Episode 262: Secretary

Special Guest: Judy Dodge Cummings, Claire Cavanah
Guest Co-Host: Rachel Kramer Bussel

Adapted by Erin Cressida Wilson from a short story by Mary Gaitskill, Steven Shainberg's Secretary stars Maggie Gyllenhaal as a young woman from a dysfunctional family who goes to work for Mr. Grey (James Spader), a lawyer with a penchant for kink.

Erotica writer and editor Rachel Kramer Bussel joins Mike to discuss Secretary and 50 Shades of Grey. Interviews include the co-founder of Babeland, Claire Cavanah, and the author of Self-Injury: The Ultimate Teen Guide, Judy Dodge Cummings.

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Listen to "Episode 262: Secretary (2002)" on Spreaker.

Bonus: Interview with Steven Shainberg

Listen to "Special Report: Steven Shainberg on Rupture" on Spreaker.

Links:
Buy Secretary on DVD
Buy Self-Injury: The Ultimate Teen Guide by Judy Dodge Cummings
Buy Secretary by Erin Cressida Wilson
Buy Bad Behavior (stories) by Mary Gaitskill
Be sure to LIKE Mary Gaitskill on Facebook
Visit the official Rachel Kramer Bussel website
Be sure to follow Rachel Kramer Bussel on Twitter
Get Rachel Kramer Bussel books on Audible.com
Visit the Babeland website

Music:
"Bleed Like Me" - Garbage
"Vibrator" - Motorhead
"Whatchamacallit" - Esquivel
"Bathing Blossom" - Angelo Badalamenti
"Spank My Booty (Reprise)" - Lords of Acid

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Episode 214: Baby, Baby, Baby

Special Guests: Ian Jones, David Mooney, Skip, Todaler, and Chrissy
Guest Co-Host: Fräulein von B

On this special episode we're looking at three films -- Bad Boy Bubby, The Baby, and La Videa Lactee -- in which grown men either get treated like or actively choose to live like babies.

Special guests include the cinematographer of Bad Boy Bubby, Ian Jones, the titular character of The Baby, David Mooney (AKA David Manzy), and a trio of Adult Babies: Skip, Todaler, and Chrissy, who share their personal experiences and thoughts on being AB/DLs.

Links:
Buy Bad Boy Bubby on Blu-Ray
Buy The Baby on Blu-Ray
Read the Shock Cinema magazine review of The Milky Life
Visit the official Ian Jones page
Visit the official Snuggies Diapers website
Watch Grow Up Already
Learn more about the 15-Stone Babies
Learn more about Adult Preschool
Read Maitland McDonagh's piece on The Baby in Film Comment
Learn more about The Diabolique Ball
Visit the Shock! Chamber website
Visit The Aviary website

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Listen to "TPB: Baby Baby Baby" on Spreaker.

Music:
"Mother" - Rockabye Baby!
"Baby" - Justin Bieber
"Young at Heart" - Jimmy Durante
"Sweet Child O'Mine" - Rockabye Baby!
"Forever Young" - Alphaville

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Episode 114: Singapore Sling (1990)

Special Guest: Professor Vrasidas Karalis

Nikos Nikolaidis's Singapore Sling is a bizarro sequel to Otto Preminger's Laura and one of the few Greek films that has made it onto the podcast. We talk about Singapore Sling, golden showers, and Greek film with our guest co-host, Fräulein von B.

Links:
Buy A History of Greek Cinema by Vrasidas Karalis
Buy Singapore Sling on DVD
Visit the official Nikos Nikolaidis website

Listen/Download Now:
Listen to "TPB: Singapore Sling" on Spreaker.

Music:
Tunes used this episode include...
"Curse Curse Curse" - Singapore Sling
"The Laura Suite" - David Raskin
"Laura" - Frank Sinatra
"Knifey Cock Song" - Reverend Scott & Outside the Cinema

Watch:

Nikos Nikoladis Interview from Jose Sarmiento on Vimeo.

Drink:
Here's how to make a Singapore Sling...
1/2 oz grenadine syrup
1 oz gin
sweet and sour mix
club soda
1/2 oz cherry brandy

Pour grenadine into the bottom of a Collins glass, and fill with ice. Add gin, and almost-fill with equal parts of sweet and sour and chilled soda. Top with cherry brandy, and serve unstirred, garnished with a cherry. Drink excessively and try not to kill the chauffeur.

Episode 63: Salo or The 120 Days of Sodom (1975)

Special Guest: David Pendleton
Guest Co-Host: Fräulein von B

Pier Paolo Pasolini's controversial, shocking, and darkly comical artsploitation flick, Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975) is based on a work by the Marquis de Sade transplanted to fascist Italy.

We're joined this week by co-host Fräulein von B as we chat about this heartwarming tale of elite men and women making friends with the local country boys and girls.

Warning: This episode contains some frank and potentially offensive language.

Links:
Buy Salo: The 120 Days of Sodom on DVD
Read up on the Harvard Archives' Complete Pier Paolo Pasolini Series
Buy The Resurrection of the Body
In NYC? Check out the screening on 6/11/12 at the IFC Center
Join Fräulein von B at the Libertine Ball in Philadelphia

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Listen to "TPB: Salo or The 120 Days of Sodom" on Spreaker.

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