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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
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…
2 years, 4 months ago
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…
2 years, 4 months ago
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
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…
2 years, 5 months ago
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…
2 years, 5 months ago
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…
2 years, 5 months ago
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
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…
2 years, 6 months ago
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