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Blood, stabs, and tears. Comedic horror movie reviews and scene-by-scene commentary from lifelong fans. Listen to The Final Podcast for weekly horror movie reviews available every Monday. Listen to Final Friday for weekly low-budget movie reviews available every Friday.
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Keeping democracy alive Democracy is not a spectator sport, it requires informed participating citizens. On Keeping Democracy Alive, we delve into dynamics that both inhibit democracy and reinvigorate it. looking into issues from: domestic economic issues to foreign, labor, trade, and education policy, NSA spying, the drug war, prison, police, and judicial issues, electoral and protest politics, middle east realities, right and left wing populism, environmental and energy issues, the wealth ...
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An improv comedy podcast from Dan Lippert and Ryan Rosenberg, with some of the funniest comedians in Los Angeles! Support the show at www.patreon.com/ManDog ManDog on Youtube! www.youtube.com/channel/UCNW0sgvxgiENf8OKGjNmoZg/?themeRefresh=1 Big Grande on YouTube! www.youtube.com/channel/UCd1fKa78tVNRhJzP273mS8g Dan - https://linktr.ee/danlippert Ryan - https://linktr.ee/ryanrosenberg
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From Lori Vallow and Pam Hupp, to cannibals, serial killers and more, We Saw the Devil is a true crime podcast that deep-dives into fascinating criminal cases, both solved and unsolved. Past and present. We discuss both notorious and lesser-known cases, turning over every rock and exploring every nook and cranny of the case. On this show, you don't have to wait 30 minutes through our life story to get into the case. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/we-saw- ...
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Every five minutes, a transplant candidate dies while waiting for a compatible heart, liver, or kidney. Imagine a technology that could provide those life-saving transplant organs for a high price, and imagine what a company would do to monopolize that technology. On a remote island in Lake Superior, a team of geneticists has unlocked this holy grail of medicine. By reverse-engineering thousands of genomes, they dial back the evolutionary clock to re-create the progenitor of all mammals. The ...
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Since at least 2016, the Democratic policy has been driven by big contributors, yielding rural voters to Trump who at least pretended to hear them. With Minnesota Governor Tim Walz nominated as VP for Harris, middle America people who had The post With Walz, Can Democrats Win Back Rural America? appeared first on Keeping Democracy Alive.…
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A wedding anniversary at the Davidson home, turns bloody after home invaders start killing the family off one by one, except that they killers will soon realize one victim has a talent for fighting back. You're Next is a movie we are long overdue reviewing and are happy to get to it. It's a memorable home invasion horror movie and although very pre…
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Colonialism: Now it’s called corporate globalization. As the energy appetite of the west continues to accelerate, so does extractivism, without the consent of the people directly affected. In this revealing discussion, Professor Avi Chomsky explodes the many myths we white The post Avi Chomsky: 21st Century Colonialism and Extractivism appeared fir…
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patreon.com/mandog ⁠K Porn with Suzi Barrett + Payam Banifaz⁠ on Patreon! Our man Dan is out of town, so Ryan brought in two ringers. Payam Banifaz and Suzi Barrett are both absolute legends, and today they sat down with the ry guy for a biiiiig laugh about building a mound, digging a pool, k porn, calzone milkshakes, and more. Suzi also shares abo…
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The ideal breeding ground for the Covid virus: A place where people were forced to have constant close contact with each other and with the wider community. In other words: prisons. You know how awful it was for us on The post Jails and Prisons Were a Hotbed of Covid. Needlessly. appeared first on Keeping Democracy Alive.…
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We were taught in elementary school that every vote counts in America. But as we all know the 2016 winner of the popular vote did not become president. The truth is the presidential candidates will spend a billion dollars this The post Make the Winner of the Popular Vote President appeared first on Keeping Democracy Alive.…
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Waleed and Sean stop by for a barn burner ep and tell us about their new youtube channel where they review awesomely awful movies and why they love them. Check out Waleed on IG! Check out Sean on IG! Check out Sean and Waleed's new YouTube channel Awesomely Awful! Check out ⁠⁠ManDog on YouTube! Check out ⁠⁠BigGrandeWebsite.com⁠⁠! Check out ⁠⁠Big Gr…
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Joel, a film critic for a horror magazine, stumbles upon a support group of serial killers and attempts to blend in with the group or become their victim. Vicious Fun is exactly as the title suggests, a heck of a lot of fun. As far as comedy horrors go, it's one of the best in a while and it's a movie that ups the ante at every turn, keeping us on …
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Make America great “again?” What does that phrase assume? Our guest today, retired Lt Col. William Astore served 20 years in the military. No, he’s not a stereotypical macho militarist, far from it. He says our “full spectrum global empire” The post The Term “MAGA” Acknowledges US Empire is Over appeared first on Keeping Democracy Alive.…
