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In this week's episode of the New Flesh Podcast, Ricky and Jon interview Bo Winegard. Bo is the executive editor of Aporia Magazine. He received his PhD in social psychology from Florida State University. Bo was a professor teaching at Marietta College, before his controversial research area got him fired from academia. Topics covered include; Bo's…

On this week's New Flesh podcast, Brett gives birth to a beautiful baby girl! He still finds time to podcast with Jesse about the latest horror-adjacent sci-fi genre exercise that went directly to Hulu, NO ONE WILL SAVE YOU, which is absolutely worth watching, despite some misgivings Before that, horror-related news, including Chucky season 3 updat…

In this week's episode of the New Flesh Podcast, Ricky and Jon interview Saul Austerlitz. Saul is an adjunct professor of writing and comedy history at New York University. He is the author of Generation Friends, named by Vulture as one of the “15 Best Books About TV Comedies”; and Kind of a Big Deal, about the movie "Anchorman”. Topics covered inc…

On this week's New Flesh podcast, Brett and Jesse are on the case as Hercule Poirot returns for the third entry in the unlikely Kenneth Branagh-Agatha Christie murder mystery cinematic universe. We've got ourselves a trilogy! Tweet your A Haunting in Venice porn parody at Brett and Jesse on Twitter under the hashtag #DennisVeniceBefore that, horror…

In this month's RE-PLAY, Ricky brings you the Helen Joyce interview from December 2022. Helen's appearance is one of the most successful New Flesh Podcast episodes and is mandatory listening for anyone concerned about the Trans issue. Helen Joyce is a journalist, feminist campaigner and author. She has written extensively for The Economist - where …

In this week's episode of the New Flesh Podcast, Ricky and Jon interview return Guest Jessa Crispin. Jessa is the founder and editor of the magazines Bookslut.com and Spolia. She is the author of The Dead Ladies Project, The Creative Tarot and Why I Am Not a Feminist: A Feminist Manifesto. Her provocative podcast Public Intellectual featuring guest…

On this week's New Flesh podcast, Brett and Jesse get back in the habit for THE NUN II. Jesse has a confession — he hadn't seen THE NUN 1, so we discussed that on a Patreon episode that dropped alongside this one.Jesse reports live from the Paris Theater, where he saw a double feature of PLAY TIME on 70mm and SORCERER.After that, horror movie-relat…

On this week's New Flesh podcast, Brett and Jesse aren't warning you, they're preparing you, for a discussion of Denzel Washington, Antoine Fuqua, and THE EQUALIZER 3. Pull up a chair! Before that, tons of box office and horror movie-related news, including Taylor Swift concert film moving The Exoricst's release date, new Saw X details, an update o…

In this week's episode of the New Flesh Podcast, Ricky and Jon interview Melody Rachel. Melody is a theatre maker, producer and a podcaster. She has an upcoming show in the Sydney Fringe Festival - which is called "DEMO". Topics covered include; what it's like being a Christian lesbian, making theatre in the woke era, the Australian arts community'…

In this week's episode of the New Flesh Podcast, Ricky and Jon interview Gavin McInnes. Gavin is a Canadian writer, podcaster and commentator. He is the host of Get Off My Lawn With Gavin McInnes. He co-founded VICE magazine in 1994, he also co-founded the PROUD BOYS in 2016 (a group he is no longer associated with). Gavin is a punk rocker who kick…

On this week's New Flesh podcast, a podcast about horror movies, horror franchises, and all things tangentially related to horror and the horror lifestyle, Brett and Jesse manage another vaguely horror-adjacent new release double-feature: Liam Neeson in Nimrod Antal's RETRIBUTION and an Australian survival thriller film called THE DIVE.Lots of movi…

In this week's episode of the New Flesh Podcast, Ricky and Jon interview return guest Norman Finkelstein. Norman is an American political scientist, activist, former professor, and published author. He received his PhD from the Princeton University Politics Department in 1987. He is the author of many books that have been translated into 60 foreign…

