Bang-Bang Podcast

Canadian Bacon (1995) w/ Eric Stinton | Ep. 75

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.bangbangpod.com A president stuck in the polls needs an enemy. The Russians decline, being busy perfect

Inglourious Basterds (2009) w/ Carlos Hogan | Ep. 74

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.bangbangpod.com In Afghanistan in 2010, most frontline units Lyle spent time with had at least one Jewi

Ex Machina (2014) w/ Ryan Perez | Ep. 73

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.bangbangpod.com Ryan Perez makes his living in the industry this film is secretly about. An actor (The

Taps (1981), w/ Jasper Craven | Ep. 72

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.bangbangpod.com Taps was shot at Valley Forge Military Academy, and this episode’s guest is the journal

24 (2001–2010) w/ Adam Johnson | Ep. 71

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.bangbangpod.com Fox’s 24 was set to premiere weeks after 9/11. Its first hour blows up a plane, so the

I, Robot (2004) w/ Max Read | Ep. 70

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.bangbangpod.com Underneath the sneaker product placements and CGI chases through a gleaming 2035 Chicag

Seven Days in May (1964) w/ Paul Adlerstein | Ep. 69

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.bangbangpod.com Seven Days in May imagines a four-star general nearly toppling an American president. I

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) w/ Luke Savage | Ep. 68

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.bangbangpod.com Jacobin staff writer and Michael and Us co-host Luke Savage joins Van and Lyle for a co

From The Vault: In the Loop (2009) w/ Spencer Ackerman

From the vault! Re-releasing one of our earliest and most popular episodes, with prize-winning journalist and best-selling author Spencer Ackerman. Scottish filmmaker A

Hamilton: An American Musical (2015) w/ Orli Matlow | Ep. 67

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.bangbangpod.com Comedian and podcaster Orli Matlow, who hosts War is Stupid: An Anti-War Podcast About

Crimson Tide (1995), w/ Andy Facini | Ep. 66

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.bangbangpod.com Van and Lyle welcome back Andy Facini, Communications Director at the Council on Strate

Predator (1987) w/ Eric Stinton | Ep. 65

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.bangbangpod.com Van and Lyle are joined by writer and educator Eric Stinton, whose combat sports column

Independence Day (1996), w/ Morgan Spector | Ep. 64

Van and Lyle are joined by critically acclaimed actor Morgan Spector to revisit Roland Emmerich’s Independence Day, a film that turns planetary annihilation into a distin

The Anti-Imperialist Opportunity w/ Morgan Spector | Ep. 63

You might know Morgan Spector as the critically acclaimed leading man in The Gilded Age and The Plot Against America. Or for his appearances in Boardwalk Empire, Suits, H

Don’t Worry, Darling (2022) w/ Julia Gledhill | Ep. 62

Van and Lyle are joined by Julia Gledhill (of The Un-Diplomatic Podcast and Stimson Center fame) to revisit Olivia Wilde’s Don’t Worry, Darling, a film dismissed by many

The Patriot (2000) w/ Graeme Pente | Ep. 61

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.bangbangpod.com Van and Lyle are joined by historian Graeme Pente to revisit Roland Emmerich’s The Patr

Army of Shadows (1969) w/ Matthew Ellis | Ep. 60

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.bangbangpod.com Van and Lyle are joined by film historian Matthew Ellis to revisit Jean-Pierre Melville

Demolition Man (1993) w/ Daniel Bessner | Ep. 59

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.bangbangpod.com Van and Lyle are joined by historian and American Prestige co-host Danny Bessner to rev

Three Days of the Condor (1975) w/ Matt Duss | Ep. 58

Van and Lyle are joined by returning guest Matt Duss—former foreign policy advisor to Senator Bernie Sanders and current executive vice president at the Center for Intern

The Military is Trapped Between Fascism and Civil War | Ep. 57

Do US troops have a threshold for the kind of unlawful order they’re unwilling to follow? If Venezuela wasn’t a breaking point, is Greenland? Can the US have mid-term ele