We discuss THE MENU (2022) and its place in the context of the current wave of "eat the rich" cinema. PLUS: we discuss Walter Isaacson's new hagiography of Elon Musk, and Joe Biden's wildly successful "I'm fit for office" press conference. Michael and Us is a podcast about political cinema and our crumbling world hosted by Will Sloan and Luke Savage. * * * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Plus: Matt Notowidigdo on recessions and life expectancy.
On the Jacquerie, a medieval uprising against French nobility.
Discussing medical debt and the suffering it causes.
Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman's meta-movie.
On the 1937 strike and the state's brutal response.
With Luke Savage, Frances Abele, and Jonathan Sas.
Eric Blanc and Hassan El-Tayyab also join.
Featuring Emily Dische-Becker on how Germany became attached to a wildly narcissistic anti-antisemitism and Israeli proxy nationalism that have made it one of the most resolutely anti-Palestinian governments on earth...
How did the CIO realize the dream of industrial unionism?
We turn to the most discussed movie of the year.
On South Africa's legal challenge to Israel’s war on Gaza.
And another view on Hezbollah.
Featuring Helen Lackner on the Houthis, the politics of their attacks on Red Sea shipping, and the long history of Yemen from British colonial Aden through the current civil war. ..
On the CIO’s first three major victories.
Plus: Wanda Bertram of the Prison Policy Initiative.
Key figures of the CIO.
Plus: Americans’ love-hate relationship with drugs.
Featuring Ashley Mears on her book Very Important People: Status and Beauty in the Global Party Circuit...
Aki Kaurismäki's funny and wonderful FALLEN LEAVES (2023).