Best Sharon Shaw Podcasts (2024)

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Memento 1:52:47

2h ago1:52:47

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[School of Movies 2024] Kicking off Nolan-Vember with a tale of obsession, revenge and the untrustworthy, ephemeral nature of memory. Things play out in nonlinear fashion as Nolan executes his second film with the deft surety of a man who can see the final arrangement within all the misaligned frames. Guy Pearce plays Leonard Shelby, a man afflicte…

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Beetlejuice 1:27:57

12d ago1:27:57

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[School of Movies 2024] A perennial Halloween favourite for our family, this was Tim Burton's Sophomore effort, after his debut with Pee-Wee's Big Adventure but before he became a Hollywood Titan with Batman (starring Beetlejuice). And I know we give him a hard time a lot, as a purveyor of populist Goth chic to the masses, but when he hits right yo…

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#9 Is there anything we can actually do about polarization? 43:48

8d ago43:48

43:48

Whoever wins the election, Americans will still want to rip each other's heads off. Social psychologist Jay Van Bavel helps us understand why we should care about polarization, how we got here, and what, if anything, we can do about it. From the episode: Jay Van Bavel is a social psychologist at New York University and the author of The Power of Us…

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Horror is a Spice 2:48:22

5d ago2:48:22

2:48:22

[School of Everything Else 2024] This is a special episode I've been planning for many years, ever since the notion that 'Horror' as we know it is largely a marketing construct, and that stories that deliberately jab at our Fear-response can be found pretty much everywhere. This is why I decided to go with my favourite metaphor; food) and hone in o…

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SOM Winter Commissions Season 1:55

6d ago1:55

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The window for our Winter Commissions season is now open. Coming up this October we have shows on the first two Psycho films, (as well as touching on the ill-advised Gus Van Sant 1998 remake of the Hitchcock original.) Then a long-planned episode discussing the Horror genre in a new light. And finally on Halloween, we got us a hot, steaming bowl of…

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Psycho II 1:22:42

23d ago1:22:42

1:22:42

[School of Movies 2024] This was a commissioned episode for Dean R who was very keen for us to examine this 1983 follow-up to the 1960 classic. This film brings back Anthony Perkins after Norman has served his time and behaved well in crazy-jail, with the 'Mother' persona seemingly dormant. But now we, as the audience may find ourselves strangely o…

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Psycho 1:27:52

1M ago1:27:52

1:27:52

[School of Movies 2024] For this rather special episode, we firstly welcome to the show for the first time, director Alfred Hitchcock, as we examine his most famous and most revisited film, Psycho (1960). This became the wellspring from which modern-day detective thrillers emerged. But it also has tangled roots in Horror and the grubby stepchild of…

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Godzilla Minus One 1:16:08

1M ago1:16:08

1:16:08

[School of Movies 2024] If New Empire is the best Kong film, this one qualifies for us as the best Japanese Godzilla film. Kaiju fans are being blessed with an embarrassment of riches in this era (check out the charming and dazzling animated Ultraman Rising for even more of this) and there has never been a better time to wrap your head around why t…

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Kong X Godzilla: The New Empire 1:29:28

1M ago1:29:28

1:29:28

[School of Movies 2024] Fixed the title on this one, to both distinguish it from 2021s Godzilla vs. Kong, AND to give the rightful prominence to the Great Ape whose movie this most definitely is. Willow suggested the original title would be as misleading as "Loki x Thor: Ragnarok". This is my favourite of the new MonsterVerse films, by a narrow mar…

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#8 So many tears but what do they say? 23:17

1M ago23:17

23:17

We all know that moment - when you feel like you need to cry in front of other people, but don't want to cry. In this episode, Yowei talks to Heather Christle, the author of The Crying Book, to parse what’s happening in that moment, what tears are saying and how we should respond to them. From the episode: Heather Christle is a poet and professor a…

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Transformers: Rise of the Beasts 2:13:48

2M ago2:13:48

2:13:48

[School of Movies 2024] The initial and glowingly positive reviews are coming in for Transformers One this week. It's the first entirely-animated Transformers movie since the infamous Optimus-Prime-slaughtering 'The Transformers: The Movie' in 1986, and I am happy and hopeful for the future in that regard. But what of the state of the live action f…

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Presenting: The Art of Vulnerability and Connection with Mae Martin (from ReThinking) 37:28

1M ago37:28

37:28

Recently, Yowei noticed a pattern among new friends she's making. These friends all make her feel lighter, more playful, and listened to... and they all have a background in improv comedy. Today, we're sharing an interview that gets inside the head of an improv comedian to see how they connect with other people. This episode comes from ReThinking, …

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Deadpool & Wolverine 2:09:25

2M ago2:09:25

2:09:25

[School of Movies 2024] One of the biggest films of the year, and the greatest success for the MCU... which weirdly seems to avoid going anywhere near Earth 616, instead acting as either a swansong for the X-Men series, begun in the year 2000, or possibly a phoenix-cry. It really depends on how Marvel handles the Mutants in the next few years. Howe…

