Best Aaron Thorpe Podcasts (2025)

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Master Sgt. Steve Timme, "The President's Own" Marine Corps Band 35:22

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"The President's Own" United States Marine Band is the oldest professional musical organization in the United States, performing at the pleasure of the President since 1801. Performing at over 500 events annually, the Marine Band brings its renowned musical excellence to presidential inaugurations, state funerals, state arrival ceremonies, Friday E…

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What's Next for October 2025 0:52

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One week before each episode, we're going to give you a heads up as to what we'll be discussing so you have time to catch up with it and get the most out of our next episode. Next up, Love Jones!By Trevor Beaulieu & Josh Olson

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Soderbergh Ep. 16: The Good German (2006) with Peter Raleigh 1:53:59

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After 2005's digital day-and-date experiment BUBBLE, Soderbergh swung hard in the other direction with a Golden Age Hollywood pastiche: his (loose) adaptation of Joseph Kanon's postwar Berlin mystery THE GOOD GERMAN. Joining us is film writer and literal historian Peter Raleigh! We talk adaptation, aesthetic imitation, Denazification, CASABLANCA, a…

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How To Save The World w/ Malcolm Harris 1:14:37

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The PG crew speaks with author Malcolm Harris (@BigMeanInternet) about his new book, What’s Left: Three Paths Through the Planetary Crisis. In this book, Harris takes us through three strategies to save the world from climate change: “Marketcraft,” “Public Power” and “Communism” (clearly, he saved the best for last). We unpack what each of these ar…

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Sinners w/ Briahna Joy Gray and Josh Olson [Unlocked] 1:26:50

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Now unlocked is this special crossover with Briahna's podcast Bad Faith. Get bonus episodes like this when they drop at http://patreon.com/strugglesession ------------------------------------------ A Brief History of Violence screenwriter & co-host of The Movies that Made Me Josh Olson and Struggle Session co-host Leslie Lee III join the show to di…

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PATREON PREVIEW: Legally Blonde (2001) with Veronica Phillips 8:12

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This is a preview of a premium episode from our Patreon feed, Paid Costly For Me! Head over to Patreon.com/PodCastyForMe to hear more for just $5 a month. A year after ERIN BROCKOVICH, another unashamedly feminine legal professional challenged norms and won at the box office in LEGALLY BLONDE. Here to talk gender performance, turn-of-the-millennium…

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If You Listen To This, You Are Gay LMAO 1:06:52

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The PG crew tackles the shot heard 'round the world last week when Charles James Kirk, 31-year-old MAGA influencer and notable twerp, caught a bullet to the neck while saying something racist at an event called "The American Comeback Tour" at Utah Valley University. Hey, at least he died doing what he loved. Is this a Turning Point in USA history, …

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Cultural Marxism: Eddington (2025) w/ Tom Sexton and Tarence Ray (PREVIEW) 0:53

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Jamie is joined by Tom Sexton and Tarence Ray of the Trillbilly Workers Party podcast to talk about Ari Aster's polarizing new film, Eddington. Set in a fictional southwestern town in 2020, the Hereditary director's latest offering has a lot going on: Joaquin Phoenix as MAGA sheriff, Pedro Pascal as neolib mayor, Emma Stone as goth girlfriend, and …

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Basketball is Jazz w/ David Thorpe 56:02

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Ray and Aaron talk with Coach David Thorpe—longtime personal basketball coach, mentor, analyst, and author—about his recent TrueHoop story “Jazz Lessons,” which explores the success of incorporating improvisation into NBA offenses. The conversation touches on some of the all-time greats who set the standard, highlights a few teams thriving with fre…

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1999: The Year Low Culture Conquered America w/ Ross Benes 42:14

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Support the show and get hundreds of bonus episodes ad free at http://patreon.com/strugglesession Ross Benes joins us to discuss his book 1999: The Year Low Culture Conquered America and Kickstarted Our Bizarre Times. We explore the cultural landscape of the late 90s including the impact of The Jerry Springer Show on reality TV, the influence of Vi…

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WNBA First Round Playoff Preview w/ Bob Bellotti 48:03

