Episode 75: A Fairly Balanced Pair of Bat Nipples (ft Alyse Knorr)

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To all of our surprise, Todd started his own superhero advertising agency during the pandemic and just informed us that we would be "pitching to him" a PR solution. After being told that they're completely different things, he just kind of shrugged and did that weird Ashlee Simpson SNL dance.

So, for some reason, the rest of us are here pitching a complete public relations strategy for a particular DC superhero. In this universe, be prepared to see Batman picking up trash by the highway, Shazam teaching kids the dangers of underage drinking, and Negative Man embracing his inner positivity.

Special thanks to our guest Alyse Knorr for joining us in our stupid, pretend board room! Alyse is a published writer, poet, professor, AND podcaster! Check out her Boss Fight Books work on Super Mario Bros. 3 and her podcast Sweetbitter which is currently exploring the life of Sappho among the poets of ancient Greece.

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FLAVOR TEXT: Studio Ghibli

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The Spooktacular Express decided to give us a break from the madness and dropped us off in the idyllic Japanese countryside to talk about the whimsical world of Studio Ghibli. Instead of diving real deep on one IP, our latest commissioned FLAVOR TEXT instead highlights ten of the studio's most well-known films across their 35-year history. We'll go through the setting and major themes of each movie, and then the initial beats to set up the story completely spoiler-free. Just watch at least one of these movies and you too will be asking yourself: Where has hot anime birdman Christian Bale been all my life?

Link to images mentioned in the episode.

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This episode was commissioned by Nicole Bouchard, a card-carrying member of #butthwompnation and long-time Ghibli enthusiast. If you want to commission your own Flavor Text, check us out on Patreon at patreon.com/debatethiscast!

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