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Almost Famous 3:03:40

2M ago3:03:40

3:03:40

[School of Movies 2024] This one is special on a level I am going to find challenging to articulate in a medium as clumsy as the written word. It is a show that has been promised for well over a decade, it took me four recording sessions and a protracted edit over the month of August. It is so densely and richly layered that I would put it in the s…

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Did we make our goal??? 8:06

2M ago8:06

8:06

Finally, a campaign reveal. Did we get additional funding to hire Kim for more hours? Plus, some updates for what’s in store for Proxy. Episode credits: Produced by Yowei Shaw and Kim Nederveen Pieterse Mixed by Kyle Pulley Proxy is a completely independent production. To support the show and get exclusive bonus episodes and other goodies, go to pa…

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FELLAS... Is it Gay to...? 1:55:55

2M ago1:55:55

1:55:55

[School of Everything Else 2024] This is a very special episode, and might be a lot of folk's favourite of the year. What is a “FELLAS…” scenario? It feels like most of us will have encountered them in the wild as we doomscroll our way through the doldrums of the Misinformation Age. Simply put, it’s when a man asks other men if it is in fact gay to…

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Star Trek: Prodigy 1:58:01

3M ago1:58:01

1:58:01

[School of Everything Else 2024] This was a commissioned show for Tylor and Chris Finik. It covers the first two seasons of this animated show which can be found on Netflix, Paramount+ and Nickelodeon. You can listen to the whole thing without fear of anything being made worse, and we keep a lot of secrets and surprises under wraps since statistica…

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#7 The Proxy Mystery (Part 4 of 4): Ritual 25:08

2M ago25:08

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The final installment of Yowei's quest to solve the mystery of proxy converations. In this episode, Yowei talks to a ritual expert and tries explaining what she's learned about proxy conversations to her mom. From the episode: Michael Norton is a behavior scientist, Harvard Business School professor, and the author of The Ritual Effect: From Habit …

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Dazed and Confused 2:11:03

3M ago2:11:03

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[School of Movies 2024] What is a "hangout movie"? It's a film that concerns itself far less with telling one grand, overall story of one or two people's development or journey, and far more on literally spending time with the ensemble cast of characters. In this show I draw the comparison between the characters we see here and animals in a safari …

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#6 The Proxy Mystery (Part 3 of 4): Psychodrama 40:13

3M ago40:13

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Part 3 of Yowei's extremely meta quest to solve the mystery of proxy conversations. In this episode, Yowei learns about psychodrama, a psychotherapy that has similarities to proxy conversations and used to be a dominant modality in the U.S. and then died. Dr. Scott Giacomucci breaks down the mechanics of proxy conversations and tries his psychodram…

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Damsel 2:10:54

3M ago2:10:54

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[School of Movies 2024] This is a special show for Chris Finik. It would have been a relatively straightforward endeavour for Sharon and I to delve into this one. It's a story that feels familiar and contains many of our very favourite elements; A betrayed lady thriving on her own untapped resourcefulness with help from a chain of women begun long …

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#5 The Proxy Mystery (Part 2 of 4): Connor Ratliff's Dead Eyes 36:30

3M ago36:30

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Part 2 of Yowei's quest to solve the mystery of proxy conversations. Why do they work? How? Can Yowei figure out how to explain the show to people who don't get it? In this episode, Yowei gets advice from actor, comedian, and proxy conversation expert Connor Ratliff. Over 20 years ago, Tom Hanks fired Connor from a small role in the HBO mini-series…

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Avatar: The Rise of Kyoshi 2:08:39

3M ago2:08:39

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[School of Everything Else 2024] This was a commissioned show for Self AKA Selfproclaimed. Ever since The Legend of Aang wrapped in 2008 there have been comics expanding upon what followed the defeat of Fire Lord Ozai. This, however, was a pair of books; 'The Rise of Kyoshi' and 'The Shadow of Kyoshi' detailing what occurred four centuries prior to…

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Klonoa 1:35:46

4M ago1:35:46

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[School of Everything Else 2024] This was a commissioned show for Dean R who just happens to sit at the ideal age to have discovered Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Vale on PlayStation 2 in 2001 as a kid. After it had a profound effect upon him, he went back to examine the original Klonoa: Door to Phantomile on PS1 from 1996. And while these puzzle-platformers…

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Episode 39: Empathy and Neurodiversity at Work with Emma Shaw 58:54

4M ago58:54

58:54

In this episode of the Professional Empathy Podcast, Leanne Butterworth speaks with Emma Shaw from Australian Spatial Analytics (ASA) about the intersection of empathy and neurodiversity in the workplace. Emma, an advocate for neuro-inclusive practices, explains the concept of neurodiversity and the importance of accommodating different cognitive s…

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#4 The Proxy Mystery (Part 1 of 4): Restorative Justice 1:01:30

3M ago1:01:30

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Yowei has a problem. She's having trouble explaining the show to people who don't get it. She knows proxy conversations work. But why? How? Part 1 of a 4-part quest to solve the mystery of proxy conversations. Yowei learns about a proxy conversation happening in a completely different context: restorative justice with proxy survivors and offenders.…

