The Brendan Swan Podcast: Recent Episodes
Brendan Swan
The Brendan Swan Podcast is a broad lifestyle podcast that explores and celebrates arts and culture through any artistic medium, but particularly among movies, television, and literature. Our aim is in the promotion of good ideas, to encourage civility in conversation and conduct, to listen to one another and talk openly, to offer hope, to provoke thought, to reduce the complexity of the world around us and to decrease polarization while enjoying important and meaningful conversations.
Continuing our series into some hidden gem movies from the last decade, Brendan and Mike cover three more films in this episode: The Gentleman, Ladybird and The Judge. They also discuss a variety of other topics along the way including the new Spiderman movie Across the Spiderverse, ChatGPT, writing and as always... storytelling.
After a long absence from behind the microphone, Brendan and Mike sit down to celebrate some amazing movies that don't seem to have gotten the press that they deserve. Some got awards, some feature A-List actors, but in the end art is meant to be viewed--and these movies deserve to be seen and enjoyed.
Featured on this episode are the following movies:
- JoJo Rabbit
- Shot Caller
- Into The Wild
- Ford V Ferrari
- The Impossible
- The Whale
This week's episode features a conversation between Brendan and his good friend, Matt Brienen. Matt is an educator, working tirelessly to educate his clients on the emerging technology of cryptocurrency. Crypto can be a daunting and often polarizing subject to manage, but Matt and Brendan work together to try and breathe some simplicity into the complicated world of finance. Together they discuss what money is, fiat currency, historical standards for currency, Inflation and Crypto, BTC vs other coins, digital wallets, hot and cold storage, and the white hot housing market.
You can find more information about Matt and his work using the following links:
Twitter: @Crypto_Charged
Instagram: @crytpocharged
Website: www.cryptocharged.com
After taking a short break, Brendan and Mike are back behind the microphone. This week's episode wanders into the strange dystopic world that is Black Mirror. Black Mirror is an anthology series found on Netflix that can be watched in any order and each episode is unique invitation to see the world a little differently. This podcast dives into some of Black Mirror's most popular stories: White Christmas, Nosedive, and San Junipero. More than just mere entertainment, Black Mirror provides a perfect setting to ask some tough questions about what it means to be alive. This is part one of a two part series, recorded on 11/28/21.
In this episode Brendan and Mike continue their journey through some of the gems to be found on Amazon Prime Video including this week's featured film, Honey Boy, starring and written by Shia LaBeouf. Time stamps are as follows:
Sound of Metal 0:03:30
One Night in Miami 0:12:00
Beautiful Boy 0:24:49
Blow the Man Down 0:36:20
Manchester By the Sea 0:48:19
Honey Boy 1:01:38
Recorded on 10/17/21.
In this episode Brendan & Mike take some time to celebrate some films that didn't get enough press, all of which happen to be featured on Amazon Prime Video. This episode concludes with this week's featured film, Uncle Frank. There are several movies here worth queueing up, but if you can only see one... watch Uncle Frank. You'll be glad that you did. Time stamps for those who would like to cherry pick:
- The Report (0:12:54)
- Last Flag Flying (0:23:36)
- Don't Worry He Won't Get Far on Foot (0:33:05)
- The Big Sick (0:47:35)
- The Aeronauts (0:58:55)
- Uncle Frank (1:06:55)
Recorded on 10/3/21.
Picking up where they left off last week, Brendan & Mike continue their journey through the Tarantinoverse. After doing some housekeeping from last week's episode, the remaining movies are Inglourious Basterds, Django Unchained, Hateful Eight, and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. This episode was recorded on September 6th, 2021.
On this episode Brendan & Mike sit down to discuss the Tarantinoverse: all of the films written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. He is at times polarizing and alienating in his style, making his most ardent fans uncomfortable, but his writing and his visual storytelling separate him from the fray as quite possibly the most significant artist of his time. This is part 1 of a 2 part series, recorded on 8/29/21.
Brendan and Mike finish their walkthrough of the 22 film arc of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, culminating with Avengers: Endgame. Recorded on 7/28/21.
On this episode Brendan sits down with his roommate and best friend, Mike Stricklin, to celebrate the films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This is Part 1 of a two part series, recorded on 7/18/21.
Brendan lays out his mission for this podcast and contemplates how we can adapt to the technological revolution that has caused some of us to reconsider the utility and universality of some of our basic human rights in the face of an overwhelming tide of information.