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Book Club: "Service Model"
Robots are the real monster, but humans are realer.
Previous Episodes
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December 7, 2024
Book Club: "The Mercy of Gods"
What happens when you survive the end of the world?
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December 1, 2024
"Conquest of the Planet of the Apes"
Ape Club returns to a 1972 film about the far future of 1991, when apes are slaves! It’s the movie that inspired the new series of movies, and we were surprised at what we discovered when we watched it.
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December 1, 2024
Mind Meld X-mas Edition
Lots of egg, not too much nog.
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November 25, 2024
A Holiday Show
It’s not a draft. It’s another thing that’s sort of like a draft. With bendy rules.
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November 25, 2024
"Deadpool & Wolverine"
He’s going to play Wolverine until he’s 90.
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November 24, 2024
Xmas Trivia 3
The dark history of Christmas, revealed!
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November 18, 2024
"Only Yesterday" (re-posted)
An army of ghost 10-year-olds tell us this is the right bootleg.
Now here’s more about organic farming…
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November 12, 2024
"Planes, Trains and Automobiles"
Destination: Nowhere.
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November 9, 2024
Random Pursuit XXXX
Only Kissinger could go to IKEA.
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November 9, 2024
Inconceivable!: Feelin' Smart with Dan Moren
Boats are stupid.
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October 28, 2024
Careers - 4
Seven, eleven, or doubles! SEVEN, ELEVEN, or DOUBLES!
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October 26, 2024
Defocused 378: Alien: Romulus
Joe and Dan get face-hugged back into the Alien franchise, and then very imprecisely tier rank the Alien movies.
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October 21, 2024
"Fright Night" (Old Spooky Club)
Look, honey, men carrying a coffin!
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October 19, 2024
Random Pursuit XXXIX
My gut is death!
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October 19, 2024
Pitch Black
Evil cicadas!
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October 17, 2024
"Airplane!"
Surely you’ve seen this one before.
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October 7, 2024
Old Movie Club: Aviatober
Two airplane-themed films, 1939’s “Only Angels Have Wings” and 1957’s “Zero Hour!”, kick off our much anticipated Aviatober celebration that Jason just made up.
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October 1, 2024
"The Armageddon Protocol" with Dan Moren
Dan and Jason talk about books! Dan’s books!
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September 26, 2024
Grant Morrison's "Animal Man"
“I Think Someone Needs to Lay Off the Rave Drugs For a While.” Late-80s then-obscure superhero goodness, a window into the future of DC’s Vertigo imprint, and a peek into Morrison as a young creator.
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September 21, 2024
Random Pursuit XXXVIII
Steven, put your hand down!
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September 8, 2024
"The Secret World of Arietty"
The great father-daughter sugar cube heist!
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September 7, 2024
Mind Meld 9
I D2, you D2, we all D2.
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September 5, 2024
"The Matrix Resurrections"
Hang a lantern on another lantern, why don’t you?
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August 29, 2024
Defocused 377: Twisters
Dan and Joe chase the storm.
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August 26, 2024
"The Matrix Revolutions"
Chip vs. Mosquitoes. Kelly vs. Rain. It’s all very conflicting, Mister Anderson.
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August 25, 2024
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Prequels are tricky. Sand gets everywhere.
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August 24, 2024
Random Pursuit XXXVII
It’s the annual Uncanny Magazine Kickstarter Backers edition!
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August 18, 2024
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
More apes! Some people!
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August 14, 2024
Book Club awards wrap-up!
It’s the end! But just of this cycle.
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August 12, 2024
"The Matrix Reloaded"
Eleven years ago, our four predecessors produced a podcast vis-a-vis The Matrix. Ergo, eleven years later, we discussed its successor, “The Matrix Reloaded.”
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August 5, 2024
"The Acolyte"
Mothership edition.
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August 2, 2024
Random Pursuit XXXVI
Random Pursuit with a Canadian twist!
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July 18, 2024
Defocused 376: Hit Man
Dan and Joe are joined by Merlin Mann and Ry Amidon and mostly avoid talking about Hit Man. There is a lot of business brainstorming.
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July 14, 2024
"War for the Planet of the Apes"
If you don’t like the genre of this movie, just wait a minute for the next one.
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July 10, 2024
Awards Book Club 2024 part 3
The Water Outlaws, The Saint of Bright Doors, and the Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi.
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July 7, 2024
"Dawn of the Planet of the Apes"
Ape must not kill Ape, or through inaction, allow Ape to come to harm.
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July 6, 2024
Random Pursuit XXXV
Your category is Fun!
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June 29, 2024
"Rise of the Planet of the Apes"
James Franco, research scientist.
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June 28, 2024
Defocused 375: The Fall Guy
Dan and Joe talk about The Fall Guy.
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June 25, 2024
Doctor Who Season 1 wrap-up
It’s all about the vibes!
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June 19, 2024
Lions, Towers & Shields 100: Double Indemnity
Six people, one foundational film noir, and your host’s prerecorded birthday celebration
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June 19, 2024
"Star Trek Discovery" season 5/series wrap-up
We talk about our feelings, and also a TV show.
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June 9, 2024
Mad Max: Fury Road
How are you gonna outdo Tina Turner? With pure implementation.
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June 7, 2024
Defocused 374: The Defocused 10 Year Anniversary
Raw recording of a silly draft from 10 years of silly episodes.
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June 4, 2024
Awards Book Club 2024 part 2
Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon, The Terraformers, and Some Desperate Glory.
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June 1, 2024
Trivial Retreat 4
It’s all a pyramid scheme disguised as a Science and Nature question.
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June 1, 2024
Trivial Retreat 3
The lost episode!
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May 23, 2024
Deadpool 2
The movie cleared the raised bar, but what about our cascade of technical failures?!
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May 18, 2024
Careers - 3
Shopping, butterflies, and the moon — this game has it all!
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May 15, 2024
The Last Starfighter
Only the best couch-based effects for this movie!
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May 5, 2024
Deadpool
Deadpool has a heart. And if you stab him in it, he won’t die. He’ll just keep on loving you.
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May 1, 2024
2024 Shortlist Book Club Part 1
Witch King, Starter Villain, and Translation State.
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April 29, 2024
Game Show: Mind Meld 8
Lex is the New Glenn.
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April 26, 2024
Defocused 373: Road House (2024)
Dan and Joe discuss the slick and polished cheeseball action movie, and its director who boycotted the movie to try and get a theatrical release. Also Limp Bizkit.
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April 20, 2024
Doctor Who 2024 Anticipation
It’s back, and on Disney+!
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April 15, 2024
Marvel Feuding Families III
There’s no filter at the bottom of the barrel.
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April 13, 2024
"Dead Again"
These… are for you!
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April 7, 2024
Random Pursuit XXXIV
I don’t care where the sock was.
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April 3, 2024
Book Club: Fragile Threads of Power
Plus, what are we reading? And the shortlist reading begins!!
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March 25, 2024
Godfather Part III
Just when we thought we were out… well, you know the rest.
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March 22, 2024
Defocused 372
Dan has an idea for the Super Oscars, and Joe has an idea to reconsider awards, which mostly revolves around taking away Birdman’s Oscar.
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March 16, 2024
2000s album draft
The more emo we pick, the more powerful we become.
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March 14, 2024
Dune: Part 2
I’m grabbing a worm and getting out of here.
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February 29, 2024
Defocused 371: The Creator
Joe and Dan love the look of ‘The Creator’ but have some quibbles about the story.
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February 27, 2024
Back to the Future Part III
We finish in the old west!
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February 24, 2024
Back to the Future Part II
A Crisis on Infinite Biffs.
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February 15, 2024
Antony Johnston's Dog Sitter Detective series
Antony Johnston sits down to discuss his series of canine cozy crime novels with Dan Moren.
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February 10, 2024
Back to the Future
Great Scott! Gotta go back in time to 1985 and 1955!
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February 5, 2024
Lions, Towers & Shields 92: An American in Paris
We recap the 1951 film, “An American in Paris”.
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February 3, 2024
Inestimable II (Game Show)
“What percentage of Tony dies with each round?”
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January 29, 2024
"Oppenheimer"
We discuss Jason’s favorite movie of last year.
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January 29, 2024
Agents of SMOOCH: "Paging Mr. Darcy" Writer Interview
Get a sneak peek and extra content for Annette’s interview with Reina Hardy, writer of the upcoming “Paging Mr. Darcy” movie on the Hallmark channel.
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January 28, 2024
"Ghosts"
UK and US versions alike!
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January 27, 2024
You Think You Know Me III
It’s not Thanos snapping fingers.
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January 26, 2024
Defocused 370: Asteroid City
Dan and Joe talk about this turducken of twee.
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January 20, 2024
Random Pursuit XXXIII
The literal Family Edition!
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January 18, 2024
"The Abyss"
We finally did it.
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January 9, 2024
Random Pursuit XXXII
I’m so sorry.
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January 7, 2024
Random Pursuit XXXI
A Kathy Campbell co-host cornucopia!
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January 4, 2024
"Foundation" (TV series)
Loosely based on some stories and books, but with a whole lot of richness and a truly epic feel. (Before the spoiler horn, we talk about why you should watch it.) Also: 15 minutes of technical difficulties!
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January 3, 2024
"Godzilla Minus One"
Yes, there are feelings. Yes, Godzilla smashes stuff. Both things can happen in one movie!
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January 2, 2024
"The Boy and the Heron"
A lot of bird poop.
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December 14, 2023
"Kiss Kiss Bang Bang"
It’s Kilmas again!
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December 12, 2023
Defocused 369: Dumb & Dumber
Dan has fond memories of ‘Dumb & Dumber’ and Joe does not.
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November 27, 2023
Marvel Feuding Families 1
Lesser Avengers may assemble, but Mr. Big Dude reigns supreme!
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November 24, 2023
Christmas Trivia 2023
A Christmas potpourri of g-men and crooners!
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November 21, 2023
Toy Draft
Your parents were right — TV jingles work, and they last forever.
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November 18, 2023
The Marvels
Higher, Further, Faster… Funner?
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November 17, 2023
Defocused 368: The Killer
Dan and Joe can’t figure out why David Fincher went ahead with this made-for-TV movie.
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November 15, 2023
"Soylent Green"
Don’t take the Soylent Factory Tour.
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November 12, 2023
Agents of S.M.O.O.C.H: The Long Kiss Goodnight
The Long Kiss Goodnight is the forgotten holiday action movie that is a little smoochy. Turn on the holiday lights, make the hot chocolate, and cozy up. But put the kids to bed first.
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November 12, 2023
(Less) Random Pursuit XXX - Doctor Who 60th Anniversary
We celebrate 60 years of Doctor Who after 30 episodes of Random Pursuit! (There are still THREE editions!)
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November 10, 2023
Lions, Towers & Shields: The Barbara Stanwyck of Five-Year-Olds
Surprise! The LTS crew made a bootleg while discussing Night of the Hunter (1955). It’s a lot. You’re welcome.
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November 8, 2023
"Howard the Duck"
Happy Thanksgiving, rocket surgeons!
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November 2, 2023
Careers - 2
Nathaniel sucks! Almost as much as the Park Bench…
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October 27, 2023
Dan Moren's new book 'All Souls Lost'
Incomparable panelist Dan Moren talks to Antony Johnston about his new novel ‘All Souls Lost’
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October 26, 2023
Agents of S.M.O.O.C.H: Ocean's 8
Remember when we watched Miss Congeniality and this made us want to watch Ocean’s 8? We did it. And you’re getting a sneak preview.
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October 23, 2023
"The Exorcist" (1973)
It’s really about the horrors of the medical system.
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October 22, 2023
Agents of S.M.O.O.C.H: Radcliffe Hall
We really want you to read the Gothic Romance Radcliffe Hall with us before Halloween: https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/radcliffe-hall/ So go read and come join us early for our surprise Halloween episode.
Note: The noise was not cat-related. Nick dropped his phone and then everyone jumped. No cats were harmed.
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October 22, 2023
Star Trek pitch session
Featuring Star Trek: Spaceball and other great ideas.
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October 5, 2023
"Night of the Living Dead" (1968)
I’m the boss of up here, and you can be boss of down there.
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October 1, 2023
Hugo Short Fiction + Book Rankings
Book Club talks about some interesting shorter fiction and ranks the novels of the year!
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September 22, 2023
Defocused 367: Renfield
A love of storytelling, and a discussion of Dan’s “concussion syndrome”
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September 11, 2023
"Superman Returns"
You will believe a man can fly… a seaplane.
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September 9, 2023
Random Pursuit XXIX
The annual Uncanny Magazine Kickstarter-backer reward episode!
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September 7, 2023
Book Club: Daughter of Doctor Moreau, Spare Man
It was okay!
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August 28, 2023
"Strange New Worlds" Season 2
Musicals and animated crossovers and Gorn! Oh my!
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August 21, 2023
"Superman II"
We liked it better than the last one! But we do still have some issues.
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August 20, 2023
Game Show: Mind Meld VI
My mind to your mind… my thoughts to your (reference acknowledged)
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August 20, 2023
"Justice League Unlimited"
The animated DC supergroup.
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August 18, 2023
Defocused 366: Barbie
We talk about the Barbie movie and the general vibe of the summer of film.
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August 16, 2023
"Superman" (1978)
You will believe a reporter can be buried alive.
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August 13, 2023
Unjustly Maligned movies draft
Back from the dead to defend our terrible, very bad, no good taste
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August 9, 2023
"Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3"
The dog days are over, the dog days are done.
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August 2, 2023
Book Club: Nona the Ninth, Kaiju Preservation Society
Two Hugo nominees are in the spotlight. Plus: What are we reading?
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July 31, 2023
"Barbie"
Life in plastic, it’s fantastic. Let’s go Barbie.
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July 30, 2023
Agents of S.M.O.O.C.H: Miss Congeniality
In which the Agents discuss Miss Congeniality PLUS a bootleg-only discussion about Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous. We watched it so you don’t have to.
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July 29, 2023
Lions, Towers & Shields: Sunset Boulevard
Our panelists spend much time connecting dotted lines among people and places, while also covering Billy Wilder’s classic 1950 film.
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July 29, 2023
Agents of S.M.O.O.C.H: Pretty Woman
In which the Agents discuss the Pretty Woman musical and movie.
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July 28, 2023
Agents of S.M.O.O.C.H: Queen Charlotte
In which the Agents discuss the 2023 Netflix series Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story
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July 15, 2023
Inconceivable! 34
Live from the murder basement.
