https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/shallow-pedantic--4547079enArtsCopyright Andrew Patrickhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/cbac811b989cb4b876b366a2db1b081e.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/shallow-pedantic--4547079Thu, 26 Jun 2025 04:53:14 +0000Andrew PatrickAndrew Patricktheunnamedjournal@gmail.comA Monthly Podcast by the creators of Unnamed Journal, designed to discuss literature, pop culture, and other assorted dorkeries.trueepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/oh-the-dragonity-part-2--66752519Flight of Dragons podcast. You may have even thought it would never happen.

Oh ye of little faithin the power of magic. Or Science.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66752519Thu, 26 Jun 2025 04:52:08 +0000Andrew PatrickYou were probably wondering when we'd get around to posting the second half of our Flight of Dragons podcast. You may have even thought it would never happen. Oh ye of little faithin the power of magic. Or Science.Flight of Dragons podcast. You may have even thought it would never happen.

Oh ye of little faithin the power of magic. Or Science.]]>276480'sanimation,fantasy,flightofdragons,rankinbassfalse62fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/oh-the-dragonity-part-1--63607576https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63607576Fri, 10 Jan 2025 02:45:06 +0000Andrew PatrickA discussion of the Rankin-Bass fantasy film Flight of Dragons, because it has surprising depth in it's shallowness...2589animation,flightofdragons,rankin-bassfalse61fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/grignr-s-back-tell-a-friend--62278762https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62278762Tue, 08 Oct 2024 03:29:29 +0000Andrew PatrickThe second part of our discussion of The Sacred Crest, with the hopes of an ongoing Grignr the Barbarian fantasy universe.2835false56fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/grignr-s-back-tell-a-friend-part-one--62159904
Part 2 coming soon!]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62159904Tue, 01 Oct 2024 03:00:02 +0000Andrew PatrickThe Literary Find of the Century! in 1972, Jim Theis, author of the infamous The Eye of Argon, which we discussed in the "Plan Nine From Argon" Episodes, published a new tale of Grignr the Barbarian. It was unknown until published this year by the...
Part 2 coming soon!]]>2457false55fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-greatest-moment-in-eastern-or-western-cinema-part-2--60869812https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60869812Thu, 01 Aug 2024 03:45:02 +0000Andrew PatrickThe continuation of our discussion of Wild Zero, including a few points about Zombie Meta-Awareness, Hollywood's penchant for lazy irony, and how to dress for the apocalypse.3442false54fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-greatest-moment-in-eastern-or-western-cinema-part-1--60714067https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60714067Fri, 19 Jul 2024 03:45:02 +0000Andrew PatrickWe begin discussing the great Japanese trash rock n' roll zombie flick, Wild Zero. Part 2 to follow soon.2121guitarwolf,japanesecinema,punkrock,westaboos,wildzerofalse53fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/shai-hulud-the-popcorn-bucket-part-2--60579204https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60579204Wed, 03 Jul 2024 16:40:02 +0000Andrew PatrickThe second part of our Dune sequel analysis, in which Andrew has opinions about the changes made to Chani, and what that means for ongoing Dune films. He's not mad; he's just disappointed.2503false52fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/shai-hulud-the-popcorn-bucket-part-1--60578973https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60578973Tue, 02 Jul 2024 15:27:18 +0000Andrew PatrickWe're back, and we are once more talking about Dune. In this case, the most recent Denis de Villeneuve adaptation, Dune Part 2. We have opinions.2470cinema,denisdevilleneuve,dune,moviesfalse51fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-song-of-fire-and-ice--55417873https://api.spreaker.com/episode/55417873Thu, 29 Jun 2023 16:20:02 +0000Andrew PatrickFor this episode, the nexus of Ralph Bakshi's rotoscoped animation and Frank Frazetta's musclepulp art: the 1983 animated cult classic Fire and Ice. Ready your axe, flee the glaciers, and dig the ride.4172false47fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/unnamed-journal-34-chat-w-special-guest-annalise-grey--53722869https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53722869Wed, 03 May 2023 00:00:51 +0000Andrew PatrickThis episode covers what's in UJ 34, and also includes advice on how to submit to Unnamed Journal. Thanks to author Annalise Grey, whose poem "True Story" appears in this issue.3897annalisegrey,drunkvampirehunter,poem,poetry,specialguest,theking'sransom,thelongsummerfalse46fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/unnamed-journal-33-plug--52623685
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Subscribe to our Patreon to read the issue.

