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Food Barons (feat. Austin Frerick)
Austin Frerick joins Josiah to discuss his book, Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America's Food Industry and the politics of food production in Iowa and ar...
[Video Essay] Celebrating the Creative Nobody / Why You Should Watch Motern Media
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[Preview] Spectacle (feat. Josh Boerman)
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[Preview] Veggies, Derechos, & Steel
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[Preview] People Who Eat Magrudergrind (MX #1)
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Drawing Dinosaurs (feat. Tyler Stone)
Tyler Stone (@TylerStoneArt) joins Josiah to discuss his work as a freelance paleoartist. Paleoart (scientific illustration of prehistoric life) is a field with an int...
Shared Dreams (feat. Wes Klingele)
Wesley Klingele (@MannnMiami) joins Josiah to discuss his new short film, Somnium, and the artistic themes he finds compelling. They talk about dreams, coming of age i...
Ramp Hollow (Bookclub #4)
This is the fourth installment of the Fruitless Bookclub, a show-within-a-show, featuring Chris Barker and Jake the Lawyer, where we read all those nonfiction books we...
Kaufman for Lent
Alien aka Stewie Griffin DJ joins Josiah to discuss Synecdoche, New York and whether or not life is worth living. Happy Good Friday!Follow today's guest on Bluesky @st...
[Preview] Hogcast
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[Preview] Ukraine Revisited
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A Hollywood in Our Backyard (feat. Will Sloan)
Josiah is joined by Will Sloan (@WillSloanEsq, Important Cinema Club, Michael & Us) to discuss Motern Media and the artistic philosophy of Matt Farley and Charles Roxb...
[Preview] Mumbling Safdies (feat. Dylan Weaver)
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The Puffy Chair (feat. AJ Ditty)
Josiah is joined by AJ Ditty (@thefuzzymask, The Worst of All Possible Worlds) to discuss The Puffy Chair (2005) and how Mumblecore can actually be pretty good sometim...
[Preview] Antivax Crowd Work
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Society of the Snow (feat. Finch)
Josiah is joined by Finch (@santo_pinzon, Mammonburg) to talk about Society of the Snow (2023) and the discourse around the film in the Spanish-speaking world.Finch’s ...
[Unlocked] It's a Damn Documentary! (feat. James)
This is an unlocked episode from the Fruitless Patreon, originally published 1/12/2024. Enjoy!James (@cigarette_liker) joins Josiah to talk about Idiocracy (2006). Yes...
The End of the End of History (feat. Luke Savage)
Josiah is joined by Luke Savage (@LukewSavage, Michael & Us, Jacobin) to reflect on the last fifteen years of U.S. electoral politics in light of the current election ...
[Preview] My Boner's Kinda Deep, Bro
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[Unlocked] How America Got Obsessed With Israel (feat. Keanu Heydari)
After some positive reception, I've decided to release this Patreon episode from 12/18/2023 to the free feed as a resource. Enjoy!Keanu Heydari returns to teach Josiah...
Morbid Symptoms (feat. Jesse D. Goodman)
Josiah is joined by Jesse Goodman (@platofan402, Post-Cultural Amnesiac) to discuss 2023. Beginning with a focus on 2023 in personal media consumption, the conversatio...
Children of Men, or The Fruitless Christmas Special
It's the Fruitless Christmas special. Chris Barker and Alien (aka Stewie Griffin DJ) join Josiah to discuss Children of Men (2006), the incredible craft behind the fil...
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa (Bookclub #3)
This is the third installment of the Fruitless Bookclub, a show-within-a-show, featuring Chris Barker and Jake the Lawyer, where we read all those nonfiction books we'...
The Home Town Curse (feat. Brian Alford)
Josiah is joined by Brian Alford (@SpocksBrian) from The Worst of All Possible Worlds to discuss HGTV's Home Town, the Napier family, and Laurel, Mississippi, alongsid...
[Preview] Leanin' in Rapid (feat. Evan Sand)
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Indian Country in Present Tense (feat. Amelia Schafer)
Amelia Schafer (Indian Country Today, Rapid City Journal) joins Josiah to discuss her reporting on indigenous affairs in South Dakota, and the issues facing Indian Cou...
[Preview] Content With Alien
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Israel-Palestine (feat. Keanu Heydari)
Keanu Heydari joins Josiah to discuss the history of Palestine, Zionism, and the state of Israel in light of the war in Gaza. As always, he is incredibly insightful.Fo...