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Aaron is joined by basketball analyst, author, and Substack writer Bob Bellotti to discuss all the intrigue and storylines in the four first-round matchups for the WNBA playoffs beginning this Sunday. Western Conference Preview with Bob Bellotti Fledgling WNBA Players Thrive in Second Half of Season Check out the daily newsletter at www.basketballi…

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Soderbergh Ep. 15: Bubble (2005) with Evan from Left of the Projector 2:13:31

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Another Pod Casty For Me Experience: we're talking Steven Soderbergh's 2005 experiment BUBBLE - day-and-date release experiment, digital cinematography experiment, first-time actor experiment, improvised script experiment - with our buddy Evan from Left of the Projector! And this one's set at a factory, so you know we go crazy on it. We get into fi…

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The Day Before Charlie Kirk Got Murked 1:14:12

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Let's get this out of the way: we recorded this episode the day before Charlie Kirk got smoked by an assassin who is, as of this writing, still at large. But as it turns out, there are lots of other things happening in the world. Like: a judge threw out the Stop Cop City RICO case (yay!), ICE is invading Sam's city (boo), civil unrest popped off in…

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How the Clippers Are Navigating the Wake of the Pablo Torre Story w/ Law Murray 35:39

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Aaron interviews The Athletic’s Law Murray about the state of the Clippers as they contend with the damaging allegations of salary cap circumvention laid out by the “Pablo Torre Finds Out” podcast on September 3. Check out the daily newsletter at www.basketballintelligence.net for all the best NBA stories hand-curated from around the web!…

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PATREON PREVIEW: Robocop (1987) & Jake's Trip to Amsterdam 8:29

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This is a preview of a premium episode from our Patreon feed, Paid Costly For Me! Head over to Patreon.com/PodCastyForMe to hear more for just $5 a month. This week we're looking at another one of Dirty Harry's spiritual children, Paul Verhoeven's 1987 ROBOCOP. Violence, corporate greed, police stuff - much to talk about here. But we're also talkin…

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Party Girls In The Flesh 1:06:52

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On Sam's recent visit to New York City, the PG crew recorded their FIRST EVER episode together in meatspace! In this very special episode, the crew talks about Sam's trip to NYC, why they do the Luigi Mangione Legal Fund spokesperson work (and other organizing work) for free, and unpack some of their ideas about revolution. All this, plus an adorab…

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Falling Down with Catherine Liu & Mario Mills 1:30:36

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After you listen to this episode, if you're interested in checking out Josh's new cut of the film, you can check it out right here. Highly recommend checking it out AFTER you listen! https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/1096330034/42b8662702By Catherine Liu, Mario Mills, Trevor Beaulieu, Josh Olson

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Larry and Jennifer Taxson 32:18

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Inspired by the 40th anniversary of We Are The World—America’s greatest musical one-night stand—The Pod of DC hit the road in March this year for a live show packed with games, prizes, and live podcast conversations. One featured raffle prize was a behind-the-scenes tour of The Pod of DC studio with a featured conversation on the pod. The lucky win…

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Strange Days w/ Aaron Thorpe [Preview] 10:09

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Hear the full episode at http://patreon.com/strugglesession On today's patron exclusive bonus episode Leslie and Aaron jack in to Strange Days, an underappreciated sci fi cult classic directed by Kathryn Bigelow and co-written by James Cameron. Chapters 00:00 Intro 00:59 Strange Days Review 04:49 Character Analysis and Performances 07:51 Exploring …

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Soderbergh Ep. 14: Nightwatch (1997)/Criminal (2004) 1:59:26

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A little something different this week: we're looking at two Soderbergh-scripted adaptations of international genre films! First, Soderbergh adapted Ole Bornedal's 1994 NATTEVAGTEN as 1997's NIGHTWATCH, also directed by Bornedal, starring post-TRAINSPOTTING, pre-PHANTOM MENACE Ewan McGregor as a night watchman at a spooky morgue. Next, Soderbergh t…

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WNBA Parity and the Effects of Expansion w/ Bob Bellotti 33:38

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Aaron Bollwinkel interviews Substack writer and longtime analyst Bob Bellotti about his recent findings regarding the ways in which the WNBA’s parity is affected based on expansion, and what that will likely mean for the league as it embarks on its most aggressive period of growth yet. Follow Bob’s work here Check out the daily newsletter at www.ba…

