Bootleg

A feed of our live recording sessions, so you can hear it all as it went down, uncut and sometimes far in advance of the episode being posted — without having to be on as we’re broadcasting live.

Become a member to get access to this feed. Members, sign in.

Latest Episode: December 10, 2024

Book Club: "Service Model"

Robots are the real monster, but humans are realer.

Previous Episodes

  • Bootleg cover art
    December 7, 2024
    Book Club: "The Mercy of Gods"

    What happens when you survive the end of the world?

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    December 1, 2024
    Mind Meld X-mas Edition

    Lots of egg, not too much nog.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    November 25, 2024
    "Deadpool & Wolverine"

    He’s going to play Wolverine until he’s 90.

  • Bootleg cover art
    November 24, 2024
    Xmas Trivia 3

    The dark history of Christmas, revealed!

  • Bootleg cover art
    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…

  • Bootleg cover art
    November 12, 2024
    "Planes, Trains and Automobiles"

    Destination: Nowhere.

  • Bootleg cover art
    November 9, 2024
    Random Pursuit XXXX

    Only Kissinger could go to IKEA.

  • Bootleg cover art
    November 9, 2024
    Inconceivable!: Feelin' Smart with Dan Moren

    Boats are stupid.

  • Bootleg cover art
    October 28, 2024
    Careers - 4

    Seven, eleven, or doubles! SEVEN, ELEVEN, or DOUBLES!

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    October 21, 2024
    "Fright Night" (Old Spooky Club)

    Look, honey, men carrying a coffin!

  • Bootleg cover art
    October 19, 2024
    Random Pursuit XXXIX

    My gut is death!

  • Bootleg cover art
    October 19, 2024
    Pitch Black

    Evil cicadas!

  • Bootleg cover art
    October 17, 2024
    "Airplane!"

    Surely you’ve seen this one before.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    October 1, 2024
    "The Armageddon Protocol" with Dan Moren

    Dan and Jason talk about books! Dan’s books!

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    September 21, 2024
    Random Pursuit XXXVIII

    Steven, put your hand down!

  • Bootleg cover art
    September 8, 2024
    "The Secret World of Arietty"

    The great father-daughter sugar cube heist!

  • Bootleg cover art
    September 7, 2024
    Mind Meld 9

    I D2, you D2, we all D2.

  • Bootleg cover art
    September 5, 2024
    "The Matrix Resurrections"

    Hang a lantern on another lantern, why don’t you?

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 29, 2024
    Defocused 377: Twisters

    Dan and Joe chase the storm.

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 26, 2024
    "The Matrix Revolutions"

    Chip vs. Mosquitoes. Kelly vs. Rain. It’s all very conflicting, Mister Anderson.

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 25, 2024
    Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

    Prequels are tricky. Sand gets everywhere.

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 24, 2024
    Random Pursuit XXXVII

    It’s the annual Uncanny Magazine Kickstarter Backers edition!

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 18, 2024
    Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

    More apes! Some people!

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 14, 2024
    Book Club awards wrap-up!

    It’s the end! But just of this cycle.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.”

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 5, 2024
    "The Acolyte"

    Mothership edition.

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 2, 2024
    Random Pursuit XXXVI

    Random Pursuit with a Canadian twist!

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    July 10, 2024
    Awards Book Club 2024 part 3

    The Water Outlaws, The Saint of Bright Doors, and the Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi.

  • Bootleg cover art
    July 7, 2024
    "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes"

    Ape must not kill Ape, or through inaction, allow Ape to come to harm.

  • Bootleg cover art
    July 6, 2024
    Random Pursuit XXXV

    Your category is Fun!

  • Bootleg cover art
    June 29, 2024
    "Rise of the Planet of the Apes"

    James Franco, research scientist.

  • Bootleg cover art
    June 28, 2024
    Defocused 375: The Fall Guy

    Dan and Joe talk about The Fall Guy.

  • Bootleg cover art
    June 25, 2024
    Doctor Who Season 1 wrap-up

    It’s all about the vibes!

  • Bootleg cover art
    June 19, 2024
    Lions, Towers & Shields 100: Double Indemnity

    Six people, one foundational film noir, and your host’s prerecorded birthday celebration

  • Bootleg cover art
    June 19, 2024
    "Star Trek Discovery" season 5/series wrap-up

    We talk about our feelings, and also a TV show.

  • Bootleg cover art
    June 9, 2024
    Mad Max: Fury Road

    How are you gonna outdo Tina Turner? With pure implementation.

  • Bootleg cover art
    June 7, 2024
    Defocused 374: The Defocused 10 Year Anniversary

    Raw recording of a silly draft from 10 years of silly episodes.

  • Bootleg cover art
    June 4, 2024
    Awards Book Club 2024 part 2

    Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon, The Terraformers, and Some Desperate Glory.

  • Bootleg cover art
    June 1, 2024
    Trivial Retreat 4

    It’s all a pyramid scheme disguised as a Science and Nature question.

  • Bootleg cover art
    June 1, 2024
    Trivial Retreat 3

    The lost episode!

  • Bootleg cover art
    May 23, 2024
    Deadpool 2

    The movie cleared the raised bar, but what about our cascade of technical failures?!

  • Bootleg cover art
    May 18, 2024
    Careers - 3

    Shopping, butterflies, and the moon — this game has it all!

  • Bootleg cover art
    May 15, 2024
    The Last Starfighter

    Only the best couch-based effects for this movie!

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    May 1, 2024
    2024 Shortlist Book Club Part 1

    Witch King, Starter Villain, and Translation State.

  • Bootleg cover art
    April 29, 2024
    Game Show: Mind Meld 8

    Lex is the New Glenn.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    April 20, 2024
    Doctor Who 2024 Anticipation

    It’s back, and on Disney+!

  • Bootleg cover art
    April 15, 2024
    Marvel Feuding Families III

    There’s no filter at the bottom of the barrel.

  • Bootleg cover art
    April 13, 2024
    "Dead Again"

    These… are for you!

  • Bootleg cover art
    April 7, 2024
    Random Pursuit XXXIV

    I don’t care where the sock was.

  • Bootleg cover art
    April 3, 2024
    Book Club: Fragile Threads of Power

    Plus, what are we reading? And the shortlist reading begins!!

  • Bootleg cover art
    March 25, 2024
    Godfather Part III

    Just when we thought we were out… well, you know the rest.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    March 16, 2024
    2000s album draft

    The more emo we pick, the more powerful we become.

  • Bootleg cover art
    March 14, 2024
    Dune: Part 2

    I’m grabbing a worm and getting out of here.

  • Bootleg cover art
    February 29, 2024
    Defocused 371: The Creator

    Joe and Dan love the look of ‘The Creator’ but have some quibbles about the story.

  • Bootleg cover art
    February 27, 2024
    Back to the Future Part III

    We finish in the old west!

  • Bootleg cover art
    February 24, 2024
    Back to the Future Part II

    A Crisis on Infinite Biffs.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    February 10, 2024
    Back to the Future

    Great Scott! Gotta go back in time to 1985 and 1955!

  • Bootleg cover art
    February 5, 2024
    Lions, Towers & Shields 92: An American in Paris

    We recap the 1951 film, “An American in Paris”.

  • Bootleg cover art
    February 3, 2024
    Inestimable II (Game Show)

    “What percentage of Tony dies with each round?”

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 29, 2024
    "Oppenheimer"

    We discuss Jason’s favorite movie of last year.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 28, 2024
    "Ghosts"

    UK and US versions alike!

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 27, 2024
    You Think You Know Me III

    It’s not Thanos snapping fingers.

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 26, 2024
    Defocused 370: Asteroid City

    Dan and Joe talk about this turducken of twee.

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 20, 2024
    Random Pursuit XXXIII

    The literal Family Edition!

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 18, 2024
    "The Abyss"

    We finally did it.

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 9, 2024
    Random Pursuit XXXII

    I’m so sorry.

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 7, 2024
    Random Pursuit XXXI

    A Kathy Campbell co-host cornucopia!

  • Bootleg cover art
    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!

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 3, 2024
    "Godzilla Minus One"

    Yes, there are feelings. Yes, Godzilla smashes stuff. Both things can happen in one movie!

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 2, 2024
    "The Boy and the Heron"

    A lot of bird poop.

  • Bootleg cover art
    December 14, 2023
    "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang"

    It’s Kilmas again!

  • Bootleg cover art
    December 12, 2023
    Defocused 369: Dumb & Dumber

    Dan has fond memories of ‘Dumb & Dumber’ and Joe does not.

  • Bootleg cover art
    November 27, 2023
    Marvel Feuding Families 1

    Lesser Avengers may assemble, but Mr. Big Dude reigns supreme!

