Sorry for the delay, but to make it up to you we have procured a super special guest host, Mitch Turck, for Alive Poets Society’s sixth episode. Mitch is a writer, advocate, and dreamer for all things driverless cars and AI—especially the part where AI kills all humans and takes over the world. With Mitch’s help, Tom and Holly dive into the cult classic film Snowpiercer directed by Bong Joon-ho. We start by discussing the dynamics of the train in terms of its social and economic structure. This leads us to a debate about the train’s structures and how they may or may not relate to our world. The conversation derails (pun intended) as we wonder if it would be better to ditch the train and sacrifice ourselves to the bittersweet numbness of the outside world. After each of us discuss who are heroes are (in the film and real life), we dive into the ever-present (at least in modern literature) black hole that is infanticide. We end by dropping an anecdote that redeems Bon Joon-ho in Mitch’s eyes.

Come back in two weeks to hear us dissect the award-winning short story “To Get Rich Is Glorious” by Alexandra Chang which can be read here: https://www.all-story.com/volume/21/number/4/story/52

Find Mitch and his dope card game at https://mitchturck.com/ and https://gameoforigin.com/

Shout out to Mayo Nice for the intro music.

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