PZ's Podcast

About the show

From "Telstar" to "Vault of Horror," from Rattigan to Kerouac, from the Village of Bray to the Village of Midwich, help PZ link old ancient news and pop culture. I think I can see him, "Crawling from the Wreckage." Will he find his way? This show is brought to you by Mockingbird! www.mbird.com

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Episodes

  • Episode 131 - 52 Pickup

    December 19th, 2012  |  26 mins 1 sec

    Here is a thought for the end of the year. Merry Christmas to all!

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    Podcast 130 - OK, All Right! - Victor Hugo

    December 14th, 2012  |  30 mins 4 secs

    I had to do it, tho' didn't want to. Victor Hugo is great; "Victor Hugo" the Phenomenon seems like just another turn of Journey's "Wheel in the Sky." Even so, I had fun with this and hope you like it.

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    Episode 129 - First Infinite Frost

    December 12th, 2012  |  24 mins 34 secs

    An experiment: a true story, from the true-life adventures, but told backwards -- the way it felt at the time. I truly wish this had never happened. Is PZ trying for a James Agee moment? Maybe so. Podcast 129 is dedicated to Adrienne Parks.

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    Episode 128 - Dissociated Chef d'Oeuvre

    December 11th, 2012  |  25 mins 36 secs

    This is not just about another movie, the 1973 musical version of "Lost Horizon". It's about Reflections of yourself, the Approach mirrored in the song "I Come to You", and the Things I Will Not Miss. The movie's a knockout because it's about Real Life.

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    Episode 127 - Hotel Taft

    December 9th, 2012  |  32 mins 52 secs

    Look within yourself, look inside the Black Cauldron. If you take the time to Drag the Line, you'll almost definitely find hope, even joy. Let the bells ring and listen to the Music!

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    Podcast 126 - Amberley Wildbrooks

    December 5th, 2012  |  33 mins 1 sec

    Suffering, Transitoriness, Insubstantiality: three marks of being that seem to me beyond dispute. The last takes a little unpacking, which I try to do. Podcast 126 draws on Matthew's Southern Comfort, and The Peanut Butter Conspiracy.

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    Episode 125 - Now What?

    December 4th, 2012  |  33 mins 26 secs

    In the spirit of the J. Geils Band, Sinuhe the Egyptian looked for it. A proto-hippie Pharaoh gave it to him. The result was a good result. And for you and me!

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    Episode 124 - Done

    November 29th, 2012  |  29 mins 17 secs

    Here's a Sixth Sense! Galsworthy enlightens in the brightest way, and jump-starts us "Going Up The Country."

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    Episode 123 - Saint's Progress

    November 28th, 2012  |  37 mins 5 secs

    John Galsworthy's play "A Bit O'Love" (1915) and his novel "Saints's Progress" (1919) diagnose the problem and also the possibility of Christian ministry. They diagnose it to the point of heartbreak. And yet there is hope. Goodbye, Columbus!

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    Episode 122 - Worst That Could Happen

    November 9th, 2012  |  34 mins 8 secs

    It's being labelled a "Zwinglian"! And there's something even worse than that. This cast is a plea for the wheels to be put back on religion.

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    Episode 121 - Hold That Ghost

    November 7th, 2012  |  35 mins 26 secs

    Freedom and Love: Love can't exist from anything but, and Freedom won't issue in anything but. This cast consults St. Augustine, on human nature; and Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, on, well, intangibles. Maxim Gorky makes an appearance.

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    Episode 120 - The Black Castle

    November 2nd, 2012  |  28 mins 14 secs

    Here's a short talk about creativity, "work stoppage", renewal, and a couple of wonderful movies. Also, it's a lesson in how to empty a room!

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    Episode 119 - Over the River II

    September 16th, 2012  |  27 mins 17 secs

    "Trouble in my way" is the name of the game. This podcast tells how it came to me, and what I was forced to learn from it. This is part one of a two-part "swan song".

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    Episode 118 - Les Elucubrations de PZ

    September 13th, 2012  |  31 mins 2 secs

    Not a rant, like Antoine's great one, but maybe some "Lightworks": a current reading list and even a movie, all in red.

  • Episode 117 - Horror Hotel

    September 11th, 2012  |  28 mins 30 secs

    This tight expressionist movie is the real thing, about real (occult) egos willing to take any measures possible in order to prolong life. It's a sure fail, this prolongation. But so revealing. And the fog ... and the blocking.

  • Episode 116 - Wing Thing

    August 27th, 2012  |  22 mins 28 secs

    Another meditation on hope (i.e., the Wing Thing) via death, but concrete death: death you can get your skull around. Akira Ifukube is here to help us, as is Diogenes the Cynic; as is, again, Raymond Scott. The cast is dedicated to Hewes Hull.