X/Z: Cross-Generational Cultural Discourse

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Mother/daughter team Amanda and Emma chat about culture from the perspectives of a Gen X-er and a Gen Z-er.

  1. 02/13/2023

    Found Family and Melancholia: Unpacking Early Wes Anderson

    Amanda and Emma uncover the common themes of Wes Anderson's Rushmore (1998) and The Royal Tenenbaums (2001).

    42 min

  2. 12/30/2022

    Looking Through a Glass Onion: Rian Johnson's Whodunits and Late Stage Capitalism

    Amanda and Emma consider capitalist critiques in Rian Johnson's delicious whodunits, "Knives Out" and "Glass Onion".

    36 min

  3. 07/29/2022

    Persuasion; Or, How Things Can Go Very Wrong (or Very Right) When Adapting Austen

    Amanda and Emma do a bit of compare and contrast, as they discuss three adaptations of Jane Austen's Persuasion: 1995 starring Amanda Root and Ciarán Hinds, 2007 with Sally Hawkins and Rupert Penry-Jones, and the ill-begotten 2022 version featuring Dakota Johnson and Cosmo Jarvis.

    57 min
  4. This Ship is Sailing! Why We Love Our Flag Means Death

    04/14/2022

    This Ship is Sailing! Why We Love Our Flag Means Death

    Amanda and Emma consider the sweet wonders of piratical love at sea in Our Flag Means Death.

    52 min
  5. CODA: An Amazing Movie with a Bad High School Musical Subplot

    02/24/2022

    CODA: An Amazing Movie with a Bad High School Musical Subplot

    Emma and Amanda script doctor the Oscar contender CODA. There's a great movie in there somewhere, but the High School Musical stuff has to go.

    37 min
  6. No More Ross Hate: Joel Cohen's The Tragedy of Macbeth

    02/04/2022

    No More Ross Hate: Joel Cohen's The Tragedy of Macbeth

    Amanda and Emma analyze Joel Cohen's Oscar-bait film, The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021). The witch(es)! The crows! And is Ross actually the protagonist of the play? What?

    42 min
  7. Succession Season 3: The Rise of Roman and Tom

    01/04/2022

    Succession Season 3: The Rise of Roman and Tom

    Welcome to Season 2 of X/Z. It's sequel time. We return to Succession and the world of horrible rich people.

    43 min
  8. BBC's Ghosts: What Will It Take To Move On?

    10/31/2021

    BBC's Ghosts: What Will It Take To Move On?

    Join Amanda and Emma for a Halloween-inspired discussion of the BBC comedy show Ghosts. We explore the traumas that are keeping these spirits earthbound and speculate about what might set them free.

    1h 1m
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Mother/daughter team Amanda and Emma chat about culture from the perspectives of a Gen X-er and a Gen Z-er.

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