There's a new Toho-produced "Godzilla" film in town. What did we think? Can you do more with a movie about a monster that destroys things? And how about that pink atomic blast! Ah, different movie. Social media: Mars on Life: @marsonlifeshow on Twitter and Instagram Sebastian Schug: Seabass on YouTube Ryan Mancini: @mancinira (Twitter) and @manciniryan (Instagram) Andrew Martinez: @andrewomartinez (Twitter) Matt Fernandez: @matt_fern (Twitter) and @thewoodseyninja (Instagram) Artwork by ...
Dec 08, 2023•1 hr 27 min•Season 4Ep. 196
Time for another sensory experience on "Mars on Life," this time through the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Sources: "Civil Disobedience" by Henry David Thoreau "Bread and Roses: Mills, Migrants, and the Struggle for the American Dream" by Bruce Watson "Be Realistic: Demand the Impossible" by Mike Davis Social media: Mars on Life: @marsonlifeshow on Twitter and Instagram Ryan Mancini: @mancinira (Twitter) and @manciniryan (Instagram) Artwork by Zachary Erberich (@zacharyerberichart) "Space X-plo...
Dec 01, 2023•39 min•Season 4Ep. 195
Our cohosts are taking the week off, but they did not go without a special present under the turkey. A while back, we discussed Buzzfeed and one of its tantalizing(!) quizzes "Which Type of Bread Are You?" Well, which is it? We asked you a question! To take the quiz, beware all ye who enter: https://www.buzzfeed.com/mathewguiver/which-type-of-bread-are-you Social media: Mars on Life: @marsonlifeshow on Twitter and Instagram Sebastian Schug: Seabass on YouTube Ryan Mancini: @mancinira (Twit...
Nov 24, 2023•47 min•Season 4Ep. 194
Journalist and podcast host Pete D. Camarillo returns to discuss author and Angeleno Charles Bukowski, what we all think of him and his conflicted legacy. We talk specifically about his novels, “Post Office,” “Factotum,” “Women,” “Ham on Rye,” “Hollywood” and “Pulp.” Social media: Mars on Life: @marsonlifeshow on Twitter and Instagram Sebastian Schug: Seabass on YouTube Ryan Mancini: @mancinira (Twitter) and @manciniryan (Instagram) Andrew Martinez: @andrewomartinez (Twitter) Matt Fernande...
Nov 17, 2023•1 hr•Season 4Ep. 193
In our latest miniseries’ finale, our cohosts conclude "Fear of Falling" and go over all of "Chapter 6: The Next Great Shift": Discovering the True Elites Rediscovering the "Others" Special thanks to Sebastian for helping make this iteration of "The Falling Middle Cast" possible. Hope to see you soon, buddy. — RAM Social media:Mars on Life: @marsonlifeshow on Twitter and InstagramRyan Mancini: @mancinira (Twitter) and @manciniryan (Instagram)Sebastian Schug: Seabass on YouTubeArtwork by Zachar...
Nov 13, 2023•1 hr 56 min•Season 4Ep. 17
Also known as "Vidya Games 3," the boys talk about a wildly popular game from 1998, LucasArts' "Grim Fandango." Play that rusty anchor. Social media: Mars on Life: @marsonlifeshow on Twitter and Instagram Sebastian Schug: Seabass on YouTube Ryan Mancini: @mancinira (Twitter) and @manciniryan (Instagram) Andrew Martinez: @andrewomartinez (Twitter) Matt Fernandez: @matt_fern (Twitter) and @thewoodseyninja (Instagram) Artwork by Zachary Erberich (@zacharyerberichart) "Space X-plorers" Kevin Mac...
Nov 10, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Season 4Ep. 192
In this week's second installment, our cohosts conclude Chapter 5 with the final two sections: The War Against Softness Yuppie Guilt Social media: Mars on Life: @marsonlifeshow on Twitter and Instagram Ryan Mancini: @mancinira (Twitter) and @manciniryan (Instagram) Sebastian Schug: Seabass on YouTube Artwork by Zachary Erberich (@zacharyerberichart) "Covert Affairs" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...
