Episode 5: No Leeches for Old Men

Episode Summary

Midway through Season 2, the guys track and prod the leechiness of another Coen Brothers classic: No Country for Old Men.

Episode Notes

After a Leech Anatomy 101 PSA segment (2:07), Aaron, Banks and Evan dive into No Country for Old Men’s leechiest themes (7:46), scenes (12:09), and characters (22:46). To get some relief, the guys head to the shore for Leech on a Beach (30:13). They conclude by considering the film’s medicinal qualities (32:01 and giving an overall rating -- from 1 to 4 -- of the film’s leechiness (45:54).

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Series URL: www.theleechpodcast.com

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External Links:

• Cormac McCarthy, No Country for Old Men [link]

• William Butler Yeats, “Sailing to Byzantium”

• AO Scott review [link]

• Christopher J Walsh, In the Wake of the Sun: Navigating the Southern Works of Cormac McCarthy [link]

Credits:

• Hosted by Evan Cate, Banks Clark, and Aaron Jones

• Editing by Evan Cate

• Graphic design by Banks Clark

• Original music by Justin Klump of Podcast Sound and Music

• Equipment help from Topher Thomas