Oddcast with Fiona & Ben: Recent Episodes
Oddcast with Fiona & Ben
On Oddcast we are searching for a higher meaning behind our current political and ecological predicaments. From the fight for justice in the material world to traversing mythological themes of the metaphysical wonderverse, Ben and Fiona keep up with the new and check in on the old in this odd odd world.
Spirituality, Mythology, Ecology, Politics, Sociology
Ben, Fiona, and Kelly try to answer some juicy questions taken from the Save Lovecast archive
We bring on chief film correspondent for the pod, Erin, primarily discuss 2001: A Space Oddessy and the recent film One Battle After Another.
We bring in our friend Maxie to discuss punks versus hippies versus goths. Also discuss music making, and the changing nature of the internet. There's some live purring asmr in here too.
We invite new friend of the pod Erin on to discuss one of the buzziest (and squelchiest) movies of the year: The Substance. We also discuss its relationship to other horror (and non horror) movies.
First time guests Helena and James join the pod to talk about which bands they would travel to see, managing our expectations of ourselves over the years, rehabilitating the sacredness of coming of age rituals for dudes, the pathological desire to leave a story unfinished, ribbing as a love language, how we express our anger and the stories behind times when we said "fuck you" to someone (and how we made up).
The gang is back just before christmas to talk about the season means to us, and just what the fuck "milking" means? We talk at length about Pornhub's year in review too.
He's back folks. 2 days after Trump's reelection we discuss our raw but unsentimental feelings about it.
Kelly interviews Ben and Fiona about their new album "For Yarrow" and discuss the creative/grief process around the death of Yarrow that is nearly at the 1 year anniversary.
Kelly is back again to join Fiona and Ben on this one. This is the warm up. Weird dates, angsty high school music, ect. We shattered a glass like a jewish wedding somewhere in here.
We FINALLY get our friend Kelly on the pod! Its been a long time coming but we covered everything from reality shows, to dating apps, to giving your partner a vasectomy, and much much much more! Its a juicy one.
This is an episode we recorded with our dear friend Yarrow back in August of 2023 after we finished the second season of the Netflix reality show The Ultimatum.On November 12th Yarrow took their own life. They will be missed forever. I thought i had lost this episode and finding it buried in my hard drive feels like digging up a lost piece of them, however brief. Words still fail to encapsulate our grief but we are lucky to have recorded multiple episodes with them and blessed to have known such a thoughtful and loving being. Love you forever friend. 💞
Its been a rough, strange week, so we brought on our old friend Julia to talk more about vampires, asmr, movies we've seen, and, capitalism, and generational stagnation.
so we're coming back from a long hiatus..... to talk about the 1986 movie The Lost Boys? You betcha.
Recorded in early November. We got a holiday episode in the cooker so more to come! We discuss reality tv and other updates. Its a chill one.
This episode we dissect, digest, and belch out the deeper meaning behind Shrek, particularly a version we saw over the weekend involving a live theater performance with an all queer/trans cast that put a distinctly Olympia Punk spin on the familiar story. Turns out Shrek was fill of juicy topics!
If you want to order a DVD copy of the play we reference in this EP email punkshrek69@protonmail.com
Another interesting video essay we watched on the Queer analysis of Shrek: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH9CGr-oItQ
In this episode we bring in guest Julia Reeve to discuss The Matrix and what it can tell us about this current moment in the pandemic. Why are we still going through the motions of a "normal" life when our socioeconomic and ecological structures are collapsing all around us? Are we hinging our hopes on our leaders to fix things or are there examples we can find of people working towards collective liberation? How is our personal liberation linked to our collective liberation? As three poly people, we discuss what alternative relationship structures can teach us about bucking societal expectations, finding abundance and leading a more self-directed life. Solving our biggest personal and societal challenges will take creative problem-solving, which entails living outside of binaries and exiting the real-world Matrix. Check it out to get the full scoop!
We're back!
After more than a year hiatus Oddcast with Fiona and Ben are super thrilled to nerd out with you about attachment styles, relationships, and polyamory, oh my! We've brought on special guest Harry to talk about a book that all three of us are reading called Polysecure by Jessica Fern. Probably the first of multiple episodes we could devote to this subject. Enjoy!
October brings with it a certain chill in the air, a rustling in the trees, pumpkin spice lattes and special guest Ian Spencer to discuss Halloween's pagan and practicle origins, spooktacular films to watch, real live ghost stories and supernatural creatures that we find frightful. Join us as we discuss our guilty pleasures around this time of year...and our worst fears.
What role does mythology play in decoding these strange times? What are some of our favorite mythical creatures, characters, deities, and folktales? We invite Eden Alvernaz to discuss with us. Apologies for the sound quality we tried out a new recording system.
Fiona and Ben decide to take a dive into one of Fiona's favorite books, Demian, by Herman Hesse. This might be our most rigorously researched topic yet.
First ep in nearly a month! We're passed the day 50 mark of Corona Year Zero and we decided to dive into a subject that has fascinated us both for awhile: Intentional Communities! What are they? Are they good? Bad? Why does our society fear them? What do movies like Midsommar and The Lighthouse have to say about co-dependency and community? What has our own personal experiences with intentional community taught us? Is Christianity a bad boyfriend? We tackle these hard hitting questions in this episode of ODDDCASSST
April 5th 2020
about 3 weeks into our corona quarantines we discuss the onset of spring and its cultural significance, particularly in these times.
also, the chilling adventures of sabrina, passover, satanism, paganism, and our usual dabbling in political action/spirituality
special guest Stacy Crow join us to discuss apocalypse date night, coronavirus, the media, and pooping on cruise ships!