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Ghost Divers

Dive into the ghosts of old anime to discuss film and narrative theory, politics, and queerness in a biweekly show hosted by Connor and Niamh.

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04:42:51

The Second Annual New Year's Special: NANA by Yazawa Ai

Ghost Divers ·

2023/01/01

Happy New Year! We've made it another full year of the show! As with last year's special, we start with a self-indulgent look back at the past year of the podcast and rank everything we've watched. We also run tournaments for the OPs and EDs! We then have our special discussion for the year. That's right, Niamh conned Connor into reading the entirety of NANA! We start talking about the manga at around 1:25:11 and do our best to provide a thorough synopsis before digging into the story's themes and

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03:26:17

[S11E2] Kino's Journey —the Beautiful World—, eps....

Ghost Divers ·

2022/12/23

Topics discussed: Kino and Hermes are funny little guys; the philosophical allegorical mode of Kino's Journey; Kino's shifting and poorly-maintained position as an observer who does not intercede; Kino as a stateless, detachged party; Kino's gun rituals; the philosophy of altruism and society; Niamh's proposal for a NANA Festival; the Land of Sad Bangers; the functions of religion in society; the melodramatic humor of Kino's Journey; Gender Is Happening; Kino's ring of keys moment; Kino's gender as

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00:46:55

[S11E1] Intro to Kino's Journey —the Beautiful World—...

Ghost Divers ·

2022/12/09

“Someone once told me that watching anime made them want to record a podcast.” Dive into Kino’s Journey —the Beautiful World— (2003)! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Niamh’s mediamh pile: @mediamh_pile Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) or @rabbleais (cohost) Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around

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01:45:22

[S10E4] Question Bucket: I saw a calzone and it...

Ghost Divers ·

2022/11/25

Topics discussed: Once Again, Shōnen Bat is a Stand Alone Complex; Someone Actually Asks Niamh to Talk About NANA; The Forbidden Sixth Route in the Five Kinds of Animal You Can Date Otome; We Have A Very Broad Definition of “Game Show”; The Thematic Pairing of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots and Jackass Forever; The Teleological Fallacy of Pizza; Niamh Desperately Trying to Get the Podcast Back on Track; and Connor’s Disgusting Recipe for Fast Tea. You can write into future Question Buckets

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02:52:27

[S10E3] Paranoia Agent ep. 8–13 (with special guest...

Ghost Divers ·

2022/11/11

Topics discussed: There Needs to be More Maromi Merchandizing; the Shockwaves of the First 7 Episodes; Collective Narratives of Shared Truth; the Hell of Animation Production; Overcoming Modernity; the Conservativism of Paranoia Agent; the Return for Traditional Japanese Values with Misae as a Traditional Japanese Mother; the Cyclical Nature of Paranoia Agent; the Power of Ideas and Their Emergence from the Social Consciousness; the Balance of Maromi and Shōnen Bat; the Double-Edged Sword of

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02:24:01

[S10E2] Paranoia Agent ep. 1–7 (with special guest...

Ghost Divers ·

2022/10/28

Topics discussed: Breaking the Pattern of Paranoia Agent in Episode 7; Repression and Alienation; It’s ‘Cause You Be On That Phone; The Tsunami as Lil Slugger; Issues of Victimhood; Shōnen Bat is a Stand Alone Complex; Harumi and Maria; Niamh is Still NANA Brained; Announcement of Our Next New Year’s Special; Josh Says the Wildest Thing About Tokyo Godfathers; Crises of Childhood, Femininity, and Masculinity; The Worsening Effects of the Sluggings; The Animated Being of Maromi; Lil Slugger as

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01:06:56

[S10E1] Intro to Paranoia Agent (with special guests...

Ghost Divers ·

2022/10/14

“To begin, a rabbit jumps behind the moon. What is it that the black rabbit sees on the horizon with his big red eyes? A fish on the land has trouble when he is stepped on by cows. The playful palace where the butterfly dances vanishes away. At twilight, the cows starts it by chance and the goodness continues. The golden fox grins at you. And then…” Dive into Paranoia Agent! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Niamh’s

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01:45:10

[S9E4] Question Bucket: Danza Kuduro (with Special...

Ghost Divers ·

2022/09/30

“Most games are mid.” Topics discussed: The Wired vs. Kingdom Hearts; The Ricola Incident; Forever Anime; Things That Are Mid; Kissing and/or Tucking; Coffee Orders; Super Bowl Commercials; Gamer Moded Opinions; and Coffee In General. You can write into future Question Buckets at ghostdiverspod@gmail.com and don’t forget to follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) or @rabbleais

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03:28:14

[S9E3] Serial Experiments Lain, eps. 7–13 (with...

Ghost Divers ·

2022/09/16

Topics discussed: Connor Gaslights Niamh; Connor and Autumn Call Lain Mid; Lain and Alice Enjoy Some Eggo Waffles; Digging Into the Ending of Lain; Comparing Serial Experiments Lain with Neon Genesis Evangelion; The Suicidal Reading of the Ending of Lain; How Lain Tempers Its Bleakness with Love; Connor Brain Dumps His Reading of the Series as a Whole; Is Lain a God, a Little Girl, or a Yokai?; Comparing Serial Experiments Lain with Akira; Tremors is a Libertarian Wet Dream Movie; The Horror of

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02:07:08

[S9E2] Serial Experiments Lain, eps. 1–6 (with...

