Best The Cuckoo S Nest Podcasts (2024)

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26: Regaining Control of Your Narrative (THE HOLDOVERS) 56:31

5h ago56:31

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How do we as men regain control over our lives? In this next installment of our 'Masculinity in the Modern Age' series, we propose a way forward for men through the recent film THE HOLDOVERS. As the book of Proverbs says, older men bring wisdom, and younger men bring strength, and film explores this dynamic through the relationship between a strict…

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Episode 348: How to Kill California Business without Really Trying 1:00:37

8h ago1:00:37

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Email Us: dbahnsen@thebahnsengroup.com will@calpolicycenter.org Follow Us: @DavidBahnsen @WillSwaim @TheRadioFreeCA Show Notes: Bahnsen rings the bell at NYSE! How Denis Kearney nearly killed the Democratic Party in California California lawmaker blasts newly GOP Sen. Marie Alvarado-Gil as a ‘fake Republican’ SpaceX moving Dragon recovery to Califo…

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Seth Vargas (Movie Friends) vs. Clifford 57:55

4d ago57:55

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“I’ll be the Danny Ocean of stealing from children” The panel of peril don their blazer, matching shorts, and matching caps and pretend to be children whilst watching this week’s film Clifford (Paul Flaherty, 1994). They are joined by their new friend: Seth Vargas from Movie Friends Podcast! Clifford (Martin Short) is precocious little so and so. H…

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Episode 347: Those Who Can’t Teach Become Real Estate Developers 1:49:53

9d ago1:49:53

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Email Us: dbahnsen@thebahnsengroup.com will@calpolicycenter.org Follow Us: @DavidBahnsen @WillSwaim @TheRadioFreeCA Show Notes: Everything was going Kamala Harris’ way. Then came the market sell-off. What Chevron's move to Houston means for the energy capital Tony Thurmond seeks to build millions of affordable housing units for teachers LAUSD order…

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25: The Wayward Journey of Manhood (FIGHT CLUB) 59:57

6d ago59:57

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How do we navigate manhood in the 21st Century? In our new series 'Masculinity in the Modern Age', we analyze one of the most talked-about films in the lat 25 years: FIGHT CLUB. This psychological thriller provides us with language to diagnosis the crisis men experience today in our society, while wrestling with ideas from Nietzsche, Jung, and Gira…

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Episode 104: The Batman 1:13:00

8d ago1:13:00

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“So many of my plans have been undone by Antonio Banderas” The panel of peril stand in the corner of the room, in the shadows, waiting for a chance to strike at their prey. They’re not home. They’ve gone on holiday for three weeks. Damn. Instead, they decide to watch this week’s film The Batman (Matt Reeves, 2022). The Batman (Robert Pattinson) is,…

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24: Recovering Your Agency in a Broken System (ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST) 59:28

14d ago59:28

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How do people stuck in a broken system find liberation? In this final installment of our 'Power of Myth' series, we analyze Jason's pick, one of the most acclaimed films of all time: ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST. Throughout this conversation, we explain how this is a Narrative Therapy film that challenges the 'normalizing gaze', and reveals why …

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Episode 346: Look for Her Union Label 1:12:10

14d ago1:12:10

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Email Us dbahnsen@thebahnsengroup.com will@calpolicycenter.org Follow Us @DavidBahnsen @WillSwaim @TheRadioFreeCA Show Notes Gavin Newsom sends thanks to Texas as wildfires rage Who’s on Gavin Newsom’s friends and foes lists? Harris embraces teachers’ unions. Republicans sense an opening. UCLA ordered by judge to craft plan in support of Jewish stu…

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Episode 103: George A. Romero's Dawn Of The Dead 1:02:17

15d ago1:02:17

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“Live fast, die young, leave a terrible-looking Smurf-corpse” The panel of peril pull up at their local Netto, shove as much tinned goods, AKs, ammo, and Bolinger into their shopping trolley/wheelbarrow as they can, before holing up to watch this week’s film Dawn Of The Dead (George A. Romero, 1978). The (zombie) apocalypse is here! Ken Foree, Davi…

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Episode 345: Sex? Yes, Please! 52:55

