Ranked #1
11 - Your Own Personal Jesus - 'Incendies'
11 - Your Own Personal Jesus - 'Incendies'
Adrian and Helen disagree then agree about the biblical story of the Prodigal Son, defend tradition (sort of) and talk a... Read more
21 Jun 2019
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56mins
Ranked #2
4 - Hail King Paimon! - 'Hereditary'
4 - Hail King Paimon! - 'Hereditary'
Adrian and Helen talk about how 'Hereditary' shows that you don't have to believe in ghosts to be afraid of them.
7 Apr 2019
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1hr 1min
Ranked #3
6 - The Universe's Tics And Grimaces (ft. Todd McGowan) - 'Annihilation'
6 - The Universe's Tics And Grimaces (ft. Todd McGowan) - 'Annihilation'
With special guest Todd McGowan, we talk about how 'Annihilation' shows that human's aren't 'natural'; they constitute (... Read more
7 May 2019
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54mins
Ranked #4
9 - Hystericize Me! (ft. Jamieson Webster and Marcus Coelen) - 'A Woman Under the Influence'
9 - Hystericize Me! (ft. Jamieson Webster and Marcus Coelen) - 'A Woman Under the Influence'
With psychoanalysts Jamieson Webster and Marcus Coelen (co-authors of the forthcoming 'The Cambridge Introduction to Jac... Read more
26 May 2019
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1hr 2mins
Ranked #5
22 - Mummy (Nature) Loves You - The work of Terrence Malick
22 - Mummy (Nature) Loves You - The work of Terrence Malick
Adrian and Helen ask, 'is Terrence Malick a Christian?'
27 Dec 2019
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1hr 4mins
Ranked #6
23 - The Male Gayz - 'The Greatest Showman'
23 - The Male Gayz - 'The Greatest Showman'
Adrian and Helen resist the intoxicating artifice of singularity when listening to the track 'This is Me' from 'The Grea... Read more
31 Dec 2019
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1hr 7mins
Ranked #7
21 - Drugalectics - 'Enter the Void'
21 - Drugalectics - 'Enter the Void'
In which Adrian and Helen investigate a dialectical, atheistic approach to transcendence in relation to 'Enter the Void'... Read more
10 Dec 2019
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50mins
Ranked #8
13 - 'The (Anti-)Villain Makes the Picture' (ft. Peter Rollins) - 'Quantum of Solace'
13 - 'The (Anti-)Villain Makes the Picture' (ft. Peter Rollins) - 'Quantum of Solace'
In this Bond-themed episode, special guest Peter Rollins joins Adrian and Helen to talk about goodies and baddies, pleas... Read more
27 Jun 2019
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1hr 2mins
Ranked #9
19 - A Temporary Placeholder for the Void - 'Joker'
19 - A Temporary Placeholder for the Void - 'Joker'
Adrian and Helen look at 'Joker' (Todd Phillips) and talk about why Arthur Fleck is the symptom par excellence - the con... Read more
6 Dec 2019
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1hr 11mins
Ranked #10
18 - Queen Of Hearts - 'The Green Ray'
18 - Queen Of Hearts - 'The Green Ray'
In this discussion about Éric Rohmer's 'The Green Ray', Adrian and Helen talk about meaningless signs, journeys without ... Read more
8 Sep 2019
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1hr 6mins
Ranked #11
14 - Work Sucks! (ft. Tad DeLay) - 'Alien'
14 - Work Sucks! (ft. Tad DeLay) - 'Alien'
Special guest Tad Delay - author of 'God is Unconscious', 'The Cynic and the Fool' and 'Against' - talks with Helen abou... Read more
24 Jul 2019
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1hr
Ranked #12
16 - 'You don't f*ck, you're f*cked' - 'Phantom Thread'
16 - 'You don't f*ck, you're f*cked' - 'Phantom Thread'
Adrian and Helen talk about sensuality, sadomasochism and mushrooms in relation to 'Phantom Thread' by Paul Thomas Ander... Read more
11 Aug 2019
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1hr 4mins
Ranked #13
17 - A Boat Called Tomorrow - 'Children of Men'
17 - A Boat Called Tomorrow - 'Children of Men'
Adrian and Helen talk about the aestheticisation of 'politics', the struggle of a rowing boat and how oneness equals dea... Read more
28 Aug 2019
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59mins
Ranked #14
24 - Bad Infinity and Beyond - 'Limitless'
24 - Bad Infinity and Beyond - 'Limitless'
In this 24th (not 23rd) episode, Adrian and Helen talk about elliptical infinity in relation to 'Limitless' (Neil Burger... Read more
9 Jan 2020
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47mins
Ranked #15
12 - Barbed Wire and Apples - 'First Reformed'
12 - Barbed Wire and Apples - 'First Reformed'
Adrian and Helen talk about eco-terrorists, non-believing believers and 'honest' diary-keeping in relation to the film '... Read more
21 Jun 2019
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1hr
Ranked #16
15 - Caught In Someone Else's Fantasy - 'Eyes Wide Shut'
15 - Caught In Someone Else's Fantasy - 'Eyes Wide Shut'
Adrian and Helen talk about lizard people, the non-existant Big Other and the horror of subjectivising someone else's fa... Read more
8 Aug 2019
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1hr 11mins
Ranked #17
20 - Agent of Decay - 'The Master'
20 - Agent of Decay - 'The Master'
Adrian and Helen talk about self-sabotage, scientology and 'The Master' (Paul Thomas Anderson).
6 Dec 2019
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1hr 16mins
Ranked #18
25 - We Don't Wanna Be Royals (or How to Be a Class Traitor) - 'Parasite', 'Midsommar'
25 - We Don't Wanna Be Royals (or How to Be a Class Traitor) - 'Parasite', 'Midsommar'
Parasite, Midsommar, Marx, Freud, Girard, Debord.
15 Feb 2020
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1hr 4mins
Ranked #19
3 - 'I dream of how he used to f***' - 'Carne Trémula' ('Live Flesh')
3 - 'I dream of how he used to f***' - 'Carne Trémula' ('Live Flesh')
Adrian and Helen talk about 'Live Flesh' ('Carne Trémula'), Jordan Peterson and love pentagons.
31 Mar 2019
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51mins
Ranked #20
8 - The Joi Of Sex - 'Blade Runner 2049'
8 - The Joi Of Sex - 'Blade Runner 2049'
Adrian wanted to call this episode 'the g(litch) spot'; Helen was too much of a coward. In this episode, we use 'Blade R... Read more
17 May 2019
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59mins