Low Key

By Aaron Lanton

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Episodes: 182

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Aaron Lanton, Keith Dennie, and Tim Molloy look at pop culture through a racial lens, focusing on the low-key things some people might miss to discuss their deeper meanings.

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Episode Date
Unlocked, unlocked
May 01, 2024
3 Body Talk
Apr 09, 2024
X-Men 97 Can Save Us All
Mar 22, 2024
Netflix's Damsel Models Itself After Grendel
Mar 18, 2024
Dune 2: The First 2024 Blockbuster
Mar 09, 2024
Is Griselda Goofy?
Feb 23, 2024
True Detective: Night Country Works Even If You've Never Heard of the Yellow King
Jan 20, 2024
What If Season 2 Review
Jan 06, 2024
Going Cold Into Fargo
Dec 15, 2023
What Is The Killer Trying to Do, Exactly?
Nov 30, 2023
No Hard Feelings Is a Smart Bait and Switch
Nov 10, 2023
Loco Loki Low Key
Oct 11, 2023
One Piece Is Determined to Win You Over
Sep 12, 2023
One of Us Did Not Enjoy Ahsoka Very Much
Sep 04, 2023
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem Review
Aug 15, 2023
I'm a Virgo Review
Jul 15, 2023
The Flash Review
Jun 27, 2023
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 vs. The Best Superhero Movies of All Time
May 12, 2023
Love to All Writers Everywhere, But The White House Plumbers Just Isn't Our Thing
May 05, 2023
Rye Lane is a Charmer
May 04, 2023
Fired on Mars Review
Apr 28, 2023
Swarm, Beyonce and Michael Jackson
Apr 05, 2023
Bruiser asks what makes a true father
Mar 17, 2023
Creed 3: It's Really Good
Mar 07, 2023
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania Is Weightless and Unfun
Feb 27, 2023
Poker Face is a low-key charmer
Feb 14, 2023
You People Review
Feb 04, 2023
The Last of Us Review
Jan 28, 2023
The Actually Scary Part of M3GAN
Jan 17, 2023
Glass Onion Fun
Jan 06, 2023
Bullet Train Review
Dec 16, 2022
Welcome to Chippendales, and the Fall of Onscreen Fellatio
Dec 12, 2022
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
Dec 09, 2022
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and Ever and Ever
Nov 18, 2022
Black Adam Review
Oct 30, 2022
Werewolf By Night Is Fine
Oct 26, 2022
Enter: Entergalactic, a Kid Cudi Charmer
Oct 14, 2022
Pearl
Sep 30, 2022
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul
Sep 09, 2022
House of the Dragon "Initial Thoughts of First Two Episodes"
Sep 02, 2022
Day Shift Review
Aug 27, 2022
Prey Discussion: The Predator is a low-key misogynist
Aug 19, 2022
NOPE
Aug 04, 2022
We Even Like Stranger Things When We Don't Like Stranger Things
Jul 07, 2022
Untangling Spiderhead
Jun 30, 2022
Emergency
Jun 16, 2022
Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Review
May 20, 2022
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent Review
May 08, 2022
Apollo 10 1/2
Apr 12, 2022
Windfall
Apr 04, 2022
Master Review
Mar 24, 2022
Fresh
Mar 17, 2022
The Batman Review
Mar 11, 2022
Jeen-Yuhs Review
Mar 04, 2022
Kimi
Feb 18, 2022
The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
Feb 16, 2022
The Power of the Dog
Feb 03, 2022
Don't Look Up
Dec 31, 2021
8-Bit Christmas Review (The Low Key Holiday Spectacular)
Dec 23, 2021
King Richard Review
Nov 26, 2021
The Harder They Fall Review
Nov 07, 2021
Dune 2021 Review
Oct 28, 2021
The Moment (feat. Charles W. Bush)
Oct 20, 2021
Star Wars: Visions Review
Sep 30, 2021
There's Nothing Low-Key About Kate
Sep 30, 2021
Blood Brothers Documentary
Sep 16, 2021
What If and the State of the MCU
Aug 28, 2021
Paper Tigers Review Featuring Sam
Aug 19, 2021
Suicide Squad and the Destruction of Plot Armor
Aug 16, 2021
Jean-Claude Van Damme Kicks Ass Weirdly in The Last Mercenary
Aug 06, 2021
It's Impossible to Talk Seriously About He-Man
Jul 29, 2021
No Sudden Move
Jul 26, 2021
Summer of Soul (Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Jul 08, 2021
Dads Discuss Kevin Hart in Fatherhood
Jul 01, 2021
Low Key Loki
Jun 21, 2021
Sweet Tooth: Would You Guide A Hybrid-Human Child Through the Forest in Post-Apocalypse America?
Jun 10, 2021
Can M.O.D.O.K. Carry a Show?
