Inappropriate Conversations

Film Year 2007

No Country For Old Men, There Will Be Blood, Michael Clayton, Once, among others.

Film Year 1921

The Kid, The Phantom Carriage, Destiny, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, among others.

240: Targeted Incentives

I suspect we know few, if any, people who have directly caused inflation. When it comes to pushing the button that raises prices in hundreds of stores, though, I am that exception. Whether economic pundits on talk shows want to acknowledge it or not, my reasons were simple and obvious. It was crucial to update prices in stores to cover the cost of tariffs, the kind of "across the board" tariffs that one presidential candidate is proposing to impose (again). Just because something is regrettable doesn't mean it wasn't necessary.

Different Drummer: Joseph R. Biden

Film Year 2008

Waltz With Bashir, Milk, Synecdoche, New York, The Dark Knight, among others.

Film Year 1920

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The Mark of Zorro, Way Down East, The Scarecrow, among others.

Film Year 2009

Up, The White Ribbon, A Serious Man, among others.

239: Film Years

The next podcast I post will be a new short-form considering movies by year. I'm not replacing Inappropriate Conversations or Walk The Earth, just adding something new. The starting point will be Film Year 2009.

Different Drummer: Charles Tashiro

Note: the first half of this episode raises questions about the consequences of a recent Supreme Court decision, and I don't know the answer for how this will impact governing in the United States. By my reckoning, things certainly could get very ugly. Consequences are not bound by our lack of accountability.