Best Aim Low Productions Podcasts (2025)

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“Death as Transition” 1:27:11

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EPISODE 055: LETTERBOXD TOP 250 SHUFFLE Featuring: Howl’s Moving Castle (2004); Winter Light (1963); The Ascent (1977); Mulholland Dr. (2001) How do you connect a Japanese animation, a Swedish tragedy film, a Soviet WWII drama, and an American dream picture? Regardless of film form or narrative structure or country of origin, the Letterboxd Top 250…

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Closing the Loop by Recycling Apparel: Reju CEO Patrik Frisk 45:43

4d ago45:43

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Patrik Frisk, CEO of ReJu, joins Climate Rising to discuss his company’s mission to recycle textile waste and build circular supply chains for apparel made of polyester fabric. Patrik brings his prior experience leading Under Armour and other global brands across the textile and footwear industry for over 35 years. Patrik describes how ReJu turns d…

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The Human Condition 59:53

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EPISODE 054: CINEMA MINI SERIES Featuring: The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959); The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959); The Human Condition III: A Soldier’s Prayer (1961) Despite all the double features, director retrospectives, and genre reviews, Wind Reel & Print has never fully embraced the comforts of a true trilogy. Directed…

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Australian New Wave 1:15:38

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EPISODE 053: LESSONS IN FILM MOVEMENTS Featuring: Mad Max (1979); Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975); Dead Calm (1989); Walkabout (1971) From the outback gothic Ozploitation of “Mad Max” to the proto-Lynchian affect of “Picnic at Hanging Rock”, the impact of Australian New Wave remains resoundingly influential albeit relatively unheard of. Boasting cont…

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Extending Apparel Lifespan: ThredUp CEO James Reinhart 40:02

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James Reinhart, CEO of ThredUp, one of the largest online resale platforms for secondhand clothing. James co-founded the company while he was a Masters’ student at Harvard and has spent the last 15 years scaling a national logistics and digital infrastructure platform for resale. In this episode James describes why the company decided to handle phy…

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On The Brighter Side... 24:11

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A look at the positive and what we love after many conversations about confronting some of the darker side of our lives... Become a valued member at https://plus.acast.com/s/aim-low-podcast-network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The Mask (1994) 37:13

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EPISODE 052: WEIRD @ WR&P In an attempt to repair an irreparable movie, Wind Reel & Print tackles the complicated reputation of Jim Carrey’s 1994 film “The Mask”. Despite having higher reviews than Weird @ WR&P favorite “The Cat in the Hat”, both Ryan and Kevin find “The Mask” to be rather lackluster and quite displeasing. Convoluted in its influen…

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Experimental Animation 41:02

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EPISODE 051: LESSONS IN FILM GENRE Featuring: Early Abstractions (1965); Belladonna of Sadness (1973); Fantastic Planet (1973); Mad God (2021) In the spirit of “getting weird”, WR&P cohosts enter their intergalactic space portal and travel to unique worlds of the experimental and the animated. With guided tours from alien extraordinaires such as Ph…

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Designing for Circularity at Scale: A Conversation with Karen Pflug of Ingka Group 48:27

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In the latest episode of Climate Rising from Harvard Business School, Karen Pflug, Chief Sustainability Officer of Ingka Group (IKEA), shares how IKEA is embedding circularity throughout its business model. She discusses how IKEA is redesigning iconic products like the Billy bookcase to make them easier to disassemble and repair, how secondhand ret…

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Golden Age Hollywood 1:00:06

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EPISODE 050: LESSONS IN FILM HISTORY Featuring: Gone with the Wind (1939); Wizard of Oz (1939); Citizen Kane (1941); Casablanca (1942) The Wind Reel & Print locomotive continues into the capital city of Golden Age Hollywood as the pod takes on the Mt. Rushmore of Hollywood filmmaking. With nothing much else to add to the nearly century-long convers…

