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14 hours ago
14 hours ago
This episode, your Agents discuss the 2019 Ari Aster folk-horror film, Midsommar.
Thank you for listening. Email the Agents: theagency.podcast@gmail.com
5 days ago
5 days ago
In this episode, Agents Candy and Eugene are joined by Special Agent Sarah Elliot to talk about the Whitechapel Murders - new theories, some bizarre; what the victims were really like, and 19th Century London compared to cities today.
Read more from Sarah at Swallowing the Camel: https://swallowingthecamel.me/
Thank you for listening. You can reach the Agents anytime by email: theagency.podcast@gmail.com
We love hearing from you and we may read your note on-air,
Monday Mar 13, 2023
Monday Mar 13, 2023
The Agents had a blast talking to Associate Professor Irma Cantu from Texas A&M International University about witches.
What are the differences between Salen Witch Trial witches and Hispanic Witches? Quite a lot. We travel through Inquisitional Archives, female protests, healthcare, herbalism and freedom. And more!
We want to know what you think, what you're watching, reading, making...email us at:
Thank you for listening!
Saturday Mar 11, 2023
Saturday Mar 11, 2023
This episode:
CIA Backlash
AI Resistance
The Slap (and how to get attention)
Weird Tales and Absurd Characters
DakhaBrakha at Koerner Hall
Morrisseau fraudsters busted
I Just Don't Know What to do with Myself
Creatives and Art Workers
Email from Andy
...and more
Our opening theme is a traditional tune called Wild Hog in the Woods, played by Agent Eugene on clawhammer banjo.
The ending musical snippet for this episode is from Sho Z-Pod Duba from a Tiny Desk Concert by DakhaBrakha.
This episode of The Agency Podcast is dedicated to Toronto naturalist, musician and teacher Miles Hearn, who passed on February 25 and also to Kiska, the last captive killer whale in Canada — also known as "the loneliest whale in the world" - who died at a Canadian waterpark this week. The orca was believed to be 47 years old.
Wednesday Feb 15, 2023
Wednesday Feb 15, 2023
We're back from haitus. This episode:
A New Paper
Dog Rescues
Quilting with our special guest, Adamandia Kapsalis
The Broker
Slow Horses
When numbers get serious
Severance
Glass Onion Yay or Nay
Poker Face
The Half-time Show
Opening snippet from an old interview with Bob Dylan in San Francisco.
The snippet of Let the Mystery Be at the end is by Iris Dement. Both are used for educational purposes.
The Agents extend a big thank to our guest Adamandia.
Tuesday Nov 01, 2022
Tuesday Nov 01, 2022
This week:
We have a special guest this week. Vernon Cisney, a professor of philosophy at Gettysburg College in PA joins The Agents to discuss The Joker.
Also.....
Movies Lists
In Bruges
The Spy Who Dumped Me
And more.
We're taking a hiatus to recharge our batteries. Please enjoy the other 172 episodes of The Agency while we're away. See you in early spring.
Thanks for listening!
Tuesday Oct 25, 2022
Tuesday Oct 25, 2022
This week:
Listener mail
Celebrity bad behaviour
Armed and Hammered
The remake of Rebecca
Heist movies (and Eugene's fave actor)
The Activist Cookbook
The Passenger
The Lost Daughter
....and much more
The ending music tag of this episode is from Drinkin' Wine Spo-dee-o-dee by Stick McGhee, 1949.
Tuesday Oct 18, 2022
Tuesday Oct 18, 2022
This week:
A Contronym Quiz
Hitchcock's Rebecca (more twists than even Ozark?)
Listener mail
An announcement
Thanks for listening.
Tuesday Oct 11, 2022
Tuesday Oct 11, 2022
Another deep dive into the drama erupting in the chess world. Is Eugene off-put by non-linear narratives? Is Candy watching too many depressing shows?
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theagency.podcast.com
Tuesday Oct 04, 2022
Tuesday Oct 04, 2022
Episode 169
Opening trash talk from Grandmaster Ben Finegold's YouTube. Full video: https://youtu.be/bf3Z3gb62zo
This week:
More chess drama
Adventures in Connecticut
Sci-fi predictions
Blonde and the cult of celebrity
An autumn visit to The Comfort Food Diner
The Outlaws
Moonage Daydream
Wisdom from Agent Eugene's dad
Premium Rush (not the name of a weed shop)
Trump voters, junk food and driving to work
Dragon's Den repeats (for American listeners, it's the Canadian version of Shark Tank)
Robin Hood movies
Thanks for listening.