Ryan and Noah are joined by Rajesh and Howard to discuss the challenges faced by urban school districts like RCSD.Punching Out による

Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the connections between conservatives' targeting of diversity in education and America's ongoing teacher shortage.Punching Out による

Episode 11-EASY RIDER (1969) Two men went looking for a podcast and couldn’t find it anywhere. On this episode Adam takes a swing at the biker movie, road movie, hippytastic gamechanger that singlehandedly launched the New Hollywood, 1969’s Easy Rider, not realizing that it is one of Damian’s favourite movies. Will their friendship survive, or will…

Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the long-lingering effects of the "Red Scare."Punching Out による

https://www.jcaldigital.org/punching-sideways D & C Wranglers. Better Mood? Abbreviation Sledging. @punchingsideways on Facebook @punchingsideways on Instagram Buy Josh and Mel some Coffees and get your question answered on the show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/punchyJosh Liston & Mel Naismith - Albury-Wodonga による

Episode 6-THE DEPARTED (2006) What has poor Martin Scorsese done to annoy the Punching Up team? Our series hasn’t been going that long and this is the third time around for America’s greatest living director. It’s beginning to look like a lot like bullying. This time it’s the turn of The Departed, Scorsese’s Boston-based Irish-American remake of th…

Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss something called ZIRPPunching Out による

Episode 9-HARD BOILED (1992) Can an action movie have too much action? Punching Up’s Adam thinks so. Is John Woo’s cop vs triads cult classic, Hard Boiled really better than a dozen Die Hards, or does it suffer from a terminal case of the try-hards? Adam thinks it does. Is John Woo really the Mozart of Mayhem, or is he actually the Andre Rieu of Ch…

Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss yet another round of media layoffs and the philosophical question of "what makes a Brand Authentic?"Punching Out による

https://www.jcaldigital.org/punching-sideways The Problem: Holding grudges on behalf of others. The Question: Is it good, bad, or otherwise? The Answer: Listen In! @punchingsideways on Facebook @punchingsideways on Instagram Buy Josh and Mel some Coffees and get your question answered on the show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/punchy…

Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the hidden drudgery that underpins the tech industry's supposed innovations.Punching Out による

https://www.jcaldigital.org/punching-sideways Mel vs Lifting. Josh vs the Excavator. Mel vs A Midsummer Night's "Dream". @punchingsideways on Facebook @punchingsideways on Instagram Buy Josh and Mel some Coffees and get your question answered on the show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/punchyJosh Liston & Mel Naismith - Albury-Wodonga による

Episode 8-ONE CUT OF THE DEAD (2017) What happens when the weight of expectations ruins an experience? Find out in the latest Punching Up episode when Adam and Damian discuss the cult fave from a few years ago, Japanese film One Cut of the Dead directed by Shin'ichirō Ueda. Who liked it? Who didn't? Did the old geezers agree, disagree or fall somew…

Ryan, Noah, and Lou conclude the 2023 Genius Awards, and name our Genius of the YearPunching Out による

Episode 7-SHAFT (1971) According to the legendary Isaac Hayes, John Shaft is a “Bad Mutha” as well as being a “sex machine to all the chicks,” whilst also being a “complicated man… who will risk his neck for his brother man.” But is the 1971 Blaxploitation classic that bears his name any good? While fully and freely conceding Shaft’s status as a ci…

In our Fifth Annual Genius Awards, Ryan, Noah, and Lou take a look at the brightest minds in tech and public officePunching Out による

https://www.jcaldigital.org/punching-sideways Money for Things vs No Money for Things. Financing the Gag. Escalation of Pigeon Corner. The Future of Sugar-Juicing. @punchingsideways on Facebook @punchingsideways on Instagram Buy Josh and Mel some Coffees and get your question answered on the show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/punchy…

Episode 6-Inception (2010) It’s a Punching Up first!!!!! Damian has decided to play the bad guy this time and has nominated Christopher Nolan’s mind-bending sci-fi actioner Inception for the Punching Up (TM) treatment. The normally misanthropic Adam is attempting to defend Nolan’s dream-within-a-dream..…within a dream masterpiece. So, will it be sw…

https://www.jcaldigital.org/punching-sideways Josh vs The Bathroom. Mel's Dad Builds a Thing. Josh Does Math. @punchingsideways on Facebook @punchingsideways on Instagram Buy Josh and Mel some Coffees and get your question answered on the show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/punchyJosh Liston & Mel Naismith - Albury-Wodonga による