Nov 08, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Season 4Ep. 16
In this week's first installment, our cohosts read over the following segments of Chapter 5: Feminism and Class Consolidation The Consumer Binge The Embrace of Affluence Social media: Mars on Life: @marsonlifeshow on Twitter and Instagram Ryan Mancini: @mancinira (Twitter) and @manciniryan (Instagram) Sebastian Schug: Seabass on YouTube Artwork by Zachary Erberich (@zacharyerberichart) "Covert Affairs" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licenseht...
Nov 06, 2023•1 hr 58 min•Season 4Ep. 15
The last Beatles song has been released. Our Fab Four talk about "Now and Then." Social media: Mars on Life: @marsonlifeshow on Twitter and Instagram Sebastian Schug: Seabass on YouTube Ryan Mancini: @mancinira (Twitter) and @manciniryan (Instagram) Andrew Martinez: @andrewomartinez (Twitter) Matt Fernandez: @matt_fern (Twitter) and @thewoodseyninja (Instagram) Artwork by Zachary Erberich (@zacharyerberichart) "Space X-plorers" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: B...
Nov 03, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Season 4Ep. 191
In this week's second installment, our cohosts read over the introduction and first segment of "Chapter 5: The Yuppie Strategy": The Polarization of America Social media: Mars on Life: @marsonlifeshow on Twitter and Instagram Ryan Mancini: @mancinira (Twitter) and @manciniryan (Instagram) Sebastian Schug: Seabass on YouTube Artwork by Zachary Erberich (@zacharyerberichart) "Covert Affairs" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creati...
Nov 01, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Season 4Ep. 14
The Mars on Life Halloween special brings Andrew and Ryan together to at long last review the 2001 David Lynch surrealist masterpiece about the City of Angels, "Mulholland Drive." Social media: Mars on Life: @marsonlifeshow on Twitter and Instagram Ryan Mancini: @mancinira (Twitter) and @manciniryan (Instagram) Andrew Martinez: @andrewomartinez (Twitter) Artwork by Zachary Erberich (@zacharyerberichart) "Space X-plorers" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribu...
Oct 31, 2023•1 hr 25 min•Season 4Ep. 190
In this week's first installment, our cohosts conclude Chapter 4 with the final two sections: Permissiveness vs. Traditional Values The Poor and the Permissive State And with reading the opening of "Chapter 4: The 'New Class': A Bludgeon for the Right." Social media: Mars on Life: @marsonlifeshow on Twitter and Instagram Ryan Mancini: @mancinira (Twitter) and @manciniryan (Instagram) Sebastian Schug: Seabass on YouTube Artwork by Zachary Erberich (@zacharyerberichart) "Covert Affairs" Kevin Ma...
Oct 30, 2023•1 hr 26 min•Season 4Ep. 13
It has been one year since the death of Mike Davis. Californian, educator, activist and writer, he left a long list of books detailing America's working class, the myths and realities of Los Angeles, the global proletariat, climate change, urbanism and ecology. We take a look through his books, talk about his career and what his legacy means in an age with L.A.'s Virgil no longer with us. Social media: Mars on Life: @marsonlifeshow on Twitter and Instagram Ryan Mancini: @mancinira (Twitter) and ...
Oct 27, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Season 4Ep. 189
In this week's second installment, our cohosts read over the following segments of Chapter 4: The New Right and the New Class Permissiveness: The Crime of the New Class Social media: Mars on Life: @marsonlifeshow on Twitter and Instagram Ryan Mancini: @mancinira (Twitter) and @manciniryan (Instagram) Sebastian Schug: Seabass on YouTube Artwork by Zachary Erberich (@zacharyerberichart) "Covert Affairs" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License h...
Oct 25, 2023•1 hr 35 min•Season 4Ep. 12
In this week's first installment, our cohosts read over the following segments of Chapter 4: The Neoconservatives and the New Class A Cunning Sort of Treason Social media: Mars on Life: @marsonlifeshow on Twitter and Instagram Ryan Mancini: @mancinira (Twitter) and @manciniryan (Instagram) Andrew Martinez: @andrewomartinez (Twitter) Artwork by Zachary Erberich (@zacharyerberichart) "Space X-plorers" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp:/...