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What's Next for September 2025 0:52

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One week before each episode, we're going to give you a heads up as to what we'll be discussing so you have time to catch up with it and get the most out of our next episode. Next up, Falling Down (1993).By Trevor Beaulieu & Josh Olson

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PATREON PREVIEW: Silence (2016) with Robert Rubsam 9:42

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This is a preview of a premium episode from our Patreon feed, Paid Costly For Me! Head over to Patreon.com/PodCastyForMe to hear more for just $5 a month. Writer and PCFM official Catholicism Correspondent Rob Rubsam is back for another Martin Scorsese examination of faith: 2016's SILENCE. We talk Jesuits, Japan, nuance, and our own religious bagga…

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Contours of the World Commune w/ Felix from Friends of the Classless Society 1:03:08

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Jamie and Sam are joined by Felix from the Berlin-based discussion and publication group Friends of the Classless Society to discuss their piece “Contours of the World Commune, ” which can be found in Endnotes #5. This text offers an exciting glimpse of what this world commune might look like, so we can keep our eyes on the prize as we build revolu…

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Soderbergh Ep. 13: Ocean's Twelve (2004) with Rory Doherty 2:12:26

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OCEAN'S ELEVEN was a monster hit, and so naturally Steven Soderbergh made a sequel. An extremely normal sequel that didn't confuse or piss off almost everyone who saw it. We're getting silly today talking about OCEAN'S TWELVE - a very silly movie - with writer and film critic Rory Doherty! We're both sick right now so that's all the episode descrip…

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The Future of Revolution: Communist Prospects From the Paris Commune to the George Floyd Uprising w/ Jasper Bernes (part 2) 48:53

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If you haven't listened to PART ONE yet, go back and check it out. Jamie and Sam speak with returning guest Jasper Bernes (@outsidadgitator) about his new book, “The Future of Revolution: Communist Prospects from the Paris Commune to the George Floyd Uprising,” out now on Verso. How should we conceive of the council, the commune, and “council commu…

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The Future of Revolution: Communist Prospects From the Paris Commune to the George Floyd Uprising w/ Jasper Bernes (part 1) 50:01

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Jamie and Sam speak with returning guest Jasper Bernes (@outsidadgitator) about his new book, “The Future of Revolution: Communist Prospects from the Paris Commune to the George Floyd Uprising,” out now on Verso. How should we conceive of the council, the commune, and “council communism”? What can modern day revolutionaries learn from the Paris Com…

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Wet Hot Communist Summer (PREVIEW) 4:48

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Sam and Jamie get together and talk about their summer travels and dating while communist. Is Sam's fantasy of dating a normie a guy thing, or just a Sam thing? Will Jamie conquer her fear of bees so she can make it work with a beekeeper? We unpack. *** SIGN UP NOW at https://patreon.com/partygirls to get all of our bonus content, Discord access, a…

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Ed Wood: Made In Hollywood USA w/ Will Sloan + Voicemails 26:30

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Subscribe at http://patreon.com/strugglesession Is Ed Wood worst director of all time? Not a chance says our guest. On today's Struggle Session writer WIll Sloan joins us to discuss is new book Ed Wood: Made In Hollywood USA. We talk about the infamous director’s artistic legacy, how his films challenge the concept of “bad” movies, the enduring cha…

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PATREON PREVIEW: Pleasantville (1998) 9:53

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This is a preview of a premium episode from our Patreon feed, Paid Costly For Me! Head over to Patreon.com/PodCastyForMe to hear more for just $5 a month. In 1998, Steven Soderbergh produced Gary Ross's PLEASANTVILLE, a visually inventive satire of nostalgia and small-town repression - and in 2025, we did a dang Patreon episode on it. We talk passi…

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Another One Bites the Dust 58:03

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Jamie and Sam reunite for a classic Party Girls news ep in which they discuss pressing items including the accidental(?) killing of Blackstone CEO Wesley LePatner and the Trump administration’s simultaneous beefing up of ICE and admission that they can’t actually deport a million people. Also: Ghislaine Maxwell death watch; St. Francis of Assisi re…