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July 14, 2023
Defocused 365: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Joe doesn’t know much about D&D and explains it slowly to Dan. Also there is a lot of discussion of really trashy fast food and chain restaurants.
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July 10, 2023
"Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny"
Can Indiana Jones bear to live in a world with… astronauts?
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July 8, 2023
"Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse"
Part one! (Part two next year.)
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July 2, 2023
"Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" revisited
Venice: famous for its basements.
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June 26, 2023
Mind Meld V
We both ended up in Pittsburgh.
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June 24, 2023
Low Definition XXV
It’s time for an Indy-an Summer!
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June 23, 2023
"Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" revisited
Not one word about that refrigerator, nerds.
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June 11, 2023
"Barry"
Lex and Brian and Brian discuss Bill Hader’s HBO series, “Barry,” which just concluded.
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June 10, 2023
Ted Lasso Series Recap
Ted Lasso In An Exciting Adventure With Some Footballers. Spoiler alert: One of us thinks Mae is a Slitheen. We take a look at all three seasons together, highlights and lowlights.
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June 7, 2023
Defocused 364
No movie. WWDC, and Visions of the future.
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June 1, 2023
"Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" revisited
Jason and a group of monsters discuss what is clearly a bad movie.
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May 25, 2023
Mind Meld May 2023
Tony Sindelar is again joined by a group of panelists who are all trying to guess what the other ones are thinking.
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May 24, 2023
Ampersand Book Club
“Legends & Lattes” & “Nettle & Bone” are in the book club spotlight.
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May 21, 2023
D&D: Honor Among Thieves
Ugh, Paladins.
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May 15, 2023
Max Headroom
Are we living 20 minutes into the future right now?
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May 7, 2023
UK Triv XI
We learned a lot!
Host Antony with Saskia, Shelly, Erika, and Steven.
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May 5, 2023
Star Trek: Picard Season 3
We get all emotional and then we get analytical. Plus we convene the council of Starship Design.
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April 30, 2023
The Mandalorian Season 3
Sometimes a show isn’t bigger than the sum of its parts.
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April 24, 2023
Book Club: "Mountain in the Sea" and "Spear"
The awards book club begins!
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April 20, 2023
Defocused 363: The Menu
Dan ate a prestigious restaurant before we recorded.
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April 17, 2023
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
Lions, Towers & Shields 75 will begin our summer season. But you, dear members, get a sneak peak. Find out just how much Shelly, Erika and Annette judge movies by the prominence of cats. We also discuss the problematic bits in our subject film.
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April 16, 2023
RoboCop (1987)
Bootleg! Who is on it? What is it about? Where did it come from?
Antony, Erika, Moisés, and Steve talk satirical SF and ultraviolence.
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April 15, 2023
Friendly Competition 9
Tony bends the rules and breaks Jason. But Silent Carl will replace us all someday.
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April 8, 2023
Poker Face (TV Series)
We review and recap the first season of the Peacock TV series, Poker Face.
Bootleg listeners get to hear how much we all love Zoom.
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April 1, 2023
Old Movie Club: 1957 Legal Dramas
“12 Angry Men” and “Witness for the Prosecution.”
Bootleg listeners get to hear Randy’s stories!
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March 26, 2023
Mind Meld: CerealButItsSpelledLikeTheCereal.com
A constellation by any other name.
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March 22, 2023
The Last of Us (TV Series)
Love as a fungus.
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March 19, 2023
Time Travel Movie Draft
“Sorry, I’ll be back!”
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March 12, 2023
Book Club: "Sea of Tranquility"
Plus, what are we reading?
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February 28, 2023
Gameshow 200!
Believe it or not, your friends at the Incomparable have played 200 gameshows.
Host Kathy Campbell brings back the magic of our 100th episode with a whole lotta chaos. Scorekeeper: Annette Wierstra Players: Shelly Brisbin, Antony Johnston, Moisés Chuillan & Jean MacDonald.
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February 19, 2023
Rainbow Goth Girl
It may be Sunday, but it’s always Wednesday. Guest host Tiffany Arment talks the Netflix TV show’s first season with Kathy Campbell, Glenn Fleishman, and Brian Hamilton. There’s a surprising amount of Star Wars and child-rearing discussion plus some spoilers for 1990s movies.
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February 15, 2023
Wakanda Forever
Lots of tears, geopolitical complexity, and a… boat battle?
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February 12, 2023
Disney Princess Draft
We gave them just two rules: Are they Disney? Are they Princess?
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February 9, 2023
Defocused 362: The Lost City
Dan and Joe talk about D.
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February 3, 2023
Buffy Season 7
What’s with that amulet?
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February 2, 2023
Book Club: "Babel"
Spoilers abound. Empire and silver and magic and death.
Next book: “Sea of Tranquiltiy” by Emily St. John Mandel.
What are we reading?
Aleen:
- The Spare Man by Mary Robinette Kowal
- Ruth Galloway series by Elly Griffiths
- A Witch in Time by Constance Sayers
Erika: * “Cold Relations” by Mary Robinette Kowal * “How to Raise a Kraken in Your Bathtub” by P Djèlà Clark * Scarlett Bernard series by Melissa F Olson Her Majesty’s Royal Coven by Juno Dawson Of Charms, Ghosts and Grievances by Ailette de Bodard
Glenn:
- Dr. No by Percival Everett
Deb:
- The Living Mountain by Nan Shepherd
Scott:
Dan:
- The Puzzler by A.J. Jacobs
Jason:
- Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi
- The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey (they)
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January 22, 2023
Inconceivable! 33
We’re all the odds one out.
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January 20, 2023
"Sky High"
It’s like The Breakfast Club for superheroes.
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January 18, 2023
Low Definition XXIV
Oops! All Goo
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January 12, 2023
Defocused 351: Glass Onion
A Knive’s Out Podcast.
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January 9, 2023
Total Pursuit Kill
Four TPK DMs, one TPK editor/player, one clueless host. All we can say is sonova lich, we shoulda rolled better.
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January 9, 2023
The Peripheral
Jackpot, Schmackpot.
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December 23, 2022
Green Knight
Moisés and company meet around our round table.
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December 18, 2022
Random Pursuit XXVII
A record-setting episode!
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December 16, 2022
Book Club: The Scholomance series
Don’t get in the elevator.
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December 12, 2022
Kilmas: Red Planet (2000)
I hate this planet!
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December 11, 2022
Random Pursuit XXVI
So much specific knowledge! Also, baseball.
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December 9, 2022
Game Show - Careers 1955
New game show, who dis?
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December 8, 2022
Defocused 360: Reindeer Games
Don’t play no reindeer games with me.
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December 4, 2022
Random Pursuit XXV
If you’re not sweepin’ you’re weepin’.
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December 3, 2022
Game Show - Christmas Trivia
Less random, more Christmas, still trivia!
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December 1, 2022
"Andor"
Recorded live around John Siracusa’s card table.
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November 27, 2022
"The Poseidon Adventure"
At midnight on New Year’s Eve, the S. S. Poseidon, enroute from New York to Athens, met with disaster and was lost. A handful of podcasters follow the challenges faced by a handful of Oscar winners and other assorted stars from the 1970s to celebrate that 50th anniversary of this classic disaster flick. This is their story.
Host Jean MacDonald with panelists Steve Lutz, John Chidgey, Annette Wierstra, and Shelly Brisbin.
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November 26, 2022
Lions, Towers & Shields 66 "Remember the Night"
Fighting for the holidays
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November 20, 2022
"GoodFellas"
All of Phil’s favorite movies come from 1990.
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November 15, 2022
Defocused 359
No movie this time. Just having some Arby’s fun.
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November 14, 2022
"Ms. Marvel" and "She-Hulk: Attorney at Law"
It’s an MCU D+ two-fer.
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November 6, 2022
"Weird"
Eat it! And other hits. We discuss the faux biopic of Al Yankovic, “Weird.”
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November 1, 2022
Rings of Power/House of the Dragon
Two shows, so many opinions.
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October 20, 2022
The Thing (1982)
Old Spooky Club goes to the antarctic!
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October 19, 2022
Chinatown
Forget it, Jake, it’s albacore.
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October 13, 2022
David's Detective Draft
Everyone gets Magnum.
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October 8, 2022
Mind Meld episode 1
Rodent or Donut?
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October 4, 2022
Defocused 358: Everything Everywhere All at Once
Joe worried about Dan having ideal conditions to finally watch the movie.
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October 2, 2022
Antony's Book Club
So many books for us to recommend! But it’s not a draft.
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September 25, 2022
The Sandman
Discussing Netflix’s adaptation.
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September 21, 2022
Thor: Love & Thunder
It’s-a me! Zeus!
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September 18, 2022
Would You Like to Bite an Egg?
Join us in the pre-taping of several Pants in the Boot episodes with the most panelists across the most timezones ever as we go through our warm-up exercise, all about eggs. Yes, it’s a Pants in the Bootlegg. With Sarah Bickerton, Shelly Brisbin, Erika Ensign, Saskia Koehler, Jean MacDonald, Julia Skott, and Annette Wierstra—and your top egghead, Glenn Fleishman.
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September 17, 2022
Mind Meld (test show)
A Tony Sindelar / Game Show experiment.
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September 11, 2022
It's the Pope! (UK Triv X)
And you won’t believe who he’s brought with him. Host Antony Johnston with Shelly Brisbin, Erika Ensign, Lex Friedman, and David J Loehr.
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September 9, 2022
Time Bandits
Mum, Dad, it’s evil, don’t touch it!
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September 8, 2022
Defocused 357: Top Gun: Maverick
You’ll never believe this, but these men are not good at expressing their feelings.
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September 2, 2022
Time After Time (1979)
Jason’s “Time After Time” tours of San Francisco will be available in spring of 2023.
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August 22, 2022
Timecop
No time travel movies really make sense, if you think about them long enough.
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August 19, 2022
...All At Once (panel 2)
Oh, so very many alternate realities.
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August 19, 2022
Everything Everywhere... (panel 1)
So many realities.
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August 19, 2022
Defocused 356: Prey
A brief summary of all Predator movies, and then Prey, which was fine.
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August 16, 2022
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Be excellent to each other, and party on, dudes!
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August 10, 2022
Random Pursuit XXIV
…in which something unprecedented happens…
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August 7, 2022
Random Pursuit XXIII
So many astronauts
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July 28, 2022
Defocused 355
No movie this week.
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July 20, 2022
Game Show: Star Wars Feuding Families III
No, it’s not Figrin D’an and the Modal Nodes.
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July 13, 2022
Peak TV Draft
Cicero and company pick some of the best TV of recent years.
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July 11, 2022
Star Trek three season wrap-up
Two we didn’t like so much, but then we were happy with the third one!
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July 6, 2022
Defocused 354: Sonic the Hedgehog 2
This definitely was a sequel.
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July 3, 2022
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Hello there.
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June 30, 2022
Chip & Dale & Who Framed Roger Rabbit
It’s time to talk toontowns, past and present: we discuss the 1988 movie, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, a thinly veiled tribute to the movie Chinatown, and the just-released Chip N’ Dale Rescue Rangers 2022, a fully unveiled tribute to Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
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June 26, 2022
"Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness"
Cut in half by a shield, what a way to go.
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June 26, 2022
"Halo" season 1
Jason doesn’t care about your video-game continuity.
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June 25, 2022
Random Pursuit XXII
A special edition celebrating Uncanny Magazine! (Note: They Year 9 Kickstarter isn’t live yet, but it will be when this episode drops in the main Game Show feed.)
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June 24, 2022
Low Definition XXIII
Rumbledythumpdethumpdethump, rumbledethumpdethump.
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June 22, 2022
Awards book club, part 3
Project Hail Mary, Light from Uncommon Stars, and She Who Will Become The Sun.
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June 19, 2022
Game Show: Eat or be Eaten #1
Answering questions about food, cooking and drinks.
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June 5, 2022
Cartoons for Adults
Sometimes your parents are full of crap.
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May 25, 2022
Defocused 353: Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
Who can belive we covered another movie released in 2022? Not us.
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May 24, 2022
Moon Knight
Come, let us discuss Murder Batman.
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May 16, 2022
2022 Awards Book Club, Part 2
“The Galaxy and the Ground Within,” “Master of Djinn”, “Unbroken,” and What Are We Reading?
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May 14, 2022
"Just Imagine" (1930) and "Flash Gordon" (1980)
It’s not brain science, it’s three guys on a rocket ship to Mars. Not the bore worms!
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May 13, 2022
Our Flag Means Death
Avast, ye scurvy dogs. This podcast is now flying a pirate flag.
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May 6, 2022
Severance
Someone’s earned a Waffle Party!
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May 5, 2022
Defocused 352: The Batman
You’ll never believe this but he’s The Batman.
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April 27, 2022
Game Show: Danconceivable 2!
Dan’t be scared, Tony Sindanlar will be sure you’re danned if you do and danned if you don’t.
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April 24, 2022
"Turning Red"
That red panda! So cute!
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April 23, 2022
The Batman
What, another Batman movie?
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April 19, 2022
Defocused 351
No movie this week, but Dan gives a brief, but unenthusiastic nod to ‘The Batman’ and Joe heartily endorses ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ - No spoilers.
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April 17, 2022
Book Club: Machinehood and Plague Birds
Awards shortlist season has begun! Plus: What Have We Read Recently That We Are Now Recommending?
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April 17, 2022
Friendly Competition 8: Praise Jason!
Who got a trivia contest in our game show podcast?
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April 13, 2022
Defocused 350: Cliffhanger
Die Hard on a mountain. Another Carolco masterpiece.
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April 9, 2022
Game Show: You Think You Know Me
Every Game Show is an Intervention.
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April 4, 2022
Q and Eh?
Polish off your French.
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March 29, 2022
Old Movie Club overthrows the U.S. government
“Suddenly” and “Seven Days in May.”
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March 28, 2022
Daniel Craig's Bond... and what's next?
The Craig era is over. What’s next for 007?
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March 20, 2022
SMOOCH Valentine Catastrophe Part 1
Join our Agents on this bootleg version of our Romantic RPG adventures.
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March 20, 2022
Geography Bee
Where in the world are we?
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March 16, 2022
The Incomparable Film Festival 2022
So many movies! And Steven makes a draft power move.
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March 13, 2022
Inestimable! The Amount of Peas in a Thing
There’s a game in here somewhere.
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March 9, 2022
Defocused 349: Free Guy
Ryan Reynolds is heavily featured.
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March 5, 2022
Station Eleven
Discussing the HBO miniseries, which is a miniseries, so there won’t be a second season. Or a Station Twelve. Right?
