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Bang-Bang @bangbang1492.bsky.social · 46m

Episode 44: The Report with Adrian Horton. Please consider sharing and subscribing. www.bangbangpod.com/p/the-report...

The Report (2019) w/ Adrian Horton | Ep. 44

The Guardian arts writer Adrian Horton joins us to discuss The Report, Scott Z.

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Lyle Jeremy Rubin @lylerubin.bsky.social · 1h

Wes Morgan is one of my favorite combat journalists out there, so it meant a lot to have him on the pod to dissect the glorious agitprop, Lone Survivor. And also to go deep on its spiritual precursor, The Green Berets.

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Bang-Bang @bangbang1492.bsky.social · 1h

Episode 43: Lone Survivor with Wes Morgan. Please consider sharing and subscribing. www.bangbangpod.com/p/lone-survi...

Lone Survivor (2013) w/ Wes Morgan | Ep. 43

The combat journalist Wes Morgan joins us to unpack Peter Berg’s Lone Survivor—a film that packages “victim-hero” mythology in SEAL-recruiting gloss—alongside John Wayne’s The Green Berets (1968), a s...

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Lyle Jeremy Rubin @lylerubin.bsky.social · 3h

Loved having my friend Osita Nwanevu on the pod to talk about the epic of all epics, Lawrence of Arabia. Also, buy his extraordinary (and extraordinarily timely) new book, The Right of the People!

Link to his book in the comments.

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Bang-Bang @bangbang1492.bsky.social · 3h

Episode 42: Lawrence of Arabia w/ Osita Nwanevu. Please consider sharing and subscribing. www.bangbangpod.com/p/lawrence-o...

Lawrence of Arabia (1962) w/ Osita Nwanevu | Ep. 42

Osita Nwanevu joins us to revisit David Lean’s epic with an eye toward empire’s soft power: the seductive aesthetics that make conquest look noble, even as the film telegraphs its own critique.

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Lyle Jeremy Rubin @lylerubin.bsky.social · 4h

Pleasure having the gents from @remembershufffle.bsky.social on the pod to talk about the second greatest submarine flick of all time.

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Bang-Bang @bangbang1492.bsky.social · 4h

Episode 41: The Hunt for Red October w/ Remember Shuffle. Please consider sharing and subscribing. www.bangbangpod.com/p/the-hunt-f...

The Hunt for Red October (1990) w/ Remember Shuffle Pod | Ep. 41

Van and Lyle are joined by Ben and Jordano from the Remember Shuffle podcast to take on The Hunt for Red October (1990), John McTiernan’s Cold War submarine thriller packed with an all-star cast.

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Van Jackson @vanjackson.bsky.social · Aug 25

We covered a real classic on the latest episode of @bangbang1492.bsky.social: The Hunt for Red October! Great having the @remembershufffle.bsky.social pod folks join us as guests www.bangbangpod.com/p/the-hunt-f...

The Hunt for Red October (1990) w/ Remember Shuffle Pod | Ep. 41

Van and Lyle are joined by Ben and Jordano from the Remember Shuffle podcast to take on The Hunt for Red October (1990), John McTiernan’s Cold War submarine thriller packed with an all-star cast.

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Van Jackson @vanjackson.bsky.social · Aug 26

Who’s the best on-screen portrayal of Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, and what’s fundamentally broken about Cold War movies? Find out when the @remembershufffle.bsky.social podcast joins forces with @bangbang1492.bsky.social to discuss The Hunt for Red October! www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyxx...

Alec Baldwin Versus Ben Affleck: Who’s The Best Jack Ryan?

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Van Jackson @vanjackson.bsky.social · 16d

Do we want the national security state to either support Democrats or resist Trump?
In our latest episode, we watched The Report, the 2019 film starring Adam Driver that depicts the true story of the US Senate's "torture report" @bangbang1492.bsky.social www.youtube.com/shorts/lMXLB...

Should the National Security State Resist Trump?

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Van Jackson @vanjackson.bsky.social · 2d

You can’t do rational deterrence in a country whose politics are grounded in conspiracy theory. One of many insights we get from Dr. Strangelove, Stanley Kubrick’s ultimate classic. Don’t sleep on this episode of the pod! @bangbang1492.bsky.social

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Lyle Jeremy Rubin @lylerubin.bsky.social · Aug 19

Can't think of many films (in this case a miniseries) that have wrestled more seriously with the trials and tribulations of political violence than Carlos. And it was such a pleasure to have the journalist @noahhurowitz.bsky.social (author of El Chapo) on the show to make sense of the work.

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Bang-Bang @bangbang1492.bsky.social · Aug 19

Episode 40: Carlos w/ Noah Hurowitz. Please consider sharing and subscribing. www.bangbangpod.com/p/carlos-201...

Carlos (2010) w/ Noah Hurowitz | Ep. 40

In this episode, Van and Lyle are joined by journalist and author Noah Hurowitz (El Chapo) to discuss Olivier Assayas’ Carlos, the sweeping 2010 miniseries about the infamous Venezuelan militant Ilich...

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Lyle Jeremy Rubin @lylerubin.bsky.social · Aug 16

Extraordinary documentary, and such a pleasure having someone as knowledgeable as @sandipto.bsky.social on the show with @vanjackson.bsky.social and I to navigate its angles. Check it out!