Ryan, Noah, and Zoe discuss the fledgling PWHL, and the landscape for women's pro sports in North AmericaPunching Out による

Episode 5a-KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON AT FREDDY'S Punching Up is back with a mini episode before we launch Season 2. It’s Punching Up’s first re-match. For the second time, Damian and Adam have the great man Scorsese in their sights, taking Marty to task for the inordinate length of his latest smash, Killers of the Flower Moon. His blood still up, …

Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss graduate student unionization efforts, and the creep of the economy into high school students' livesPunching Out による

https://www.jcaldigital.org/punching-sideways The Lady of The Lake. "Evil Dead meets Wolf creek in Kieran Jack's (The Talking Bread, In Purgatory and The Apparition) spin chilling graphic novel. Logan French (Amphibia Noir) brings his signature style to page to illustrate this story and deliver a fresh take on the horror genre". The Lady of The Swa…

Ryan, Noah, and Lou celebrate the 200th Episode with a return to Human ResentmentsPunching Out による

Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the UAW's current strike against the big three automakers, and President Shawn Fain's role in adopting a more militant stance for the union.Punching Out による

Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the hip new craze of neofeudalismPunching Out による

https://www.jcaldigital.org/punching-sideways Mel vs D**kGate. Josh got banned from Tinder. New Product Announcement: "Pop Up Blockers". @punchingsideways on Facebook @punchingsideways on Instagram Buy Josh and Mel some Coffees and get your question answered on the show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/punchy…

Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the noxious comments made by real estate CEO Tim Gurner, and those in power who share his sentiment in quieter ways.Punching Out による

Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss recent laws taking aim at migrant workers in the USPunching Out による

Episode 5-CAT BALLOU (1965) You can’t accuse Adam Nightingale of not being objective. In this episode, Adam punches up at one of his favourite actors, Lee Marvin for his outrageous Oscar-winning performance in the comedy musical western Cat Ballou. Damian and Adam discuss why great actors often get rewarded for awful performances. But Adam is also …

Keep Us Loud, Proud & Appropriately Caffeinated: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/punchy The Story: Mel went to The World Cup. The Outcome: Hilarity. @punchingsideways on Facebook @punchingsideways on InstagramJosh Liston & Mel Naismith による

Episode 4: ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST (1968) It’s episode 4 and this time Adam Nightingale takes Sergio Leone’s Italian cowboy epic to task for its torturous length and lofty pretensions. Damian Asher honestly can’t understand what Adam could possibly have against this cinematic masterpiece. So, is Sergio Leone’s deconstruction of the semi-mythic…

Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the labor impacts of the hottest summer so far, and the obstacles to even basic water break requirements.Punching Out による

Keep Us Loud, Proud and Appropriately Caffeinated: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/punchy A Canadian Raven attended Mel's Open Mic at Sodens recently, and there was much bromance -related gushing going on. @punchingsideways on Facebook @punchingsideways on InstagramJosh Liston & Mel Naismith による

Episode 3: YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974) Buggin and mugging with Marty and Gene The Punching Up Movie Podcast tackles its first comedy, Mel Brook’s 1974 spoof of the classic Universal Frankenstein movies. Adam cannot stand the OTT comedy mugging of Marty Feldman and Gene Wilder but likes the musical comedy. Damian likes the movie but doesn’t like music…

Episode 2-RAGING BULL (1980) Can an actor be too good at their job? Adam Nightingale seems to think so, taking Robert de Niro to task for far too successfully inhabiting the role of the charmless, misogynistic, ultimately alienating pugilist Jake La Motta. Damian Asher is not so sure. Spoiler warning! Adam and Damian casually spoil the endings of G…

Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike, and how actos and studios might approach a long impasse.Punching Out による

Episode 1-2001:A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968) “In space, no one can hear you yawn!” Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 ground-breaking sci-fi classic is Damian Asher’s favourite film of all time. Adam Nightingale thinks it is boring. Will this difference of opinion destroy their friendship and wreck the podcast before it has even started? Probably not. It’s only a mov…

2001: A Space Odyssey “In space, no one can hear you yawn!”punchingupmoviepodcast による

Ryan, Noah, and Lou discuss the New York Times' decision to replace its unionized sports desk with The Athletic, and the broader symbolism of that move.Punching Out による

Punching Up The Movie Podcast The Punching Up movie podcast takes to task great films from the canon, both cult classics and beloved popular cinematic movies that Adam or Damian may have a problem with. Each episode they will take on a behemoth and attempt to dissect, rediscover and sometimes disassemble the perceived classic film. Sick of people p…