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March 3, 2022
Defocused 348: Gone Girl
Gone Girl. That’s the tweet.
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February 23, 2022
Defocused 347: Panic Room
Panic! Room.
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February 13, 2022
The Book of Boba Fett
The show’s a mess, but maybe you enjoy the mess!
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February 9, 2022
Book Club: Witness for the Dead and Desolation Called Peace
Books! We like ‘em.
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February 6, 2022
We Love Our Listeners (test game)
Glenn reckoned he had an idea for a new Game Show about numbers, ranges, and amounts. Pulling from the ranks of Incomparable members they tried it out. Also, Tony Sindelar showed up (hello, nerd!) to be drafted as scorekeeper and spreadsheet concierge. We laughed, we cried, Glenn caused consternations about grape sizes.
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February 6, 2022
Little Nightmares II
Video Game club tackles “Little Nightmares II.”
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February 6, 2022
Random Pursuit XXI
Just a bunch of venerable booze outfits.
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February 3, 2022
"The Expanse" wrap-up
First the TV show, then the books! With fair warning in between.
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February 2, 2022
Speed Racer
A centaur, only for cars.
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January 30, 2022
Random Pursuit XX
The past was terrible. We’ve come so far.
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January 29, 2022
2010s book draft (episode 600 part two)
The Machine Was a Vampire!
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January 29, 2022
Inconceivable!: A Living Version of the Beastie Boys' 'Sabotage'
The maps are the best part!
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January 26, 2022
Defocused 346: Fight Club
Some people seem to take this seriously, like Joe’s RA.
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January 24, 2022
2010s book draft (episode 600 part one)
The panelists from episode 1 return to pick their favorite books from the first decade of The Incomparable—the 2010s.
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January 20, 2022
Defocused 345: Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Dan and Joe are joined by Seth Worley and Ryan Polly from The Writers Room Game Show to talk about a very WRGS movie.
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January 19, 2022
Hawkeye
Bro! Is Marvel series, bro!
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January 18, 2022
Are You The Spy? (VI)
“That was the right combination of everything, except winning.”
Quinn’s not sorry about anything.
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January 15, 2022
Podcast Draft
Lex Friedman leads a draft of favorite podcasts.
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January 13, 2022
Defocused: Ghostbusters (2016)
Well, there’s a lot to say just about The Discourse on this one.
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January 10, 2022
"Spider-Man: No Way Home"
Is it Spiders-Men or Spider-Mans or Spider-Mens?
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January 6, 2022
Defocused: The Matrix Resurrections
These rebels would be foiled by a captcha.
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December 30, 2021
UK Triv IX
Glenn’s in this one, so be warned.
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December 30, 2021
"The Harder They Fall"
Netflix’s revisionist western, with guest host Cicero Holmes, Shareef Jackson, and Nathan Alderman.
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December 29, 2021
Low Definition: Tech Edition
It’s fun when spreadsheets fail.
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December 26, 2021
"The Wheel of Time" season 1
TomBombadilification!
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December 16, 2021
Defocused 342: Moonstruck
Christmas adjacent.
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December 15, 2021
"The Beatles: Get Back"
Oh thank goodness, Billy Preston’s finally here.
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December 14, 2021
"Kiki's Delivery Service" (Historical Bootleg)
Recorded May 1, 2014.
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December 10, 2021
Kilmas: "The Saint"
What’s under that sweater?
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December 8, 2021
Defocused 341
No movie this week. Air filters, bidet’s, and Christmas trees.
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December 3, 2021
"Eternals"
Get ready for weird.
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November 26, 2021
7 or C? Thanksgiving 2021
Seven cubic centimeters of holiday fun!
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November 20, 2021
Friendly Competition 7: Needlessly Complicated
Please welcome Silent Carl.
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November 18, 2021
Defocused 340: A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas
It’s a good thing 3D never went out of fashion.
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November 17, 2021
Last Action Hero
Happy Fsgiving to all who celebrate!
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November 11, 2021
Defocused 339: Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
We mostly talk about bad fast-food menus.
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November 9, 2021
Dune (2021)
The movie all acupuncturists are raving about.
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November 7, 2021
Freaks and Geeks
You know what happened to the guy who listened to the bootleg? HE DIED.
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November 7, 2021
Inconceivable!: Potted-Dolk Man
Dan is mean.
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October 28, 2021
Defocused 338: Dune
We talk about the 2021 version of Dune and compare adaptations.
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October 27, 2021
Old Frankenstein Club
“Abbott and Costello Meet” … “Young Frankenstein”
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October 23, 2021
"Ted Lasso" season 2
A second panel, this one for the Mothership, discusses season 2 of “Ted Lasso.”
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October 20, 2021
Defocused 337: Freaky
Deween, Hallowfocused. Stuff.
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October 13, 2021
Defocused 336: The Lego Batman Movie
Batman should be fun!
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October 13, 2021
Hugo Book Club Part 3
Two novels, many many short stories, rankings, and What Are We Reading?
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October 10, 2021
Game Show - Ghost Court
We’re all out of order! And some of us are dead!
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September 29, 2021
Return of the Prodigal Showrunners!
RTD and JMS return to their old haunts. What does this mean? The Streaming Wars have made us very confused. Also, a technical breakdown for the ages.
In Stereo, where available.
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September 27, 2021
Old Movie Club: Rear Window/The Conversation
We’re listening!
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September 22, 2021
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Before the show, we say bad words. Moisés reboots his Mac. Then we talk about the latest Marvel movie!
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September 15, 2021
Defocused 335
Naval promotions, cinema, shooting Alexa LF and dropping it on film to scan it again for the ulimate cinematic mode, and Nolan News.
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September 13, 2021
Hook
Kathy is proud of Jason for his restraint.
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August 29, 2021
Ready Player One
A CEO gets his wings!
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August 25, 2021
Defocused 334: The Suicide Squad
The other one.
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August 21, 2021
Minority Report
If we post a podcast before it’s released, is it a pre-podcast?
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August 19, 2021
Defocused 333: Birds of Prey
We have some editing notes.
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August 17, 2021
"War of the Worlds" (2005)
Run, Tom Cruise! Scream, Dakota Fanning!
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August 14, 2021
"A.I. Artificial Intelligence"
2000 years later…
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August 5, 2021
Defocused 332: Suicide Squad
Not to be confused with “The Suicide Squad”.
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August 3, 2021
"Jurassic Park" and "The Lost World: Jurassic Park"
Clever Girl. Not-so-clever sequel.
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July 28, 2021
Defocused 331: Hot Rod
Shifting gears back to silly, and light after ‘The Lighthouse’
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July 28, 2021
Loki
So many variants, and an infinite amount of time.
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July 23, 2021
Defocused 330: The Lighthouse
Fond of me lobster.
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July 20, 2021
Are You The Spy? (V)
We’re back and better(??) than ever. Quinn only makes one mistake with the rules, but it is a brand new mistake, because we like to keep things interesting around here.
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July 17, 2021
Black Widow
It’s a brand extension! It’s an action movie! It’s a delayed-by-pandemic hit! It’s on your TV! We say goodbye to ScarJo and hello to Black Widow 2.0 and the rest of the family.
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July 15, 2021
Defocused 329: Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar
And soda fountains.
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July 1, 2021
Defocused 328: The Punisher
Tampa!
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June 27, 2021
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Boo bee boo boo boo.
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June 26, 2021
Attack the Block
Mayhem and Probs would allow it!
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June 23, 2021
2021 Awards Book Club, part 2
The Midnight Bargain, Murderbot V: Network Effect, Mexican Gothic, and What Are We Reading? (Erika’s reading a lot.)
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June 17, 2021
Defocused 327
No movie this week. Coffee! Espresso! Corndog problem-solving!
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June 13, 2021
Friendly Competition 6
Will you listen if we reveal that there’s no 20 Questions round this time?
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June 1, 2021
Muppet Movie Pitches
Muppet movies we’d like to see.
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May 30, 2021
Trivial Retreat 2
We can’t remember how this works, but it’s certainly trivial.
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May 26, 2021
Defocused 326: Next
We talk about the very bad Nicolas Cage movie “Next” for 57 minutes, and then we have an aftershow where we talk about the “recipes” section of the Wonder Bread website.
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May 23, 2021
"Invincible" (season 1)
Contains pre-spoiler horn for those interested in hearing why you should watch.
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May 13, 2021
Defocused 325: Source Code
Loops!
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May 10, 2021
Megamind
No you can’t!
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May 8, 2021
Novel Shortlists Book Club, Part 1
“The City We Became”, “Black Sun”, and “Piranesi.” Plus: What are we reading?
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May 6, 2021
Defocused 324: Tenet
It’s safe to say that this wasn’t Christopher Nolan’s best work.
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April 29, 2021
Defocused 323: Palm Springs
Like Groundhog Day but with more stuff.
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April 26, 2021
Low Definition XXII
Who wants a rounded dowel?
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April 25, 2021
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
They’re just a couple of guys.
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April 17, 2021
"Cloverfield"
Fun, intense movie, but why is it a franchise?
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April 14, 2021
Defocused 322: Paycheck
There is some colorful (blue) language in this episode.
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April 14, 2021
Auteur Superhero Mad Libs Pitch Session
It’s the highest of concepts.
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April 8, 2021
Defocused 321
No movie this week. Talking about stuff and things - and food. Always food.
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April 2, 2021
Miyazaki Club Finale
One more look back on the films of Hayao Miyazaki.
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March 30, 2021
Helene Wecker and "The Hidden Palace"
A lot of stuff happened between the publication of “The Golem and the Jinni” and the forthcoming release of “The Hidden Palace.” We take a journey through building a book with Helene Wecker.
(Fair warning: there are some very minor spoilers in this podcast. We think you can handle it, but if you are entirely spoiler averse, look away!)
Pre-order The Hidden Palace on Amazon or via a local independent bookstore.
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March 25, 2021
"Star Trek VI"
One Klingon to read the rules, another to carry the box.
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March 24, 2021
Defocused 320: Jumper
At least it’s only an hour and a half.
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March 17, 2021
Defocused 319: Detective Pikachu
Maybe there are some issues with the writing.
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March 17, 2021
Rocket Surgery: "Kill and Kill Again"
They don’t kill again. Hot Dog!
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March 15, 2021
"Chariots of Fire" and "Amadeus"
We watch Best Pictures from the 80s! Also at the end we do some 2020 favorite films nonsense, if you’re into that sort of thing.
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March 10, 2021
"WandaVision" season wrap-up
What are podcasts, but conversations persevering?
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March 8, 2021
Saga of Rereading Epics: Magnificat & Wrap-up
This epic-length (see what I did there?) bootleg includes our episode about Magnificat as well as our series wrap-up episode.
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March 6, 2021
Game Show: UK Triv VIII
How many twos can our North Americans roll while trying to answer questions from an original 1983 British edition of Trivial Pursuit? Two many.
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March 5, 2021
Shakespeare Club: Taming of the Shrew
Billy Shakes, we have some script notes.
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March 4, 2021
Defocused 318
The blazers weren’t the only things that were unstructured.
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February 26, 2021
Porco Rosso
A flyin’ pig!
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February 25, 2021
Defocused 317: Sonic the Hedgehog
TEETH, TEETH, TEETH, TEETH!
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February 19, 2021
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" season 6
And also there was a musical.
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February 18, 2021
Defocused 316: Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Dining on ashes.
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February 15, 2021
"The Expanse" season 5
Marco Inaros is very bad.
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February 15, 2021
Friendly Competition 5: None of This Is Helping Me
More Sarahs than you can shake a stick at.
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February 11, 2021
Defocused 315: Sneakers
We’re joined by Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences Todd Vaziri!
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February 3, 2021
Defocused 314: Kuffs
Dan saw this movie a long time ago and wanted an excuse to watch it again. Joe was not very happy about it.
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January 30, 2021
Inconceivable!: Almost Finnish
They’re not umlauts!
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January 28, 2021
Defocused 313: Face/Off
Dan ate some candy, and Joe says he doesn’t really have a sweet tooth. The movie is also discussed.
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January 26, 2021
Bad Best Picture Draft
Priests! Irishness!
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January 20, 2021
Defocused 312: Broken Arrow
Nuclear bomb things and boxing.
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January 18, 2021
Letterkenny
Pitter patter, let’s get at ‘er.
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January 17, 2021
Lions, Towers, and Shields: The Fountainhead
A perfect spherical cow.
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January 16, 2021
The Incomparable: Discovery Season 3
They built the sets again!
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January 14, 2021
Vulcan Hello: Discovery Season 3
This season has everything.
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January 11, 2021
Defocused 311: Cutthroat Island
The film that killed Carolco Pictures. We can see why. Remember that our Carolco-inspired shirts are only on sale for a few more days.
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January 11, 2021
The Space Between Worlds
Book club! We don’t remember the book! Oh well! We tried!
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January 8, 2021
Pixar's "Soul"
The great bug zapper in the sky comes for us all, eventually.
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January 4, 2021
Ponyo
Oh no! My elixirs!
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January 1, 2021
The 2020 Clip Show
It’s better to listen to the real show, which has been edited and has more clips and sounds vastly superior, but some people also want to listen to the recording session where Jason says fun stuff like “clip goes here,” so here you go.
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December 31, 2020
Game Show: Trust Me, I'm a Superhero
Wolves wolves wolves! (re-posted)
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December 30, 2020
Defocused 310: Street People
A.K.A. Gli esecutori, The Executors, or The Sicilian Cross. There is a tenuous connection between this very bad movie and our new Defocused shirts on sale January 4th.
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December 26, 2020
The Mandalorian, season 2
It’s Grogu!
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December 23, 2020
Defocused 309
Food, including watergate salad, and then drafting the food for the “gift guide”
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December 10, 2020
Defocused 308: National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Of course they have to capture the president to prove their family never did anything to the president.
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November 30, 2020
Total Party Kill has exited the bootleg!
You can find TPK in a new members-only feed, at https://www.theincomparable.com/tpk-bootleg. We’re splitting it off from the regular Bootleg feed you’re listening to now. No more TPK here, all the TPK there!
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November 29, 2020
Friendly Competition 4: I Heard It Wrong
Why the long pause? (NOTE: This bootleg recording contains some adult content.)
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November 27, 2020
T-Day Game Show Extravaganza
A special holiday* Action Castle and 7 or C with Tony Sindelar and a bunch of surprise emergency guests!
- Not valid in the UK or Canada
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November 25, 2020
Defocused 307: National Treasure
Sure, why not?
