HeyJaredModerate Fantasy Violence
Welcome to Moderate Fantasy Violence, a fortnightly podcast about pop culture and the world around it, as discussed by Nick Bryan and Alastair JR Ball. Nick will probably launch into a tangent about comics, Alastair will likely go for politics. Both are equally worthwhile.
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- Sep 10, 2026
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- Jul 16, 2026
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MFV #275 - The raw soggy stuff (opens the original)
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This fortnight, two movies from the cult favourite end of the cinema that we've been enormously looking forward to - it's erotic comedy-drama Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (15:42) and silly animation-live-action combined movie Coyote Vs Acme (30:52). Also includes bonus chat about the fifteenth season of King of the Hill and the current run of Marvel's Moon Knight comics.
MFV #274 - Reaching for sexposition (opens the original)
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This fortnight, we've stayed indoors catching up on some of the big franchise TV shows - it's X-Men '97 season 2 (9:48) and House of the Dragon season 3 (22:59). Some spoilers during the X-Men review, though we're pretty well-behaved for the dragons. Also some bonus chat about self-explanatory comic The Florida Hippopotamus Cocaine Massacre and Anthony Bourdain biopic Tony.
MFV #273 - The Spider-Male Loneliness Epidemic (opens the original)
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This fortnight, some major cinematic moments as we cover the massive new supermovie Spider-Man: Brand New Day (14:03, with spoilers from 26:39) and also-huge horror hit Obsession (36:16). Plus extra chat about Maxxxine and the fifth season of For All Mankind.
MFV #272 - Entering his Dad phase (opens the original)
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This fortnight, we head out on an epic sea voyage into Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey (12:59) and the dark haunted island of Widow's Bay (35:13). Plus bonus chat about the second Absolute Batman storyline and the novel The Will of the Many by James Islington.
MFV #271 - A Hugh Jackman retrospective (opens the original)
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This fortnight, we cover the final season of culinary stress factory The Bear (17:06) and farm-based murder mystery The Sheep Detectives (34:33). Plus bonus chat about the new The Pretty Reckless album (with a tangent about the new one from Muse) and animal horror comics Stray Dogs and Feral.
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