Jun 03, 2021
Those Who Wish Me Dead (and Who Like MacGuffins)
May 21, 2021
The Outside Story: Low Stakes, High Rooftops
May 13, 2021
Invincible Is the Superhero Game of Thrones
May 06, 2021
Weird Oscars, Falcon Praise and Complaints, But First: Mortal Kombat
Apr 29, 2021
Watching Two Distant Strangers During the Derek Chauvin Trial
Apr 16, 2021
Concrete Cowboy
Apr 09, 2021
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and Confederate
Apr 02, 2021
Coming 2 America, Low-Key Feminism, and Wesley Snipes' Most Underrated Films
Mar 17, 2021
Nomadland and Characters With No Destination
Mar 08, 2021
I Care a Lot and Despicable Protagonists
Feb 25, 2021
Judas and the Black Messiah
Feb 19, 2021
Malcolm and Marie
Feb 11, 2021
WandaVision So Far
Jan 29, 2021
Pieces of a Woman
Jan 25, 2021
One Night in Miami
Jan 20, 2021
What Is the Soul of Soul?
Jan 07, 2021
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom and the Fight to Own Music
Dec 31, 2020
The Sound of Metal Is Low-Key Horrifying
Dec 17, 2020
Lovers Rock
Dec 10, 2020
Keith Makes a Movie
Dec 03, 2020
The Queen's Gambit and What It Means to Be a Prodigy
Nov 12, 2020
His House, an Immigration Horror Story
Oct 31, 2020
Lovecraft Country
Oct 26, 2020
Hosts, a Hammer, and Maybe Some Bible Stuff
Oct 16, 2020
The Boys: If Quentin Tarantino Made a Superhero Show
Oct 08, 2020
Let's Talk 'Residue' and Gentrification
Sep 24, 2020
Hulu's 'Woke' Ironically Lives Up to Its Name
Sep 17, 2020
1BR, and the Cult That Recruits at IHOP
Sep 10, 2020
Chadwick Boseman Memories
Sep 03, 2020
Does Project Power Do Too Much?
Aug 27, 2020
Shirley
Aug 25, 2020
Robert Pattinson: The Batman Who Laughs (At Exercise)
Aug 14, 2020
Black Is King Continues Beyonce's Visual Album Winning Streak
Aug 07, 2020
The Business of Drugs
Jul 30, 2020
Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado
Jul 23, 2020
The Old Guard
Jul 17, 2020
I May Destroy You
Jul 09, 2020
Do the Right Thing
Jul 02, 2020
Would You Go to a Movie Theater Now?
Jun 24, 2020
Da 5 Bloods and Cross-Generational Trauma
Jun 18, 2020
'Just Mercy' and Just Policing
Jun 09, 2020
The Justice League Snyder Cut (feat. Sam from the Sam Said It podcast)
Jun 01, 2020
62. Why Murder to Mercy is a Netflix Doc Worth Watching
May 27, 2020
How Pepe the Frog Became the Mascot of Trolls, Racists and Incels
May 14, 2020
The Midnight Gospel Might Be the Near-Future of TV
May 05, 2020
'The Platform' Is the Ultimate COVID-19 Movie... Or Is It?
Apr 21, 2020
Netflix's 'Uncorked' Is a Worthy Memphis Movie
Apr 10, 2020
DC Universe's 'Harley Quinn': How to Go From Lackey to Supervillian
Mar 23, 2020
Candyman! Candyman! Candyman! Candyman!
Mar 12, 2020
High Fidelity: Zoë Kravitz Updates a John Cusack Movie That Featured Her Mom, Lisa Bonet
Feb 24, 2020
Tyler Perry's 'A Fall From Grace' and the Legacy of the Perry-verse
Feb 14, 2020
Ava DuVernay v. Stephen King: Our Oscar Episode
Feb 09, 2020
In Parasite, Who Should You Root For?
Jan 25, 2020
2020 Movies We're Excited for, From Tenet to Black Widow to Saw
Jan 16, 2020
Watchmen: In Praise of High-Risk TV
Dec 20, 2019
Let's Debate 'Queen and Slim'
Dec 16, 2019
The Mandalorian Is on a Mission to Unite the Best and Worst of Star Wars
Nov 22, 2019
What Is 'Watchmen' Saying About Race in America?
Nov 16, 2019
'Dolemite Is My Name': Rudy Ray Moore, Tyler Perry, Robert Townsend and DIY Moviemaking
Oct 31, 2019
Let's Discuss Batwoman
Oct 25, 2019
What Is 'Joker' Trying to Say About Poverty and Mental Illness?
Oct 18, 2019
'Undone': Let's Try to Interpret Amazon's Animated Achievement
Oct 10, 2019
Is 'Wu-Tang: An American Saga' Something to F--- With?
