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Kramer Before Kramer

Episode 704

Great Scott! No time to be a slacker, McFly, because we’ve gotta go back in time to 1985 so we can go back to 1955 so we can perfectly time a lightni…

2 years, 4 months ago

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Communists? In Berkeley?

Episode 703

Jason’s favorite movie of 2023 was the gray flipside to “Barbie,” Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer.” And while none of us would exactly call ourselve…

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One Is Silly and One Is Wacky

Episode 702

Two nations, two sitcoms, one premise: What if one of us could see ghosts? Infusing genre complications into the world of TV situation comedies, “Gho…

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KEEP PANTYHOSE ON
KEEP PANTYHOSE ON

Episode 701

KNEW THIS WAS ONE WAY TICKET
BUT YOU KNOW I HAD TO COME

At long last, it’s the episode Jason has waited 13 years to schedule. Up from the depths of …

2 years, 5 months ago

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A Dark Totoro

Episode 700

We reconvene Miyazaki Club to discuss the master animator’s latest final movie, “The Boy and the Heron.” We went in wondering, will this be lyrical a…

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Merchant Ivory Godzilla

Episode 699

In 2023’s “Godzilla Minus One,” the classic monster doesn’t just represent nuclear disaster, but crushing guilt on personal and societal levels. What…

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Incarnation of the System

Episode 698

Crack open your psychohistory textbooks and ready a new batch of imperial clones, because it’s time to discuss the Apple TV+ series “Foundation,” ext…

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Three Things and a Blurt

Episode 697

Happy new year! Some of our most prolific panelists pick some of their favorite media of the year gone by, and a few listeners send in some favorite …

2 years, 6 months ago

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Self-Aware and Unaware

Episode 696

It’s Kilmas 2023, in which we continue our annual celebration of the films of Val Kilmer. This year’s selection is “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang,” written and…

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Uncanny Plastic Head

Episode 695

In the spirit of coming downstairs and finding presents waiting under the tree, we offer the Incomparable Toy Draft. It’s not just a story about our …

2 years, 6 months ago

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