20d ago52:55

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Email Us dbahnsen@thebahnsengroup.com will@calpolicycenter.org Follow Us @DavidBahnsen @WillSwaim @TheRadioFreeCA Show Notes An Ode to Bob Newhart (Rob Long on the inimitable legacy of a comedy icon) San Diego must be more aggressive on sidewalk repair, grand jury says San Diego City Council OKs sales tax ballot measure for November Election Inform…

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Episode 344: No More Public Saks (Fifth Avenue) in San Francisco 1:21:52

23d ago1:21:52

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Email Us dbahnsen@thebahnsengroup.com will@calpolicycenter.org Follow Us @DavidBahnsen @WillSwaim @TheRadioFreeCA Show Notes Kamala Harris was not a ‘progressive prosecutor’ From David Sacks to Elon Musk, Silicon Valley’s Trump backers cheer JD Vance as VP pick Former L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announces another run for California governor Gov…

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23: More Than Meets the Eye (TRANSFORMERS) 33:08

21d ago33:08

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Why do we gravitate towards certain kinds of stories? In this next episode of our 'Power of Myth' series, we search for the deeper meaning of TRANSFORMERS. Joseph shares what these robots in disguise mean to him, with their themes of peacemaking, beating the odds, and transformative leadership. We also discuss at length the TRANSFORMERS mythos; alo…

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Episode 102: National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 56:59

22d ago56:59

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“Don’t slate broccoli” The panel of peril stub out their cigarette, cigar, and pipe under the heel of their cowboy boot and head into a convenience store that is showing this week’s film, Loaded Weapon 1 (Gene Quintano, 1993), for some reason. Detectives Colt (Emilio Estevez) and Luger (Samuel L Jackson) are the prototypical chalk + cheese = dynami…

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Episode 343: Emergency Episode — The Legal Response to Newsom’s A.B. 1955 36:54

26d ago36:54

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Email Us: dbahnsen@thebahnsengroup.com will@calpolicycenter.org Follow Us: @DavidBahnsen @WillSwaim @TheRadioFreeCA Show Notes erae@libertyjusticecenter.org julie@calpolicycenter.orgBy Will Swaim, Emily Rae, Julie Hamill

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22: Saying 'Yes' to the Adventure of Life (THE GREEN KNIGHT) 47:06

28d ago47:06

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How do myths of the past speak to our present situations? In this episode of our 'Power of Myth' series, we learn how to accept the adventures life grants us through the A24 film adaptation of the King Arthur tale THE GREEN KNIGHT. Nick shares how Sir Gawain's journey parallels his own, while providing insights from Joseph Campbell's book 'The Powe…

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Episode 342: Least Mode! 1:46:00

28d ago1:46:00

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Email Us: dbahnsen@thebahnsengroup.com will@calpolicycenter.org Follow Us: @DavidBahnsen @WillSwaim @TheRadioFreeCA Show Notes That week in San Francisco Newsom signs bill banning schools from notifying parents about student gender identity Parents Outraged by School District’s Plan to Conceal Students’ Gender Identity Gavin Newsom Launches Podcast…

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Episode 101: Mission Impossible 1:00:45

1M ago1:00:45

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“De Palma knows, the old saying goes” Our name is Possible, Mission: Impossible, license to watch the film Mission: Impossible directed by cinematic genius Brian De Palma (1996). And that my friends is our impossible mission (impossible). And we did it. An elite IMF team led by Jim Phelps (Jon Voight) has come a serious cropper trying to secure a n…

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Episode 341: One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Landed in a Tent on the Street 1:13:33

1M ago1:13:33

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Email Us: dbahnsen@thebahnsengroup.com will@calpolicycenter.org Follow Us: @DavidBahnsen @WillSwaim @TheRadioFreeCA Show Notes Democrats Eager to Prop Up Kamala Harris as Biden Teeters Unburdened by what has been: The case for Kamala Harris CNN: Calling Kamala Harris a ‘DEI hire’ is what bigotry looks like Will the Grants Pass ruling on homelessnes…

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21: Coming-of-Age in an Ever-Changing World (PINOCCHIO) 1:17:09

1M ago1:17:09

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How do we grow and mature in a world that is trying to mold us into its own image? In this first entry of our 'Power of Myth' series, we discuss at-length one of the most influential stories in the last 150 years: PINOCCHIO. We compare and contrast the book with the 1940’s Disney Classic, and the contemporary stop-motion film by Guillermo Del Toro.…

