Thad and Jeremiah discuss how nostalgia can be used as a crutch and stunt artistic and narrative impulses. They also discuss the myth of a monoculture as they try and differentiate between personal and cultural nostalgia.

Julia and Kylie cry into their copies of A Feast for Crows in their attempts to finish processing the gut-wrenching break up between Cheryl and Larry.

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This episode’s saltarello is the girl next door.

Episode Breakdown:

• 0:00 – Intro & fandom nicknames
• 11:15 – 7×07 Recap “The Dragon and the Wolf”
• 41:15 – Outside the Episodes
• 51:00 – Cheryl and Larry’s relationship
• 1:08:15 – The Cheryl that was promised?

Related Pieces:

• Cherry Bomb written retrospective part 1, part 2
• All UBS Podcast episodes
• Book Snob Glossary
• Julia’s Definitive Ranking of GoT Season Topping Climaxes
• Round the Riverblands S6 retrospective
• Cheryl’s Landing S6 retrospective
• Horn Faire S6 retrospective

Jeremiah and Thad discuss the film industry, Weinstein, and how a culture of hiding abuse allowed stories like this to be swept under the rug for decades.

Additional Reading

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