Constellation, Episode 98 | Pokemon, 2024 Election Reflections, Pop Culture Quiz
Added 2024-11-18 17:00:14 +0000 UTCThank you for joining us for another episode of Last Stand Media's Constellation! Your impeccable taste in podcasts has not gone unnoticed. This week, Summon Sign's Bradley Ellis chooses Pokemon as his topic, and the gang has a ball discussing one of the most successful media franchises on the planet. After decades of catching the hearts and minds of both children and adults the world over, what experiences have we had with the celebrated trading cards, video games and animated series? Next, Punching Up's Gene Park would like to digress for a bit of political discourse. Now that the 2024 presidential election is in our collective rear-view mirrors, Gene needs to get some things off his chest while also checking in with his cohosts concerning their post-election perspectives. Last, Dagan 'Dagster' Moriarty challenges his pals to a fun Pop-Culture Quiz! Two podcasting heroes find themselves locked in a bloody battle of nerdy knowledge, but only one can claim victory!
(And of course, a special thank you to Jigglypuff.)
Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro
00:10:13 - Pokemon
00:56:59 - 2024 Election Reflections
01:46:54 - Pop Culture Quiz
Comments
Nicolas Cage played superman, spider man noir, ghost rider….
Marco Maluf
2025-01-07 02:54:14 +0000 UTCGene was kinda of in the Middle or so it seemed to me, but now that we have a result, he decided to speak, I thought that maybe from being from another country, lived with different cultures, he would be able to see the democratic party for what it is, I am not from the USA and I see what the agenda the dem party follow, does to a country, I live in one suffering from it, BUT, still love you Gene, you are the Goat, even not knowing how to vote 🤣🤣🤣
Marco Maluf
2025-01-07 00:16:43 +0000 UTCI cried as well, it was really sad, I was with my first gf at the movies, I cried, she didn’t 🤣🤣🤣
Marco Maluf
2025-01-07 00:10:01 +0000 UTCGotta say, I love the quizzes
Glen Yelenovic
2024-12-05 14:00:34 +0000 UTCI have to disagree with Gene on people, not knowing who Joe Biden was during the Obama administration. The reason why he was silenced is because every single time Obama made a public statement or presidential decree, Joe would come out and say the complete opposite and go off on a raging tangent. They moved him out of the spotlight because he was causing too many issuesfor the administration. I kind of think he really was more of a republican than anybody in the Democratic Party back then. Makes sense cause he probably voted for Trump lol
NecrumOddBoy
2024-11-29 00:49:21 +0000 UTCBen Affleck has played 3 superhero characters, Superman (Hollywoodland), Daredevil & Batman
Aiden Gonzalez
2024-11-26 22:06:26 +0000 UTCNo institutional power? Universities, Hollywood, and News Media. Come on man…
Alec Davis
2024-11-26 19:57:01 +0000 UTCI’m only willing to listen to it because he’s not
Owen
2024-11-26 15:14:56 +0000 UTCI agree, it was way better with 4
Honest Abe
2024-11-26 08:07:06 +0000 UTCWell if you are really ride or die for your party and don’t care about them lying to you or the American people so that they can win at all costs, then yeah by all means lie more. I consider myself a conservative but only because I fall slightly more into that side, but I don’t want Republicans to lie more to win at all costs. I’d like them to lie less and still deliver on things that they promise. Im curious. What do you think Trump lied most about to win in this recent election?
Tanner Denso
2024-11-25 12:52:43 +0000 UTCI’m saying they should just lie more. Just make up shit like they’re gonna give away money lol
Gene Park
2024-11-24 03:05:53 +0000 UTCThe foreign wars were involved in are the most important issue we face today.
