About this podcast
A podcast dedicated to Richard Linklater's Before Trilogy.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 21 episodes
- Ep. 20: The Six People Who Know · 23 min · Episode 20In this episode, the perils of the real-time gimmick and the closing credits of Before Sunset with the limits of the method, the music of the 2000s, and missing out on awards for…
- Ep. 19: You Know How I Love Weird Lamps · 35 min · Episode 19In this episode, the end of the road as we continue our discussion of Before Sunset with the thresholds of intimacy, performance as truth and disguise, and the stakes of courage…
- Ep. 18: No Interpretation Necessary · 35 min · Episode 18In this episode, the forced intimacy of the back seat as we continue our discussion of Before Sunset with the stories we tell ourselves, the power of recovery, and the wounds of…
- Ep. 17: Big Feelings On A Boat · 38 min · Episode 17In this episode, we catch a boat to cross the Seine and continue our discussion of Before Sunset with love and marriage, the opportunity cost of diverging roads, and living great…
- Ep. 16: Post-Millennial Woo-Woo · 37 min · Episode 16In this episode, we promenade above the city streets and continue our discussion of Before Sunset with memory and narrative, courage and naiveté, and those things which only we…
- Ep. 15: Curiosity Often Leads To Mysticism · 41 min · Episode 15In this episode, we take a break Paris-style and continue our discussion of Before Sunset with age and transformation, the proliferation of Starbucks, strange timelessness, and…
- Ep. 14: Threshold Effect · 36 min · Episode 14Artists and muses, the process of objectification, the politics of hope, and a box office weekend to remember.
- Ep. 13: It’s A Honey Trap · 36 min · Episode 13Comfort and discomfort, unexpected appearances in the back of the shot, layers of metatext and not being left-handed.
- Ep. 12: Some Dumb Damn Reason · 47 min · Episode 12Evolution and transhumanism, the real purpose of lucid dreaming, normalizing masculinity as humanity, and women talking.
- Ep. 11: Some People Do This For Fun · 38 min · Episode 11Change and affirmation, next steps, Shakespearean propaganda and the best jangly guitar the '90s had to offer.
- Ep. 10: Both Lovely And Pleasant · 33 min · Episode 10J.S. Bach's Nintendo vibes, the romantic pressure of the ticking clock, and loving the known and familiar.
- Ep. 9: Too Much Out Of My Mind · 46 min · Episode 9Minds and bodies and the connections between, escape and restoration, and a bad plan that still works out.
- Ep. 8: Very Chaste FaceTimes · 46 min · Episode 8Authenticity as performance and vice versa, being sick of our own thoughts, laundry achievements, and creating opportunities to experience stolen time.
- Ep. 7: Blue Cloud of Loveliness · 47 min · Episode 7Third-wave feminism, the cultural shifts of the '90s, the magic that exists between two people, and how Shakira would guard a door in a fantasy adventure.
- Ep. 6: Temporarily This Cynical · 44 min · Episode 6The worst conversation topic, magic and art and the intersection of the two, Boomers speaking with the voice of Gen X, and the classic pinball tables from the '70s, '80s, '90s…
- Ep. 5: Dust Is Greater Than Stuff · 47 min · Episode 5Traffic problems in 17th-century Vienna, divination and the divine, anger and feminism, and choosing to make your own kind of magic.
- Ep. 4: Love Is Expansive · 57 min · Episode 4Immediacy and intimacy, politics and rebellion, the cinematography of kissing, the emotional economics of love and the magic of music on vinyl.
- Ep. 3: In Contrast To Prepubescent Dolphins · 40 min · Episode 3Poses and performances, promoting community theater, stretching for symbolism, Freudianism and emotional vulnerability, and the power of almost touching.
- Ep. 2: This Is Hustle Culture · 51 min · Episode 2Public arguments, Byronic grunge, absurdist pornography, pre-millennial anxiety, social transgression and talking to women in public.
- Ep. 1: Such A Bus, I Forgot It Was A Train · 40 min · Episode 1Opening credits, studio logos, writing and improvising, the romance of rail, Scottish newsagents and Polish brothers.
