It's All Playacting – Raise The Red Lantern
Jim Groom and Michael Branson Smith consider how Raise the Red Lantern turns marriage, ritual, and family tradition into a system of control.
I Don't Want To Forget You – Central Station
Jim Groom and Michael Branson Smith travel across Brazil with Dora and Josué as an unwanted obligation slowly becomes a family neither wants to lose.
Take Us Away – The Stolen Children
Jim Groom and Michael Branson Smith follow Rosetta and Luciano across Italy as institutions reject them and a reluctant escort begins to take responsibility for their lives.
Let It Turn To Something Else – Red Dawn
Jim Groom and Michael Branson Smith talk Red Dawn, boyhood war games, frontier fathers, and what happens when children are taught to turn grief into violence.
People Sometimes Make Mistakes – WarGames
Jim Groom and Michael Branson Smith discuss WarGames and the generation gap between computer-literate kids and the adults trying to keep control of the machines.
Tell Me About My Son – The Terminator
Jim Groom and Michael Branson Smith discuss The Terminator, where the nuclear family becomes humanity’s answer to nuclear annihilation.
Alberta Referendum: What Voters Need to Know
Bring Back The Porch welcomes Jim Groom back for a discussion about the upcoming Alberta independence referendum, the political landscape, and the implications of voting behaviour, foreign influence, and municipal politics. Join us as Jim and Brian explore the complexities of Alberta's political fu…
Tell Me About Hope – The Day After
Jim Groom and Michael Branson Smith return to the nuclear fears of the 1980s with The Day After, where the end of the world arrives in the middle of ordinary family life.
Somebody's Got To Pick Up The Pieces – Threads
Jim Groom and Michael Branson Smith discuss Threads, nuclear war, and what happens when the systems that hold family life together disappear.
Why Would We Lie To Ourselves? – Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
Jim Groom and Michael Branson Smith consider Bill and Ted’s stubborn faith in finding their own way, and the guidance they still need to turn independence into something resembling self-awareness.
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