  • Bootleg cover art
    November 24, 2023
    Christmas Trivia 2023

    A Christmas potpourri of g-men and crooners!

  • Bootleg cover art
    November 21, 2023
    Toy Draft

    Your parents were right — TV jingles work, and they last forever.

  • Bootleg cover art
    November 18, 2023
    The Marvels

    Higher, Further, Faster… Funner?

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    November 15, 2023
    "Soylent Green"

    Don’t take the Soylent Factory Tour.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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!)

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    November 8, 2023
    "Howard the Duck"

    Happy Thanksgiving, rocket surgeons!

  • Bootleg cover art
    November 2, 2023
    Careers - 2

    Nathaniel sucks! Almost as much as the Park Bench…

  • Bootleg cover art
    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’

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    October 23, 2023
    "The Exorcist" (1973)

    It’s really about the horrors of the medical system.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    October 22, 2023
    Star Trek pitch session

    Featuring Star Trek: Spaceball and other great ideas.

  • Bootleg cover art
    October 5, 2023
    "Night of the Living Dead" (1968)

    I’m the boss of up here, and you can be boss of down there.

  • Bootleg cover art
    October 1, 2023
    Hugo Short Fiction + Book Rankings

    Book Club talks about some interesting shorter fiction and ranks the novels of the year!

  • Bootleg cover art
    September 22, 2023
    Defocused 367: Renfield

    A love of storytelling, and a discussion of Dan’s “concussion syndrome”

  • Bootleg cover art
    September 11, 2023
    "Superman Returns"

    You will believe a man can fly… a seaplane.

  • Bootleg cover art
    September 9, 2023
    Random Pursuit XXIX

    The annual Uncanny Magazine Kickstarter-backer reward episode!

  • Bootleg cover art
    September 7, 2023
    Book Club: Daughter of Doctor Moreau, Spare Man

    It was okay!

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 28, 2023
    "Strange New Worlds" Season 2

    Musicals and animated crossovers and Gorn! Oh my!

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 21, 2023
    "Superman II"

    We liked it better than the last one! But we do still have some issues.

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 20, 2023
    Game Show: Mind Meld VI

    My mind to your mind… my thoughts to your (reference acknowledged)

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 20, 2023
    "Justice League Unlimited"

    The animated DC supergroup.

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 18, 2023
    Defocused 366: Barbie

    We talk about the Barbie movie and the general vibe of the summer of film.

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 16, 2023
    "Superman" (1978)

    You will believe a reporter can be buried alive.

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 13, 2023
    Unjustly Maligned movies draft

    Back from the dead to defend our terrible, very bad, no good taste

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 9, 2023
    "Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3"

    The dog days are over, the dog days are done.

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 2, 2023
    Book Club: Nona the Ninth, Kaiju Preservation Society

    Two Hugo nominees are in the spotlight. Plus: What are we reading?

  • Bootleg cover art
    July 31, 2023
    "Barbie"

    Life in plastic, it’s fantastic. Let’s go Barbie.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    July 29, 2023
    Agents of S.M.O.O.C.H: Pretty Woman

    In which the Agents discuss the Pretty Woman musical and movie.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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

  • Bootleg cover art
    July 15, 2023
    Inconceivable! 34

    Live from the murder basement.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    July 10, 2023
    "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny"

    Can Indiana Jones bear to live in a world with… astronauts?

  • Bootleg cover art
    July 8, 2023
    "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse"

    Part one! (Part two next year.)

  • Bootleg cover art
    July 2, 2023
    "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" revisited

    Venice: famous for its basements.

  • Bootleg cover art
    June 26, 2023
    Mind Meld V

    We both ended up in Pittsburgh.

  • Bootleg cover art
    June 24, 2023
    Low Definition XXV

    It’s time for an Indy-an Summer!

  • Bootleg cover art
    June 23, 2023
    "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" revisited

    Not one word about that refrigerator, nerds.

  • Bootleg cover art
    June 11, 2023
    "Barry"

    Lex and Brian and Brian discuss Bill Hader’s HBO series, “Barry,” which just concluded.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    June 7, 2023
    Defocused 364

    No movie. WWDC, and Visions of the future.

  • Bootleg cover art
    June 1, 2023
    "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" revisited

    Jason and a group of monsters discuss what is clearly a bad movie.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    May 24, 2023
    Ampersand Book Club

    “Legends & Lattes” & “Nettle & Bone” are in the book club spotlight.

  • Bootleg cover art
    May 21, 2023
    D&D: Honor Among Thieves

    Ugh, Paladins.

  • Bootleg cover art
    May 15, 2023
    Max Headroom

    Are we living 20 minutes into the future right now?

  • Bootleg cover art
    May 7, 2023
    UK Triv XI

    We learned a lot!

    Host Antony with Saskia, Shelly, Erika, and Steven.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    April 30, 2023
    The Mandalorian Season 3

    Sometimes a show isn’t bigger than the sum of its parts.

  • Bootleg cover art
    April 24, 2023
    Book Club: "Mountain in the Sea" and "Spear"

    The awards book club begins!

  • Bootleg cover art
    April 20, 2023
    Defocused 363: The Menu

    Dan ate a prestigious restaurant before we recorded.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    April 15, 2023
    Friendly Competition 9

    Tony bends the rules and breaks Jason. But Silent Carl will replace us all someday.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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!

  • Bootleg cover art
    March 26, 2023
    Mind Meld: CerealButItsSpelledLikeTheCereal.com

    A constellation by any other name.

  • Bootleg cover art
    March 22, 2023
    The Last of Us (TV Series)

    Love as a fungus.

  • Bootleg cover art
    March 19, 2023
    Time Travel Movie Draft

    “Sorry, I’ll be back!”

  • Bootleg cover art
    March 12, 2023
    Book Club: "Sea of Tranquility"

    Plus, what are we reading?

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    February 15, 2023
    Wakanda Forever

    Lots of tears, geopolitical complexity, and a… boat battle?

  • Bootleg cover art
    February 12, 2023
    Disney Princess Draft

    We gave them just two rules: Are they Disney? Are they Princess?

  • Bootleg cover art
    February 9, 2023
    Defocused 362: The Lost City

    Dan and Joe talk about D.

  • Bootleg cover art
    February 3, 2023
    Buffy Season 7

    What’s with that amulet?

  • Bootleg cover art
    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:

    Erika: * “Cold Relations” by Mary Robinette Kowal * “How to Raise a Kraken in Your Bathtub” by P Djèlí 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:

    Deb:

    Scott:

    Dan:

    Jason:

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 22, 2023
    Inconceivable! 33

    We’re all the odds one out.

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 20, 2023
    "Sky High"

    It’s like The Breakfast Club for superheroes.

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 18, 2023
    Low Definition XXIV

    Oops! All Goo

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 12, 2023
    Defocused 351: Glass Onion

    A Knive’s Out Podcast.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 9, 2023
    The Peripheral

    Jackpot, Schmackpot.

  • Bootleg cover art
    December 23, 2022
    Green Knight

    Moisés and company meet around our round table.

  • Bootleg cover art
    December 18, 2022
    Random Pursuit XXVII

    A record-setting episode!

  • Bootleg cover art
    December 16, 2022
    Book Club: The Scholomance series

    Don’t get in the elevator.

  • Bootleg cover art
    December 12, 2022
    Kilmas: Red Planet (2000)

    I hate this planet!

  • Bootleg cover art
    December 11, 2022
    Random Pursuit XXVI

    So much specific knowledge! Also, baseball.

  • Bootleg cover art
    December 9, 2022
    Game Show - Careers 1955

    New game show, who dis?

  • Bootleg cover art
    December 8, 2022
    Defocused 360: Reindeer Games

    Don’t play no reindeer games with me.

  • Bootleg cover art
    December 4, 2022
    Random Pursuit XXV

    If you’re not sweepin’ you’re weepin’.

  • Bootleg cover art
    December 3, 2022
    Game Show - Christmas Trivia

    Less random, more Christmas, still trivia!

  • Bootleg cover art
    December 1, 2022
    "Andor"

    Recorded live around John Siracusa’s card table.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    November 26, 2022
    Lions, Towers & Shields 66 "Remember the Night"

    Fighting for the holidays

  • Bootleg cover art
    November 20, 2022
    "GoodFellas"

    All of Phil’s favorite movies come from 1990.

  • Bootleg cover art
    November 15, 2022
    Defocused 359

    No movie this time. Just having some Arby’s fun.

  • Bootleg cover art
    November 14, 2022
    "Ms. Marvel" and "She-Hulk: Attorney at Law"

    It’s an MCU D+ two-fer.