On this week's New Flesh podcast, a podcast about horror movies, horror franchises, and all things tangentially related to horror and the horror lifestyle, Brett and Jesse find another new release horror movie worthy of recommendation and discussion: BIRTH / REBIRTH, now in theaters in limited theatrical release and coming to Shudder soon.Lots of m…

In this week's episode of the New Flesh Podcast, Ricky and Jon interview Tim Lott. Tim is an author of ten novels and a memoir - he has been published in sixteen countries and has worked extensively as a screenwriter. Tim has taught writing for the last ten years. He’s taught at the Faber Academy, Guardian Masterclasses, the Novelry and Brunel Univ…

In this week's episode of the New Flesh Podcast, Ricky and Jon interview Jonathan Anomaly. Jonathan is the Academic Director of the Center for Philosophy, Politics, & Economics in Quito, Ecuador. Jonathan’s book “Creating Future People: The Ethics of Genetic Enhancement” explores the social implications of emerging reproductive technologies, includ…

The new release mainstream horror movies continue on this week's New Flesh with Brett & Jesse, as they board THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE DEMETER, or the Dracula Boat movie, as Twitter has dubbed it. Lots of movie industry, box office and horror news on this episode: The Meg 2 in China, Oppenheimer IMAX bump leads to Blue Beetle dip, and we pay our respe…

In this week's episode of the New Flesh Podcast, Ricky and Jon interview Hannah Berelli. Hannah is a Marxist and feminist, she’s the editor of On the Woman Question and the co-host of the ascendant REDFEM podcast alongside Dr. Jen Izaakason. Topics covered include; what it's like being a part of a straight-white-woman's book club, the rise and fall…

Another week, another new release mainstream horror movie to cover on the New Flesh podcast! It's MEG 2: THE TRENCH's turn to go toe-to-toe with Brett & Jesse. Will it sink or swim?Bits and pieces of horror news include a major update on SCREAM 7Patreon coming this week on TMNT: Mutant Mayhem. Last week was OPPENHEIMER. Before that, BARBIE. Each of…

In this week's episode of the New Flesh Podcast, Ricky and Jon interview return guest Sall Grover. Sall is Chief Executive Officer at Giggle - a social media app for women. Prior to founding Giggle, Sall was a successful screenwriter in Hollywood for almost ten years - the experiences in that industry led her to developing the app. Sall is currentl…

It's a vintage New Flesh new release horror double feature with A24's TALK TO ME and Disney's HAUNTED MANSION. Not to be confused with Disney's THE HAUNTED MANSION (2003).Before the horror news, tons of industry strike and release date changes and box office talk, mainly surrounding SOUND OF FREEDOM'S incredible run to $150M+.Bits and pieces of hor…

In this week's episode of the New Flesh Podcast, Ricky and Jon interview return guest, and Australian Icon, Bettina Arndt. Bettina trained as a clinical psychologist and worked first as a sex therapist and then a social commentator. Bettina Arndt’s career has spanned four decades and has seen life on many Australian TV shows, on radio and in print.…

In this week's episode of the New Flesh Podcast, Ricky and Jon interview Amanda Achtman. Amanda has worked as a political staffer in Canada and has penned articles for Law & Liberty. She has written about the assisted dying program in Canada and has penned a year-long, daily blog about death called "Dying To Meet You". Amanda holds a BA in politica…

It's the biggest moviegoing weekend of the summer, and The New Flesh podcast is there to cover all angles of COBWEB, the Lionsgate horror movie that everybody is definitely aware came out this weekend. Audiences across the world made headlines with their "Webenheimer" double features, pairing the film with Christopher Nolan's major new relesae OPPE…

In this week's episode of the New Flesh Podcast, Ricky and Jon interview Tony Stella. Tony is an illustrator and artist whose hand-drawn work encompasses film, music and advertising. He joined the show to discuss his recent art work for "Indian Jones & The Dial of Destiny." Other topics covered include; retrospective film censorship, growing up in …

In this week's episode of the New Flesh Podcast, Ricky and Jon interview Peter Ridd. Peter is an environmentalist and a former Professor and Head of Physics at James Cook University in Townsville. He has published more than 100 papers in international science journals and supervised many successful PhD students. Peter's dissenting view on the healt…

