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Episode 177 of War Machine vs. War Horse: Grandma (Ulee's Gold vs. Whale Rider)

On this episode we talk about the role of the grandparent in film by hanging out with the distant beekeeper played by Peter Fonda in ULEE’S GOLD, who has to make a decision to become more involved than he would like to be in his son’s criminal dealings in order to protect his grandchildren. And in WHALE RIDER a young girl seeks to reconcile her fractured family by seeking a destiny and a role that could damage her relationship with her traditional grandfather. But first, we talk about Lily Tomlin returning to comedic form in new release GRANDMA.

Episode 72 of Pop Culture Case Study - The Village and Regret

In this episode, Dave has a new guest, Karly from  That Pop This Life .  We talk about the much maligned M. Night Shymalan film, The Village.  To focus the discussion we delve into the idea of regret and how it affects our lives.  Dave details the psychology of regret, how it affects our motivation, regret in children, and how easy it is to access regret from our memories.  Britt joins us for Fangirl Fixation to surprisingly stand up for M. Night and talk about the performances she enjoyed from The Village Psychology of Regret Regret and Motivation Regret and Children Regret and Memory Listen! Fangirl Fixation: 0:04:09 Regret: 0:17:55 The Village with Karly: 0:30:54 Rate and Review on iTunes!