  • Bootleg cover art
    November 6, 2022
    "Weird"

    Eat it! And other hits. We discuss the faux biopic of Al Yankovic, “Weird.”

  • Bootleg cover art
    November 1, 2022
    Rings of Power/House of the Dragon

    Two shows, so many opinions.

  • Bootleg cover art
    October 20, 2022
    The Thing (1982)

    Old Spooky Club goes to the antarctic!

  • Bootleg cover art
    October 19, 2022
    Chinatown

    Forget it, Jake, it’s albacore.

  • Bootleg cover art
    October 13, 2022
    David's Detective Draft

    Everyone gets Magnum.

  • Bootleg cover art
    October 8, 2022
    Mind Meld episode 1

    Rodent or Donut?

  • Bootleg cover art
    October 4, 2022
    Defocused 358: Everything Everywhere All at Once

    Joe worried about Dan having ideal conditions to finally watch the movie.

  • Bootleg cover art
    October 2, 2022
    Antony's Book Club

    So many books for us to recommend! But it’s not a draft.

  • Bootleg cover art
    September 25, 2022
    The Sandman

    Discussing Netflix’s adaptation.

  • Bootleg cover art
    September 21, 2022
    Thor: Love & Thunder

    It’s-a me! Zeus!

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    September 17, 2022
    Mind Meld (test show)

    A Tony Sindelar / Game Show experiment.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    September 9, 2022
    Time Bandits

    Mum, Dad, it’s evil, don’t touch it!

  • Bootleg cover art
    September 8, 2022
    Defocused 357: Top Gun: Maverick

    You’ll never believe this, but these men are not good at expressing their feelings.

  • Bootleg cover art
    September 2, 2022
    Time After Time (1979)

    Jason’s “Time After Time” tours of San Francisco will be available in spring of 2023.

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 22, 2022
    Timecop

    No time travel movies really make sense, if you think about them long enough.

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 19, 2022
    ...All At Once (panel 2)

    Oh, so very many alternate realities.

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 19, 2022
    Everything Everywhere... (panel 1)

    So many realities.

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 19, 2022
    Defocused 356: Prey

    A brief summary of all Predator movies, and then Prey, which was fine.

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 16, 2022
    Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

    Be excellent to each other, and party on, dudes!

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 10, 2022
    Random Pursuit XXIV

    …in which something unprecedented happens…

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 7, 2022
    Random Pursuit XXIII

    So many astronauts

  • Bootleg cover art
    July 28, 2022
    Defocused 355

    No movie this week.

  • Bootleg cover art
    July 20, 2022
    Game Show: Star Wars Feuding Families III

    No, it’s not Figrin D’an and the Modal Nodes.

  • Bootleg cover art
    July 13, 2022
    Peak TV Draft

    Cicero and company pick some of the best TV of recent years.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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!

  • Bootleg cover art
    July 6, 2022
    Defocused 354: Sonic the Hedgehog 2

    This definitely was a sequel.

  • Bootleg cover art
    July 3, 2022
    Obi-Wan Kenobi

    Hello there.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    June 26, 2022
    "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness"

    Cut in half by a shield, what a way to go.

  • Bootleg cover art
    June 26, 2022
    "Halo" season 1

    Jason doesn’t care about your video-game continuity.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.)

  • Bootleg cover art
    June 24, 2022
    Low Definition XXIII

    Rumbledythumpdethumpdethump, rumbledethumpdethump.

  • Bootleg cover art
    June 22, 2022
    Awards book club, part 3

    Project Hail Mary, Light from Uncommon Stars, and She Who Will Become The Sun.

  • Bootleg cover art
    June 19, 2022
    Game Show: Eat or be Eaten #1

    Answering questions about food, cooking and drinks.

  • Bootleg cover art
    June 5, 2022
    Cartoons for Adults

    Sometimes your parents are full of crap.

  • Bootleg cover art
    May 25, 2022
    Defocused 353: Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers

    Who can belive we covered another movie released in 2022? Not us.

  • Bootleg cover art
    May 24, 2022
    Moon Knight

    Come, let us discuss Murder Batman.

  • Bootleg cover art
    May 16, 2022
    2022 Awards Book Club, Part 2

    “The Galaxy and the Ground Within,” “Master of Djinn”, “Unbroken,” and What Are We Reading?

  • Bootleg cover art
    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!

  • Bootleg cover art
    May 13, 2022
    Our Flag Means Death

    Avast, ye scurvy dogs. This podcast is now flying a pirate flag.

  • Bootleg cover art
    May 6, 2022
    Severance

    Someone’s earned a Waffle Party!

  • Bootleg cover art
    May 5, 2022
    Defocused 352: The Batman

    You’ll never believe this but he’s The Batman.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    April 24, 2022
    "Turning Red"

    That red panda! So cute!

  • Bootleg cover art
    April 23, 2022
    The Batman

    What, another Batman movie?

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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?

  • Bootleg cover art
    April 17, 2022
    Friendly Competition 8: Praise Jason!

    Who got a trivia contest in our game show podcast?

  • Bootleg cover art
    April 13, 2022
    Defocused 350: Cliffhanger

    Die Hard on a mountain. Another Carolco masterpiece.

  • Bootleg cover art
    April 9, 2022
    Game Show: You Think You Know Me

    Every Game Show is an Intervention.

  • Bootleg cover art
    April 4, 2022
    Q and Eh?

    Polish off your French.

  • Bootleg cover art
    March 29, 2022
    Old Movie Club overthrows the U.S. government

    “Suddenly” and “Seven Days in May.”

  • Bootleg cover art
    March 28, 2022
    Daniel Craig's Bond... and what's next?

    The Craig era is over. What’s next for 007?

  • Bootleg cover art
    March 20, 2022
    SMOOCH Valentine Catastrophe Part 1

    Join our Agents on this bootleg version of our Romantic RPG adventures.

  • Bootleg cover art
    March 20, 2022
    Geography Bee

    Where in the world are we?

  • Bootleg cover art
    March 16, 2022
    The Incomparable Film Festival 2022

    So many movies! And Steven makes a draft power move.

  • Bootleg cover art
    March 13, 2022
    Inestimable! The Amount of Peas in a Thing

    There’s a game in here somewhere.

  • Bootleg cover art
    March 9, 2022
    Defocused 349: Free Guy

    Ryan Reynolds is heavily featured.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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?

  • Bootleg cover art
    March 3, 2022
    Defocused 348: Gone Girl

    Gone Girl. That’s the tweet.

  • Bootleg cover art
    February 23, 2022
    Defocused 347: Panic Room

    Panic! Room.

  • Bootleg cover art
    February 13, 2022
    The Book of Boba Fett

    The show’s a mess, but maybe you enjoy the mess!

  • Bootleg cover art
    February 9, 2022
    Book Club: Witness for the Dead and Desolation Called Peace

    Books! We like ‘em.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    February 6, 2022
    Little Nightmares II

    Video Game club tackles “Little Nightmares II.”

  • Bootleg cover art
    February 6, 2022
    Random Pursuit XXI

    Just a bunch of venerable booze outfits.

  • Bootleg cover art
    February 3, 2022
    "The Expanse" wrap-up

    First the TV show, then the books! With fair warning in between.

  • Bootleg cover art
    February 2, 2022
    Speed Racer

    A centaur, only for cars.

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 30, 2022
    Random Pursuit XX

    The past was terrible. We’ve come so far.

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 29, 2022
    2010s book draft (episode 600 part two)

    The Machine Was a Vampire!

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 29, 2022
    Inconceivable!: A Living Version of the Beastie Boys' 'Sabotage'

    The maps are the best part!

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 26, 2022
    Defocused 346: Fight Club

    Some people seem to take this seriously, like Joe’s RA.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 19, 2022
    Hawkeye

    Bro! Is Marvel series, bro!

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 18, 2022
    Are You The Spy? (VI)

    “That was the right combination of everything, except winning.”

    Quinn’s not sorry about anything.

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 15, 2022
    Podcast Draft

    Lex Friedman leads a draft of favorite podcasts.

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 13, 2022
    Defocused: Ghostbusters (2016)

    Well, there’s a lot to say just about The Discourse on this one.

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 10, 2022
    "Spider-Man: No Way Home"

    Is it Spiders-Men or Spider-Mans or Spider-Mens?

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 6, 2022
    Defocused: The Matrix Resurrections

    These rebels would be foiled by a captcha.

  • Bootleg cover art
    December 30, 2021
    UK Triv IX

    Glenn’s in this one, so be warned.

  • Bootleg cover art
    December 30, 2021
    "The Harder They Fall"

    Netflix’s revisionist western, with guest host Cicero Holmes, Shareef Jackson, and Nathan Alderman.