Tanner Denso
2024-11-23 14:20:34 +0000 UTCSee that’s where you lose me.. what did he do?! We’re tied up in proxy wars spending billions. We pulled out of Afghanistan in the worst way possible, leaving billions of dollars worth of military equipment behind. We’re more divided here on the home front than ever because the Biden administration has shown that they care more about foreigners outside of the country than our own people. Letting millions come up through the border from the south. Funding a war that we should have no part of in Ukraine, later in Gaza. You must’ve forgot. There were no new wars under Trump from 16-20. He’s the only leader to meet in person with North Korea. They tried to mandate an experimental vaccine that potentially injured people for life or if you refused it you lost your job. The economy was fucked from the lockdowns that were most of his term but his administration pushed the lockdowns hard and if they had it completely their way we would’ve been locked down much longer. The American people saved us on that one by pushing back. Those lockdowns ruined a lot of childhoods, and caused permanent mental damage to our youth. More people are hooked on prescriptions that aren’t curing their illnesses but rather making them life-long customers to the corrupt doctors that push them out. We’ve had an increase in mass shootings, particularly with trans people being the shooters. Here’s the thing with your side though. I just listed like 4 or 5 things right there that were negative under Biden, but your side is so deeply affected with TDS that you’re gonna respond with “oh well all of those things happened under Biden because of Trump.” That’s why your side lost Aaron. Gene is right when he says Kamala didn’t really run on identity politics. She straight up did not, but the modern left is so deeply rooted in that shit that she was automatically associated with it. That’s why so many people on the left have Trump derangement syndrome. That’s what happens when you consume media for a decade that says “orange man bad!” Or compares him to Hitler! I could go on to list more things that Trump did that were great, like ending ISIS, and improving our economy, but clearly at this point those things flow right through your empty skull. So it’s useless. Biden has done NOTHING, my dude! Please list one thing he or his administration has done that has helped with our dire state?
Tanner Denso
2024-11-23 14:11:26 +0000 UTCHorrible health and still did a lot more than Trump during his term? Yikes
Aaron
2024-11-23 06:45:56 +0000 UTCFair enough. I kind of get what you’re saying but at the same time they said Joe Biden was robust and in great health for the last 4 years when he clearly is not.
Tanner Denso
2024-11-22 20:35:30 +0000 UTCTrust me we agree the Democrats lie their ass off, but we just live in different realities if you don't think Republicans utilize it strategically more often. The Dems have explicitly stopped utilizing as many blatant to your face lies since Obama, he was much better at lying. What he means by them not lying is they should just say "we're going to bring Medicare for all, legalize weed, pay for everyone's college debt... Etc" even if they actually aren't going to. Like him I also want the Dems to lie more too, I want them to be controversial, to boast and to be a bully because that clearly what speaks to the voters the most.
Joshua
2024-11-22 20:20:31 +0000 UTCGene, I love you but the democrats lie just as much as republicans. GTFO with that.
Tanner Denso
2024-11-22 20:10:44 +0000 UTCMy older brother is 34 and I’m 32 and he still makes fun of me for crying in the Pokémon movie when Ash gets turned into stone.
Tanner Denso
2024-11-22 18:48:23 +0000 UTCPokémon is and will forever be my guilty pleasure. lol!
Tanner Denso
2024-11-22 18:37:59 +0000 UTC3.25 hours most blessed episode length. 3.75 with Jaffe
Gooch Gobbler
2024-11-22 13:59:28 +0000 UTCI guess I'm technically one of those people although I have no problem listening to Colins politics, I originally came to this channel for his history and political content during CLS. I used to align with him, low-key he is the one who inspired me as a kid to get into politics and back into sports. I love the guy, but we are on deeply opposing political sides on most economic political topics these days. Anyway, I was also the one saying his foreign policy takes make it real hard for me to listen last episode. It's not that he comes to different conclusions then me, it's the arguments he uses to solidify his positions. To be specific I have no problem with him being flatly anti war and anti foreign funding, it's not like I am "pro war". I may disagree with his policy but I agree with the sentiment behind them. It's more about what he says about Gaza and Ukraine. Again it's fine he disagrees but he paints a extremely unuanced picture, often times literally using word for word talking points straight from Tel Aviv and the Kremlin. Despite being extremely knowledgeable on American history his foreign history seems lacking, he uses A-historical arguments. And nobody else on the network seems to have any strong background with geopolitics or foreign policy, at least in a way to represent the devil's advocate opposing argument. So he often gets these literal Kremlin talking points into the cohosts and our ears and then they all get pretty convinced and their isn't anybody on the network that can at least provide pushback on his framing of the geopolitics argument. To be clear I don't think he is pro Kremlin or anything like that. But there has been very massive waves of Russian interference in the right wing media sphere coming to light by the department of defense, in places I've heard him quote as programs he has watched. And those talking points are being repeated by everyday Americans now. And I know Colin addressed foreign interference recently and kind of handwaved it as though every country is interfering with each other, which is true. Election interference is just a weapon of modern war. But that doesn't mean we should ignore the effects of how that interference may or may not be intersecting into our own personal idealogies.