Brett & Jesse take their foot off the horror lifestyle gas and succumb to the almighty algorithm to pay their respects to the savior of cinema Tom Cruise and review Mission Impossible 7 aka Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part I. Before that, a review of FINAL CUT, the French remake of the wonderful Japanese film ONE CUT OF THE DEAD. This week's …

It's finally time for Brett and Jesse to open the red door and return to The Further! That's right, INSIDIOUS 5 aka INSIDIOUS THE RED DOOR aka the directorial debut of star Patrick Wilson is finally here, and it's a box office hit! Before that, horror and industry news, including box office talk, DEADPOOL 3, BARBIE and Mattell, and more.Last week's…

In this week's episode of the New Flesh Podcast, Ricky and Jon interview Ashley Frawley. Ashley is a senior lecturer in sociology and social policy at Swansea University in Wales, and a contributing editor of Compact. Topics covered include the "decolonize your syllabus" movement, why Canada is the wokest place on Earth, Marxism in the 21st Century…

In this week's episode, Ricky and Jon interview regular guest Emina Melonic. Emina is an adjunct fellow of the Center for American Greatness. She is an unabashed cinephile and holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature and three Master's degrees: in Humanities, and in Theology. A wide ranging discussion covering the Irish Times AI hoax, the lack of ci…

To celebrate the release of JOY RIDE (2023), a raunchy R-rated comedy in theaters Friday that neither Brett nor Jesse liked, this week's New Flesh podcast hits the open road, traveling all the way back to 2001 to discuss JOY RIDE, the horror-thriller starring a young Paul Walker, Steve Zahn and 2001 It Girl Leelee SobieskiBefore that, horror and in…

In this week's episode, Ricky and Jon interview David Swift. David is a historian and writer specialising on the contemporary Left. He has published in a broad range of academic journals and taught at various universities in the UK and overseas. David’s books include: "A Left for Itself: Left-Wing Hobbyists and Performative Radicalism", and most re…

On this week's New Flesh podcast, Brett and Jesse find a reason to discuss FALCON LAKE, a recent horror-adjacent gem now available to rent on VOD! Before that, horror and industry news, including Zach Cregger project casting updates, new M. Night details, Archie horror, Kraven the Hunter, David Cronenberg's The Shrouds, Rosemary's Baby prequel, and…

In this week's episode, Ricky and Jon interview Heather Mac Donald. Heather is the Thomas W. Smith Fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor of City Journal. She is a recipient of the 2005 Bradley Prize. Mac Donald’s work has canvassed a range of topics, including higher education, immigration, policing and “racial” profiling, hom…

On this week's New Flesh podcast, we discuss Insidious The Last Key, which Brett and Joe discussed back in 2018, but Jesse and Brett get into it all over again! The fourth and most current entry in the franchise, until July that is, when Insidious The Red Door drops.Before that, horror and industry news, including Zach Cregger project casting updat…

In this week's episode, Ricky and Jon interview Jonathan Ayling. Jonathan is the Chief Executive of The Free Speech Union New Zealand. Topics covered include the on-going battle for Free Speech in New Zealand (and the West more broadly), what the free speech union is, what it does for its members and how you can get involved. --- ARTICLES AND LINKS…

On this week's New Flesh podcast, it's back to the further we go with INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 3. The Lamberts are out and the Brenners are in! Does Brett still love it as he did in 2015? Does Jesse still think it's fine?Before that, horror and industry news, including Zach Cregger project casting updates and more!This week's Patreon, out Wednesday, is a…

49:20 THE BOOGEYMANOn this week's New Flesh podcast, we step out of the Further and step into the Stephen King short story closet to talk THE BOOGEYMAN, in theaters now from Searchlight Pictures. It's another horror movie once destined for streaming that got pushed to theatrical (SMILE, EVIL DEAD RISE are other recent examples).INFLUENCER, one of t…

