About this episode

S.A. Cosby joins Jen Johans to discuss Gregg Araki's Teen Apocalypse Trilogy and the broader context of 1990s independent cinema.

Hot off the news that he's just sold one million copies of his books, my wonderfully talented friend, KING OF ASHES and ALL THE SINNERS BLEED novelist S.A. Cosby returns to the pod this week for a delightful episode Gen Xers in particular will love. Listen in as we wax nostalgic, nerdy, & philosophical about the American independent film scene, video stores, actors with faces, Sundance, the New Queer Cinema movement, & iconoclastic filmmakers of the 1990s. We started with groundbreaking director Gregg Araki's TEEN APOCALYPSE TRILOGY, then went everywhere, & obviously, fittingly, NOWHERE. The three main films in the trilogy that we discuss are TOTALLY F***ED UP, THE DOOM GENERATION, and NOWHERE, but we bring in myriad other films, directors, and actors from this terrific era that valued original voices and stories that no one else could tell. Orginally Posted on Patreon (5/14/26) here : https://www.patreon.com/posts/158267662 Donate to the Pod via Ko-fi & PayPal Shop Watch With Jen logo Merchandise in Logo Designer Kate Gabrielle's Threadless Shop Theme Music: Solo Acoustic Guitar by Jason Shaw, Free Music Archive

People in this episode

Host: Jen Johans

Guest: S.A. Cosby

Topics covered

• Gen X nostalgia
• American independent film
• video stores
• New Queer Cinema
• 1990s filmmakers
• iconoclastic cinema

Keywords

• Gregg Araki
• Teen Apocalypse Trilogy
• S.A. Cosby
• independent film
• 1990s cinema
• New Queer Cinema
• nostalgia
• video stores

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sundance, New Queer Cinema

Books & works: KING OF ASHES, ALL THE SINNERS BLEED, TEEN APOCALYPSE TRILOGY, TOTALLY F***ED UP, THE DOOM GENERATION, NOWHERE

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