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We assume our picture of romance and marriage has always been there, but according to our guest author and professor Sabrina Strings, it was invented in the 12th century as a myth about Sir Lancelot. Marriage was about power, domination, The post White Male Supremacists Fear and Hate it But “Romance” and Nuclear Families Aren’t the Only Option appe…
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A private detectives investigates the circumstances surrounding the death of a cult leader and a missing magician, Philip Swan. We're excited to discuss another Clive Barker movie. Lord of Illusions is an interest movie that discusses the utilization of different types of magic and illusions and how to harvest that power. It's always fun to watch a…
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There is a palpable movement under Kamala Harris; so why is party leadership still so out of touch with working people as they were in 2016? Our returning guest, veteran party insider Norman Solomon, says the DNC is still top-down The post Dems Need the Middle Class: Why is the DNC Still So Corporatized? appeared first on Keeping Democracy Alive.…
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As Trump heads into the 2024 campaign, you might wonder who is behind it, who benefits from destroying our republic. Here is the story. The religious nationalists see him as a fierce leader. They believe God sends such kings to The post What’s Behind Trumpism: The Open Attack on Democracy appeared first on Keeping Democracy Alive.…
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A group of friends take a reunion trip to Sweden where they encounter a presence following them in the woods. The Ritual is our last movie in Travel Horror month and this film delivers. The movie has both creature feature and psychological horror elements that combine to create on-screen horror. We're used to watching movies where the creature is b…
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Unions have achieved some historic victories recently. But though many workers are curious, there’s still reluctance to joining a union. As co-author of a new report called “Union Curious,” UC San Diego’s political economy professor John Ahlquist explains on this The post Union Curious in the Mid-2020s appeared first on Keeping Democracy Alive.…
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A remote lake in the country for a couple turns violent when they start getting harassed by a group of local kids. Eden Lake stars Kelly Reilly and Michael Fassbender, who both have great performances in a movie that is very bleak and hard to watch. While the movie is very entertaining, it's very frustrating to watch and see local kids terrorize a …
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A vacation to Mexico takes an ugly turn when a group of friends meet up with a tourist and head to a dig site where an evil awaits them. The Ruins is one of the more interesting movies we've seen. This is not the first time we've seen this film and it always ends with us being disappointed by a few needless parts that hurt the film. After watching …
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In 21st Century Western Culture, there’s a variety of impressions average white people get when you say the word Muslim. Most of them wrong. On this edition of Keeping Democracy Alive, Toronto author Saqib Qureshi brings some needed clarity to The post The Challenges of Being Muslim Today appeared first on Keeping Democracy Alive.…
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Today’s guest is Dr. Rachelle Winkle-Wagner, author of the new book The Chosen We. She’s a professor of Educational Leadership and Policy a U.Wisconsin-Madison. Over a period of ten years she interviewed 105 Black women from five selected cities about The post How Liberation is Only Found In Community appeared first on Keeping Democracy Alive.…
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Many still think “We don’t have to deal with it now,” but a new report from the Union of Concern Scientists is titled “Looming Deadlines for Coastal Resilience” for a reason. As co-author Dr. Rachel Cleetus explains on this show, The post In Our Climate Threat, There Are Opportunities appeared first on Keeping Democracy Alive.…
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A vacation for a young group goes south after a bus accident leaves them stranded in a dangerous part of Brazil with a sinister practice. For the second week of travel horror month, we discuss Turistas. This movie has a star cast of Josh Duhamel, Melissa George, and Olivia Wilde and focuses on the organ harvesting underbelly of the Brazilian slums.…
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ONE MORE EPISODE LEFT! Super quick transition episode this week covering just a couple events between 2017-2020, setting the stage for the fallout to come from the leaked incest call with Isabella Janke. The final episode will be coming at the end of the week, and then we are moving forward from Chris Chan! -------------- Email us and share your pe…
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So much history of over-reliance on military solutions when governments don’t have the support of the people, yet we’re doing it again in Africa. Our guest who has major experience in the White House and Defense Department is Dr. Gordon The post US Africa Policy: “Willful Disregard of Reality” appeared first on Keeping Democracy Alive.…
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Three men on a vacation, head to Slovakia to experience all the women the country has to offer, but end up in a torturous sequence of events. Hostel is the first movie in Travel Horror month and is long overdue for us to discuss. This movie had so much hype when it came out back in 2005 and was a very popular horror movie we had to see growing up. …
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In phase one of French elections, the far right of Marine LePen did very well, winning about a third of the total. The next and crucial vote is July 7. According to on-the-ground reporter, Oliver Haynes, President Macron is likely The post On the French Election: First Far Right Regime Since WWII? appeared first on Keeping Democracy Alive.…