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Whit's The Script vs Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery 1:06:13

1M ago1:06:13

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“If you’ve got a better way to do it, I’d like to hear it” The panel of peril are dancing down the street stark naked, with only conveniently placed every-day items covering their ghoulies and that. They got the idea, and carefully choreographed it, from this week’s film Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (Jay Roach, 1997). This week, they…

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Episode 340: Chevron Deference & California’s Regulatory Ottoman Empire 1:16:39

1M ago1:16:39

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Email Us: dbahnsen@thebahnsengroup.com will@calpolicycenter.org Follow Us: @DavidBahnsen @WillSwaim @TheRadioFreeCA Show Notes: St. Junípero Serra statue targeted by protests in 2020 is now settled in a new home USC prof cleared Natalie Bowles in the Free Press Gavin Newsom had sex with his best friend’s wife, who allegedly ‘showed up passed out’ o…

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Episode 100: Independence Day 1:02:43

2M ago1:02:43

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“Like an alien Kinder Egg” The panel of peril are playing chess in the park with their father and losing badly, very sad. They are interrupted by an enormous screen descending from the heavens covering the city that they are currently in in its entirety. Fortunately, the giant screen is showing this week’s film Independence Day (Roland Emmerich, 19…

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Episode 339: The Weak in Gavin Newsom 45:41

2M ago45:41

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Email Us: dbahnsen@thebahnsengroup.com will@calpolicycenter.org Follow Us: @DavidBahnsen @WillSwaim @TheRadioFreeCA Show Notes Transcript of the State of the State Newsom's Wife, Kids Relocating to Posh Marin County So Their Oldest Can Attend $60k/Year High School Sponsor: ADFBy Will Swaim, David L. Bahnsen

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Episode 99: One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest 1:01:42

2M ago1:01:42

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“Ya been cream pied” The panel of peril are out shooting some hoops, only stopping to berate their teammates for their lack of reflexes and general playing skill. Giving up they retire to the indoor communal area to watch this week’s film One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (Milos Forman, 1975). McMurphy (Jack Nicholson) is a ne’er-do-well with a cunni…

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Episode 338: Fear of the White Black Studies Scholar 1:12:04

2M ago1:12:04

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Email Us: dbahnsen@thebahnsengroup.com will@calpolicycenter.org Follow Us: @DavidBahnsen @WillSwaim @TheRadioFreeCA Show Notes: Measure to restrict tax increases cannot appear on November ballot, California Supreme Court rules Jerry West, Lakers legend and architect of ‘Showtime’ era, dies at 86 Willie Mays, San Francisco Giants legend and MLB all-…

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20: Renewing Your Purpose through Family and Sacrifice (LOGAN) 1:07:56

2M ago1:07:56

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How do we renew our sense of purpose when life feels meaningless? How do past and future generations inspire us to embrace our identities more fully? LOGAN, the final film in our fatherhood series, illustrates how family helps us find meaning in the sacrifices we make. We analyze LOGAN through the lens of archetypal storytelling, while providing in…

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Episode 98: Batman - Mask of the Phantasm 55:23

2M ago55:23

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“Tia Carrera’s career was ruined by Tia Maria” Sweaty-browed and cramped of hand, the Panel of Peril draw furiously in real-time each and every frame of this week’s film Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (Bruce Timm and Eric Radomski, 1993). Soon they shall break for a feast of marshmallows; they have earned it. Bruce Wayne (Kevin Conroy) has lived with…

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19: Re-Membering Your Parent (AFTERSUN) 52:42

2M ago52:42

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When we get older, we often think back to our own parents, trying to make sense of that relationship through our fractured memories. In this emotional episode, we discuss parenting from both ends (as sons and as fathers) through the film AFTERSUN. We get vulnerable sharing about experiences with our fathers, and how this realistic father-daughter s…

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Episode 97: Mulholland Drive 1:09:58

2M ago1:09:58

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“She had the longest neck in the history of actors” The Peril of Peril arrive in Los Angeles, bright eyed and bushy-tailed. Everyone loves them because they’re brilliant, and they make fast friends with an amnesiac who tells them to watch this week’s film Mulholland Drive (David Lynch, 2001). A Cowboy watches them as they watch the film. Betty (Nao…

