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85. That Thing You Do! (w/ Matt Pais)

85. That Thing You Do! (w/ Matt Pais)

FromCows in the field


85. That Thing You Do! (w/ Matt Pais)

FromCows in the field

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Length:
80 minutes
Released:
Mar 17, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

We're joined by Matt Pais (author of Talk 90s with Me) to discuss a favorite 90s nostalgia flick, made thirty years ago about a time thirty years prior to when it came out. So it's nostalgia about nostalgia, or what some might call meta-nostalgia! We talk about the desire to hold on to the ephemeral, how the film explores the loss of innocence in the 1960s (and compares that with the kind of Gen-X cynicism that gripped the US in the 90s), connections to another film starring Tom Everett Scott (La La Land), and how being in a band on the rise is all fun and games until the 300th time you play your hit song and realize you're stuck in a loop you may never escape from...

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Released:
Mar 17, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

A movie podcast inspired by a Werner Herzog quote, “We have to articulate ourselves, otherwise we would be cows in the field.” Hosted by Justin Khoo (professor of philosophy at MIT) and Laura Khoo (art historian turned fundraiser).