Joshua
2024-11-20 19:23:34 +0000 UTCI'm confused, what do you disagree with? As an elder Gen Z, Gen Z and Gen Alpha are pretty explicitly going against the trend of younger generations being more progressive than the last. He was speaking the truth, they aren't going to become progressive they are statistically becoming more and more conservative. And he wasn't wrong about their upbringing either, the younger gens did grow up in an online world where his profession of journalism isn't trusted. As a family man myself I'm genuinely intrigued by how it led you to becoming more right wing? As someone living the opposite experience it would be beneficial to hear your thoughts process on the matter :) For me I guess I'm living the opposite life because I'm literally moving out of the country and immigrating to Portugal partially because of the state of American politics, but also mainly just lifestyle and quality of life reasons tbh. But as for politics for me I find the Democrats to be too right wing for my tastes, let alone the Republicans. The whole country is just too conservative for me. And there is no real left wing parties available. In my families homeland of Portugal, Democrats are equatable to the center right wing conservative "social democratic party". Or in other words democrats aren't seen as left wing there, they're more center right, Republicans are equatable to their far right.
Joshua
2024-11-20 19:09:15 +0000 UTCStill not comparable Put 10 conservatives in a room and you'll hear much more comparable agreements than you would find with ten leftists or even 10 liberals. I say this as someone who went from the economic right (libertarian) to economic left (Democratic Marxist) The right is a vastly smaller spectrum of opinions overall. The fact liberals are even put in the same group as leftists speaks to how vast "the left" has become. Even when Rogan voted Bernie, he wasn't exactly a leftist. Like most everyday people he's not exactly idealogically coherent. He's just a pro capitalist billionaire like the rest now, of course he votes for the "cut taxes for the rich" crowd.
Joshua
2024-11-20 18:48:53 +0000 UTCI liked the quiz. I hope ye keep it if ye have a light week. For kicks and giggles though, if there is a tie, flip a coin to test their luck stats. I'm worried about Zelda too. Voice acting ruined that game! It should be cute noises and text. Oddly enough, I guessed Ryan Reynolds but I completely forgot about Blade.
AngelOfCake
2024-11-20 10:58:27 +0000 UTCMy wife opened a Pokémon TCG Pocket booster for me this morning. Had rare Blastoise-ex and Snorlax in it. Definitely one for the crew.
Daniel
2024-11-20 06:36:32 +0000 UTCAfter a few episodes with the 3 guests my honest feedback is it needs the 4.. even if we don’t get all 4 topics it’s good to have more of the variety of opinions of the topics at hand. No hate, you’re all great it’s just my opinion as a fan 👍🏻
Billy boob
2024-11-20 06:26:41 +0000 UTCThe left had joe rogan... Mitt Romney and many others are not united with right. The left is way more in lock step
larry Seitz
2024-11-20 00:13:54 +0000 UTCGene talking about kids like he knows what he's talking about come on man. Also I was a pretty big leftist until I had my daughter actually started paying attention to policies.
larry Seitz
2024-11-20 00:10:38 +0000 UTCYes plz fix
Robbie Agnew
2024-11-19 18:50:28 +0000 UTCRSS feeds still busted. Don’t have the most recent 3 shows
Jake Whitaker
2024-11-19 17:23:23 +0000 UTCIs this post satire or are you serious
Scott LaFontaine
2024-11-19 16:57:58 +0000 UTCIt happened to my on sacred symbols on Fri but it did fix itself, and then + on sat was fine. But now it’s been over a day and still not working. Something is up. I removed the feed and readded it also. No luck. I hope it gets fixed soon.