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Screwball Comedy 1:05:45

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EPISODE 049: LESSONS IN FILM HISTORY Featuring: It Happened One Night (1934); Trouble in Paradise (1932); Bringing Up Baby (1938); His Girl Friday (1940) Taking a restful stop at Screwball Station, the Wind Reel & Print locomotive takes another trip into the land of Golden Age Hollywood. With special appearances from the likes of Clark Gable, Kathe…

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Advancing the Circular Economy: A Conversation with Lauren Rodriguez of Closed Loop Partners 43:45

2M ago43:45

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Lauren Rodriguez, who leads partnerships at Circular Services, a Closed Loop Partners company, joins host Mike Toffel to discuss building the infrastructure and investment models needed to scale the circular economy. Lauren explains how Closed Loop Partners supports the transition from a linear to a circular economy through capital management, inno…

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The Brutalist (2024) 45:20

2M ago45:20

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EPISODE 048: THEATER ADVENTURES WR&P cohosts catch the opening weekend premiere of Brady Corbet’s moving Oscar-nominated movie The Brutalist (2024). While digesting the film’s impact, Ryan and Kevin praise movie for its insistence on being a serious picture, complete with an overture and an intermission and a real appreciation for sound and image. …

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Minstrel/Vaudeville 1:12:28

2M ago1:12:28

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EPISODE 047: LESSONS IN FILM HISTORY Featuring: Birth of a Nation (1915); The Jazz Singer (1927); Gummo (1997); Bamboozled (2000) Wind Reel & Print explores the history of racism and exploitation in the entertainment industry as Kevin bundles four films that deal with minstrel shows and vaudeville. Starting with the invention of cinematic language …

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Sinners (2025) 45:03

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EPISODE 046: THEATER ADVENTURES After catching last weekend’s number one box office movie, Ryan and Kevin offer their initial reactions to Ryan Coogler’s newest picture “Sinners”. While connecting this film to Coogler’s debut feature “Fruitvale Station”, WR&P cohosts discuss the progressions of the director’s filmmaking career, including his intere…

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Scaling Reuse with Vytal: A Circular Economy Conversation with CEO Fabian Barthel 46:49

2M ago46:49

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Fabian Barthel, Co-Founder of Vytal, a circular economy packaging-as-a-service startup, joins host Mike Toffel to explore the innovation, behavioral science, and regulations shaping the market for reusable containers for take-out food and beverages. Fabian shares how Vytal is tackling packaging waste by building a reusable container system for rest…

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Film Noir 1:05:51

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EPISODE 045: LESSONS IN FILM HISTORY (GENRE) Featuring: Notorious (1946); Maltese Falcon (1941); Double Indemnity (1944); Sunset Boulevard (1950); The Third Man (1949) Taking direct influence from German Expressionism, American filmmakers rebranded the dark and paranoid into their own film noir. Popularized in the 1940s and subsequently revived int…

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“Climbing Outta the Hole” 1:06:23

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EPISODE 044: LETTERBOXD TOP 250 SHUFFLE Featuring: The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Sweet Smell of Success (1957), An Autumn Afternoon (1962), The Silence of the Lambs (1991) As Ryan and Kevin do the Letterboxd Top 250 Shuffle, the podcast lands on a quartet of films that uncover the holes we climb out of. Whether that be systems of oppression,…

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Carbon Credit Ratings and Market Integrity: A Conversation on the Calyx Global Case 42:21

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In this bonus episode of Climate Rising, we share an episode from Harvard Business School’s Cold Call podcast, featuring HBS professor Mike Toffel and Duncan van Bergen, Co-Founder of Calyx Global. The discussion focuses on Mike’s recent HBS case study, Calyx Global: Rating Carbon Credits, which explores how the company is helping improve transpare…

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“The Fall of Anora” 41:10

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EPISODE 043: THEATER ADVENTURES Featuring: The Fall (2006), Anora (2024) Wind Reel & Print review their recent visit to San Francisco’s historic Roxie Theater to catch a chance double feature consisting of Tarsem’s “The Fall” and Sean Baker’s recent Oscar-darling “Anora”. (Special Shoutout to Willie!)…

