and feedback to filmboundpod@gmail.com. Twitter: @filmbound Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/filmboundpod/ THE LIGHTHOUSE clips courtesy A24 Sturgill Simpson's "Remember to Breathe" from SOUND & FURY courtesy Netflix and Elektra INCEPTION clip courtesy Warner Bros. Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner Recorded November 8, 2019.
Florence Pugh and Jack Reynor go with their friends on a trip to a remote Swedish commune for a solstice celebration and gradually discover they are among a pagan cult in Ari Aster’s MIDSOMMAR. Also, after an extinction event a robot known as Mother initiates a human repopulation program in a bunker. In Grant Sputore’s I AM MOTHER, her teenage daughter begins to question the artificial intelligence’s honesty when a woman played by Hilary Swank arrives and tells her a different story. Send your comments, questions, and feedback to filmboundpod@gmail.com. Twitter: @filmbound Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/filmboundpod/ MIDSOMMAR clip courtesy A24 I AM MOTHER clip courtesy Netflix. Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner Recorded July 13, 2019.
Woody, voiced by Tom Hanks, frets about his role in the life of the child he entertains in director Josh Cooley’s TOY STORY 4. Woody must also keep a close eye on Forky, a new toy who becomes a fast favorite but rejects his role as a plaything. In recommendations, Mark Pfeiffer chooses ANIMA, Paul Thomas Anderson’s short film starring Thom Yorke and featuring three songs from the Radiohead singer’s solo album of the same name. Paul Markoff picks Stephen Herek’s 1991 teen comedy DON’T TELL MOM THE BABYSITTER’S DEAD starring Christina Applegate. Send your comments, questions, and feedback to filmboundpod@gmail.com. Twitter: @filmbound Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/filmboundpod/ TOY STORY 4 clips courtesy Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Thom Yorke’s “Not the News” clip courtesy XL Recordings DON’T TELL MOM THE BABYSITTER’S DEAD clip courtesy Warner Bros. Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner Recorded July 13, 2019.
A German man fleeing fascists attempts to secure passage from France by assuming a dead author’s identity in director Christian Petzold’s TRANSIT. Franz Rogowski and Paula Beer star. Also, with so many films being made in recent years, will anyone remember them? Mark Pfeiffer and Paul Markoff test their memories in a game in which they challenge one another to recall films they reviewed between 1997 and 2017. Send your comments, questions, and feedback to filmboundpod@gmail.com. Twitter: @filmbound Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/filmboundpod/ Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner Recorded June 15, 2019.
Elton John’s rise to fame and fortune as a rock superstar is traced in Dexter Fletcher’s ROCKETMAN. Taron Egerton stars as the chart-topping singer-songwriter. In recommendations, Mark Pfeiffer selects director Jeff Nichols’ music videos for Lucero’s “Long Way Back Home” and Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis’ “Astrodome,” which he co-directed with José Luis González. Paul Markoff picks Jay Roach’s political comedy THE CAMPAIGN with Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis. Send your comments, questions, and feedback to filmboundpod@gmail.com. Twitter: @filmbound Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/filmboundpod/ ROCKETMAN clips courtesy Paramount Pictures “Astrodome” clip courtesy The Next Waltz THE CAMPAIGN clip courtesy Warner Bros. Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner Recorded June 15, 2019.
In NON-FICTION (DOUBLES VIES) writer-director Olivier Assayas considers the digital age's effects on art, media, and personal lives. Guillaume Canet, Juliette Binoche, Vincent Macaigne, and Nora Hamzawi star in this comedy set in and around the Parisian publishing world. In recommendations, Mark Pfeiffer admires David Robert Mitchell’s UNDER THE SILVER LAKE, which features Andrew Garfield obsessing over codes to solve the mystery of a missing woman. Paul Markoff picks Doug Liman’s EDGE OF TOMORROW with Tom Cruise caught in a loop as his life ends and restarts in the war against aliens. Send your comments, questions, and feedback to filmboundpod@gmail.com. Twitter: @filmbound Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/filmboundpod/ UNDER THE SILVER LAKE clip courtesy A24 EDGE OF TOMORROW clip courtesy Warner Bros. Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner Recorded May 11, 2019.
In this episode we pull out all the stops, go mad as hatters, and find the origin of some of our favorite idioms. Join us and our special guest, Glen “Obi” Helton, as we share the way some of the phrases we use came to be. So quit beating around the bush and press play. We think this one is the best thing since sliced bread! And that comes straight from the horse’s mouth! Music: Parasail by Silent Partner obtained via YouTube Audio LibraryLogo by Jason BakerDownload or Subscribe: https://twominds.podbean.comSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ADLFr6mADZ79E4ox1Ba1Qtwomindspodcast@gmail.comTwitter: @twomindspodcastFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twomindspodcast
Superhero powers are bestowed upon a teenage foster kid in director David F. Sandberg’s SHAZAM! Zachary Levi stars as the hero who looks like an adult but has the maturity level and wisdom of a young teen. Also, Mark Pfeiffer and Paul Markoff discuss the Motion Picture Association of America’s film ratings and how they have changed through the years as a tool for parents. Send your comments, questions, and feedback to filmboundpod@gmail.com. Twitter: @filmbound Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/filmboundpod/ SHAZAM! clip courtesy Warner Bros. Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner Recorded April 27, 2019.