  • Bootleg cover art
    December 29, 2021
    Low Definition: Tech Edition

    It’s fun when spreadsheets fail.

  • Bootleg cover art
    December 26, 2021
    "The Wheel of Time" season 1

    TomBombadilification!

  • Bootleg cover art
    December 16, 2021
    Defocused 342: Moonstruck

    Christmas adjacent.

  • Bootleg cover art
    December 15, 2021
    "The Beatles: Get Back"

    Oh thank goodness, Billy Preston’s finally here.

  • Bootleg cover art
    December 14, 2021
    "Kiki's Delivery Service" (Historical Bootleg)

    Recorded May 1, 2014.

  • Bootleg cover art
    December 10, 2021
    Kilmas: "The Saint"

    What’s under that sweater?

  • Bootleg cover art
    December 8, 2021
    Defocused 341

    No movie this week. Air filters, bidet’s, and Christmas trees.

  • Bootleg cover art
    December 3, 2021
    "Eternals"

    Get ready for weird.

  • Bootleg cover art
    November 26, 2021
    7 or C? Thanksgiving 2021

    Seven cubic centimeters of holiday fun!

  • Bootleg cover art
    November 20, 2021
    Friendly Competition 7: Needlessly Complicated

    Please welcome Silent Carl.

  • Bootleg cover art
    November 18, 2021
    Defocused 340: A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas

    It’s a good thing 3D never went out of fashion.

  • Bootleg cover art
    November 17, 2021
    Last Action Hero

    Happy Fsgiving to all who celebrate!

  • Bootleg cover art
    November 11, 2021
    Defocused 339: Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle

    We mostly talk about bad fast-food menus.

  • Bootleg cover art
    November 9, 2021
    Dune (2021)

    The movie all acupuncturists are raving about.

  • Bootleg cover art
    November 7, 2021
    Freaks and Geeks

    You know what happened to the guy who listened to the bootleg? HE DIED.

  • Bootleg cover art
    November 7, 2021
    Inconceivable!: Potted-Dolk Man

    Dan is mean.

  • Bootleg cover art
    October 28, 2021
    Defocused 338: Dune

    We talk about the 2021 version of Dune and compare adaptations.

  • Bootleg cover art
    October 27, 2021
    Old Frankenstein Club

    “Abbott and Costello Meet” … “Young Frankenstein”

  • Bootleg cover art
    October 23, 2021
    "Ted Lasso" season 2

    A second panel, this one for the Mothership, discusses season 2 of “Ted Lasso.”

  • Bootleg cover art
    October 20, 2021
    Defocused 337: Freaky

    Deween, Hallowfocused. Stuff.

  • Bootleg cover art
    October 13, 2021
    Defocused 336: The Lego Batman Movie

    Batman should be fun!

  • Bootleg cover art
    October 13, 2021
    Hugo Book Club Part 3

    Two novels, many many short stories, rankings, and What Are We Reading?

  • Bootleg cover art
    October 10, 2021
    Game Show - Ghost Court

    We’re all out of order! And some of us are dead!

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    September 27, 2021
    Old Movie Club: Rear Window/The Conversation

    We’re listening!

  • Bootleg cover art
    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!

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    September 13, 2021
    Hook

    Kathy is proud of Jason for his restraint.

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 29, 2021
    Ready Player One

    A CEO gets his wings!

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 25, 2021
    Defocused 334: The Suicide Squad

    The other one.

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 21, 2021
    Minority Report

    If we post a podcast before it’s released, is it a pre-podcast?

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 19, 2021
    Defocused 333: Birds of Prey

    We have some editing notes.

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 17, 2021
    "War of the Worlds" (2005)

    Run, Tom Cruise! Scream, Dakota Fanning!

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 14, 2021
    "A.I. Artificial Intelligence"

    2000 years later…

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 5, 2021
    Defocused 332: Suicide Squad

    Not to be confused with “The Suicide Squad”.

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 3, 2021
    "Jurassic Park" and "The Lost World: Jurassic Park"

    Clever Girl. Not-so-clever sequel.

  • Bootleg cover art
    July 28, 2021
    Defocused 331: Hot Rod

    Shifting gears back to silly, and light after ‘The Lighthouse’

  • Bootleg cover art
    July 28, 2021
    Loki

    So many variants, and an infinite amount of time.

  • Bootleg cover art
    July 23, 2021
    Defocused 330: The Lighthouse

    Fond of me lobster.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    July 15, 2021
    Defocused 329: Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar

    And soda fountains.

  • Bootleg cover art
    July 1, 2021
    Defocused 328: The Punisher

    Tampa!

  • Bootleg cover art
    June 27, 2021
    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    Boo bee boo boo boo.

  • Bootleg cover art
    June 26, 2021
    Attack the Block

    Mayhem and Probs would allow it!

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.)

  • Bootleg cover art
    June 17, 2021
    Defocused 327

    No movie this week. Coffee! Espresso! Corndog problem-solving!

  • Bootleg cover art
    June 13, 2021
    Friendly Competition 6

    Will you listen if we reveal that there’s no 20 Questions round this time?

  • Bootleg cover art
    June 1, 2021
    Muppet Movie Pitches

    Muppet movies we’d like to see.

  • Bootleg cover art
    May 30, 2021
    Trivial Retreat 2

    We can’t remember how this works, but it’s certainly trivial.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    May 23, 2021
    "Invincible" (season 1)

    Contains pre-spoiler horn for those interested in hearing why you should watch.

  • Bootleg cover art
    May 13, 2021
    Defocused 325: Source Code

    Loops!

  • Bootleg cover art
    May 10, 2021
    Megamind

    No you can’t!

  • Bootleg cover art
    May 8, 2021
    Novel Shortlists Book Club, Part 1

    “The City We Became”, “Black Sun”, and “Piranesi.” Plus: What are we reading?

  • Bootleg cover art
    May 6, 2021
    Defocused 324: Tenet

    It’s safe to say that this wasn’t Christopher Nolan’s best work.

  • Bootleg cover art
    April 29, 2021
    Defocused 323: Palm Springs

    Like Groundhog Day but with more stuff.

  • Bootleg cover art
    April 26, 2021
    Low Definition XXII

    Who wants a rounded dowel?

  • Bootleg cover art
    April 25, 2021
    The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

    They’re just a couple of guys.

  • Bootleg cover art
    April 17, 2021
    "Cloverfield"

    Fun, intense movie, but why is it a franchise?

  • Bootleg cover art
    April 14, 2021
    Defocused 322: Paycheck

    There is some colorful (blue) language in this episode.

  • Bootleg cover art
    April 14, 2021
    Auteur Superhero Mad Libs Pitch Session

    It’s the highest of concepts.

  • Bootleg cover art
    April 8, 2021
    Defocused 321

    No movie this week. Talking about stuff and things - and food. Always food.

  • Bootleg cover art
    April 2, 2021
    Miyazaki Club Finale

    One more look back on the films of Hayao Miyazaki.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    March 25, 2021
    "Star Trek VI"

    One Klingon to read the rules, another to carry the box.

  • Bootleg cover art
    March 24, 2021
    Defocused 320: Jumper

    At least it’s only an hour and a half.

  • Bootleg cover art
    March 17, 2021
    Defocused 319: Detective Pikachu

    Maybe there are some issues with the writing.

  • Bootleg cover art
    March 17, 2021
    Rocket Surgery: "Kill and Kill Again"

    They don’t kill again. Hot Dog!

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    March 10, 2021
    "WandaVision" season wrap-up

    What are podcasts, but conversations persevering?

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    March 5, 2021
    Shakespeare Club: Taming of the Shrew

    Billy Shakes, we have some script notes.

  • Bootleg cover art
    March 4, 2021
    Defocused 318

    The blazers weren’t the only things that were unstructured.

  • Bootleg cover art
    February 26, 2021
    Porco Rosso

    A flyin’ pig!

  • Bootleg cover art
    February 25, 2021
    Defocused 317: Sonic the Hedgehog

    TEETH, TEETH, TEETH, TEETH!

  • Bootleg cover art
    February 19, 2021
    "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" season 6

    And also there was a musical.

  • Bootleg cover art
    February 18, 2021
    Defocused 316: Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

    Dining on ashes.

  • Bootleg cover art
    February 15, 2021
    "The Expanse" season 5

    Marco Inaros is very bad.

  • Bootleg cover art
    February 15, 2021
    Friendly Competition 5: None of This Is Helping Me

    More Sarahs than you can shake a stick at.

  • Bootleg cover art
    February 11, 2021
    Defocused 315: Sneakers

    We’re joined by Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences Todd Vaziri!

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 30, 2021
    Inconceivable!: Almost Finnish

    They’re not umlauts!

