012 - Kill Yr Idols: Political Phantasmagoria Edition

In this late night edition, we talk about wishful thinking, hero-worship, myth-making, cults of personality, et cetera, within in the political realm, be it through mind-numbingly inane fanfiction, terrible Hollywood screenwriters, or the delusional cries into the chasm of twitter and reddit and the like.

General Recommendations

• JD's Recommendation: The Boys (again, oops) & Psycho Mall Walker
• JNM's Recommendation: One Strange Rock

Further Reading, Viewing, Listening

Read

• No Politician Deserves Fan Fiction
• Ben Garrison image search
• Jon McNaughton image search
• The Strange, Nostalgic World of Obama-Biden Fan Fiction
• Hope Never Dies: An Obama Biden Mystery, et al.
• Joe Biden: It Would Be an Insult to My Dead Son for Everyone to Have Healthcare
• 'The West Wing's' idealism looks even better 20 years after its first Emmy

Listen

• West Wing Thing (podcast)

Locationless Locations

• Every show-related link is corralled and available here.
• Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod
• JD Newland - @jdnewland
• Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct
• Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to:
  heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com

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