About this episode

The episode explores various cultural topics including Pierre Bourdieu's theories, time travel films, and the significance of physical media.

A crash course in Pierre Bourdieu, two very different time travel films, and the ER theme tune composed in fifteen minutes. Plus: The Magic Faraway Tree holds up, a record player in an Airbnb reminds everyone why physical media matters, and Emile Mosseri deserves your full attention. Mentioned in this episode: Maisonrickie / Rickie Ho — Instagram/YouTube creator Pierre Bourdieu — Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste Nara Smith — Instagram/TikTok creator Derek Guy — menswear writer on Twitter/X Philosophize This — podcast Ortega y Gasset — philosopher Folding Ideas — YouTube channel, flat earthers/QAnon video and cryptocurrency video Battleship Potemkin (1925, Eisenstein) Grease — Film musical Calamity Jane — Film musical Seven Brides for Seven Brothers — Film musical Nirvana the Band the Show the Movie — highly recommended Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice — (not recommended Andrew W.K. — She Is Beautiful The Pit — TV show, season 2 ER — theme tune , composed by James Newton Howard Kajillionaire (2020, Miranda July) — Emile Mosseri score Emile Mosseri — composer Last Black Man in San Francisco — Emile Mosseri score Minari — Emile Mosseri score Glenn…

People in this episode

Host: Ian Cook

Topics covered

• Pierre Bourdieu
• time travel films
• physical media
• music composition
• cultural critique

Keywords

• Pierre Bourdieu
• time travel
• physical media
• Emile Mosseri
• cultural critique

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Philosophize This, Folding Ideas, The Female Quotient, Supersized Sharks, Maisonrickie / Rickie Ho

Books & works: Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste, Battleship Potemkin, Grease, Calamity Jane, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Nirvana the Band the Show the Movie, The Pit, Kajillionaire, Last Black Man in San Francisco, Minari

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