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November 24, 2020
"Top Secret!" (Kilmas)
We’re going skeet surfing. Bring your picture of Cher.
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November 20, 2020
Lovecraft Country
So much blood.
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November 17, 2020
Defocused 306: Gone In 60 Seconds
This is extremely 2000. After the show is over we read through the list of other movies from 2000 that we can’t believe were from 2000 if you really want some wikipedia reading in your life.
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November 16, 2020
"The Island of Doctor Moreau" (Kilmas)
I want to go to dog heaven!
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November 15, 2020
"Willow" (Kilmas)
Magic! Disappearing pigs! The greatest swordsman that ever lived! But Jason doesn’t like Brownies.
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November 12, 2020
Defocused 305: Con Air
Joe has never seen this movie before. Dan has seen this movie a lot.
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November 6, 2020
Defocused 303
No movie, just pensive election coverage that no one really needs and will be out of date by the time anyone listens. We’re releasing this as 303 and we’re releasing ‘Alien: Covenant’ next week.
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November 1, 2020
Game Show: Bedecked
Eunuch Underling?
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October 27, 2020
What We Do In the Shadows
Bat!
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October 25, 2020
Random Pursuit XIX
May the cards be ever in your favour. Unless you’re…[spoilers!]
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October 24, 2020
Saga of Rereading Epics: Diamond Mask
More Milieu goodness, (at least partially) from the perspective of a girl!
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October 24, 2020
Random Pursuit XVIII
Another genre-only edition! With lots of body parts.
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October 24, 2020
Random Pursuit XVII
The very first genre-edition only episode of Random Pursuit! It’s only too bad this wasn’t Random Pursuit 18. You’ll see why.
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October 22, 2020
Defocused 304: Alien: Covenant
We finally did it. Now they have to stop making them, right?
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October 15, 2020
Defocused 302: Prometheus
Maybe the writing isn’t so good on this one.
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October 11, 2020
Ted Lasso
Roast me, amigo!
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October 10, 2020
One Season Wonders draft
Erika’s heard of five of them.
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October 5, 2020
Defocused 301
No movie this time. Just catching up.
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October 4, 2020
Random Pursuit XVI
The Mounties edition!
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October 4, 2020
Friendly Competition 3: Hell of a Rabbit Hole
The friendly competition was inside us all the whole time. (NOTE: This bootleg recording contains some adult language.)
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September 29, 2020
Sports Corner with the Dog and Pony Show II
Two matchups: one contentious, the other not so much.
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September 28, 2020
Shakespeare Club: Henry V
It’s a lot of like the Star Wars prequels, when you think about it.
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September 27, 2020
"Aliens"
Pull out and nuke the entire site from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.
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September 16, 2020
Saga of Rereading Epics: Jack the Bodiless
We have officially reached the Galactic Milieu!
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September 13, 2020
Muppet Draft
A surprisingly straightforward draft of great Muppets.
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September 11, 2020
Old Movie Club: "Some Like it Hot" and "Midnight"
Billy Wilder is back in the spotlight. And it’s Erika versus Phil.
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September 4, 2020
Defocused 300: 300
What a toxic waste dump.
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August 26, 2020
Defocused 299: Batman & Robin
The Scooby-Doo sound library.
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August 25, 2020
Sports Corner with the Dog and Pony Show
Welcome to our new bonus podcast about…sports?!
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August 23, 2020
10th Anniversary YouTube hangout
Just shootin’ the breeze.
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August 22, 2020
10th Anniversary Episode: Bootleg Edition
Ten years in, the cracks start to show.
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August 19, 2020
Defocused 298: Batman Forever
Dan is not having any of these shenanigans.
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August 19, 2020
Terminator 2
We’re back!
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August 13, 2020
Defocused 297: Batman Returns
What you put in your toilet I put on my mantel.
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August 12, 2020
Star Trek Character Draft
These are all very good and not at all dumb ideas.
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August 11, 2020
Bootleg 1
Recorded August 11, 2010.
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August 6, 2020
Defocused 296: Batman
There are some disagreements about Batman.
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July 31, 2020
Defocused 295: Alita: Battle Angel
There’s a lot going on here.
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July 26, 2020
"Palm Springs"
Oh, are we doing time loop movies again?
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July 24, 2020
"Castle of Cagliostro" bootleg after the bootleg
Jason regrets stopping the live stream when he did.
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July 24, 2020
Castle of Cagliostro
Cartoon rules apply.
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July 23, 2020
Defocused 294: The Iron Giant
Joe says Dan hates The Iron Giant and Dan says Joe hates dogs. Technical call issues abound, but that’s why this is an unedited bootleg.
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July 22, 2020
Hugo Nominees
Three more lauded books! And Erika and Jason read lots of stories!
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July 19, 2020
Game Show: Action Castle IV
A horse is here. Your horse. A horse.
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July 16, 2020
Action Castle IV - Members Play-Through
Tony (with Helper Jason) run members through Action Castle IV. Featuring Eric Scott, Will Wagner, Andrew Pontious, tmtrains, Steve VanDevender, Stephen Duncan, David Schaub, Charles Albrecht, Nicholas Riley, Jason Johnson, David Hovis, Lemon, Alex Mace, Brian Warren, Listener Grace, Empty Jay, Marlene Wilson, Listener Steev, Catrina V, Duncan, and Trish Matson.
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July 15, 2020
Defocused 293: Super 8
An extensive discussion of J.J. Abrams, and tippy toes.
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July 9, 2020
Defocused 292: Paddington 2
Mid-Atlantic pink.
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July 5, 2020
Devs
Includes 30 pre-spoiler horn minutes of us debating if you should watch it.
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July 2, 2020
Defocused 291: Paddington
We also talked for a long time about junk food before the movie.
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July 1, 2020
Comic Book Reading List
It’s not a draft, it’s a collaboration. Also Lisa cheated.
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June 30, 2020
Game Night: Trust Me, I'm a Doctor
Five doctors take their turns proposing unorthodox cures in this special TuesDAY Game Night!
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June 27, 2020
Saga of Rereading Epics: The Metaconcert
Here’s a much more recent bootleg. Lisa and Erika recorded this a mere two days ago. Please enjoy this discussion of terrible parent-child relationships, uncomfortable gender essentialism, and dark agonizing murder. So cheery for our times… At least we still love Uncle Rogi.
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June 27, 2020
Saga of Rereading Epics: The Surveillance
Erika and Lisa recorded this back in March, just as the pandemic was getting underway in North America. Oh what a different time it was. No wonder the shambolic state of the world made Erika forget to post this bootleg until now…
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June 27, 2020
Friendly Competition 2: No Rounding
The show where friends must compete and the judges are arbitrary is back!
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June 21, 2020
Contact
It takes a long time to get to the aliens.
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June 17, 2020
Defocused 290: Six Year Anniversary Episode
We go through each year of podcast episodes and pick our favorites.
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June 13, 2020
Friendly Competition (Inaugural Edition)
Lex Friedman’s new game show is here. Answer quickly!
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June 12, 2020
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" season 5
Washington’s all smooshy! And he might be Jefferson.
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June 11, 2020
Defocused 289: Speed 2: Cruise Control
June de Bont continues with the deeply flawed sequel to his first hit movie.
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June 4, 2020
Defocused 288: Twister
Seth Worley’s “favorite” movie, so naturally Seth Worley is on.
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June 3, 2020
Westworld Season 3 wrap-up
It’s slightly cleaner Blade Runner!
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June 1, 2020
Game Show Test Episode: Trivial Retreat
As members of The Incomparable, sometimes you get to hear us test game shows with formats that aren’t working quite right. We played a new game! This is the raw result! It’s kind of messy but we think there’s something there. Let Jason know if you have any ideas.
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May 31, 2020
Random Pursuit XV
In this “Commonwealth Edition”, Erika battles ghosts and asks (mostly) American-centric questions of four Brits and one Canadian.
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May 31, 2020
Rocket Surgery: The Emoji Movie
Jeremy Burge, the midwife of emojis and Wikipedia citation, joins us as we watch “The Emoji Movie.”
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May 27, 2020
Defocused 287: Speed
The start of June de Bont.
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May 21, 2020
Defocused 286: The Adventures of Tintin
Seth Worley joins us once again to talk about a Spielberg movie.
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May 20, 2020
Wall-E
Danger: Rogue robots.
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May 16, 2020
Danconceivable!
Lex Friedman hosts a celebration of Dan and Dans, in game show form.
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May 13, 2020
Old Movie Club - Philip Marlowe
“The Big Sleep” and “The Long Goodbye.”
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May 8, 2020
The Aleph Extraction
Dan talks about his book! No spoilers.
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May 6, 2020
Defocused 285: Red Planet
Just like that Krusty the Clown doll with the evil/good switch.
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May 4, 2020
Nebula Novels
Six books enter, six books leave, because we don’t burn books.
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April 29, 2020
Defocused 284: The Saint
Dan defends his position.
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April 23, 2020
Defocused 283: Timecop
Dan wishes he could travel back in time and stop Peter Hyams.
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April 19, 2020
Inconceivable!: Fundamentally and Architecturally Unsound
All the great umlaut cities.
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April 19, 2020
TV Theme Song Draft II
James and Liz may be punking us all.
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April 15, 2020
Defocused 282: Running Scared
This 1986 movie starring Gregory Hines and Billy Crystal might not have lived up to expectations.
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April 13, 2020
"Knives Out"
If you listen to this before watching the movie, you are a monster!
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April 13, 2020
Inconceivable!: Thinking Sounds, With Dan Moren
Wait…the lion is Hamlet?
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April 11, 2020
"The Magicians" season 5
There’s always another quest.
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April 8, 2020
Defocused 281: Outland
Sean Connery is a space cop.
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April 6, 2020
Are You The Spy? (III)
Enough panelists wanted to suffer for me to schedule two of these in a row! This episode covers Batman villains, reality television shows, fictional jobs, and Broadway musicals.
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April 6, 2020
Are You The Spy? (II)
This episodes tests players’ abilities to bluff about board games, Incomparable podcasts, Star Wars characters, and breakfast foods.
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April 5, 2020
90s Album Draft
Here we are now, entertain us.
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April 4, 2020
Pants in the Bootleg (Series 4)
Pants in the Boot Series 4 covers meals: how we divide the day up into meals in the US, Canada, and UK, what we might eat at each of them, and we crack the code on tea, afternoon tea, and high tea. Also, a paean to diners.
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April 3, 2020
Defocused 280: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Seth Worley returns as our guest to discuss our mutual disappointment in this Indiana Jones installment, and maybe it’s a good thing James Mangold will take this over.
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March 28, 2020
Star Trek: Picard Season 1 Wrap-Up
A bunch of friends talk Trek while eating bunnicorn pizza.
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March 27, 2020
Apollo 13
Houston, we have a podcast.
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March 25, 2020
Defocused 279: Stargate
The movie, not the TV shows.
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March 21, 2020
Defocused 278: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
We know people mostly want to listen to this bootleg for the Skype issues.
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March 10, 2020
Defocused 277
We ate hot dogs.
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March 9, 2020
What should Star Wars do next?
In which John Siracusa keeps mentioning “Star Trek” and “Battlestar Galactica.”
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March 4, 2020
Doctor Who series 12
I’m the Master, and thank you for listening to my TED Talk.
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March 2, 2020
High Fidelity (2000)
We’re no longer The Incomparable. We were briefly Kathleen Turner Overdrive. Now we’re Sonic F—-ing Death Monkey.
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February 25, 2020
Defocused 276: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
At this point you really know what to expect.
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February 17, 2020
Counterpart, Season 2
Is it us, or is it our others?
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February 11, 2020
Defocused 275: Knives Out
Steve Yedlin’s 11 herbs and spices.
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February 11, 2020
The Good Place (season 4) panel 2
This is the Bad Place!
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February 11, 2020
The Good Place (season 4)
Janet is God. Or is Michael God? Wait, nobody wants to be God?!
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February 9, 2020
Low Definition XXI
In which we learn a lot about Steve. And ourselves.
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February 6, 2020
Defocused 274
Film vs. Digital vs. Food (as usual).
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February 3, 2020
House of X / Powers of X
Make more mutants! Kill no humans! Love this land!
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February 3, 2020
Are You The Spy? (I)
Accusations are hurled. Spies are uncovered. Hijinks are ensued.
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January 30, 2020
Defocused 273
No movie. Mostly food.
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January 29, 2020
The Expanse season 4
It’s not a legitimate salvage, it’s a zeppelin!
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January 27, 2020
500
Episode D.
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January 25, 2020
Random Pursuit XIV
Two Random Pursuit sessions in one day? Is Erika so foolish? Spoiler: the answer is yes. Now write her a book report about a question of your (random) choosing.
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January 25, 2020
Random Pursuit XIII
There’s a bunch of pre-show chatter here ‘cause we were troubleshooting. But the game is worth waiting for. David gets lots of underwear questions.
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January 23, 2020
Defocused 272: Hustlers
Pretty sure The Financial Crisis was bad.
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January 21, 2020
Are You The Spy?
I wasn’t going to upload this at all, but then I figured, why not? This is the trial episode of Are You The Spy?, a new gameshow coming to The Incomparable soonish. Please enjoy the awkwardness of us figuring it out for the first time!
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January 19, 2020
UK Triv VII
Fair warning — this one gets DARK. Also weird. But mostly dark.
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January 16, 2020
Defocused 271: Dolemite Is My Name
Eddie Murphy appears as a real-life comedian who had to promote himself because no one else would - which is pretty meta when you realize Netflix didn’t really promote this movie at all.
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January 13, 2020
"The Mandalorian"
This episode is longer than 35 minutes.
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January 9, 2020
"For All Mankind" season 1
Spaaaace!
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January 7, 2020
Defocused 270: Tremors
Let’s have some fun.
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January 6, 2020
Watchmen (2019)
Who listens to the podcast people? You do.
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January 4, 2020
Random Pursuit XII
Eventually points are scored. I swear.
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January 3, 2020
2019 Clip Show
You should listen to the regular episode and not this one. No, really.
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December 24, 2019
"The Rise of Skywalker" panel three
Not too long, not too short. Just right.
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December 23, 2019
"The Rise of Skywalker" panel two
Striking from a hidden base (the accents give away that it’s in the UK), this team of rebel podcasters will also discuss “Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker.”
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December 21, 2019
"The Rise of Skywalker" panel one
Three hours, people.
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December 21, 2019
Inconceivable!: Short Circut
But have they been to space?
