No Gods, No Monsters

Episode 33: King Kong Escapes (1967)

We discuss this scathing critique of civilization and learn why Kongs should be wild and free, swimming from island to island rocking dinos.

Episode 32: [Caliban and] The Witch (2015)

We talk about Silvia Federici's book Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body, and Primitive Accumulation and use the text to gain a new perspective on the 2015 film The Witch.

The Witch Hunt is ongoing. Support reproductive justice. Here are some organizations you can support:

Buckle Bunnies Fund: An abortion mutual aid collective that offers material support to abortion seekers in Texas. (bucklebunnies.org)

National Network of Abortion Funds: a network of grassroots organizations working to remove barriers to abortion access. (abortionfunds.org)

Sister Song: A southern based, black women led national reproductive justice collective. (sistersong.net)

The book is free to read here: https://files.libcom.org/files/Caliban%20and%20the%20Witch.pdf

Episode 31: Gamera vs Gyaos (1967)

When a heartless corporation plans to displace villagers to make room for a new freeway, we all know who the villain is, right? Right?? Right?!?!

Episode 30: Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966)

Robbing banks, stealing yachts, picking locks and dance dance dancing! Lay back and let the surf rock take you--if you dare... It's Ebirah!

Guest Spot: Tokyo Signals - The X-Files, ”Quagmire”

Rob from Tokyo Signals--a spin-off show of Tokyo Lives--had us on for our second appearance, this time to talk about a monster from the third season of The X-Files.

Go check out the Tokyo Lives podcast for more great kaiju content! And if you haven't already, go to their feed to listen to their Kong holiday special from December 2021, where we also have a segment.

Episode 29: Society (1989) ft. El Barto

Society. What is it? Is it real? Are we for or against it? We dive into our first ever non-giant monster movie to find out, with help from guest El Barto!

Trans kids in Texas need your support right now. If you aren't sure how to help, here are a few groups that can help get you started:

TXtransKids.org has resources for legal help, updates, and how to be an advocate.

Equality Texas is the largest nonpartisan statewide political advocacy organization working for the elimination of discrimination targeting the LGBTQ community, and could use your donations: equalitytexas.org

Lambda Legal is a legal organization fighting for full recognition of the civil rights of the LGBTQ community through impact litigation, education, and public policy work: lambdalegal.org

This episode contains potentially triggering topics. There's a more in-depth content warning at the start of the episode.

Episode 28: Gamera vs Barugon (1966)

Gamera, plus rainbows that destroy tanks. What else do you need?

Episode 27: The War of the Gargantuas (1966)

Inspired by the titular Frankenbros, Charlie and Rabbit fight like Gaira and Sanda throughout the episode, calling truce for google breaks of course. Things get pretty deep as Rabbit brings up some theories about the film's political undertones/underclones, and Charlie keeps things classy with some dating advice.

Episode 26: Dune (2021)

More Dune! This is part two of our mini Dune series, this time talking about Denis Villeneuve's Dune: Part 1 and, again, the books. You should probably listen to our episode on David Lynch's Dune before starting this one, because this is a continuation of that conversation. Warning: Spoilers for the books and likely for events that will take place in Dune: Part 2.

Episode 25: Dune (1984)

It’s the first movie of season 2, baby! This is the first of our two-part Dune series. We focus on the movie but talk about the book(s), too. Warning: This has a few small spoilers for stuff that happens in later books.