Hal & Craig watched John Sayles 1987 film Matewan. The film, starring Chris Cooper and James Earl Jones, tells the true story of the fight between West Virginia coal miners and union busters whose tactics grow increasingly more violent. Discussions also include:

• Aaron Bushnell and his remarkable protest against Palestenian genocide;

• Hal's new obsession THE FLOOR, the Rob Lowe hosted game show;

• Our recent watches: Fitzcarraldo, Nosferatu the Vampyre, Barry Lyndon, and The Lighthouse;

• Anti-union violence and America's history of union busting.

We're talking labor unions! Hal and Craig watched Barbara Kopple's HARLAN COUNTY, USA, the ground-breaking 1976 documentary chronicling the struggles of coal mine workers in Harlan County, Kentucky as they fight against coal barons, police, and scabs in an effort to join the United Mine Workers of America. Discussions also include: abortion rights winning at the ballot; weaponizing the Civil Rights Act against student protestors; a round-up of our recently watched films: The Killer (2023), The Flash (2023), Serial Mom (1994), and The Conformist (1970); and the state of labor unions in Kentucky today.