Sep 27, 2019
Let's Talk About the Joker and Chris Gaines (feat. Sam Perrin from "Sam Said It")
Sep 17, 2019
Let's Talk About the Tricky Racial Metaphors of 'Carnival Row'
Sep 06, 2019
Is David Oyelowo's 'Don't Let Go' About Time-Travel? Or Something Else?
Aug 30, 2019
'Cannon Busters,' 'The Witcher,' 'The Irishman' and More 2019 Projects We're Excited About (Podcast)
Aug 23, 2019
Is 'Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood' Better or Worse if You Know the Full Manson-Sharon Tate Story?
Aug 03, 2019
'The Boys' Gives Superheroes the 'Game of Thrones' Treatment
Jul 26, 2019
Batwoman, a Black Female 007, and Super-Pandering
Jul 19, 2019
'Stranger Things' Is Better When You Don't Understand It
Jul 12, 2019
Let's Talk 'See You Tomorrow,' Where 'Back to the Future' Meets Systemic Racism
Jun 18, 2019
'Black Mirror: Striking Vipers': Listen to Charlie Brooker Tell Us About Tekken and S&M Dungeons
Jun 11, 2019
'Game of Thrones' Final Thoughts: Is Bran a Mass Murderer?
May 22, 2019
Defending Daenerys' Heel Turn, and How We Think 'Game of Thrones' Ends
May 14, 2019
How 'Avengers: Endgame' Sets A High Bar For Cinema's Next Era
Apr 30, 2019
What We Want From 'Avengers: Endgame'
Apr 23, 2019
Let's Talk 'Guava Island,' Where Donald Glover Meets Bob Marley (and Rihanna's There, Too)
Apr 19, 2019
Joker, 'The Twilight Zone,' and Sad-Sack Standup Comedy
Apr 05, 2019
Let's Compare Jordan Peele's 'Us' and Get Out
Mar 27, 2019
Captain Marvel, Feminism and Fanboy Angst
Mar 15, 2019
We Liked 'Doom Patrol,' a Happily Dumb '50s-Horror-Inspired 'Super Zero' Show With Butts (Podcast)
Mar 01, 2019
Episode 23: 'High Flying Bird,' Colin Kaepernick and 'The Revolt of the Black Athlete'
Feb 19, 2019
Episode 22: Liam Neeson's Confession and What We Can Learn From It
Feb 08, 2019
Episode 21: Does 'Black Panther' Deserve Its Best Picture Nomination?
Jan 30, 2019
Episode 20: When 'Beale Street' Hits Close to Home: 'It Was Terrifying'
Jan 18, 2019
Episode 19: 'Black Mirror: Bandersnatch,' Sex Robots and Your Phone
Jan 10, 2019
Episode 18: The Low-Key Racial Subtext of 'Into the Spider-Verse'
Dec 24, 2018
Episode 17: Satanism, Feminism, and Sabrina
Dec 11, 2018
So DC's 'Titans' Is Pretty Great, and We're Pleasantly Surprised
Nov 21, 2018
Let's Discuss 'The Conners,' the Roseanne Universe Sans Roseanne
Oct 30, 2018
Episode 14: Halloween Rules - Can White Kids Dress as Black Panther?
Oct 24, 2018
Episode 13: CBS's "The Neighborhood": The Bad, The Ugly, and the Surprisingly Good Parts
Oct 15, 2018
Episode 12: Racism in Gaming Communities and Why YouTube Recommends Alt-Right Conspiracies If Don't Like Star Wars: The Last Jedi - The Brett Kavanaugh Joint
Sep 25, 2018
Episode 11: Louis C.K., Asia Argento, and Sexual Harassment as a White Collar Crime
Sep 07, 2018
Episode 10: Aretha Franklin's Passing Reveals Why We Are Impacted By Celebrity
Aug 20, 2018
Episode 9: Does Hollywood Have a Black Casting Quota?
Aug 13, 2018
Episode 8: Do Tweets Have a Statute of Limitations?
Aug 01, 2018
Why ScarJo's Casting for Transgender Role Matters by Three Straight Cis-Males
Jul 12, 2018
Episode 6: Drake Gets Exposed in Rap Beef, Fatherhood, and Blackface
Jun 27, 2018
Episode 5: Let's Review "Ye" and Talk About If We'll Ever Forgive Kanye
Jun 11, 2018
Episode 4: The Black Lightning Joint That Was Supposed to Be About "This Is America"
May 24, 2018
Episode 3: David Letterman Interviews Jay-Z. Plus, How Ninjas Can Save Your Marriage
Apr 20, 2018
Episode 2: Atlanta's "Teddy Perkins" Review - "Never Go Full Killer Mike"
Apr 11, 2018
Episode 1: Wakanda Over Everything
Mar 29, 2018