012 - Kill Yr Idols: Political Phantasmagoria Edition

In this late night edition, we talk about wishful thinking, hero-worship, myth-making, cults of personality, et cetera, within in the political realm, be it through mind-numbingly inane fanfiction, terrible Hollywood screenwriters, or the delusional cries into the chasm of twitter and reddit and the like. General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: The Boys (again, oops) & Psycho Mall Walker JNM's Recommendation: One Strange Rock Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Read No Politician Deserves Fan Fiction Ben Garrison image search Jon McNaughton image search The Strange, Nostalgic World of Obama-Biden Fan Fiction Hope Never Dies: An Obama Biden Mystery, et al. Joe Biden: It Would Be an Insult to My Dead Son for Everyone to Have Healthcare 'The West Wing's' idealism looks even better 20 years after its first Emmy Listen West Wing Thing (podcast) Locationless Locations Every show-related link is corralled and available here. Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: [email protected] Send us Fan Mail Support the show Support: patreon / buzzsprout