Episodes

  • Gerard Manley Hopkins' "The Blessed Virgin Compared to the Air We Breathe"
    May 12 2025

    Join us as Bret takes us through a wonderful Gerard Manley Hopkins poem. We talk rhyme schemes, Catholic theology, and of course, poetry.

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    58 mins
  • Alain DesRochers' Bon Cop Bad Cop 2
    Apr 21 2025

    David takes the gang through Bon Cop Bad Cop 2, a Canadian action film full of excitement, jokes about americans, and references to Canadian places.

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    52 mins
  • The Wachowski Sisters' The Matrix
    Mar 17 2025

    Today we cover the legendary 90s film by the Wachowskis, the Matrix. We talk literary allusions, cool 90s sunglasses, and Seth does a remarkably good Keanu impression.

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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • Bret-isode: Bret van den Brink's The Patient Bride: a Vision in a Dream
    Jan 6 2025

    In this special Bret-isode your three plucky hosts can't find the time to record together, so the stalwart hero Bret van den Brink goes it alone with a reading of his wonderful poem The Patient Bride, originally published in Mars' Hill Newspaper. He discusses his inspiration behind the poem and gives a fantastic reading of the poem itself.

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    34 mins
  • Bon Iver's For Emma, Foever Ago
    Nov 25 2024

    In first episode about music, Seth takes us through Bon Iver's For Emma, Forever Ago, a masterful album made in the Wisconsin wilderness by musician Justin Vernon. We talk his inspiration, floaty vocals, and how Skinny Love is that one song everyone remembers from the 2010s.

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    54 mins
  • The Russo Brother's Captain America: the Winter Soldier
    Oct 28 2024

    A classic of the 2010s, Captain America: the Winter Soldier is a wonderful time capsule into the superhero movies of yesteryear. Join us as we discuss the plot's comic book origins, how the film reflects a post-Snowden America, and the fact that Bret saw it for the first time yesterday

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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • Wallace Stevens' Late Hymn From The Myrrh-Mountain
    Oct 14 2024

    Unsanck your snoods listeners, because Bret takes us on a deep dive of Wallace Stevens and his wonderful poem, Late Hymn From The Myrrh-Mountain. We talk literary allusions, not understanding poetry, and whether or not Seth can find his water bottle.

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    1 hr
  • Federico Fellini's 8 1/2
    Sep 30 2024

    Seth takes us through Fellini's 8 1/2, a thought provoking film from bygone eras of Italian cinema. We talk dubbed soundtracks, quotes from Origen, and the funky clown guy at the end of the movie.

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    54 mins
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