Cultural Fugazi

March 2024 - A Brief Trip Through Culture

Join the guys as they don't do their homework and talk about some things in the current culture they've been enjoying! Come for a 30 minute discussion on the book Fourth Wing and stay for some takes on Alan Wake 2. And a quick journey through the TV show Shogun. We have a bit of everything today so email us@fugazipod.com [us@fugazipod.com] and tell me how ashamed of Justis you are for watching Anime. -Ography: * Shogun Season 1 * Fourth Wing * Alan Wake 2 * Unicorn Overlord * Anime? I'm sorry

February 2024 - Labor of Love Pt 1 - Flashdancing Through the Portrayals of Pennsylvania

Grab your Iron City and throw fries on a sandwich because the guys are talking about Steel City USA. Join Justis and Chris as they talk through the lens of Pittsburgh and greater PA through the decades. Sit and hang out as they discuss class (and love) in all three films. Come for the premise they thought would work about labor and romance. Stay for the discussion on how good the soundtrack to Flashdance is. You can always email us@fugazipod.com [us@fugazipod.com] and let us know about what you would put on a sandwich. Filmography: * Flashdance (1983) * Groundhog Day (1993) * Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008)

January 2024 - Networking with Bamboozled and American Fiction

Movies are back and Chris and Justis are out to watch 'em! Enjoy them discovering the film Network for the first time. Hear them talk through Bamboozled and why you kinda need to watch Network first. Once they wrap up on the points made in those two earlier movies, stick around for a spoiler filled discussion of American Fiction fresh from the theater! Don't forget to email us@fugazipod.com [us@fugazipod.com] and let us know how you would destroy something you never intended to create. Filmography: * Network (1976) * Bamboozled (2000) * American Fiction (2023)

January 2024 - Elite Capture and Building Some Common Ground

With the holidays behind us Chris and Justis welcome in the new year by breaking out of their cinema shell and discussing Olúfhemi Táíwò's book Elite Capture. Listen in to find out what an elite is exactly, what they've captured, why we think it matters, and importantly what we might be able to do about it. We learn surprising things about the impact homemade pasta can have on political theory, and someone may be thrilled to finally have an excuse to talk about one of their favorite political philosophers, Frantz Fanon. Don't forget to email us@fugazipod.com [us@fugazipod.com] and let us know what you think!   Bibliography * Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else) - Olúfhemi Táíwò (2022) * Black Skin, White Masks - Frantz Fanon (1952) * Women, Race, and Class - Angela Davis  (1981) * Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life - Barbara J. Fields and Karen E. Fields (2012) * Pedagogy of the Oppressed - Paulo Freire (1968) Links * 1977 Combahee River Collective Statement: https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/combahee-river-collective-statement-1977/ [https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/combahee-river-collective-statement-1977/]  * Mariame Kaba's 'For the People' library project: https://www.librariesforthepeople.org [https://www.librariesforthepeople.org]

December 2023 - The Godzilla and the Heron Minus One

Chris and Justis are fresh out of the theater after seeing The Boy and the Heron and sat down to talk through why they are still thinking about Godzilla Minus One, how these two films talk about the ways individuals are challenged by outside forces and face tragedy, and finish up some bourbon. You can always email us@fugazipod.com [us@fugazipod.com]  and let us know what you think! Filmography * Godzilla Minus One (2023) * The Boy and the Heron (2023)