The Occasionalists Podcast

Greetings from...Sunny Los Angeles!

This episode is one part mental reprieve from the grim Ohio weather, one part expansive discussion on the entertainment capital of the world.
This week, we set our sights on Los Angeles, explore the history of the entertainment industry and discuss the series of events that helped make Hollywood Hollywood. 
We go over the some of the bigger stories that have defined the city on a national/international level and present two of our own tales that are lesser-known but still resonate with Hollywood energy.
But first, Chemma spills his guts about his first trip to Los Angeles.

Sports! Sports! And More Sports!

Venerable co-host Chemma has (surprisingly) made his way back from Los Angeles and rejoins the podcast to discuss why the Browns might not be as bad off as you think, the reality staring the Cavs franchise and fans in the face, and why it's too early to worry about anything with the Indians but it's definitely not too early to bitch about the weather.
Strap in for some sports!

Protean Man Series: Reformation

ref·or·ma·tion
ˌrefərˈmāSH(ə)n/
noun
1.
the action or process of reforming an institution or practice.
 
 
Easily our most 'political' episode to date, Chemma and I walk through some personal life and attitude changes and discuss some of the pressing issues facing our country that need a drastic overhaul and what it might take to get us there.
 
Strap in for a long, important episode.

Embrace The Reboot

In the next 18 months, Hollywood is going to pump out an unprecedented number of tv shows and movies that are based on existing properties. Be they sequels, prequels, reboots, remakes, reintroductions or adaptations, the cynical entertainment consumer would probably rehash this old line:
"There are no original ideas in Hollywood anymore!"
They wouldn't be wrong but truly original stories and ideas probably ran dry a few thousand years ago and everything we've seen since the dawn of film is a remake or reboot of something. However that's another podcast for another day.
Today, Chemma and I are opening our own studio (PC Culture Entertainment) but the catch is, we only use existing, known properties to make our movies, tv shows, albums, etc.
Listen in as we do some gender-flipping, end white-washing, and bring back some classic punk and hip-hop standards to a new generation.

Altered Carbon: Review

In this portion, we go full blast into the future world of The Protectorate: Bay City, Harlan's World, the Envoys, CTAC marines and of course, Meths, Sleeves, Stacks and Simulspace. Sorry if we've already lost you.
This was one of our longest reviews of anything and if you've seen the show, you totally understand why.

Altered Carbon: Spoiler Free Discussion

This was a huge episode so we cut it into two parts.
In this part of our discussion on Netflix's cyberpunk cop show, we avoid getting into spoiler territory and talk about some of the overarching ideas about the future and motifs that serve as the basis for the show.

The 2nd Quadrennial Woodie Awards!

On the heels of the Oscars comes the most important awards show in all of low-level podcasting:
The Woodies!
Every 4 years, or whenever we remember to do it, we award some deserving and undeserving pieces of media and stories from more recent times the coveted Woodie Award. Which, to my knowledge, does not have any particular physical form and that's okay, because these awards have little-to-no structure but they are lots of fun.

A Night At The Oscars!

The glitz! The glamor! The social justice issues and equality messages!
It's Oscars time, baby!
Chemma and I discuss the importance of THE marquee entertainment awards show: whether or not they got things right, if it needs some kind of overhaul, how much the outside world influences who wins what and of course the biggest, burning question:
WHY THE HELL IS THIS THING SO DAMN LONG!?