Episode 65: December 22nd, 2013

Here's the latest Highbrow! Lowbrow? The podcast where Jesse and Shaun get together every two weeks or so to discuss the Best Picture Academy Award Winner and top box office earner of the same year to see who was right: the critics or the masses. On this episode, we invited devoted listener Michael to sit in with us as we examine a more recent year, 2012. How does Ben Affleck's Argo, a tale of espionage in Iran,  our highbrow choice stack up again Joss Whedon's The Avengers, a superhero adventure of the grandest proportions, our lowbrow choice? Tune into the latest Highbrow! Lowbrow? to hear our thoughts.

Episode 64: December 15th, 2013

Welcome to another episode Highbrow! Lowbrow? Every two weeks or so, Jesse and Shaun get together to discuss the Best Picture Academy Award Winner and top box office earner of the same year to see who was right: the critics or the masses. For this episode, the year is 1941 featuring How Green Was My Valley (Highbrow) and Sergeant York (Lowbrow). How Green Was My Family details the nostalgic coming of age story of a young lad in his small welsh town. Sergeant York is a retelling of real American hero Alvin York, a southerner recruited into the army that captured a whole platoon despite his pacifict beliefs. Hear which one we liked more in the latest Highbrow! Lowbrow?

Episode 63: December 10th, 2013

Here's another episode of Highbrow! Lowbrow? Every two weeks or so, Jesse and Shaun get together to discuss the Best Picture Academy Award Winner and top box office earner of the the same year to see who was right: the critics or the masses. For this episode, the year is 1939 with two films; a biopic detailing the fevered and relentless Florenz Ziegfield and his extravagent Ziegfield Follies in The Great Ziegfield (Highbrow), and San Francisco (Lowbrow) a musical drama about the rough and tumble early days of San Francisco with a tragedy that changed everything. Be sure to check out the latest Highbrow! Lowbrow?