10 episodes
Idle Talk Grace Benfell
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- Society & Culture
Idle Talk is a conversational podcast about games, cinema, and everything in between. Hosted by Grace Benfell & Cole Henry, they meet every (other) week to answer your questions, update each other on movies, books, and games, and talk about at least one thing they both took a look at. The *original* media crit hangout podcast.
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Idle Talke 10: Army of the Dead Spoilercast
In this episode, we are joined by friend of the show Liv (@NoLoveDeepTrans on Twitter) to talk writer/director/cinematographer Zach Snyder’s newish zombie heist movie.
Follow Grace on Twitter @grace_machine.Follow Cole on Twitter @colehenry19.Art is by Kit Liechty @kitleichtyFollow the show at @idletalkpodEmail us questions at questionsforidletalk@gmail.com -
Idle Talk 9: The Gamer Zone
Hello all,
it’s a been a little bit so we did a casual episode to get back into the swing of things and ended up talking about those irritating artifacts of capitalist culture, video games. We are gamer after all. Cole introduces the camp pleasures of Resident Evil 8 and the silly open world of Maneater. Grace starts a deep discussion of Mafia III, which is a pretty weird and special game by our estimation.
Follow Grace on Twitter @grace_machine.Follow Cole on Twitter @colehenry19.Art is by Kit Liechty @kitleichtyFollow the show at @idletalkpodEmail us questions at questionsforidletalk@gmail.com -
Idle Talk 8: Mandalorian Spoilercast (w/ Chris Compendio)
Your regular cohosts Cole and Grace are joined by Chris Compendio (@compendizer) to talk "Book 2" of The Mandalorian. Before diving in we talk the mechanization of corporate IP, Darth Vader comic books, and Brandon Sanderson's disaster novel Elantris. We then talk about our favorite episodes, our least favorite moments, and what it means to make a Star Wars thing after the black hole of Rise of Skywalker.
Follow Grace on Twitter @grace_machine.Follow Cole on Twitter @colehenry19.Art is by Kit Liechty @kitleichtyFollow the show at @idletalkpodEmail us questions at questionsforidletalk@gmail.com -
Idle Talk 7: The Playstation 2's Flagship Game Bounty Hunter
Hello all! Cole had a little computer trouble while editing so it took extra long to get this to you all. In this episode, we discuss Playstation 2 games, Disco Elysium, Dark Souls 3, and, yes, Star Wars.
Follow Grace on Twitter @grace_machine.
Follow Cole on Twitter @colehenry19.
Art is by Kit Liechty @kitleichty
Follow the show at @idletalkpod
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Idle Talk 6: Existential Games Writing Hour
We are back with a new episode, recorded before electoral nightmares. We talk about playing JRPGs as adults, Grace talks about the disappointment of Kingdom Hearts 3 and the steady thrills of the Resident Evil movies, before we both launch into a discussion of being writers and critics under capitalism. We wrap it up with talking about what we’ve been reading, Twilight, high school libraries, and Christopher Paolini.
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Idle Talk 5: Keyblade Wielders Are Child Laborers
Cole and Grace invite streamer Jack (@Hendrixtrog on Twitter and Twitch) to talk about two unpleasant shooters, Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days and Spec Ops: The Line. After a brief discussion of what we’ve been up to, including Kingdom Hearts Union Cross and Fall Guys, we talk about these game’s cinematic qualities, how they both push back against and embody the shooters they critique, and what influence they maybe should have on games today.
Follow Grace on Twitter @grace_machine. Follow Cole on Twitter @colehenry19. Art is by Kit Liechty @kitleichty Follow the show at @idletalkpod Email us questions at questionsforidletalk@gmail.com