Pod Casty For Me

Jake Serwin & Ian Rhine
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Pod Casty For Me: a left politics and culture podcast about the films of Steven Soderbergh (formerly Clint Eastwood and Paul Schrader), one movie per episode. Hosted by Jake Serwin & Ian Rhine. New episodes every other Friday.

  1. 3D AGO

    Magic Mike (2012) with Zoë Ligon

    It's here, lawbreakers: our episode on Steven Soderbergh's 2012 runaway hit MAGIC MIKE. Is this a sobering look at economic precarity after the Great Recession? Or is it a movie about gyrating hunks? Here to help us answer that question is writer, adult content creator, and proprietor of Spectrum Boutique, Zoë Ligon! We talk transactional desire, hot bods, side hustles, Zoë's experience seeing Magic Mike Live in Vegas, and a lot more. Look: you're horny, let's do it - listen to the episode, that is! Plus, a brief note about Minneapolis. Further Reading: "'How Would You Like A Lap Dance?': The Oral History of 'Magic Mike'" by Kate Lloyd "Where Mike Got The Magic" by Tressie McMillan Cottom Further Viewing: SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (Badham, 1977) BOOGIE NIGHTS (Anderson, 1997) BEAU TRAVAIL (Denis, 1999) STEP UP (Fletcher, 2006) MAGIC MIKE XXL (Jacobs, 2015) MAGIC MIKE'S LAST DANCE (Soderbergh, 2023)   Follow Zoë: https://www.thongria.com https://www.spectrumboutique.com Follow Pod Casty For Me: https://www.podcastyforme.com/ https://twitter.com/podcastyforme https://www.instagram.com/podcastyforme/ https://www.youtube.com/@podcastyforme Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PodCastyForMe Artwork by Jeremy Allison: https://www.instagram.com/jeremyallisonart

    2h 8m
  2. PATREON PREVIEW: Moneyball (2011)

    JAN 23

    PATREON PREVIEW: Moneyball (2011)

    This is a preview of a premium episode from our Patreon feed, Paid Costly For Me! Head over to Patreon.com/PodCastyForMe to hear more for just $5 a month. Most movies weren't directed by Steven Soderbergh, but few were as notably not directed by Steven Soderbergh as this one: MONEYBALL, the true story of the 2002 Oakland Athletics' revolutionary sabermetrics-based hiring strategy, was 5 days from shooting when Sony pulled the plug on Soderbergh's version. After a rewrite by Aaron Sorkin and a few cast change-ups, a slicker, Fincher-lite version directed by Bennett Miller made it to theaters, and we're talking about the whole deal. This ep has it all, quite frankly: in-depth script revision analysis, baseball talk, sports politics, and a long conversation about how statistics and "disruption" inform the world. It turns out everything is Moneyball, maybe? Give this one a listen, folks. As always, thanks to Jetski for our theme music and to Jeremy Allison for our artwork.

    11 min

  3. JAN 16

    Haywire (2011) with Ryan Torgeson

    Get your silly little trunks on, listener: we're headed to the octagon this week to talk HAYWIRE, Soderbergh's much-delayed 2011 (anti-?) spy thriller starring MMA fighter Gina Carano. And joining us is our friend, podcaster and musician Ryan Torgeson (@molecularlioneI)! We talk mid-2010s action cinema, mixed martial arts, Soderbergh's decision to alter Carano's voice in post, Carano's decision to blow her career up by being a hateful moron, special consultant and Duvdevan Unit war criminal Aaron Cohen, and more. Further Reading: "Steven Soderbergh, an MMA Fighter, and Five Stars Walk Into a Spy Movie" by Adam Nayman "Gina Carano took her fighting to a new level for 'Haywire'" by Nicole Sperling "Steven Soderbergh on 'Haywire,' 'Magic Mike' and Why He's Given Up on 'Serious Movies'" by Nigel M. Smith "Haywire's Body Talk" by Kiva Reardon "Covert Affairs: Why 'Haywire' is the Most Sneakily Political Movie of the Year" by Matt Singer "The Vulture Transcript: Steven Soderbergh on Haywire, Pranking Matt Damon, and His Looming Sabbatical" by Jennifer Vineyard "'Haywire' Star Gina Carano Addresses Voice Alteration Controversy" by Lauren Schutte "Disgraced actor Gina Carano denies ruining her own career with anti-trans jokes and Nazi comments" by Jake McKee Further Viewing: THE IPCRESS FILE (Furie, 1965) FUNERAL IN BERLIN (Hamilton, 1966) THE EXPENDABLES (Stallone, 2010) THE RAID (Evans, 2011) Scott Adkins movies Follow Ryan: https://x.com/molecularlioneI  Follow Pod Casty For Me: https://www.podcastyforme.com/ https://twitter.com/podcastyforme https://www.instagram.com/podcastyforme/ https://www.youtube.com/@podcastyforme Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PodCastyForMe Artwork by Jeremy Allison: https://www.instagram.com/jeremyallisonart

    2h 9m
  4. PATREON PREVIEW: Commentary - Play Misty For Me (1971)

    JAN 9

    PATREON PREVIEW: Commentary - Play Misty For Me (1971)

    This is a preview of a premium episode from our Patreon feed, Paid Costly For Me! Head over to Patreon.com/PodCastyForMe to hear more for just $5 a month. We're trying something new this week - we've recorded a feature commentary track! Watch Clint Eastwood's 1971 directorial debut PLAY MISTY FOR ME as we talk about it. Sure, we did an episode on this movie already, but that was three years ago. We're different now! We've learned new stuff and forgotten most of what we said then, anyway. In the episode, we'll explain exactly how to sync our conversation with the film, but we've designed this as something you can listen to as a regular podcast episode, too. Let us know if you'd like more of this sort of thing! Thanks as always to Jetski for our theme music and to Jeremy Allison for our artwork.