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December 18, 2019
Defocused 269: Hudson Hawk
Dan tricked Joe into watching this one.
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December 16, 2019
Parsely: Kringle Krisis!
Get Santa. Go Reindeer.
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December 11, 2019
Book Club: To Be Taught, If Fortunate
Becky Chambers has a new novella about learning and science and exploring planets and we liked it.
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December 10, 2019
Defocused 268: Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
Seth Worley is back and he really wants to rewrite this entire movie.
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December 9, 2019
Elf (2003)
I’m singing! I’m in a bootleg recording, and I’m singing!
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December 4, 2019
Defocused 267: Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
Returning guest Seth Worley is on to talk about one of his childhood favorites.
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December 2, 2019
What Disney should do with Star Wars
MacLunkey Despecialized!
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November 25, 2019
Lawrence of Arabia
An epic.
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November 21, 2019
Saga of Rereading Epics: The Adversary
Lisa and Erika reach the end of Julian May’s Saga of Pliocine Exile. The proper podcast launch will follow in the new year, but you get to listen now! Then we’ll continue on into the Galactic Milieu, where wonders await!
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November 21, 2019
This is How You Lose the Time War
Book club returns!
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November 20, 2019
Defocused 266
No movie. Bread. At an hour and 20 minutes Dan does mention a slight spoiler for The Mandalorian episode 1, so stop listening or skip it for five minutes.
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November 13, 2019
Defocused 265: The Man Who Knew Too Little
Bill Murray as Bill Murray.
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November 9, 2019
Sequel or Not Draft
Look, it’s complicated. But the rules will become apparent quickly.
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November 7, 2019
Defocused 264
No movie this time, just catching up, and of course a conversation about food and salsa viscosity.
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November 7, 2019
Low Definition XX
Parental gobble discretion gobble advised gobble.
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November 5, 2019
The Amazing Spider-Man/Amazing Spider-Man 2
Andrew Garfield is not the problem here.
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October 25, 2019
Ginger Snaps
Creeping werewolfism!
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October 23, 2019
Defocused 263: Mission: Impossible - Fallout
The Dark Knight of Mission: Impossible movies.
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October 23, 2019
Edge of Tomorrow (Live. Die. Repeat.)
From the Alpha to the Omega. Those are aliens.
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October 17, 2019
Batman (1966)
Na na na na na na na na… Batman!
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October 15, 2019
Defocused 262: Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
Pepe Silvia and the Syndicate Gang.
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October 15, 2019
Game Show: Fiasco...in Space!
Space Station 119 is the place to be.
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October 9, 2019
Defocused 261: Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Maybe Joe likes it.
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October 3, 2019
"Sneakers" (1992)
My voice is my passport. Verify me.
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September 30, 2019
Defocused 260: Mission: Impossible III
Now we enter uncharted territory.
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September 29, 2019
The Dark Crystal (1982)
Touch the puppet. (No spoilers for the new Netflix show! This is just about the movie.)
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September 25, 2019
Defocused 259: Mission: Impossible 2
🦠ðŸ 🃠ðŸ¦
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September 18, 2019
Defocused 258: Mission: Impossible
Your bootleg, should you choose to accept it.
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September 18, 2019
X-Men Draft
To me, my X-Men!
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September 15, 2019
Saturday Morning Draft
It’s what you think it is, and more.
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September 11, 2019
Saga of Rereading Epics: The Nonborn King
Lisa and Erika are getting close to the point where they’ll start thinking of properly launching this new podcast. But as they’re not there yet, you lucky, special Incomparable members are still the only “cool kids” who get to hear this for a lil while yet.
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September 11, 2019
Parsley: SpoOooOoooky Manor
You’re standing before a SpoOOOOoooOoOOOoky Manor.
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September 10, 2019
Defocused 257: Venom
If Upton Sinclair had a leather jacket.
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September 4, 2019
Defocused 256
No movie this week. We talk about Joe’s trip to Spain and Portugal, hot dogs, and the importance of camera backpacks.
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September 4, 2019
The Wind Rises
Miyazaki club returns. This is not rainbows and fairies, that’s for sure.
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August 28, 2019
Buffy Season 4
And try not to bleed on my couch, I just had it steam cleaned.
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August 26, 2019
Spider-Man 3
Bernard has buried fourteen Greens Goblin.
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August 20, 2019
Saga of Rereading Epics: The Golden Torc
Erika and Lisa are on to the second book in the series. Content warning for assault—physical, sexual, emotional, mental. All the assaults. :(
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August 14, 2019
Defocused 255: A Quiet Place
We talk about a suspenseful, thrilling monster movie about a family trying to hold together - also Pepe Silvia.
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August 13, 2019
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
My large, spider-powered son! #countthecoats
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August 12, 2019
Defocused 254: The Predator
It’s definitely a Shane Black movie.
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August 11, 2019
Spider-Man (2002)
No, it is you who are out, Gobby. Out of your MIND!
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August 10, 2019
Random Pursuit XI - Ghost Points
Ghost points flying left and right! Also some real points.
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August 8, 2019
Chernobyl
There is no graphite on the ground, comrade.
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August 7, 2019
Defocused 253: Predators
Adrian Brody falls out of the sky and does a Batman voice with some other people in Predator Fan Fiction.
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July 31, 2019
TV Talk Machine 227.0: The lost episode
Not sure who wants to listen to Jason talk to nobody, but if you’d like to, this is it! We recorded this last week, by which we mean, we didn’t record Tim so it’s just Jason talking and reacting to nothingness.
Enjoy?
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July 31, 2019
Hugo Awards 2019
Listen to four people struggle to remember books they liked!
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July 31, 2019
Defocused 252: Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem
How is predalien babby formed?
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July 28, 2019
Federation Feud II!
Have you heard the proverb that poll questions from listeners are a dish that is best served cold? It is very cold… on The Incomparable Game Show.
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July 25, 2019
Defocused 251
More trailers! • Terminator: Dark Fate Followup • Cats Followup • Top Gun: Maverick • Gemini Man • Picard If you would like to suggest a title, go to The Incomparable Member Slack’s #defocused channel.
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July 25, 2019
Veronica Mars
Mostly season 1. No Hulu talk.
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July 21, 2019
Random Pursuit X
The X is for ten. Get your minds out of the gutter.
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July 17, 2019
Defocused 250
We talked about current trailers, and behind the scenes featurette: • Terminator: Dark Fate • Hobbes & Shaw • King’s Man • Knives Out • Cats • Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
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July 17, 2019
Saga of Rereading Epics: The Many-Colored Land
Lisa and Erika still haven’t launched their new podcast, but they have reviewed the first book in the series!
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July 12, 2019
Defocused 249: John Carter
We have some notes.
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July 10, 2019
Rocket Surgery: Alice in Wonderland (2010)
It’s the Fudderwacken Jabberwocky!
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July 9, 2019
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Zut alors! It is ze Night Monkey!
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June 28, 2019
Defocused 248: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
I’ve buried 14 Spiders-Men.
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June 22, 2019
UK Trivia VI
Recorded June 22, 2019.
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June 19, 2019
Defocused 247: Universal Soldier
This movie is exactly what you think it is.
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June 17, 2019
The Dark Knight Rises
This is a ridiculous movie, and… I like it?
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June 13, 2019
Defocused 246
No movie this week, just spicy tacos.
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June 10, 2019
Old Movie Club - Jaws
Shark spoils otherwise enjoyable beach romp movie.
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June 9, 2019
Saga of Rereading Epics: Intro Ep
What’s this? A new bookish podcast from Erika and Lisa? It won’t officially launch for Quite a While, but YOU, dear member, get to listen right away!
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May 30, 2019
Defocused 245
No movie. Hawaii and routers galore. If you’re listening to the bootleg, please feel free to suggest titles in #defocused
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May 30, 2019
Game of Thrones season 8
What is dead may never die! And this show is now super dead.
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May 29, 2019
The Dark Knight
We revisit the second entry in Chris Nolan’s Batman trilogy, even though it is very very long.
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May 23, 2019
TV Endings Draft
Guy stages a coup, but Jason has the final edit. In this bootleg, though, Guy can do what he wants.
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May 21, 2019
Defocused 244: Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
Dan didn’t know what “Star Trek Bad” was so Joe showed him.
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May 18, 2019
Inconceivable!: Don't Be a Jason!
Our game of nerdery and nonsense is back, with fictional character epitaphs, compound words, and award-winning books and movies.
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May 16, 2019
Defocused 243: Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Joe made Dan watch a Star Track.
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May 15, 2019
The Magicians, Season 4
Moisés irons his laundry. Mikah readies a donkey.
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May 8, 2019
Defocused 242: Doom
Well. We talked about it.
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May 8, 2019
Nebula novel nominees
Stick that in your polar bear, kids!
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May 4, 2019
Avengers: Endgame
This episode is coming out in a few hours but some members like to hear the unedited chatter and who are we to refuse?
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May 3, 2019
Rebel Avengers: Endgame Panel
Join stand-in host Chip Sudderth and a cast of thousands as they discuss Avengers: Endgame.
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May 1, 2019
Federation Feud!
This is where the listeners get in our heads by answering strangely to our stupid questions. Star Trek edition!
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April 30, 2019
Defocused 241: The Blues Brothers
Dan is excited about ‘The Blues Brothers’ and Joe is mostly fine with it.
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April 27, 2019
Star Trek: Discovery season 2
Shouty Spock, meet Beardy Spock.
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April 24, 2019
Defocused 240: Be Cool
Well this was a mistake. Remember when I used to be John Travolta? I used to talk into my disco shoe.
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April 18, 2019
Defocused 239: Out of Sight
Another Elmore Leonard novel turned into a movie, but definitely different from the other two. When you’re here, you’re family.
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April 15, 2019
Incredibles 2
For a movie we all pretty much enjoyed, we managed to detail every single thing that’s wrong with it… and without John Siracusa’s help!
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April 12, 2019
Star Wars Episode IX Trailer, and Disney+
I wasn’t going to post this as a bootleg because it’s this weekend’s episode, but we ran long (big surprise) and I have to play D&D in the morning (tough life) so I’ll post the edit later this weekend. But you, dear member, can hear this mess of overtalking right now here in your favorite feed, the Bootleg.
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April 12, 2019
Defocused 238: Jackie Brown
Continuing with movies based on Elmore Leonard novels.
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April 5, 2019
Defocused 237
No movie this week, just Joe’s trip to Mexico City.
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April 3, 2019
Paper Girls
Brian K. Vaughn and Cliff Chiang’s comic series “Paper Girls.” We read volumes 1 and 2 of the trades. So should you.
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April 2, 2019
Rocket Surgery: "Star Raiders" (complete session)
It’s not a real movie.
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April 1, 2019
After we finished improvising "Star Raiders"...
We tacked this on to the end of episode 453 on April 1, for posterity’s sake, but here it is in bootleg form. The reveal!
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March 30, 2019
Random Trivia: Ghost Reunion Edition
Sing along with us!
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March 26, 2019
Defocused 236: Get Shorty
Coffee mugs, soup, and mobsters in 90s LA. This is a lively one.
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March 21, 2019
Defocused 235
No movie this week. Keep an eye out for the member special with Mikah Sargent in the First Class feed. It’ll show up shortly.
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March 20, 2019
Travelers season 3
Welcome to the 21st. Protocol Omega!
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March 15, 2019
Low Definition XIX
More fake definitions for real words!
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March 13, 2019
Defocused 234: Die Another Day
Pie Another Day.
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March 12, 2019
"Captain Marvel"
Marvel’s Marvelist movie yet.
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March 9, 2019
Inconceivable!: The Meta-Gaming is Delicious
We return to our game of nonsense and nerdery with time travel, multiple identities, and spyence-fiction.
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March 8, 2019
Defocused 233: The World is Not Enough
I hope everyone likes bread.
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March 3, 2019
Spider-Verse comics and alternate spiders
Why aren’t there as many alternate Batmans, Tony?
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February 27, 2019
Defocused 232: Tomorrow Never Dies
In a strange turn of events, Joe likes this one and Dan hates this one.
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February 20, 2019
Defocused 231: GoldenEye
Only 90s kids will remember… Also we talked about how Dan doesn’t play card games.
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February 13, 2019
Defocused 230: The Shadow
Well … we have some notes.
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February 9, 2019
Pattern Recognition
The book club reads William Gibson.
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February 7, 2019
Defocused 229: The Phantom
The 1996 box office bomb. Also there’s a milk poster.
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February 7, 2019
Howl's Moving Castle
A sampler of Miyazaki’s greatest hits.
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February 1, 2019
Defocused 228
No topic, but a lot of Apple gripes.
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January 27, 2019
UK Trivia January 2019
Antony Johnston brings back the North Americans for another round of UK Trivia.
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January 25, 2019
Defocused 227: Solo: A Star Wars Story
Title for the “aftershow” is: ‘Sanity (Grape Leaves)’
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January 16, 2019
Defocused 226: Annihilation
One of us generally liked it, and one of us didn’t like it at all
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January 14, 2019
Old Movie Club: Musicals
“Gold Diggers of 1933” and “A Hard Day’s Night”
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January 14, 2019
Inconceivable!: Out-Lutzed
The game of nerdery and nonsense returns with more than you ever wanted to know about a small piece of leather.
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January 10, 2019
Batman Begins
Guy looks deep into the eyes of Michael Caine. This is a big and kind of unruly panel, so there’s a lot of overtalking and it’s kind of a mess and also Don Melton swears—have you met Don? The edited version will be much clearer and cleaner, but that’s not why you’re here, is it. We see you, Bootleg listeners.
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January 9, 2019
Defocused 225: Super Troopers 2
The first disappointment of 2019!
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January 8, 2019
Cowboy Bebop
3, 2, 1, let’s jam.
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January 2, 2019
Defocused 224
No topic! Happy New Year!
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December 30, 2018
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
We’re going to release this episode in a few hours but if you want to listen to the unedited thing where we make mistakes, here it is!
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December 22, 2018
Our 2018 Favorites
Full Disclosure: this is the other half of the clip show, probably.
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December 19, 2018
The 2018 Clip Show
Jason plays audio files while his friends listen silently.
Warning: May Contain Skeletor.
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December 17, 2018
Books to TV pitch draft
Thanks to Listener Ian for suggesting this one.
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December 16, 2018
Doctor Who Series 11 wrap-up
So many podcasters! Only 10 episodes! Roll on 2020!
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December 12, 2018
Defocused 223: Dune
Dunecember continues with ‘Dune, Where’s My Kwisatz Haderach?’
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December 11, 2018
Star Trek IV
It’s like Christmas but with whales!
