It turns out we all like They Might Be Giants! So we did an entire episode about geeky music. We pick favorite TMBG songs, and then bring up some other geeky tracks we love by Fountains of Wayne, Moxy Früvous, and “Weird Al” Yankovic.
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Break out your gaming laptop and pass the ammunition: It’s time to discuss Neal Stephenson’s “REAMDE.” Why does the book’s plot take a hard left turn halfway through? Why does Stephenson struggle to write endings—and does he succeed this time? Is this book about family, the victory of the outsider, or blowing things up? (Can’t it be all three?)
Gather some bounty hunters and warm up the carbon freezer! It’s time for the conclusion of our epic discussion of “The Empire Strikes Back.” We dissect the evolution of the Han-Leia relationship, the truly playful nature of Yoda and the importance of Dagobah, Vader’s agenda and his crunchy gloves, and Luke’s continuing adventures with garbage.
Episode 68 (87 minutes, 40 MB MP3) is live and direct on 5by5.tv.
The Incomparable participants: Jason Snell, John Siracusa, Dan Moren, Serenity Caldwell.
Links
- Our “Star Wars” podcast, part one and two
- Part one of our “Empire” podcast
- A special After Dark outtake
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Launch your probe droids and cut open your Tauntaun! It’s time for part one of our two-part discussion of “The Empire Strikes Back.” Does Han Solo just want to be loved? Is Chewie sabotaging the Falcon on purpose? Why is snowy Hoth the setting? Why is Ben Kenobi a man of few words? Who’s scruffy-lookin’? And what is the purpose for Darth Vader’s clamshell office, anyway?
Episode 67 (84 minutes, 39 MB MP3) is live and direct on 5by5.tv.
The Incomparable participants: Jason Snell, John Siracusa, Dan Moren, Serenity Caldwell.
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Ernest Cline’s “Ready Player One” is a sci-fi novel that’s chock full of references to 1980s culture. But is it a good book, or are the references all that it’s got going for it? What will John Hughes movies be like in the future? And what do Cline, P.G. Wodehouse, and Umberto Eco have in common?
Episode 66 (60 minutes, 27.5 MB MP3) is live and direct on 5by5.tv.
The Incomparable participants: Scott McNulty, Serenity Caldwell, John Siracusa, Dan Moren, and Monty Ashley. This episode was edited by Greg Knauss.
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A new TV season is here! We analyze the new shows, plus some returning favorites. Among our targets: Revenge, Homeland, Terra Nova, Once Upon a Time, Grimm, Person of Interest, American Horror Story, Ringer, A Gifted Man, Boss, and returning shows The Walking Dead, Fringe, Community, Supernatural, Haven, and Dexter. Also: Why does Scott McNulty think every show is Prime Suspect?
Episode 65 (80 minutes, 38 MB enhanced AAC) is live and direct on 5by5.tv. An MP3 version is also available.
The Incomparable participants: Jason Snell with Scott McNulty, Lisa Schmeiser, John Siracusa, Dan Moren, and Ben Boychuk.
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When you want to get in the Halloween spirit, who you gonna call? Join us in celebrating 1984’s supernatural comedy classic, “Ghostbusters.” Are ghosts a serious environmental hazard requiring the intervention of the EPA? Why do the Ghostbusters transform from college professors into blue-collar plumbers when they put on their jump suits? Is Roasted Terror Dog with Human Nougat the worst candy ever devised? And which one of our panelists attended a cat-themed bat mitzvah in the same ballroom destroyed by the Ghostbusters?
Episode 64 (82 minutes, 38 MB MP3) is live and direct on 5by5.tv.
The Incomparable participants: Jason Snell with Serenity Caldwell, Dan Moren, and Ben Boychuk.
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Is “The Wise Man’s Fear” a rich fantasy novel about storytelling and myth-making, or is it a collection of good story elements scattered across an overlong plot? Could it be both? Ninjas! Off-camera shipwrecks! Board games! Sexism! Off-camera courtroom drama! Discursions within digressions within framing sequences! Join us as we discuss yet another 1000-page fantasy novel, the sequel to “The Name of the Wind.”
Episode 63 (48 minutes, 22 MB MP3) is live and direct on 5by5.tv.
Click here to buy the book on Amazon.
The Incomparable participants: Jason Snell with Serenity Caldwell, Dan Moren, John Siracusa, and Scott McNulty.
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We discuss “A Dance With Dragons,” the latest 1000-page installment in George R.R. Martin’s bestselling “Song of Ice and Fire” fantasy series. Is this series going to end well? Which parts of this book were good, and which just treaded water? Would adding Klingons have helped? Why are trees the Westeros equivalent of security cameras? These are the sorts of questions you ask deep in the middle of a long fantasy series.
Episode 62 (45 minutes, 21 MB MP3) is live and direct on 5by5.tv.
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The Incomparable participants: Jason Snell with Serenity Caldwell, Dan Moren, and Scott McNulty.
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