Struggle Session

Halloween 2025 w/ Christopher Jason Bell

Filmmaker Christopher Jason Bell (Failed State, Miss Me Yet) joins me for a special Halloween edition of Struggle Session. We delve into some of our favorite horror films and recent releases including Weapons, Hellraiser, Saw, Cure, Ganja & Hess, The Exorcist, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and more. We also talk about Chris' short film The Confection starring Alex Ptak and Simone Norman, free to watch here: https://vimeo.com/816045136/42279aaa29 [https://vimeo.com/816045136/42279aaa29]https://linktr.ee/christopherjasonbell [https://linktr.ee/christopherjasonbell] Films mentioned: 1. The Confection 2. Saw series 3. Spiral (Saw) 4. Twilight series 5. Hellraiser series 6. Hellraiser 2: Leviathan 7. Piranha 3D 8. Weapons 9. Barbarian 10. Eddington 11. The Exorcist 12. The Exorcist III 13. Silence of the Lambs 14. Deep Red 15. Tenebrae 16. Suspiria 17. Mother of Tears 18. Dracula (Argento) 19. Ganja &Hess 20. Da Sweet Blood of Jesus 21. Cure 22. Longlegs 23. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/struggle-session--5842028/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/struggle-session--5842028/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss]. Subscribe at http://patreon.com/strugglesession [http://patreon.com/strugglesession] Please leave us a 5 star review at Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/struggle-session/id1265384284 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/struggle-session/id1265384284] Send an email or voicemail to thestrugglesession@gmail.com Keep up with and contact Leslie: https://msha.ke/lleeiii [https://msha.ke/lleeiii]

We Want them Infected with Dr. Jonathan Howard

Dr. Jonathan Howard chief of the neurology service at Bellevue Hospital joins us to discuss his book We Want Them Infected: How the Failed Quest for Herd Immunity Led Doctors to Embrace the Anti-vaccine Movement and Blinded Americans to the Threat of COVID. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/struggle-session--5842028/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/struggle-session--5842028/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss]. Subscribe at http://patreon.com/strugglesession [http://patreon.com/strugglesession] Please leave us a 5 star review at Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/struggle-session/id1265384284 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/struggle-session/id1265384284] Send an email or voicemail to thestrugglesession@gmail.com Keep up with and contact Leslie: https://msha.ke/lleeiii [https://msha.ke/lleeiii]

Fetishized w/ Kaila Yu

Writer Kaila Yu joins me to discuss her new book Fetishized: A Reckoning with Yellow Fever, Feminism, and Beauty. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/struggle-session--5842028/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/struggle-session--5842028/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss]. Subscribe at http://patreon.com/strugglesession [http://patreon.com/strugglesession] Please leave us a 5 star review at Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/struggle-session/id1265384284 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/struggle-session/id1265384284] Send an email or voicemail to thestrugglesession@gmail.com Keep up with and contact Leslie: https://msha.ke/lleeiii [https://msha.ke/lleeiii]

Ezra Klein vs Ta-Nehisi Coates w/ Briahna Joy Grey

Support the show and get hundreds of bonus episodes ad free at http://patreon.com/strugglesession [http://patreon.com/strugglesession] Ezra Klein has been on a roll with a series of podcasts defending Charlie Kirk's legacy, arguing for Democrats to run more anti-abortion candidates to win in pro-abortion states, & and making the case for a value-free politics to Ta-Nehisi Coates. Briahna Joy Grey of Bad Faith joins me to to break it all  down. This was a live stream on the Bad Faith Youtube Channel recorded 9/20/254 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/struggle-session--5842028/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/struggle-session--5842028/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss]. Subscribe at http://patreon.com/strugglesession [http://patreon.com/strugglesession] Please leave us a 5 star review at Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/struggle-session/id1265384284 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/struggle-session/id1265384284] Send an email or voicemail to thestrugglesession@gmail.com Keep up with and contact Leslie: https://msha.ke/lleeiii [https://msha.ke/lleeiii]

Sinners w/ Briahna Joy Gray and Josh Olson [Unlocked]

Now unlocked is this special crossover with Briahna's podcast Bad Faith. Get bonus episodes like this when they drop at http://patreon.com/strugglesession [http://patreon.com/strugglesession]  ------------------------------------------ A Brief History of Violence screenwriter & co-host of The Movies that Made Me Josh Olson and Struggle Session co-host Leslie Lee III join the show to discuss the movie everyone's talking about: Ryan Coogler's Jim Crow vampire film Sinners. In a spoiler-filled episode (you are warned), the trio debate what the movie is trying to say about race, freedom, religion, and vampirism before delving into the media controversy surrounding Variety's coverage of the film's box office earnings. Produced by Armand Aviram. Bad Faith Theme by Nick Thorburn (@nickfromislands). Visit our website at http://sesh.show [http://sesh.show/] Please leave us a 5 star review at Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/struggle-session/id1265384284 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/struggle-session/id1265384284] Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/thestrugglesession [https://instagram.com/thestrugglesession] Check out our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@StruggleSessionpodcast [https://www.youtube.com/@StruggleSessionpodcast] Send an email or voicemail to thestrugglesession@gmail.com Keep up with and contact Leslie: https://msha.ke/lleeiii [https://msha.ke/lleeiii] Struggle Session Theme by Brendan James: https://thegreatvorelli.bandcamp.com/ [https://thegreatvorelli.bandcamp.com/] Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/struggle-session--5842028/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/struggle-session--5842028/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss]. Subscribe at http://patreon.com/strugglesession [http://patreon.com/strugglesession] Please leave us a 5 star review at Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/struggle-session/id1265384284 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/struggle-session/id1265384284] Send an email or voicemail to thestrugglesession@gmail.com Keep up with and contact Leslie: https://msha.ke/lleeiii [https://msha.ke/lleeiii]