Can't think of many films (in this case a miniseries) that have wrestled more seriously with the trials and tribulations of political violence than Carlos. And it was such a pleasure to have the journalist @noahhurowitz.bsky.social (author of El Chapo) on the show to make sense of the work.

Episode 40: Carlos w/ Noah Hurowitz. Please consider sharing and subscribing. www.bangbangpod.com/p/carlos-201...

Extraordinary documentary, and such a pleasure having someone as knowledgeable as @sandipto.bsky.social on the show with @vanjackson.bsky.social and I to navigate its angles. Check it out!

Episode 39: Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat w/ Sandipto Dasgupta. Please consider sharing and subscribing. www.bangbangpod.com/p/soundtrack...

Can’t recommend enough this conversation with @vanjackson.bsky.social, Alex, and Stuart. What an incredible film. And so timely!

Episode 38: 28 Costa-Gavras’ State of Siege w/ Alex Aviña and Stuart Schrader. Please consider sharing and subscribing. www.bangbangpod.com/p/costa-gavr...

Had a great time discussing the entire 28 Days Later series with @vanjackson.bsky.social and Slate Senior Editor @rebeccaonion.bsky.social. Check it out!

We covered the 28 Days Later trilogy in the latest episode of @bangbang1492.bsky.social, and boy did we have a lot to say about the geopolitics of zombies. 1/x www.bangbangpod.com/p/28-days-la...

Amazing @bangbang1492.bsky.social discussion of Costa-Gavras’ State of Siege (1972) w/ Alex Avina and @stschrader1.bsky.social @lylerubin.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2I4...

Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat (2025) is the best documentary I’ve ever seen. Check. It. Out! @bangbang1492.bsky.social www.bangbangpod.com/p/soundtrack...

We covered this during my guest appearance on @bangbang1492.bsky.social podcast with Three Kings. Saddam invaded Kuwait partially because he could not pay for the bread, circuses and services needed to maintain rule in addition to needing to pay back his creditors.

Episode 37: 28 Days Later Trilogy w/ Rebecca Onion. Please consider sharing and subscribing. www.bangbangpod.com/p/28-days-la...

Enjoyed chatting with @vanjackson.bsky.social and Sam Carliner on one of the latest treatments of the Afghanistan war.

Episode 36: Guy Ritchie's The Covenant w/ Sam Carliner. Please consider sharing and subscribing. www.bangbangpod.com/p/guy-ritchi...

Such a pleasure having friend and return guest @pauladlerstein.bsky.social and former foreign policy advisor @mattduss.bsky.social on the show to round out our series on Andor. Check it out!

Episode 34: Andor, Season 2, Ep. 10-12 + Rogue One w/ Matt Duss and Paul Adlerstein. Please consider sharing and subscribing. www.bangbangpod.com/p/andor-2025...

The final episode of the Andor mini-series on @bangbang1492.bsky.social dropping tomorrow www.bangbangpod.com

Do it do what he says theracket.news/subscribe

Such an honor having the historian and journalist @katz.theracket.news on the show with @vanjackson.bsky.social to talk about one of the greatest documentaries ever made. I promise you the ep is timely, check it out, and subscribe to Jonathan’s newsletter!

Episodes 31-33: The Battle of Chile (1975) w/ Jonathan M. Katz. Please consider sharing and subscribing. www.bangbangpod.com/p/the-battle...

Episode 30: Andor (2025), Season 2 Ep. 7-9 w/ David Klion and David Austin Walsh. Please consider sharing and subscribing. www.bangbangpod.com/p/andor-2025...

Fun having my buddy @pauladlerstein.bsky.social and one of my favorite journalists @davidklion.bsky.social on the show with @vanjackson.bsky.social to discuss the second arc of the second season of Andor. Check it out!

Episode 28: Andor (2025), Season 2 Ep. 4-6 w/ Paul Adlerstein and David Klion. Please consider sharing and subscribing. www.bangbangpod.com/p/andor-2025...

Another moment where I wish a vid or podcast had been an article. I recently tried to watch Exodus, which I'd heard was hugely influential when it came out. It's a shockingly awful movie, for itself and not just its politics, and I bet this is really interesting - if you can do video/audio.

Episode 27: Andor (2025), Season 2 Ep 1-3 w/ Jenny G. Zhang. Please consider sharing and subscribing. www.bangbangpod.com/p/andor-2025...

