Best Tartakovsky Podcasts (2024)

One of my favorite movies of all time, this is Villeneuve's first English film, and a mighty good one at that. This is the movie that got me into movies, and I couldn't wait to finally talk about it.

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Guillermo del Toro's "Hellboy" 1:02:38

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Starting off Season 2 with one of the best comic book movies. Join me and Harrison as we discuss costume design, faithful adaptations and... Eminem?

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Dario Argento's "Suspiria" (1977) 1:08:50

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We return to the old age of horror with stylistic Italian film SUSPIRIA! Two new guests and I discuss the importance of a good score, place bets on cliches, and go off on some insane tangents...

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Richard Linklater's "Dazed and Confused" 58:18

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One of my personal favorites, Dazed and Confused provides a romanticized view of 70's high school culture. How does it compare to us today?

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Quentin Tarantino's "The Hateful Eight" 1:02:22

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I hope you like the number eight. Join me and Rex as we talk about what could be considered top film from controversial Quentin Tarantino.

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Alex Garland's "Ex Machina" 50:16

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With a failed attempt at Netflix roulette, old friend but new guest Grace and I delve into sci-fi marvel Ex Machina. With two different perspectives on the work, how will it be received by each side?

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Francis Ford Coppola's "The Godfather" 1:03:08

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As we finally branch away from spooky month, we start off strong with what many people consider the best movie of all time. Does it live up to its reputation?

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Review - Jonah Hill's "mid90s" 17:14

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The first review on the show. Bear with me as I give my thoughts on first feature film written and directed by Jonah Hill.

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David Gordon Green's "Halloween" 1:07:31

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Five episodes and forty years later... we return to the story of Michael Myers and Laurie Strode. How does the sequel compare to the original? Let's find out as the crew delves into Halloween 2018!

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Sam Raimi's "Evil Dead" AND "Evil Dead II" 1:00:45

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The first double header! Cultural icon Sam Raimi shocked the world with Spider-Man in 2001, but what came first...? Join the crew as we discuss his landmark work, the first two installments in the Evil Dead franchise.

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John Carpenter's "Christine" 1:03:30

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Continuing spooky month with more Carpenter! Today we discuss lesser-known film “Christine” with a new guest. Join us as we talk about camera techniques, directorial flaws, and differences between written and visual media.

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Sony's "VENOM" 50:40

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Join me and my friend Drew as we vent about the newest movie in Sony's superhero universe, Venom! Share in our frustration as we touch on corporate influence, comic comparison, and some of the worst pacing we have ever seen.Thanks for listening to NODEGREE.

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John Carpenter's "Halloween" 58:33

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The classic! The hit! The best way to start October! Join me and three of my good friends as we discuss the most classic horror movie of all time. In this episode we talk about horror tropes, the impact of the "cue," and the lasting effect of Halloween on modern cinema.

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Joseph Tartakovsky on The Lives of the Constitution - Full Interview 38:37

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Joseph Tartakovsky sits down with Ben Weingarten to discuss his new book 'The Lives of the Constitution', and its ten historical characters including their impact on and response to the American Founding, the development of the administrative state, constitutional law, the perversion of the courts, war powers and much more.Learn more in 'The Lives …

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Leon Kass on How to Lead a Worthy Life - Full Interview 50:12

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Leon Kass sits down with Ben Weingarten to discuss his new book 'Leading a Worthy Life', and a series of topics including finding meaning in a modern age, the decline but potential for rebirth of core values and principles of Western civilization, grappling with scientific progress and ethics and much more.Learn more in 'Leading a Worthy Life': htt…

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Ryan T. Anderson on the Transgender Moment - Full Interview 36:37

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Ryan T. Anderson sits down with Ben Weingarten to discuss his new book 'When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Moment', and a series of topics including the science and politics around transgenderism, stories of those who have detransitioned, the influence of transgender ideology in schools and much more.Learn more in 'When Harry Be…

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Conrad Black on Trump's Place in the History of Populism 34:15

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Lord Conrad Black joins Ben Weingarten to discuss Lord Black's essay in “Vox Populi: The Perils and Promises of Populism.” Lord Black and Weingarten discuss a series of topics including the history of American populism and President Donald Trump's place in it, an assessment of Trump's populist political agenda, the poisonous legacy of Watergate, Th…

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Sally C. Pipes on The False Promise of Single-Payer Health Care - Full Interview 33:45

