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The Left Page

A Podcast Where A Historian and a Social Scientist Explore Phenomenon in Media and Art Find more of our work and projects at https://linktr.ee/leftpagehbm

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01:38:50

Wolfenstein: How to Kill Fascism? W/ TheLitCritGuy

The Left Page ·

2026/03/20

Wolfenstein is a fascinating series of games, so let's talk about the recent Machine Games' iterations. Asking the fundamental question of how to properly kill fascism and how this game is presenting it, or not. Enjoy! Check out Jon's stuff: Horror Vanguard & The Haunt Blog Morris Rosenfeld's poem In The Factory from 1914 Intro song: Machine, Machine. Nits. 2019, Werf & V2 Records Outro song: Nazi raus. Marti Fischer. 2024, ContentView GmbH

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01:28:04

The Left Page - Oddysscourse. The Tragedy of MAGA-memnom

The Left Page ·

2026/03/13

Hello everyone!! Today we're starting off with our new kinds of episodes, as we discuss a more broad element... the discourse on the new Oddyssey film! We've often talked about historical representation, mythology, and what "historical accuracy" can mean, but not as directly as of yet. So this time we went full into some of the terrible ways those are all used, distanced from any interesting or useful cultural critique, and only a terrible weapon to brandish. So come along as we seek to prepare

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1:42:12

The Left Page 7 Year Anniversary!

The Left Page ·

2026/02/20

Good lord! It's sure been a while, huh?Celebrating 7 years of running this podcast, Frank and Leon go over some of the changes, some of the achievements, how they see the pod, how they think of it moving forwards, and a couple of interesting things to come!Thank you all so so much for being here, for listening, and especially supporting the show, for as little or as long as you have! It means the world!Here's to the great things coming!Check out all the free stuff on Patreon and support us if you

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1:30:31

The Left Page - Episode 100 - Don Quixote: Jousting...

The Left Page ·

2026/02/16

To celebrate the centennial Left Page we go to the start, the originator of the modern novel: Don Quixote de la Mancha!We go over the fantasies of Don Quixote, the way the two books deal with reality, fantasy, and primarily books and reading! All the while not forgetting the deep materiality involved in the depictions, and how there is still more than we think to it.Come celebrate our 100th episode with one of the greatest of all time!Enjoy!Check out all the free stuff on Patreon and support us if

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1:53:04

The Left Page - Episode 99 - The First Law...

The Left Page ·

2026/01/23

Hello everyone!!We continue with the First Law Standalone novels, now going into Heroes and Red Country!We talk about how these characters continue to be engagin, how the materiality of war and conflict continues, and how change, propelled by capital, can be such a dangerous thing the world over, fantasy world it might be.Enjoy!If you can and are interested in early episodes and our bonus content, soon to be plenty more, check out our Patreon!https://www.patreon.com/leftpageAlso! If you're not there

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1:21:54

The Left Page - Episode 99 - The First Law...

The Left Page ·

2026/01/19

Hello everyone!!We continue with Joe Abercrombie's First Law series, now talking about the 3 standalone novels: Best Served Cold, Heroes, and Red Country!Because these books are great and there is a lot to talk about, we split these episodes in 2 parts, both already available for Patrons! First we talk about Abercrombie and the setup to these books, then Best Served Cold and how to write a phenomenal revenge story indeed.Enjoy!If you can and are interested in early episodes and our bonus content,

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1:27:43

Here Be Media - Episode 64 - Hades II: The Pitfalls...

The Left Page ·

2026/01/16

Hello everyone!!We visit the sequel of our very first Here be Media episode, coming alongside a very special announcement in the first 10 minutes about the future of this podcast.We set out to explore the pitfalls of exclusively centreing psychology in your familial narrative, that is therefore ot able to grapple with the existential conflict it seeks to portray.Please enjoy!If you can and are interested in early episodes and our bonus content, soon to be plenty more, check out our

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1:25:28

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

The Left Page ·

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...

The Left Page ·

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

The Left Page ·

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...

The Left Page ·

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 ·

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,...

The Left Page ·

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 ·

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 ·

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...

The Left Page ·

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 ·

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...

The Left Page ·

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 ·

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...

The Left Page ·

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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