Experts in a Dying Field

Patrick Iber
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A podcast in which two critics (Lili Loofbourow & Aaron Bady) and a historian (Patrick Iber) discuss culture, popular and otherwise, in an attempt to make sense of the world.

Episodes

  1. 5d ago

    Episode 5 - You Can See Everything

    Aaron, Patrick, and Lili discuss the new Nathan Fielder-Lance Oppenheim film "You Can See Everything." The movie chronicles the last month before disgraced Theranos CEO reports to prison, and has many Fielder-ian twists.

  2. Oct 24

    Episode 4: Patricio Guzman

    Patrick and Lili discuss the work of the Chilean documentary filmmaker Patricio Guzmán. Guzmán is perhaps best remembered for "The Battle of Chile," his look at Chile under the democratically-elected Marxist president Salvador Allende. But many years later he returned to Chile and made other very worthy films, including Nostalgia for the Light. We discuss his life's work.

  3. Oct 7

    Episode 3: Blue Heron

    Aaron, Lili, and Patrick discuss Hungarian-Canadian filmmaker's Sophy Romvari's recent independent film, Blue Heron. Blue Heron is a film of recovery about her memories of her older brother, who experienced an unidentified mental illness. We all have things in our life that make it powerful viewing. It's currently streaming on the Criterion Channel.

  4. Oct 4

    Episode 2: The New York Times' Best 100 TV shows of the 2000s

    Lili, Aaron, and Patrick discuss the New York Times list of best TV shows of the 2000s: what it got right, what it overlooked, and why.

  5. Oct 2

    Episode 1: 100 Years of Solitude

    Lili, Aaron, and Patrick discuss the Netflix adaptation of the Gabriel García Márquez classic, 100 Years of Solitude. They talk about what made the book an unlikely sensation, and why the series may not be a hit in spite of its many good qualities.

    Episode 1: 100 Years of Solitude
  • 5 Episodes

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A podcast in which two critics (Lili Loofbourow & Aaron Bady) and a historian (Patrick Iber) discuss culture, popular and otherwise, in an attempt to make sense of the world.

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