Or check out our Gumroad.

Also available on Amazon.]]>3340false45fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/been-through-the-forest-on-a-horse-with-one-horn-part-2--52469699https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52469699Thu, 19 Jan 2023 06:10:01 +0000Andrew PatrickPart 2 of our discussion of The Last Unicorn. Includes some inside dope on the next issue of Unnamed Journal, and upcoming podcasts.3338animation,anime,fantasy,film,rankin-bass,thelastunicornfalse44fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/been-through-the-forest-on-a-horse-with-one-horn-part-1--52335753https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52335753Tue, 03 Jan 2023 21:20:02 +0000Andrew PatrickWade with us through the glory years of Rankin-Bass animation with this roundtable discussion of The Last Unicorn. Part 1 of 2.2616animation,fantasy,movies,rankin-bass,thelastunicornfalse43fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/plan-nine-from-argon-part-2--51798981https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51798981Sun, 06 Nov 2022 23:45:01 +0000Andrew PatrickWhat makes a bad story? What makes a bad story comedy gold? And should we grade on a curve? Listen as we challenge the status of "Eye of Argon" as the Worst Fantasy Story Ever, mostly by looking at the backstory of its creation, and how it got passed...3240badwriting,eyeofargon,fantasytrue42fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/plan-nine-from-argon-part-1--51733029https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51733029Mon, 31 Oct 2022 16:55:02 +0000Andrew PatrickLo! We brave band of threesome plumb the fetid depths of the most deeping, dreadful tale of Fantasy Fiction? Join our savage spelunking of this gruesome grimoire, The Eye of Argon!4665bad-writing,blood-and-thunder,eye-of-argon,fantasy,fiction,sword-and-sorcerytrue41fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-last-unicron-part-2--51178684https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51178684Fri, 09 Sep 2022 22:30:02 +0000Andrew PatrickThe continuation of our Transformers discussion and some shameless shilling of the Latest edition of Unnamed Journal. Of course, if you're a Patron, you already have that.423080's,animation,popculture,toys,transformersfalse38fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-last-unicron-part-1--51086424
Part 2 coming soon!]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51086424Wed, 31 Aug 2022 01:49:00 +0000Andrew PatrickA bifurcated episode! We start talking about The Transformers, and at some point during the discussion, something got bumped and the recording stopped. This is the part before the bump. Part 2 coming soon!
Part 2 coming soon!]]>280980's,animation,comics,toys,transformers,tvfalse37fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/neil-gaiman-is-just-this-guy-man--50678442https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50678442Fri, 22 Jul 2022 20:00:02 +0000Andrew PatrickWe sat down to discuss fantasy author Neil Gaiman, and we recorded nearly two hours worth of material. This bit here is the part about Neil Gaiman. The rest of the madness will become a bonus episode, here shortly. Enjoy!2808authors,coraline,fantasy,hellraiser,neilgaiman,sandmanfalse36fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/funny-he-doesn-t-look-souix-ish--49752151https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49752151Wed, 11 May 2022 01:33:06 +0000Andrew PatrickWe chatter like a bunch of fanboys about Mel Brooks, talking about all the movies of his we've seen, which is almost all of them. In the process, we discover the difference between what's brilliant and what's mediocre.6648blazingsaddles,comedy,melbrooks,movies,youngfrankensteintrue35fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/cannon-films-is-cursed--49046292https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49046292Sun, 13 Mar 2022 17:04:03 +0000Andrew PatrickCannon Films, the Art-House of Schlock. The Criterion of Cult. A stew of memorable entertainments, actual cinema, and complete garbage. We wander through the canon of Cannon, and like a forbidden encyclopedia it breaks our recording. It's DOOMED!4538b-movies,cannonfilms,chucknorris,cobra,mastersoftheunivers,ninjamovies,schlockfalse34fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/huxley-s-prophecy-gibson-s-nightmare-l-ron-hubbard-s-bet--48502586https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48502586Mon, 31 Jan 2022 15:30:02 +0000Andrew Patrick6709cyberpunk,gibson,neuromancer,snowcrash,stephenson,transmetropolitanfalse33fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dune-and-loving-it--47862478
It's not an April Fool's Joke this time.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/47862478Fri, 10 Dec 2021 05:03:20 +0000Andrew PatrickDenis de Villneuve's Dune has exploded in our minds, and we have opinions about it. We compare it to David Lynch's film, Jodowrosky's unmade film, and go off on a few mild tangents. Duke, duke, duke! It's not an April Fool's Joke this time.
