The Back Half

#6: Film noir, Brass Eye's Oxide Ghosts and the Reebok Pump

On this episode of the New Statesman's new culture podcast, The Back Half, Tom Gatti and Kate Mossman discuss the Trump-esque sensibilities of classic film noir. Then they talk about their trip to see the new Brass Eye documentary Oxide Ghosts, and finally they celebrate the noniversary of that iconic shoe, the Reebok Pump.Get in touch on Twitter and send us your noniversary suggestions via <a href="http://www.twitter.com/ns_podcasts" target="_blank">@ns_podcasts</a> or <a href="https://create-beta.acast.com/episodes/8f2a1933-9878-4781-aa4a-58053e8b7ca7/www.twitter.com/tom_gatti" target="_blank">@tom_gatti</a>.Relevant links:<a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/film/2017/11/how-film-noir-explains-donald-trump" target="_blank">Read Douglas Kennedy's piece about how film noir explains Donald Trump.</a><a href="http://www.michaelcumming.co.uk/latest_news.html" target="_blank">Find a screening of Oxide Ghosts.</a>Our theme music is "God Speed" by Pistol Jazz, licensed under Creative Commons. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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