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The Left Page & Here Be Media

A Podcast about the Art of the Possible. Hosted by Frank, a Brazilian Historian (@FrankGothic), and Leon, Dutch social scientist (@LaboringLeon). In which we look at Literature (The Left Page) and Media (Here Be Media) through a socio-historical & Utopian lens!Find more of our work and projects at https://linktr.ee/leftpagehbm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:25:28

Here Be Media - Episode 63 - Superman: Fortress of...

The Left Page & Here Be Media ·

2025/12/22

Hello everyone!!We're wrapping up the year in serious fashion, diving once back into Imperialism everywhere, with the 2025 Superman, and bringing our superhero liasion along, André!This was a film really well talked about for being positive, and progressive and... things which it isn't. It's still imperialist and still very much on the US' side when thinking about anything.So come along as we look at this at first, maybe good superhero film, and yet, rather vile film, regardless of its liberal good

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1:09:17

The Left Page - Episode 98 - The Hobbit: Hobbitual...

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2025/12/19

Hello everyone!!We're finally tackling Tolkien! And so here we are, at the beggining... In a hole in the ground there lived a Hobbit.We go into Tolkien's role in fantasy, how The Hobbit still holds up as both a monument of fantasy and still an excellent book, and the resonance that this work has to fantasy still.Thus we close off 2025 on The Left Page, by beggining Tolkien, with more to come!Enjoy!If you can and are interested in early episodes and our bonus content, soon to be plenty more, check

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54:50

The Left Page - Episode 97 - Golden Harvest: Abolish...

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2025/11/28

Hello everyone!!We're back talking about Brazilian Literature, with a long overdue request! It's "Golden Harvest" or "São Jorge dos Ilhéus", by Jorge Amado!The horrors of capitalism are everywhere, and none less here, where the forces of empire and capital seek to make Brazilian cocoa production their own, with no regard for people and their lives.So come along in this historically inspired novel to further deepen the obviousness that we must abolish the present state of things.Enjoy!If you can and

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1:22:54

Here Be Media - Episode 62 - Arrival (2016): Posadist...

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2025/11/24

Hello everyone!!We're talking about a great Sci-fi film, going into language, history and time. As we discuss some of Ted Chiang's short story "Story of Your Life", but primarily, the Denis Villeneuve film "Arrival"!Why are aliens here? How can our understanding of reality changing help us confront the horrors of capitalism? How is time's linearity a simplistic way to confront capital's victories over past, present and future?Come along as we answer those questions and more, in our more Posadist

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1:39:23

Conversation #0004: Star Trek, The Original Series -...

The Left Page & Here Be Media ·

2025/11/13

In our latest Conversation, Frank has something special for us!Following attempts at bringing together all their academic work, Frank goes into Star Trek proper for the first time in the podcast, surprisingly. In an attempt to articulate how the original 1966-1969 run articulated a certain version of the future that, while utopian, was still entrenched in Liberalism and certain elements of Empire from which it could not imagine a different outcome.So follow along as we dive into proto-Q, liberal

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1:23:02

Here Be Media - Episode 61 - Titane: Liberté,...

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2025/10/31

Happy closing of the spooky season ListenersJay and I are talking about Titane, and subsequently Queer relations and cars.Enjoy!Find more of us at:https://www.patreon.com/leftpageFind Jay at:www.librarypunk.gayhttps://bsky.app/profile/wildeatheart.bsky.socialIntro Music: I Would Never Have To Know - Samurai Drive. From the Album: Samurai Drive℗ 2020 Daniel RiederauerOutro Music: Don't Leave! · El-Funoun Palestinian Popular Dance Troupe. From the Album: Zareef ℗ 2006 El-Funoun Hosted on Acast. See

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1:24:01

The Left Page - Episode 96 - Berserk (Golden Age):...

The Left Page & Here Be Media ·

2025/10/24

Hello everyone!!We're finally talking about one of the big ones for our special Halloween collab with Horror Vanguard, it's Berserk!Focusing on the Golden Age Arc, we talk about how this manga so effectively depicts despair and hope, how it can have ultraviolence and still have one emotional gutpunch after another. And, of course, about fighting fascism in all its forms.Enjoy!And check out Horror Vanguard wherever you get your

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1:35:56

Here Be Media - Episode 60 - El Paso: Elsewhere:...

The Left Page & Here Be Media ·

2025/10/17

Hello everyone!!We're back talking about vampires and abuse, but with a twist! It's far more elaborate and engaging this time, as we discuss the indie game El Paso: Elsewhere!How do we deal with the holes of violence? With the abyss of abuse that seems to swallow and destroy us whole? In this Max Payne-inspired game (1 and 2, not 3, not at all) we find several ways to not destroy ourselves in such a pit, and find a way to understand ourselves better, even if we don't know what's on the other

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1:41:05

Here Be Media - Episode 59 - Ghost in the Shell...

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2025/09/22

Hello everyone!!We're talking about another classic today, but for sci-fi, it's the 1995 anime film of Ghost in the Shell!Time to talk about one of the most iconic cyberpunk objects there are, and for good reason. Quite a lot to go over when thinking of bodily relations and representation, identity, the urban landscape and, of course, a whole heap of gender. And it's great!It's a phenomenal film, and we're finally spending some time on it.Enjoy!For reference, the Major's wiki page, as we mentioned

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2:04:49

The Left Page - Episode 95 - The Expanse 7-9: Ideals...

