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Playful academic podcast that looks at movies and other cultural objects through the lens of 5 groovy themes: Pervs 'R Us, Beast & Sovereign, Il vaut mieux Lyotard que jamais, Marx Grudge, and What Would Jesus Do?
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The NXIVM Cult: Lacan's Structure of the Pervert
Wow, an embarrassment of riches here. Pervs R' Us reigns supreme over all the other stars. Pyramid schemes, viral brainwashing tech, the drive unleashed. We read Keith Raniere, the leader of the…
Gambling: Aren't You Humiliated?
We set out to discuss the new Predictive Markets and gambling sites like Kalshi, that allow people to bet on practically anything. Like, you can gamble on when the Strait of Hormuz will be…
Men Suck
The Tossers try to atone for the grave sin of dialecticizing the poles of gender without definitively dunking on men. Well, should we atone? Who are the men that suck? Is this all gender's fault? Is…
Bugonia, Dogville: Divine Retribution of the Kidnapped Woman
At what point do you deserve to die for taking advantage of someone else's hospitality? At what point do you deserve to die for not giving enough hospitality?Are you, the needy guest, complicit in…
A Night at the BAFTAs: Anti-ableism vs. Anti-racism
We discuss the uproar and confusion that ensued when John Davidson, who suffers from Coprolalia (the form of Tourettes that induces vulgar language and gestures), said the N-word at the Baftas. Why…
Why Iran?
Hi there hello audient, how've you been?The end, they say, is near. Some say this end is the apocalypse.Others call it "a new Middle Ages" ..sorry, I mean "East". Some say 'end' with the meaning of…
The Tush Push Episode
We tore open the homophobic response to the relatively new football play, the tush push.
Pluribus: Never...? Let the Dead Bury the Dead
...we Tossed our way into oblivion with the exciting new show Pluribus in this one.Hello audient!The new show Pluribus comes at us with all the niceties, trappings and plot pitfalls to be found in…
Technofeudalism and Enshittification: Paying Rent to our App Lords
We discuss two very sad yet important contemporary ideas about how enormous companies like Apple, Google, Meta, and Amazon rule over us today. The first is Technofeudalism, a word coined by Yanis…
One Babel After Another: Walter Benjamin Finds Meme-ing
Dear, surviving, audient: how is it hanging?We\I sympathize.If you were looking to art as an answer, hoping for some revolutionary frameworks, or just plain ol' solace inside -- -- I'm…
Charlie Kirk: Can't We All Grieve Along
We wanted to talk about the aftermath of Charlie Kirk's assassination. We ended up returning to a question Sagi asked in the last episode (Bowser Bones): how do we talk to people who mean well but…
Bowser Bones: The Fantasy of Biological Male Strength
Bowser bones is a phrase Andy and Jake came up with after playing way too much Mario Tennis. One afternoon, Jake chose to play as Bowser and easily defeated Andy, who was playing as Princess Peach.…
AI is still here: The Fragment on Machines, Progress, and the Tower of Babel (Part 2)
Well, we thought about AI again. This time Andy joined us. Jake, as promised, went Marx Grudge. He read from Marx's "Fragment on Machines," and listed the many lawsuits currently levied against "AI…
Vats for Brains: AI and Automated Intelligence (Part I)
Hello there audient,How's life?So, for this summer of lovely weather and lovelier news the Tossers bring you the first of a two-part series of pods dealing with A.I. It'll be fun and light, much like…
Pets: Our Imaginary Friends
As promised, our fun episode: pets! Did we end up keeping it G-rated and uncritical, no! Did we find a way to critique the adorable perfection of our feline and canine friends, yes! We also talked…
Fracking: A Priva(tiza)tion of Earth and Soul
Hello audient! (Jake says we have one more but I know it's still, as always, just you...)So we did an episode about fracking. Missing Jack on this one...We had a lot to say. But it was all pretty…
Tossers' Variety Show: Our Favorite Quotations
Today we shared 4 of our favorite quotations and discussed them on their own and in relation to each other. We quoted Dorothy Parker, Lex Luthor, Friedrich Nietzsche, Bob Dylan, Marvel Comics,…
The University, or Teaching Real Fucking Shit
Greetings, audient!This.. was... a long one. We each have our own scar tissue from university encounters, passionate moments of transformation and inspiration experienced alongside sad encounters…
The Shit-Eating Grin: Defense Mechanism for a Modern "Man"
Jake can't stop cursing in this episode. We discuss the terribly obnoxious, punch-deserving, smirk that refuses to listen to the Other. Though prevalent especially in the world of Maga punditry,…
Sherlock Holmes: Limited Bandwidth (Inc.)
Audient!This episode imposes upon us (well Jake mostly) the horrors of shoddy writing and bad aesthetics. And yet, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's creation seems to be very much alive. How is that? Why?We…
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5 Star Tossers has published 75 episodes since October 2021, covering topics in Arts.
5 Star Tossers is currently highly active with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 1h 35m.