It's not an April Fool's Joke this time.]]>5674cinema,dune,film,movies,scifi,spaceoperafalse32fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/trifles-of-the-king--46839643https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46839643Wed, 06 Oct 2021 00:31:44 +0000Andrew PatrickWe have a series of agreements about film adaptations of Arthurian Legend, beginning with The Green Knight and ending with John Boorman's Excalibur, which is objectively the best King Arthur movie. You can disagree, but you're wrong.4610arthur,excalibur,fantasy,history,montypythonfalse31fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/teenage-dungeon-vampire-space-pirates--46100162
If you like this kind of thing, we have more of the kind of thing that you like. Support us on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/shallowpedantic, and by new issues of Unnamed Journal at https://app.gumroad.com/shallowpedantic]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46100162Tue, 17 Aug 2021 06:40:13 +0000Andrew PatrickIt was suggested that we do a 101 on RPG's (not MMORPG's), so we did. And not only did we cram Dune in there, we discovered it was actually relevant. If you like this kind of thing, we have more of the kind of thing that you like. Support us on our...
If you like this kind of thing, we have more of the kind of thing that you like. Support us on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/shallowpedantic, and by new issues of Unnamed Journal at https://app.gumroad.com/shallowpedantic]]>6600dungeons&dragons,roleplayers,rpg,tmnt,unnamedjournal,vampirethemasqueradefalse210fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/punk-rock-s-dead-mix-tape--45426277https://api.spreaker.com/episode/45426277Thu, 24 Jun 2021 14:04:03 +0000Andrew PatrickWhat is Punk? How important are the Stooges to Punk? Is Punk dead? Listen to us almost discuss these questions in between geeking out about our favorite bands. We conclude with sage advice about making mixtapes for people you want to date.6023analog,blackflag,cassette,cbgb's,germs,mc5,mixtape,music,protopunk,punk,ramones,rocknroll,sexpistols,stooges,velvetunderground,vinyl,xtrue29fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/kevin-smith-is-henry-rollins--44714797https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44714797Tue, 11 May 2021 15:35:12 +0000Andrew PatrickLucky 13! We have a serious discussion of the filmography of Kevin Smith, comparing him to Quentin Tarantino, Charles Bukowski, and Henry Rollins. We mostly focus on Smith's "classic run" of View Askew films from 1993 to 2001.5646chasingamy,cinema,clerks,dogma,henryrollins,jay&silentbob,kevinsmith,mallrats,movies,quentintarantinotrue28fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/wurrk-dammit-or-let-s-do-the-goth-dance-again--44275174https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44275174Mon, 12 Apr 2021 14:35:10 +0000Andrew PatrickA planned conversation about vampire comedy rapidly morphs into reminisences of the Goth scene, the spontaneous MST3Kness of the Rocky Horror Picture Show, Where Horror Is Now, and the decline of Mel Brooks. Also features some preview info on the next...5475comedy,dracula,goths,hammerhorror,horror,melbrooks,mummies,vampires,whatwedoinshadowstrue27fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/andrew-has-opinions-about-dune--44146033https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44146033Thu, 01 Apr 2021 14:12:57 +0000Andrew PatrickThe long-promised episode, finally a reality.481false26fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/go-team-phrasing--43836215https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43836215Fri, 12 Mar 2021 15:40:11 +0000Andrew PatrickAn encompassing extrapolation from the plot structures and themes of "The Venture Brothers" and "Archer" to the general cultural-aesthetic vibe of Generation X and a lot of windy references to Greek Philosophy.5942false25fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/anime-101--43155208Share and enjoy!]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43155208Fri, 29 Jan 2021 14:11:10 +0000Andrew PatrickAre you prepared for two solid hours of chatter about Anime? Get comfy as we set to discussing: What Anime is, When it started, What is good/bad Anime for noobs?, Why it looks like that, Why Cowboy Bebop is a really good show, and Various asides on...Share and enjoy!]]>6701akira,anime,cowboybebop,japan,studioghiblifalse24fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/moore-morrison-please--42647163
Enjoy as we meander through a series of topics almost entirely unintended: crazy cat dudes, ice hoes, werewolf romance, Doctor Sleep, The Pie Theory of Popular Entertainment, and the vast oeuvres of comic writers Alan Moore and Grant Morrison.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42647163Thu, 24 Dec 2020 16:09:36 +0000Andrew PatrickWhat if they gave a Podcast and no one introduced it? Enjoy as we meander through a series of topics almost entirely unintended: crazy cat dudes, ice hoes, werewolf romance, Doctor Sleep, The Pie Theory of Popular Entertainment, and the vast oeuvres...
