{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6668a3bca033650012adeb34/699b5ac768ec8626d2d3e7e2?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Childs Was Right","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6668a3bca033650012adeb34/1771788845872-5b3691e1-ebd6-4893-9446-1c24ddcebae5.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In 1982, John Carpenter released <em>The Thing</em> — a film about paranoia in isolation.</p><p><br></p><p>But beneath the alien horror is a quieter question:</p><p><br></p><p>Why does crisis always seem to produce the same kind of leader?</p><p><br></p><p>From Snake Plissken to MacReady to Jack Burton, Carpenter’s collaborations with Kurt Russell trace the erosion of the American hero myth.</p><p><br></p><p>When the Berlin Wall fell, the external enemy collapsed. The crisis logic didn’t.</p><p>It moved inward.</p><p>This episode explores suspicion, authority, neoliberal shock, and why marginalized spaces are often testing grounds for what eventually reaches the centre.</p><p><br></p><p>Childs wasn’t the threat.</p><p>He was the warning.</p><p>—</p><p>Park Bench Ontology is a series examining culture, identity, and the systems that shape perception.</p><p><br></p><p>🎙 Park Bench Ontology — existential comedy for the end of the world.</p><p><br></p><p>🔗 Follow &amp; Support:</p><p>🌐 Website: http://gavinstephens.ca</p><p>🎧 Podcast: https://pod.link/uncolonized</p><p>📷 Instagram: @countgavin</p><p>🐦 Bluesky: gavinstephens.substack.com</p><p>🎵 TikTok: @ParkBenchOntology</p><p>📼 YouTube: http://youtube.com/@parkbenchontology</p><p><br></p><p>Also, Check out the Substack: Dispatch From The Simulation</p><p><br></p><p>Subscribe and leave a review!</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Gavin Stephens "}