Get a pulse check on your hosts’ emotional wellbeing, as they read off their recent binge lists (5:49)
Sci-Fi corner: Annihilation (13:36, Netflix)
Has horror transcended from genre to genre-agnostic storytelling mechanism? (23:10)
Barbie (26:25)
Oppenheimer (40:23)
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ky & bradford discuss their barbenheimer double header plans, and propose a zeit-approved triple header, they close the book on their mid life martini experimentation, bradford adopts henry cavill’s workout regimen, ky takes another reluctant step into horror movies
Past Lives (14:14, iTunes&Prime)
Burning, again (17:36, 20:49, iTunes&Prime)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (18:25, iTunes&Prime)
Paris Texas (23:41, Max)
The Witcher (29:05, Netflix)
His House (35:42, Netflix)
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spoiler free, except for beef
ky recounts his two most recent theater experiences, Beau is Afraid and Spiderman, and keeps the korean movie train rolling with a Walt Whitman inspired thematic meditation. bradford likes tv now? and a best in class dad movie, Dungeons & Dragons
On the Beach at Night Alone (4:35, iTunes)
Beau is Afraid (12:07, theaters)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (21:23, theaters)
Beef (27:53, Netflix)
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (31:31, iTunes)
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rule #1: listen at your own risk. rule #2: never cross the 5 martini abyss once in your 30s.
stick with us on this mostly uncut 30 min journey, as we battle martini demons and manage to bring you our top 3 picks for summer 2023 movie season. and we close out the ep in a way we still feel a little weird about.
Our summer hit list (3:27):
Poor Things (Yorgos Lanthimos)
Barbie (Greta Gerwig)
Oppenheimer (Christopher Nolan)
Asteroid City (Wes Anderson)
Pixar’s Elemental
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back from hiatus #4, after brad went dark to save his family, he drops a bombshell confession that zeit studio is still processing (28:43), we unpack the correlation between ky’s dating life, steven yeun’s career trajectory, and the fetishization of asian men (13:04), and rehash some classic rewatches.
recs:
brad’s dad movies (9:09): Conan the Barbarian, AKA (“KAK”), Starship Troopers, Dawn of the Dead, Tears of the Sun, The Mother
John Mulaney: Baby J (24:33, Netflix)
brad’s tv hits (28:16): Jury Duty, Daisy Jones & The Six, Beef (35:54, Netflix)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (37:36, Prime)
Smile (44:29, Prime)
Blue Velvet (52:28, HBOMax)
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We discuss trying to find our audience, brad’s dad movies allegedly overlapping with political extremists’, and why Lee Chang-Dong’s Burning (28:48, iTunes&Prime) might be better than Parasite.
recs:
Brad’s dad movies: The Bourne Supremacy, The Thing, The Chronicles of Riddick, Robocop (2014) (5:25, 8chan)
Icarus XB 1 (9:28, literally nowhere besides Metrograph)
John Wick: Chapter 4 (19:52, theaters)
Burning (28:48, iTunes&Prime)
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Back from our sickness cleanse hiatus, we close out our Linklater conversation with Before Midnight (12:11, iTunes&Prime), we discuss Rotten Tomatoes scoring for doctors (1:29), and unpack the highly plausible theory: will microplastics be the downfall of humanity (8:45)?
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This week we get called out as podcast bros by the great news media, we uncover Bradford’s unorthodox haircut routine, we debate a millennial lifehack for drinking during the week, and we also manage to talk about some movies.
Certified zeitgeist:
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Holiest of days, St. Valentine’s: tune in to hear our thoughts on vday as capitalist propaganda, the unveiling of our new feedback and content request program, docs on docs on docs (read: documentaries, for the boomers in the back), the decline of children’s television, and IMDB ratings = Russian troll farm??
Certified zeitgeist:
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The gang discusses the influence of Miyazaki on Avatar, that guy who always has to namedrop his company in polite conversation, white male climber toxicity, and more.
certified fresh:
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Bradford compares a movie going experience to seeing the great pyramids. KY recounts a recent arthouse theater experience, and breaks down the top streamed shows and movies of the month.
The lineup:
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We embark on another year in zeit history grateful for 2023 as we recap our holiday content binge. Bradford also recaps his once-in-a-decade $1,200 dinner date. If you listen closely you might also hear the innocent cooing of Bradford’s newborn and newest zeitbuster subscriber.
Our holiday entertainment:
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We kick off with some Thanksgiving catchup before dropping some big news for the zeit fam. Then we spend 8 minutes on our feature, Thor: Love and Thunder (24:12, Disney+). Then we await the birth of Bradford’s 2nd baby. But while we wait: Bullet Train, (8:24, Netflix) Wednesday (11:19, Netflix) White Lotus s2 (15:19, HBO MAX) Bodies Bodies Bodies (18:23, Apple iTunes) Check us out on ig @zeitbusterpod for some moody reels and upcoming episode teasers. Email us at zeitbuster@gmail.com for feedback and content requests. Or check us out on Letterboxd (KY & Bradford) where we post tasty vignettes.
The zeit train rolls on into the much anticipated upcoming golden period of content viewing: December. Plus some potentially big pod news dropping from us soon for our loyal zeit fans, stay tuned…
A quick Thanksgiving ep this week, as we give thanks to our lord and savior A24 for gracing us with veiled (maybe too veiled) genius in our latest feature, After Yang (21:57, iTunes). And a resounding zeit recommendation to watch the opening credits sequence, arguably a top 5 Colin Farrell performance.
But first, our awesome obligatory offerings:
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As the zeit gains crucial content momentum heading into the final stretch of 2022, your favorite hosts haggle over the recent happenings of the current and future state of the content industry (6:37) before diving head first into the highly anticipated discussion of this week’s feature, The Northman (28:23, Prime).
But first, the capable crew crank out some brief thoughts on our recent content slate:
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The Big C(ovid) returns as a guest star on the zeit, outshining your favorite co-hosts with total content hours watched this month. We discuss the deluge of post-Summer, pre-Winter (otherwise known as Fall) slate of streaming content of both the new and the old, before diving into another A24 onion (more of a shallot this time), Zola (47:42, Prime), and the viral twitter thread that inspired it.
But first, the precocious pair pontificate on a deep backlog of watched content:
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After hiatus #4, your favorite fanboys are back in action and joined by a special surprise late night guest. Many scholars consider The Zeit to be clairvoyant, and the trio put this notion to the test in a wide-ranging dialogue before your hosts forge ahead with the much anticipated dive into the madness of MAD GOD (34:14, Prime).
But first a jaunt through more jovial topics:
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Finally back on our monthly grind, your patriotic pair are flying high off their Independence Day double header: Top Gun & Top Gun: Maverick (41:47, Apple iTunes) featuring the one and only Tommy C.
But first, the duo dabble in the depths of darkness with:
Honorable & Dishonorable Mentions (37:17):
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After hiatus #3, your hyenic hosts are back in action with their hot takes on the evolution of the Star Wars Industrial Complex through the lens of Disney’s most recent exploits. Star Wars: Obi Wan Kenobi, The Book of Boba Fett, and Episodes I-III (38:31, Disney+).
And the all important topic of Darth Jar Jar, Sith Lord? Dive into the fan theory
But first, what we’ve been watching:
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After hiatus #2, the deontological duo is back in action this week with a deep dive into the evolution of the Zeitgeist of high (cinematic) art. Like have you ever seen an Oscar-winning movie…on weed?
The high art lineup: Nine Days, Mass, The Power of the Dog, and CODA.
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