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 26, 2021
    Bad Best Picture Draft

    Priests! Irishness!

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 20, 2021
    Defocused 312: Broken Arrow

    Nuclear bomb things and boxing.

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 18, 2021
    Letterkenny

    Pitter patter, let’s get at ‘er.

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 17, 2021
    Lions, Towers, and Shields: The Fountainhead

    A perfect spherical cow.

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 16, 2021
    The Incomparable: Discovery Season 3

    They built the sets again!

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 14, 2021
    Vulcan Hello: Discovery Season 3

    This season has everything.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 11, 2021
    The Space Between Worlds

    Book club! We don’t remember the book! Oh well! We tried!

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 8, 2021
    Pixar's "Soul"

    The great bug zapper in the sky comes for us all, eventually.

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 4, 2021
    Ponyo

    Oh no! My elixirs!

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    December 31, 2020
    Game Show: Trust Me, I'm a Superhero

    Wolves wolves wolves! (re-posted)

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    December 26, 2020
    The Mandalorian, season 2

    It’s Grogu!

  • Bootleg cover art
    December 23, 2020
    Defocused 309

    Food, including watergate salad, and then drafting the food for the “gift guide”

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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!

  • Bootleg cover art
    November 29, 2020
    Friendly Competition 4: I Heard It Wrong

    Why the long pause? (NOTE: This bootleg recording contains some adult content.)

  • Bootleg cover art
    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
  • Bootleg cover art
    November 25, 2020
    Defocused 307: National Treasure

    Sure, why not?

  • Bootleg cover art
    November 24, 2020
    "Top Secret!" (Kilmas)

    We’re going skeet surfing. Bring your picture of Cher.

  • Bootleg cover art
    November 20, 2020
    Lovecraft Country

    So much blood.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    November 16, 2020
    "The Island of Doctor Moreau" (Kilmas)

    I want to go to dog heaven!

  • Bootleg cover art
    November 15, 2020
    "Willow" (Kilmas)

    Magic! Disappearing pigs! The greatest swordsman that ever lived! But Jason doesn’t like Brownies.

  • Bootleg cover art
    November 12, 2020
    Defocused 305: Con Air

    Joe has never seen this movie before. Dan has seen this movie a lot.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    November 1, 2020
    Game Show: Bedecked

    Eunuch Underling?

  • Bootleg cover art
    October 27, 2020
    What We Do In the Shadows

    Bat!

  • Bootleg cover art
    October 25, 2020
    Random Pursuit XIX

    May the cards be ever in your favour. Unless you’re…[spoilers!]

  • Bootleg cover art
    October 24, 2020
    Saga of Rereading Epics: Diamond Mask

    More Milieu goodness, (at least partially) from the perspective of a girl!

  • Bootleg cover art
    October 24, 2020
    Random Pursuit XVIII

    Another genre-only edition! With lots of body parts.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    October 22, 2020
    Defocused 304: Alien: Covenant

    We finally did it. Now they have to stop making them, right?

  • Bootleg cover art
    October 15, 2020
    Defocused 302: Prometheus

    Maybe the writing isn’t so good on this one.

  • Bootleg cover art
    October 11, 2020
    Ted Lasso

    Roast me, amigo!

  • Bootleg cover art
    October 10, 2020
    One Season Wonders draft

    Erika’s heard of five of them.

  • Bootleg cover art
    October 5, 2020
    Defocused 301

    No movie this time. Just catching up.

  • Bootleg cover art
    October 4, 2020
    Random Pursuit XVI

    The Mounties edition!

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.)

  • Bootleg cover art
    September 29, 2020
    Sports Corner with the Dog and Pony Show II

    Two matchups: one contentious, the other not so much.

  • Bootleg cover art
    September 28, 2020
    Shakespeare Club: Henry V

    It’s a lot of like the Star Wars prequels, when you think about it.

  • Bootleg cover art
    September 27, 2020
    "Aliens"

    Pull out and nuke the entire site from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.

  • Bootleg cover art
    September 16, 2020
    Saga of Rereading Epics: Jack the Bodiless

    We have officially reached the Galactic Milieu!

  • Bootleg cover art
    September 13, 2020
    Muppet Draft

    A surprisingly straightforward draft of great Muppets.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    September 4, 2020
    Defocused 300: 300

    What a toxic waste dump.

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 26, 2020
    Defocused 299: Batman & Robin

    The Scooby-Doo sound library.

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 25, 2020
    Sports Corner with the Dog and Pony Show

    Welcome to our new bonus podcast about…sports?!

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 23, 2020
    10th Anniversary YouTube hangout

    Just shootin’ the breeze.

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 22, 2020
    10th Anniversary Episode: Bootleg Edition

    Ten years in, the cracks start to show.

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 19, 2020
    Defocused 298: Batman Forever

    Dan is not having any of these shenanigans.

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 19, 2020
    Terminator 2

    We’re back!

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 13, 2020
    Defocused 297: Batman Returns

    What you put in your toilet I put on my mantel.

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 12, 2020
    Star Trek Character Draft

    These are all very good and not at all dumb ideas.

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 11, 2020
    Bootleg 1

    Recorded August 11, 2010.

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 6, 2020
    Defocused 296: Batman

    There are some disagreements about Batman.

  • Bootleg cover art
    July 31, 2020
    Defocused 295: Alita: Battle Angel

    There’s a lot going on here.

  • Bootleg cover art
    July 26, 2020
    "Palm Springs"

    Oh, are we doing time loop movies again?

  • Bootleg cover art
    July 24, 2020
    "Castle of Cagliostro" bootleg after the bootleg

    Jason regrets stopping the live stream when he did.

  • Bootleg cover art
    July 24, 2020
    Castle of Cagliostro

    Cartoon rules apply.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    July 22, 2020
    Hugo Nominees

    Three more lauded books! And Erika and Jason read lots of stories!

  • Bootleg cover art
    July 19, 2020
    Game Show: Action Castle IV

    A horse is here. Your horse. A horse.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    July 15, 2020
    Defocused 293: Super 8

    An extensive discussion of J.J. Abrams, and tippy toes.

  • Bootleg cover art
    July 9, 2020
    Defocused 292: Paddington 2

    Mid-Atlantic pink.

  • Bootleg cover art
    July 5, 2020
    Devs

    Includes 30 pre-spoiler horn minutes of us debating if you should watch it.

  • Bootleg cover art
    July 2, 2020
    Defocused 291: Paddington

    We also talked for a long time about junk food before the movie.

  • Bootleg cover art
    July 1, 2020
    Comic Book Reading List

    It’s not a draft, it’s a collaboration. Also Lisa cheated.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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!

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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…

  • Bootleg cover art
    June 27, 2020
    Friendly Competition 2: No Rounding

    The show where friends must compete and the judges are arbitrary is back!

  • Bootleg cover art
    June 21, 2020
    Contact

    It takes a long time to get to the aliens.

  • Bootleg cover art
    June 17, 2020
    Defocused 290: Six Year Anniversary Episode

    We go through each year of podcast episodes and pick our favorites.

  • Bootleg cover art
    June 13, 2020
    Friendly Competition (Inaugural Edition)

    Lex Friedman’s new game show is here. Answer quickly!

  • Bootleg cover art
    June 12, 2020
    "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" season 5

    Washington’s all smooshy! And he might be Jefferson.

  • Bootleg cover art
    June 11, 2020
    Defocused 289: Speed 2: Cruise Control

    June de Bont continues with the deeply flawed sequel to his first hit movie.

  • Bootleg cover art
    June 4, 2020
    Defocused 288: Twister

    Seth Worley’s “favorite” movie, so naturally Seth Worley is on.

  • Bootleg cover art
    June 3, 2020
    Westworld Season 3 wrap-up

    It’s slightly cleaner Blade Runner!

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.”

  • Bootleg cover art
    May 27, 2020
    Defocused 287: Speed

    The start of June de Bont.

  • Bootleg cover art
    May 21, 2020
    Defocused 286: The Adventures of Tintin

    Seth Worley joins us once again to talk about a Spielberg movie.

  • Bootleg cover art
    May 20, 2020
    Wall-E

    Danger: Rogue robots.

  • Bootleg cover art
    May 16, 2020
    Danconceivable!

    Lex Friedman hosts a celebration of Dan and Dans, in game show form.

  • Bootleg cover art
    May 13, 2020
    Old Movie Club - Philip Marlowe

    “The Big Sleep” and “The Long Goodbye.”

  • Bootleg cover art
    May 8, 2020
    The Aleph Extraction

    Dan talks about his book! No spoilers.

  • Bootleg cover art
    May 6, 2020
    Defocused 285: Red Planet

    Just like that Krusty the Clown doll with the evil/good switch.

