Michael and Us: Empire Records w/ Meagan Day & Branko Marcetic Feb. 23, 2023

from Jacobin Radio· ·

Some topics are too vast, too vital for us to cover on our own. Today, we address one such topic. We invited Jacobin 's Meagan Day and Branko Marcetic for a roundtable discussion on EMPIRE RECORDS (1995). We proffer some theories about why this attempt to hit the Gen X zeitgeist resonated more strongly with millennials, and how its depiction of alt-culture proved life-changing for at least one of the panelists. Our previous symposium on You've Got Mail (1998) - Meagan at the Oxford Union - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEnqmgVaOjc Michael and Us is a podcast about political cinema and our …



Some topics are too vast, too vital for us to cover on our own. Today, we address one such topic. We invited Jacobin 's Meagan Day and Branko Marcetic for a roundtable discussion on EMPIRE RECORDS (1995). We proffer some theories about why this attempt to hit the Gen X zeitgeist resonated more strongly with millennials, and how its depiction of alt-culture proved life-changing for at least one of the panelists.

Our previous symposium on You've Got Mail (1998) -

Meagan at the Oxford Union - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEnqmgVaOjc

Michael and Us is a podcast about political cinema and our crumbling world hosted by Will Sloan and Luke Savage.


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