{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"#459 Bradbury's THE RUNNING MAN (1987)","description":"EPISODE #459-- Overcoming the grad school blues, we finally have a new (old) episode for you. This week we tackle the classic\/hoary Schwarzenegger sci-fi thriller, THE RUNNING MAN (1987, dir. Paul Michael Glaser). We also talk about a lot of other stuff. Star Wars and the like. You know how it is. TIME STAMPS:  1:15-- We talk about &quot;clankers&quot; as a concept 4:45-- &quot;Tenet&quot; and the &quot;Tenet Rap&quot; by Travis Scott is mentioned. 9:23-- Richard Bachman mentioned. 11:40-- Rollerball Versus Robocop 17:25-- We literally mention 1984 18:29-- 1970's conspiracy theories 26:30-- More Paul Verhoven chat (this time we talk Starship Troopers) 38:30-- The Truman Show mentioned. 42:30-- We mention our episode on The Miracle Mile. Go listen to that. 43:00-- James complains about Obi-Wan. Cruz indulges him. 51:00-- We start to wrap up the show. James mentions A Dandy in Aspic (1968). Cruz talks about Star Wars. The end.  OTHER LINKS:  Join the cause at Patreon.com\/Quality. Follow the us on on Bluesky at kislingconnection and cruzflores, on Instagram @kislingwhatsit,&amp;nbsp;and on Tiktok&amp;nbsp;@kislingkino. You can watch Cruz and show favorite Alexis Simpson on You Tube in &quot;They Live Together.&quot; Thanks to our artists Julius Tanag (http:\/\/www.juliustanag.com) and Sef Joosten (http:\/\/spexdoodles.tumblr.com). The theme music is &quot;Eine Kleine Sheissemusik&quot; by Drew Alexander. Also, I've got a newsletter, so maybe go check that one out, too. Listen to DRACULA: A RADIO PLAY on&amp;nbsp;Apple Podcasts,&amp;nbsp;at&amp;nbsp;dracularadio.podbean.com, and at the Long Beach Playhouse at&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/lbplayhouse.org\/show\/dracula And, as always, Support your local unions! UAW, SAG-AFTRA, and WGA strong and please leave us a review on iTunes or whatever podcatcher you listened to us on!  ","author_name":"A Quality Interruption","author_url":"http:\/\/quality.libsyn.com\/podcast","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/38508875\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/38508875"}