Struggle Session is the world's finest politics and pop culture podcast. Leslie Lee III and Jack Allison talk video games, movies, TV, wrestling, comic books, music, anime, and all of your problematic faves.<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/struggle-session--5842028/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/struggle-session--5842028/support</a>.
Struggle Session
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Struggle Session is the world's finest politics and pop culture podcast. Leslie Lee III and Jack Allison talk video games, movies, TV, wrestling, comic books, music, anime, and all of your problematic faves.<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/struggle-session--5842028/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/struggle-session--5842028/support</a>.
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Recent Episodes
October 31, 2025
Halloween 2025 w/ Christopher Jason Bell
Filmmaker Christopher Jason Bell (Failed State, Miss Me Yet) joins me for a special Halloween edition of Struggle Session. We delve into some of our favorite horror films and recent releases including Weapons, Hellraiser, Saw, Cure, Ganja & Hess, The Exorcist, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and more.<br /><br />We also talk about Chris' short film The Confection starring Alex Ptak and Simone Norman, free to watch here: <a href="https://vimeo.com/816045136/42279aaa29" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://vimeo.com/816045136/42279aaa29</a><a href="https://linktr.ee/christopherjasonbell" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://linktr.ee/christopherjasonbell</a><br /><br />Films mentioned:<ol><li>The Confection</li><li>Saw series</li><li>Spiral (Saw)</li><li>Twilight series</li><li>Hellraiser series</li><li>Hellraiser 2: Leviathan</li><li>Piranha 3D</li><li>Weapons</li><li>Barbarian</li><li>Eddington</li><li>The Exorcist</li><li>The Exorcist III</li><li>Silence of the Lambs</li><li>Deep Red</li><li>Tenebrae</li><li>Suspiria</li><li>Mother of Tears</li><li>Dracula (Argento)</li><li>Ganja &Hess</li><li>Da Sweet Blood of Jesus</li><li>Cure</li><li>Longlegs</li><li>The Texas Chainsaw Massacre</li></ol><br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/struggle-session--5842028/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/struggle-session--5842028/support</a>.<br /><br />Subscribe at <a href="http://patreon.com/strugglesession" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://patreon.com/strugglesession</a><br /><br />Please leave us a 5 star review at Apple podcasts: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/struggle-session/id1265384284" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/struggle-session/id1265384284</a><br /><br />Send an email or voicemail to thestrugglesession@gmail.com<br /><br />Keep up with and contact Leslie: <a href="https://msha.ke/lleeiii" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://msha.ke/lleeiii</a>
October 22, 2025
We Want them Infected with Dr. Jonathan Howard
Dr. Jonathan Howard chief of the neurology service at Bellevue Hospital joins us to discuss his book We Want Them Infected: How the Failed Quest for Herd Immunity Led Doctors to Embrace the Anti-vaccine Movement and Blinded Americans to the Threat of COVID.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/struggle-session--5842028/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/struggle-session--5842028/support</a>.<br /><br />Subscribe at <a href="http://patreon.com/strugglesession" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://patreon.com/strugglesession</a><br /><br />Please leave us a 5 star review at Apple podcasts: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/struggle-session/id1265384284" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/struggle-session/id1265384284</a><br /><br />Send an email or voicemail to thestrugglesession@gmail.com<br /><br />Keep up with and contact Leslie: <a href="https://msha.ke/lleeiii" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://msha.ke/lleeiii</a>
October 22, 2025
Fetishized w/ Kaila Yu
Writer Kaila Yu joins me to discuss her new book Fetishized: A Reckoning with Yellow Fever, Feminism, and Beauty.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/struggle-session--5842028/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/struggle-session--5842028/support</a>.<br /><br />Subscribe at <a href="http://patreon.com/strugglesession" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://patreon.com/strugglesession</a><br /><br />Please leave us a 5 star review at Apple podcasts: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/struggle-session/id1265384284" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/struggle-session/id1265384284</a><br /><br />Send an email or voicemail to thestrugglesession@gmail.com<br /><br />Keep up with and contact Leslie: <a href="https://msha.ke/lleeiii" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://msha.ke/lleeiii</a>
469 total episodes available with 18 transcripts
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