039 - The 2020 Human Misery Olympics

We strike a pose like Janus, the dual-faced god looking both to the past and future simultaneously, and mostly dig into other years throughout history that are held in infamy from our perch here at the end of 2020 and the dawn of 2021.General RecommendationsJD's Recommendation: One PieceJNM's Recommendations: 1) Midsommar (Director's Cut) 2) Ari Aster on Midsommar, Cathartic Endings, the Director's Cut, and His Favorite Films 3) Ari Aster | Hereditary | Film Comment Talk 4) Ari Aster Discusses the Director's Cut of MidsommarFurther Reading, Viewing, ListeningLife for the Average Family During the Great DepressionMemories of the 1918 Pandemic From Those Who Survived536 AD — the worst year in historyAn Average Day In The Life Of A 14th-Century Plague VictimDaily life of the Athenian Everyday Life in Ancient GreeceLocationless Locationsheatdeathpod.comEvery show-related link is corralled and available here.Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpodJD Newland - @jdnewlandJoshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingActPlease send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: [email protected] us Fan MailSupport the showSupport: patreon / buzzsprout