{"podcast":{"title":"Remember Shuffle","slug":"remember-shuffle-7059496","podcast_index_feed_id":7059496,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6160182/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://remembershufflepod.wordpress.com","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/f358eef0198d1a8d7e81e58157fe057f.jpg","author":"Remember Shuffle","episode_count":127,"summary":"Remember the 2000s? A podcast about the dumbest decade in western history. So dumb most of it passed right through us without leaving us anything to think about, until now! We look at the most popular movies, subcultures, political movements, books, and video games of the decade and wonder what made them so popular to audiences in the 2000s, and how their legacy can still be seen today.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-26T14:18:47.124184+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/remember-shuffle-7059496"},"episode":{"title":"A Christmas Carol / Polar Express: E104 Christmas Generated Imagery","slug":"a-christmas-carol-polar-express-e104-christmas-generated-imagery","published_at":"2025-12-20T17:30:59+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/remember-shuffle-7059496/a-christmas-carol-polar-express-e104-christmas-generated-imagery","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/remember-shuffle-7059496","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-christmas-carol-polar-express-e104-christmas-generated-imagery--69149658","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69149658/2a55f83d_7130_5c6e_b3e7_3f421668d762.mp3","summary":"Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the Shuffle Bois! It’s your yearly Christmas episode drop, and this year we’re taking a look at two instant classics from the 2000s, Robert Zemeckis' “Polar Express” (2004) and “Christmas Carol (2009). These two films represent Robert Zemeckis’ attempt to transcend the limits of the fleshy human body through the power of computers and technology. And they stink. In this episode, you’ll hear the Shuffle Bois describe and analyze the phenomenon of “The Uncanny Valley” and how these films fall into it. They also discuss Charles’ Dickens’ rad-lib politics, the changing nature of Christmas in the 19th century, Boomer nostalgia, and once again roast Hollywood’s insane accounting and overreliance on the newest technological fad. ⁠Give Remember Shuffle a follow on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ And on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠@RememberShufflePod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to interact with the show between episodes. It also makes it easier to book guests.And don't forget to check out our Patreon ! Use remembershuffle.com to find episodes","meta_description":"Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the Shuffle Bois! It’s your yearly Christmas episode drop, and this year we’re taking a look at two instant classi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4333,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/remember-shuffle-7059496/episodes/a-christmas-carol-polar-express-e104-christmas-generated-imagery/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/remember-shuffle-7059496/a-christmas-carol-polar-express-e104-christmas-generated-imagery.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}