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December 11, 2018
A Very Fiasco Christmas
Not everyone is as pole-savvy as you, Tony.
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December 10, 2018
Defocused 222: Dude, Where's My Car?
Dudecember continues … sorry.
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December 6, 2018
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Escape to the conquest of the lawgiver beneath the cave underneath the Planet of the Apes
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December 5, 2018
Defocused 221: The Big Lebowski
Dudecember continues with The Dude. Dan mostly looks at maps and google results. Joe likes oat milk.
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December 4, 2018
Low Definition XVIII
That’s what she said!
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November 28, 2018
Defocused 220: Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
Welcome to DUDEcember. (Sorry.)
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November 23, 2018
Defocused 219
NoTopicVember. Dan made some Black Friday purchases, and tried to get a bouncy house.
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November 19, 2018
Game Show 100
This time we took all the disasters of all past game shows and combined them into a single, gigantic disaster! Celebrate!
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November 15, 2018
Thanksgiving Draft
“You like garbage!”
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November 14, 2018
Defocused 218
Inspired by The Incomparable Film Score Draft and Do By Friday’s recent make-a-playlist episode, Dan and Joe draft their favorite film scores, and songs, from the films that have been covered on Defocused up to this point. Dan also learns how drafts work.
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November 12, 2018
Board Game Draft II
21 more board games enter the draft list!
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November 7, 2018
Defocused 217
NoTopicVember! Ice cubes, craft services, seating arrangements, social pressures of networking, laundry, sheets on top of sheets, shoes, phone colors, and RED Hydrogen One — oh my!
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November 7, 2018
2010: The Year We Make Contact
My God, it’s full of Starbucks!
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November 3, 2018
Rocket Surgery: The Black Hole
ESP, but for robots.
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October 31, 2018
Defocused 216: Addams Family Values
The physics of severed hands.
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October 25, 2018
Film Score Draft
Who the heck is John Williams?
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October 24, 2018
Defocused 215: Weekend at Bernie's
Well… Foxtober took an unexpected turn.
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October 18, 2018
Defocused 214: AvP: Alien vs. Predator
Exploring another of Fox’s brands, Predator, but we already talked about the first and second one, so let’s talk about this mess.
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October 17, 2018
Buffy season 3
Well, gosh!
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October 15, 2018
2001: A Space Odyssey
Something weird is happening at Clavius. (Is it all getting gentrified?)
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October 10, 2018
Defocused 213: Logan
FOXtober continues with another Fox franchise kept alive through science and money.
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October 5, 2018
"Lady Astronaut" novels
By Mary Robinette Kowal!
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October 3, 2018
Defocused 212: Alien: Resurrection
Welcome to FOXtober. There’s nothing more scary than a brrrrraaaaaand being reanimated when it’s purchased by another company. Let’s examine the franchises that are coming along on this spooky ride. 👻
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September 25, 2018
Defocused 211: Ready Player One
We end Steven Septemberg with his latest blockbuster film based on the book based on references to things he and his contemporaries did 30+ years ago.
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September 20, 2018
Beer Episode II!
We’re drunk.
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September 18, 2018
Defocused 210: Minority Report
Steven Septemberg continues with ‘Minority Report’.
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September 16, 2018
Dark City
He can tune!
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September 15, 2018
Random Pursuit 8
In which Trivial Pursuit becomes an inadvertent team sport? From booming babies to questions for babies plus wars and treks of stars (but sadly, no globetrotting), here’s more Random Pursuit comin’ atcha.
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September 13, 2018
Defocused 209: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
For Steven Septemberg, Dan picked E.T., another Spielberg movie Joe had not watched all of before.
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September 9, 2018
Random Pursuit 7
So many very direct, very specific children’s questions. Where are you? What are you doing?
WHY DO YOU WANT TO KNOW, Junior Trivia?
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September 5, 2018
Rocket Surgery: Equilibrium
Oh no! Sean Bean! Not again!
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August 30, 2018
The Expanse Season 3
Protomolecules! Intrigue! Space spies! Alien holograms with hats!
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August 29, 2018
Action Castle III
A new Parsely adventure full of technical difficulties! But that’s what is so great about being an Incomparable member, right?
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August 24, 2018
Princess Mononoke
The Summer of Marvel is over! And do you like it when we keep talking after the show is over? Hoo boy, do we have a bootleg for you.
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August 22, 2018
Summer of Marvel finale
It’s over! But before we go, a look back and a look forward…
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August 21, 2018
Defocused 208: Jaws
Starting off the month of Steven Septemberg.
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August 14, 2018
Defocused 207: Flight
Denzel WAUGUSTshington concludes with the critically acclaimed ‘Flight’.
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August 13, 2018
Guardians of the Galaxy revisited
Vol. 1, Vol. 2, and Vol. Thanos Purple Edition.
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August 9, 2018
Doctor Strange
Dormammu! I come to bargain.
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August 7, 2018
Defocused 206: Man On Fire
Dan and Joe love Dezel’s performance, but maybe don’t love everything that’s happening with this camera — and we do mean EVERYTHING.
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August 4, 2018
Thor: Ragnarok
Zany fun with Thor and friends.
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August 2, 2018
Defocused 205: Training Day
Raw recording of our discussion of ‘Training Day’ and some bootleg material about “everyday carry” peanut butter.
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July 31, 2018
Ant-Man(x2) and The Wasp
Let’s get small!
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July 27, 2018
Defocused 204: Crimson Tide
Everyone’s favorite red submarine movie … (checks notes)
‘Crimson Tide’
Welcome to (checks notes again)
Denzel WAUGUSTshington
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July 23, 2018
Low Definition XVII
Oh yeah, baby! Recorded July 22.
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July 19, 2018
Defocused 203: Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Seth Worley joins us again to discuss the flamming mountain of things that went wrong with this film.
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July 16, 2018
Avengers revisited
Yes, we consider Civil War an Avengers movie.
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July 12, 2018
Defocused 202: Jurassic Park III
Returning guest Seth Worley sums up his thoughts on the first two Jurassic Park films before we dive into Jurassic Park III.
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July 11, 2018
Captain America and Winter Soldier
On your left…
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July 9, 2018
Defocused 201: The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Mistakes were made.
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June 29, 2018
Game Show: Mind Trap!
That’s not how trees work!
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June 28, 2018
Defocused 200: Jurassic Park
JULYssic Park
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June 24, 2018
Inconceivable!: Welcome to Nature Facts
Our game of nerdery and nonsense is never gonna let you down.
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June 21, 2018
Game Show: Fiasco 2!
Penguin Eggs!
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June 21, 2018
Hugo Awards 2018
We read more books!
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June 19, 2018
Defocused 199: The Big Short
The end of ChrisJUNE Bale.
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June 18, 2018
Game Show: Fiasco!
Boomtown! A fiasco hosted by Tony Sindelar.
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June 17, 2018
UK Trivia: 15th anniversary of the 20th Anniversary Edition edition
Eat it, Bernie Taupin!
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June 13, 2018
Defocused 198: Terminator Salvation
ChrisJUNE Bale continues with a movie that’s mostly famous for him yelling at the DP.
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June 12, 2018
Thor and Thor: The Dark World
I can’t think while I’m wearing pants.
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June 6, 2018
Defocused 197: Equilibrium
ChrisJUNE Bale continues with a very … derivative movie.
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May 29, 2018
Hulk and Incredible Hulk
The Summer of Marvel rolls on and hulks out. Tony challenges Jason to make an impossible choice. Also, presenting “Credible Hulk” and “Waiting for the Hulk.”
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May 22, 2018
Defocused 196: American Psycho
First episode of ChrisJUNE Bale.
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May 22, 2018
Game Show: Feuding Families '18 #2
More stupid guesses about stupid answers to stupid questions! This time, with a distinctive hat.
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May 21, 2018
Iron Man and Iron Man 2
The SUMMER OF MARVEL begins! How ironic, Tony!
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May 17, 2018
Defocused 195: Avatar
Continuing James CaMAYron with this … thing.
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May 16, 2018
Casablanca
Old Movie Club!
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May 14, 2018
Game Show: Feuding Families '18
Your poll responses, our stupid guesses.
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May 9, 2018
Defocused 194
No movie. Thanks a lot, James CaMAYron.
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May 7, 2018
Nebula Award Novels
The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter, Jade City, Autonomous, Spoonbenders, The Stone Sky, Amberlough, Six Wakes.
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May 4, 2018
Defocused 193: Terminator 2: Judgment Day
James CaMAYron continues.
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April 28, 2018
1980s Album Draft
In the pay of Big Ultravox.
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April 28, 2018
The Magicians season 3
A rabbit has a message for you.
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April 25, 2018
Defocused 192: The Terminator
It’s the start of James CaMAYron.
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April 19, 2018
Defocused 191: Bad Boys II
The conclusion of Michael Baypril.
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April 18, 2018
Childhood Canon, panel 2
Your Childhood Nerd Canon: panelists talk about the formative nerd media works they can point to as shaping their tastes for life. This one’s got Dan, David, Kathy, Quinn, Shannon, Lisa, and Chip.
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April 15, 2018
Childhood Canon, panel 1
Your Childhood Nerd Canon: panelists talk about the formative nerd media works they can point to as shaping their tastes for life. This one’s got Jean, John M., Liz, Joe, Tony, and Jason.
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April 13, 2018
Counterpart
The TV show! You know, from STARZ! Maybe you haven’t heard of it.
(This is this weekend’s episode in case you want to wait for the edited version.)
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April 10, 2018
Defocused 190: Bad Boys
For the month of Michael Baypril.
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April 8, 2018
Simpsons Quote Draft
What? It’s a perfectly cromulent topic.
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April 8, 2018
Game Show: You Think You Know Me
The bootleg edition of the Game Show podcast premiering a hosted play through of Ami Baio’s You Think You Know Me. Warning: death!
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April 7, 2018
Inconceivable!: Team Smug
The latest—surprisingly acrimonious—game of nerdery and nonsense.
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April 3, 2018
Defocused 188: Back to the Future Part III
Seth Worley returns to talk about the final movie in the series, and reflect on the series as a whole. After the show Dan and Joe talk to Seth about what his directing future holds.
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April 1, 2018
400
The episode 400 bootleg. Unrevealed until now.
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March 29, 2018
Defocused 189
Dan and Joe talk about nonsense. This is the episode that will be published after the ‘Back to the Future Part III’ episode. It was recorded before that one. It’s just like time travel.
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March 28, 2018
Harlan Ellison
Six short stories.
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March 21, 2018
Defocused 187: Back to the Future Part II
The Elisabeth Shue is on the other Claudia Foote.
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March 14, 2018
Defocused 186: Back to the Future
We’re happy to have Seth Worley returning to discuss one of his favorite movies. It’s been influential in how he thinks of film. That’s the power of love.
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March 11, 2018
The Prisoner
It’s a great show, but that ending…
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March 10, 2018
Low Definition XVI: The Yaks Have It
When fardings battle badlings, it’s a farding butter battle….
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March 10, 2018
Ursula Le Guin book club
“Left Hand of Darkness” and “A Wizard of Earthsea.”
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March 7, 2018
Black Panther
Wakanda Forever!
(Not the one in Illinois.)
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March 6, 2018
Defocused 185: Donnie Darko
Dan asked to watch ‘Donnie Darko’ but was a little underwhelmed.
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March 1, 2018
The Incredibles
That’s a hobo suit, darling.
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February 20, 2018
Game Show: Action Castle - Z Ward
A return to the text adventure! Z-Ward takes place in a mental institution where your sister was several months ago. She seems to be in trouble…but is it all in her head?
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February 20, 2018
Defocused 184: Zodiac
“More like Mark Mumble-O”
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February 18, 2018
Random Trivia live in L.A.
Live from Gallifrey One, it’s more random trivia! Keep the kids away, this one has a few bad words. This is also the same episode that drops Wednesday in the game show feed, but you can hear it early here, members!
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February 13, 2018
Star Trek: Discovery Season One
We wrap up the first season of Star Trek Discovery! Disco never dies!
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February 12, 2018
Defocused 183: Nightcrawler
Not the blue guy. Welcome to Gyllenbruary.
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February 9, 2018
The Good Place, Season 2
Or is is the Bad Place?!
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February 3, 2018
Rocket Surgery: "The Cosmic Man"
The boy has given me much pleasure.
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February 1, 2018
Defocused 182: 22 Jump Street
We recommend seeing the movie before listening. It’s worthy of your time.
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January 24, 2018
Midnighter
Comic Book Club talks DC’s “Midnighter” (vol. 1 and 2) and “Midnighter and Apollo.”
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January 23, 2018
Defocused 181: 21 Jump Street
Dan and Joe discuss a lot of jokes from this movie. Also Halloween … for reasons.
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January 21, 2018
UK Trivia III
More UK trivia to confuse North Americans.
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January 18, 2018
Travelers
Welcome to the 21st.
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January 16, 2018
Defocused 180: Logan Lucky
Channing Tatum and John Denver again this week, but this time it’s a Steven Soderbergh heist movie.
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January 14, 2018
Random Pursuit 5
The Random Pursuit library has grown! The 20th Anniversary Edition may not actually be the worst. Who knew?
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January 9, 2018
Defocused 179: Kingsman: The Golden Circle
We discussed the first Kingsman movie with Mikah Sargent, and he makes a triumphant return to discuss the Kingsman sequel.
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January 2, 2018
Defocused 178
No movie topic this week, just catching up on what we did over the holidays.
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January 1, 2018
2017 Year in Review and Clip Show
Look, this episode is already very long and was already released in edited form. But if you ever want to revisit it as it was recorded, with no editing, some missing clips, a running gag involving Dan’s novel, and more, well… here it is.
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December 28, 2017
Spirited Away
Miyazaki Club returns.
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December 20, 2017
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (panel three)
The increasingly inaccurately named UK rebel edition!
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December 20, 2017
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (panel two)
Chip leads a panel of Doctor Who fans to talk about Star Wars!
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December 18, 2017
Defocused 176: Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Dan and Joe like many things about the film, but they have some notes.
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December 15, 2017
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (panel one)
May the porgs be with you.
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December 12, 2017
Low Definition XV
A man riding a pig visits your house at night and if you’ve been bad he steals your shoes.
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December 11, 2017
Defocused 177: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Dreaming of a Shane Black Christmas. This is recorded as episode 177, episode 176 will record later.
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December 9, 2017
Doctor Who Story Draft
28 Doctor Who Stories from seven people who love the show. Obvious choices! Not-obvious choices! All Doctors represented but one!
