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Pods Against Tomorrow: Reinvestigating Film Noir

Abehugh Productions

Pods Against Tomorrow reinvestigates the noir genre one film at a time. Join our hosts, Hugh Manon and Abe Doubleday-Bush, along with a rotating guest — our "Ace in the Hole" — as they delve into an analysis of classic, neo-, and pastiche film noirs. Each episode explores the timeless themes that shaped the film noir genre and changed American pop culture forever.

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01:46:20

Coma (1978) with Jon Quinn

Pods Against Tomorrow: Reinvestigating Film Noir ·

2026/03/29

Pods Against Tomorrow reinvestigates the noir genre one film at a time. Join our hosts, Hugh Manon and Abe Doubleday-Bush, along with a rotating guest — our "Ace in the Hole" — as they delve into an analysis of classic, neo-, and pastiche film noirs. Each episode explores the timeless themes that shaped the film noir genre and changed American pop culture forever.This week's Ace in the Hole is Jon Quinn, a Clark University graduate and a former film, photography, and music teacher

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01:43:22

Blood Simple (1984) with Robert McDonald

Pods Against Tomorrow: Reinvestigating Film Noir ·

2026/03/03

Pods Against Tomorrow reinvestigates the noir genre one film at a time. Join our hosts, Hugh Manon and Abe Doubleday-Bush, along with a rotating guest — our "Ace in the Hole" — as they delve into an analysis of classic, neo-, and pastiche film noirs. Each episode explores the timeless themes that shaped the film noir genre and changed American pop culture forever.This week's Ace in the Hole is Robert McDonald. Robert is Associate Professor of Rhetoric at the University of Kansas. He

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01:36:15

TRAP (2024) with Max Hooley

Pods Against Tomorrow: Reinvestigating Film Noir ·

2026/02/13

Pods Against Tomorrow reinvestigates the noir genre one film at a time. Join our hosts, Hugh Manon and Abe Doubleday-Bush, along with a rotating guest — our "Ace in the Hole" — as they delve into an analysis of classic, neo-, and pastiche film noirs. Each episode explores the timeless themes that shaped the film noir genre and changed American pop culture forever.This week's Ace in the Hole is Max Hooley, a Clark alum with a double major in Screen Studies and Psychology; now he works

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01:32:27

Tension (1949) with Catherine Leuverink

Pods Against Tomorrow: Reinvestigating Film Noir ·

2026/01/17

Pods Against Tomorrow reinvestigates the noir genre one film at a time. Join our hosts, Hugh Manon and Abe Doubleday-Bush, along with a rotating guest — our "Ace in the Hole" — as they delve into an analysis of classic, neo-, and pastiche film noirs. Each episode explores the timeless themes that shaped the film noir genre and changed American pop culture forever.This week's Ace in the Hole is Catherine Leuverink. Catherine got hooked on noir 22 years ago with the 1945 film DETOUR; she

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01:33:12

No Orchids for Miss Blandish (1948) with Alice Bellette

Pods Against Tomorrow: Reinvestigating Film Noir ·

2025/12/26

Pods Against Tomorrow reinvestigates the noir genre one film at a time. Join our hosts, Hugh Manon and Abe Doubleday-Bush, along with a rotating guest — our "Ace in the Hole" — as they delve into an analysis of classic, neo-, and pastiche film noirs. Each episode explores the timeless themes that shaped the film noir genre and changed American pop culture forever.This week's Ace in the Hole is Alice Bellette, a writer, researcher, and Palawa descendent based in Naarm, Australia. Alice

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01:33:06

Heatwave (1982) with Laurent Shervington

Pods Against Tomorrow: Reinvestigating Film Noir ·

2025/12/01

Pods Against Tomorrow reinvestigates the noir genre one film at a time. Join our hosts, Hugh Manon and Abe Doubleday-Bush, along with a rotating guest — our "Ace in the Hole" — as they delve into an analysis of classic, neo-, and pastiche film noirs. Each episode explores the timeless themes that shaped the film noir genre and changed American pop culture forever.This week's Ace in the Hole is Laurent Shervington, a film theorist and musician from Perth, Australia. Laurent currently

