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Freewill vs Determinism with Aaron Rabinowitz

July 20, 2022 Watching Westworld

Today we’re joined by Aaron Rabinowitz, lecturing philosopher at Rutgers, as well as host of the Embrace the Void and Philosophers in Space podcast. He’s going to be talking to us today about the concepts of freewill vs determinism. Are humans on inescapable loops? Are we truly free to make our own decisions? If not, do our choices matter in any meaningful way? How do these philosophies impact social policies, economics, criminal justice, and more? And how does this connect to the themes of Westworld?

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S04E04 – Generation Loss

July 19, 2022 Watching Westworld

What do Apple and Westworld have in common? Forced obsolescence. Dolores presses forward to a new world order with hordes of flies. Fire fights explode. Maeve gives Caleb something to fight for. All the while, hosts and humans are forced ever closer to extinction. Is the future flesh, or is the future flies?

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How Does a Medievalist approach House of the Dragon?

July 14, 2022 Double Dragon

This week Kavita Mudan Finn (PhD, Oxford) talks House of the Dragon. Then comic Steve Ausburne discusses his very first viewing of GOT 801 (Winterfell). Is this the best start to a final season ever? Finally, Kavita answers a question about racial perception in Medieval Europe.

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S04E03 – Annees Folles – Feedback

July 14, 2022 Watching Westworld

Join us for the Annees Folles feedback podcast to hear our thoughts on the latest theories and whatever else you want to talk about.

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S04E03 – Annees Folles

July 12, 2022 Watching Westworld

Westworld feels like it’s back to doing what it does best; giving us the answers while we try to figure out which questions we should be asking. Join us for the podcast as we get back to Bernard and find out a whole lot more about Temperance.

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Enter the Double Dragon: A House of the Dragon Podcast

July 8, 2022 Double Dragon

Double Dragon is a House of the Dragon podcast. It features a stand-up comic and the author of two books on Game of Thrones. It also features university professors who specialize in medieval history and literature.

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Succession

July 8, 2022 Bald Move Prestige

You’re familiar with the saga of Succession, what about the saga of making this episode about Succession? Life would be easier if we all loved this, but the world isn’t perfect. We checked out the pilot and season two finale. Why doesn’t this show work for us when things like Always Sunny do? I guess that’s the difference between buffoons and rich buffoons. There are great performances, design, and camera work, so on paper it’s well made, but still not for us.

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S04E02 – Well Enough Alone – Feedback

July 7, 2022 Watching Westworld

Are you spotting smoke and decrypting parallels from previous seasons? Maybe you should work for the FBI. Let’s ponder the question “what makes a person”? What is the show trying to say about the meaning of being sentient and alive? And how many times are we going to go back and forth between deciding if this is real or a simulation? Grab a Methuselah sized bottle of wine and enjoy the wild theories in this episode.

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S04E02 – Well Enough Alone

July 5, 2022 Watching Westworld

The metaphors are coming down heavily with the use of the book My Father’s Dragon and the opera Don Giovanni. In a show where people who seem like they should be dead are alive, we can’t trust our own eyes. Does everything in this reality have an explanation, or are we watching an abstracted reality? Is Christina unconsciously carrying an encryption key? Join us as we discuss this and more theories in this episode breakdown.

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S04E02 – Well Enough Alone – Instant Talk

July 4, 2022 Watching Westworld

Is it a simulation? Is it real life? Does your brain hurt yet? Hopefully any cranial discomfort is due to confusion and not black goo between your ears. We’ve got some theories on how this season is going to pan out. Join us as we try to figure out which reality we can trust.
Do your theories include predictions? We love those. Send in those and your feedback to westworld@baldmove.com.

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