Steve Ormosi

Literature: Thank You by Alejandro Zambra

The Lost Signals discuss relationships, perspective and a traumatic taxi cab ride featured in the story  “Thank You” by Alejandro Zambra.

[Aggregate score: 7]

“Benny Hill Style Theme” by Orion Williams

Film & TV: Darkest Hour

The Signals head to jolly old England to hang out with Winston Churchill. It just happens to be during the country’s Darkest Hour. [Aggregate score: 8.3]

Games & Gaming Culture: AMA With Game Designer Ara Shirinian

TLS returns to talk with our favorite guest, and yours, game designer Ara Shirinian a sort of loose AMA session. Big thanks to everyone who submitted a question, and we will be speaking with Ara again sometime in the near future, so be sure to keep and ear, and eye out.

Check out more from Ara on:

instagram
Youtube Channel
Twitter

Film & TV: Phantom Thread

It is Oscar season and the Lost Signals is catching up on the “best” movies of the year.  Today’s episode features Daniel Day Lewis in a classy reboot of 50 Shades of Grey. [Aggregate Score: 8]

Literature: They by Robert Heinlein and Eight O’Clock in the Morning by Ray Nelson

In a Lost Signals first, the crew simultaneously reviews two works that share many narrative and thematic similarities.  We are less Roger Ebert and more Henry Ford.

 

 

AFI Top 100 #068: Unforgiven

The Lost Signals heads to the western frontier to deconstruct the genre and its characters with Clint Eastwood’s classic, “Unforgiven,” #68 on the AFI top 100. [Aggregate score: 9]

Philosophy & Narrative: Performative Knowledge

A new year of philosophizing with Steven Ormosi, Scott Thurlow, and Jonathan Ian Manczur.  Old Johnny is going through some nasty philosophical crises about narrative, bias, and knowledge acquisition.  Listen in or go watch these instead:

Mark Blyth

Robert Reich

Film & TV: The Big Sick

For a change of pace, the Signals check out a relatively more optimistic (and possible Oscar contender) film, The Big Sick.

[Aggregate score: 9.3]

On the Horn: Cody D. Boyce from Rogue Squadron Podcast

Some of you may recall that we met Cody at 2017’s Podcast Movement among a group of other great folks and recorded a couple of episodes with him back then. Considering he co-hosts a Star Wars podcast, we wanted to get back in touch to hear his thoughts about The Last Jedi, so we just had a somewhat informal chat the other day. Cody was also nice enough to record video and live stream for us, so double thanks go to him.

You can experience more of Cody and his Star Wars geekiness at:
https://www.roguesquadronpodcast.com
https://www.facebook.com/roguesquadpod
https://www.patreon.com/roguesquadpod
and on Instagram and Twitter @roguesquadpod

Film & TV: Bright

The Lost Signals takes a look at Netflix’s gritty buddy-cop-fantasy-drama, “Bright.” Leave the burrito, take the wand.

[Aggregate score: 8]