The Left Page & Here Be Media

Jan 30 2025 152 ep. 78 mins 796

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A Podcast about the Art of the Possible. Hosted by Frank, a Brazilian Historian (@FrankGothic), and Leon, Dutch social scientist (@LaboringLeon). In which we look at Literature (The Left Page) and Media (Here Be Media) through a socio-historical & Utopian lens!

Find more of our work and projects at https://linktr.ee/leftpagehbm

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The Left Page - Episode 87 - The First Law 1-3: Master Making Fantasy Worlds

Jan 30 2025 167 mins

Hello everyone!!Kicking off 2025 with the Left Page we bring a very special series of books, the First Law trilogy, by Joe Abercrombie!A series dear to Leon and, now to the pod itself. We dive into how these books actually achieve goals of engaging the psychological, the social and the political, while also making compelling literature, imagine that!As such, we explore the building

Here Be Media - Episode 49 - Ace Combat 7: Mach 3 Speed Propaganda w/ Sid

Jan 23 2025 83 mins

Hello everyone!!For our first HBM of 2025 we offer something quite strange, at first glance something all about military propaganda and nothing quite our podcast range, Ace Combat 7!But, as we are joined by our friend Sid of, among other things, The Bad Game Hall of Fame, we dive deeper!And yeah... there's a lot of propaganda, but still, attempts at telling a story and even being a

Here Be Media - Episode 48 - Dune (1984): Lynching Social Identity w/ Audrey

Dec 27 2024 79 mins

Hello everyone!We are rounding out 2024 and Dunecember with a very special episode on a... "special" film? David Lynch's Dune from 1984 is not good. But it is worth talking about, and with a friend! As Audrey joins us to brave these strange strange sands.Plenty on the erasure of community and the fremen themselves, the roles of social identity, and some of the not good choices and

Here Be Media - Episode 47 - Dragon Age: Inquisition: Putting "U" in Institution!

Dec 24 2024 192 mins

Greetings and Salutations everyone,We decided to do a second HBM episode this month instead of a HBE, we know a part of our audience likes it when we talk about Bioware so we hope this is a fun holiday present for you guys! We are going to be honest, this is a very text based analysis, and might not be the easiest to follow along with for those who have not played the game. We do t

The Left Page - Episode 86 - Dune: The Spice is Right

Dec 11 2024 115 mins

Hello everyone!!Welcome to Dunecember!! Lots of Dune to cap off 2024!For starters, we tackle the one, the original, the 1965 book by Frank Herbert! It's been a long-time coming, and we hope it was worth the wait.So join us as we talk religious manipulation, "untapped human potential", warrior cultures, being a weird little guy, and lots more in the last Left Page episode of the yea

Here Be Media - Episode 46 - Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree: FromSoft's End of History

Nov 30 2024 130 mins

Hello everyone!!Here is us finally talking about the Elden Ring DLC (or just a standalone game according to the GOTY-awards, Geoff should be struck down for his hubris and so on) we hope you all enjoy it!Due to technical difficulties Ash's precis was added post-recording. Our sincere apologies if it sounds odd, it was the best we could do.Find the Crypt dwellers near a cemetery or

The Left Page - Episode 85 - Good Night, Sleep Tight: Short Friction w/ Nate

Nov 09 2024 71 mins

Hello everyone!!The end of the year and the holidays approach rapidly, but not yet! Rejecting that, we remain in the lands of horror, as we talk about Brian Evenson's Good Night, Sleep Tight, with our friend Nate!We dive into some of the themes in this collection of short stories, their representation of childhood and anxieties of parenthood, sleep and more. And while elaborating o

Here Be Media - Episode 45 - Interview with the Vampire S02: Vamphere, Vampthere, Vampeverywhere! w/ Jay

Oct 27 2024 97 mins

Hello everyone!!For this month's spooky HBM we go back to Interview with a Vampire! Season 2! And in good company too, with Jay, of LibraryPunk and Tender Subject fame!It's vampire talk again, as we go back into interviewing immortal beings and finding out just how interesting their drama really is. Is it? We wonder that as we dive into this continued adaptation, its successes and

The Left Page - Episode 84 - The Scar: The Dangers of DIY Quantum Physics w/ Horror Vanguard

Oct 16 2024 84 mins

Hello everyone!!It's October and you know what that means! We drag the ghost, from their crypts (or ship) and have a good Halloween book chat!As Jon joined us for China Mieville's 2nd book of the Bas-Lag Trilogy: the Scar!It's a great time talking about the power and potential of class consciousness, the strange dynamics of cities, pirates, liberation, and the terrible risks of mis

Here Be Media - Episode 44 - Paradise Killer: Defective Detectives

Sep 30 2024 76 mins

Hello everyone!!For this chaotic month's HBM we're diving into one of Frank's favourite genres, right back into detective fiction! This time talking about the very weird and very interesting Paradise Killer!Join us as we discuss the complexities of building a world from scratch, of making a sociologically compelling story, and creating a decent and engaging medium to solve a myster