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Michael and Us

Luke Savage and Will Sloan

A podcast about culture, politics, and our crumbling world. Hosted by Luke Savage and Will Sloan. Exclusive subscriber-only episodes: https://www.patreon.com/michaelandus/overview

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00:02:03

PREVIEW - #646 - To Be or Not to Be

Michael and Us ·

2025/08/13

Released just months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Ernst Lubitsch's TO BE OR NOT TO BE (1942) combined farce and thrills in Nazi-occupied Poland. A satire that was once considered "too soon" has aged into one of the great anti-fascists landmarks of cinema. PLUS: Remembering the golden age of "Twitter comedians." PATREON-EXCLUSIVE EPISODE - https://www.patreon.com/posts/136400200

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00:53:06

#645 - NatSec Shock and Terror

Michael and Us ·

2025/08/08

In WAR OF THE WORLDS (2025), Ice Cube stars as a Homeland Security analyst who uncovers a Deep State surveillance plot AND foils an alien invasion - all without ever leaving his Zoom window. We watched the certified Bad Movie that's sweeping the nation.Join us on Patreon for an extra episode every week - https://www.patreon.com/michaelandus Luke's substack - https://www.lukewsavage.com/ Come see Will will at one of the stops on his book tour: LOS ANGELES - August 30, book signing and Q&A with

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01:10:53

#644 - Her Celluloid Self

Michael and Us ·

2025/08/06

Donald Trump has said repeatedly that Billy Wilder's SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950) is one of his favorite movies. We revisit one of Hollywood's enduring classics and try to figure out if the current president identifies more with Norma Desmond or Joe Gillis. PLUS: Are we entering the worst season for political memoirs of all time?"President Trump isn’t happy about the Oscar for ‘Parasite.’ What movies does he like?" by Josh Rottenberg -

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00:02:28

PREVIEW - #643 - In Search of Lost Timelines

Michael and Us ·

2025/08/02

Ari Aster's EDDINGTON (2025) takes us back to the lockdown year of 2020, satirizing the many archetypes and discourses - right, left, and centre - that flourished during the pandemic. We attempt to analyze what, if anything, Aster is saying, and dredge up a lot of unpleasant sense-memories in the process! PATREON-EXCLUSIVE EPISODE - https://www.patreon.com/posts/135554313

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00:03:28

PREVIEW - #642 - Penn and Teller's Bullshit

Michael and Us ·

2025/07/30

In the 2000s, there was one form of political iconoclasm that was guaranteed to never get you in any trouble, and it was called libertarianism. At the behest of our Superdelegate patron tier, we return to... (deep, heavy sigh)... PENN & TELLER: BULLSHIT!, with special attention to the episodes "College" and "Safety Hysteria," and remember a popular form of "skepticism" that sounds an awful lot like just being a Republican.PATREON-EXCLUSIVE EPISODE - https://www.patreon.com/posts/135327052

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00:53:02

#641 - Every Man for Himself and God Against All

Michael and Us ·

2025/07/25

In Werner Herzog's INTO THE INFERNO (2016), a self-described cinematic poet teams with a Cambridge scientist for a documentary about volcanos that marries scientific inquiry with a healthy respect for myth and legend. And we also get to visit North Korea. PLUS: Who is the greatest podcaster of all time?Join us on Patreon for an extra episode every week - https://www.patreon.com/michaelandus

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00:03:24

PREVIEW - #640 - Discretionary Time (Newsroom Part 16)

Michael and Us ·

2025/07/24

The timeline of Aaron Sorkin's THE NEWSROOM is getting further and further into the 2012 presidential election... so it only makes sense that Season 2 Episode 6 ("One Step Too Many") is the horniest episode yet! We catch up on some shocking developments in the "Genoa tip," and find out the true meaning of "discretionary time."PATREON-EXCLUSIVE EPISODE - https://www.patreon.com/posts/640-time-part-16-134860722

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01:05:38

#639 - Let There Be Light

Michael and Us ·

2025/07/19

A superstar atheist has a near-death experience and becomes a born-again Christian in LET THERE BE LIGHT (2017), the directorial debut of Kevin Sorbo. We take a spiritual journey that leads us to the same destination as any other: to an ad for an app.Join us on Patreon for an extra episode every week - https://www.patreon.com/michaelandus

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00:04:16

PREVIEW - #638 - Class of '68

Michael and Us ·

2025/07/16

In a tumultuous year of American history, Frederick Wiseman's cinéma vérité classic HIGH SCHOOL (1968) depicts an ordinary Philadelphia school as a system of authority and repression. Some things never change! PLUS: Grok has been saying some unfortunate things lately.PATREON-EXCLUSIVE EPISODE - https://www.patreon.com/posts/134229948

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00:54:59

#637 - Approved by the Angel Guild

Michael and Us ·

2025/07/11

Angel Studios, the company that gave you Sound of Freedom, has become a major player in the faith-based movie market... so we wanted to check out one of their movies that's NOT about child trafficking. So we watched Neal McDonough's THE LAST RODEO (2025), and found some interesting new developments in the Christian movie world. PLUS: Catching up on recent events - Zohran Mamdani! Jeffrey Epstein! And of course, that Big, Beautiful Bill!Join us on Patreon for an extra episode every week -

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00:03:00

PREVIEW - #636 - Righteous Daughters of Jihadi...