This week after a long hiatus, as is typical for old men like us, we discuss the weather. Also on the docket is a roundup of neat visual phenomena that we’d like to witness ourselves. Then we discuss some strange places in the United States that have had some very interesting events occur. A town that is a bit hot under the collar and a lake that disappeared and came back 20 times deeper in a matter of 2 days. Music: Parasail by Silent Partner obtained via YouTube Audio LibraryLogo by Jason BakerDownload or Subscribe: https://twominds.podbean.comSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ADLFr6mADZ79E4ox1Ba1Qtwomindspodcast@gmail.comTwitter: @twomindspodcastFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twomindspodcast
There are many ways people react to the cold of winter. Some bundle up and find comfort in the warmth of a nice home and the company of family. Some focus on the holiday season and the joy it brings. Then there are the others. Those who react to the bitter cold of winter by shuttering the outside world. It is this group that we focus on in this episode. What does winter depression look like and how do people react to it. Also, where might you go to break the cycle of winter depression. If you could choose anywhere to go, where would it be? Join us as we dive into depression and our favorite places! Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): 1-800-662-HELP (4357)National Hopeline Network: 1-800-SUICIDE (784-2433)National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK (8255)National Youth Crisis Hotline: 1-800-448-4663Live Web Chat: https://www.depression-chat-rooms.org/ Music: Parasail by Silent Partner obtained via YouTube Audio LibraryLogo by Jason BakerDownload or Subscribe: https://twominds.podbean.comSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ADLFr6mADZ79E4ox1Ba1Qtwomindspodcast@gmail.comTwitter: @twomindspodcastFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twomindspodcast
On this special holiday episode, Paul Newman suggests a corporation’s board of directors promote Tim Robbins’ recent business school graduate to president as a means of devaluing the stock they wish to buy on January 1 to retain control of the company in THE HUDSUCKER PROXY, Joel and Ethan Coen’s 1994 comedy influenced by the films of Preston Sturges and Frank Capra, including IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE. Mark Pfeiffer and Paul Markoff also share the film-related wishes they hope might be granted this season. Send your comments, questions, and feedback to filmboundpod@gmail.com. Twitter: @filmbound Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/filmboundpod/ THE HUDSUCKER PROXY clip courtesy Warner Bros. Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner Recorded December 2, 2018.
Taking trips across the U.S. can be an enlightening experience. In this episode we recount some of the best moments from our trips trekking across the country we love. Whether it’s the Grand Canyon, the Diamond in the Desert, Tinseltown, or The Mile High City, there’s something out there for every taste. We also touch base on a few cool household tech items that make any home a smart home. So it’s ‘Denver or Bust’ in this, our travel episode. Music: Parasail by Silent Partner obtained via YouTube Audio LibraryLogo by Jason BakerDownload or Subscribe: https://twominds.podbean.comSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ADLFr6mADZ79E4ox1Ba1Qtwomindspodcast@gmail.com@twomindspodcast
Cross your fingers, throw some salt over your shoulder, avoid the number 13, and knock on wood for our Halloween special! In this episode we dive into the origin of some of the most common superstitions. Where does the 7 years bad luck for breaking a mirror come from? Why don’t we walk under ladders? All of these and more are covered in this very unlucky episode! Music: Parasail by Silent Partner obtained via YouTube Audio LibraryLogo by Jason BakerDownload or Subscribe: https://twominds.podbean.comSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ADLFr6mADZ79E4ox1Ba1Qtwomindspodcast@gmail.com@twomindspodcast
In this episode we dive into an episode of the Netflix hit series Black Mirror. With technology moving as fast as it is and infiltrating every aspect of our culture, are some of the science fiction themes we see in series such as these a possible reality in our near future? In some ways fiction is becoming a scary reality. Music: Parasail by Silent Partner obtained via YouTube Audio LibraryLogo by Jason BakerDownload or Subscribe: https://twominds.podbean.comSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ADLFr6mADZ79E4ox1Ba1Qtwomindspodcast@gmail.com@twomindspodcast
Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt and his IMF team must recover three stolen plutonium cores before they are installed in portable nuclear weapons in writer-director Christopher McQuarrie’s MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - FALLOUT. Also, Jason Statham attempts to protect an ocean research team from a megalodon, a 70-foot shark thought to have been extinct for millions of years, in director Jon Turteltaub’s THE MEG. Send your comments, questions, and feedback to filmboundpod@gmail.com. Twitter: @filmbound Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/filmboundpod/ MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - FALLOUT clip courtesy Paramount Pictures THE MEG clip courtesy Warner Bros. Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner Recorded August 18, 2018.
In a dystopian future Tye Sheridan and Olivia Cooke are among the masses seeking escape in a virtual reality world called the OASIS, as well as clues to the creator’s hidden fortune, in director Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of Ernest Cline’s novel READY PLAYER ONE. Mark Pfeiffer and Paul Markoff also discuss the benefits and detriments of film review aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes. Send your comments, questions, and feedback to filmboundpod@gmail.com. Twitter: @filmbound Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/filmboundpod/ READY PLAYER ONE clip courtesy Warner Bros. Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner Recorded April 14, 2018.