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18: Examining Fatherhood Expectations and Discourses (PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS & BICYCLE THIEVES) 47:55

2M ago47:55

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It’s fatherhood month on our podcast! And we’re kicking things off by comparing two iconic depictions of fatherhood in cinema: the classic BICYCLE THIEVES, and the more contemporary PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS. We compare and contrast these relationships between fathers and sons, and how different discourses (expectations, narratives) around fatherhood ma…

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KJ & A Podcast vs. Ready Player One 54:56

2M ago54:56

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“Talladega Nights gets a lot better after you've seen Rise of Skywalker, that's for sure” The Panel of Peril run and gun all your favourite film and video games characters in one fluid motion, before removing their VR headset in order to watch this week’s film. That film is Ready Player One (Steven Spielberg, 2018), and they are joined by Kevin and…

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Kris Tapley (50 MPH) vs. Speed 2: Cruise Control 1:25:19

3M ago1:25:19

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“It’s like a meet-cute for two people who already met some time ago” The Panel of Peril go to the travel agents to book themselves a lovely holiday. Their conditions for travel are thus: nice weather, entertainment provided by British reggae band, and strictly no terrorists. While the agent searches for the ideal trip, they watch this week’s film S…

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17: Humanity's Conflict Within (WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES) 40:46

3M ago40:46

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Humanity sure is complicated! And that's exactly what the PLANET OF THE APES prequel trilogy wrestles with, as apes gain consciousness and human-like qualities. We wrestle with the final film of this trilogy, WAR, and how despite its imperfections, it serves as a thought-provoking story about the battle for one's soul. Introduction (0:00) WAR: Us v…

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Jesse Hawken (Junk Filter) vs. Nothing But Trouble 1:17:26

3M ago1:17:26

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“Mr. Bond, you appear with the tedious inevitability of an unloved season” The Panel of Peril saunter through a small mining town in their fancy BMW, before being inexplicably arrested for not stopping at an intersection. Swiftly tried and convicted, they are sentenced to watch this week’s movie Nothing But Trouble (Dan Aykroyd, 1991). They are joi…

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16: Facing External Conflicts Head-On (RISE & DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES) 40:37

3M ago40:37

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Humanity sure is complicated! And that's exactly what the PLANET OF THE APES prequel trilogy wrestles with, as apes gain consciousness and human-like qualities. We navigate the different kinds of conflict depicted in these films (particularly in RISE & DAWN), and how as good science fiction, these stories help us think through what it means to be h…

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Matt Spectro (Thru The Multiverse) vs. Krull 1:00:18

3M ago1:00:18

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“Is he just horny?” The Panel of Peril climb a big ol’ mountain to claim a mythical prize to aid them in their epic quest. That prize is a DVD of this week’s film; that quest is to watch that DVD, which is this week’s film Krull (Peter Yates, 1983). Upon climbing back down the mountain, they are met well by this week’s guest panel member, Matt Spec…

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15: Is Humanity Making Progress? (PLANET OF THE APES) 44:00

3M ago44:00

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Are humans evolving into greatness? Or do the limitations of our nature impede progress? We begin our discussion on the PLANET OF THE APES films, starting with the 1968 original. We reflect on what this story means for us in these uncertain times we live in, and how to navigate the paradox that is humankind. Introduction (0:00) Why We Chose PLANET …

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Episode 96: Event Horizon 58:08

3M ago58:08

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“Surprise! Butcher’s hook up your nostril” The Panel of Peril start creepily speaking Latin, wield small, sharp weapons at one another, but thankfully stop short of gouging their own eyes out. They’ll be needing those to watch this week’s film Event Horizon (Paul WS Anderson, 1997). The crew of the Lewis & Clark are your typical blue-collar bunch. …

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14: Confronting Nature's Brutality (WATERSHIP DOWN) 37:46

3M ago37:46

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How do we confront the brutality of nature that lies within animals and ourselves? We're diving down the dark rabbit hole that is WATERSHIP DOWN, a so-called "children's" story about colorful topics such as cruelty, tyranny, and the inevitability of your own demise. We have too many laughs trying to discern what this story means, while also discuss…

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