Travis baked her
2024-11-19 15:20:27 +0000 UTCI miss having 4 people on. The longer episodes make my work week better.
Joshua Hinderscheid
2024-11-19 15:09:23 +0000 UTCI couldn’t agree more! I listen while working. The longer the better! It makes my work week more enjoyable.
Joshua Hinderscheid
2024-11-19 15:06:30 +0000 UTCSame. I had the same problem with Sacred Symbols the other day. Listening on Patreon and through the YouTube link until it gets fixed.
David Wilson II
2024-11-19 14:25:26 +0000 UTCI tried removing the feed and adding it back and same result. Basically one step away from unplugging my router and plugging it back in lol
Robert Schultz
2024-11-19 13:42:56 +0000 UTCACKSHUALLY, Ditko left Spider-Man before Spider-Man ‘No More’ over a dispute with Stan Lee about the identity of who the Green Goblin should be (he wanted a random guy). John Romita took over as the artist after that.
Joshua Brown
2024-11-19 13:18:21 +0000 UTCActual leftists have virtually zero institutional power or influence. The Democratic party is just Diet Republican, and why would anyone vote for them when they could vote for the real deal? Bernie was the closest we came to winning anything, and the Democratic establishment united to take him out. Dems hate leftists more than they hate Republicans lol.
Alan Wake 2 - Alan WOKE
2024-11-19 12:51:58 +0000 UTCYou're welcome, Gene. Your insight is always appreciated in my household.
Adam Razak
2024-11-19 12:48:39 +0000 UTCTuesday 0430 PST. Still nothing on RSS feed
Hugo Ramos
2024-11-19 12:32:01 +0000 UTCFor me yes. Tried everything too. Guess I’ll listen on patreon for now.
Travis baked her
2024-11-19 11:55:17 +0000 UTCIs this not showing in the RSS feed for anyone else?
Robert Schultz
2024-11-19 11:53:03 +0000 UTCthanks for listening adam
Gene Park
2024-11-19 09:06:56 +0000 UTCSame here 11:13pm
Dmnsrage
2024-11-19 04:14:00 +0000 UTCI didn't even know Witchblade was an American comic because I only knew it as an anime
Carlos Hernandez
2024-11-19 02:37:52 +0000 UTCOf course. I think it depends on how much mundane bullshit Colin is willing to put with. I’m sure there’s a cooldown on “political” episodes.
Special Needs Cannon
2024-11-19 02:28:15 +0000 UTCNah, you know what? Everyone whining about wanting 4 people can shove it. That’s a half measure, I say. I want 9 people in the Stellussy. I want that shit to look like the Brady Bunch.
Alan Wake 2 - Alan WOKE
2024-11-19 02:22:23 +0000 UTClol you’re so right. Some of the comments on the last one were so ridiculous. People can’t handle listening to a civil conversation between both sides…I don’t think those people should dictate the episodes though. Let them skip the episode…I personally love the political episodes with Colin.
John
2024-11-19 02:13:10 +0000 UTCYou say that but people literally can not handle it.
Special Needs Cannon
2024-11-19 02:10:26 +0000 UTCWish Colin would have been on this episode. Hate to not have him on anything political related. Would like to have another episode with Colin, Jaffe and Gene.
John
2024-11-19 02:07:14 +0000 UTCGotta keep Chris on his toes.
Alan Wake 2 - Alan WOKE
2024-11-19 01:03:25 +0000 UTCI’d kill for a Kulinski X Moriartys political Stelly.
Alan Wake 2 - Alan WOKE
2024-11-19 00:56:08 +0000 UTCYes, and Christ is king
Scott
2024-11-19 00:49:03 +0000 UTCThere is a god?
