I'M SO POPULAR

TRAIN MAN, or LOVE IN THE REAL WORLD with maggie

On the penultimate episode of I’M SO POPULAR Season 5, we discuss the internet legend of Densha Otoko and the 2005 film adaptation of said legend: TRAIN MAN 電車の男 + love and actualization of the otaku + escaping the constricted panopticon of the online world. For this week's salacious SIRENS along with over a hundred and seventy five paywalled episodes, join us at PATREON.COM/IMSOPOPULAR

CHI CHIのBOOK CLUB第6: WHEN SHE WAS GOOD

On the fifth edition of Chi Chi’s exclusive Patreon bookclub, we discuss WHEN SHE WAS GOOD by Philip Roth. Subscribe to the Patreon to join us next time: patreon.com/imsopopular

MIN KAMP III: BOYHOOD AND GORE

Discussing Karl Ove Knausgård's MY STRUGGLE VOLUME THREE (2009年) + memories from my childhood + mysteries of the unconscious mind. FULL EPISODE ONLY FOR PATRONS: patreon.com/imsopopular

MUSCLE MAN with jordan castro

Very handsome novelist Jordan Castro joins to discuss his fascinating new book MUSCLE MAN (2025年), a fascinating work of fiction about an English professor who hates being an English professor and loves lifting weights. We discuss novels of the mind, Mishima Yukio and the mimetic flattening of reactionary authors, the puzzling reception to his work, the godless twenty-first century and more. For paywalled episodes of the show and over one hundred locked episodes of the essential SIRENS chat show, join us on patreon at patreon.com/imsopopular Find Jordan Castro and his fabulous books on his website: http://www.jordancastro.com/

RING with angel heart and maggie

Discussing the iconic Japanese horror mainstay franchise of RING リング: its original trilogy of late nineties films + its source material novels + the occult world of spirituality and tangible emotion + video tape and horror of memory + Nakatani Miki and her iconic haircuts. For the bonus SIRENS aftershow, join us on patreon at Patreon.com/imsopopular