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by Lucas Sloppy

A Fool's Guide to Pop Culture & the Occult | Join host Lucas Sloppy and a myriad of guests as they talk television, movies, comics, video games, and more — uncovering an esoteric world of myth, magick and mystery hidden deep within your favorite media.

Podcast episodes

  • Twin Peaks

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    Twin Peaks

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    Lucas is joined by artist, musician and occultist Bat St. Chip to talk the unforgettable television experience that is Twin Peaks as well as explore some of the reality-bending theories put forth in co-writer Mark Frost's epistolary novel 'The Secret History of Twin Peaks'. Pour yourself a cup of good, hot, black coffee and tune in as they investigate atom bombs and aliens alike! You may even catch a David Lynch impression (or two). In other words: Fakers walk with me!

  • fake double feature

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    fake double feature

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    Lucas welcomes back Fake Ritual alumns Albert C. Hall & Caleb Pass for a movie recommendation two-fer. Listen in as they talk the survival-horror gem Rituals (1977) & the heavenly comedy-drama Static (1985).

  • Neon Genesis Evangelion

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    Neon Genesis Evangelion

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    Lucas welcomes to the show filmmaker and fellow podcaster Lance Parkin (Neon Brainiacs) to talk the teenage-trauma mecha-drama that is Neon Genesis Evangelion. They take a stab at breaking down the anime into its core parts before meeting some of the more memorable monsters from the show's angelic catalogue. Suit up, plug in and go BERSERK!

  • finnish mythical creatures

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    finnish mythical creatures

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    Kate Sweeney returns to discover the many magical creatures lurking in Finland's countryside and rate them on sheer brutality (or lack thereof).

  • Metalocalypse

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    Metalocalypse

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    Lucas sits down with returning guest Kate Sweeney to talk Adult Swim's blacker-than-the-blackest-black-times-infinity death-metal-centric animated series, Metalocalypse. They band together to dissect the show's characters and music while also unearthing a plot that's about as brain-dead as the members of Dethklok, themselves. Brutal enough for ya? There's only one way to find out...