Ghost Divers ·

2022/09/02

Topics discussed: Vibes Are Happening; Lain’s Position in a Cultural Conversation; Assigning Emotions or Motivations to Characters in Lain is an Interpretive Act; soi soi soi soi pv zk pv pv zk pv zk kz zk pv pv pv zk pv zk zk pzk pzk pvzkpkzvpvzk kkkkkk bsch; Making Autumn Explain the Plot of Solid State Society, A Movie They’ve Never Seen; The Visual Aesthetics of Lain; The Mediation of All Conversation; The Disconnection of Temporal and Physical Space; The Audio Aesthetics of Lain; The Tech

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01:01:18

[S9E1] Intro to Serial Experiments Lain (with Special...

Ghost Divers ·

2022/08/19

“When it's all said and done, podcasts are just a medium of communication and the transfer of information. You mustn't confuse them with the real world. Do you understand what I'm warning you about?” “You're wrong. The border between the two isn't all that clear. I'll be able to guest on one soon. In full range. Full motion. I'll translate myself into it.” Dive into Serial Experiments Lain! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia

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03:18:46

[S8E4] Question Bucket: You wouldn't take this anime...

Ghost Divers ·

2022/08/05

“This 35mm screening of Ingmar Bergman’s Persona is mine. I think this entire theater may even just be a long, long dream I’m having. Everyone on the screen and in the rows of seats may just be illusions, and it can’t be proven whether or not you really exist either. In other words, this screening was created with me at the center. So what will happen if the reel runs out? I don’t know. My imagination isn’t very creative; I just can’t imagine the film ever ending. In other words, there is no way

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03:11:32

[S8E3] Baccano!, eps. 9–16 (with special guest...

Ghost Divers ·

2022/07/22

"Long podcasts are such a crime. They take the limited amount of time that is given to man, and rather than spending it in indolence or drowning it in pleasure it just sits there sucking, eating it up. I can't put up with that, long podcasts are a crime! Death to long podcasts! Die!" Topics discussed: Oops! All Anime Sicko Murderers; Using Non-liner Storytelling to Tell Jokes; Bill Gates; Destabilizing Anime Archetypes; Yum Yum Time to Eat Your Shōnen Anime; Czes Has Been Waiting Centuries

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03:00:50

[S8E2] Baccano!, eps. 1–8 (with special guest...

Ghost Divers ·

2022/07/08

"It might be a good idea to start from within the ship Advenna Avis, which was crossing the Atlantic. It might also be a good idea to start with the tragic event that occurred on the transcontinental train Flying Pussyfoot, and was secretly swept under the rug. Regardless of all that, you have chosen 7 July 2022 as the start of this podcast…” Topics discussed: The Ruckus of Episode 1; Orson Welles Despises Men Like Jacuzzi Splot; [extremely Jacuzzi Splot voice] The Rail Tracer!!; Doing a

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01:11:42

Manga Café vol. 2: Paradise Kiss (with special guest...

Ghost Divers ·

2022/07/01

Continuing the Yazawa Ai train, Niamh once again calls in friend-of-the-pod (and kinda just the co-host of this sporadic new manga talk show) Em Marko to talk about Paradise Kiss! You can write into our Question Bucket at ghostdiverspod@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter: The Show: @ghostdiverspod Niamh: @FoxmomNia Em: @em_being Niamh’s mediamh pile: @mediamh_pile Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Abnormal

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[S8E1] Intro to Baccano! (with special guest...

Ghost Divers ·

2022/06/24

“Let me tell you how important it is to keep your mouth shut. Me, I’ve seen so many damn people going on and on about ‘these are the important themes in this show’ and “take these words with you on your commute”, and then that gives whoever they’re talking to an opening to get bored. Crazy, isn’t it? I see it all the time, in books, in plays, even on podcasts! I don’t even know why, but somehow the more comfortable someone is with podcasting, the more they flap their mouth when it comes time to do

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02:34:18

[S7E10] Question Bucket: The best part of a bread...

Ghost Divers ·

2022/06/10

We’re here to talk about depressing work lunches and answer all your questions about our own Ghost in the Shell AUs, kissing and tucking, soft drinks, Tony Hawk Pro Skater, art, and NANA. You can write into future Question Buckets at ghostdiverspod@gmail.com and don’t forget to follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod Niamh: @FoxmomNia Connor: @rabbleais Niamh’s mediamh pile: @mediamh_pile Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Ornate Stairwells:

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02:40:46

[S7E9] Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex -...

Ghost Divers ·

2022/05/27

Just as a heads up: Connor’s connection was dropping out a bunch, especially at the beginning, and was a bit laggy as well. Niamh wasn’t trying to just talk over him so much! We start off with a weird digression into looking into Sci-Fi Channel’s Ani-Mondays block and then getting a rant from Niamh about Chrono Cross Remaster. After that we get into topics like the Japanese political dynamics in the film; whatever the fuck Togusa is doing; parallels being drawn between Kusanagi, Kuze, and the Puppet

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Manga Café vol. 1: NANA (with special guest Em Marko)

Ghost Divers ·

2022/05/20

Niamh decided to have on friend of the pod Em Marko to talk a little about the NANA manga, since we both recently read through all of it! I'm also considering the first of what might be an ongoing series of bonus episodes where we talk a little about a manga series related to a show we've either done on the podcast or plan to do in the future! Write into our Question Bucket at ghostdiverspod@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter! The Show: @ghostdiverspod Niamh: @FoxmomNia Em: @em_being Niamh’s mediamh

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03:17:20

[S7E8] Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd Gig, eps. 20–26

Ghost Divers ·

2022/05/13

In order to save this podcast from going for 4 hours, Connor and Niamh had to crash the satellite that our old Audacity files are stored on into a nuke, but it’s okay, we don’t need them anymore anyway. Before our heroic, fiery death in the sky, we talk about things like Kuze (and not Elon Musk) as a great man of history; the incoherence and failure of the narrative structure of 2nd Gig as demonstrated by its complete disinterest in exploring what a bioroid even is; how 2nd Gig does try to explore

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