Shallow & Pedantic

A Monthly Podcast by the creators of Unnamed Journal, designed to discuss literature, pop culture, and other assorted dorkeries.

A Song of Fire and Ice

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.

06-29
01:09:32

Unnamed Journal 34 Chat, w/ Special Guest Annalise Grey

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.

05-03
01:04:57

Unnamed Journal 33 Plug

Quick discussion of the New issue of Unnamed Journal, the cover, the stories, and everything else that pertains.Subscribe to our Patreon to read the issue.Or check out our Gumroad.Also available on Amazon.

02-03
55:40

Been Through the Forest on a Horse With One Horn, Part 2

Part 2 of our discussion of The Last Unicorn. Includes some inside dope on the next issue of Unnamed Journal, and upcoming podcasts.

01-19
55:38

Been Through the Forest on a Horse With One Horn, Part 1

Wade with us through the glory years of Rankin-Bass animation with this roundtable discussion of The Last Unicorn. Part 1 of 2.

01-03
43:36

Plan Nine From Argon, Part 2

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.

11-06
54:00

Plan Nine from Argon, Part 1

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!

10-31
01:17:45

The Last Unicron, Part 2

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.

09-09
01:10:30

The Last Unicron, Part 1

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!

08-31
46:49

Neil Gaiman is Just This Guy, Man

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!

07-22
46:48

Funny, He Doesn't Look Souix-ish

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.

05-11
01:50:48

Cannon Films is Cursed

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!

03-13
01:15:38

Dune and Loving It

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.

12-10
01:34:34

Trifles of the King

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.

10-06
01:16:50

Teenage Dungeon Vampire Space Pirates

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

08-17
01:50:00

Punk Rock's Dead Mix Tape

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.

06-24
01:40:23

Kevin Smith is Henry Rollins

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.

05-11
01:34:06

Würrk, Dåmmit, or Let's Do the Goth Dance Again

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.

04-12
01:31:15

Andrew Has Opinions About Dune

The long-promised episode, finally a reality.

04-01
08:01

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