Episodes
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Hiatus announcement
We're going on hiatus for three main reasons: firstly life has gotten in the way, secondly our patreon wasn't sufficient to cover our costs, and finally solidarity with the Writers' Strike. We'd like to thank all of our listeners and contributors. We'll see you in the future! Music by Tryad
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#IWD: Stepford Daughters (Johanna Isaacson on horror feminism)
For International Women's Day Ani's chatting to guest Johanna Isaacson about horror feminism. We're particularly drawing on her recent book Stepford Daughters: Weapons for Feminists in Contemporary Horror (2022). You can find more of Jo's work for free at Blindfield Journal, and she runs the...
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Extended Reality with guest Lidia Grigorut
Lidia Grigorut guests to discuss extended reality: a term including virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality. We discuss possible futures, how political economy shapes technology, and what the heck is the deal with the MetaVerse. More info and a music-free version at jetpack1917.info
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🎃 Horror we overlooked #3: 2000's-20's 🎃
🎃 Happy Halloween! 🧙♀️ In this finale, we conclude our reviews of horror we overlooked in last year's roundup of faves down the decades. We wrap up with recs from the 2000's-20's. Recs: Anything by Takashi Miike, Ginger Snaps (2000), Battle Royale (2000), In My Skin (2002), Three... Extremes...
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Horror we overlooked #2: 1980's-90's
Last year we picked favourite horror movies through the decades. This year we're reviewing horror we overlooked. In Part 2 of 3, we cover the 1980's-90's. Recs: Possession (1981), The Evil Dead (1981), Evil Dead II (1987), Mr Wrong (1984), Nightmare on Elm St (1984), plus documentaries Never…
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Horror we overlooked #1: 1970's
Ghosts, Nazis, and mutated bears! Oh my! Last Halloween we picked our favourite horror movies from each decade. However, any list of great horror movies will always be incomplete, so this year we're reviewing ones we overlooked. In the first of three parts, we review horror from the 1970's....
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Halloween Bonus: The Wicker Man and its descendants
Christianity vs paganism! Cult dynamics! Nicolas Cage: good or bad?! Our first Halloween episode features guest superfan Lucy Buchanan. We review folk horror classic The Wicker Man (1973), and its descendants The Wicker Man remake (2006), The Wicker Tree (2011) and Midsommar (2019). Edited by...
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Dodgy Things We've Believed
We discuss our dark pasts. Edited by PodCraft.ph's Zarah Meneses.
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COVID and Disability: Part 2
We conclude our discussion of disability rights in the age of COVID. Edited by Lindsay Curtis. Further credits at jetpack.zoob.net.
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COVID and Disability: Part 1
We discuss disability rights in the age of COVID. Edited by DJ Panda and Lindsay Curtis. Further credits at jetpack.zoob.net.
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Trans Rights
For our second Pride Month episode, Ani discusses trans rights with guest Lidia Grigorut. We apologise for the audio quality issues.
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Pride in the Philippines
Ani interviews RJ from Mindanao, Philippines on LGBT struggles there. Note: This was recorded before the national election of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. More info at tinyurl.com/pride-php-blog
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May Day: History of Chinese-Australian working class struggle
For our May Day bonus episode, we interview director Liam Ward on the history of Chinese-Australian working class struggle, as addressed in his documentary Do Nothing and Do It Well (2021).
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Syria Between the Politics of Life and the Geopolitics of Death: An interview with Yasser Munif
We interview Syrian academic and activist Yasser Munif on his book The Syrian Revolution: Between the Politics of Life and the Geopolitics of Death.
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Russian Invasion of Ukraine: An interview with Eric Draitser
We interview Eric Draitser of CounterPunch Radio on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. To find more of Eric's work please visit patreon.com/ericdraitser, and to support Ukrainian resistance please donate to operation-solidarity.org. Thumbnail image via iNews
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Anti-Fascist Movie Reviews
We review classic satirical anti-fascist movies: The Great Dictator (1940), The Producers (1967), Cabaret (1972), Starship Troopers (1997), and Dredd (2012). Thumbnail image from The Great Dictator.
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Kaiju Cycle 7: The Crawling Chaos
Nathaniel Derby Pickman's logs on the triumph of the Crawling Chaos, the Tall Man, the Walking Shadow. Opening poem performed by Durante Haire for LibriVox. Thumbnail image by Jens Heimdahl. More info at jetpack.zoob.net
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Halloween #2: Favourite horror movies each decade with guest Tyler West
Part 2 of our Halloween retrospective: Ani and guest Tyler West of Haunting The Studio pick their favourite horror movies of the 1990s-2020s (1920s-1980s covered in Part 1). Full list of movies at tinyurl.com/spook-jetpack2. Image from Scream (1996)
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Halloween #1: Favourite horror movies each decade with guest Tyler West
Happy Halloween! Ani and guest Tyler West of Haunting the Studio pick their favourite horror movies of each decade. In this part we cover the 1920s-1980s, followed by the 1990s-2020s to be covered in Part 2. Thumbnail image from Videodrome (1983). Full list of movies and further info at...