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Contender Building in the Era of Parity w/ Howard Beck 37:27

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Ray and Aaron interview The Ringer senior writer Howard Beck about the different ways in which teams are going about building contenders in Adam Silver's new era of parity. Link to Howard's original story: There’s No Right Way to Build an NBA Contender Anymore Check out the daily newsletter at www.basketballintelligence.net for all the best NBA sto…

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Casablanca w/Vida Starr & Jared Yates Sexton 2:37:10

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Vida Starr is a radio and podcast host and producer. Jared Yates Sexton is the author of THE MIDNIGHT KINGDOM: A HISTORY OF POWER, PARANOIA, AND THE COMING CRISIS. He writes the newsletter DISPATCHES FROM A COLLAPSING STATE, and you can find his substack here: https://jaredyatessexton.substack.com/By Vida Starr, Jared Yates Sexton, Josh Olson, Trevor Beaulieu

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Soderbergh Ep. 13: Solaris (2002) with Aaron Thorpe 2:37:23

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Steven Soderbergh's second release of 2002, after FULL FRONTAL, was another very odd move: a remake of Andrei Tarkovsky's SOLARIS (well, more of a new adaptation of the Stanislaw Lem novel). Underappreciated at the time, Soderbergh's SOLARIS has grown in reputation as one of the great science fiction films of the 2000s - so we brought on a bonafide…

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Adrian Conforti, Singer/Songwriter 30:45

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Adrian Conforti is a songwriter and former touring musician who founded the band Soulys in the early 2000s. On this episode of the pod, Adrian visits the studio with guitar in hand to perform his original track, “You’re Into Me” and reflect on the wild ride that music—and life—has taken him on. We talk musical influences, the heartbreak that sparke…

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What's Next for August 2025 0:52

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One week before each episode, we're going to give you a heads up as to what we'll be discussing so you have time to catch up with it and get the most out of our next episode. Next up, the one and only CASABLANCA!By Trevor Beaulieu & Josh Olson

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PATREON PREVIEW: Songs About Clint with Jetski 10:15

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This is a preview of a premium episode from our Patreon feed, Paid Costly For Me! Head over to Patreon.com/PodCastyForMe to hear more for just $5 a month. This week we're taking a look at a bunch of songs about, featuring, or otherwise related to Clint Eastwood...which is a great reason to bring on Jetski, aka Ian Ostaszewski, the composer of the P…

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Summer Update & Jim Thorpe, PA 8:46

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Rick recaps what's been happening this Summer with a quick nostalgic look back at middle school and details on a side quest to Jim Thorpe, PA.

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Fuckin' hell 1:04:40

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Jeffery Epstein (news) is back from the dead??? Why won't this fuckin ICE melt??? Time to go biking i guess jesus christ https://truthout.org/articles/sex-workers-are-being-abducted-by-ice-and-abandoned-by-respectability-politics/

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Soderbergh Ep. 12: Full Frontal (2002) with Chadd Harbold 2:34:52

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Yeah, like we weren't going to go over two and a half hours on FULL FRONTAL. Following the generational run of OUT OF SIGHT, THE LIMEY, ERIN BROCKOVICH, TRAFFIC, and OCEAN'S ELEVEN, Steven Soderbergh did what anyone would do: he shot a semi-improvised ensemble Hollywood satire on a consumer grade digital camera. The result, FULL FRONTAL, is a fasci…

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PATREON PREVIEW: Unforgiven (2013) with Comrade Yui 7:44

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This is a preview of a premium episode from our Patreon feed, Paid Costly For Me! Head over to Patreon.com/PodCastyForMe to hear more for just $5 a month. Our dear friend Comrade Yui joins us to discuss Lee Sang-il's 2013 remake of UNFORGIVEN, which stars Ken Watanabe and transposes the action to Meiji Japan. We talk Japanese history, Westerns vs. …

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The Smell Of Solidarity w/ Julia Gwiazdowski 1:07:41

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Jamie is joined by Julia Gwiazdowski, a library worker and strike captain with District Council 33, to talk about the historic municipal worker strike that (probably) just ended in the great city of Philadelphia. How did things get so bad that these essential workers are making an average of just $46,000/year? What role has racism played in how thi…