Michael and Us Podcast
1) #651 - Break the Barrel
The same year that American Pie became a cultural phenomenon, BUT I'M A CHEERLEADER (1999) re-invented the teen comedy from a queer angle. We try to figure out why the mainstream reception was so host...Show More
2) PREVIEW - #650 - An 'I Love Lucy' Number (Newsroom Part 17)
How far is one of America's most famous liberal creators willing to accommodate a critique of institutional power? We return to Aaron Sorkin's THE NEWSROOM with Season 2 Episode 7 ("Red Team III"), wh...Show More
3) #649 - Once Upon a Time on King Street
What if a middle-aged Toronto-based businessman decided to become Robert De Niro? Friends, you don't have to wonder! We discuss the hilarious vanity project REAL GANGSTERS!â„¢ (2013), by Canada's answer...Show More
4) PREVIEW - #648 - Exctinction of the Dinosaur Hour
We make one last, final, terminal - we really mean it, this is the last one unless they make a second season! - visit to our favourite British institution, John Cleese's bizarre GB News chat show THE ...Show More
5) #647 - Chungking Express
In 1994, Hong Kongers were counting down to the looming Mainland handover. But some of them were also counting down to the expiry date on a can of pineapples. We discuss Wong Kar-wai's CHUNGKING EXPRE...Show More
6) PREVIEW - #646 - To Be or Not to Be
Released just months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Ernst Lubitsch's TO BE OR NOT TO BE (1942) combined farce and thrills in Nazi-occupied Poland. A satire that was once considered "too soon" has a...Show More
7) #645 - NatSec Shock and Terror
In WAR OF THE WORLDS (2025), Ice Cube stars as a Homeland Security analyst who uncovers a Deep State surveillance plot AND foils an alien invasion - all without ever leaving his Zoom window. We watche...Show More
8) #644 - Her Celluloid Self
Donald Trump has said repeatedly that Billy Wilder's SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950) is one of his favorite movies. We revisit one of Hollywood's enduring classics and try to figure out if the current preside...Show More
9) PREVIEW - #643 - In Search of Lost Timelines
Ari Aster's EDDINGTON (2025) takes us back to the lockdown year of 2020, satirizing the many archetypes and discourses - right, left, and centre - that flourished during the pandemic. We attempt to an...Show More
10) PREVIEW - #642 - Penn and Teller's Bullshit
In the 2000s, there was one form of political iconoclasm that was guaranteed to never get you in any trouble, and it was called libertarianism. At the behest of our Superdelegate patron tier, we retur...Show More