Message: “True Detective featuring Scott Poole”

The StoryMen welcome professor of American History Scott Poole. Scott’s an expert in the sociology of horror, so he dives in with us to discuss the groundbreaking first season of HBO’s True Detective.

IN THIS EPISODE:
0:00 – Scott Poole and the Horror of True Detective
10:00 – The High Cost of Horror: Lovecraft, Carcosa and the King in Yellow
18:00 – True Detective is Just Plain Gorgeous
22:30 – SPOILERS
29:00 – Russ, Pessimism and that Ending
38:00 – Is TRUE DETECTIVE anti-female, anti-Southern, or anti-Christian?
50:00 – Favorite moments in the show

Story Men - October 3, 2013

How Social is our Media?

How Social is our Media?

After answering some questions from the Storyverse, we use Louis CK's rant on cell phones to springboard into a discussion of social media. Is the price we pay for connectivity worth it? How social, exactly, is our media? In this Episode: 01:30 – StoryMen Lightening Round 21:00 – Sabbath-Keeping Drug Dealers and Other Moral Villains 35:00 – Louis CK's Anti-Cell Phone Rant 41:00 – Is our Social Media Anti-Social?

From Series: "StoryMen Season 2"

More guests! Tougher topics! More monsters! The StoryMen are back and better than ever!

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