HeyJaredThe Middle of Culture
The Middle of Culture is what happens when two siblings with too many opinions and not enough chill dive headfirst into movies, music, video games, and whatever else is rotting our brains this week. It’s part pop culture podcast, part sibling rivalry, and fully unfiltered.
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Two Total Recalls, Only One Verhoeven (opens the original)
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A flooded basement, Rebecca Black's new album, a detour into real 70s Japanese jazz, and a ten-volume manga binge open the show before Eden's report on Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma and the new Resident Evil. Peter brings the Iliad, new Sigh and Igorrr, two solo cellists, and Anthrax's first album in a decade. Then it's the second round of Arnold vs. the remake: Paul Verhoeven's Total Recall (1990) against Len Wiseman's Total Recall (2012) — Verhoeven wins on social satire, Sharon Stone, and
Six Mt Rushmores, One Foley Catheter (opens the original)
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We open this week with the promise of an 18-day podcastathon — complete with a urologist's catheter and a rectal trumpet — before getting into what we've actually been consuming. Peter is working through The Iliad and saw Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey , which we both agree is a fine three-hour movie saddled with a divisive "wet fart" of an ending. He also brings new albums from Mastodon ( Marrow Deep , a grief-soaked triumph) and Russian Circles ( Nine ), while Eden counters with gloriously ba
Conan the Barbarian: The 1982 Masterpiece vs. the 2011 Disaster (opens the original)
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Peter and Eden compare the two Conan the Barbarian movies — the 1982 John Milius original that made Arnold Schwarzenegger a star, and the 2011 Jason Momoa remake. Peter, mid-outline on a new novel using Jessica Brody's Save the Cat beat sheet, finds the 1982 film fascinating but slow precisely because it ignores modern story beats in favor of a mythic, Wagnerian hero; the 2011 film follows every rule and lands soulless. They break down why the remake fails on nearly every front, geek out over Ja
Serial Killers, Steam Decks, and Seven-String Guitars (opens the original)
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Eden and Peter talk about what they've been consuming lately — Peter is deep on Meshuggah's newly remastered catalog while Eden is watching way too much seasonal anime. The main event is a deep dive into Of the Devil , a stylish cyberpunk visual novel where you play a defense attorney who is also the serial killer. They also wrestle with the state of the games industry, why they're buying indie games over AAA behemoths, and why "shorter games with worse graphics" is a genuine consumer philosophy
The Rest is History, the Movies are not (opens the original)
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Peter and Eden catch up after the UK trip — The Rest Is History Festival at Hampton Court Palace, Westminster Abbey, Hadestown, and why walking London at night feels safer than any US city. Then the pop culture blitz: Peter power-watched Fast 8–10 and Tron: Ares on the plane (he has Opinions). Eden brings new music (Rebecca Black, Blackpink with Chris Martin), K-pop supergroup collabs, two weird indie games, and a defense of the new Masters of the Universe movie. Show Notes Rest is History Festi
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