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World DominationJun 11, 2021
Star Trek
We’re back, baby! Set your phasers to ‘Stunned’, I know. We’ve been gone for a while, but we hope this episode will make it all up to you. Emma brings a WMD to a gunfight, Ken breaks the temporal prime directive like all good space engineers, and Jim tries to see if he can get on late-night sketch comedy.
Links to the things we talked about:
Chris Evans’ Fresh New Look From ‘The Iceman’
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
Merry Christmas Ya Filthy Animals
This one is probably OK to listen to on the car ride to your in-laws' house on December 25th.
Without giving the game away, we at World Domination really hope you enjoy this little bundle of joy, and we hope that it gives you what you need to get you through Christmas Day.
Emma tells the kids to stop studying and start suffering, Jim gets the Imagineers to whip something up lickety-split, and Ken is Biden his time.
Man of Steel
Look! Up in the sky! It’s a Bird! It’s a plane! It’s a podcast about Superman! Jim keeps telling the kids not to run with scissors in case they hurt someone, Emma refers a team member to HR, and Ken wonders why we can’t all just get along.
Links To The Things We Talked about
The Terminator
We did tell you that “We’ll be back”. Join your three favourite hosts as they investigate whether electric murderers do in fact dream of electric sheep. Jim gets David Bowie’s 5th studio album on the case, Emma concludes that 18 is indeed a bigger number than 10, and Ken tries to get western medicine to recognise the benefits of fem-bots.
Links To The Things We Talked About
World Domination Does Connect Four
Are you as interested as we are in finding out who is the rightful winner of season 3 of World Domination?
Follow this link to our YouTube channel or copy and paste the URL below to watch Jim and Emma play Connect Four to decide the ultimate winner, while Ken watched mysteriously from the shadows.
Disney Villain Draft - Part 2
Join Ken, Jim and Emma, as well as special guests Damian, Dee and Nick as they decide once and for all who should be the victor of Seasons 1 & 2 of World Domination.
Don't worry about what you've forgotten from Part 1; just like the season finale of any show made since 2002, you'll be brought up to speed. BUT if you haven't listened to Part 1 yet, you might want to listen to that first:
Part 1 of the Disney Villain Draft
Team Emma:
Team Ken:
- Maleficent (Sleeping Beauty)
- Ursula (The Little Mermaid)
- Davy Jones (Pirates of the Caribbean)
- Captain Hook (Peter Pan)
Jim & Dee's Scores (Spoilers)
Links to the things we talked about:
Disney Villain Draft - Part 1
This is the big one, folks! And just like the final movie in a series based on a YA novels, this one is coming to you in two parts.
Ken, Jim and Emma are joined by three special guests in this episode to come up with possibly the most ambitious plans in World Domination history. Listen in as they separate the wheat from the chaff, the weak from the strong, and the pig-headedly determined from the possibly New-Zealander.
Links to the Things we Talked about
The Villains for the Draft:
- Captain Hook (Peter Pan)
- Cruella De Vil (101 Dalmatians)
- Davy Jones (Pirates of the Caribbean)
- Evil Queen (Snow White)
- Gaston (Beauty and the Beast)
- The Hunter (Bambi)
- Maleficent (Sleeping Beauty)
- Mother Gothel (Tangled)
- Randall (Monsters Inc)
- Ursula (The Little Mermaid)
- Zurg (Toy Story)
Mulan
Let’s get down to business! To defeat, the puns! In this episode, Ken gets a lucky break on a business venture, Jim does some good, old-fashioned wealth redistribution, and Emma learns from the Battle of the Greasy Grass.
Links To The Things We Talked About:
The Villain Scoring Spreadsheet
Jackie Chan - ‘I’ll Make A Man Out Of You’
The Emperor's New Groove
Why do we even have that lever!? In this episode, Emma gets the birds of a feather together, Ken grapples with the paradox of the heap, and Jim puts the #1 song on the Australian charts from Christmas 2000 on the case.
Links To The Things We Talked About
The Emperor’s New Groove (IMDB)
Casting for the Tiger King Movie
30 Rock - “God I miss Gary so much!”
The Incredibles
It’s showtime! We know you were all waiting for something incredible, and this one is totally wicked! Emma recreates the Star Trek Next Gen episode ‘The Mind's Eye’, Jim remembers high school chemistry and Ken goes to ballet class.
Links to the Things we Talked about
Side By Side - Brad Bird and Syndrome
Die Hard with a Vengeance (IMDB)
Lilo and Stitch
Lets ditch this dreary isolation! Get in the pod and escape to Hawaii with us! Emma gets the ‘speriments, then she gets the powah, then she gets the women. Ken invests in Beanie Babies, and Jim looks into the latest fall fashions.
Links to the things we talked about
All the Known Experiments in One Picture
Original Version of Lilo and Stitch
How 9-11 changed Lilo and Stitch
Meet the Robinsons
It’s the end of the world as we know it, and we feel fine! Come and hear about the craziest little family ever! And also the Robinsons! Emma succeeds Mao Zedong, Jim practices that old sales trick, ABS (Always Be Super-evil), and Ken puts his thinking cap on.
Links to the things we talked about:
Mrs. Doubtfire re-cut as a horror movie
Aladdin
Plenty of genial banter between your hosts in this one! Emma reinforces the patriarchy, Ken tries his hand as a snake charmer, and Jim does whatever the evil version of paying-it-forward is.
Links to things we talked about:
The Lion King
Hey everyone, sorry we're late with this ep. We had some technical difficulties and ended up re-doing this episode in two different ways. What does that mean? You'll just have to listen.
