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PODCAST

The Spectacle

Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness

A podcast for people who like movies and hate cops. Every...I dont know, month or so you can get captured by the spectacle and listen to some some anti-authoritarian freaks get together to jib jab about video games, shows, comics, and anything under the umbrella of nerd shit using that as a springboard to get silly in ways that will sound bad in court proceedings later (all things said on the podcast are parody and in minecraft, nice try FBI) Formerly The Anarcho-Geek Power Hour. A production of

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02:08:58

ANDOR II

The Spectacle ·

2025/09/07

Margaret Killjoy, Hazel Acacia and Io Asunder talk about everyone’s favorite allegory for Vietnam (Star Wars) Specifically the only good Star Wars, Andor. We deconstruct the second season of the best god damn show ever made and have a couple laughs along the way. We talk about revolutionary fiction, what we would do if given free reign over a piece of the Star Wars extended universe, fascists in love and their bewildering sexual habits, hope, nihilism, the catechism of the revolutionary, ego,

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01:28:24

It's a . . . Decameronomenon!

The Spectacle ·

2025/08/04

Episode SummaryA deadly disease strikes, and everyone is ill-equipped to handle it; a group of young people is stuck inside trying to escape, and they feel (and act) weird about it. This is the plot of Giovanni Boccaccio's 14th century story collection, set against the backdrop of the Black Death. For SOME REASON, this felt relevant to adapt in the early 2020s. Robin, Miriam, and returning guest Ellery discuss Netflix's Decameron mini-series, along with the actual Decameron, the COVID-19 pandemic,

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00:50:20

The Spectacle Goes Catholic

The Spectacle ·

2025/05/30

Episode SummaryMcKenzie and Io chin wag about Conclave, the two popes and Catholicism and make a case for why Conclave should be ushered in gay film canon (a buncha messy flamboyant divas in iconic outfits backstab each other and treat women weirdly to see which of their boys gets to be the man?) What's better than this? Guys being dudes. Host Info Io can be found on Twitter @Bum_lung or on Instagram @Bum.Lung or you can find shirts and patches that they make on Etsy at

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01:29:42

Dark Housewife-ification

The Spectacle ·

2025/04/14

In the first of a series of over-analyzing underappreciated streaming series, Ellery, Robin and Miriam discuss Kevin Can Fuck Himself, a sitcom about patriarchy, abuse, and MassachusettsThis show is published by Strangers in A Tangled Wilderness. We can be found at www.tangledwilderness.org, or on Twitter @TangledWild and Instagram @Tangled_Wilderness. You can support the show on Patreon at www.patreon.com/strangersinatangledwilderness. Our logo is by Robin Savage. And our theme music is by a

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00:01:43

A New Book by Margaret Killjoy

The Spectacle ·

2025/03/19

Episode SummaryThis isn't a real episode. It's an advertisement, but it's an advertisement for a really cool thing, a new new book by Margaret Killjoy that we're Kickstarting. You can get so many deals and cool rewards and stretch goals that have already been unlocked, as long as you're listening to this before March 21st at 9am est. If you're listening after that, then you can probably just go preorder or regular order the book! Kickstarter Link

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02:06:41

PORN: the podcast

The Spectacle ·

2025/03/10

Carta Monir is here talking about her work making and archiving DIY queer porn from throughout the ages. TW for lots of stuff the stuff that comes up with smut history. Like pedophilia, we talk about that for awhile. Find all of Carta ‘s links at allmylinks.com/XXXcartaXXX Find io on insta @bum.lung This show is published by Strangers in A Tangled Wilderness. We can be found at www.tangledwilderness.org, or on Twitter @TangledWild and Instagram @Tangled_Wilderness. You can support the show on

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01:09:13

WICKED

The Spectacle ·

2025/02/04

Continuing our ongoing series of podcasts run by theater dorks Miriam, Inmn and Rosza are gabbing about Wicked. Some sort of prequel to the wizard of Oz venerating the noble witch.Inmn Neruin. You can find them on instagram @shadowtail.artificery Miriam: Making funnies at Strangers Rosza: a great guest Our logo is by Robin Savage. And our theme music is by a lovely mountain goblin.

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01:29:09

NOSFERADUDES

The Spectacle ·

2025/01/21

Nosferatu is a movie about poly drama and how doing real estate is evilRosie Knight and returning champ Mckenzie talk with Io on the new vision of horror from director Robbie Eggo and decide once and for all who was the horniest Dracula. For my money I think it’s this uncut Romanian trade with the big mustache like handlebars for riding that dirty nose. Shout your choice into your phone or whatever device you listening to this on. We’ll hear it. Find Rosie on the X-ray vision podcast and go buy

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00:59:02

Hot Fuzz

The Spectacle ·

2024/12/23

Cops are just silly lil guys haha

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01:37:59

More like Bored of the Rings amirite?

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2024/11/11

Inmn, Kallie and Io talk about The Rings of Power and what a piece of shit it is. Also Peter Jacksons trilogy, not respecting your audience, Tolkien’s anarchism (and Catholicism and monarchism), word salad visual language, homosociality, and armouring. Plus our resident Tolkien scholar Inmn gives us more Middle Earth lore than you can handle.Kallie can be found on insta at @itsametaphorefordeath Inmn can be found hosting the Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness podcast and on insta at

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01:28:39

The SpOoOoktacle!