Pianopower
2024-11-18 23:58:34 +0000 UTCFor the next two years at least, republicans got house senate and presidency
Scott
2024-11-18 23:49:10 +0000 UTCGuess not, love and prayers my friend. Christ is king
Scott
2024-11-18 23:22:44 +0000 UTCAlan, quit changing your username! I miss the old one 😔
Adam Barnes
2024-11-18 23:22:41 +0000 UTCYea this 3 person stelly sucks. I like the extra viewpoints that 4 people provide. If they are worried about the same people they can do what Brad has done and bring other YouTubers into the mix.
Joe Donnelly
2024-11-18 22:36:18 +0000 UTCSame here
Ed Reid
2024-11-18 22:21:29 +0000 UTCi feel like there is an irony here in quoting x-men apocalypse but i can’t quite put my finger on it
Jacob
2024-11-18 21:51:02 +0000 UTCTrump is guided by the hand of God. The American people recognized this, and cast a righteous vote. Together, under the benevolent guidance of the 47th, we'll burn asunder the demons and degenerates that plague our country. The knees of the LGBT community are jelly - rightfully so. Everything they've built shall fall...and from the ashes of their world, we will build a better one! 🇺🇸🦅🟠
Rufián
2024-11-18 21:45:08 +0000 UTCSame for me, still not up on Spotify
NUTSO JIMBO
2024-11-18 21:39:46 +0000 UTCPatreon overhauled their system, and it’s affecting a variety of Patreons. Hoeg has a response on Dustin’s Twitter post last Friday that covers it
Jeffery Carlson
2024-11-18 21:37:21 +0000 UTCI switched to Antennapod last week because Patreon kept losing my spot in the episodes. Antenna has its own issues so I'm trying YouTube. Not a good week to test the rss feeds 😂
latenitecali
2024-11-18 21:27:15 +0000 UTCRSS again not updated 4:200pm EST
Kevin Bogues
2024-11-18 21:23:32 +0000 UTCOne side teaches that they’re going to come after you as a parent if you don’t let your kids get hormone treatments. One side convinces parents that their daughter is going to get hurt playing against biological males in sports. One side convinces people they’re going to lose their job from not knowing what pronouns someone uses. One side convinces their people that they’re being passed over for promotions because they’re the wrong skin color. The other side hasn’t effectively pushed back on or even hardly addressed these claims that are blasted to people for hours a day non-stop. It’s not Harris’ fault that she alone didn’t effectively reverse years of messaging, but it is the Left’s fault as a whole for being negligent with half the population and not realizing what’s been happening.
Jared R
2024-11-18 21:01:25 +0000 UTCDems aren’t going to be able to stop anything for the next two to four years. Also, implying that between Dems and Republicans that Dems are more obstructionist is wild, bro.
Alan Wake 2 - Alan WOKE
2024-11-18 20:39:11 +0000 UTCGENE FOR PRESIDENT!
Bizy_Mix
2024-11-18 20:36:47 +0000 UTCCan we have one BIG politics special with everyone on that wants to talk about it?
Moistescarjoe
2024-11-18 20:35:13 +0000 UTCGod forbid Harris has more important issues to address than the amount of trans kids there are lol. Identity politics are just an excuse to argue online, these are not “issues” if you just mind your own business.
Del Tor’ah
2024-11-18 20:32:23 +0000 UTCI agree! Hopefully they revert. It seems the majority still wants four people back.
Michael McCoy
2024-11-18 20:14:03 +0000 UTCJesus Christ you people are insufferable.
Eric the human
2024-11-18 20:11:51 +0000 UTCI gave it a chance, as Colin requested, but yeah… 3 people is a proper downgrade. 4 hour episodes really help get through the work day, everything on LSM is getting way shorter. Feels like Colin is gearing up for an early retirement lol
Adam Barnes
2024-11-18 20:10:25 +0000 UTCIf the Dems quit their bitching and stop trying to cockblock everything and actually work towards changes then, yes 🙏
Adam Barnes
2024-11-18 20:08:38 +0000 UTCI didnt vote for Harris for a multitude of reasons, but her lack of response on identity politics is exactly the problem. People on the left have demonized those on the right for years, of which makes zero sense if you listen to what is actually said. People are ostracized for simply having a difference of opinion and are being silenced. So was Harris’ lack of response an issue? Absolutely, because we need a response and acknowledgement that progressives have gone too far. There are more and more trans kids, which makes zero sense because the rest of the world does not see this issue. It is a problem, and politicians need to play in the public space and allow differing opinions in public discourse. Otherwise it shows how out of touch they are with public concerns.
