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[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...
[Preview] Iowa Democrats vs. Palestinian Solidarity (feat. Justin Comer & Gavin Aronsen)
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[Video Essay] A Brief History of Zombie Films
This is the audio for the first ever Fruitless video essay on YouTube. If you choose to listen here, you will only get half the experience. For the full experience, ch...
[Preview] The Fruitless Halloween Special
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Slit-Mouthed Worms from the Lost Decade
CW: some discussion of suicide and abortionJackal joins Josiah to discuss J-Horror. Specifically Noroi: The Curse (2005) and Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 01 - Op...
[Preview] The Last Exorcism
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Late Victorian Holocausts (Bookclub #2)
This is the second installment of the Fruitless Bookclub (Chris didn't like it being called the Barker Bookclub), a show-within-a-show where we read all those nonficti...
WNUF Halloween Special (feat. Spike Stonehand)
Spike Stonehand (aka Stephen) joins Josiah to talk about WNUF Halloween Special (2013) and what makes a found footage movie good. They also compare and contrast found ...
[Preview] Homeschooled Evangelical (feat. Leo Dickenson)
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[VLVC Repost] Making Up a Guy (feat. Leo Dickenson)
Hello! This is a reposted episode from a previous podcast I used to do called Very Legal, Very Cool. I'm reposting this episode as a way of introducing Leo Dickenson t...