Dead Authors Podcast - Episode 45: L. Ron Hubbard

Thank you! Someone had to say it.

If the show had focused on all the attempts to pass all their ghoulish bipartisan neoliberal bills I’d at least respect it for having a vision, as opposed to an obsession with procedure and the superficial aesthetics of debate.

If I can’t criticize the show for its lack of imagination and ambition, and its reprehensible worldview, then what can I criticize it for? Its lack of distinct character voices? The lighting? Some other mundane reason that doesn’t grapple with the actual messages it’s trying to convey to its viewers?

It’s how he wishes the Clinton presidency had been without the scandals, and it’s a world where talking really fast and listing data and saying “Then by your own logic you’re a hypocrite. sir!” actually amounts to anything. A world where policy is decided by “the pragmatic grown ups in the room” behind closed doors…

Sorkin is the man who created a fantasy wish fulfilment show about the US President and the White House wherein that wish fulfilment involved no actual policy being passed.

You’re literally a pedant.

The Umbrella Chronicles is better than at least half of this list

There’s a podcast from Wondery about Joe Exotic that released weekly around the time of the Netflix show that explained that angle.

I really need to rush and not get Disney+ then

Fitzthistlewitz was by far the best game reviewer on the internet

The US is the greatest terrorist state in history and the Obama administration was no different.

I stopped watching Outlander after the first season. I was expecting more fluffy romance and less edginess.

You know when you ask for a friend’s recommendation on something you think you might like, and they recommend something entirely different that they like?

You know when you ask for a friend’s recommendation on something you think you might like, and they recommend…

I honestly can’t tell if you’re referring to Kissel or Henry lol

You should watch it, it’s great. It’s just not the type of show that people go to Sy-fy for. I could see it having a longer life had it come out someplace like Netflix or Showtime.

In other news: Man cuts off nose to spite face.

Glad it’s back. I liked the lofi beats channel. Although, to be perfectly honest, there were times when it wasn’t quite enough and I had to go with this

Mahershala Ali played Cottonmouth in Luke Cage and he’s going to be Blade now, so I don’t think this would be an issue.

Eh, I have serious issues with how the media handled Buttigieg after the Iowa Caucus debacle.