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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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01:11:13

UNLOCKED - #586 - A Newsroom with a View

Michael and Us ·

2025/01/06

On our Patreon, we will be discussing the full run of Aaron Sorkin's THE NEWSROOM. This is the first episode. Join us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/michaelandus

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00:02:16

PREVIEW - #585 - The Fifth Annual Michael & Us...

Michael and Us ·

2024/12/29

From Hyde Park on Hudson to Deadpool and Wolverine ... from the corridors around Studio 60 to the streets of Braddock, Pennsylvania ... we bid farewell to 2024 with one last look back at some of the most (and least) memorable things we discussed this year. PATREON-EXCLUSIVE EPISODE - https://www.patreon.com/posts/585-fifth-annual-118912478

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01:01:17

#584 - It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Acting)

Michael and Us ·

2024/12/19

With a biopic about Bob Dylan about to reach screens, we examined the last time that the Voice Of His Generation attempted to translate his songwriting style to cinema. MASKED AND ANONYMOUS (2003) finds Dylan working through his ambivalent feelings about politics, while also struggling to keep up with a hilariously overqualified cast.Join us on Patreon for an extra episode every week - www.patreon.com/michaelandus

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00:04:44

PREVIEW - #583 - Bad Producer: Port of Call Loch Ness

Michael and Us ·

2024/12/16

The filmmaker who coined the term "ecstatic truth" becomes the subject of a memorable docu-fiction hybrid in INCIDENT AT LOCH NESS (2004), in which Werner Herzog joins forces with Hollywood screenwriter Zak Penn to create a hoax involving the Loch Ness Monster. PLUS: Are these the last days of the Justin Trudeau government? PATREON-EXCLUSIVE EPISODE - https://www.patreon.com/posts/583-bad-producer-118175616

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01:17:11

#582 - Pastor Dave for Congress (w/ Alex Shephard)

Michael and Us ·

2024/12/15

In the latest instalment of the God's Not Dead franchise, Pastor Dave answers a different kind of calling, and takes aim at the barrier between Church and State. We welcome back our friend Alex Shephard, staff writer at The New Republic, to discuss GOD'S NOT DEAD: IN GOD WE TRUST (2024). Join us on Patreon for an extra episode every week - https://www.patreon.com/michaelandus Alex Shephard at The New Republic - https://newrepublic.com/authors/alex-shephard

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00:03:26

PREVIEW - #581 - The Attitude Era

Michael and Us ·

2024/12/11

We all know that WWE founder and ex-CEO Vince McMahon shared a long friendship with Donald Trump, and would you believe that the two men share some stuff in common? We discuss the new Netflix documentary series MR. MCMAHON (2024), an exhaustive chronicle of a man whose "Allegations" tab on Wikipedia could fill a library.PATREON-EXCLUSIVE EPISODE - https://www.patreon.com/posts/117741859

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00:52:39

#580 - Memories of Murder

Michael and Us ·

2024/12/06

With the failed coup in South Korea still fresh in our memories, we looked at Bong Joon-ho's breakthrough film MEMORIES OF MURDER (2003), a procedural set against the backdrop of martial law. PLUS: From South Korea to France to the streets of Manhattan, the vibes are, shall we say, off.Join us on Patreon for an extra episode every week - https://www.patreon.com/michaelandus

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00:03:23

PREVIEW - #579 - Slouching Towards Altamont

Michael and Us ·

2024/12/04

The story goes that the flower-power generation abruptly ended when the Rolling Stones held a free concert at the Altamont Speedway that went disastrously wrong. We revisited GIMME SHELTER (1970) to interrogate the myth.PATREON-EXCLUSIVE EPISODE - https://www.patreon.com/posts/117294338

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01:07:57

#578 - Final Offer

Michael and Us ·

2024/11/28

The Canadian documentary FINAL OFFER (1985) captures the contentious negotiations between General Motors and the Canadian wing of the United Auto Workers Union. We consider the conditions that allowed a the union triumph against the backdrop of Reagan/Mulroney-era austerity. PLUS: Taking the temperature on Canada's economic "vibe-cession," and what does Trump's tariff threat to Canada actually mean?Join us on Patreon for an extra episode every week - https://www.patreon.com/michaelandus Watch

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00:03:49

PREVIEW - #577 - Walker's Immortals

Michael and Us ·

2024/11/25

While Nicaragua was being ravaged by Reagan, Alex Cox used Hollywood money to make a sharp satire of American imperialism. The result, WALKER (1987), may have killed his career... but what a way to go! PLUS: Roger Ebert as the ür-liberal critic.PATREON-EXCLUSIVE EPISODE - https://www.patreon.com/posts/116728650

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01:08:00

#576 - The Society of the Spectacle

Michael and Us ·

2024/11/22

With America suddenly lurching to the right on immigration, we checked to see where one prominent Democrat documentarian stood circa 2011. In CITIZEN USA: A 50 STATE ROAD TRIP (2011), our old friend Alexandra Pelosi travels to all 50 states, flattening all of them into the same paste. PLUS: Andy Warhol, Paul/Tyson, and the real legacy of Obama's 2008 campaign. If you absolutely must watch Citizen USA, you can rent it here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3CYtUBofJk&ab_channel=YouTubeMovies