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Dogville (2003) 41:58

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EPISODE 042: META MOVIES After a short trip to the scenic American town of “Dogville”, WR&P cohosts Ryan and Kevin report back with glowing reviews. Delivering on the Lars von Trier promise, this 2003 Nicole Kidman-led experimental drama explores Brechtian approaches to narrative and nihilistic ruminations on the Land of the Free. Kevin points a fi…

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Investing in Carbon Markets: A Conversation with Luke Leslie of Key Carbon 43:26

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Luke Leslie, Co-Founder and CEO of Key Carbon, joins Climate Rising as part of our series on voluntary carbon markets. Luke has spent over 20 years in carbon markets and finance, working in investment banking, private equity, and structured finance. Luke explains how Key Carbon is financing high-integrity carbon projects and how new overlaps betwee…

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Fruitvale Station (2013) 38:54

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EPISODE 041: BAY AREA FLICKS WR&P embarks on another stay-cation as Ryan quizzes Kevin on the local impact of Ryan Coogler’s directorial feature debut “Fruitvale Station”. Released in 2013 with the support of Sundance, this quaint little picture quietly attains the booming voice of the Bay Area. Through its social realist aesthetic and dedication t…

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Waterworld (1995) 40:42

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EPISODE 040: WEIRD @ WR&P Despite landing one of the lowest marks in Wind Reel & Print history, Kevin Costner’s 1995 star vehicle “Waterworld” buoys as an intriguing Hollywood blockbuster with …so much… potential. This unabashed “Mad Max” ripoff is clearly missing the George Miller spark, perfectly executing fantastical dystopian possibilities whil…

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Navigating Carbon Markets: A Conversation with Alexia Kelly of High Tide Foundation 58:17

3M ago58:17

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Alexia Kelly, Managing Director of the Carbon Policy and Markets Initiative (CPMI) at theHigh Tide Foundation, joins host Mike Toffel for the fifth episode in our series on voluntarycarbon markets. Alexia has worked for nearly two decades atthe intersection of carbonmarkets, policy, and finance, with roles spanning government, private industry, and…

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There Will Be Blood (2007) 47:55

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EPISODE 039: FOUNDATIONAL FILMS Ryan sends the derrick back into the well as he recalls memories formed around Paul Thomas Anderson’s 2007 Oscar-darling “There Will Be Blood”. Armed with the Daniel Plainview ‘stache, the WR&P co-host still finds reverence in the film’s portrayal of toxic masculinity, its discussion of proto-American capitalism, and…

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“Wading in the Water” 1:21:45

4M ago1:21:45

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EPISODE 038: LETTERBOXD TOP 250 SHUFFLE Featuring: Sansho the Bailiff (1954), Andrei Rublev (1966), Central Station (1998), Eureka (2000) On this week’s episode of Wind Reel & Print’s Letterboxd Top 250 Shuffle, cohosts Ryan and Kevin pull out the Bingo sheets as they prepare to define what it means to be a Top 250 film. Examines the human conditio…

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Enhancing Integrity Standards in Carbon Markets: A Conversation with Amy Merrill of ICVCM 42:29

4M ago42:29

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Amy Merrill, CEO of the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) joins host Mike Toffel in this fourth episode of the Climate Rising series on voluntary carbon markets. Amy has extensive experience in carbon markets, including leading negotiations on Article 6 of the Paris Agreement and advising on global carbon finance. Amy explai…

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Kathryn Bigelow 58:20

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EPISODE 037: LESSONS IN FILM HISTORY (DIRECTORS) Featuring: The Loveless (1981), Point Break (1991), Detroit (2017) As a quasi-response to “Nashville”, this week’s WR&P podcast episode centers director Kathryn Bigelow and a trio of titles spanning her entire filmmaking career so far. Bigelow’s knack for rugged masculinity and right-leaning politica…

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Vampire Movies 1:19:09

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EPISODE 036: LESSONS IN FILM HISTORY (GENRE) Featuring: Dracula (1931), The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967), Interview with a Vampire (1994), What We Do in the Shadows? (2014) WR&P co-hosts Ryan and Kevin define the narrative and aesthetic parameters of the “Vampire Movie” by examining four films which cover nearly a century of blood-sucking cinema…

