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Latest Episodes
You Got the Touch: The Transformers One Redemption Arc
This week on The Middle of Culture, we close out our dive into Transformers with Transformers One, last year’s animated prequel that tells the origin story of Optimus ...
Optimus Prime is a dick!
In this week’s Middle of Culture, we dive deep into our usual blend of media obsession and existential humor — from the strange delights of villainess light novels and...
Look Back: Emotional Devastation in 58 Minutes
This week, we dive headfirst into emotional ruin — courtesy of Look Back, the devastatingly beautiful anime film by Chainsaw Man creator Tatsuki Fujimoto. Before we ge...
Would You Rather? The Cursed Edition
Peter and Eden cover a whirlwind couple of weeks—family milestones, stressful schedules, and the search for meaning outside of work—before diving into media updates li...
Heavy Trucks, Heavier Nihilism: Sorcerer (1977)
This week Eden and Peter dive into William Friedkin’s gritty 1977 thriller Sorcerer, a tense and sweat-soaked remake of The Wages of Fear. They talk through the film’s...