Ep. 178: a soviet hero, mercury mayhem, & the thing about documentaries

It's a media heavy ep! After Mark tells Corrigan about a Soviet officer who saved us all from certain death and Corrigan explains what the deal is with Mercury retrograde, we delve deep into the movies we watched this week and unpack why modern documentaries are so unsatisfying.

Highlights:

[0:00] Marko tells Corrigan how Stanislav Petrov saved the world
[12:09] Corrigan explains what it means for Mercury to be in retrograde
[31:30] Marko gives our Ko-Fi subscribers individualized horoscopes
[59:30] What we watched! We dive real deep this week on the filmmaking and storytelling in these flicks. (Pan’s Labyrinth, Monkey Man, Identity, Frailty, The Mutilator, Ghostbusters, A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night, Ghostbusters, Bad Vegan, Michael Clayton, The Bear)
[101:19] We discuss orthorexia, the problems with current documentary trends, and the docuseries Bad Vegan

Stuff we referenced:

• What Do Astronomers Mean When They Say Mercury Is In Retrograde?
• What Really Happens When Mercury Is in Retrograde
• Are there real ways to fight climate change? Yes.
• Reversing Climate Change with Geoengineering - Science in the News
• What is geoengineering—and why should you care? | MIT Technology Review
• Effects of geoengineering must be urgently investigated, experts say | Geoengineering | The Guardian
• What Is Geoengineering and Why Is It Considered a Climate Change Solution? | Scientific American