Podcast Episodes

Supergirl's Mom Is Disappointed in Her

Season 1 Episode 242

Supergirl was produced by James Gunn, directed by Craig Gillespie, and directed by Ana Nogueira. I blame all three of them equally for this very, ver…

3 hours ago

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A Tea Party with George Orwell and Douglas Adams

Season 1 Episode 241

Things have been crazy in the last few weeks, so let’s have a nice relaxing cup of tea with two great authors who wrote essays about Britain’s most b…

2 days, 15 hours ago

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Masters of the Universe Is FUN!!!

Season 1 Episode 240

Did Masters of the Universe have the power? YES! Was it perfect? NO! Did it need to be? NO! Did it give me everything I wanted? YES!

2 weeks, 2 days ago

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Kat's A+ Homework In Ten Things I Hate About You

Season 1 Episode 239

In the film 10 Things I Hate About You, Katarina Stratford gets an assignment to rewrite Shakespeare’s Sonnet 141. Her poem that perfectly pays tribu…

2 weeks, 3 days ago

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Why Do Story Changes Annoy Us So Much?

Season 1 Episode 238

Why do some stories work when they play around with the race, gender, or location of a story and its characters, and why are others an annoying mess?…

1 month ago

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Ten Things I DON'T Hate About Sonnet 141

Season 1 Episode 237

10 Things I Hate About You was an instant teen classic, adapting Shakespeare’s play The Taming of the Shrew for a 90’s audience. The film’s title com…

1 month, 1 week ago

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Animal Farm, Joseph Stalin, and . . . Keir Starmer?

Season 1 Episode 236

My friend Miguel Lopez returns to the show, taking a break from his Ph.D studies of World War II to help me understand how Animal Farm by George Orwe…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

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Animal Farm Was So Bad I Needed An Emotional Support Sandwich To Review It

Season 1 Episode 235

Animal Farm directed by Andy Serkis and written by Nicholas Stoller is an utter abomination.

1 month, 2 weeks ago

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Pop Culture Roundup

Season 1 Episode 234

Here’s my thoughts on three upcoming adaptations of children’s stories. First, the preview trailer for the new Little House on the Prairie adaptation…

1 month, 4 weeks ago

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Fireside Tale: NASA is Rewriting the Myth of Artemis and Orion!

Season 1 Episode 233

Human beings are going back to the moon! As I recorded this episode, Artemis II was on its journey to the moon and back again, with four crew member…

2 months, 2 weeks ago

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