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The H&H Podcast

Richard Hanania

Connected to the Richard Hanania Substack. Discussions with Chris Nicholson on war, Rob Henderson on movies, TV shows, and culture, and more. www.richardhanania.com

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75:37

Nietzschean or Christian? Marc Andreessen on Breaking...

The H&H Podcast ·

2022/07/24

I talk to Marc Andreessen about the Breaking Bad universe. Marc explains why he thinks Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul have Nietzschean themes – or they at least give us the Nietzschean story we’re allowed to have – while I tend more towards the idea that these are Christian morality tales.Other topics discussed include what makes individuals likable or not, why we would watch a Gus Fring origin story, and the relative absence of sex as a motivating force among the men in the show. For previous

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70:48

Better Call Saul: S6E9, Fun and Games

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2022/07/20

Chris Nicholson joins me to discuss the latest episode of Better Call Saul, Fun and Games. Where do the last four episodes go, given the limited number of loose ends that remain? We discuss the ways in which the Breaking Bad universe does a good job of showing “men being really into stuff,” and how we got the homosexual version of that here. Chris and I are on the same page in being confounded regarding where the show plans to go in the final few episodes, which is where we want to be as viewers

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78:42

Male and Female Competition

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2022/07/13

I talked to Rob Henderson about Season 1 of Yellowjackets, episodes 7-10. See our discussion about previous episodes here. We begin by talking about Rob catching covid, the brain fog he is experiencing, and how our Twitter followers feel about our vaccination status.We then move on to the show itself, and our conversation touches on how it navigates the line between natural and supernatural, character development, the time the girls spend in the woods as an anthropological study, representations of

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71:54

Better Call Saul: S6E8, Point and Shoot

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2022/07/12

Chris Nicholson joins me to talk about Better Call Saul, Season 6: Episode 8, which is called Point and Shoot. We speculate on where the series will go in the last five episodes and discuss whether we would like to see yet another spinoff. Listen or watch the video here. As always, please leave any comments you have on the Substack page, not YouTube. Get full access to Richard Hanania's Newsletter at www.richardhanania.com/subscribe

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74:45

Passing the Bechdel Test

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2022/06/29

I spoke to Rob Henderson about Yellowjackets, Season 1, Episodes 1-6. We’ll release a discussion of Episodes 7-10 in the coming weeks (UPDATE: see here). Usually we do an entire season of a show at once, but this time we thought it would be better to split things up. Those of you who haven’t watched the show but want to follow along can therefore go back, watch the first 6 episodes, listen to this conversation, and then come back and be caught up to the end of Season 1 when we release our next

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94:10

The Northman

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2022/05/27

Richard Hanania and Rob Henderson discuss The Northman (2022). They both greatly enjoyed the film and debate the correct interpretation of its main conflict. Richard talks about how the movie can be seen as a feminist allegory. Near the end of the conversation, Richard and Rob speculate on what the movie’s lack of box office success can tell us about why remakes of popular franchises have conquered Hollywood. Watch the video and leave comments here. Get full access to Richard Hanania's Newsletter at

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67:44

Better Call Saul: S6E7, Plan and Execution

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2022/05/25

Richard Hanania and Chris Nicholson discuss Better Call Saul, Season 6: Episode 7. They talk about the underlying philosophy of the show, that of its main protagonists, and its outlook on human nature. Near the end, Richard and Chris speculate on how the show will end. For their previous discussion about the Breaking Bad universe, see here. For the video of this discussion, and where you can leave comments, click here. Get full access to Richard Hanania's Newsletter at

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94:20

The Breaking Bad Universe

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2022/05/05

Chris Nicholson joins Richard Hanania for a new weekly series discussing Better Call Saul. In their first episode, they talk about big ideas in the Breaking Bad universe. Richard argues that one of the main messages of the shows is that there is a weak correlation between likability and morality in individuals, something it is very easy to fool ourselves about. Can people’s personalities and moral outlook change? What is it that separates the characters who are completely irredeemable from those

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102:31

Why Conservative Elites Make for Better TV: A...

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2022/02/09

I recently spoke with Rob Henderson about the HBO show Succession. We both have found the series a smart and compelling take on our contemporary politics. Some themes we touch on: differences between conservative and liberal elites; the unusual lack of diversity for a series in our “Current Year” atmosphere; how we define “pervert” and whether one of the Roy children qualifies; the portrayal of both the conservative and liberal perspectives on political divides; why even those on the left are

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71:55

Review of Patton (1970)

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2021/12/26

Rob Henderson and Richard Hanania discuss the film Patton (1970). They talk about what it's like in 2021 trying to understand a movie released in 1970 portraying the America of the Second World War. Rob and Richard analyze the military's role in society; what the movie tells us about American culture during WWII and in the generation after; and divisions between elites and the masses in the US across time. Watch on YouTube here.On Nixon’s obsession with the movie.Patton on Sicilians. Get full access

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73:46

Review of Parasite (2019)

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2021/10/28

Richard Hanania and Rob Henderson review Parasite (2019). Discussion includes class differences between the US and South Korea, masculinity and class, and whether the movie had a right wing or left wing message. Watch the YouTube video here. Spoilers for the movie throughout, and spoilers for The Sopranos at about 22:30-23:30 (22:00-23:00 in the video). Get full access to Richard Hanania's Newsletter at www.richardhanania.com/subscribe

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95:54

The Sopranos Goes Woke

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2021/10/07

I discuss The Many Saints of Newark (2021) with Rob Henderson. For reference, see our earlier discussion on The Sopranos, in podcast and video form. Listen here, or watch the video below. This movie was a major disappointment, and made me wonder the extent to which great art can be made anymore.We talk about woke themes, how race and gender relations are portrayed in the movie, whether the supernatural exists in the Sopranos universe, the role of psychiatry in modern liberal thought, how

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86:33

Review of White Lotus (2021)

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2021/09/28

I am joined by Rob Henderson to talk about the HBO show "White Lotus" (2021). We discuss the show's treatment of race, sex, class, generational differences, wokeness, and much more.Up until this point I have paywalled these discussions while putting them on YouTube for free, but I doubt anyone is actually subscribing to the Substack just for our TV and movies stuff, so I’m thinking I’m just going to make them all free from now on. The subscription thing will now be completely voluntary, though I

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