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Oct 3, 2025 48 min

Popcorn Eschaton 66 - 'Eight Men Out'

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In the midst of autumn, we're all in the mood to celebrate the Fall Classic and America's pastime! And on Popcorn Eschaton, that also means interrogating worker exploitation! Scott and John discuss John Sayles's 1988 adaptation of the Eliot Asinof book 'Eight Men Out,' using it as a springboard to talk about gambling in sports, why we love sports movies, and how sports can be great unifiers. Logo designed by Jesse Arnold (https://www.instagram.com/just.shelve.it/) Theme music is "Sun Blood" by Oxeneers (https://oxeneers1.bandcamp.com/) Song at the end is "Harry Caray performing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game." Oh no! Using a Chicago Cubs icon as a tag to a movie about the Chicago White Sox! Sacrilege!

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