Episode

001: The Exterminator

Podcast: Trauma Box
Published: Apr 3, 2026
Duration seconds: 3626
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Summary

In our inaugural episode, Tyler and Shawn open up the TraumaBox with The Exterminator, James Glickenhaus’s 1980 opus horrificus. This grim viewing prompts us to explore post-’Nam generational trauma, Reagan-era projections of Big Apple deviancy, and our own relationships to depictions of masculinity in the Video Store of yore.