Can't Let It Go

Every 2 weeks, Matt & AC present to each other a topic we know way too much about. We research and share with each other our Roman empires, our little obsessions, or just the thing we can’t stop thinking about.

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Diners, Drive-Ins, and Disney World (feat. Mitch)

We’re on Threads! @cantletitgo.gay Find AC @acfacci on twitter and @ac_facci on threads Find Matt at MattHorton.LIVE Art by Scout ( https://ko-fi.com/humblegoat ) Music by Ethan Geller (@pragmatism on Twitter) Alex Goldman’s Substack story about the Trump animatronic https://cooldudezone.substack.com/p/my-favorite-conspiracy-theory-confirmed 00:00:00 - AC’s moment alone 00:03:43 - That Trump kinda looks like Hillary 00:10:59 - Walt Disney World 00:14:17 - Living With the Land 00:18:15 - Liking D...

Aug 29, 2023•1 hr 39 min•Season 1Ep. 11

Survivor: Outplay, Outwit, Outback Steakhouse Reward

We’re on Threads! @cantletitgo.gay Find AC @acfacci on twitter and @ac_facci on threads Find Matt at MattHorton.LIVE Art by Scout ( https://ko-fi.com/humblegoat ) Music by Ethan Geller (@pragmatism on Twitter) 00:00:00 - Rupert Boneham for Indiana 00:01:13 - Hank Green’s mohawk (CW: Cancer) 00:04:06 - Spoilers for episode 12 of CLIG 00:05:46 - Hold on… 00:08:19 - Survivor. Finally. 00:08:38 - We’re spoiling the whole season 00:10:26 - Our history with Survivor 00:13:56 - How this is gonna go 00:...

Aug 15, 2023•1 hr 28 min•Season 1Ep. 10

The Traitors: Alan Cumming’s Camp Reality

We’re on Threads! @cantletitgo.gay Find AC @acfacci on twitter and @ac_facci on threads Find Matt at MattHorton.LIVE Art by Scout ( https://ko-fi.com/humblegoat ) Music by Ethan Geller (@pragmatism on Twitter) The Hard Part of Being a Follower - Embedded 00:00:00 - Christian 00:01:30 - Thanks to Scout and Ethan! 00:02:13 - CW: Cancer 00:15:47 - The tone shift of the century 00:17:43 - What IS The Traitors? 00:30:36 - AC’s context going in 00:31:31 - Camp af 00:36:15 - Alan Cumming’s wardrobe &am...

Aug 01, 2023•1 hr 48 min•Season 1Ep. 9

TikTok Bans vs the First Amendment

We’re on Threads! @cantletitgo.gay Find AC @acfacci on twitter and @ac_facci on threads Find Matt at MattHorton.LIVE Art by Scout ( https://ko-fi.com/humblegoat ) Music by Ethan Geller (@pragmatism on Twitter) Sarah Jeong’s great piece on propaganda: https://www.theverge.com/21355465/tiktok-us-china-information-nationalism-online-propaganda 0:00 - TikTok bans 1:25 - Several nuggets 9:23 - The potential US TikTok bans 26:49 - Matt told you so… 27:50 - That pesky First Amendment 30:41 - It's becau...

Jul 18, 2023•1 hr 30 min•Season 1Ep. 8

Threads: An Emergency Mini Episode

We’re on Threads! @cantletitgo.gay Find AC @acfacci on twitter and @ac_facci on threads Find Matt at MattHorton.LIVE Art by Scout ( https://ko-fi.com/humblegoat ) Music by Ethan Geller (@pragmatism on Twitter) 0:00 - It’s a bonus episode! 1:38 - Brennan Lee Mulligan is hot, y’all 4:52 - Ok. So…Threads Find out more at http://cantletitgo.gay ★ Support this podcast ★...

Jul 11, 2023•25 min•Season 1Ep. 7

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

Find AC @acfacci on twitter Find Matt at MattHorton.LIVE Art by Scout ( https://ko-fi.com/humblegoat ) Music by Ethan Geller (@pragmatism on Twitter) The X-Men tweet: https://twitter.com/blackbroseidon/status/1644701523371339776 0:00 - Intro 1:49 - The best kind of tweet 4:00 - Why To Wong Foo? 9:19 - To Wong Foo is still relevant 10:30 - A quick aside about Ru Paul 11:10 - The 4 steps to becoming a drag queen 14:29 - Step 1 - The wisdom to know the difference 21:13 - How this movie handles race...

Jul 04, 2023•1 hr 40 min•Season 1Ep. 6

The Rise and Fall of Video Essays

Every video essay we talked about in a YouTube playlist! Find AC @acfacci on twitter Find Matt at MattHorton.LIVE and on YouTube Art by Scout ( https://ko-fi.com/humblegoat ) Music by Ethan Geller (@pragmatism on Twitter) 00:00 - Can't Let It Go 00:51 - Bones Reruns 03:48 - Video Essays 04:03 - No history lesson today 04:37 - What is a video essay? 10:47 - Why the modern video essay exists 12:02 - AC learns what Breadtube is 20:26 - Why do video essays work? 26:14 - What's the harm? 31:21 - The ...

Jun 20, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 5

The Great Pottery Throw Down: A Safe Place to Land

Note: The audio on this one is a bit off. Our apologies. That Tumblr post by e--mail Find AC @acfacci on twitter Find Matt at MattHorton.LIVE Art by Scout ( https://ko-fi.com/humblegoat ) Music by Ethan Geller (@pragmatism on Twitter) 00:00 - The Great Pottery Throwdown 00:56 - Midnight Suns 05:53 - Weekend Bones Reruns 07:44 - Let’s talk about pottery 10:02 - Definitions 15:20 - Bake-off 25:19 - The first season 29:54 - Who has their knob off? 36:46 - The Bit 47:45 - The history (and cost) of p...

Jun 06, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 4

The Reluctant Radicalization of Cassian Andor (and Friends)

Note: AC & Matt believe every worker deserves a union. We express solidarity with striking WGA workers everywhere, but especially on the production of season 2 of Andor. Andor is a story about workers being subjected to oppressive and uncaring systems. It is the powerful writing behind this story that moved us to make this episode. The production team should heed the values of its own show and shut down filming of season 2 while WGA members are on strike. The Disney content machine should st...

May 23, 2023•2 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Fandom & The Internet: Everything I Need I Get from You

Find AC @acfacci on twitter Find Matt at MattHorton.LIVE Art by Scout ( https://ko-fi.com/humblegoat ) Music by Ethan Geller (@pragmatism on Twitter) Everything I Need I Get From You: How Fangirls Created the Internet as We Know It on bookshop.org 00:00 - Taylor Swift fans killing it 00:56 - Talkin' about the Internet 01:38 - CW: Harry Potter 03:01 - Kaitlyn Tiffany on fandom 07:26 - AC's first online fandom 10:38 - Loving something deeply 13:43 - The problem of fallible people 16:57 - Fandom ar...

May 09, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 2

X-Men: Jonathan Hickman's Krakoa is Solarpunk Queer Liberation

Find AC @acfacci on twitter Find Matt at MattHorton.LIVE Art by Scout ( https://ko-fi.com/humblegoat ) Music by Ethan Geller (@pragmatism on Twitter) New Intersections: Queer Futurism and the Krakoan Body Politic by Sinead Kinney Houseofx.org's recap of book 4 of House of X. This has some photos we talk about in the episode. 00:00 - Can't Let X-Men Go 00:43 - Our history with X-Men 06:08 - House of X and Powers of X 22:17 - Krakoa 31:56 - Best friends doing best friend shit 31:59 - A fantastic a...

May 09, 2023•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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