Fight Club | E1: Crystal Balls

It’s easy to reduce Fight Club’s legacy to a few pop-cultural bullet points: The First Rule, the Second Rule, Brad Pitt’s abs. But in 2022 hindsight, this radical 1999 sleeper hit feels more relevant than ever. We’re looking at the messed up crystal ball that is Fight Club and what it still has to tell us about capitalism, masculinity, and the human yearning to fuck shit up.TRANSCRIPT: HERECREDITS: Host, Writer: Alex PappademasShowrunner: Colin McNultyProducers: Sabrina Fang and Taylor JonesProduction Assistant and Fact Checker: Stella HartmanComposer, Sound Designer, Mix Engineer: Alex MacInnisStudio Direction and Theme Music: Dan LeoneExecutive Producer for Western Sound: Ben AdairEditor: Jamie YorkExecutive Producers for Higher Ground: Dan Fierman, Anna Holmes, Mukta Mohan, Janae MarableEditorial Assistant for Higher Ground: Jenna LevinExecutive Producers for Spotify: Daniel Ek, Dawn Ostroff, Julie McNamara, Corinne GilliardSpecial Thanks: Joe Paulsen and Eric Spiegelman Archival tape provided by: SBIFF (Santa Barbara International Film Festival) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.