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Strengthening Carbon Claims via the Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI): A Conversation with Mark Kenber 54:30

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This episode, the third in our series on Voluntary Carbon Markets, features Mark Kenber, Executive Director of the Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI). Mark has worked in carbon markets and climate finance for nearly three decades, with experience at organizations like WWF, The Climate Group, and Fundación Natura in Ecuador. Mark d…

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“50 Ways to Watch a Movie” 1:03:47

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EPISODE 035: FILM THEORY DISCUSSIONS What does it mean to watch a movie? Are you watching for the plot or the aesthetics? Are you looking to be entertained or emotionally stirred? Do you want to be able to think about it or do you just want to turn your brain off? These are all important questions to ask when you step into the proverbial theater. W…

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Mumblecore 1:22:50

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EPISODE 034: LESSONS IN FILM HISTORY (FILM MOVEMENTS) Featuring: Funny Ha Ha (2002), The Puffy Chair (2005), Mutual Appreciation (2005), Nights and Weekends (2007) Ryan and Kevin explore the Mount Rushmore of Mumblecore by focusing on films by Greta Gerwig, Andrew Bujalski, the Duplass Brothers, and Joe Swanberg. Though the label is often loathed b…

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Just Like Heaven (2005) 40:56

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EPISODE 033: BAY AREA FLICKS As a personal recommendation, Kevin introduces 2005’s “Just Like Heaven” as a San Francisco-based Bay Area movie. Featuring Reese Witherspoon and Mark Ruffalo and directed by supernatural rom-com expert Mark Waters, this mid-2000s relic leaves whispers of screwball and mumblecore character types within what Ryan describ…

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The Potential and Challenges of the Voluntary Carbon Market 56:59

5M ago56:59

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Our second episode on the voluntary carbon market is a bonus episode of a panel discussion recorded at Harvard Climate Action Week in 2024. Harvard Kennedy School Professor Joe Aldy moderates this discussion with Nat Keohane from the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, Donna Lee from Calyx Global, UC San Diego Professor David Victor, and Carol…

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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) 30:15

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EPISODE 032: WEIRD @ WR&P Ryan and Kevin refresh their childhood memory by revisiting a Dick Van Dyke B-side in 1968’s “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang”. WR&P cohosts discuss why this rewatch settled into disappointment while stressing the negative impacts of industry and market pressures on the creative process.…

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Robert Altman 1:41:39

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EPISODE 031: GUEST STARRING SAM ISOLA Featuring: McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971), Nashville (1975), Secret Honor (1984), Short Cuts (1993) How do you pinhole a director who dabbled in a little bit of everything? Wind Reel & Print recruits cinema-lover Sam Isola to help dissect the ever-evolving filmmaking style of Robert Altman. Specifically choosing f…

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Building Integrity in Carbon Markets: A Conversation with Jennifer Jenkins of Rubicon Carbon 47:18

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Dr. Jennifer Jenkins, Chief Science Officer at Rubicon Carbon, joins our host Mike to talk about the critical role of voluntary carbon markets in achieving net-zero goals. Dr. Jenkins shares insights on how Rubicon Carbon is advancing the integrity and scalability of carbon credit through tools like the Rubicon Carbon Integrity Framework (RCIF). Th…

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“Somethings Gotta Break!” 55:25

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EPISODE 030: LETTERBOXD TOP 250 SHUFFLE Featuring: Do The Right Thing (1989), Z (1969), Rocco and His Brothers (1960), A Woman Under the Influence (1974) In one of the more devastating episodes of the Letterboxd Top 250 Shuffle, Ryan and Kevin explore a deeply traumatizing cinematic quartet ranging from blazing political thrillers to tense family d…

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“All About Showgirls” 21:04

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EPISODE 029: DOUBLE FEATURES & TRILOGIES Featuring: All About Eve (1950), Showgirls (1995) On recommendation from MOViES4MANiACS’ Jesse Hawthorne Ficks, WR&P hosts Ryan and Kevin examine the narrative similarities of Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s classic Hollywood picture “All About Eve” and Paul Verhoeven’s raucous dark comedy “Showgirls.” They note how …