Oct 24, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Season 4Ep. 11
Ryan and Drew talk about the news of the moment coming out of the Middle East, the news industry's response and how social media has fueled hate in the wake of this intense conflict. We also talk about how we have responded to this moment and what people should do when absorbing verified, reliable information about what's happening. To read the books Ryan recommended, here are some links: "Blaming the Victims: Spurious Scholarship and the Palestinian Question" — edited by Edward Said and Christo...
Oct 21, 2023•35 min•Season 4Ep. 188
In this week's second installment, our cohosts conclude Chapter 3 with the final section: An Ancient Antagonism And with reading the opening of "Chapter 4: The 'New Class': A Bludgeon for the Right." Social media: Mars on Life: @marsonlifeshow on Twitter and Instagram Ryan Mancini: @mancinira (Twitter) and @manciniryan (Instagram) Sebastian Schug: Seabass on YouTube Artwork by Zachary Erberich (@zacharyerberichart) "Covert Affairs" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Common...
Oct 18, 2023•1 hr 26 min•Season 4Ep. 10
In this week's first installment, our cohosts read over the following segments of Chapter 3: The Stereotype on the Screen Beyond the Stereotype Reasons for Anger Social media: Mars on Life: @marsonlifeshow on Twitter and Instagram Ryan Mancini: @mancinira (Twitter) and @manciniryan (Instagram) Sebastian Schug: Seabass on YouTube Artwork by Zachary Erberich (@zacharyerberichart) "Covert Affairs" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://c...
Oct 16, 2023•1 hr 28 min•Season 4Ep. 9
It's worse than mediocre: Matt and Ryan conduct another film discussion, this time returning to "The Exorcist" franchise and review one of the worst sequels of all time, "The Exorcist II: The Heretic." To hear Ryan and Sebastian's review of "The Exorcist III" from Season 1, our show's first Halloween episode, listen to it here. Social media: Mars on Life: @marsonlifeshow on Twitter and Instagram Ryan Mancini: @mancinira (Twitter) and @manciniryan (Instagram) Matt Fernandez: @matt_fern (Twitter) ...
Oct 13, 2023•53 min•Season 4Ep. 187
In this week's second installment, our cohosts read over the first two segments of "Chapter 3: The Discovery of the Working Class": "Middle Americans" in the Media The Blue-Collar Stereotype Social media: Mars on Life: @marsonlifeshow on Twitter and Instagram Ryan Mancini: @mancinira (Twitter) and @manciniryan (Instagram) Sebastian Schug: Seabass on YouTube Artwork by Zachary Erberich (@zacharyerberichart)...
Oct 11, 2023•1 hr 29 min•Season 4Ep. 8
In this week's first installment, our cohosts conclude Chapter 2 with the final two sections: Middle-Class Childraising: Ambivalence and Anxiety The Revenge of the Lower Class Social media: Mars on Life: @marsonlifeshow on Twitter and Instagram Ryan Mancini: @mancinira (Twitter) and @manciniryan (Instagram) Sebastian Schug: Seabass on YouTube Artwork by Zachary Erberich (@zacharyerberichart) "Covert Affairs" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Li...
Oct 09, 2023•1 hr 40 min•Season 4Ep. 7
We run another gamut of topics, from the ongoing Jonathan Majors controversy to a shooting in New Mexico following protests next to the statue of an obscure conquistador. We cap off the episode with the fandom surrounding Taylor Swift as she enters the "wide world," you could say, of sports. To read the article Andrew recommended from the Rio Grande Sun about the Oñate shooter, here's the link: https://www.riograndesun.com/news/shooter-email-i-will-be-there/article_cac54c64-62d0-11ee-a1fa-9b576b...