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Sally C. Pipes joins Ben Weingarten to discuss her new Encounter Broadside “The False Promise of Single-Payer Health Care”, the state of Obamacare, how staggeringly wrong our politicians were about Medicare and Medicaid, and much more.Read 'The False Promise of Single-Payer Health Care': https://www.encounterbooks.com/books/false-promise-single-pay…

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Glenn Harlan Reynolds on The Judiciary's Class War - Full Interview 20:12

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Glenn Harlan Reynolds, aka the Instapundit, sits down with Ben Weingarten to discuss his new Encounter Broadside 'The Judiciary's Class War', and a series of topics including the split in the American body politic, class and judicial philosophy, the court's activism on major political issues, and much more. Learn more in 'The Judiciary's Class War'…

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Daniel Hannan on Populism, the EU, and the Hangover from the Financial Crisis - Full Interview 24:15

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British MEP Daniel Hannan sits down with Ben Weingarten, Senior Fellow of the London Center for Policy Research and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss MEP Hannan's essay in the new book “Vox Populi: The Perils and Promises of Populism.” MEP Hannan and Weingarten discuss a series of topics including the anti-progressive character of modern …

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Victor Davis Hanson Trump's Unlikely Populism - Full Interview 23:20

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Professor Victor Davis Hanson, Senior Fellow of the Hoover Institution, sits down with Ben Weingarten, Senior Fellow of the London Center for Policy Research and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Prof. Hanson's essay in the new book “Vox Populi: The Perils and Promises of Populism.” Prof. Hanson and Weingarten discuss a series of topics i…

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Rupert Darwall Exposes the Nazi Roots of Environmentalism 1:17

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Rupert Darwall, a strategy consultant, policy analyst and former special adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer sits down with Ben Weingarten, conservative writer and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Darwall’s new book “Green Tyranny: Exposing the Totalitarian Roots of the Climate Industrial Complex.” Darwall and Weingarten discuss a…

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The Left's Economic Achilles Heel on Environmentalism Could Be Politically Devastating 1:22

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Rupert Darwall, a strategy consultant, policy analyst and former special adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer sits down with Ben Weingarten, conservative writer and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Darwall’s new book “Green Tyranny: Exposing the Totalitarian Roots of the Climate Industrial Complex.” Darwall and Weingarten discuss a…

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Is Climate Change Really Just 'Ethics for the Wealthy?’ 1:38

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Rupert Darwall, a strategy consultant, policy analyst and former special adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer sits down with Ben Weingarten, conservative writer and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Darwall’s new book “Green Tyranny: Exposing the Totalitarian Roots of the Climate Industrial Complex.” Darwall and Weingarten discuss a…

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Why the Paris Climate Accord Represents a Fight for America's Soul 3:19

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Rupert Darwall, a strategy consultant, policy analyst and former special adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer sits down with Ben Weingarten, conservative writer and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Darwall’s new book “Green Tyranny: Exposing the Totalitarian Roots of the Climate Industrial Complex.” Darwall and Weingarten discuss a…

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How Sweden Became a Dominant Soft Power in Environmentalism 2:31

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Rupert Darwall, a strategy consultant, policy analyst and former special adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer sits down with Ben Weingarten, conservative writer and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Darwall’s new book “Green Tyranny: Exposing the Totalitarian Roots of the Climate Industrial Complex.” Darwall and Weingarten discuss a…

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How the Acid Rain Fraud Served as a Dry Run for the Climate Change Movement 2:55

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Rupert Darwall, a strategy consultant, policy analyst and former special adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer sits down with Ben Weingarten, conservative writer and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Darwall’s new book “Green Tyranny: Exposing the Totalitarian Roots of the Climate Industrial Complex.” Darwall and Weingarten discuss a…

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Rupert Darwall Full Interview on Green Tyranny 27:44

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Rupert Darwall, a strategy consultant, policy analyst and former special adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer sits down with Ben Weingarten, conservative writer and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Darwall’s new book “Green Tyranny: Exposing the Totalitarian Roots of the Climate Industrial Complex.” Darwall and Weingarten discuss a…

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Lessons from Vasily Maklakov's Life for Liberal Reformers in Tyrannical Regimes 5:33

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Lessons from Vasily Maklakov's Life for Liberal Reformers in Tyrannical Regimes by Encounter BooksBy Encounter Books

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Vasily Maklakov's Involvement in the Assassination of Rasputin 4:44

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Vasily Maklakov's Involvement in the Assassination of Rasputin by Encounter BooksBy Encounter Books