The Spectacle ·

2024/10/28

creeking doors do you hear that? rattling chains oh no! you know what that means the sound of a mummies curse its hallowtide again and we got our resident horror movie girlies Mckenzeee and Tabitha to school Io, our resident fraidy cat on the true meaning of terror. We talk about gnostic horror, the reptile brain, demons, sexual and gender anxiety in scary media, how porn and horror movies relate as mediums that bring you into your body, does a movie have to be scary to be a good horror movie, what

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01:15:40

Revolution! The Musical

The Spectacle ·

2024/09/10

Episode SummaryOn this episode of the Spectacle, you no longer have to wait one day more--otherwise known as tomorrow--to know which musicals are revolutionary and which are trash. Join Miriam, Rosza, and Inmn on their exploration of different radical-seeming musicals. Which are our comrades and which are getting thrown up against the wall? They cover Assassins, Little Shop of Horror, Hamilton, Newsies, Les Mis, and more! Host Info Inmn Neruin. You can find them on instagram

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00:30:46

b r a t

The Spectacle ·

2024/08/07

It was hot brat summer until suddenly it wasn’t. Can we still love charli xcx and be cool?Bea can be found on twitter at @beaflowers This show is published by Strangers in A Tangled Wilderness. We can be found at www.tangledwilderness.org, or on Twitter @TangledWild and Instagram @Tangled_Wilderness. You can support the show on Patreon at www.patreon.com/strangersinatangledwilderness. Our logo is by Robin Savage. And our theme music is by a lovely mountain goblin.

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00:54:43

I SAW THE TV GLOW

The Spectacle ·

2024/06/03

Live from the after-after-after party of the Constellation Anarchy-fest in beautiful Montreal Bea, Rob and Io convene an emergency pod after not being able to stop talking about I saw the TV glow. A surreal and beautiful movie for those looking to walk around in a daze for awhile. I dont know how else to describe this episode bud. Trans cis or otherwise you should go see this flick If you enjoy feelings and having them.Io can be found on Twitter @Bum_lung or on Instagram @Bum.Lung or you can find

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01:30:31

Secret third places

The Spectacle ·

2024/05/06

We talk with old pal Dan Abbot of Bobby joe Ebola about Geekfest. The freaky music festival organized by literal children in the bay area in the 90s borne out of an increasingly insular punk subculture in the wake of Green Day blowing up the spot. We also discuss Temporary Autonomous Zones, what happened to make Burning Man go from something anarchistic to its current form, and how to find each other flesh-world style in arguably the most alienated age in human history.Dan can be found on twitter

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01:47:51

D U N E

The Spectacle ·

2024/04/08

Is Dune anti-colonial? Can the white savior myth be satirized? Is Gurney Halleck my friend? Kallie (@itsametaphorfordeath), Producer Aaron, and Io (@bum.lung) do a big ass DUNE episode and jaw about all this plus libertarians hand in “counter-culture”, if you can get so high of worm-dirt you become space hitler, and we also delve into what renowned sci-fi pervert and soulful white boy Frank Herbert’s fuckin’ deal was.Io can be found on Twitter @Bum_lung or on Instagram @Bum.Lung or you can find

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01:37:13

The only good (fictional) cop

The Spectacle ·

2024/03/04

Vicky Osterweil (In defense of Looting), Miriam, and Io chose their champions and play a game making the case for the best fictional cop and how guilty we feel as anarchists for loving them. Rust Chole, Sam Vimes and Agent Dale Cooper duke it out for the title of the only good cop! 3 pigss enter! Only one will be spared the wall! Is the noir detective a cop? How does copaganda work? Can a cop and its mortal enemy, rock n roll be allies? Idk bud, but we talk about at length. Apologies for the light

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01:17:57

Cozy Games/Night in the Woods

The Spectacle ·

2024/02/12

Bea, Robin and Io put on their feetie jim-jams and gather round the duraflame to talk about their favorite winter time cozy games. Io goes on at length about Night in the Woods as the perfect image of small town youth culture anarchy. We also talk about Eastward, Katamari Damacy, Oxenfree andtry our hand at some ASMR. Io can be found on Twitter @Bum_lung or on Instagram @Bum.Lung or you can find comics, zines, prints and shirts that they make on Etsy at https://www.etsy.com/shop/BumLung Bea cna be

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01:23:48

The Green Knight - The Anti-civ Xmas classic

The Spectacle ·

2023/12/18

Inmn, Wren and Io wring in the holidays by talking about the greatest Christmas movies about a dumb guy who sucks picking a fight with an earth elemental, The Green Knight. They talk Arthurian myth and the shadow it casts upon modern fantasy, Paganism vs. Christianity, folk magic/folk tales, Barry Keoghan, honor as a title to win not an ideal to embody, stupid guys and more. Special appearance by Santa Clause. Host Info Io can be found on Twitter @Bum_lung or on Instagram @Bum.Lung or you can find

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01:04:32

2 TRANS 2 FURIOUS

The Spectacle ·

2023/10/23

VVRRROOOOMMM!!! Host of Gender Reveal Tuck Woodstock guests to talk about the Fast and Furious franchise and the book "2 TRANS 2 FURIOUS: an anthology of transgender street racing studies"! Io and Tuck go over every Fast movie and chin wag about gender, transition, action, crime, and Vin Diesel's whole deal in a way that critics are calling "a nonstop thrill ride". Buy the very good book or get the .pdf of 2 Trans 2 Furious at https://2trans2furious.bigcartel.com/ Io can be found

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