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1. Whiplash
01:01:34||Season 2, Ep. 1Drumroll please … Sara goes to Hollywood is back! Season two kicks off with a souped-up squad as sound engineering supremo and pod favourite Olly Thompson joins Sara and Brendan LIVE in the studio to scatter pearls of professional wisdom over our discussion of 2014 indie nail-biter Whiplash. We aim for the pinnacle of podcasting as we percussively probe the pic’s portrayal of poor pedagogy, painful pleasures, paternal power, and all that jazz (ba-dum tish). Plus poetry corner returns with a special sonic tribute to Hank Levy courtesy of Olly. There are no two words in the English language more harmful than “good pod”.
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16. There Will Be Blood
45:33||Season 1, Ep. 16I. Record. Your. Podcast. I record it up! Join Sara and Brendan for an oil-booming deep dive into Paul Thomas Anderson’s 2007 masterpiece There Will Be Blood. There will be adventurous interpretations of the film’s rich symbolism. There will be diverting digressions on extraction equipment. And there will of course be another particularly petroleum-perfumed portion of poetry corner. I’ll have what she’s drilling!15. Festen
50:03||Season 1, Ep. 15Sara 95 manifesto. Rule 1. The 1998 Danish drama Festen must be discussed, paying particular attention to the film’s unconventional cinematography and dark themes. Rule 2. The film must be placed in context of the Dogma 95 movement. Rule 3. Comparisons must be drawn with other works by director Thomas Vinterberg and the film’s spiritual descendants must be mentioned. Rule 4. Poetry corner must return for a basically bacchanalian bonanza of haphazard haikus.14. 2001: A Space Odyssey
51:50||Season 1, Ep. 14Read my lips: in space, no one can hear you screen 2001: A Space Odyssey, but they can sure as Hal hear you podcast. Join commander Sara and lieutenant Brendan as we voyage through a few million years of human history chatting spaceship interior design, hominid habits, and how you can tell when you’re in a vortex. Plus stratospheric haiku harmonies return in a nebulously neoclassical edition of poetry corner. Houston, we have a podcast.13. Good Will Hunting
56:35||Season 1, Ep. 13It’s not your fault that Brendan and Sara watched Good Will Hunting. It’s not your fault that they discussed the nature of genius, the parallels with Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s careers, and the meaning of ‘them apples’. It’s not your fault that they found the slow motion fight scene bizarre and cheesy. It’s not your fault that there was more haiku-based hilarity in a bountifully Bostonian edition of poetry corner. It’s not your fault.12. Harold and Maude
43:36||Season 1, Ep. 12I should like to change into a podcaster most of all: Brendan and Sara hotwire the nearest convertible and speed down the interstate discussing 1971 cult classic Harold and Maude. We chat beautiful friendships, the ethics of tree theft, and the pointedly un-Romeo-and-Juliet-like ending of this bizarre, wonderful film. Plus poetry corner returns with another irresistible instalment of life-affirming haiku energy. I couldn’t imagine a lovelier podcast.11. Force Majeure
42:55||Season 1, Ep. 11Sara and Brendan hit the slopes to glide through Ruben Östlund’s alpine romp Force Majeure (2014). An avalanche of accurate synopsis and insightful commentary descends over the pod as we chat ski infrastructure, primal screaming, and holiday childcare etiquette. Après-ski, a blizzard of beauty beckons in a suitably sublime iteration of poetry corner. Don’t look down!