Oct 06, 2023•56 min•Season 4Ep. 186
In this week's second installment, our cohosts read over the following segments of Chapter 2: "Permissiveness" Enters Politics The Youth Revolt as Class Treason The Professions as Class Fortress Social media: Mars on Life: @marsonlifeshow on Twitter and Instagram Ryan Mancini: @mancinira (Twitter) and @manciniryan (Instagram) Sebastian Schug: Seabass on YouTube Artwork by Zachary Erberich (@zacharyerberichart) "Covert Affairs" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By...
Oct 04, 2023•1 hr 28 min•Season 4Ep. 6
In this week's first installment, our cohosts read over the first two segments of "Chapter 2: The Middle Class on the Defensive": The Threat of the Left The Intellectual Backlash Social media: Mars on Life: @marsonlifeshow on Twitter and Instagram Ryan Mancini: @mancinira (Twitter) and @manciniryan (Instagram) Sebastian Schug: Seabass on YouTube Artwork by Zachary Erberich (@zacharyerberichart) "Covert Affairs" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0...
Oct 02, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Season 4Ep. 5
The "mediocre DC movie train" leaves the station as Ryan and Matt review the 2013 film "Man of Steel." Social media: Mars on Life: @marsonlifeshow on Twitter and Instagram Ryan Mancini: @mancinira (Twitter) and @manciniryan (Instagram) Matt Fernandez: @matt_fern (Twitter) and @thewoodseyninja (Instagram) Artwork by Zachary Erberich (@zacharyerberichart) "Space X-plorers" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/license...
Sep 29, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Season 4Ep. 185
In this week's second installment, our cohosts conclude Chapter 1 with the final section: Infantilizing the Poor And with reading the opening of "Chapter 2: The Middle Class on the Defensive." Social media: Mars on Life: @marsonlifeshow on Twitter and Instagram Ryan Mancini: @mancinira (Twitter) and @manciniryan (Instagram) Sebastian Schug: Seabass on YouTube Artwork by Zachary Erberich (@zacharyerberichart) "Covert Affairs" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By A...
Sep 27, 2023•1 hr 22 min•Season 4Ep. 4
In this week's first installment, our cohosts read over the following segments of Chapter 1: The Sources of Dread Feminism and "Progressive Demoralization" Poverty Discovered Social media: Mars on Life: @marsonlifeshow on Twitter and Instagram Ryan Mancini: @mancinira (Twitter) and @manciniryan (Instagram) Sebastian Schug: Seabass on YouTube Artwork by Zachary Erberich (@zacharyerberichart) "Covert Affairs" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Lic...
Sep 25, 2023•1 hr 21 min•Season 4Ep. 4
J'accuse! Scabs are allegedly afoot in the face of the ongoing writers and actors strikes. Also, we talk about the sad lethality of sports arenas before we close off on a high note: more aliens?? Social media: Mars on Life: @marsonlifeshow on Twitter and Instagram Ryan Mancini: @mancinira (Twitter) and @manciniryan (Instagram) Andrew Martinez: @andrewomartinez (Twitter) Matt Fernandez: @matt_fern (Twitter) and @thewoodseyninja (Instagram) Artwork by Zachary Erberich (@zacharyerberichart) "Space ...
Sep 22, 2023•52 min•Season 4Ep. 184
In this week's second installment, our cohosts read over the first three segments of "Chapter 1: Affluence, Dread and the Discovery of Poverty": The Problem of Problemlessness Sociology and the Specter of Class The Blight of Affluence Social media: Mars on Life: @marsonlifeshow on Twitter and Instagram Ryan Mancini: @mancinira (Twitter) and @manciniryan (Instagram) Sebastian Schug: Seabass on YouTube Artwork by Zachary Erberich (@zacharyerberichart) "Covert Affairs" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech....
Sep 20, 2023•1 hr 21 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Welcome to "The Falling Middle Cast," a podcast miniseries cohosted by Ryan and Sebastian as they talk about the professional middle class through the lens of Barbara Ehrenreich's seminal work "Fear of Falling: The Inner Life of the Middle Class." The two hope to understand more about why there's any kind of class disparity within the middle class itself and what the political movers and shakers are behind that disparity. In this episode, we go over the book's introduction. To learn more about E...
Sep 18, 2023•1 hr 19 min•Season 4Ep. 1
