That's MR. Potato Head To You: Weekender Preview

The Muckrake Political Podcast

CLNS Media Network

News, Politics

4.6 • 530 Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2021

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

In this excerpt of their Patreon show The Weekender, Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss the manufactured outrage from the right over things as trivial as Hasbro renaming their spud universe "Potato Head." Plus, they take a deep dive into the documentary "Room 237" which is a film about conspiracy theories surrounding Stanley Kubrick's The Shining. While these theories pertain to a seminal pop culture touchstone, it's also easy to trace how this thought process can permeat the political landscape and lead to the toxicity we see today. To subscribe and listen to the full episode plus lots of bonus content, click here: http://patreon.com/muckrakepodcast

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0:00.0	Hey everybody. Welcome to the Muckraig podcast. I'm Nick Houselman. And this is an announcement to let you know that we are going to be doing a new series called The Weekender over on Patreon that will appear every Friday. And this is a little sneak preview so you can get a handle on what it's like and why you'd want to go over there and join the Patreon and be part of that community, which has been incredible and amazing with a lot of people there and a lot of great conversations.
0:24.2	So here it is. Check it out. And feel free to check out the actual Patreon as well at patreon.com slash muckrake podcast.
0:32.1	Hey, everybody. Welcome to the Patreon exclusive weekender edition of the Muckraig podcast.
0:38.9	This episode, we're going to focus on a documentary called Room 237, which was made in 2012 by a guy
0:47.5	named Rodney Archer.
0:49.0	And we're going to be talking about conspiracy theories.
0:51.9	We're going to be talking about how people are seeing
0:54.9	patterns where there aren't any and sort of diving into how that's affected our culture.
1:01.2	It's going to be a good time. But unfortunately, we have to start this on a sad note. I mean,
1:08.6	a really serious, rough little thing that we have to address.
1:13.8	And that is, of course, everyone knows that Mr. Potato Head is no longer Mr. Potato Head, Nick.
1:25.4	How have you been coping in these rough times?
1:30.7	I sat in the corner for a few minutes, but then I, I, are you sure I feel like I saw the tweet
1:37.0	from Hasbro that said, don't worry, they're not going anywhere. It will still be Mr. and Mrs.
1:41.2	Potato Head. So now I'm confused. So to get everybody up to speed, I wanted to talk about this for a second because I think this is really, first of all, amusing.
1:53.1	Second of all, telling about where we are in this current political climate.
1:57.8	For those who maybe haven't seen it yet, there's been a firestorm that has
2:02.7	taken off today. And it just totally shows how absurd our political moment is. Hasbro, the toy maker.
2:13.5	If I'm not wrong, Nick, G.I. Joe, correct? Hasbro. Am I right about that?
2:19.7	I think so.
2:20.8	Yeah. Hasbro, who via G.I. Joe, has helped the military industrial complex,
2:26.3	went to some really incredible heights.
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