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December 6, 2017
Defocused 175: Bad Santa
We discuss the crass, but acclaimed, movie from 2003. Also sandwiches.
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December 4, 2017
TV Theme Song Draft
Look, this is an Incomparable Draft. Ten people are going to be talking over each other. And singing. Out of sync. It’s kind of our thing.
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December 4, 2017
Defocused 174: Trading Places
Dan tries to avoid saying “problematic”.
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December 2, 2017
Holiday Traditions
Many guests, many holiday traditions from around the world.
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December 1, 2017
It's A Wonderful (Terrible?) Life
The case for and against this holiday classic. David Loehr plays the villain.
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November 27, 2017
Defocused 173: Gremlins
So much casual murder.
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November 21, 2017
Defocused 172
Non-movie episode about Dan’s trip to LA.
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November 20, 2017
Buffy Season 2
That’s my favorite shirt! That’s my only shirt!
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November 19, 2017
Inconceivable!: Stop Talking About X-Men
More geeky trivia, this time leavened with swearing about scorekeeping!
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November 16, 2017
Defocused 171
No movie this week. Dan’s sick, but still using a jib. Dan and Joe talk about iPhones and Portrait Mode, followed by Animoji.
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November 11, 2017
What Remains of Edith Finch / Tacoma
Video game club! Spooky houses and space stations!
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November 11, 2017
Victorian Parlour Games the Second
We’re back with more perplexing parlour games! You may buy an egg by the end!
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November 8, 2017
Defocused 170: Men in Black
In an unusual twist, we talk about the news of Kevin Spacey being replaced with Christopher Plummer on a movie that’s finished filming, when it’s supposed to debut in about a month and a half. Then we say a lot of complimentary things about 1996’s ‘Men in Black’. If you have any title suggestions, send them to @DefocusedShow, or post them in the #defocused Slack channel.
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November 4, 2017
In The Village (The Prisoner): "Once upon a Time"
Steven and Erika have made it to the penultimate episode of The Prisoner. Once upon a time, Erika enjoyed this show…
Be seeing you!
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November 2, 2017
Defocused 169: Wild Wild West
Last week we talked about ‘Blade Runner 2049’. You can always listen to that one again. If not, there’s this monstrosity.
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November 2, 2017
Labyrinth
SMELL BAD.
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October 30, 2017
In The Village (The Prisoner): "The Girl Who Was Death"
Erika and Steven DISAGREE. Like, a lot. Mostly because Erika doesn’t like fun.
Be seeing you!
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October 29, 2017
In The Village (The Prisoner): "Living in Harmony"
Steven and Erika go on for quite a while about this unique episode of a unique series. Welcome to the old west — a place Erika doesn’t generally like to find herself, but The Prisoner breaks all the rules!
Be seeing you!
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October 28, 2017
In The Village (The Prisoner): "Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling"
Erika and Steven dig into what’s almost an AU episode of The Prisoner. It doesn’t really fit the continuity of the show, but does that matter? Not when it’s an episode this interesting.
Be seeing you!
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October 27, 2017
In The Village (The Prisoner): "A Change of Mind"
Steven and Erika watch another episode of The Prisoner. There was no change of mind for Erika since the last time she watched this one. Sadly.
Be seeing you!
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October 27, 2017
Defocused 168: Blade Runner 2049
We talk about the movie that’s in theaters right now, and we do heartily encourage you to watch it first.
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October 25, 2017
In The Village (The Prisoner): "It's Your Funeral"
Erika and Steven discuss multiple theories about multiple number 2s. And Erika disagrees with received fan wisdom (to no one’s surprise). She also gets to use the word “oleaginous”, which is always a good time.
Be seeing you!
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October 23, 2017
A Fall Reading List
notallbooks
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October 21, 2017
In The Village (The Prisoner): "Hammer into Anvil"
Steven and Erika enjoy seeing our hero succeed at something for a change. And to do it so deviously? Lovely. Lovely enough to forgive the lack of cosplay options.
And Steven was right; “It’s Your Funeral” is the next ep.
Be seeing you!
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October 20, 2017
Old Movie Club: Postwar Intrigue!
“The Third Man” and “The Spy Who Came In From the Cold.”
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October 19, 2017
Defocused 167: Alien 3
We continue our tradition of talking about an Alien franchise movie every year. Unfortunately it’s Alien Superscript Three. We’re all out of good Alien franchise movies.
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October 19, 2017
In The Village (The Prisoner): "Checkmate"
Erika and Steven discuss one of the more straightforward episodes of The Prisoner. Straightforwardly.
Be seeing you!
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October 16, 2017
In The Village (The Prisoner): "Dance of the Dead"
Steven and Erika try (and largely fail) to make sense of “Dance of the Dead”, but we have many reasons why this episode should be earlier and later than “Many Happy Returns” (not to mention many other eps).
At least there are lovely costumes to look at!
Be seeing you!
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October 15, 2017
In The Village (The Prisoner): "Many Happy Returns"
Erika and Steven return to The Village to talk about one of their favorite episodes of the whole series. Does it accomplish anything? Does that even matter?
We also uncover “the flapjack agenda”. We’re going way down the rabbit hole on this one.
Be seeing you!
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October 15, 2017
In The Village (The Prisoner): "The General"
Steven and Erika get very specific about “The General”. Down with scary computers and rote learning! Up with drapes and top hats and sunglasses!
Be seeing you!
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October 13, 2017
In The Village (The Prisoner): "The Schizoid Man"
Erika and Steven are pretty sure who they are, but not entirely sure how and why everything in this episode happens as it does. Ready for some headcanon? Because we have some to spare. Just like with number 6’s, two headcanons are better than one?
Be seeing you!
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October 12, 2017
In The Village (The Prisoner): "Free For All"
Steven and Erika provide a PSA on the importance of checking your microphone input fully and thoroughly before recording. Just because you’re hearing your voices through headphones that are plugged into the mic, it doesn’t mean that mic is the one picking up the voices.
But we stayed on brand (lazy) and didn’t re-record — just switched to the proper mic as soon as the problem became apparent. It required slightly less laziness to piece those bits together and make them usable, but as fancy professional podcasters, this didn’t take a terribly unreasonable effort.
Please feel free to call an election for alternative podcast hosts if you’d like. We here In The Village are all about fostering democratic choice. Just be careful about whom you choose to run against us. Some candidates have ideas of their own and are distressingly hard to control.
Be seeing you!
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October 10, 2017
Defocused 166: Blade Runner
Joe sent Dan mail. The ‘Final Cut’ version of ‘Blade Runner’ is discussed. Neither of us has seen ‘Blade Runner 2049’ yet so we don’t compare the movies.
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October 7, 2017
In The Village (The Prisoner): "A. B. and C."
Erika and Steven have decided to give members a sneak peek at our future episodes of In The Village. We’re pre-recording them, so why make members wait? Well now we won’t! Please enjoy!
Erika and Steven finally talk about one of the most important aspects of the entire show: the font. Also, about the deep insight we get into the mind of our hero — without actually learning anything beyond how formidable an opponent he can be.
And Erika remembers her segment in which she determines the outfit she’d most like to cosplay from this episode. Lots of party dresses to choose from in this one, but her selection may surprise you. It sure did Steven!
Be seeing you!
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October 2, 2017
You May Very Well Be At Risk!
A game from Glenn!
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September 30, 2017
Random Pursuit IV
12 different Trivial Pursuit Games, five contestants, one winner.
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September 29, 2017
TNG 30
“Encounter at Farpoint” and “All Good Things…” as Star Trek: TNG turns 30.
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September 21, 2017
Roald Dahl
Jason was really afraid of clouds, because the Cloud Men lived there. Also, you might find a golden ticket!
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September 20, 2017
Defocused 165
No movie this week. Some nonsense, and some nonsense about spending money on Apple things.
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September 18, 2017
Low Definition XIV
Rodeo Baby, astride his boustrophedon and pitchfork in hand, rides off into the sunset.
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September 17, 2017
Random Pursuit 3
More trivia, selected randomly!
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September 17, 2017
Inconceivable! 17
The latest edition of our nerdy panel quiz show.
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September 16, 2017
Clone Wars/Rebels
Discussing the Star Wars animated series, Clone Wars and Rebels!
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September 15, 2017
Disney Draft
Animated features from Disney! Drafted!
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September 14, 2017
Defocused 164: The Matrix Revolutions
Dan and Joe are back after a break to finish the trilogy off.
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September 6, 2017
Star Wars Episode IX Director Draft
Silly and serious! A fatal combination.
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September 2, 2017
Game of Thrones Season 7 Wrap
This is this weekend’s episode but you get it a day early! Plus Monty has some theories in the after-show.
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August 30, 2017
Game Show: Victorian Parlour Games
A collection of ladies and gentlemen play games in our podcast parlour.
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August 29, 2017
Whisper of the Heart
Miyazaki club? Anime club? Ghibli Club!
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August 28, 2017
The Dark Tower (book series)
Seven books, 4000 pages, four readers.
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August 21, 2017
Defocused 163: The Matrix Reloaded
Maybe don’t undo your whole movie with some bad dialog at the end?
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August 15, 2017
Defocused 162: The Matrix
If you ever wanted to hear two guys who were teens when the movie came out discuss it 18 years later, now’s your chance. It’s also on Netflix, if you want to revisit it for yourself without taking out your 4:3 VHS copy.
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August 15, 2017
Defocused 161
Joe is going on a vacation so we’re banking episodes. For some reason we talked about text editors and to-do list apps. But these are not good opinions about these things, or advice. Yikes.
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August 8, 2017
Defocused 160
No movie this week. We discussed Dan’s Ohio trip, Netflix and Disney, and UHD HDR Apple TV.
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August 2, 2017
Defocused 159: Kingsman: The Secret Service
Special guest Mikah Sargent joins Dan and Joe to discuss how warm it is, Mikah’s food feels, and ‘Kingsman: The Secret Service’.
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July 31, 2017
The Tick
Spoon!
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July 25, 2017
Defocused 158: Drive
With Special Guest Merlin Mann.
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July 25, 2017
Inconceivable! 16
Your semi-regular game of nerdery, nonsense, and, of course, puns.
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July 21, 2017
Text Adventure: Space Station
If you liked how terrible we were at Jungle Adventure, well, get ready for new heights of terrible.
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July 17, 2017
Defocused 157: Baby Driver
Discussion of Edgar Wright’s latest film.
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July 13, 2017
Low Definition XIII
Do not duffifie.
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July 12, 2017
Defocused 156: Her
Dan and Joe discuss 2014’s ‘Her’. “What if Samantha was a hot dog?”
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July 11, 2017
"Batman Forever" and "Batman & Robin"
Hold us, thrill us, kiss us, kill us. No, really, kill us. We watch two bad Batman movies and then we… chill?
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July 10, 2017
Spider Man: Homecoming
The trouble with stories for boys, MJ vs. “MJ”, Michael Keaton charmes Guy with his smile, and much more. Fun movie!
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July 6, 2017
Defocused 155
No movie episode. Discussion of recent travels and then Dan let’s RED camera know what he really thinks about their holographic smartphone nonsense.
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July 5, 2017
Doctor Who Series 10 Wrap-up
Does whatever a cyber can!
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June 28, 2017
Defocused 154: Mortal Kombat
Techno beats.
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June 22, 2017
Defocused 153
No movie. Topics include Dan ranting about tourists when he was a tourist in San Diego, and the recent, and abrupt change to who’s directing the Han Solo movie.
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June 20, 2017
Book Club: Hugo & Nebula Novels
We read eight books! Well, Scott read eight books. The rest of us read most of eight books.
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June 17, 2017
Random Pursuit II
More random! More trivial!
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June 16, 2017
Random Pursuit
So much trivia.
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June 14, 2017
Defocused 152: My Cousin Vinny
Dan and Joe are very tired because they haven’t had much sleep with all the screeching owls, and steam whistles, and freight trains.
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June 5, 2017
Defocused 151
No movie this week. Dan and Joe discuss a couple things from Apple’s WWDC event, Dan’s love of San Jose food, and Dan’s photographic catalog of San Jose restrooms.
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June 4, 2017
Wonder Woman
Jason’s off covering Apple stuff so Erika fills in with a panel devoted to “Wonder Woman.”
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May 31, 2017
Game Show: Glenning!
Tales! Of! Glenn!
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May 30, 2017
Defocused 150: Animal House
Dan said Joe should watch ‘Animal House’ even though all signs pointed to this being a bad idea. It’s not clear if fans, or critics, will be able to listen to this episode.
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May 30, 2017
Life is Strange
Square Enix’s video game “Life is Strange” is our topic.
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May 26, 2017
TV Hall of Fame Draft
“This show really is my everything.”
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May 22, 2017
Defocused 149: Caddyshack
Follow up from last week about palomas, and Scott Conant, and then Kenny Loggins.
Pool. Pond.
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May 19, 2017
Game Show: Low Definition XII
Or, Dr. Tiff and the Electric Catfish.
[If you downloaded this file in the first 12 hours of availability, delete and re-download for a much better quality version. It’s a bonus bonus!]
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May 19, 2017
Star Trek: Discovery trailer
Breaking down 90 seconds of new Star Trek goodness. Is it proper Doctor Who?
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May 18, 2017
Rocket Surgery: Dungeons and Dragons
Featuring sleepy Steve Lutz as Snails!
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May 16, 2017
Defocused 148: My Blue Heaven
Dan really likes this movie. Joe found out it was a movie.
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May 11, 2017
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
In case you can’t wait a day and a half.
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May 4, 2017
The Godfather II
We tried, but the session lasted slightly shorter than the film’s run time. Slightly.
Topics covered: The Godfather II, Cuba and politics, GoodFellas, 1974 film award nominations, IMDB trivia and goofs, and many more.
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May 3, 2017
Defocused 147
No movie this week, but there was a listener Q&A.
Here are some of the titles suggested by listeners during the live broadcast:
- Add Verberations To My Things
- See Dan Jump
- Social Network Gameshow
- What’s So Bad About Your Life
- Make Podcast Go
- Hard Puck of Meat
- #notallhomemadehamburgers
- Oblong Meat Puck
- Sad Depressing Meat Pucks
- A Controversial Sandwich
- You Don’t Know Enough People Who Let You Down In Your Life
- Expert Flop Flipper Dan Sturm
- Big Questions That Require Thought
- Spend Our Hard Earned Cash to be Disappointed Again
- I Like Looking at Michael Fassbender
- Nice And Square And Delicious
- Depressing Little Manifestation of Loneliness
- All Waffles are Good Waffles
- Baker, Florist, Something
- I Managed to Stay Awake, It Was a Good Movie
- Sometimes I Save Files to Dropbox
- Not Elated About Elara
- A-E-I-O-U and sometimes Y
- What About Their iPad Pro Support?