This was an incredible, and very fun, conversation! It's amazing how one (horrible) movie lays the groundwork for modern day Zionism. If you're interested in the history of Zionism, and how it became what it is, check it out!

Such a pleasure to talk to @vanjackson.bsky.social and the journalist @davidgrossman.bsky.social (one of my favorite mutuals) on a film that tells us a lot about our current moment. Check it out!

Episode 26: Exodus (1960), w/ David Meir Grossman. Please consider sharing and subscribing.

MAGA wants you to be a conformist, exploited labor, or erased. You good with that? Appreciated having @katz.theracket.news on @bangbang1492.bsky.social to talk through it www.bangbangpod.com/p/the-battle...

Episode 25: Andor (2022), episodes 10-12 w/ David Austin Walsh. Please consider sharing and subscribing. www.bangbangpod.com/p/andor-2022...

Episode 23: Andor (2022), episodes 8-10 w/ Paul Adlerstein. Please consider sharing and subscribing. www.bangbangpod.com/p/andor-2022...

Great fun chatting w/ @davidklion.bsky.social & the @bangbang1492.bsky.social boys about ANDOR. Hear me talk about my alternative plot idea for bringing Saw into the Ghorman plot and why it's hard for any social movement to know whether a particular strategy/tactic will be effective.

American fascism cosplaying working class. Awesome to get Jonathan Katz (@katz.theracket.news) on the pod for a three-part series covering Patricio Guzman’s epic Battle of Chile @bangbang1492.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvEo...

Our previous episode with @pauladlerstein.bsky.social and Jenny G. Zhang www.bangbangpod.com/p/andor-2022...

Amazing convo with @pauladlerstein.bsky.social about what might be the most exciting block of episodes in the Andor series: The prison revolt! Surplus labor, the prison-industrial complex, the vulnerabilities of empire, and so much more! @lylerubin.bsky.social www.bangbangpod.com/p/andor-2022...

Plus, I got to read the greatest pop culture left-wing monologue maybe ever, Luthen's "sunless space" speech (www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3RC...). Anyhow, check it out if you're interested in some combo of Star Wars and movement/political history: www.bangbangpod.com/p/andor-2022...

Thanks again to @lylerubin.bsky.social & @vanjackson.bsky.social for having me on @bangbang1492.bsky.social to talk about the prison escape plot line from Andor, S1. Got to break down how it's a great microcosm of any organizing, as Andor figures out the dynamics & larger pol situation...

@vanjackson.bsky.social and I are really enjoying this series special for the pod. This time we’re honored to host both @jennygzhang.bsky.social and @pauladlerstein.bsky.social.

Episode 22: Andor (2022), episodes 4-6 w/ Jenny G. Zhang and Paul Adlerstein. Please consider sharing and subscribing. www.bangbangpod.com/p/andor-2022...

Psyched to kick off our @bangbang1492.bsky.social series on Andor with Slate culture editor @jennygzhang.bsky.social. Link in comments. @vanjackson.bsky.social

So fun talking w/ @vanjackson.bsky.social, @lylerubin.bsky.social, & @jennygzhang.bsky.social on @bangbang1492.bsky.social about Eps 4-6 of S1 of ANDOR. Got to pitch "if we're talking about pop culture politicizing ppl, focus on 12-17 year olds & actually organize them" & talk about my great-grandad

Listen to the episode (www.bangbangpod.com/p/andor-2022...) & check out @bangbang1492.bsky.social for more episodes reviewing movie/TV about war/social conflict from an anti-imperialist lens!

Episode 20: Andor (2022), episodes 1-3 w/ Jenny G. Zhang. Please consider sharing and subscribing. www.bangbangpod.com/p/andor-2022...

@vanjackson.bsky.social and I loved having @michigrim.bsky.social back on @bangbang1492.bsky.social to discuss one of the most prescient blockbusters ever made.

Episode 19: The Siege (1998) w/ Kevin Fox. Please consider sharing and subscribing. www.bangbangpod.com/p/part-i-the...

On the newest episode of @bangbang1492.bsky.social, we watched The Siege (1998), the Denzel Washington/Bruce Willis thriller that presaged America’s fascist response to 9/11. So fun @michigrim.bsky.social @lylerubin.bsky.social

extremely fun conversation about The Last Dad Thriller