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Hit Record Episode 50: Wide Awake!

·1 hr 41 min·5 clips

The Zone of Interest stays outside Auschwitz and never shows inside the camp.

1. Hit Record: A Very Unprofessional Album Review Podcast turns Episode 50 toward Wide Awake! after several minutes of Helldivers jokes. 2. The hosts are John G and his co-hosts, and they matter because they steer the album review while joking about making the show into a Helldivers Weekly spinoff. 3. The episode is trying to answer whether Wide Awake! deserves the group’s heavy rotation and album-of-the-year level praise from 2018. 4. They say they heard the self-titled lead single first and immediately liked its groove. 5. They place the record in 2018 and note that six years have passed since then. 6. They joke about how long the show can spend on Helldivers before returning to the album. 7. They debate whether the episode format should be album-first or chatter-first and decide not to change it. 8. They compare their listening habits to Bellatro, Slay the Spire, Hades, and A Little to the Left. 9. They recommend Dune Part Two and describe it as more of the first film’s spectacle and setup. 10. They discuss David Lynch, the 1984 Dune, and Lynch being offered Return of the Jedi after that film. 11. They bring up Denis Villeneuve’s filmography, including Arrival, Sicario, Blade Runner, Prisoners, and Enemy. 12. They talk about Oppenheimer sweeping at the Oscars and praise Ludwig Göransson for winning best original score. 13. They say Poor Things is the film that felt more deserving to them than Oppenheimer in some awards categories. 14. They contrast Poor Things with Saltburn and say Yorgos Lanthimos makes bizarre, coldly framed films like The Lobster and The Favourite. 15. They describe The Lobster’s premise: Colin Farrell checks into a hotel where failure to find a partner can lead to being turned into an animal. 16. They spend time on The Zone of Interest and explain its focus on Rudolf Höss, his house, and the sounds around Auschwitz. 17. Their tone moves quickly between jokes, movie recommendations, and digressions, with a lot of back-and-forth interrupting each other. 18. The format feels like a conversational roundtable rather than a tight, scripted review, with long tangents and repeated callbacks. 19. Listeners who like album talk mixed with film and game tangents. 20. Listeners who want a tight, spoiler-free review only.

As heard by us

A loose album chat that turns wandering banter into real affection for the record.

The episode starts with Helldivers banter, then settles into a steady album conversation centered on favorite tracks and the band’s collaborative setup.

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If you like album chat that keeps getting dragged into Helldivers, start here.

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