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Bang-Bang @bangbang1492.bsky.social · Aug 16

Episode 39: Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat w/ Sandipto Dasgupta. Please consider sharing and subscribing. www.bangbangpod.com/p/soundtrack...

Soundtrack to a Coup d’État (2025) w/ Sandipto Dasgupta | Ep. 39

Van and Lyle are joined by Sandipto Dasgupta—legal scholar, political theorist, and possessor of an encyclopedic knowledge of Congolese politics, the Non-Aligned Movement, and postcolonial political e...

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Lyle Jeremy Rubin @lylerubin.bsky.social · Aug 16

Can’t recommend enough this conversation with @vanjackson.bsky.social, Alex, and Stuart. What an incredible film. And so timely!

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Bang-Bang @bangbang1492.bsky.social · Aug 16

Episode 38: 28 Costa-Gavras’ State of Siege w/ Alex Aviña and Stuart Schrader. Please consider sharing and subscribing. www.bangbangpod.com/p/costa-gavr...

Costa-Gavras' State of Siege (1972) w/ Alex Aviña and Stuart Schrader | Ep. 38

In this episode, we discuss Costa-Gavras’s State of Siege, a tightly constructed political thriller based on the real-life kidnapping and execution of U.S.

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Lyle Jeremy Rubin @lylerubin.bsky.social · Jul 22

Had a great time discussing the entire 28 Days Later series with @vanjackson.bsky.social and Slate Senior Editor @rebeccaonion.bsky.social. Check it out!

Bang-Bang @bangbang1492.bsky.social · Jul 22

Episode 37: 28 Days Later Trilogy w/ Rebecca Onion. Please consider sharing and subscribing. www.bangbangpod.com/p/28-days-la...

28 Days Later Trilogy (2002, 2007, 2025) w/ Rebecca Onion | Ep. 37

Van and Lyle are joined by historian and Slate Senior Editor Rebecca Onion to talk through the entire 28 Days Later trilogy, from its early aughts origins to its apocalyptic present.

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Van Jackson @vanjackson.bsky.social · Jul 24

We covered the 28 Days Later trilogy in the latest episode of @bangbang1492.bsky.social, and boy did we have a lot to say about the geopolitics of zombies. 1/x www.bangbangpod.com/p/28-days-la...

28 Days Later Trilogy (2002, 2007, 2025) w/ Rebecca Onion | Ep. 37

Van and Lyle are joined by historian and Slate Senior Editor Rebecca Onion to talk through the entire 28 Days Later trilogy, from its early aughts origins to its apocalyptic present.

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Van Jackson @vanjackson.bsky.social · Aug 3

Amazing @bangbang1492.bsky.social discussion of Costa-Gavras’ State of Siege (1972) w/ Alex Avina and @stschrader1.bsky.social @lylerubin.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2I4...

Tupac, The Tupamaros, and Latin American Revolution

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Van Jackson @vanjackson.bsky.social · Aug 10

Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat (2025) is the best documentary I’ve ever seen. Check. It. Out! @bangbang1492.bsky.social www.bangbangpod.com/p/soundtrack...

Soundtrack to a Coup d’État (2025) w/ Sandipto Dasgupta | Ep. 39

Van and Lyle are joined by Sandipto Dasgupta—legal scholar, political theorist, and possessor of an encyclopedic knowledge of Congolese politics, the Non-Aligned Movement, and postcolonial political e...

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Kevin Fox @michigrim.bsky.social · Aug 11

We covered this during my guest appearance on @bangbang1492.bsky.social podcast with Three Kings. Saddam invaded Kuwait partially because he could not pay for the bread, circuses and services needed to maintain rule in addition to needing to pay back his creditors.

Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · Aug 11

the basic rule of dictatorships is there are some people you cannot fuck over, you can't survive everyone being unhappy all the time, if you keep your people happy you can ride out discontent but letting it get that far is already a major fuck up!

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Bang-Bang @bangbang1492.bsky.social · Jul 22

Episode 37: 28 Days Later Trilogy w/ Rebecca Onion. Please consider sharing and subscribing. www.bangbangpod.com/p/28-days-la...

28 Days Later Trilogy (2002, 2007, 2025) w/ Rebecca Onion | Ep. 37

Van and Lyle are joined by historian and Slate Senior Editor Rebecca Onion to talk through the entire 28 Days Later trilogy, from its early aughts origins to its apocalyptic present.

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Lyle Jeremy Rubin @lylerubin.bsky.social · Jul 22

Enjoyed chatting with @vanjackson.bsky.social and Sam Carliner on one of the latest treatments of the Afghanistan war.

Bang-Bang @bangbang1492.bsky.social · Jul 22

Episode 36: Guy Ritchie's The Covenant w/ Sam Carliner. Please consider sharing and subscribing. www.bangbangpod.com/p/guy-ritchi...

Guy Ritchie's The Covenant (2023) w/ Sam Carliner | Ep. 36

Van and Lyle are joined by journalist Sam Carliner to unpack Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant, a 2023 entry into the Afghanistan war movie canon.

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Bang-Bang @bangbang1492.bsky.social · Jul 22

Episode 36: Guy Ritchie's The Covenant w/ Sam Carliner. Please consider sharing and subscribing. www.bangbangpod.com/p/guy-ritchi...

Guy Ritchie's The Covenant (2023) w/ Sam Carliner | Ep. 36

Van and Lyle are joined by journalist Sam Carliner to unpack Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant, a 2023 entry into the Afghanistan war movie canon.

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