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Vasily Maklakov's Dealings with Stolypin 4:22

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Vasily Maklakov's Dealings with Stolypin by Encounter BooksBy Encounter Books

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Vasily Maklakov's Prudence 1:27

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Vasily Maklakov's Prudence by Encounter BooksBy Encounter Books

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Vasily Maklakov and the Jews 3:27

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Vasily Maklakov and the Jews by Encounter BooksBy Encounter Books

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Judge Stephen F. Williams Full Interview on The Reformer 40:27

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Judge Stephen F. Williams Full Interview on The Reformer by Encounter BooksBy Encounter Books

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Doug Schoen Full Interview on Putin on the March 22:38

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Doug Schoen, one of the world's preeminent pollsters, pundits and political consultants, sits down with Ben Weingarten, Senior Fellow at the London Center for Policy Research and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Schoen's new book “Putin on the March: The Russian President's Unchecked Global Advance.” Schoen and Weingarten discuss a serie…

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Doug Schoen on What Pundits Get Wrong About Putin and the 2016 US Presidential Election 1:01

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Doug Schoen, one of the world's preeminent pollsters, pundits and political consultants, sits down with Ben Weingarten, Senior Fellow at the London Center for Policy Research and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Schoen's new book “Putin on the March: The Russian President's Unchecked Global Advance.” Schoen and Weingarten discuss a serie…

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What Makes Putin's Russia Different from Past Adversarial Russian Regimes? 1:18

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Doug Schoen, one of the world's preeminent pollsters, pundits and political consultants, sits down with Ben Weingarten, Senior Fellow at the London Center for Policy Research and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Schoen's new book “Putin on the March: The Russian President's Unchecked Global Advance.” Schoen and Weingarten discuss a serie…

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Doug Schoen on Whether America Should Try to Create a Wedge Between Russia and China 1:31

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Doug Schoen, one of the world's preeminent pollsters, pundits and political consultants, sits down with Ben Weingarten, Senior Fellow at the London Center for Policy Research and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Schoen's new book “Putin on the March: The Russian President's Unchecked Global Advance.” Schoen and Weingarten discuss a serie…

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What is Putin Seeking to Accomplish in Europe? 1:48

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Doug Schoen, one of the world's preeminent pollsters, pundits and political consultants, sits down with Ben Weingarten, Senior Fellow at the London Center for Policy Research and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Schoen's new book “Putin on the March: The Russian President's Unchecked Global Advance.” Schoen and Weingarten discuss a serie…

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Doug Schoen Does Not Believe We Have the Capabilities to Counter Russia and China in Cyber 1:18

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Doug Schoen, one of the world's preeminent pollsters, pundits and political consultants, sits down with Ben Weingarten, Senior Fellow at the London Center for Policy Research and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Schoen's new book “Putin on the March: The Russian President's Unchecked Global Advance.” Schoen and Weingarten discuss a serie…

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F.H. Buckley's Novel Solution for Curtailing Corruption in Our Republic 2:29

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F.H. Buckley, Foundation Professor at George Mason University’s Scalia School of Law, and Senior Editor at The American Spectator, sits down with Ben Weingarten, Senior Fellow at the London Center for Policy Research and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Buckley's new book “The Republic of Virtue: How We Tried to Ban Corruption, Failed, a…

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F.H. Buckley Demolishes Campaign Finance Reform 3:26

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F.H. Buckley, Foundation Professor at George Mason University’s Scalia School of Law, and Senior Editor at The American Spectator, sits down with Ben Weingarten, Senior Fellow at the London Center for Policy Research and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Buckley's new book “The Republic of Virtue: How We Tried to Ban Corruption, Failed, a…

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F.H. Buckley: You Can't Be Hayekian and a Constitutional Conservative 2:05

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F.H. Buckley, Foundation Professor at George Mason University’s Scalia School of Law, and Senior Editor at The American Spectator, sits down with Ben Weingarten, Senior Fellow at the London Center for Policy Research and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Buckley's new book “The Republic of Virtue: How We Tried to Ban Corruption, Failed, a…

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F.H. Buckley Full Interview on The Republic of Virtue 27:49

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F.H. Buckley, Foundation Professor at George Mason University’s Scalia School of Law, and Senior Editor at The American Spectator, sits down with Ben Weingarten, Senior Fellow at the London Center for Policy Research and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Buckley's new book “The Republic of Virtue: How We Tried to Ban Corruption, Failed, a…

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