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Hosted by Colin Cox and Andrew Hicks · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 266 episodes
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We all have a cluttered desk. It's a space that holds what we want to read, watch, and think about. Join the hosts of The Cluttered Desk—Colin Cox and Andrew Hicks—as they talk literature, film, comic books, politics, critical theory, theology, and anything else that might tickle their fancy. The Cluttered Desk Podcast is produced and recorded in Bristol, Virginia, with music by Test Dream.
Colin Cox and Andrew Hicks hosts The Cluttered Desk, a society show with 266 episodes published.
Welcome to The Cluttered Desk! In this episode, Andrew and Colin discuss Season 2 of X-Men '97. Enjoy! *** Coda: Fever-Tree Blood Orange Ginger Beer (Andrew) Apple Juice (Colin) *** Andrew's recommendation: Jury Duty (20
Welcome to The Cluttered Desk! In this episode, Andrew and Colin discuss trading card games. Enjoy! *** Coda: Jim's Organic Coffee (Andrew) Jim's Organic Coffee (Colin) *** Andrew's recommendation: Project Songbird Colin
Welcome to The Cluttered Desk! In this episode, Andrew and Colin discuss trading card games. Enjoy! *** Coda: Jim's Organic Coffee (Andrew) Jim's Organic Coffee (Colin) *** Andrew's recommendation: Project Songbird Colin
Welcome to The Cluttered Desk! In this episode, Andrew and Colin return to X-Men by discussing the new trailer for Season 2 of X-Men '97 and then they analyze a few X-Men poems. Enjoy! *** Coda: Boochy Mama's Sunlight Se
Welcome to The Cluttered Desk! In this episode, Andrew and Colin discuss the intriguing and troubling contours of influence by offering a close reading of the Phoebe Bridgers song "Punisher." Enjoy! *** Coda: Miller Lite
Welcome to The Cluttered Desk! In this episode, Andrew and Colin return to Westeros to discuss A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. Enjoy! *** Coda: Sierra Nevade Springfest IPA (Andrew) Bubly Grapefruit Water (Colin) *** And
Welcome to The Cluttered Desk! In this episode, Andrew and Colin finish their discussion of Mark Fisher's Capitalist Realism. Enjoy! *** Coda: 51K IPA from Blackrocks Brewery (Andrew) Water (Colin) *** Andrew's recommend
Welcome to The Cluttered Desk! In this episode, Andrew and Colin continue their discussion of Mark Fisher's Capitalist Realism. Enjoy! *** Coda: Winter Sangria Sparkling Water (Andrew) Topo Chico (Colin) *** Andrew's rec
Welcome to The Cluttered Desk! In our annual Simpsons episode, Andrew and Colin discuss the 2007 movie, The Simpsons Movie. Enjoy! *** The Coda: Great Lakes Brewing Company's Christmas Ale (Andrew) and Topo Chico (Colin)
Welcome to The Cluttered Desk! In this episode, Andrew and Colin begin their book study of Mark Fisher's Capitalist Realism. Enjoy! *** Coda: Bell's Christmas Ale (Andrew) Strawberry Peach LaCroix (Colin) *** Andrew's re
Welcome to The Cluttered Desk! In this episode, Andrew and Colin discuss Andrew's recent conference presentation on Frank X Walker's poem "Amazin' Grace." Enjoy! *** Coda: MI P1LSNER (Andrew) La Croix Limoncello (Colin)
Welcome to The Cluttered Desk! In this episode, Andrew and Colin discuss the far-right's fascination with The Lord of the Rings. Enjoy? Who knows. *** Coda: Miller Lite (Andrew) Cherry Limeade Waterloo (Colin) *** Andrew
Welcome to The Cluttered Desk! In this episode, Andrew and Colin discuss James Gunn's Superman (2025) and the conservative media response to it. Enjoy! *** Coda: Clawhammer from Highland Brewing Company (Andrew) Water (C
Welcome to The Cluttered Desk! In this episode, Betsy Cooper joins Andrew and Colin to discuss the new Jurassic Park movie, Jurassic World Rebirth. Enjoy! *** Coda: Sierra Nevada Summerfest (Andrew), Tennessee Hills Blac
Welcome to The Cluttered Desk! In this episode, Andrew and Colin discuss the destructive nature of the Jubilee debate format as well as the Jordan Peterson Jubilee debate. Enjoy! *** Here's a link to the Peterson debate.
Welcome to The Cluttered Desk! In this episode, Andrew and Colin discuss breakfast cereal (sort of) and heaven or, as Andrew prefers, New Creation. Enjoy! *** Coda: Both Colin and Andrew had Jim's Organic Coffee. *** And
Welcome to The Cluttered Desk! In this episode, Andrew and Colin discuss the pilot episode as a unique piece of television media. Enjoy! *** Coda: Fear.Movie.Lions Hazy Double IPA from Stone Brewing (Andrew) and Kolsch S
Welcome to The Cluttered Desk! In this episode, Andrew and Colin examine recent reevaluations of the Star Wars prequel films. To do this, they deploy a rhetorical technique called "steelmanning." Enjoy! *** Source: "You
Welcome to The Cluttered Desk! In this episode, Andrew and Colin discuss the 2024 film I Saw the TV Glow. Enjoy! *** The Coda: Two Hearted IPA by Bell's (Andrew) and Jim's Organic Coffee (Colin) *** Here are links for th
Welcome to The Cluttered Desk! In this episode, Andrew and Colin discuss teaching subjects and material they love. To do so, they use Stephanie Burt's piece from Vanity Fair, which reflects on her experience teaching a T
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The Cluttered Desk is hosted by Colin Cox and Andrew Hicks. The show is categorised under society (culture) and has published 266 episodes.
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