The Left Page & Here Be Media ·

2025/09/15

Hello everyone!!We finalize another series! James S. A. Corey's The Expanse! Returning for the last three novels, Persepolis Rising, Tiamat's Wrath, and Leviathan Falls.Discussing how these books represent fascism and cannot conceive of any other kind of enemy, we also reexamine the series as a whole. Pointing out its merits in materialism and political relationships... up to the point where it slips up, falling back into usual liberalism that cannot break out from its original chains of

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2:04:10

Here Be Media - Episode 58 - Clair Obscur: Expedition...

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2025/08/29

Hello everyone!!We're talking about one of 2025's biggest and best releases so far, and with our good friend André! It's Clair Obscur: Expedition 33!It's French, but we have to talk about it. Both how it creates a mechanically elaborate and successful game, and how it manages to incur in unfortunate psychological reductions and an... unfortunate bump into imperialism and colonialism. We have plenty good and plenty bad in it, so we had to talk about it, and its Frenchness.Enjoy!If you can and are

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1:18:23

The Left Page - Episode 94 - Moby Dick: The White...

The Left Page & Here Be Media ·

2025/08/22

Hello everyone!!Joined by good friend Jon, of Horror Vanguard, as we talk about one of the books of all time, Moby Dick, or The Whale, by Herman Melville!Come along as we discover why this book is everything, how it fits into the larger body of American Literature, and how the threats and consequences of individualism are ever-present. Oh, and of course: how this is a phenomenally gay book indeed.Enjoy!Check out Horror

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1:52:54

Here Be Media - Episode 57 - Sinners: Sinnin' till...

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2025/07/14

Hello everyone!!Time for us to talk about one of the bigger and better releases of the year, and a kind of horror movie, no less, it's Sinners!Come along as we go into how the film represents music and culture, how it frames the ideas of religion and "sinning", and, obviously, the institutional practices of racism, colonialism and oppression. There's a LOT to talk about, and we certainly do!Enjoy!If you can and are interested in early episodes and the Here Be Extras, check our

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1:52:31

The Left Page - Episode 93 - Witcher Saga pt. 2:...

The Left Page & Here Be Media ·

2025/07/07

Hello everyone!!Time to wrap up the Witcher Saga proper!! As we go over this series in things we hadn't yet covered last time!We dive into the sense of History and Myth established, some other relationships and the fellowship functions themselves, and some of our general thoughts on the Witcher and the Saga! We mark it here for the books, we are (probably) finished!Enjoy!!If you can and are interested in early episodes and the Here Be Extras, check our Patreon!https://www.patreon.com/leftpageAlso

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2:03:11

Here Be Media - Episode 56 - Andor (S2): Building a...

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2025/06/30

Hello everyone!!We are back with some more Star Wars, and of the best kind, with the second season of Andor!There's been a lot of talk on Andor lately, and having done an episode for the first season, we were not going to let it pass us by.So join us, as we dive into what makes this such a compelling show (amidst flaws, as we talk about them too), critiquing a great deal of liberal hypocrisies, having a rather nuanced understanding of violence, all while never conceding that "maybe the fascists

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1:15:40

Conversation #0002

The Left Page & Here Be Media ·

2025/06/20

We found something else.Thank you.For more, keep an eye out on:https://www.patreon.com/leftpage Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:31:47

The Left Page - Episode 92 - The Witcher Saga pt.1 :...

The Left Page & Here Be Media ·

2025/06/12

Hello everyone!!The time has come!! Now that both of us have read the Witcher Saga books, it's time to finally return to this universe and talk about them!However, it being a rather involved story and universe, alongside comprising 5 books, we decided to make two episodes but discussing the whole Saga.In this first part we dive into some of the relationships of Ciri, Geralt and Yennefer, how the story's form has changed since the short story collections, we spend time talking about the villains, and

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1:35:15

The Left Page - Episode 91 - The Historical Torment...

The Left Page & Here Be Media ·

2025/05/30

Hello everyone.The time has come to face our enemy once more. Yuval Noah Harari wrote another book, so we dive into how it is, indeed, a torment of pain and horror.We try to fathom how Harari misunderstands History, historical practice, information, institutions, religion, power, science fiction, AI etc etc. There is very little accurate in this book, and yet, it seems to be rather successful in its nonsense.As we interweave some of the MANY ways this book misrepresents reality, we try to get into

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1:11:54

Here Be Media - Episode 55 - The Wire: The...

The Left Page & Here Be Media ·

2025/05/22

Hello everyone!!We have a special episode with a great guest! In order to talk about the magnificent show The Wire (2002-2008) we bring along Oli Mould, professor of Human Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London!In this episode we dive into this destructive institution that is the police, alongside a few others. All while understanding how the show interweaves its characters, environment and narrative that is always aware of the sociological, the psychological and the personal.There is

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The Left Page & Here Be Media Intro

The Left Page & Here Be Media ·

2025/05/15

Welcome one and all to the Left Page & Here Be Media Podcast! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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