The ContrariansSoW Finale Part One

Netflix figured it out, didn’t they? The recipe for a hit show is simply to recreate 80s tropes and mainline nostalgia to the audience. Hence, STRANGER THINGS! Listen to Alex and Julio as they take one of those rare detours into TV to explore the most recent (and insanely popular) Winona Ryder project and wonder why anyone would sink about 30 hours into three seasons when they could get the same rush from watching a two-hour long 80s movie. The Summer of Winona Finale begins with an episode that might lose us half our listeners and we are sadly aware of how on-brand that is!

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PHOTO: Stranger Things fans as they listen to this episode.

TIMELINE

00:00:00 - 00:00:16 Intro

00:00:17 - 00:16:19 Opening and Quotes

00:16:20 - 00:50:01 Contrarians Corner

00:50:02 - 00:51:57 Strangerer Things

00:51:58 - 01:49:20 Real Talk

01:49:21 - 02:00:48 Winona Potpourri

02:00:49 - 02:03:19 Perennial Plugs

- Our friend and past collaborator Cory Ahre has an Indiegogo Campaign going for a movie he’s written: WAGES OF SIN. Check it out and see if you want to get involved!

- THE FESTIVE YEARS have been letting us use their music for years now and they are amazing. You can check out their work on Spotify, on Facebook or on their very own website.

- Hans Rothgiesser, the man behind our logo, can be reached at @mildemonios on Twitter or you can email him at mildemonios@hotmail.com in case you ever need a logo (or comics) produced. And you can listen to him talk about Peruvian politics on his own podcast, NACION COMBI and Peruvian economics on his other podcast, MARGINAL. Aaaaand you can also check out all the stuff he’s written on his own website. Don’t know Spanish? He also did a podcast in English called LIVING IN PERU, about immigrants in - where else - Perú. Oh, and as if that wasn’t enough, he has a new zombie novel out, REQUIEM POR LURÍN. Ask him about it!

Up next… Well, you can move on to THE WINONIES right this second because it’s also on your feed! In the meantime, let us know how you liked STRANGER THINGS! Do you hate us now? Are we too jaded to appreciate the appeal of modernized 80s magic? Can we at least agree that the third season is asking for a laugh track? E-mail us at wearethecontrarians@gmail.com or tweet at us or facebook us and share your thoughts!