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Episodes
Monday Jun 05, 2023
Monday Jun 05, 2023
The Agents have a fascinating conversation with filmmkaer Yujiro Seki about his documentary "Carving The Divine." Yujiro tells us about behind-the-scenes personal directive to make a unique movie.
The documentary offers a rare look into a 1400-year-old Buddhist tradition and the practitioners struggling to preserve a legacy in a rapidly changing Japan. Yujiro has made a film that would make Werner Herzog proud in it's ability to contrast the woodcarvers passion for craft up against dominant contemporary culture . Viewers can begin to ask "What is technology? What do I want from my images and objects? Do we value humanity and it's handiwork?
We hope you enjoy this conversation and please follow the address below to watch the documentary...a must see for anyone who enjoys aesthetics, works with their hands or values dedication and fine work. Plus these folks are great and compelling to watch!
Watch "Carving The Divine" here:
https://www.carvingthedivine.com
"Give us adequate images. We, we lack adequate images, our civilization doesn't have adequate images. And I think our civilization is doomed, is gonna die out like dinosaurs if it does not develop an adequate language or adequate images." Werner Herzog
Friday May 12, 2023
Friday May 12, 2023
This episode:
Blackberry (the movie)
House Musical
AI Follies
New Zines
My 3-year old could do better than that
Tehran (the tv show)
Loudermilk
Toronto Mayor's Race
Gordon Lightfoot RIP
....and more
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The opening music of this episode is a live version of Gordon Lightfoot's Early Morning Rain, ripped from YouTube for educational purposes.
Friday Apr 07, 2023
Friday Apr 07, 2023
We talk to creators Scott Free and Marcus Waller about their new musical HOUSE MUSICAL. The production is playing late April at The Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted Street, Chicago, Illinois.
The agents also share their love for New York City. Candy still doesn't have Netflix or HBO and Eugene is caught up on Succession and has an idea.
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Wednesday Mar 29, 2023
Wednesday Mar 29, 2023
This episode The Agents speak with Peyton McCarty-Simas about witches in horror films, a subject which includes psychedelics and discussion on political movements.
Also:
John Wick 4 (or... who would win a cage match between Keanu, Liam Neeson, and Charles Bronson)
Ted Lasso
Succession - it's back
Art and politics - Kent Monkman at the ROM
+ listener mail and more
Thanks for listening.
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Friday Mar 24, 2023
Friday Mar 24, 2023
This episode, your Agents discuss the 2019 Ari Aster folk-horror film, Midsommar.
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Monday Mar 20, 2023
Monday Mar 20, 2023
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/
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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!
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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!