Valley Of The Realdolls is an episode of the podcast, Boonta Vista. This episode was released on July 11, 2017.
Today we're talking about the spine-tingling world of conservative speculative fiction from The Daily Telegraph's fear of a red planet to Grace Collier's excruciating essay 'Simone'.
Here's the essay we're reading from if you absolutely insist on torturing yourself: https://www.spectator.co.uk/2017/07/simone/
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| No intro scenario. Lucy is hungover. | n/a |
No guests this episode.
| Timestamp | Segment | Notes |
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| 0:01:00 | Unnamed Segment | Right-wing speculative fiction in the press. “Now Here's Your Bill” Daily Telegraph front page by Sharri Markson. “SImone” Spectator Article by Grace Collier. https://www.spectator.com.au/2017/07/simone/ |
| 0:48:54 | Mailbag | Most Australian hangover cure? Worst city in Australia? How much to sell us Rufus Sewell, Alex Proyas, Guy Pearce? Best place for shitting/pissing? |
Lucy has a hangover. Related IBS discussion at the start of the episode, including Ben pledging to donate to an IBS charity so he had the moral high ground.
| Other Information | |
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| Outro Music | n/a |
| Movies Referenced | 500 Days of Summer (2009), 50 First Dates (2004), Westworld (1973), Blade Runner (1982), Total Recall (1990), The Crow (1994), Dark City (1998), Transformers (2007), The Usual Suspects (1995), Sorority Boys (2002), Atlas Shrugged (2011), Atlas Shrugged: Part II (2012), Atlas Shrugged: Part III (2014) |
| Fad Diets | n/a |
| Crime Passes | Drugs are legal now. Clarified to be possession of, but not taking, the drugs |
| Hundredth Episode Gong | N/A |