Kulture Dads

NEW Kulture Dads — Memento 👉 Get it HERE This one has been on the docket since the very beginning of Kulture Dads. One of Mike's top movies, Memento is a revenge thriller with a cerebral twist: the character has amnesia and so the movie is told in reverse order. It's one of those rare movies that gets right both masculine vitalist violence and deep philosophical nuance. An absolute masterpiece, and it was a blast to discuss.

🎬 RoboCop — FULL EPISODE ON YOUTUBE Mike and Dave pull out an 80s classic, break it open, and apply our usual KDAD analytical method. For as much as it's a roller-coaster ride, the movie is hard to pin down—we ended up with some different interpretations. One thing is for sure though: RoboCop has a subterranean level that rewards this kind of deep analysis. LIKE COMMENT SUBSCRIBE Youtube

NEW Kulture Dads — Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross 👉 Get it HERE The Chrono series is one of the greatest RPG series of all time. In this episode, the KDADS break down what made it so special and venture into even deeper, more civilizationally consequential territory than usual in the last hour of the show.

🎬 Surrealism — FULL EPISODE ON YOUTUBE Mike and Dave dig into a genre that was once considered "degenerate art" and try to see what in it is based. As it turns out, quite a lot—and as we discover, surrealism's content and politics were a bad match for each other. LIKE COMMENT SUBSCRIBE Youtube

NEW Kulture Dads — Lord of the Flies 👉 Get it HERE Lord of the Flies is the "return to monke" meme before the meme. Built atop a foundation of the "state of nature"—a 17th century meme—the book follows a group of schoolboys stranded on a tropical island as they revert to savagery. The KDADS take a different angle on it, as you might imagine. This was one of our best episodes, as Mike and Dave went back and forth on which character was the proper sovereign or the most based: civilized Ralph, tribal Jack, or technocrat Piggy.

🎬  Alcohol and Spirituality — FULL EPISODE ON YOUTUBE Mike and Dave dive into the esoteric and spiritual aspects of alcohol. Last week we explained its cultural significance, but this week we look at its impact on our religious history and the impact of alcohol on the deepest aspects of many traditions. LIKE COMMENT SUBSCRIBE Youtube

NEW Kulture Dads — Music Production 👉 Get it HERE One half of the KDADS made a living as a music producer, and in this episode we take you through the craft and science of making music sound cool—and more broadly, how to get the most out of creative types. As always, the KDADS frame it in terms of our deep folk history. An episode not to be missed.

🎬 Beer — FULL EPISODE ON YOUTUBE Mike and Dave take a second look at something so basic to our culture that it's often overlooked—alcohol, and specifically, beer. Poison? Muse? Scourge? Social lubricant? The KDADS uncover just how fundamental this juice is to our folkhood. LIKE COMMENT SUBSCRIBE Youtube

NEW Kulture Dads — 90s Fads 👉 Get it HERE From Pogs to Super Soakers to Crystal Pepsi to curtains hairstyles to Air Jordans to frosted tips, the 90s was chock full of fads that were by turns dope and cringe, but mostly dope. In this episode, the KDADS take you back to a time when the Pizza Hut was cookin', grunge was all the rage, and every colour was as good as every other colour and you needed them all at once. The 90s—the peak of Western civilization.

🎬 Comic Books — FULL EPISODE ON YOUTUBE Mike and Dave tackle a much maligned artistic medium and see what in it is based. Turns out, quite a lot. The KDADS focus on one series—Metabarons—and manage to squeeze quite a lot of mythic juice out of this one. LIKE COMMENT SUBSCRIBE Youtube

NEW Kulture Dads — Gardening 👉 Get it HERE Agriculture is one of the most important developments in human prehistory, and gardening is household agriculture. Although it is often thought of as the province of women, growing your own food is a deeply masculine activity. Both the KDADS are avid gardeners, and in this episode we talk about why it's based, and give some practical tips for diving in.

🎬 Populism from Caesar to Trump — FULL EPISODE ON YOUTUBE Mike and Dave dive into the nitty gritty of populism. What is it really? Is it just thinking the people are in charge? Is it something closer to fascism? Is it really a kind of monarchy? We start from ancient Rome and trace this chameleon of an idea to the present day. LIKE COMMENT SUBSCRIBE Youtube

NEW Kulture Dads — COPS 👉 Get it HERE The right is notoriously prickly and disagreeable, but Nationalism is one of the few things most of us agree on. It has been a huge motive Bad boys bad boys / whatcha gonna do? COPS was arguably the first reality TV show and probably the best. As ever, the KDADS frame it within the arc of Western culture. We take you back to the mid 90s when the footage was grainy, the dial-up was screaming, and the criminals were scumbags.

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🎬 Double Album Review: GBV vs. Priest — FULL EPISODE ON YOUTUBE Mike and Dave trade records and do a double album review. The KDADS agree on a lot of things including musical taste but we also differ a bit. We review Guided By Voices' "Propeller" and Judas Priest's "Sad Wings of Destiny", and this leads us into more general territory about what makes art great and how to build a scene. LIKE COMMENT SUBSCRIBE Youtube

NEW Kulture Dads — Nationalism 👉 Get it HERE The right is notoriously prickly and disagreeable, but Nationalism is one of the few things most of us agree on. It has been a huge motive force in modernity, allowing peoples to organise at scale and informing all morality since. To celebrate the launch of Imperium Press' Fundamentals series with its first entry on nationalism, the KDADS tackle this topic as only they can.

🎬 Final Fantasy — FULL EPISODE ON YOUTUBE Mike and Dave do a special LIVE KDADS where they talk about the king of RPG franchises. Final Fantasy has introduced millions of people to the names Odin, Indra, Asura, Sephiroth, and Midgard—to the deepest layer of our mythic life. The DADS rate all the games in the series and talk about their experience with them LIKE COMMENT SUBSCRIBE Youtube

NEW Kulture Dads — Minecraft (redux) 👉 Get it HERE Well it's gotten to that point folks—Mike and Dave have done so many episodes that we forgot we already did one on Minecraft until we were almost finished recording. But this one is actually better than the first one. KDADS remain the best duo in the game... even if they have Alzheimers.

🎬 The Neverending Story — FULL EPISODE ON YOUTUBE Mike and Dave go back to the roots with a review of a classic children's film. The Neverending Story manages both to be wholesome and to have mythic and folkloric layers to it. The DADS unpack those for you, and draw some surprisingly deep resonances out of a children's film. LIKE COMMENT SUBSCRIBE Youtube