Episode 12: They Live (1988)

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Written By Craig Schroeder

Hal and Craig welcome guest Kevin Cole aka The Primal Root—owner and proprietor of the oft-mentioned Cap City Video Lounge—to discuss John Carpenter’s 1988 anti-capitalism, sci-fi masterpiece THEY LIVE. Discussions also include:

  • The petition to put access to safe abortions on the ballot in Florida;

  • Our new(ly indicted) king: George Santos;

  • What we’ve been watching lately, including EVIL DEAD RISE, THE MOTHER, and RENFIELD;

  • The stranglehold Reaganomics has had on the world for the last forty years;

  • The police as the enforcers of capitalism; and

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