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We conclude (for now?) our coverage of the TV adaptation of The Wheel of Time, which was just canceled by Amazon. Three seasons in, we cover whether we think it is still worth watching despite ...
Our Awards Book Club continues its run through the roses with a tougher than expected review of Vajra Chandrasekera’s “Raksefall,” Adrian Tchaikovsky’s “Alien Clay,” and Kelly Link’s “The Book of Love ...
In a world full of creative projects turned into intellectual property, our panelists join together to choose remakes and reboots that please us, those that displease us, and those items that are out ...
We send off the crew of the USS Cerritos and salue the completion of the five-year mission of “Star Trek: Lower Decks.” This show expanded what “Star Trek” could be—in several dimensions. And yet it ...
Rejoice, Swamp Kittens! Lisa, Don, and Kelly are back to chat about the first two episodes of Marvel’s What If…? in a super sized DOUBLE show! Pull up a freaky rock next to Uatu and watch our intrepid ...
Steven and Erika complete one of the few remaining entirely new-to-Erika stories, and it’s a great big hit — even with the silly, sometimes-adorable, rubber dinos!
Trash crabs, unite! Your Star Wars pals Dan, Kat, and Tony return to discuss the latest episode of Skeleton Crew, including why you should press the button that you should never press, con man ...
The penultimate episode of season 2 of “Star Trek: Picard” is here! Jason and Scott are conflicted. Some of it seemed pretty obvious, but was it affecting? Why has there not been more Jurati and Borg ...
A preview of the recording from our recent live show, recorded at the Ohio Theatre in Madison, Indiana, our new home away from home for live performances. Coming in March, the full live show, along ...
I’ve heard it said by men of wide experience that podcasts used to be better in the old days. Kieran Healy discusses three short stories by Frank O’Connor: “First Confession,” “The Majesty of the Law, ...
Scott plunges deeper into the nebula with Moisés Chiullán. Fathers are everywhere, all things are not what they seem, and if Beverly Crusher offers you her hypospray, you darn well better take her up ...
It’s the end of the world and a robot apocalypse has happened, so what are the robots up to now? One robot butler takes an unusual journey through the darkly absurd world of Adrian Tchaikovsky’s ...