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The Running Man

Jan 21, 20201 hr 35 minEp. 15
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Episode description

Heavy topics:

  • We really, really, REALLY hate Ben Richards
  • Whoooo boy there is so much racism and misogyny here
  • Sex work is just a part of this world and is totally unremarkable unless my wife does it
  • A man’s sense of self and ego are more important than anything else in his life
  • The YMCA basement scene! No thanks!

The lighter side:

  • Stephen King's Beard From When He Was Going Through It
  • The explosives thing is real dumb
  • We had to read the word pudenda with our very own eyeballs

Recommendations:
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick, Bright: The Apotheosis of Lazy World Building video essay by Lindsay Ellis, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

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