Enjoy as we meander through a series of topics almost entirely unintended: crazy cat dudes, ice hoes, werewolf romance, Doctor Sleep, The Pie Theory of Popular Entertainment, and the vast oeuvres of comic writers Alan Moore and Grant Morrison.]]>6015alanmoore,cats,comics,doctorsleep,fromhell,grantmorrison,icechipper,leagueofextraordinarygentlemen,revel,theinvisibles,watchmen,werewolvesfalse23fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-fistful-of-samurai-pies--42251263https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42251263Tue, 01 Dec 2020 03:45:19 +0000Andrew PatrickListen to us not shut up about Westerns, Samurai movies, Sturgill Simpson, The Mandalorian, Pie, and how all of these things go together. Dune gets mentioned, because of course it does.5373dune,movies,samurai,starwars,sturgillsimpson,themandalorian,westernfalse22fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/gieger-counter--41692782https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41692782Thu, 29 Oct 2020 04:07:20 +0000Andrew PatrickThe gang (we're a gang now) discuss H.R. Gieger's particular brand of accessible horror-art, its origins, meaning, and influence, and about ten other subjects as our flow (and pronounciation of the man's name) keeps tacking back and forth like a...5099art,cinema,gieger,horror,modernart,moviesfalse21fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-brust-of-the-lieber-fitz-gerald--41053367https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41053367Tue, 22 Sep 2020 04:46:31 +0000Andrew PatrickWe indulge in some Edmund Fitzgerald Porter and wax on about two creative fantasy authors that we've introduced each other two: Stephen Brust and Fritz Leiber. In the process, we hit upon why Andrew doesn't like cross-world fantasy, whether sci-fi and...4428asoiaf,brust,creative-decline,fantasy,leiber,pulp,sci-fi,swords&sorceryfalse15fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/we-all-shine-on--40389780shallowpedantic.podbean.com/4b9b73fe-9e5a-5f56-ac3e-94d1c19950f8Tue, 30 Jun 2020 17:48:20 +0000Andrew PatrickA discussion of the bifurcation of The Shining into the King novel and the Kubrick film, both of which work despite the intentional differences between them. Ongoing discussion of the needs of literature vs. the needs of film.We also chat a bit about...3011false14fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mike-gets-the-good-mike--40389866shallowpedantic.podbean.com/ef0921bf-6ca4-5e45-8da2-a3aa9f62e2f6Mon, 16 Mar 2020 17:49:56 +0000Andrew PatrickA podcast of changes here at Shallow & Pedantic. We break out new audio equipment, discuss big changes coming for Unnamed Journal and the whole S & P Universe (namely, that there will be one), and argue about whether fantasy is inherently atavistic.3735false13fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-philosophy-of-horror--40389824shallowpedantic.podbean.com/the-philosophy-of-horror-fb542f93a8f1b68069eec4860abf2041Thu, 31 Oct 2019 04:19:57 +0000Andrew PatrickIt's Halloween, so we must do the thing that Halloween Podcasts do: confront the terror of the season. No, not inappropriately-timed store displays, just a cliff-dive into the ontology of horror. What is it? Why do we make it? Is it tragedy or comedy?...4135false12fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/graphic-novels-should-not-be-movies--40389875shallowpedantic.podbean.com/graphic-novels-should-not-be-movies-50a37fd9bcdc00bbe0c6e1dc5d7cfd63Sat, 07 Sep 2019 02:54:34 +0000Andrew PatrickFor our inaugural episode, we drink a growler of pale ale and make a bunch of wildly inflated statements about various graphic novels and their terrible movie adaptations. We're not talking about you, Marvelfans, so locate and obtain your chill.3206false11full