Michael and Us ·

2025/07/11

From war crimes overseas to revenge porn at home, it all comes back to social media. In Season 2 episode 5 of THE NEWSROOM ("News Night with Will McAvoy"), a dizzying number of Twitter- and Buzzfeed-related plots swirl around a single broadcast... and there's still a little time for a Trayvon Martin subplot, too. PATREON-EXCLUSIVE EPISODE - https://www.patreon.com/posts/636-righteous-of-133446350

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00:57:56

#635 - Fall of the Dinosaur Hour

Michael and Us ·

2025/06/30

In our last (for now) dive into John Cleese's bizarre centrist chat-show THE DINOSAUR HOUR, our host find himself flummoxed by the unabashedly right-wing politics of special guest Caitlyn Jenner. We saved the best for last!Follow long at home - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnYS6TxmLmc&t=1642s&ab_channel=GBNews Join us on Patreon for an extra episode every week - https://www.patreon.com/michaelandus

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00:02:33

PREVIEW - #634 - Old Skin on the New Rules

Michael and Us ·

2025/06/25

We all know where Bill Maher stands on the issues nowadays... but where was the bleeding edge of the centre-left in the Iraq War era? We dug up his Bush-era special BILL MAHER: VICTORY BEGINS AT HOME (2003) to investigate. PLUS: Remember Bruce Lee? He's back - in A.I. form!PATREON-EXCLUSIVE EPISODE - https://www.patreon.com/posts/132304807

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00:51:15

#633 - More Than Enough to Stream at Home

Michael and Us ·

2025/06/20

As Torontonians, we couldn't pass up the chance to watch Netflix's new documentary about our ex-mayor, the late Rob Ford. But while TRAINWRECK: MAYOR OF MAYHEM (2025) collects most of the classic Ford moments into one slick package, it leaves the real meaning of Ford on the margins. PLUS: Has the consent-manufacturing industry seemed a bit weak these days to you?Join us on Patreon for an extra episode every week - https://www.patreon.com/michaelandus "Farewell to Ford Nation?" by Luke Savage -

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00:04:45

PREVIEW - #632 - Blonde on Blonde (Newsroom Part 14)

Michael and Us ·

2025/06/19

In Episode 14 of THE NEWSROOM ("Unintended Consequences"), we get to hear what Will McAvoy REALLY thinks about this whole Occupy Wall Street business, and it doesn't disappoint - unlike the rest of the episode. PLUS: George W. Bush's movie taste revealed! PATREON-EXCLUSIVE EPISODE - https://www.patreon.com/posts/131797776

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00:57:21

#631 - Rhapsody in Neon

Michael and Us ·

2025/06/15

We continue our informal retrospective of dirty-looking New York movies with the Safdie Brothers' GOOD TIME (2017), a rare modern NYC movie that shows what the city really looks like. PLUS: Checking in on the New York mayoral race, and a challenging question about a prominent Canadian celebrity.Join us on Patreon for an extra episode every week - https://www.patreon.com/michaelandus The David Cayley podcast archive - https://www.davidcayley.com/podcasts

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00:01:30

PREVIEW - #630 - The Day the Clapter Died

Michael and Us ·

2025/06/12

It's time to unload on one of our favourite guys. It's time for the long-awaited deep-dive into the comedy albums of the King of the K-Hive, Greg Proops.PATREON-EXCLUSIVE EPISODE - https://www.patreon.com/posts/131273255

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00:54:06

#629 - Slow Train Coming

Michael and Us ·

2025/06/06

With a high-profile mayoral election on the horizon in Da Big Apple, we're in a New York frame of mind on this episode. We were also in the mood for a good-ass movie, so we watched THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE (1974), the subway-set New York heist classic where everyone is ugly and annoyed. PLUS: We check in on everyone's favourite disgraced Manhattan politician.Join us on Patreon for an extra episode every week - https://www.patreon.com/michaelandus "The Paucity of Abundance" by Luke

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00:04:04

PREVIEW - #628 - The Ballad of Willie Pete (Newsroom...

Michael and Us ·

2025/06/06

Will and Luke hash out their differences w/r/t appreciating Aaron Sorkin as they tackle Season 2 Episode 3 of THE NEWSROOM ("Willie Pete"), which offers a surprisingly cogent critique of "the boys on the bus" as well as a lot more of Sorkin's peculiar gender politics. PLUS: We check in on our favourite Who's Line is it Anyway cast member. PATREON-EXCLUSIVE EPISODE - https://www.patreon.com/posts/628-ballad-of-13-130688755

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00:53:04

#627 - Fully-Automated Luxury Partner

Michael and Us ·

2025/06/02

A little over a decade ago, Spike Jonze's HER (2013) imagined a world where artificial intelligence had progressed to the point where a man might strike up a plausible romance with Siri. We check in on its dystopian (?) vision to see what about it has come true, and in what way. PLUS: Doing a vibe check on "the 51st state," and an upsetting update about our favourite band.Join us on Patreon for an extra episode every week - https://www.patreon.com/michaelandus DALLAS - See Will (virtually)

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