Supercontext Podcast: an autopsy of media

Supercontext

This podcast ran independently from 2016 to 2020. We reflect on our goals in creating it and how...

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From Hell

This graphic novel by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell came out between 1989 and 1998, 100 years...

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Heat

This 1995 film by Michael Mann is considered a quintessential cops-and-robbers epic. We look at...

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Hounds of Love

This 1985 concept album by Kate Bush is split into pop songs and a suite of music about someone...

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Hyperion

Dan Simmon's 1989 science-fiction novel is acclaimed for its unique structure, references, and...

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Withnail & I

This 1987 film is celebrated as a cult classic for its depiction of self-destructive young...

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We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

This 1962 novel is being reappraised by critics and fans as a creeping meditation on 1950s...

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The Moomins and the Great Flood

This 1945 children’s book by Tove Jansson began a publishing empire in Finland that is worth...

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Lateralus by TOOL

This 2001 record is praised as being metal for the thinking man. We peel back the lyrics and the...

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Paper Girls

This comic book series by Brian K. Vaughan and artist Cliff Chiang started in 2015 as a story...

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I Cut The Big Five From My Life

This 2019 series of Gizmodo articles and videos by Kashmir Hill look into how difficult it...

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Lone Wolf and Cub

This epic 1970s manga series is celebrated for its influence on other stories. We look at the...

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Fly By Night

This 1975 rock album began to define Rush’s identity after the late Neil Peart joined the band on...

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The Goldfinch

This 2013 novel generated a cantankerous debate in the world of literary criticism over the...

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Trout Mask Replica

This 1969 double-album has been described as both “unlistenable” and “one of the greatest albums...

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Ravenous

This 1999 cannibal-horror-comedy film went through three directors in a troubled production. We...

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Batman Odyssey

This comic book series by Neal Adams is a strange combination of talent and narcissism, along...

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Basquiat

This 1996 film is a purported biopic about a famous painter by another famous painter, Julian...

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Repost of M.R. James, Ghost Stories of an Antiquary

This is a repost of a 2016 episode. In our 2016 holiday episode, we looked at the forgotten...

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Doctor Sleep by Stephen King

This 2013 novel is a sequel to The Shining. With guest Emily Lewis, we consider how King...

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