  • Bootleg cover art
    May 4, 2020
    Nebula Novels

    Six books enter, six books leave, because we don’t burn books.

  • Bootleg cover art
    April 29, 2020
    Defocused 284: The Saint

    Dan defends his position.

  • Bootleg cover art
    April 23, 2020
    Defocused 283: Timecop

    Dan wishes he could travel back in time and stop Peter Hyams.

  • Bootleg cover art
    April 19, 2020
    Inconceivable!: Fundamentally and Architecturally Unsound

    All the great umlaut cities.

  • Bootleg cover art
    April 19, 2020
    TV Theme Song Draft II

    James and Liz may be punking us all.

  • Bootleg cover art
    April 15, 2020
    Defocused 282: Running Scared

    This 1986 movie starring Gregory Hines and Billy Crystal might not have lived up to expectations.

  • Bootleg cover art
    April 13, 2020
    "Knives Out"

    If you listen to this before watching the movie, you are a monster!

  • Bootleg cover art
    April 13, 2020
    Inconceivable!: Thinking Sounds, With Dan Moren

    Wait…the lion is Hamlet?

  • Bootleg cover art
    April 11, 2020
    "The Magicians" season 5

    There’s always another quest.

  • Bootleg cover art
    April 8, 2020
    Defocused 281: Outland

    Sean Connery is a space cop.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    April 5, 2020
    90s Album Draft

    Here we are now, entertain us.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    March 28, 2020
    Star Trek: Picard Season 1 Wrap-Up

    A bunch of friends talk Trek while eating bunnicorn pizza.

  • Bootleg cover art
    March 27, 2020
    Apollo 13

    Houston, we have a podcast.

  • Bootleg cover art
    March 25, 2020
    Defocused 279: Stargate

    The movie, not the TV shows.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    March 10, 2020
    Defocused 277

    We ate hot dogs.

  • Bootleg cover art
    March 9, 2020
    What should Star Wars do next?

    In which John Siracusa keeps mentioning “Star Trek” and “Battlestar Galactica.”

  • Bootleg cover art
    March 4, 2020
    Doctor Who series 12

    I’m the Master, and thank you for listening to my TED Talk.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    February 25, 2020
    Defocused 276: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

    At this point you really know what to expect.

  • Bootleg cover art
    February 17, 2020
    Counterpart, Season 2

    Is it us, or is it our others?

  • Bootleg cover art
    February 11, 2020
    Defocused 275: Knives Out

    Steve Yedlin’s 11 herbs and spices.

  • Bootleg cover art
    February 11, 2020
    The Good Place (season 4) panel 2

    This is the Bad Place!

  • Bootleg cover art
    February 11, 2020
    The Good Place (season 4)

    Janet is God. Or is Michael God? Wait, nobody wants to be God?!

  • Bootleg cover art
    February 9, 2020
    Low Definition XXI

    In which we learn a lot about Steve. And ourselves.

  • Bootleg cover art
    February 6, 2020
    Defocused 274

    Film vs. Digital vs. Food (as usual).

  • Bootleg cover art
    February 3, 2020
    House of X / Powers of X

    Make more mutants! Kill no humans! Love this land!

  • Bootleg cover art
    February 3, 2020
    Are You The Spy? (I)

    Accusations are hurled. Spies are uncovered. Hijinks are ensued.

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 30, 2020
    Defocused 273

    No movie. Mostly food.

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 29, 2020
    The Expanse season 4

    It’s not a legitimate salvage, it’s a zeppelin!

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 27, 2020
    500

    Episode D.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 23, 2020
    Defocused 272: Hustlers

    Pretty sure The Financial Crisis was bad.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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!

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 19, 2020
    UK Triv VII

    Fair warning — this one gets DARK. Also weird. But mostly dark.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 13, 2020
    "The Mandalorian"

    This episode is longer than 35 minutes.

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 9, 2020
    "For All Mankind" season 1

    Spaaaace!

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 7, 2020
    Defocused 270: Tremors

    Let’s have some fun.

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 6, 2020
    Watchmen (2019)

    Who listens to the podcast people? You do.

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 4, 2020
    Random Pursuit XII

    Eventually points are scored. I swear.

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 3, 2020
    2019 Clip Show

    You should listen to the regular episode and not this one. No, really.

  • Bootleg cover art
    December 24, 2019
    "The Rise of Skywalker" panel three

    Not too long, not too short. Just right.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.”

  • Bootleg cover art
    December 21, 2019
    "The Rise of Skywalker" panel one

    Three hours, people.

  • Bootleg cover art
    December 21, 2019
    Inconceivable!: Short Circut

    But have they been to space?

  • Bootleg cover art
    December 18, 2019
    Defocused 269: Hudson Hawk

    Dan tricked Joe into watching this one.

  • Bootleg cover art
    December 16, 2019
    Parsely: Kringle Krisis!

    Get Santa. Go Reindeer.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    December 10, 2019
    Defocused 268: Honey, I Blew Up the Kid

    Seth Worley is back and he really wants to rewrite this entire movie.

  • Bootleg cover art
    December 9, 2019
    Elf (2003)

    I’m singing! I’m in a bootleg recording, and I’m singing!

  • Bootleg cover art
    December 4, 2019
    Defocused 267: Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

    Returning guest Seth Worley is on to talk about one of his childhood favorites.

  • Bootleg cover art
    December 2, 2019
    What Disney should do with Star Wars

    MacLunkey Despecialized!

  • Bootleg cover art
    November 25, 2019
    Lawrence of Arabia

    An epic.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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!

  • Bootleg cover art
    November 21, 2019
    This is How You Lose the Time War

    Book club returns!

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    November 13, 2019
    Defocused 265: The Man Who Knew Too Little

    Bill Murray as Bill Murray.

  • Bootleg cover art
    November 9, 2019
    Sequel or Not Draft

    Look, it’s complicated. But the rules will become apparent quickly.

  • Bootleg cover art
    November 7, 2019
    Defocused 264

    No movie this time, just catching up, and of course a conversation about food and salsa viscosity.

  • Bootleg cover art
    November 7, 2019
    Low Definition XX

    Parental gobble discretion gobble advised gobble.

  • Bootleg cover art
    November 5, 2019
    The Amazing Spider-Man/Amazing Spider-Man 2

    Andrew Garfield is not the problem here.

  • Bootleg cover art
    October 25, 2019
    Ginger Snaps

    Creeping werewolfism!

  • Bootleg cover art
    October 23, 2019
    Defocused 263: Mission: Impossible - Fallout

    The Dark Knight of Mission: Impossible movies.

  • Bootleg cover art
    October 23, 2019
    Edge of Tomorrow (Live. Die. Repeat.)

    From the Alpha to the Omega. Those are aliens.

  • Bootleg cover art
    October 17, 2019
    Batman (1966)

    Na na na na na na na na… Batman!

  • Bootleg cover art
    October 15, 2019
    Defocused 262: Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

    Pepe Silvia and the Syndicate Gang.

  • Bootleg cover art
    October 15, 2019
    Game Show: Fiasco...in Space!

    Space Station 119 is the place to be.

  • Bootleg cover art
    October 9, 2019
    Defocused 261: Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

    Maybe Joe likes it.

  • Bootleg cover art
    October 3, 2019
    "Sneakers" (1992)

    My voice is my passport. Verify me.

  • Bootleg cover art
    September 30, 2019
    Defocused 260: Mission: Impossible III

    Now we enter uncharted territory.

  • Bootleg cover art
    September 29, 2019
    The Dark Crystal (1982)

    Touch the puppet. (No spoilers for the new Netflix show! This is just about the movie.)

  • Bootleg cover art
    September 25, 2019
    Defocused 259: Mission: Impossible 2

    🐦 🏍 🏃 🦠

  • Bootleg cover art
    September 18, 2019
    Defocused 258: Mission: Impossible

    Your bootleg, should you choose to accept it.

  • Bootleg cover art
    September 18, 2019
    X-Men Draft

    To me, my X-Men!

  • Bootleg cover art
    September 15, 2019
    Saturday Morning Draft

    It’s what you think it is, and more.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    September 11, 2019
    Parsley: SpoOooOoooky Manor

    You’re standing before a SpoOOOOoooOoOOOoky Manor.

  • Bootleg cover art
    September 10, 2019
    Defocused 257: Venom

    If Upton Sinclair had a leather jacket.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    September 4, 2019
    The Wind Rises

    Miyazaki club returns. This is not rainbows and fairies, that’s for sure.

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 28, 2019
    Buffy Season 4

    And try not to bleed on my couch, I just had it steam cleaned.

