Broken River boas E Rathke and David Simmons join Kelby in the Agitator booth to figure out how we're going to piece together our fallen brother JDO's unfinished magnum opus about a fence salesman who can control tornadoes. But first! You know we're getting wild, talmbout Call of Duty lobbies back in the day, how quickly things get racist and how come that's funny, inflation on boardwalk caricature art, the extreme horror community and how all writers (including us) should stop posting so much, what happens when you're teaching English in South Korea and your appendix explodes, and oh so much more. Find E Rathke's eclectic musings at radicaledward.substack.com and keep up with David Simmons on X @WholeTimeDavid or IG @toppdogghill. More on the Broken River crew at brokenriverbooks.com and, of course, you can support this show at patreon.com/agitator for only $5/month in the Agitator Z tier, where you gain access to bonus and extended episodes, behind the scenes looks at film and writing projects, and exclusive Agitator Discord access.

We gon need a bigger stable for all this horsin' around. The Rare Candy boys join Kelby in mourning our brother JDO, who has gone off to his celestial Mormon heaven as depicted by Terrence Howard. 1x1=2. Snow on Tha Bluff. Haircuts with your mom. Meth lab on Zillow. Sam Forster's bestseller is just a throwback meme from 2016. The ending of The Sopranos. Tubi Originals. Playing like you hopped off the short bus. Thizzed-out Elvis in Dresland. Favorite dog breeds. Rare Candy Boba (trademark). Be sure to listen to Rare Candy on all podcast platforms and sign up at rarecandy.substack.com for a steady fix of book club discussions, insightful essays on health and better living, original fiction pieces, and more. It's the best thing going on the internet right now, trust me.

Shouts out our boy. All love.

We're freestyling the concept and premise of a sprawling sword & sorcery/survival horror epic, after we diagnose the problems of today's youth, eulogize Steve Albini as much as he deserves it, pontificate better ways to approach open-world gaming than the endless side-questing and modifying, and discuss our favorite shows a little bit. Like this? Sign up for free or get bonus content for $5/month at patreon.com/agitator. Learn more about our writing at brokenriverbooks.com.

We kick off the show talking shop and breaking down pretentiousness as laziness, then move into the current state of mediocrity in rap music and what makes Kendrick one of the worst to ever rock the mic. Also: who dissed Drake best? And "can I say it?" We miss you, DMX. patreon.com/agitator

Back to our roots of being avant-garde dipshits. Give us guala at patreon.com/agitator and learn more at brokenriverbooks.com

On this episode: Miike's 2014 high school death game film As the Gods Will + when one of the greats shows up to make something mediocre + the swinging pendulum of brilliance + perfect CGI + craft talk re: character development and form vs formula + what would've made this movie better + AN AGITATOR FILMS ANNOUNCEMENT ++ NEWS ABOUT THE IMPENDING SUMMER FOR THE SHOW. Support the show and get a bunch of bonus content at patreon.com/agitator

Very special interview episode today with ADR (English dub) anime director/producer/writer Shannon Reed of Sentai Filmworks. We get into the nuts and bolts of what it means to direct anime and what all goes into the dubbing process, from rewriting to match mouth flaps to pulling the perfect performance out of voice actors and everything in-between. We also talk balancing fun and hard work, Star Wars, Shannon's personal journey into anime, and more. Check out the HiDive streaming platform: https://welcome.hidive.com/

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