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01:26:46

Out of the Past (1947) with Todd McGowan

Pods Against Tomorrow: Reinvestigating Film Noir ·

2025/11/03

Pods Against Tomorrow reinvestigates the noir genre one film at a time. Join our hosts, Hugh Manon and Abe Doubleday-Bush, along with a rotating guest — our "Ace in the Hole" — as they delve into an analysis of classic, neo-, and pastiche film noirs. Each episode explores the timeless themes that shaped the film noir genre and changed American pop culture forever.This week's Ace in the Hole is Todd McGowan, a film scholar, philosopher, and Professor of English at the University of

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01:24:49

The Fall Guy (2024) with Andi Graceson

Pods Against Tomorrow: Reinvestigating Film Noir ·

2025/10/16

Pods Against Tomorrow reinvestigates the noir genre one film at a time. Join our hosts, Hugh Manon and Abe Doubleday-Bush, along with a rotating guest — our "Ace in the Hole" — as they delve into an analysis of classic, neo-, and pastiche film noirs. Each episode explores the timeless themes that shaped the film noir genre and changed American pop culture forever.This week's Ace in the Hole is Andi Graceson. Andi studied film and computer science at Clark University and began their

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01:34:47

Decision to Leave (2022) with Daniel Cho

Pods Against Tomorrow: Reinvestigating Film Noir ·

2025/10/01

Pods Against Tomorrow reinvestigates the noir genre one film at a time. Join our hosts, Hugh Manon and Abe Doubleday-Bush, along with a rotating guest — our "Ace in the Hole" — as they delve into an analysis of classic, neo-, and pastiche film noirs. Each episode explores the timeless themes that shaped the film noir genre and changed American pop culture forever.This week's Ace in the Hole is Daniel Cho, professor of education at Otterbein University in Columbus, Ohio. Daniel returns

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01:25:11

Scarlet Street (1945) with Catherine Leuverink

Pods Against Tomorrow: Reinvestigating Film Noir ·

2025/09/13

Pods Against Tomorrow reinvestigates the noir genre one film at a time. Join our hosts, Hugh Manon and Abe Doubleday-Bush, along with a rotating guest — our "Ace in the Hole" — as they delve into an analysis of classic, neo-, and pastiche film noirs. Each episode explores the timeless themes that shaped the film noir genre and changed American pop culture forever.This week's Ace in the Hole is Catherine Leuverink. Catherine got hooked on noir 22 years ago with the 1945 film DETOUR; she

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01:29:27

Blade Runner (1982) with Ian Capozzoli

Pods Against Tomorrow: Reinvestigating Film Noir ·

2025/08/26

Pods Against Tomorrow reinvestigates the noir genre one film at a time. Join our hosts, Hugh Manon and Abe Doubleday-Bush, along with a rotating guest — our "Ace in the Hole" — as they delve into an analysis of classic, neo-, and pastiche film noirs. Each episode explores the timeless themes that shaped the film noir genre and changed American pop culture forever.This week's Ace in the Hole is Ian Capozzoli, who works in Communications at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, plays

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01:19:49

Bait (1954) with Sasha Kohan

Pods Against Tomorrow: Reinvestigating Film Noir ·

2025/08/08

Pods Against Tomorrow reinvestigates the noir genre one film at a time. Join our hosts, Hugh Manon and Abe Doubleday-Bush, along with a rotating guest — our "Ace in the Hole" — as they delve into an analysis of classic, neo-, and pastiche film noirs. Each episode explores the timeless themes that shaped the film noir genre and changed American pop culture forever.This week's Ace in the Hole is Sasha Kohan, a Clark and USC alum who held the Roger Ebert Fellowship for Film Criticism in

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01:24:58

After Dark, My Sweet (1990) with Ron Brooks

Pods Against Tomorrow: Reinvestigating Film Noir ·

2025/07/21

Pods Against Tomorrow reinvestigates the noir genre one film at a time. Join our hosts, Hugh Manon and Abe Doubleday-Bush, along with a rotating guest — our "Ace in the Hole" — as they delve into an analysis of classic, neo-, and pastiche film noirs. Each episode explores the timeless themes that shaped the film noir genre and changed American pop culture forever.This week's Ace in the Hole is Ron Brooks, an Associate Professor of Writing Studies at Montclair State University in New