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 26, 2019
    Spider-Man 3

    Bernard has buried fourteen Greens Goblin.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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. :(

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 13, 2019
    Spider-Man 2 (2004)

    My large, spider-powered son! #countthecoats

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 12, 2019
    Defocused 254: The Predator

    It’s definitely a Shane Black movie.

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 11, 2019
    Spider-Man (2002)

    No, it is you who are out, Gobby. Out of your MIND!

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 10, 2019
    Random Pursuit XI - Ghost Points

    Ghost points flying left and right! Also some real points.

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 8, 2019
    Chernobyl

    There is no graphite on the ground, comrade.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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?

  • Bootleg cover art
    July 31, 2019
    Hugo Awards 2019

    Listen to four people struggle to remember books they liked!

  • Bootleg cover art
    July 31, 2019
    Defocused 252: Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem

    How is predalien babby formed?

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    July 25, 2019
    Veronica Mars

    Mostly season 1. No Hulu talk.

  • Bootleg cover art
    July 21, 2019
    Random Pursuit X

    The X is for ten. Get your minds out of the gutter.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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

  • Bootleg cover art
    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!

  • Bootleg cover art
    July 12, 2019
    Defocused 249: John Carter

    We have some notes.

  • Bootleg cover art
    July 10, 2019
    Rocket Surgery: Alice in Wonderland (2010)

    It’s the Fudderwacken Jabberwocky!

  • Bootleg cover art
    July 9, 2019
    Spider-Man: Far From Home

    Zut alors! It is ze Night Monkey!

  • Bootleg cover art
    June 28, 2019
    Defocused 248: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

    I’ve buried 14 Spiders-Men.

  • Bootleg cover art
    June 22, 2019
    UK Trivia VI

    Recorded June 22, 2019.

  • Bootleg cover art
    June 19, 2019
    Defocused 247: Universal Soldier

    This movie is exactly what you think it is.

  • Bootleg cover art
    June 17, 2019
    The Dark Knight Rises

    This is a ridiculous movie, and… I like it?

  • Bootleg cover art
    June 13, 2019
    Defocused 246

    No movie this week, just spicy tacos.

  • Bootleg cover art
    June 10, 2019
    Old Movie Club - Jaws

    Shark spoils otherwise enjoyable beach romp movie.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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!

  • Bootleg cover art
    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

  • Bootleg cover art
    May 30, 2019
    Game of Thrones season 8

    What is dead may never die! And this show is now super dead.

  • Bootleg cover art
    May 29, 2019
    The Dark Knight

    We revisit the second entry in Chris Nolan’s Batman trilogy, even though it is very very long.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    May 21, 2019
    Defocused 244: Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

    Dan didn’t know what “Star Trek Bad” was so Joe showed him.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    May 16, 2019
    Defocused 243: Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

    Joe made Dan watch a Star Track.

  • Bootleg cover art
    May 15, 2019
    The Magicians, Season 4

    Moisés irons his laundry. Mikah readies a donkey.

  • Bootleg cover art
    May 8, 2019
    Defocused 242: Doom

    Well. We talked about it.

  • Bootleg cover art
    May 8, 2019
    Nebula novel nominees

    Stick that in your polar bear, kids!

  • Bootleg cover art
    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?

  • Bootleg cover art
    May 3, 2019
    Rebel Avengers: Endgame Panel

    Join stand-in host Chip Sudderth and a cast of thousands as they discuss Avengers: Endgame.

  • Bootleg cover art
    May 1, 2019
    Federation Feud!

    This is where the listeners get in our heads by answering strangely to our stupid questions. Star Trek edition!

  • Bootleg cover art
    April 30, 2019
    Defocused 241: The Blues Brothers

    Dan is excited about ‘The Blues Brothers’ and Joe is mostly fine with it.

  • Bootleg cover art
    April 27, 2019
    Star Trek: Discovery season 2

    Shouty Spock, meet Beardy Spock.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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!

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    April 12, 2019
    Defocused 238: Jackie Brown

    Continuing with movies based on Elmore Leonard novels.

  • Bootleg cover art
    April 5, 2019
    Defocused 237

    No movie this week, just Joe’s trip to Mexico City.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    April 2, 2019
    Rocket Surgery: "Star Raiders" (complete session)

    It’s not a real movie.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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!

  • Bootleg cover art
    March 30, 2019
    Random Trivia: Ghost Reunion Edition

    Sing along with us!

  • Bootleg cover art
    March 26, 2019
    Defocused 236: Get Shorty

    Coffee mugs, soup, and mobsters in 90s LA. This is a lively one.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    March 20, 2019
    Travelers season 3

    Welcome to the 21st. Protocol Omega!

  • Bootleg cover art
    March 15, 2019
    Low Definition XIX

    More fake definitions for real words!

  • Bootleg cover art
    March 13, 2019
    Defocused 234: Die Another Day

    Pie Another Day.

  • Bootleg cover art
    March 12, 2019
    "Captain Marvel"

    Marvel’s Marvelist movie yet.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    March 8, 2019
    Defocused 233: The World is Not Enough

    I hope everyone likes bread.

  • Bootleg cover art
    March 3, 2019
    Spider-Verse comics and alternate spiders

    Why aren’t there as many alternate Batmans, Tony?

  • Bootleg cover art
    February 27, 2019
    Defocused 232: Tomorrow Never Dies

    In a strange turn of events, Joe likes this one and Dan hates this one.

  • Bootleg cover art
    February 20, 2019
    Defocused 231: GoldenEye

    Only 90s kids will remember… Also we talked about how Dan doesn’t play card games.

  • Bootleg cover art
    February 13, 2019
    Defocused 230: The Shadow

    Well … we have some notes.

  • Bootleg cover art
    February 9, 2019
    Pattern Recognition

    The book club reads William Gibson.

  • Bootleg cover art
    February 7, 2019
    Defocused 229: The Phantom

    The 1996 box office bomb. Also there’s a milk poster.

  • Bootleg cover art
    February 7, 2019
    Howl's Moving Castle

    A sampler of Miyazaki’s greatest hits.

  • Bootleg cover art
    February 1, 2019
    Defocused 228

    No topic, but a lot of Apple gripes.

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 27, 2019
    UK Trivia January 2019

    Antony Johnston brings back the North Americans for another round of UK Trivia.

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 25, 2019
    Defocused 227: Solo: A Star Wars Story

    Title for the “aftershow” is: ‘Sanity (Grape Leaves)’

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 16, 2019
    Defocused 226: Annihilation

    One of us generally liked it, and one of us didn’t like it at all

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 14, 2019
    Old Movie Club: Musicals

    “Gold Diggers of 1933” and “A Hard Day’s Night”

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 9, 2019
    Defocused 225: Super Troopers 2

    The first disappointment of 2019!

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 8, 2019
    Cowboy Bebop

    3, 2, 1, let’s jam.

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 2, 2019
    Defocused 224

    No topic! Happy New Year!

  • Bootleg cover art
    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!

  • Bootleg cover art
    December 22, 2018
    Our 2018 Favorites

    Full Disclosure: this is the other half of the clip show, probably.

  • Bootleg cover art
    December 19, 2018
    The 2018 Clip Show

    Jason plays audio files while his friends listen silently.

    Warning: May Contain Skeletor.

  • Bootleg cover art
    December 17, 2018
    Books to TV pitch draft

    Thanks to Listener Ian for suggesting this one.

  • Bootleg cover art
    December 16, 2018
    Doctor Who Series 11 wrap-up

    So many podcasters! Only 10 episodes! Roll on 2020!

  • Bootleg cover art
    December 12, 2018
    Defocused 223: Dune

    Dunecember continues with ‘Dune, Where’s My Kwisatz Haderach?’

  • Bootleg cover art
    December 11, 2018
    Star Trek IV

    It’s like Christmas but with whales!

  • Bootleg cover art
    December 11, 2018
    A Very Fiasco Christmas

    Not everyone is as pole-savvy as you, Tony.

  • Bootleg cover art
    December 10, 2018
    Defocused 222: Dude, Where's My Car?

    Dudecember continues … sorry.

  • Bootleg cover art
    December 6, 2018
    Planet of the Apes (1968)

    Escape to the conquest of the lawgiver beneath the cave underneath the Planet of the Apes

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    December 4, 2018
    Low Definition XVIII

    That’s what she said!

  • Bootleg cover art
    November 28, 2018
    Defocused 220: Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey

    Welcome to DUDEcember. (Sorry.)

  • Bootleg cover art
    November 23, 2018
    Defocused 219

    NoTopicVember. Dan made some Black Friday purchases, and tried to get a bouncy house.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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!

  • Bootleg cover art
    November 15, 2018
    Thanksgiving Draft

    “You like garbage!”

