High and Low Podcast
Rialda and Alan discuss books, movies, music, culture and assorted gripes and greivances
- Update frequency
- every 22 days
- Episodes
- 40
- Years Active
- 2013 - 2016
75 - Beyonce's Feminism, and "Boyhood" Ballyhoo
Is Beyonce a Feminist? Should anyone give a shit? Plus we stand in awe at the power and majesty of the critical reaction to Richard Linklater's Boyhood. If you cannot see the audio controls, your b…
Sat 13 Sep 2014
74 - Greil Marcus, Part Deux
Once again we talk to the great writer Greil Marcus, about his new book, The History of Rock and Roll in Ten Songs. If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio eleme…
Mon 01 Sep 2014
73 - Relatability in Art, New Twin Peaks footage
We do our usual bitching and then talk about why Ira Glass thinks Shakespeare sucks. Plus some talk about the new Twin Peaks release, with an hour and a half of new footage. If you cannot see the au…
Mon 18 Aug 2014
72 - Baby Lena Learns to Complain
We bounce back with an update on complaining with a new addition to the podcast team. If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element
Wed 02 Jul 2014
71 - Jill Abramson, the NY Times and Blue Ruin
The New York Times cans a broad - is gender bias at play? Then we talk about a must-see thriller called Blue Ruin. If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio eleme…
Sat 17 May 2014
70 - Of Visors and Villians
We look at the top 6 literary villains of all time, but not before we discuss assorted racists, bigots and visor fashionistas with the Donald Sterling fiasco. If you cannot see the audio controls, yo…
Mon 05 May 2014
69 - Flying Food and Open Mics
The mystery of the flying food and the perils of open mic. If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element
Mon 21 Apr 2014
68 - Books for Smart People
We discuss the Top 6 books all intelligent people should read, right after we attack the absurdity of food reviews If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio elemen…
Mon 07 Apr 2014
67 - Farewell courtesy and Grand Budapest Hotel
More people annoy us but there's always Wes Anderson. If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element
Fri 21 Mar 2014
66 - True Detective, Sexism and Oscars
The gender police are at it again attacking our new favorite show, plus an Oscars wrap up you won't want to miss (unlike the actual Oscars) If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not…
Sun 09 Mar 2014
65 - Philip Seymour Hoffman and Ted Talks
We lament the great P.S. Hoffman and take a good hard look at Ted Talks If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element
Fri 14 Feb 2014
64 - Oscars and King Lear
We report on Frank Langella's amazing turn in a wonderful new production of King Lear, and then go over what the Academy Award nominations got wrong and right. If you cannot see the audio controls, y…
Thu 30 Jan 2014
63 - Real Child Abuse, Year-End Movies
We witness some horrific parenting firsthand, and then we recap the movies we saw at the end of the year, including Her, Inside Llewyn Davis, and The Wolf of Wall Street. If you cannot see the audio …
Tue 07 Jan 2014
62 - Kanye Off The Rails, Pronouns and Movies
Rialda gives an exclusive performance delivering Kanye's latest rant from the stage of Madison Square Garden. Then we get into the spread of gender neutral pronouns, and summarize our thoughts on th…
Sat 07 Dec 2013
61 - Lou Reed, etc.
This is dedicated to the one we love - the one who was almost as pissed off as we are. If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element
Sun 24 Nov 2013
60 - Disney Sex and Coming of Age Movies
We finally discuss Miley and our fascination with Disney Channel sex, and then chill out with our top 6 coming of age movies. If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the a…
Fri 25 Oct 2013
59 - Mark Lewisohn's Beatles - Interview
We are lucky enough to chat with author Mark Lewisohn about his mammoth new Beatles biography, Tune In. He turns out to be a great guy as well as a great author. Buy this amazing book! If you canno…
Fri 04 Oct 2013
58 - Look Both Ways! and The Bling Ring
Why do people just start crossing the street without looking for cars? Plus, we discuss Sofia Coppola's new film, The Bling Ring with Emma Watson, and answer the question - if you rip off stuff from…
Wed 11 Sep 2013
57 - Social Media Loneliness
After a shout out to ace podcaster Adam Carolla, we talk about Sherry Turkle's theory of how social media like Facebook and Twitter are making us lonely. Then we rush to the defense of the press' fa…
Tue 27 Aug 2013
56 - Alyn Shipton Interview on Harry Nilsson
Part of a conversation we had with Alyn Shipton, author of the great new Harry Nilsson biography, Nilsson. First bit lost to technical difficulties, but what remains is good stuff about Harry's late…
Sat 17 Aug 2013
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