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    EXTRASODE! With I AM NOT A NUMBER author and REPO MAN writer/director Alex Cox!

    EXTRASODE! With I AM NOT A NUMBER author and REPO MAN writer/director Alex Cox!

    FromA Degree Absolute!

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    EXTRASODE! With I AM NOT A NUMBER author and REPO MAN writer/director Alex Cox!

    FromA Degree Absolute!

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    Length:
    45 minutes
    Released:
    Apr 17, 2021
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Description

    SPOILERS AHOY for the entirety of the 54-year-old television series The Prisoner! You've been warned! Save this episode for later if you haven't yet seen the whole series! Lifelong Prisoner fan Alex Cox joins Chris to talk about his 2017 book I Am Not a Number: Decoding the Prisoner, and What It's All About. Write to the Citizens Advice Bureau at adegreeabsolute dot gmail! Follow @NotaNumberPod! Our song: "A Degree Absolute!" Music and Lyrics by Chris Klimek Arranged by Casey Erin Clark and Jonathan Clark Vocals and Keyboards by Casey Erin Clark Guitar, Percussion, Mixing by Jonathan Clark Bass by Marcus Newstead
    Released:
    Apr 17, 2021
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    Critics Chris Klimek and Glen Weldon both loved the late-60s British sci-fi series "The Prisoner" in their formative years, but they haven't seen it in a long time and they're not at all sure how it will play in a 21st century rife with with "alternative facts" and militant individualism at the expense of social responsibility. One thing is certain: Run-DMC were clearly influenced by the vocal patterns of Patrick McGoohan, and that malicious weather balloon is still eerie as hell. Wait, that's two things. Join them for this illuminating rewatch!