Season of the Glitch

Part two of a two part conversation with Nav Hir about the sprawling mess that is the cult NXIVM. Also mentioned: The Great Conjunction, simulated reality, Steinbeck, Manson, theBronfmans, The Crown/Brisith royals, antimaskers/covid deniers, Metoo, the true crime phenomenon, Breaking Bad, and a lot more.

Part one of a two part conversation with Nav Hir about the sprawling mess that is the cult NXIVM. Also mentioned: Giuliani's extended melt down, The Crown, Qanon, Eptein's island, and finding limbs in the street.

I talk with Nav Hir about Ari Aster's Midsommar in the first installment of my series on the folk horror genre. Other detours and mentions include Qanon, tomorrow's presidential election, dmt and deja vu, and Poe's Masque of the Red Death.

In the debut episode of SOTG, I explore the simulated reality that is Charlie Kaufman's I'm Thinking of Ending Things, and what happens when a film turns into an existential void. Detours and mentions include: the worst year in history, faked moon landings, The Yellow Wallpaper, Where the Wild Things are, salvia trips, H.P. Lovecraft, Stanley Kubrick, Todd Haynes, Antonioni, Jean Baudrillard, and more.

Season of the Glitch, a new film and culture podcast where we explore things like science fiction, artificial intelligence, simulation theory, horror movies, and esoteric history, premieres on Thursday, September 24, 2020.