But back to The Lion King. Oh man, there's so many sides to this story; regicide, fraticide, suspected patricide and avunculicide. Emma tries to throw the baby out with the Mufasa, Ken comes perilously close to a 'Night of Lion Knives', and Jim makes like a tree and leaves nothing for the peasants.
Links
Hercules
We're back, baby! Why don't we kick season 3 off with a titanic start? In this episode we discuss Greek mythology's favourite beefcake. Emma makes a fetch quest, Jim invites Maury Povich to ancient Greece, and Ken throws the schedule out the window.
Links
Willow
Links:
Willow (IMDB)
The double-headed penis dragon (in case you’re interested)
Genghis Khan
The helmet Emma thought looked Gengis Khan-ey
The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell
P.S. Sorry for the audio quality, dedicated listeners. We recorded this in person, which wasn’t fantastic for the audio quality to begin with. Then Jim edited this on his iPad, where he couldn’t do all the normal tricks he would to make things sound buttery smooth.
Game of Thrones
Listen this week as Emma, Jim and Ken talk about the most elaborate game of musical chairs ever played (Jim, who writes these, assumes. He’s not really sure what’s going on). Emma makes some organs hard, Jim makes like a Connecticut Yankee, and Ken decides to call in sick and wait out the cold.
Links:
The Lord of the Rings
One episode to rule them all! In this episode, Emma, Jim and Ken discuss how the Dark Lord Sauron should have kept his eye on the prize. Emma suggests that Sauron should listen to those infomercials about being 'premature', Ken tag-teams in some assistance, and Jim makes like Santa; elf slave-labour and all!
Links:
- The Lord of the Rings (Wikipedia)
- The Lord of the Rings Background Explained: Part 1 and Part 2
- They’re Taking the Hobbits to Isengard
Shrek
In this many-layered discussion, Emma, Jim and Ken talk everything about the ogre-lord of love and life himself. Jim has a frog in his throat, Emma rumples your stilt skin and Ken brews up an old favourite.
Links:
To The Stars Academy of Arts and Science
US Navy confirms UFO videos are real
Harry Potter
Welcome to season 2, everyone! In this episode, Emma, Jim and Ken talk about how old Voldy could have been a more effective child-murderer. Ken imagines a world without love, Emma is in it for the money, and Jim just wants to find a nice, smooth skipping-stone.
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Links to things we talked about:
- Harry Potter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter
- Hogwarts Before Bathrooms: https://twitter.com/pottermore/status/1081242428105998336?s=20
- Anthony Goldstein: https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/544946669448867841?s=20
Mind Control
You are getting sleepy. Your eyelids are getting heavy. You have an unstoppable urge to push the ‘play’ button and listen to Emma, Jim and Ken whisper softly to you about mind control. In this episode, Ken finds his sunKEN place, Emma makes an honest man out of Henry Cavill and Jim calls in a drone strike.
Real-Life Examples
- ‘Brainwashing’ - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainwashing
- MK-Ultra: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_MKUltra
- Patty Hearst: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patty_Hearst
- The Manson ‘Family’: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manson_Family
- The Jonestown Massacre: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonestown
- Neuralink: https://www.neuralink.com/
Dominating Rating
- Zoolander: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0196229/
- Get Out: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5052448/
- Inception: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1375666/
- Shallow Hal: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0256380/
- A Clockwork Orange: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066921/
- 1984: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087803/
Chemical Weapons
In this episode, Emma, Jim and Ken examine chemical solutions for taking over the world. Emma AND Jim reveal that they have something of a crush on Chris Evans, and Ken makes chemical weapons a gas to talk about.
Real-Life Examples
- Haber Process: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haber_process
- WW1 Gas Warfare: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_weapons_in_World_War_I
- Agent Orange: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_Orange
- Tokyo Sarin Gas Attack: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_subway_sarin_attack
- The Monster with 21 Faces: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Monster_with_21_Faces
Dominating Rating
- Batman: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096895/
- Batman Begins: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0372784/
- Wonder Woman: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0451279/
- Captain America 💖: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0458339/
- The Toxic Avenger: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090190/
- The Insider: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0140352/
Biological Weapons
In this episode, Emma, Jim and Ken get down with the sickness to discuss how to use biological weapons to take over the world. Listen as Emma reveals that she may have something of a crush on Jackie Chan, Jim has a hard time maintaining a tone appropriate for the subject matter, and Ken signs his own death warrant.
Real Life Examples
- Scythian Archers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scythian_archers
- Mongol siege warfare: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_biological_warfare#Middle_Ages
- Operation Cherry Blossoms at Night: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Cherry_Blossoms_at_Night
- Animal (ab)use: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_animal#As_living_bombs
- The Omega Man: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067525/
- I am Legend: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480249/?ref_=vi_md_ti
- 28 Days Later: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0289043/
- The Stand: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108941/
- Halo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_(franchise)
- The Tuxedo: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0290095/
- The Cockroach War by Jonathan Harlen: https://www.qbd.com.au/the-cockroach-war/jonathan-harlen/9781741141689
The Internet
“LASER” Death Beam
Why not kick things off with a classic? This week, Jim, Emma and Ken discuss the ways that they would use directed energy beam weapons to take over the world. Special guest appearances include Jim's new mechanical keyboard, and a silent cameo from Deanna who is not satisfied with lasers the size of moons.
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Show Notes
Saddam Hussein's (Rumoured) PS2 Supercomputer