In this week's episode, Ricky and Jon interview Stella O’Malley. Stella is a psychotherapist, best-selling author, public speaker and a parent with many years’ experience working in counseling and psychotherapy. She holds a B.A. in Counseling and Psychotherapy, an M.A. in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and diplomas in Youth Studies, Psychometric Test…

In this week's episode, Ricky and Jon interview Jen Izaakson. Jen is co-host of the podcast Redfem. A graduate of the London School of Economics, she is currently a research assistant at the University College London. Topics covered include; the problems with the far-Left in the global north, Marxism, socialism, why the Left attracts so many odd ba…

32:15 BECKY 248:30 INSIDIOUS 2Fear not, Patrick Wilsonheads, your time has come. As promised, we're heading back into the Further for INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 2. But there's also a great horror-adjacent sequel out this weekend in THE WRATH OF BECKY aka BECKY 2, so we cover that one, too. INFLUENCER, one of the best films out of last year's Brooklyn Horro…

In this week's episode, Ricky and Jon interview Nick Holt. Host of the Nick Holt Podcast, Nick started as a music and culture journalist and has interviewed many artists including including Oasis, Moby and Cypress Hill. Nick is Editor in Chief of The Modern Enquirer - an independent news media organization based on Substack. A wide ranging discussi…

In this week's episode, Ricky and Jon interview Spencer Klavan. Spencer is a scholar, writer and podcaster. After studying Greek and Latin as an undergraduate at Yale, he spent five years at Oxford earning his doctorate in ancient Greek literature. Now an editor at the Claremont Institute, he has written for many outlets, including The Atlantic, th…

Apologies to the Patrick Wilson heads expecting INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 2, which has been delayed a week due to FAST X beating Brett's admittedly low expectations! That's right, Vin Diesel and his Family get the full New Flesh treatment as we cover FAST X for the main event! Before that, horror and industry news, including several new shark movies, an a…

In this week's episode, Ricky and Jon interview Dr. Michael Shermer, Michael is the Founding Publisher of Skeptic magazine, the host of the podcast The Michael Shermer Show and a Presidential Fellow at Chapman University where he teaches Skepticism 101. He is the author of several New York Times bestsellers including his most recent book “Conspirac…

What's Old Flesh is New Flesh again as we harken back to the old days with a combo new release / old franchise release episode, tackling Ben Affleck in Robert Rodriguez's HYPNOTIC and James Wan's 2011 franchise-starter INSIDIOUS.Before that main event, horror and industry news, including 2 Stephen King projects, tons of casting and project announce…

In this week's episode, Ricky and Jon interview return guest Holly Lawford-Smith. Holly is an Associate Professor in Political Philosophy at the University of Melbourne. She is currently the target of an ongoing campaign to get her fired from teaching at Melbourne University for attending Kellie-Jay Keen's Let Women Speak tour and publishing books …

In this week's episode, Ricky and Jon interview Steve Kaufmann. Steve is a former Canadian diplomat and lifelong language learner. In 2007 Steve launched LINGQ (pronounced LINK), an app that helps people learn languages through reading and listening to native content. Steve has an understanding of 20 languages. Topics covered include; Australia/Chi…

Brett liked a Marvel movie, and he doesn't care who knows it! On this week's New Flesh, James Gunn's GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3, a Marvel movie that doesn't feel like a Marvel movie.Before that main event, tons of horror and industry news, including a new Blair Witch Project, Marvel's Blade shuts down again, Beetlejuice 2 updates, and more.The …

On this week's New Flesh podcast, Brett & Jesse take on a low-key new release double feature in THE ARTIFICE GIRL and SISU. Before that, tons of horror and industry news from CinemaCon and beyond, including several title announcements and more.Subscribe to the New Flesh Patreon for weekly bonus content and more www.patreon.com/newfleshpodcastThis w…

In this week's episode, Ricky and Jon interview Will Kingston. Will is the host of Australiana, the flagship podcast from The Spectator Australia that covers Australian politics and culture. We spoke to Will about a number of topics including; the death of the Aussie larrikin, the Melbourne Comedy Festivals reaction to the death of Barry Humphries,…