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 Recommendations JD's Recommendation: One Piece JNM'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 Midsommar Further Reading, Viewing, Listening Life for the Average Family During the Great Depression Memories of the 1918 Pandemic From Those Who Survived 536 AD — the worst year in history An Average Day In The Life Of A 14th-Century Plague Victim Daily life of the Athenian Everyday Life in Ancient Greece Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com 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