- Match Made In Confusion
- A Lot of Chefs in the Fire
- Scorsese’s World War Z
- Beat this Button to Death
- We Berated Everyone’s Hamburgers
- That Griddles this Burger
- Put the Burger In Between Two Round Waffles
- Or Else It Gets the World War Z Again
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April 29, 2017
Inconceivable! 15
Underscore in underscore con underscore cievable.
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April 27, 2017
Humans (Channel Four, AMC)
Season two of those wacky Synths!
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April 26, 2017
The Magicians (SyFy)
(Don’t poop in the wellspring.)
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April 24, 2017
Defocused 146: Inglorious Basterds
The raw recording of Dan and Joe discussing ‘Inglorious Basterds’ with special guests Merlin Mann and Todd Vaziri.
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April 23, 2017
Game Night: Feuding Families III
Feuding families try to guess the survey responses of Incomparable listeners!
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April 22, 2017
Legion (FX)
This episode should be posted shortly, but if you miss the bootleg you’ll miss us talking about “Shaft” and more.
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April 17, 2017
Defocused 145: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
This probably would have been a good place to leave the series.
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April 13, 2017
Defocused 144: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Screaming and chasing and more screaming and more chasing.
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April 5, 2017
Defocused 143: Raiders of the Lost Ark
Special guest Seth Worley was on to talk about nerdy Indiana Jones stuff with Dan and Joe.
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April 2, 2017
Game Show: UK Trivia II
More UK trivia, more trouble for Americans!
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April 1, 2017
Old Movie Club: Breaking Away and American Graffiti
Coming of age movies from the 1970s.
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March 30, 2017
Star Trek Episode Draft
The Die Is Cast! Unless it’s not.
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March 29, 2017
Book Club: N.K. Jemisin
“The Fifth Season”, “The Obelisk Gate”, and the Inheritance Trilogy.
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March 28, 2017
Defocused 142: Turner & Hooch
‘Turner & Hooch’ is not a great movie so we talk about a lot of other stuff including a general overview of Pierce Brosnan Bond movies.
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March 24, 2017
The Good Place
Holy fork!
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March 20, 2017
Defocused 141
No movie topic this week. Crackers, slit scan, and Netflix’s “skip intro” button were discussed.
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March 17, 2017
Low Definition XI
The lesser of two weevils.
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March 16, 2017
Defocused 140: Hellboy
This movie doesn’t make any sense so don’t expect to much from us.
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March 16, 2017
American Gods and Anansi Boys
Neil Gaiman book club!
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March 9, 2017
"The Rocketeer"
Jet packs, Timothy Dalton, Jennifer Connelly, and a whole lot more.
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March 8, 2017
Defocused 139: L.A Confidential
Another ray of suuuunnnnn — no wait, wrong movie. Little darker.
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March 1, 2017
Defocused 138: La La Land
Another day of sun.
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February 25, 2017
Unbreakable
Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, M. Night Shyamalan, and a green poncho.
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February 22, 2017
Defocused 137: Hail, Caesar!
Would that it t’were so simple.
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February 20, 2017
Rocket Surgery: The Wizard of Mars
This movie has more in common with “Frankenstein Island” than “The Wizard of Oz.”
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February 15, 2017
Defocused 136
No specific movie was covered in this episode. Pies were discussed.
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February 12, 2017
Action Castle II
There is a sign here. Make wish.
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February 9, 2017
Laputa: Castle in the Sky
Yay! More Miyazaki!
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February 8, 2017
Defocused 135: Spaceballs
We discussed then, just now.
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February 7, 2017
Fahrenheit 451 and 1984
You seen one dystopia, you seen ‘em all.
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February 2, 2017
Defocused 134: Dredd
Dr. McCoy is Batman.
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January 29, 2017
V for Vendetta
Alan Moore’s graphic novel and the Wachowski’s film version. Mostly the latter, if we’re being honest.
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January 27, 2017
Defocused 133: Judge Dredd
Armand Assante is so wet, and unblinking.
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January 26, 2017
Black Mirror
13 episodes, and they all end with a scream.
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January 23, 2017
Low Definition X
Low Definition X, recorded January 20, 2016.
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January 19, 2017
Defocused 132: Kickboxer
For some reason, we thought it would be fun to go from ‘Bloodsport’ to ‘Kickboxer’. We regret this decision.
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January 16, 2017
Comic Book Movie Pitches
A whole lot of movies we imagine based on comic books.
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January 11, 2017
Defocused 131: Bloodsport
Dan and Joe briefly discuss the Defocused shirts, and logo, inspired by Cannon films, which inspired the selection of a Cannon film for this week, which … Well. Here’s ‘Bloodsport’. It qualifies as a Cannon film.
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January 3, 2017
Defocused 130: The Running Man
Raw recording of Dan and Joe talking about 1987’s movie about 2017.
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December 20, 2016
Rogue One Rebel Panel
Antony Johnston leads a ragtag group of Europe-based rebels into action to talk “Rogue One.”
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December 18, 2016
Rogue One: Bootleg Edition
This one was recorded the night before it was released so we didn’t release a bootleg edition, but by popular demand, here it is. You’ll hear a lot more overtalking and interruption, but you will get to hear us make dumb jokes before we got started and also there’s a bunch of cut stuff about the novelization version and some other ancillary media.
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December 17, 2016
Defocused 127: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Dan and Joe discuss ‘Rogue One’. Spoilers right from the start.
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December 7, 2016
Defocused 128: Die Hard 2
This episode will be released after the ‘Rogue One’ episode is recorded, which is why the episode number won’t make sense chronologically in the Bootleg feed, but will in the Defocused feed. Also we talked about ‘Die Hard 2’ so … Happy Holidays.
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December 5, 2016
Westworld Season 1
Spoilers for the entirety of season 1 of HBO’s “Westworld.”
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December 4, 2016
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
Turn on your heart light, let it shine wherever you go; let it make a happy glow for all the world to see.
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November 30, 2016
Defocused 126: Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Dan and Joe return to the Home Alone franchise and watch the same movie, but set in New York.
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November 28, 2016
Star Wars Travesty Draft
Bad things from Star Wars.
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November 25, 2016
Defocused 125: Scrooged
Dan and Joe discuss Scrooged, and new potatoes, to kick off their Christmas-themed December episodes.
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November 25, 2016
Defocused 124: Spies Like Us
Dan, Joe, and Anže Tomic discuss this 1980s film, and vans.
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November 22, 2016
Arrival
Spoilers! For a movie in theaters! Also Jason thinks John Siracusa is kind of a monster, but we think the feeling is mutual.
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November 18, 2016
Tim Burton's Batman films
“Batman” (1989) and “Batman Returns” (1992).
Turns out Jason doesn’t like Tim Burton very much!
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November 16, 2016
Defocused 123
No movie this week. Just stuff and things. There is a brief mention of Doctor Strange with a spoiler warning called out in advance of it.
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November 10, 2016
The Twilight Zone
Discussing the classic Rod Serling anthology series.
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November 9, 2016
Defocused 122: The Nice Guys
Raw recording of Dan and Joe discussing ‘The Nice Guys’.
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November 3, 2016
Defocused 121: Dazed and Confused
Dazed and Confused is briefly mentioned.
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October 26, 2016
Defocused 120
Raw recording of Dan and Joe talking about stuff and things. Things and stuff.
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October 24, 2016
Marvel Unlimited Draft
Things you can read on Marvel Unlimited. It’s called “unlimited,” so take ‘em at their word and read a bunch of stuff!
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October 20, 2016
The Godfather
John Siracusa, John Gruber, Joe Rosensteel, and David Loehr join Jason to discuss Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Godfather.”
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October 20, 2016
Defocused 119: The Thing
Raw recording of Dan and Joe discussing John Carpenter’s ‘The Thing’.
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October 13, 2016
The Right Stuff
1982’s “The Right Stuff” gets the Old Movie Club treatment.
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October 13, 2016
Low Definition: Spooky Edition
October surprise!
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October 12, 2016
Defocused 118: Predator 2
Welcome to the jungle we got fun and games We got everything you want honey, we know the names We are the people that can find whatever you may need If you got the money honey we got your disease In the jungle, welcome to the jungle Watch it bring you to your sha na na na na knees knees I wanna watch you bleed
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October 8, 2016
The Beer Episode
Recorded Oct. 4 but unreleased for days!
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October 4, 2016
Defocused 117: Predator
Raw recording of ‘Predator’ episode.
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September 27, 2016
Defocused 116: Aliens
Start of October seasonal programming. Check out Defocused 69 for the episode on Alien, (Also there was a recent Incomparable episode on Alien).
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September 21, 2016
Defocused 115: Top Gun
Highway to the breath away.
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September 17, 2016
Alien
At long last, Antony gets his wish. We talk 1979’s “Alien.”
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September 15, 2016
Defocused 114
No movie this week. iPhone 7 thoughts, donuts, and cereal.
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September 7, 2016
Defocused 113: Demolition Man
You can take this podcast, and you can shovel it.
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September 1, 2016
Video Game Club: Inside
Talking about the Xbox One/PS4/PC game “Inside” by the people who brought you “Limbo”.
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August 31, 2016
Game Show: Family Feud (With Your Answers)
You are the survey!
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August 30, 2016
Defocused 112: The Net
Ordering pizza on the internet! Backdoors!
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August 30, 2016
Star Trek: First Contact
For the 50th anniversary of Star Trek. Jason wants to give this movie a hug.
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August 27, 2016
Low Definition VII
Brought to you by the British Hat Council.
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August 26, 2016
The Sparrow
A bunch of very bad things happen to a Jesuit priest in this book.
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August 25, 2016
Defocused 111: Cobra
Ugh.
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August 21, 2016
"Alien" didn't happen
That time Monty, Steve, Antony, and Jason talked about “Alien” but realized they needed to reschedule the episode.
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August 20, 2016
Preacher Season 1
James and Moze look back on the first season
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August 19, 2016
Old Movie Club: Billy Wilder
“Sunset Boulevard” and “Stalag 17”.
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August 19, 2016
The Incomparable 200
Recorded June 2014 in person in a small room in San Francisco, it’s a classic Incomparable bootleg from episode 200! Jason, John, Dan, and Ren tell Nerd Stories.
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August 15, 2016
Defocused 110: Beverly Hills Cop II
‘Beverly Hills Cop II’
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August 13, 2016
The Incomparable 100
Not all Bootlegs are new! This is a classic, recorded July 24, 2012 for the celebration of our hundredth episode and re-exported from the original source recordings.
Wow, a hundred episodes, that’s a lot.
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August 10, 2016
Defocused 109: Beverly Hills Cop
‘Beverly Hills Cop’ and horrible, horrible, horrible junk food.
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August 8, 2016
Game Night: UK Trivia
Antony Johnston bombards a panel of North Americans with trivia from the UK. Recorded August 7, 2016.
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August 2, 2016
Defocused 108
No movie this week. Just stuff and things. Things and stuff.
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July 27, 2016
Defocused: Star Trek Beyond
Rounding out the last three weeks of Star Trek, we have this week’s Star Trek Beyond. Spoilers, obvi.
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July 26, 2016
Star Trek Beyond
Jason, Scott, David and Erika talk “Star Trek Beyond.”
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July 21, 2016
Ghostbusters (2016)
Four women do all the heavy lifting; Jason sits there and answers the phones.
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July 17, 2016
Comic Book Club: Astro City
The comic book series “Astro City.”
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July 16, 2016
Low Definition 6
The Brits sure do have some interesting ideas about what words mean.
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July 14, 2016
Defocused: Star Trek into Darkness
Dan and Joe discuss the not-so-great Star Trek into Darkness. This will be published the week before Star Trek Beyond is released.
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July 13, 2016
Defocused: Star Trek
Dan and Joe discuss the 2009 ‘Star Trek’ movie. This will be edited as Defocused 105 for this week.
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July 11, 2016
Rocket Surgery: Frankenstein Island
One of Jason’s favorite bad movies is in the spotlight.
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July 8, 2016
TV season wrap part 2
2015-16 TV season wrap, plus Game of Thrones season 6. (This will probably be this weekend’s episode, so if you wait less than 24 hours you may not need a bootleg version!)
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July 7, 2016
Spaceship Draft
We picked a lot of spaceships. In draft form!
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June 30, 2016
Rocket Surgery: Johnny Mnemonic
A bad movie from the mid-90s. Jason and Monty get fed up at the end and start swearing.
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June 23, 2016
Anime 103
Prof. Siracusa has us watch two short Anime films.
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June 23, 2016
Flashcast: Flashpoint Special
Your Flashcast pals talk about the animated Flashpoint movie.
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June 22, 2016
Low Definition 5: Extended Edition
This was just released today in much-edited form, but if you want the whole megillah (look it up!), before Erika Ensign took her expert editing shears to it, here it is! There’s even a missing/abandoned round!
Originally recorded May 12, 2016.
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June 11, 2016
Rocket Surgery: Cool Cat Saves the Kids
We watch “Cool Cat Saves the Kids.” It is brilliantly awful. (There’s a little swearing at the end.)
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June 11, 2016
Trivial Pursuit, International Edition
Two players each from the USA, Canada, and the UK play the 1982 Genus Edition of Trivial Pursuit.
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June 8, 2016
Superhero TV Wrap
Talking superhero TV shows from the past year. With Moze, Lisa, Monty, Dan, and Tony.
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June 3, 2016
Game Night: Trivial Pursuit 3
Dumb questions with dumb answers from the 1980s. For the next edition of Game Show.
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June 1, 2016
X-Men
Merlin, Lisa, Monty, Helene, and Jason discuss the unique appeal of the X-Men, with favorite characters, stories, and places where new or returning readers should start.
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May 26, 2016
"Toy Story 2"
Pixar Club continues with a discussion of the 1999 sequel to “Toy Story.” Have a hankie handy.
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May 16, 2016
Nebula Awards 2016
Seven novels, no waiting.
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May 10, 2016
Low Definition 4
We hope Glenn’s kids aren’t listening.
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May 8, 2016
"Captain America: Civil War"
A discussion of “Captain America: Civil War” the weekend the movie came out.
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April 18, 2016
Old Movie Club: "His Girl Friday" and "The Thing"
Two films from Howard Hawks.