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01:34:16

The Prowler (1951) with Michael Gray

Pods Against Tomorrow: Reinvestigating Film Noir ·

2025/06/22

Pods Against Tomorrow reinvestigates the noir genre one film at a time. Join our hosts, Hugh Manon and Abe Doubleday-Bush, along with a rotating guest — our "Ace in the Hole" — as they delve into an analysis of classic, neo-, and pastiche film noirs. Each episode explores the timeless themes that shaped the film noir genre and changed American pop culture forever.This week's Ace in the Hole is Michael Gray, host of the Žižek and So On Podcast. Michael joins us to discuss Joseph Losey

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01:20:52

The Unholy Three (1925) with James Hazelden

Pods Against Tomorrow: Reinvestigating Film Noir ·

2025/06/04

Pods Against Tomorrow reinvestigates the noir genre one film at a time. Join our hosts, Hugh Manon and Abe Doubleday-Bush, along with a rotating guest — our "Ace in the Hole" — as they delve into an analysis of classic, neo-, and pastiche films noir. Each episode explores the timeless themes that shaped the film noir genre and changed American pop culture forever.This week's Ace in the Hole is James Hazelden, an award-winning playwright, musician, director, performer, podcaster, and

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01:30:01

Phantom Lady (1944) with Daniel Cho

Pods Against Tomorrow: Reinvestigating Film Noir ·

2025/05/22

Pods Against Tomorrow reinvestigates the noir genre one film at a time. Join our hosts, Hugh Manon and Abe Doubleday-Bush, along with a rotating guest — our "Ace in the Hole" — as they delve into an analysis of classic, neo-, and pastiche films noir. Each episode explores the timeless themes that shaped the film noir genre and changed American pop culture forever.This week's Ace in the Hole is Daniel Cho, professor of education at Otterbein University in Columbus Ohio, and one of the

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01:28:48

Mystery Road (2013) with Alice Bellette

Pods Against Tomorrow: Reinvestigating Film Noir ·

2025/05/07

Pods Against Tomorrow reinvestigates the noir genre one film at a time. Join our hosts, Hugh Manon and Abe Doubleday-Bush, along with a rotating guest — our "Ace in the Hole" — as they delve into an analysis of classic, neo-, and pastiche films noir. Each episode explores the timeless themes that shaped the film noir genre and changed American pop culture forever.This week's Ace in the Hole is Alice Bellette, a writer, researcher, and Palawa descendent based in Naarm, Australia. Alice

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01:19:38

No Escape (1953) with Soren Sorensen

Pods Against Tomorrow: Reinvestigating Film Noir ·

2025/04/22

Pods Against Tomorrow reinvestigates the noir genre one film at a time. Join our hosts, Hugh Manon and Abe Doubleday-Bush, along with a rotating guest — our "Ace in the Hole" — as they delve into an analysis of classic, neo-, and pastiche film noirs. Each episode explores the timeless themes that shaped the film noir genre and changed American pop culture forever.This week's Ace in the Hole is returning guest Soren Sorensen, a documentary filmmaker and Screen Studies program director

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01:21:30

Love is Colder than Death (1969) with Kyle Fleishfresser

Pods Against Tomorrow: Reinvestigating Film Noir ·

2025/04/09

Pods Against Tomorrow reinvestigates the noir genre one film at a time. Join our hosts, Hugh Manon and Abe Doubleday-Bush, along with a rotating guest — our "Ace in the Hole" — as they delve into an analysis of classic, neo-, and pastiche film noirs. Each episode explores the timeless themes that shaped the film noir genre and changed American pop culture forever.This week's Ace in the Hole is Kyle Fleischfresser, a bartender restaurateur, co-owner of the Hutch on Avondale in Oklahoma City. Kyle

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01:26:17

Nixon (1995) with Max Hooley

Pods Against Tomorrow: Reinvestigating Film Noir ·

2025/03/26

Pods Against Tomorrow reinvestigates the noir genre one film at a time. Join our hosts, Hugh Manon and Abe Doubleday-Bush, along with a rotating guest — our "Ace in the Hole" — as they delve into an analysis of classic, neo-, and pastiche film noirs. Each episode explores the timeless themes that shaped the film noir genre and changed American pop culture forever.This week's Ace in the Hole is Max Hooley, a Clark graduate in Psychology and Screen Studies, and holder of a JD from New

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