Episode 110: Our Flag Means Death

No Story Is Sacred

In this episode, Kat, Pippin, and Alex discuss the 2022 TV show Our Flag Means Death. You can stream it from HBO Max.

Content warnings for strong language, references to murder, gross bodily harm, suicidal ideation and auto-cannibalism, bad accents, historical piracy (and gossip from same), passing references to slavery, bad math, discussions of toxic masculinity, references to sad queer filmography, U-Haul jokes, discussions of queer-baiting and gaslighting, and queer puns.

We reference or spoil: Clueless, Jane Austen‘s Emma, The Star Trek Comedy Album, the 40-orange glaze cake, “Fathom the Bowl” sea shanty, Stan Rogers‘s “Barrett’s Privateers,” Xena: Warrior Princess, the historical Stede Bonnet and Blackbeard, Welcome to Night Vale, The Princess Bride, “Our Prayer” by The Beach Boys, “(I Just) Died in Your Arms” by Cutting Crew, High School Musical 2, Bedrooms & Hallways, Kate Beaton‘s “Nemesis” comics, The X-Files, “No Body, No Crime” by Taylor Swift, “Wonderwall” by Oasis, “The Chain” by Fleetwood Mac, Will & Grace, Friends, Glee, “Total Eclipse of the Heart” by Bonnie Tyler, The Cryptid Factor podcast, Betty and Barney Hill, and the “So. You Wanna Write About Queer Pirates” slide show by Auntie Climactic

Also check out Kat’s The Minor Hours and Small Thoughts Magazine and Bren’s Select Start improv shows benefiting Arcade Comedy Theater.

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The transcript will be available soon on nostoryissacred.com.