    8 min

  5. JAN 2

    UNLOCKED: Songs About Clint with Jetski

    This is an unlocked episode from our Patreon feed, Paid Costly For Me! Head over to Patreon.com/PodCastyForMe to hear more for just $5 a month. This week we're taking a look at a bunch of songs about, featuring, or otherwise related to Clint Eastwood...which is a great reason to bring on Jetski, aka Ian Ostaszewski, the composer of the Paid Costly For Me theme music! We chat Gorillaz, Metallica, the Beastie Boys, My Chemical Romance, and more - plus Ian's podcast-related birthday present! Let us know if you want more of this, because there are a lot of songs about Clint. Here's the playlist with full songs: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPxgPXB-kIxujvyWI6Wkyu0QqmdcZiLdA Thanks as always to Jetski for our theme music (duh) and to Jeremy Allison for our artwork. Follow Jetski: https://x.com/jetskitosway2 https://jetski0.bandcamp.com/ Follow Pod Casty For Me: https://www.podcastyforme.com/ https://twitter.com/podcastyforme https://www.instagram.com/podcastyforme/ https://www.youtube.com/@podcastyforme Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PodCastyForMe Artwork by Jeremy Allison: https://www.instagram.com/jeremyallisonart

    2h 23m
  6. PATREON PREVIEW: A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) / The Boys Run A 10K

    12/26/2025

    PATREON PREVIEW: A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) / The Boys Run A 10K

    This is a preview of a premium episode from our Patreon feed, Paid Costly For Me! Head over to Patreon.com/PodCastyForMe to hear more for just $5 a month. Merry Christmas, everybody - here's the episode one day early just because we love ya. Not unlike a certain jolly old elf, Ian stopped by Jake's home for a quick visit a few weeks back, and the boys (plus FPG) ran a 10K race together that was, for some reason, in celebration of Bill Melendez's 1965 television special A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS. So we decided to discuss this classic short and Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz, who like our usual subject was a Bay Area legend who loved golf and jazz. Plus we threw in a little bit of field audio from our fateful footrace. Enjoy and have a safe and happy holiday! As ever, thanks to Jetski for our music and to Jeremy Allison for our artwork. Follow Pod Casty For Me: https://www.podcastyforme.com/ https://twitter.com/podcastyforme https://www.instagram.com/podcastyforme/ https://www.youtube.com/@podcastyforme Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PodCastyForMe Artwork by Jeremy Allison: https://www.instagram.com/jeremyallisonart

    11 min

  7. 12/20/2025

    Contagion (2011)

    Wash your hands, folks: it's time to talk CONTAGION, Steven Soderbergh's absurdly prescient 2011 pandemic disaster film. We talk public health, hyperlink cinema, Soderbergh's evolving digital aesthetic, the nature of government, and the film's second life as a Covid lockdown classic. With a special Kate Winslet audio collage that Ian definitely asked for! Check it out. Further Reading: The Viral Underclass by Steven Trasher Health Communism by Artie Vierkant and Beatrice Adler-Bolton Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic by David Quammen The Coming Plague by Laurie Garrett Further Viewing: OUTBREAK (Petersen, 1995) THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VERONIQUE (Kieślowski, 1991) 28 DAYS LATER (Boyle, 2002) 28 WEEKS LATER (Fresnadillo, 2007) 28 YEARS LATER (Boyle, 2025) BUGONIA (Lanthimos, 2025) JOE DIRT (Gordon, 2001) Kate Winslet's 2020 hand-washing tutorial video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhIpAnDHZHc   Follow Pod Casty For Me: https://www.podcastyforme.com/ https://twitter.com/podcastyforme https://www.instagram.com/podcastyforme/ https://www.youtube.com/@podcastyforme Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PodCastyForMe Artwork by Jeremy Allison: https://www.instagram.com/jeremyallisonart

    2h 16m
  8. PATREON PREVIEW: Zodiac (2007)

    12/12/2025

    PATREON PREVIEW: Zodiac (2007)

    This is a preview of a premium episode from our Patreon feed, Paid Costly For Me! Head over to Patreon.com/PodCastyForMe to hear more for just $5 a month. In our first-ever Patreon Listeners' Choice poll, something like 52% of you voted for David Fincher's ZODIAC, the movie we probably should have done within the first five premium eps if we're being honest. But now we've done it! It's all here: Dirty Harry inspiration Dave Toschi, true crime ethics, Bay Area geography, what this movie is actually saying, and about a full hour of Melvin Belli stuff. Enjoy! As always, thank you to Jetski for our theme music and Jeremy Allison for our artwork.

    11 min
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Pod Casty For Me: a left politics and culture podcast about the films of Steven Soderbergh (formerly Clint Eastwood and Paul Schrader), one movie per episode. Hosted by Jake Serwin & Ian Rhine. New episodes every other Friday.

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  • Creator
    Jake Serwin & Ian Rhine
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    152
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2022
  • Show Website
    Pod Casty For Me

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