Jamie is joined by Indica Dominant (@DominantIndica) a.k.a. Olive, adult performer/sex worker and co-host of the Dysphoria podcast, to discuss director Sean Baker’s anti-Cinderella story Anora (2024), which just won the Oscar for Best Picture. Is it possible to combine a screwball comedy, a hooker exploitation film, and a twee Sundance indie into one movie? What does Anora have to say, or not, about sex work, class, and capitalism? And what’s up with Zoomers and ketamine? Spoilers, obviously.

Check out Olive’s podcast (with fellow friend of the show Maxelle Talena), Dysphoria at dysphoria.info and patreon.com/dysphoriathepodcast

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00:00:00 Intro

00:02:43 “Anora” recap starts

00:13:20 Surface level worship of wealth or critique of capitalism?

00:18:19 Dehumanization, creative characterization, or subversive anti-work queen?

00:22:51 Real world relationships to sex work

00:25:20 Scene analysis: Ani gets tied up by Igor

00:29:36 Chasing the American Dream

00:38:14 Scene analysis: finding Vanya at the strip club

00:43:47 Disagreement about the ending

00:58:32 Should we hold stories about SWs to higher standards?

01:03:04 Where’s that oligarch money from Vanya??

01:08:01 You can’t escape the imprisonment of capitalism thru a Gilded Cage

01:13:51 Humanizing public perception of sex work

01:19:04 "Anora" and “The Florida Project,” strip club v. survival

01:23:21 Criminalization of trans sex workers

01:25:31 Defanged drug use in “Anora”

01:29:54 “It’s a Cinderella story”

01:34:32 Plugging Patreons!

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In this Member’s Only special preview, Jamie Peck and Sam Beard explain why new folks who are shooting up health insurance CEOs should not be called Luigi copycats.

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In dark times like these, it's vital to shine light on signs of life, revolting against the order of things. Today, March 5, marks the two year anniversary of the 5th Week of Action to Stop Cop City, when hundreds of activists took direct action at the Cop City construction site. Party Girls Riot Tracker returns with a spotlight on Greece, when last Friday, Feb. 28 hundreds of thousands of Greeks took to the streets in nationwide General Strike on the two year anniversary of a controversial trail accident that the government covered up. Jamie and Sam also catch up on some much needed conversations about fashion, art, the Oscars and of course Trump and Vance yelling at that Ukrainian guy.

00:00:00 Sam's new jacket, Oscars, America's Most Powerful playing cards

00:22:44 Two year anniversary of the 5th Week of Action to Stop Cop City

00:37:05 "Some Ukranian guy" Zelensky gets a verbal beating from Donald Trump and J.D. Vance

00:49:33 Riot Tracker: Greek Lightening

00:55:01 USA Economic Blackout

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In this PATREON PREVIEW, Sci-Fi Legend Kim Stanley Robinson explains his true feelings about cryptocurrency, some things would would have done differently in Ministry For the Future if he wrote it today, and the influence of How To Blow Up a Pipeline.

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Jamie is once again joined by her brother in darkness Leslie Lee III (@leslieleeiii) of Struggle Session (@strugglesession) to discuss Robert Eggers’ horny and polarizing polarizing Nosferatu (2024) in a MEMBERS ONLY episode of their series Vampire Castle. In this sneak preview, Leslie and Jamie discuss the hoe-less Count Orlok (at least compared to Gary Oldman) and what's lacking from this version of Dracula. Minor spoiler alert!

Much, much more in the full episode: Is the 2024 film original enough to justify making yet another movie based on Bram Stoker’s 1897 gothic novel? How does it stack up to Francis Ford Coppola’s 1992 masterpiece? And when will men learn that having a goth girlfriend is a big responsibility?

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In our most EDGY and CONTROVERSIAL episode of ALL TIME, Jamie and Sam catch up on the many happenings since their last news episode. Is Party Girls too edgy for polite society? We think Not! Society would do itself well to toughen up a bit, and dive deeper into the into the reality of life and suffering trenches of America today. But are libs ready to abandon respectability politics? The team traces the contours of the burgeoning Anti-Tesla/Anti-Musk movement, which has seen everything from arson to one-man protests as activists target Elon’s ‘Cash Cow.’ Later they explore precisely what role puppygirls have in bringing down US empire. And finally, updates from Luigi Mangione's trial.

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In this MEMBERS ONLY episode, Jamie is once again joined by her brother in darkness Leslie Lee III of Struggle Session Podcast to discuss Robert Eggers’ horny and polarizing Nosferatu (2024). Is it original enough to justify making yet another movie based on Bram Stoker’s 1897 gothic novel? How does it stack up to Francis Ford Coppola’s 1992 masterpiece? And when will men learn that having a goth girlfriend is a big responsibility?

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Sci-fi Legend Kim Stanley Robinson joins Jamie Peck and Sam Beard to discuss the end of capitalism, why being a leftist gives him hope, what he thinks of Bill Gates and Obama’s takes on Ministry For the Future, and communism. Much is gathered and realized through the readings and this conversation. For example, did reading Ministry for the Future turn Sam into a Statist? Is KSR working on a new book? Can we defeat the death cult fury of the billionaire class? What is the role of utopian fiction in revolution? How did Fredric Jameson’s feedback affect Ministry For the Future??

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Luigi Mangione has accepted the funds that Jamie Peck, Sam Beard, the December 4 Legal Committee have raised from everyday working people across the globe. The mainstream media has some wack takes about it. Also Kendrick Lamar's Superbowl halftime show was good and the Mud Wizard's statement is HELLA good.

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Our heroes are dead and our enemies are in power. This week Executive Producer Andrew Callaway makes a rare appearance in front of the camera and speaks to the profound impact of David Lynch’s work - and explains why he disagrees with the master filmmaker that he is not a political filmmaker. Jamie Peck and Sam Beard both watch Lost Highway for the first time and have a lot to unpack.

00:00:00 David Lynch is dead

00:08:15 He was born is Missoula, Montana

00:11:29 “I’m not a political person”

00:17:00 Eraserhead explained

00:19:17 David Lynch’s unique form of class consciousness

00:21:33 Blue Velvet and the middle class

00:25:40 Intuitive understanding of psychology and trauma

00:30:08 Ronald Reagan and David Lynch

00:36:58 Transcendental meditation and politics

00:46:12 Libertarianism & Mitt Romney

00:50:47 YAY! BERNIE SANDERS FOR PRESIDENT!!!

01:00:56 Twin Peaks Season 3 (no spoilers)

01:04:21 Fire Walk With Me & CPTSD

01:08:41 Minor Lost Highway SPOILERS start here

01:21:44 Spoilers END here as we speak on Zizek and Lacan

01:27:20 Explaining a film? No no no no no

01:30:56 Some personal stuff and also closing wisdom from Special Agent Dale Cooper

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