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Halloween Bonus: Social Reproduction Feminisms & Horror, a talk by Jo Isaacson
For a Halloween bonus this year, we’re hosting a talk by Jo Isaacson on Social Reproduction Feminisms and Horror. Jo writes academic and popular pieces on horror and politics. She is a professor of English at Modesto Junior College and a founding editor of Blind Field Journal. Her book Stepford...
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Kaiju Cycle 6.5: Interpretation
No Fate Project report (cont'): Reading between the lines and boiling down the contemporary relevance of Dyer's diary. Like total nerds. Diary full text at tinyurl.com/dyerdiary, read out at tinyurl.com/scripture-anchorfm Painting by Giovanni Paolo De Agostini.
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Kaiju Cycle 6: Scripture
No Fate Project report: we finally unearth the details of Dyer's doomed 1930s expedition to Antarctica. We interpet the diary's contemporary relevance at tinyurl.com/interpretation-anchor. Thumbnail image from François Baranger's illustration of HP Lovecraft's At The Mountains of Madness. More…
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Kaiju Cycle 5: Rampage
As the four remaining kaiju converge on Syria, and a separatist Silicon Valley cartel seizes control of California, our hero Derek Johnson receives worrying news from Antarctica. Violence ensues. Image by MasterChiefSnake
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Is there a 'middle class' or 'Professional-Managerial Class'?
The idea of a middle class has popular currency, with everyone from factory workers to millionaires self-identifying as 'middle class.' Meanwhile, the concept of a 'Professional-Managerial Class' has recently gained currency on the left. But is there a middle class? Is this the same thing as the...
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Rocketeer Retrofuturistic Retrospective Part III
On the 30th anniversary of the Rocketeer's release, the long-delayed third part of our Rocketeer review (the first two parts can be found in our first ever episode Wanting to Believe, and our 2019 Xmas bonus episode).
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July hiatus
An announcement to our regular listeners that due to personal circumstances, the Where's My Jetpack podcast is not releasing a July episode. We'll be back in August with the long-delayed final part of our Rocketeer Retrofuturistic Retrospective, an extended review of the overlooked superhero film...
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Pride #3: Edgy Queer Ultra-Left Sampler
Samples from the last 50+ years, from a queer ultra-left perspective. Thumbnail image: Quote from The Raspberry Reich (2004 feature film). More info at jetpack.zoob.net or tinyurl.com/q-ultra-blog
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Pride #2: Plus-size gay Latino actor Harvey Guillen
Pride Month #2: a retrospective on the work of plus-size gay Latino actor Harvey Guillen, particularly reviewing vampire sitcom What We Do in the Shadows, and criminally overlooked teen drama Huge. Thumbnail image, of Harvey Guillen by Valentina Vee. More info at jetpack.zoob.net or...
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Pride #1.5: Steven Universe w Ivy (continued)
Second of a two-part retrospective on the queer-friendly family TV show Steven Universe, with guest superfan Ivy Decker. Thumbnail: Derek as Greg Universe <3 More info at jetpack.zoob.net
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Pride #1: Steven Universe w guest Ivy Decker
First of a two-part retrospective on the queer-friendly family TV show Steven Universe, with guest superfan Ivy Decker. Thumbnail image: Ivy cosplays as Garnet, from Steven Universe. More info at jetpack.zoob.net
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Kaiju Cycle 4: Clash of the Kaiju
An update on the emergence of real life kaiju (strange beasts), particularly a battle between two Destroyers and two Protectors in the Mojave desert. Thumbnail art by @JCRev4 on twitter. More info at jetpack.zoob.net
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Biden-era socialist strategy
We discuss Biden-era socialist strategy with two guests, NY Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) members Hakan Yilmaz and Robert Cuffy. Thumbnail image from Yahoo News. More info at jetpack.zoob.net
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May Day bonus: All About My Mother (and her comrades)
A May Day story: the Rank and File Teachers' Organisation (RAFTO) in 1980s Aotearoa/New Zealand. Trigger warning for discussion of rape culture, and workplace abuse. Thumbnail image from Broadsheet Issue 113 (1983): Education Issue. More info at jetpack.zoob.net
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Kaiju Cycle 3: Three Weddings and Countless Funerals
An update on the emergence of real-life kaiju in our timeline, including the formation of three new pairs: two Protectors, two Destroyers, and two Sapphic scientists. Thumbnail image by Nicholas Roerich. More info at tinyurl.com/kaiju3-blog
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The Author is Undead: Audience interpretation and authorial intent
We discuss the question of who determines meaning: author, audience or both? Then we conclude with a review of Godzilla vs Kong (2021), with guest kaiju superfan Jase Short. Thumbnail art by Makar Malicki. More info at jetpack.zoob.net