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00:03:14

PREVIEW - #575 - Authentic Brands Group LLC

Michael and Us ·

2024/11/19

A rural village braces itself for development from the big city in Ryusuke Hamaguchi's EVIL DOES NOT EXIST (2024), a beautiful movie that rhymed with certain things we've been feeling lately about democracy, capitalism, freedom, and community. PLUS: We parse Toronto Life's list of the 50 most influential Torontonians of 2024, and explore the exciting world of Eric Roberts. PATREON-EXCLUSIVE EPISODE - https://www.patreon.com/posts/116329275

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01:00:27

#574 - Winning is Everything, Stupid!

Michael and Us ·

2024/11/13

A month before the 2024 U.S. presidential election, CNN aired a hagiographic documentary about one of the masterminds of the last 30 years of American politics. In the aftermath of a disastrous election for Democrats, we watch CARVILLE: WINNING IS EVERYTHING, STUPID! (2024) to learn how the Beltway was thinking about itself before everything came crashing down. PLUS: Get ready for the most riveting conversation about bike lanes in Toronto, Ontario you'll hear all year. Join us on Patreon for an

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00:06:49

PREVIEW - #573 - The Braddock Chronicles (w/ Tony Buba)

Michael and Us ·

2024/11/11

For over 50 years, documentary filmmaker Tony Buba has chronicled the decline - but also the people, places, and everyday poetry - of his hometown of Braddock, Pennsylvania. Recently we watched his best-known film, LIGHTNING OVER BRADDOCK: A RUSTBOWL FANTASY (1988), and fell in love with it. Today, we're pleased to welcome Buba on the show to discuss the full scope of his career, including such films as SWEET SAL (1979), BETTY'S CORNER CAFE (1976), J. ROY: NEW AND USED FURNITURE (1974), and

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00:48:56

#572 - The Art of the Deal

Michael and Us ·

2024/11/07

Oh lord almighty, when will we be rid of this man? Apparently not for another four years at least. We ring in the latest chapter of this neverending "Trump Era" with the new biopic/origin story THE APPRENTICE (2024).Join us on Patreon for an extra episode every week - https://www.patreon.com/michaelandus "This Time We Have to Hold the Democratic Party Elite Responsible for This Catastrophe" by Jeet Heer -

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00:07:22

PATREON BONUS - 2004 Election w/ Remember Shuffle

Michael and Us ·

2024/11/04

On the day of the United States presidential election, let's look back at The Most Important Election Of Our Lifetimes. That's right, we're talking about 2004. We were happy to join the boys at Remember Shuffle to discuss all things Bush v. Kerry and the only presidential election since 1988 in which a Republican candidate won the popular vote. Now watch this drive! PATREON BONUS - https://www.patreon.com/posts/115413841 Check out Remember Shuffle - https://linktr.ee/remembershuffle

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00:52:22

#571 - Benn's Bandwagon

Michael and Us ·

2024/11/01

With a dreary United States presidential election covering every surface, we search for some solace in politics from the past. Early in the Thatcher era in 1981, the beloved left-wing Labour MP Tony Benn launched a populist campaign to become his party's deputy leader, and almost won. We watch a documentary from the period, BENN'S BANDWAGON (1981), and ask: Was the conservative wave of the 1980s really inevitable?Join us on Patreon for an extra episode every week -

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00:04:25

PREVIEW - #570 - Krusty Brand Seal of Approval

Michael and Us ·

2024/10/30

We return to one of our perennial favourite topics, THE SIMPSONS, to consider two episodes from very different eras of its run: the legendary Season 4 banger "Kamp Krusty," and the hot-off-the-presses Season 36 ep "The Yellow Lotus." Which one earns our coveted Krusty Brand Seal of Approval? PLUS: We mark the passing of a Canadian broadcasting "pioneer." PATREON-EXCLUSIVE EPISODE - https://www.patreon.com/posts/570-krusty-brand-115031151

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01:31:15

#569 - Roadside Picnic

Michael and Us ·

2024/10/28

Is Andrei Tarkovsky's STALKER (1979) about the Soviet Russia in which it was made? And if not, then where exactly is "The Zone"? We wade into one of the most forbidding cinematic objects of all time, but realize that the answer is only ever found within. PLUS: Justin Trudeau is historically unpopular - so why hasn't he stepped down? Join us on Patreon for an extra episode every week - https://www.patreon.com/michaelandus "US Politics Has Reached a Dead End" by Luke Savage -

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00:01:53

PREVIEW - #568 - Not Another Superdelegate Movie

Michael and Us ·

2024/10/28

We were told my our Superdelegate patron tier that the direct-to-video sequel BRING IT ON: ALL OR NOTHING (2006) was a potent 2006 time capsule. Friends... they were right. PLUS: Al Pacino's finances, the fall of the Soviet Empire, and the sad tale of Victor J. Kemper. PATREON-EXCLUSIVE EPISODE - https://www.patreon.com/posts/568-not-another-114599903

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