web01.fireside.fm Tue, 28 Apr 2026 07:38:27 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) ex.haust - Episodes Tagged with “Martin Scorsese” https://exhaust.fireside.fm/tags/martin%20scorsese Tue, 29 Jun 2021 21:00:00 -0700 Co-hosts Emmet and John plumb the depths of history, culture, and philosophy to understand why it is that despite calamities and rapid change nothing feels possible anymore. Guests include artists, scholars, and thinkers from all over the world. Subscribe to our Patreon to receive 2 extra exclusive episodes a month: https://www.patreon.com/exhaust en-us episodic A podcast about political, cultural, and psychological exhaustion and why nothing feels possible. Emmet Penney Co-hosts Emmet and John plumb the depths of history, culture, and philosophy to understand why it is that despite calamities and rapid change nothing feels possible anymore. Guests include artists, scholars, and thinkers from all over the world. Subscribe to our Patreon to receive 2 extra exclusive episodes a month: https://www.patreon.com/exhaust yes politics, culture, history, philosophy Emmet Penney emmetmpenney@gmail.com Episode 45: I Make An Honest Living!: Pain & Gain, Wolf of Wall Street, and the Financial Crash https://exhaust.fireside.fm/45 3ca7142b-8f4e-4d29-9e33-325bdc72598e Tue, 29 Jun 2021 21:00:00 -0700 Emmet Penney full Emmet Penney Josh Bregman comes back on the pod to talk with Emmet about two movies that came out in the same summer that sought to capture post-crash America: Pain & Gain and Wolf of Wall Street. 1:17:38 yes Josh Bregman comes back on the pod to talk with Emmet about two movies that came out in the same summer that sought to capture post-crash America: Pain & Gain and Wolf of Wall Street. They talk about what a shitty director Michael Bay is, analyze the main characters of each movie, and try to figure out just why it was so hard to narrativize a financial crash that almost ended the world economy over night. Join our Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month! (https://www.patreon.com/exhaust) Bibliography (https://exhaust.fireside.fm/articles/ep45bib). Twitter (https://twitter.com/ex_haustpodcast). Closing Song: "Look At What You Did, You Little Jerk," by MANS. (https://mans.bandcamp.com/track/look-what-you-did-you-little-jerk) financial crash, 2008, martin scorsese, michael bay, film, politics, culture, american history, movies Josh Bregman comes back on the pod to talk with Emmet about two movies that came out in the same summer that sought to capture post-crash America: Pain & Gain and Wolf of Wall Street. They talk about what a shitty director Michael Bay is, analyze the main characters of each movie, and try to figure out just why it was so hard to narrativize a financial crash that almost ended the world economy over night.

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]]> Josh Bregman comes back on the pod to talk with Emmet about two movies that came out in the same summer that sought to capture post-crash America: Pain & Gain and Wolf of Wall Street. They talk about what a shitty director Michael Bay is, analyze the main characters of each movie, and try to figure out just why it was so hard to narrativize a financial crash that almost ended the world economy over night.

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Closing Song: "Look At What You Did, You Little Jerk," by MANS.

]]> Episode 43: American Hardball: Scorsese's GoodFellas and McKay's Vice https://exhaust.fireside.fm/43 2273bb44-4c33-40c4-867b-35bc40cfa2fb Tue, 15 Jun 2021 20:00:00 -0700 Emmet Penney full Emmet Penney Emmet and John talk about America's delight in self-serving, cruel narcissists via the movies Vice and GoodFellas in addition to an essay by Jim Shepard. 1:02:43 yes Emmet and John talk about America's delight in self-serving, cruel narcissists via the movies Vice and GoodFellas in addition to an essay by Jim Shepard. The conversation ranges from the political culture during the Iraq War, the uncanny similarities between Dick Cheney and Henry Hill, what it means for the American government to be normatively strong, but administratively weak, and more! "No Regrets: Goodfellas and American Hardball (https://believermag.com/no-regrets-goodfellas-and-american-hardball/)" by Jim Shepard. Subscribe to our Patreon for 2 exclusive episodes a month (https://www.patreon.com/exhaust)! Bibliography (https://exhaust.fireside.fm/articles/ep43bib). Twitter. Closing Song: "Dallas Beltway" by Chat Pile (https://chatpile.bandcamp.com/album/remove-your-skin-please). iraq war, dick cheney, martin scorsese, goodfellas, the big short, wall street, american politics, politics, history, culture, film Emmet and John talk about America's delight in self-serving, cruel narcissists via the movies Vice and GoodFellas in addition to an essay by Jim Shepard. The conversation ranges from the political culture during the Iraq War, the uncanny similarities between Dick Cheney and Henry Hill, what it means for the American government to be normatively strong, but administratively weak, and more!

"No Regrets: Goodfellas and American Hardball" by Jim Shepard.

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Closing Song: "Dallas Beltway" by Chat Pile.

]]> Emmet and John talk about America's delight in self-serving, cruel narcissists via the movies Vice and GoodFellas in addition to an essay by Jim Shepard. The conversation ranges from the political culture during the Iraq War, the uncanny similarities between Dick Cheney and Henry Hill, what it means for the American government to be normatively strong, but administratively weak, and more!

"No Regrets: Goodfellas and American Hardball" by Jim Shepard.

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Closing Song: "Dallas Beltway" by Chat Pile.

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