Dana Anderson
2024-11-18 20:07:38 +0000 UTCAnyone no what’s up with the RSS feeds not getting things on time? As of 2:00pm ct still nothing in my feed.
ExpectingRain
2024-11-18 20:03:10 +0000 UTCProbably specifically for the political topic since entire show not dedicated to it, so people can avoid it if they want
Jeffery Carlson
2024-11-18 19:54:03 +0000 UTCStill having rss issues.
Mike Held
2024-11-18 19:23:23 +0000 UTCSame here, RSS down. I'm assuming patreon changed something on the backend recently that's messing with uploads. My other RSS feeds are working though so IDK.
Casey Weinmann
2024-11-18 19:09:37 +0000 UTCRss issue? this episode is not on my podcast app.
Morten Madsen
2024-11-18 19:09:08 +0000 UTCTrump has the chance to make real differences. Question is: will he?
Robbie Agnew
2024-11-18 18:59:30 +0000 UTCGood to see you back! Were you emotionally stable enough to handle the whole post election section?
Scott
2024-11-18 18:51:52 +0000 UTCbring 👏 back 👏 four 👏 people 👏. I assume most of us listen to LSM while we are working, so the longer the better in my opinion. One of the reasons why I gravitate towards LSM in the first place is long podcast episodes so I don’t have to worry about constantly swapping while I’m working.
Michael McCoy
2024-11-18 18:47:20 +0000 UTCShoutout to the Maple Leaf 🍁
Yeti ATL
2024-11-18 18:31:53 +0000 UTCRss down for anyone else again? Trying the YouTube music app and it's not showing up
latenitecali
2024-11-18 18:26:34 +0000 UTCThanks for expressing your thoughts, Gene! I always appreciate hearing your perspective. Normally, I despise discussing or thinking about politics, but I've been thoroughly fascinated by this election because I was 100% convinced Harris was going to win. She had every advantage possible including major celebrity endorsements, the mainstream media being almost exclusively propagandist in their coverage of her, almost every facet of pop culture endorsing her, the entire usual suspects of big democrat politicians fawning over her, and Trump's very rough and controversial nature. And yet she and the democrats got absolutely bodied this time around. I've been having an unusually fun time exploring what went wrong for her and what went right for Trump.
Adam Razak
2024-11-18 18:23:04 +0000 UTC#AssembleTheFour
Deathspank
2024-11-18 18:23:01 +0000 UTCThree people makes for a more involved discussion from all involved, with fewer periods of extended silence from anyone. Right about 3 hours is a perfect length. Really appreciate the changes you guys have made, they are especially good for those of us that listen to pretty much every show. Plenty of time to get deep, but not so long that it feels like work getting through. I know maybe some more casual listeners who only catch 1 or 2 shows a week will continue to complain, but I just wanted to let LSM know that I approve of the changes.
Alan Wake 2 - Alan WOKE
2024-11-18 17:33:08 +0000 UTCSo we're really sticking to that whole 3 person show thing huh? smh :(
Eric the human
2024-11-18 17:12:19 +0000 UTC4>3
Joe B
2024-11-18 17:10:53 +0000 UTCExcited to hear Gene speak about the election since he's been on the DL for a while due to the Washington Post situation.
Queef Wellington
2024-11-18 17:07:18 +0000 UTCWait. When did you start putting timestamps for Stelly??? Thank you whoever is doing them! I see and appreciate you!
Jared R
2024-11-18 17:06:11 +0000 UTCI keep screaming but god doesn't hear me
Jake Nunley
2024-11-18 17:05:26 +0000 UTCNot complaining since I actually enjoy it, but it is funny that we get Election talk two weeks in a row lol
Ethan Barcelos
2024-11-18 17:04:48 +0000 UTCHello
Brandon Tyler
2024-11-18 17:04:15 +0000 UTC