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Paul and Justin swing by for a juicy ep featuring Dad's catchphrases, an all salt restaurant, and hitting on Munch's Make Believe Band at Chuck E Cheese. Thanks for listening to and supporting the show! Support the show on Patreon! Check out Paul on IG! Check out Justin on IG! Check out ⁠⁠ManDog on YouTube! Check out ⁠⁠BigGrandeWebsite.com⁠⁠! Check…
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Canton, Massachusetts. January 29th, 2022. It was a blizzard-laden night, where the wind was howling, snow was coming down in sheets, and visibility dwindled to near nothingness. Karen Read and her boyfriend, police officer John O'Keefe, go out to a bar and meet up with fellow BPD-area officers. They decide to move the party to one of their homes. …
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This book actually changed my view of US History. The author says the Confederates and the January 6th assault are the inheritors of the original intent! He argues that the standard story is not the truth. The surprising reality of The post Do We Really Want to Get Back to America’s Founding Ideals? appeared first on Keeping Democracy Alive.…
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Five friends head to a cabin in the woods and start being affected by a flesh-eating virus and encounter hostile locals. Cabin Fever is the final movie we are discussing in Cabin month and it's always fun to watch this movie. Although it's not a great movie, we have a soft spot for this film. It has a ridiculous plot, nonsensical characters, and im…
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Our buddies Austin Williams and Sam Di stop by for some prov and some laughs about male influencers and their wives, multiplying by 2, and desperate fashion choices. Shout out to the pups dogs and hogs for keeping us going! We appreciate your support! Support us on Patreon for full episodes and video! Check out Sam on IG! Check out Austin on IG! Ch…
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What do we mean by the word “hero?” Is it not a person of extraordinary courage, putting the good of the country above his or her own safety? That’s Daniel Ellsberg, most famous for the Pentagon Papers which he released The post Dan Ellsberg Died One Year Ago. Long May He Live. appeared first on Keeping Democracy Alive.…
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Though it is finally a federal holiday, a lot of people still don’t really know about Juneteenth. It was the day in 1865 when formerly enslaved people learned of the Emancipation Proclamation. But what kind of freedom was it then The post Juneteenth and the Persistent Economic Racial Divide appeared first on Keeping Democracy Alive.…
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In a democracy, we expect to have our own say over how we are governed. There’s a great grumbling throughout America because many don’t feel listened to. That’s the impetus behind today’s Trumpist populism. This populism is the voice of The post Heather Cox Richardson: Yes Democracy is Awakening appeared first on Keeping Democracy Alive.…
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A ski trip goes south for medical students who find themselves battling a horde of nazi zombies. Dead Snow is an excellent zombie movie with a cool winter atmosphere in a cabin that turns bloody fast. The movie combines the comedic relief of the unbelievable circumstances that the characters are in with the bloody chaos of the zombies very well. Th…
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A photographer revisits her traumatic past while taking photos in an abandoned building that may not be completely deserted. Black Mold is a story that blends the traumatic past of the protagonist with the reality that her mind could be deteriorating from the black mold present in the abandoned facility she's taking pictures in. We didn't find the …
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Across the United States there is tremendous support for a taxing the wealthiest among us. So why doesn’t it happen? Well, in Massachusetts, it has. As Inequality.org’s Sam Pizzigati explains in this segment, there was powerful resistance to the new The post Inspiration from Massachusetts: A New Wealth Tax Works appeared first on Keeping Democracy …
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Suzi and Rekha are both so funny and smart, and this episode proves that. Get ready to fully guffaw. Check out Rekha on IG! Check out Suzi on IG! Check out Suzi's new podcast, Yes, Also! Check out ⁠⁠ManDog on YouTube! Check out ⁠⁠BigGrandeWebsite.com⁠⁠! Check out ⁠⁠Big Grande⁠⁠ on Youtube!
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In his new book The Jazzmen: How Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie Transformed America, prolific author Larry Tye shares what he learned about the lives of the three men, now recognized as great Americans. The racism they faced The post It Wasn’t Just Politics; The Art of Jazz Integrated America appeared first on Keeping Democracy Al…
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Newlyweds, Paul and Bea, spend their honeymoon in a cabin on the lake and what seems like a peaceful time soon descends into madness after Paul discovers Bea wandering in the forest in the middle of the night. Honeymoon is the second movie we're discussing in Cabin Horror Month and it's a movie that keeps an interesting mystery throughout. It start…
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Four drag queens find themselves performing at a biker bar by accident. When the bar is taken over by vampires, it's up to them to save the unwelcoming bar patrons. Slay is not your typical vampire movie and that is why we enjoyed it so much. It's a comedy horror that puts drag queens and bikers together to fend off vampires. While watching we were…
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