Preview: The School Nurse Files
In which Pete and Karlo read auras and parse jellies. Get the full episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/43059276
Oct 23, 2020•6 min
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Episodes
Episode 87: Crap Books V: Let the Crap Book In
In which Pete and Karlo get up to their old tricks with House of Secrets
Oct 21, 2020•53 min
Episode 86: Ghost of Tsushima
In which Connor and brand-new cohost Karlo take on a phenomenal game about fighting with katanas
Oct 13, 2020•45 min
Preview: Susan Sontag ---- Imagination of Disaster
In which Pete and Connor get intellectual. Get the full thing here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/42533462
Oct 08, 2020•6 min
Episode 85: Adventure Time, Infinity Train, Gravity Falls (ft. Kurt Schiller)
In which Pete and Blood Knife's Kurt Schiller discuss three of the great cartoon shows of the new Millennium: Adventure Time, Infinity Train, and Gravity Falls
Oct 06, 2020•1 hr 5 min
Preview: Beer Run #17
In which Pete and Connor discuss... Mike Dukakis? And a lot of other things. Get the full episode here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/42288731
Oct 02, 2020•6 min
Episode 84: Crap Books IV: A Spell for Chameleon (ft. Karlo Yeager Rodriguez)
In which Pete and Karlo continue their journey into, well, crap
Sep 29, 2020•58 min
Preview: Bruce Sterling ---- Islands in the Net pt. II
In which Pete and Connor return to the book they began analyzing last week. This is a preview, get the whole thing here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bruce-sterling-3-42011719
Sep 25, 2020•4 min
Episode 83: Shirley Jackson ---- The Haunting of Hill House (ft. Emma Berquist)
In which Connor and writerly recurring guest Emma Berquist dive into Shirley Jackson's most famous novel
Sep 22, 2020•45 min
Preview: Total Recall (ft. RS Benedict)
In which Pete is joined by writer RS Benedict of Rite Gud podcast to discuss a Paul Verhoeven classic. To get the whole thing, become a patron here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/41713580
Sep 17, 2020•7 min
Episode 82: Bruce Sterling ---- Islands in the Net pt. I
In which Pete and Connor FINALLY start on a book they've been meaning to discuss for a while
Sep 15, 2020•41 min
Episode 81: The Crap Books Strike Back (ft. Karlo Yeager Rodriguez)
In which Pete and Karlo once again brave the Crap Books
Sep 08, 2020•58 min
Preview: Beer Run #16
In which Pete and Connor run for beer. Get the whole thing here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/41249325
Sep 04, 2020•7 min
Episode 80: Heavy Metal
In which Pete and Connor discuss the favorite sci-fi movie of quite a few boys who were 12 in the early 80s
Sep 01, 2020•46 min
Preview: Lovecraft Country pt. II
In which Pete and Connor continue to discuss a frankly bad show. Get the whole thing here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/41013662
Aug 30, 2020•4 min
Episode 79: Lovecraft Country pt. I
In which Pete and Connor discuss the first episode of Lovecraft Country.
Aug 26, 2020•39 min
Preview: Carrie Vaughn ---- Amaryllis
In which Pete and Connor argue about utopias. This is a preview, get the whole thing here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/40672023
Aug 20, 2020•6 min
Episode 78: Blood Knife (ft. Kurt Schiller and Lindsay Lee Wallace)
In which Connor is joined by recurring guest Kurt Schiller, as well as writer Lindsay Lee Wallace, to discuss Kurt's new venture: The SFF-loving, cutting-edge (har har) cultural criticism magazine Blood Knife
Aug 18, 2020•54 min
Preview: Beer Run #15
In which Pete and Connor talk about furniture. Also maybe some other things. This is a preview, so you can get the whole thing here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/40460217
Aug 14, 2020•4 min
Episode 77: Crap Books II: Son of Crap Books (ft. Karlo Yeager Rodriguez)
In which Pete is once again joined by writer and friend of the pod Karlo Yeager Rodriguez for a jam sesh about, well, crap books
Aug 11, 2020•53 min
Preview: J.G. Ballard ---- The Subliminal Man (Ft. Ryan Boyd)
In this Episode, Connor discusses the marvelous classic The Subliminal Man with returning guest Ryan Boyd. Pete was clearly locked in a closet somewhere, as its absurd that he'd skip out on a golden age fave.
Aug 08, 2020•7 min
Episode 76: Pacific Rim
In which Pete and Connor take on one of the most beloved blockbusters of the 2010s, and end up talking a lot about samurai
Aug 04, 2020•50 min
Preview: Tamsyn Muir ---- Gideon the Ninth pt. II (ft. Brandy Jensen)
In which Connor and esteemed guest Brandy Jensen expand on this week's first Gideon the Ninth episode--and Brandy challenges some of Connor's #takes. This is a preview, get the whole thing here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/39924199
Jul 31, 2020•7 min
Episode 75: Tamsyn Muir ---- Gideon the Ninth
In which Pete and Connor take their first crack at a very recent fantasy hit about necromancers in a space empire and their sassy ways
Jul 28, 2020•50 min
Preview: China Miéville ---- Looking for Jake
In which Pete and Connor break down a supremely weird urban fantasy story, which you can read here: http://www.lysator.liu.se/lsff/confuse02/Looking_for_Jake.html. This is a preview, go here for the whole thing: https://www.patreon.com/posts/39688756
Jul 25, 2020•5 min
Episode 74: Train to Busan
In which Pete and Connor take on a contemporary classic that's both a phenomenal zombie movie and a top-notch class parable
Jul 21, 2020•47 min
Preview: The Old Guard (comics)
In which Pete and Connor try to decide whether the (somehow even thinner than the movie) old Guard comics suck, and also discuss new patron tiers. This is a preview, go here for the whole thing:https://www.patreon.com/posts/39464001
Jul 18, 2020•7 min
Episode 73: The Old Guard
In which Pete and Connor take on a brand new Netflix original movie that's tight and propulsive, but also begs some questions about what we want from a movie now
Jul 14, 2020•36 min
Preview: Attack the Block pt. II (ft. Tim Maughan)
In our latest patron exclusive, Connor continues discussion of cult classic Attack the Block with novelist, musician, and cultural critic Tim Maughan. This one goes a lot of fascinating places, so I really hope you enjoy it as much as I did. You can get Tim's novel here: https://www.mcdbooks.com/books/infinite-detail. This is a preview, so get the whole thing here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/39178418
Jul 10, 2020•6 min
Episode 72: Attack the Block
In which Pete and Connor take on a contemporary cult hit and try to slay ALL the monsters
Jul 07, 2020•43 min
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