Shallow & Pedantic
A Monthly Podcast by the creators of Unnamed Journal, designed to discuss literature, pop culture, and other assorted dorkeries.
Episodes
June 29, 2023 • 69 mins
For this episode, the nexus of Ralph Bakshi's rotoscoped animation and Frank Frazetta's musclepulp art: the 1983 animated cult classic Fire and Ice. Ready your axe, flee the glaciers, and dig the ride.
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May 3, 2023 • 64 mins
This episode covers what's in UJ 34, and also includes advice on how to submit to Unnamed Journal. Thanks to author Annalise Grey, whose poem "True Story" appears in this issue.
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February 3, 2023 • 55 mins
Quick discussion of the New issue of Unnamed Journal, the cover, the stories, and everything else that pertains.
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Or check out our Gumroad.
Also available on Amazon.
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January 19, 2023 • 55 mins
Part 2 of our discussion of The Last Unicorn. Includes some inside dope on the next issue of Unnamed Journal, and upcoming podcasts.
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January 3, 2023 • 43 mins
Wade with us through the glory years of Rankin-Bass animation with this roundtable discussion of The Last Unicorn. Part 1 of 2.
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November 6, 2022 • 54 mins
What makes a bad story? What makes a bad story comedy gold? And should we grade on a curve? Listen as we challenge the status of "Eye of Argon" as the Worst Fantasy Story Ever, mostly by looking at the backstory of its creation, and how it got passed around the sci-fi community.
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October 31, 2022 • 77 mins
Lo! We brave band of threesome plumb the fetid depths of the most deeping, dreadful tale of Fantasy Fiction? Join our savage spelunking of this gruesome grimoire, The Eye of Argon!
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September 9, 2022 • 70 mins
The continuation of our Transformers discussion and some shameless shilling of the Latest edition of Unnamed Journal. Of course, if you're a Patron, you already have that.
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August 31, 2022 • 46 mins
A bifurcated episode! We start talking about The Transformers, and at some point during the discussion, something got bumped and the recording stopped. This is the part before the bump.
Part 2 coming soon!
Part 2 coming soon!
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July 22, 2022 • 46 mins
We sat down to discuss fantasy author Neil Gaiman, and we recorded nearly two hours worth of material. This bit here is the part about Neil Gaiman. The rest of the madness will become a bonus episode, here shortly. Enjoy!
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May 11, 2022 • 110 mins
We chatter like a bunch of fanboys about Mel Brooks, talking about all the movies of his we've seen, which is almost all of them. In the process, we discover the difference between what's brilliant and what's mediocre.
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March 13, 2022 • 75 mins
Cannon Films, the Art-House of Schlock. The Criterion of Cult. A stew of memorable entertainments, actual cinema, and complete garbage. We wander through the canon of Cannon, and like a forbidden encyclopedia it breaks our recording. It's DOOMED!
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January 31, 2022 • 111 mins
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December 10, 2021 • 94 mins
Denis de Villneuve's Dune has exploded in our minds, and we have opinions about it. We compare it to David Lynch's film, Jodowrosky's unmade film, and go off on a few mild tangents. Duke, duke, duke!
It's not an April Fool's Joke this time.
It's not an April Fool's Joke this time.
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October 6, 2021 • 76 mins
We have a series of agreements about film adaptations of Arthurian Legend, beginning with The Green Knight and ending with John Boorman's Excalibur, which is objectively the best King Arthur movie. You can disagree, but you're wrong.
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August 17, 2021 • 110 mins
It was suggested that we do a 101 on RPG's (not MMORPG's), so we did. And not only did we cram Dune in there, we discovered it was actually relevant.
If you like this kind of thing, we have more of the kind of thing that you like. Support us on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/shallowpedantic, and by new issues of Unnamed Journal at https://app.gumroad.com/shallowpedantic
If you like this kind of thing, we have more of the kind of thing that you like. Support us on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/shallowpedantic, and by new issues of Unnamed Journal at https://app.gumroad.com/shallowpedantic
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June 24, 2021 • 100 mins
What is Punk? How important are the Stooges to Punk? Is Punk dead? Listen to us almost discuss these questions in between geeking out about our favorite bands. We conclude with sage advice about making mixtapes for people you want to date.
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May 11, 2021 • 94 mins
Lucky 13! We have a serious discussion of the filmography of Kevin Smith, comparing him to Quentin Tarantino, Charles Bukowski, and Henry Rollins. We mostly focus on Smith's "classic run" of View Askew films from 1993 to 2001.
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April 12, 2021 • 91 mins
A planned conversation about vampire comedy rapidly morphs into reminisences of the Goth scene, the spontaneous MST3Kness of the Rocky Horror Picture Show, Where Horror Is Now, and the decline of Mel Brooks. Also features some preview info on the next issue of UJ. Fans of What We Do In Shadows welcome.
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April 1, 2021 • 8 mins
The long-promised episode, finally a reality.
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