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Godzilla vs Kong review w guest Jase Short
We review Godzilla vs Kong, with guest kaiju superfan Jase Short. Discussion ranges from style vs substance (which will triumph?!), to a deep dive on 'real-world' hollow earth theory, to ranking the Legendary MonsterVerse. More info at jetpack.zoob.net
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Kaiju Cycle 2: Emu War II: First Blood
An update on the emergence of real-life kaiju in our timeline, including the clash between the North American Bird of Prey and Australian Mega-Dromaius, a decisive battle in Emu War II. Thumbnail art by JuggaloICP. More info at jetpack.zoob.net
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Syrian Revolution 10th anniversary: Razan Ghazzawi interview
On the 10th anniversary of the Syrian Revolution, we interview exiled Syrian-Palestinian scholar-activist Razan Ghazzawi. More info at jetpack.zoob.net
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Bonus: Byron Clark on the far right in Aotearoa/New Zealand
March 15th is the second anniversary of the Christchurch far-right terrorist attack. We honour the dead, and fight for the living. Accordingly, we're hosting a talk by video essayist Byron Clark on the state of the far right in Aotearoa/New Zealand, two years later. This was originally recorded…
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Bonus: Lebanese, US and Latin American movements
Over March, we're hosting a series of talks recorded at the annual conference of Fightback Aotearoa/Australia (fightback.org.nz), on the 23rd of January 2021. In this session, Lebanese Canadian writer and activist Jade Saab speaks about the Lebanese and regional uprisings, while Mexican-American...
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Bonus: Veteran activist Sue Bradford on left organisational futures in Aotearoa/New Zealand
Over March, we're hosting a series of talks recorded at the annual conference of Fightback Aotearoa/Australia (fightback.org.nz), on the 23rd of January 2021. This talk, by veteran Aotearoa/New Zealand activist Sue Bradford, concerns organisational futures for the left. The thumbnail image, of...
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Is Free Speech Racist?
We interview Irish scholar-activist Gavan Titley on his book Is Free Speech Racist? More info at jetpack.zoob.net
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Waitangi Day bonus: Constitutional transformation in the context of Aotearoa/New Zealand's indigenous history
Waitangi Day is Aotearoa/New Zealand's commemoration of the signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, the treaty between indigenous Māori and the Crown. This Waitangi Day, we broadcast a talk by Erin Matariki Carr, a lawyer of Ngāi Tūhoe and Ngāti Awa descent. The talk was originally delivered at a...
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Are Tankie Politics Racist?
Ani discusses tankie* politics and alternatives with returning guest Gayaal Iddamalgoda (a socialist, trade unionist, and migrant rights advocate). We touch on the history of the mass Sri Lankan Trotskyist movement, the left in the Philippines, and the Syrian Revolution among other topics…
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All anti-fascist transcripts online!
Thanks to all who contributed, we have now transcribed and released all 10+ hours of anti-fascist interviews, which can be found at tinyurl.com/jetpack-transcripts
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Kaiju Cycle 1: A Very Kaiju Christmas
No Fate Project report on the surprise emergence of seven real Kaiju* in our timeline, across seven continents. *Japanese word for ‘strange beast’, popularised by Godzilla. Original thumbnail art by Jared P Foust, see our Facebook for full size images!
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Kaiju Movies and Ecology
Happy (war on) Christmas 💚 This month kaiju* superfan Jase Short guest-stars, as we review six kaiju flicks, focusing on the ecological themes of these genre classics. We conclude with a No Fate Project report, on the surprise emergence of real Kaiju in our timeline. *Japanese word for ‘strange...
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Red-Brown Zombies: The Complete Story
9 reports from the No Fate Project, about the war against the zombie plague. Fourth-Wall Breaking Disclaimer: This arc was conceived before COVID-19, with the first part being broadcast in November 2019. It is based on Daphne Lawless’ concept of the Red-Brown Zombie Plague, the infection of far...
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Bonus: Deus Ex
No Fate Project Report No 9: A dark horse in the race turns the tide against the zombie plague. More info, and previous entries at jetpack.zoob.net. If you like what we do, and can spare some cash, please contribute financially at patreon.com/jetpack1917
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Our Insectoid Ancestors: Quatermass and the alien behind the familiar
We review the classic BBC sci-fi Quatermass serials written by Nigel Kneale, and their adaptations. Quatermass was immensely influential on Doctor Who, The X Files, and John Carpenter's work among other sci-fi and horror. We discuss Quatermass' themes including humanism, pacifism, paranoia, and…
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