Gas Giants

May 30 2024 71 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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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

Why Should You Care About Ian Carr's Nucleus?

Mar 14 2024 73 mins  
Subscribe on Spotify ∙ Stitcher ∙ Apple ∙ Pocket Casts ∙ Google ∙ TuneIn ∙ RSSNucleus finally talk about it…….later.How does this all work? Annoying people is fun!Sam Kriss noted that “something annoying is both fascinating and unbearable,” in I know a song that gets on everybody’s nerves (Damage 2021). “But it’s interesting how it seems to be impossible t

Sun Ra Arkestra - Nothing Is... (1966/70)

Feb 29 2024 86 mins  
Where to start with Sun Ra's massive discography? Tom & Gav have a suggestion... 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

Rabbit Is Rich - John Updike (1981)

Feb 15 2024 68 mins  
Taking arms against a sea of mithering, Gav tries to convince a sceptical Tom of the worth of John Updike's 1981 novel. Did you read it? Write in and tell us how you got on! 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

Robert Fripp - Exposure (1979)

Feb 01 2024 92 mins  
Exposure - The Album* Before we even get started, massive respect is due to Eric Tamm, whose exhaustive work “Robert Fripp - From King Crimson to Guitar Craft” is available online HERE and was a big help in preparing this episode.As we explain in more detail, there are several versions of this album, but this is basically what the listener was presented with in 1979About the ly

Popcorn Double Feature-Gentlemen Broncos (2009) & Clerks (1994)

Jan 11 2024 68 mins  
Somewhere in a galaxy far away, there is a man behind the counter of a convenience store...join us for a jointly curated double bill of whacky comedy movies! *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