Gas Giants

Feb 06 2025 76 ep. 79 mins
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All of culture explained by two fat old men, one artifact at a time. Gav and Tom gas about music, movies, TV, books and their creators attempting to understand what they mean about everything else in the world. New episodes every other week Fridays.

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WE / ONE

Feb 06 2025 91 mins  
"If you want a vision of the future, imagine classrooms of teenagers being made to read Orwell's 1984 forever". Other Dystopian Fiction is available.Subscribe to Gas GiantsRSS https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/311033.rss This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gasgiants.substack.com

The Conformist (1970)

Jan 23 2025 65 mins  
Keeping abreast of current events as always, Tom & Gav look at a film from 1970, based on a novel from 1951.Subscribe to Gas GiantsRSS https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/311033.rss This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gasgiants.substack.com

Out To Lunch! - Eric Dolphy (1964)

Jan 09 2025 84 mins  
With Eric Dolphy's landmark album celebrating 60 years this year, Tom& Gav decide on Birthday cake for lunch. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gasgiants.substack.com

The Gas Giants End of Year Roundup!

Dec 26 2024 108 mins  
Before plunging into the cultural maelstrom of 2025, our heroes pause to cast their eyes over the rapidly receding landscape of 2024. Subscribe to Gas GiantsRSS https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/311033.rss This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gasgiants.substack.com

Xmas Special ! Crate Diggin' With Luca from 8mm Records!

Dec 19 2024 68 mins  
One of the first things that Luca turned up was this rarity, which features the father of Jamiroquai’s Jay Kay….but which one of those masked men is he?The Businesses* 8mm Records itself is all over Instagram and you can see their Discogs page HERE.* Fiasco Porto is a Tokyo Jazz Kissaten in the Heroismo quarter of Porto.HERE is an article from a Portuguese lifestyle magazine, w

The Great Psychic Outdoors - Enrico Monacelli (2023)

May 30 2024 72 mins  
It's not every day you get and invitation to "the Savage Interzone at the heart of contemporary music", so Tom & Gav set off to investigateSubscribe to Gas GiantsRSS https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/311033.rss This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gasgiants.substack.com

The Three Body Problem

May 09 2024 82 mins  
Which medium should you use to decode messages from outer space? Tom & Gav review the optionsSubscribe to Gas GiantsRSS https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/311033.rss This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gasgiants.substack.com

The Unknown Known (2013)

Apr 25 2024 59 mins  
Could I get a definition of Podcast here? Tom and Gav sit down for a portion of Alphabet soup with Donald Rumsfeld in Errol Morris's movie "Unknown Known"Subscribe to Gas GiantsRSS https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/311033.rss This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gasgiants.substack.com

ROPE - Hitchcock (1948)

Apr 11 2024 67 mins  
Tom & Gav begin an examination of Narcissistic Psychopathy with a look at Hitchcock's 1948 classic Subscribe to Gas GiantsRSS https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/311033.rss This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gasgiants.substack.com

Youth Without Youth

Mar 28 2024 116 mins  
Our Easter Special; for all those planning on getting struck by lightning this weekend, stay at home and listen to this instead. People have actually started Podcasts specifically to talk about how much they hate this movie, but we like it. Are we the only ones? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit