On this Month's episode of The Sociologist's Dojo Podcast, Dr. Maricio Quilpatay, Teaching and Curriculum Officer in the School of Languages and Culture at the University of Syndey and I are driving down the Fury Road to discuss George Miller's 2015 chaotic, chrome encrusted, cinematic cacophony Mad Max: Fury Road. Our conversation covers the topics of political allegories, masculinity, capitalistic validation and linguistic legitimacy. "WITNESS" this fantastic episode!

Production Notes:

Intro: 0:00-2:25

Basics of Dr. Quilpatay 2:43-8:56

• Sociological Background
• Work on Chilean Government
• History of the Chilean Constitution
• Taught Sociology of Popular Cinema

Media Knowledge and Decision Making 8:57-21:19

• Types of Knowledge
• Value of Popular Media on Decision Making
• Defining Reality through a Cinematic Narrative

Dr. Quilpatay's relationship with pop Culture and Mad Max 21:20-32:13

• Horror at a Young Age
• Learning English through Video Games
• Popular vs. Pretension

Basics of Mad Max: Fury Road 32:25-50:35

• Production
• Trivia
• Dr. Quilpatay's first Fury Road experience

Historical Context 50:50-78:31

• Production Through Obama's second Term
• GamerGate
• Problematic Questioning of Reality
• MCUEIC
• Film's reproduction of Capital
• Current political Allegory
• Disconnected: From Criticism to "Cool"

Social Analysis 78:46-109:05

• Masculinity and Fury Road
• Dsigns of Capital production and its reproduction
• Max as an Opressor
• The religious relationship with Capital
• Criticism of Men's Rights activism
• Environmentalism- Suatainable Practices and privatization of Water
• Rich does not equal Intelligence

Color Grading and Explosions aside 109:25-116:00

Outtro 116:07-121:25

• Furisosa Hopes
• A message about Academia
• Plugs and Links
• Stalker Bonus

Links

• @Quilpatay
• The Sociologist's Dojo Blog
• Scalia, Torture and '24'
• NYPD and ' RoadHouse'