About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of steroids in the late 1990s through the lens of a direct-to-video action film.

It's the late 1990s, and your kids are being terrorized by the greatest menace to ever hit the schoolyard... steroids. We welcome Adam Johnson (of the Citations Needed podcast) to walk us through THE SUBSTITUTE 3: WINNER TAKES ALL (1999), the third entry in the beloved direct-to-video action franchise about murdering teenagers. PATREON-EXCLUSIVE EPISODE - https://www.patreon.com/michaelandus/posts/723-accept-no-w-161527620

People in this episode

Hosts: Luke Savage, Will Sloan

Guest: Adam Johnson

Topics covered

• steroids
• 1990s
• schoolyard menace
• direct-to-video
• action franchise
• murdering teenagers

Keywords

• steroids
• 1990s
• THE SUBSTITUTE 3
• action franchise
• Citations Needed
• schoolyard
• murdering teenagers

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Citations Needed

Books & works: THE SUBSTITUTE 3: WINNER TAKES ALL

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