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No One Will Save You 1:25:07

4M ago1:25:07

1:25:07

[School of Movies 2024] This is a commissioned show for Chris Finik. And unlike the marketing for this straight-to-Hulu film our show is going to be a little more mysterious about the details, because it definitely was worth going in completely ignorant like we did. I even made some arresting artwork for this episode to better convey that this is n…

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Beavis & Butt-Head Do America 1:42:28

4M ago1:42:28

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[School of Movies 2024] After many years of thinking about how to tackle these two absolute idiots, we found the best angle for us. Ostensibly this is about the 1996 movie, which still holds up today and makes for an appealing, surprisingly general-audience-friendly and brisk hour and 21-minute comedy. This is an achievement, considering their extr…

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Out of Sight 2:25:36

4M ago2:25:36

2:25:36

[School of Movies 2024] Cloon June finally comes to a close with a magnificent romantic thriller, written by Elmore Leonard, the author of Get Shorty, 3:10 to Yuma and Rum Punch, which became Jackie Brown. This one hit at the tail end of the 90s, and became a significant landmark in the careers of George Clooney, director Steven Soderbergh and Geor…

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Tomorrowland 1:31:40

5M ago1:31:40

1:31:40

[School of Movies 2024] Initially we were going to cover this 2015 movie as the After School Club to close out Cloon June, but the more we delved into it, the more weighty and disturbingly messy it became. From the mind of visionary animated filmmaker Brad Bird (Mission Impossible 4: Ghost Protocol) comes a movie based on a themed area of Disneylan…

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Ocean's 11, 12, 13 and 8 1:55:39

5M ago1:55:39

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[School of Movies 2024] Cloon June continues with the slickest and arguably best Las Vegas heist movie. This 2001 remake of the underachieving 1960 Rat Pack original is less about establishing characters with any kind of arc and more about setting up the perfect mousetrap with eleven skilled individuals we can have fun with. It's a big old magic tr…

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From Dusk till Dawn 1:59:27

5M ago1:59:27

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[School of Movies 2024] Cloon June, the month dedicated to George Clooney movies continues apace with his first significant lead part after over a decade of appearances in shonky Z-List horror and then two years of his breakout role in E.R. as eminently desirable paediatrician Doctor Ross. This is a firestorm of a counterpoint to that gentle healer…

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Episode 38: Empathy and Dementia with Lisa Twigg 1:01:47

5M ago1:01:47

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In this episode of The Professional Empathy Podcast, Leanne interviews social worker Lisa Twigg about empathy and dementia. Lisa shares insights from her personal experience caring for her father, who had dementia, and discusses her book 'Eighty Years Without Dementia', which reflects on the lessons learned from this journey. They explore the broad…

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Exploding the Myth of Meritocracy with Ofer Sharone [BONUS TEASER] 9:17

5M ago9:17

9:17

Teaser for full-length exclusive bonus episode on Patreon. An in-depth interview with UMass Amherst sociologist and professor Ofer Sharone about the stigma trap that laid off workers can fall into and how the myth of meritocracy impacts even people who don't think they believe in it. For the full bonus episode, go to patreon.com/proxypodcast. From …

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One Fine Day 1:51:39

5M ago1:51:39

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[School of Movies 2024] It's not often we handle romantic comedies, but this one has more going on beneath the surface. With particular emphasis placed on the back and forth script, fast-flowing, overlapping dialogue and highly quotable, this extremely 90s movie showcases one of the most appealing onscreen couples in cinema history; Batman & Catwom…

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Red Eye 1:46:36

5M ago1:46:36

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[School of Movies 2024] Another unexpected Commission that came out of nowhere. Big thank you to Dean R for requisitioning this. Far less well-known in Wes Craven's body of work than the slashers, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream, The Hills Have Eyes, Last House on the Left, this one is going outside his comfort zone. Starting out like a romantic …

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Hazbin Hotel (Season 1) 1:54:40

6M ago1:54:40

1:54:40

[School of Everything Else 2024] This was a show that was recommended to us a few times, but then wound up an unexpected commissioned episode. Compounding this, Willow has been a lover of this crazy, twisted, queer-friendly HELL for years, since the pilot surfaced on YouTube. They had already seen all eight episodes of Amazon's 2024 first season, a…

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#3 The Layoff Trilogy, Part 3: HR by Proxy 50:04

6M ago50:04

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With every layoff, there's the blackbox of what's really going on behind the scenes. Why did it go down the way it did? Was it really not about your performance, like they told you? How does the layoff list get made anyway? In our inaugural proxy conversation, we connect Miles and Elliot with a proxy HR professional to answer their layoff questions…

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#2 The Layoff Trilogy, Part 2: Danger Day 42:52

6M ago42:52

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Please note: This story contains brief mention of suicidal ideation. If you or someone you know may be considering suicide, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing 9-8-8, or the Crisis Text Line by texting HOME to 741741. Elliot and Miles loved working at the same company, until the spectre of layoffs came to haunt them. From the episo…

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