Episode 18: One Sings, the Other Doesn’t (1977) w/David Bax

In this episode, Hal and Craig welcome guest David Bax, of the long-running film podcast Battleship Pretension (www.battleshippretension.com), to discuss Agnès Varda's 1977 film exploring explicit and implicit themes of Marxist feminism. Discussions also include:

• Craig got sick and watched the TWISTED METAL show;

• The recent military coup in Niger;

• Frederick Engels' and the Marxist take on family and private property; and

• The passing of William Friedkin, cinema's most delightful crabass.

Source and Links:

Petition to put abortion access on the ballot in Florida:

• https://floridiansprotectingfreedom.com/petition/ 

Overview of the coup in Niger:

• https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-66406137

Sanctions against Niger: 

• https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/what-sanctions-have-been-imposed-niger-since-coup-2023-08-08/

• https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/7/31/nigers-planned-51-mln-bond-issuance-cancelled-due-to-sanctions

France's role in the Niger coup:

• https://www.newstatesman.com/world/2023/08/nigers-crisis-coup-the-west