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A show about war movies, with an anti-imperialist twist. Hosted by Van Jackson and Lyle Jeremy Rubin—military vets, antiwar advocates, film junkies.

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Ex Machina (2014) w/ Ryan Perez | Ep. 73

Ryan Perez makes his living in the industry this film is secretly about.

Ryan Perez makes his living in the industry this film is secretly about. An actor (The Gilded Age, et al.) and host of An Actor Despairs—a rueful wink at Stanislavski...

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Taps (1981), w/ Jasper Craven | Ep. 72

Taps was shot at Valley Forge Military Academy, and this episode’s guest is the journalist whose exposé of that school’s hazing and abuse presaged its closing.

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24 (2001–2010) w/ Adam Johnson | Ep. 71

Fox’s 24 was set to premiere weeks after 9/11.

Fox’s 24 was set to premiere weeks after 9/11. Its first hour blows up a plane, so the network held it back. That delay is the whole show in miniature. It was the post-9/11 show before the let...

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I, Robot (2004) w/ Max Read | Ep. 70

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