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Accelerating Battery Innovation with AI: A Conversation with Argonne’s Logan Ward 47:47

6M ago47:47

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Logan Ward, Deputy Scientist at Argonne National Laboratory, joins host Mike Toffel to discuss how AI is transforming the discovery process for new materials in grid-scale batteries. Logan explains Argonne’s research on improving energy storage solutions, why AI plays a critical role, and the partnerships between national labs and the industry. He …

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“The Pursuit of The Last Black Man” 24:53

6M ago24:53

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EPISODE 028: BAY AREA FLICKS Featuring: The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019), The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) In this special Bay Area double feature, Ryan and Kevin explore the differences between a locally-made San Francisco film and a Hollywood movie set in the same city. While Joe Talbot’s “The Last Black Man in San Francisco” boasts a he…

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Jean-Luc Godard & Anna Karina 59:09

6M ago59:09

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EPISODE 027: LESSONS IN FILM HISTORY (DIRECTORS & ACTORS) Featuring: Le Petit Soldat (1963), Une Femme est une Femme (1961), Bande à part (1964), Alphaville (1965) After introducing the Godard-Karina timeline with Vivre sa vie, Kevin takes Ryan deeper into the pairings’ cinematic universe. Ryan highlights how each film stands as unique cinematic ex…

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Using AI and Satellite Data to Transform Agriculture: A Conversation with Alyssa Whitcraft 53:14

6M ago53:14

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Dr. Alyssa Whitcraft is a professor at University of Maryland and a leading expert in agricultural remote sensing and climate adaptation. Dr. Whitcraft discusses her journey from co-founding NASA Harvest, a global program addressing food security with satellite data, to leading NASA Acres, which focuses on U.S. agriculture. She explains how AI and …

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“Priscilla & the Pink Flamingos“ 42:06

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EPISODE 026: DOUBLE FEATURES & TRILOGIES Featuring: Pink Flamingos (1972), The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994) While centering the word “disgust”, Ryan and Kevin explore drag queen characters and the traditions of rage bait in a special double feature highlighting John Waters’ “Pink Flamingos” and Stephan Elliott’s “The Adventur…

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The Cat in the Hat (2003) 27:59

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EPISODE 025: WEIRD @ WR&P Standing firmly in its “mild cult following”, Ryan and Kevin aka Thing 1 and Thing 2 delve deep into the magical madness of 2003’s The Cat in the Hat. This Dr. Seuss adaptation certainly presents as a wacky wonderland full of jokes and hijinks, however, over the film’s 82-minute runtime, it slowly uncovers sweet-and-sour s…

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Using AI to Fight Wildfires: How Dryad Networks is Scaling Climate Technology 45:35

7M ago45:35

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Carsten Brinkschulte is the CEO of Dryad, a company that leverages AI to detect wildfires early and prevent catastrophic damage. Carsten shares his journey from a telecom entrepreneur to climate tech innovator, explaining how Dryad’s solar-powered sensors and mesh networks detect wildfires at their inception and transmit real-time alerts to their c…

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German Expressionism 1:20:41

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EPISODE 024: LESSONS IN FILM HISTORY Featuring: The Student of Prague (1913), The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), Metropolis (1927), M (1931) In an attempt to unravel this early 20th-century genre from its War World I context, Ryan presents German Expressionism as a convergence of several industry pressures. Coinciding with art movements from the s…

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Hey, it's me. 24:09

7M ago24:09

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showing up and working through some thoughts "hurt but not injured" "there is no reason to stop" Become a valued member at https://plus.acast.com/s/aim-low-podcast-network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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International Westerns 55:04

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EPISODE 023: META MOVIES Featuring: The Power of the Dog (2021), Sukiyaki Western Django (2007), The Good, The Bad, The Weird (2008), Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) In the preliminary episode of this quasi-Olympic competition for the title of best international Western, Ryan and Kevin focus on films from Korea, Japan, Italy, and New Zealand. R…

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