Waypoints 10: Burgers, Mechs, and Fighting in the Age of Loneliness

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4.6 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2018

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

This week, Austin introduces the gang to Evangelion with the first two episodes, and places the series' in the broader context of mecha anime the preceded it. Why is Evangelion so much more explicitly horrifying than most Gundam shows, despite sharing their anti-war politics? And how about that penguin, huh? Danielle has also been watching SB Nation's video series on the history of MMA, "Fighting in the Age of Loneliness" from Jon Bois and Chapo Trap House's Felix Biederman. An often riveting history of sports and martial arts, the series also attempts to put them in context of the political and cultural currents that flowed around them, to more mixed success. But first, Rob has been fascinated by the story of a tiny little burger joint that was destroyed by a rave review... only to learn just before recording that a far more familiar and ugly story of abuse was lurking under the surface the whole time.

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0:00.0	Meeress
0:25.4	Noah
0:28.9	Oh hello, it's Thursday and it's time to welcome you to Waypoints where the Waypoint staff and friends take a break to nerd out and deep dive on the culture art and entertainment that's inspiring and provoking us lately.
0:40.9	Gather around the table this Thursday, we've got Patrick Kleppek.
0:43.9	Hello, Danielle Rando.
0:45.9	Hi hello.
0:46.9	And Austin Walker.
0:48.9	Rob, you seem particularly provoked today.
0:51.9	What's up?
0:52.9	Are you alright, buddy?
0:55.9	Yeah, so do you hear this?
0:56.9	It was a really great story that came out last week really, I mean,
1:01.9	we're jumping into it.
1:03.9	What's up, Rob?
1:05.9	You look upset.
1:06.9	Yeah.
1:07.9	What if we recorded this podcast this morning?
1:09.9	I know.
1:11.9	Okay, fair.
1:12.9	Yeah, you found that piece early.
1:14.9	Like you were you were on it.
1:15.9	You had not really enough that if we've done it at like 11 a.m.
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