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    November 12, 2018
    Board Game Draft II

    21 more board games enter the draft list!

  • Bootleg cover art
    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!

  • Bootleg cover art
    November 7, 2018
    2010: The Year We Make Contact

    My God, it’s full of Starbucks!

  • Bootleg cover art
    November 3, 2018
    Rocket Surgery: The Black Hole

    ESP, but for robots.

  • Bootleg cover art
    October 31, 2018
    Defocused 216: Addams Family Values

    The physics of severed hands.

  • Bootleg cover art
    October 25, 2018
    Film Score Draft

    Who the heck is John Williams?

  • Bootleg cover art
    October 24, 2018
    Defocused 215: Weekend at Bernie's

    Well… Foxtober took an unexpected turn.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    October 17, 2018
    Buffy season 3

    Well, gosh!

  • Bootleg cover art
    October 15, 2018
    2001: A Space Odyssey

    Something weird is happening at Clavius. (Is it all getting gentrified?)

  • Bootleg cover art
    October 10, 2018
    Defocused 213: Logan

    FOXtober continues with another Fox franchise kept alive through science and money.

  • Bootleg cover art
    October 5, 2018
    "Lady Astronaut" novels

    By Mary Robinette Kowal!

  • Bootleg cover art
    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. 👻

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    September 20, 2018
    Beer Episode II!

    We’re drunk.

  • Bootleg cover art
    September 18, 2018
    Defocused 210: Minority Report

    Steven Septemberg continues with ‘Minority Report’.

  • Bootleg cover art
    September 16, 2018
    Dark City

    He can tune!

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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?

  • Bootleg cover art
    September 5, 2018
    Rocket Surgery: Equilibrium

    Oh no! Sean Bean! Not again!

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 30, 2018
    The Expanse Season 3

    Protomolecules! Intrigue! Space spies! Alien holograms with hats!

  • Bootleg cover art
    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?

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 22, 2018
    Summer of Marvel finale

    It’s over! But before we go, a look back and a look forward…

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 21, 2018
    Defocused 208: Jaws

    Starting off the month of Steven Septemberg.

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 14, 2018
    Defocused 207: Flight

    Denzel WAUGUSTshington concludes with the critically acclaimed ‘Flight’.

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 13, 2018
    Guardians of the Galaxy revisited

    Vol. 1, Vol. 2, and Vol. Thanos Purple Edition.

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 9, 2018
    Doctor Strange

    Dormammu! I come to bargain.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 4, 2018
    Thor: Ragnarok

    Zany fun with Thor and friends.

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 2, 2018
    Defocused 205: Training Day

    Raw recording of our discussion of ‘Training Day’ and some bootleg material about “everyday carry” peanut butter.

  • Bootleg cover art
    July 31, 2018
    Ant-Man(x2) and The Wasp

    Let’s get small!

  • Bootleg cover art
    July 27, 2018
    Defocused 204: Crimson Tide

    Everyone’s favorite red submarine movie … (checks notes)

    ‘Crimson Tide’

    Welcome to (checks notes again)

    Denzel WAUGUSTshington

  • Bootleg cover art
    July 23, 2018
    Low Definition XVII

    Oh yeah, baby! Recorded July 22.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    July 16, 2018
    Avengers revisited

    Yes, we consider Civil War an Avengers movie.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    July 11, 2018
    Captain America and Winter Soldier

    On your left…

  • Bootleg cover art
    July 9, 2018
    Defocused 201: The Lost World: Jurassic Park

    Mistakes were made.

  • Bootleg cover art
    June 29, 2018
    Game Show: Mind Trap!

    That’s not how trees work!

  • Bootleg cover art
    June 28, 2018
    Defocused 200: Jurassic Park

    JULYssic Park

  • Bootleg cover art
    June 24, 2018
    Inconceivable!: Welcome to Nature Facts

    Our game of nerdery and nonsense is never gonna let you down.

  • Bootleg cover art
    June 21, 2018
    Game Show: Fiasco 2!

    Penguin Eggs!

  • Bootleg cover art
    June 21, 2018
    Hugo Awards 2018

    We read more books!

  • Bootleg cover art
    June 19, 2018
    Defocused 199: The Big Short

    The end of ChrisJUNE Bale.

  • Bootleg cover art
    June 18, 2018
    Game Show: Fiasco!

    Boomtown! A fiasco hosted by Tony Sindelar.

  • Bootleg cover art
    June 17, 2018
    UK Trivia: 15th anniversary of the 20th Anniversary Edition edition

    Eat it, Bernie Taupin!

  • Bootleg cover art
    June 13, 2018
    Defocused 198: Terminator Salvation

    ChrisJUNE Bale continues with a movie that’s mostly famous for him yelling at the DP.

  • Bootleg cover art
    June 12, 2018
    Thor and Thor: The Dark World

    I can’t think while I’m wearing pants.

  • Bootleg cover art
    June 6, 2018
    Defocused 197: Equilibrium

    ChrisJUNE Bale continues with a very … derivative movie.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.”

  • Bootleg cover art
    May 22, 2018
    Defocused 196: American Psycho

    First episode of ChrisJUNE Bale.

  • Bootleg cover art
    May 22, 2018
    Game Show: Feuding Families '18 #2

    More stupid guesses about stupid answers to stupid questions! This time, with a distinctive hat.

  • Bootleg cover art
    May 21, 2018
    Iron Man and Iron Man 2

    The SUMMER OF MARVEL begins! How ironic, Tony!

  • Bootleg cover art
    May 17, 2018
    Defocused 195: Avatar

    Continuing James CaMAYron with this … thing.

  • Bootleg cover art
    May 16, 2018
    Casablanca

    Old Movie Club!

  • Bootleg cover art
    May 14, 2018
    Game Show: Feuding Families '18

    Your poll responses, our stupid guesses.

  • Bootleg cover art
    May 9, 2018
    Defocused 194

    No movie. Thanks a lot, James CaMAYron.

  • Bootleg cover art
    May 7, 2018
    Nebula Award Novels

    The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter, Jade City, Autonomous, Spoonbenders, The Stone Sky, Amberlough, Six Wakes.

  • Bootleg cover art
    May 4, 2018
    Defocused 193: Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    James CaMAYron continues.

  • Bootleg cover art
    April 28, 2018
    1980s Album Draft

    In the pay of Big Ultravox.

  • Bootleg cover art
    April 28, 2018
    The Magicians season 3

    A rabbit has a message for you.

  • Bootleg cover art
    April 25, 2018
    Defocused 192: The Terminator

    It’s the start of James CaMAYron.

  • Bootleg cover art
    April 19, 2018
    Defocused 191: Bad Boys II

    The conclusion of Michael Baypril.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.)

  • Bootleg cover art
    April 10, 2018
    Defocused 190: Bad Boys

    For the month of Michael Baypril.

  • Bootleg cover art
    April 8, 2018
    Simpsons Quote Draft

    What? It’s a perfectly cromulent topic.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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!

  • Bootleg cover art
    April 7, 2018
    Inconceivable!: Team Smug

    The latest—surprisingly acrimonious—game of nerdery and nonsense.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    April 1, 2018
    400

    The episode 400 bootleg. Unrevealed until now.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    March 28, 2018
    Harlan Ellison

    Six short stories.

  • Bootleg cover art
    March 21, 2018
    Defocused 187: Back to the Future Part II

    The Elisabeth Shue is on the other Claudia Foote.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    March 11, 2018
    The Prisoner

    It’s a great show, but that ending…

  • Bootleg cover art
    March 10, 2018
    Low Definition XVI: The Yaks Have It

    When fardings battle badlings, it’s a farding butter battle….

  • Bootleg cover art
    March 10, 2018
    Ursula Le Guin book club

    “Left Hand of Darkness” and “A Wizard of Earthsea.”

  • Bootleg cover art
    March 7, 2018
    Black Panther

    Wakanda Forever!

    (Not the one in Illinois.)

  • Bootleg cover art
    March 6, 2018
    Defocused 185: Donnie Darko

    Dan asked to watch ‘Donnie Darko’ but was a little underwhelmed.

  • Bootleg cover art
    March 1, 2018
    The Incredibles

    That’s a hobo suit, darling.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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?

  • Bootleg cover art
    February 20, 2018
    Defocused 184: Zodiac

    “More like Mark Mumble-O”

  • Bootleg cover art
    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!

  • Bootleg cover art
    February 13, 2018
    Star Trek: Discovery Season One

    We wrap up the first season of Star Trek Discovery! Disco never dies!

  • Bootleg cover art
    February 12, 2018
    Defocused 183: Nightcrawler

    Not the blue guy. Welcome to Gyllenbruary.

  • Bootleg cover art
    February 9, 2018
    The Good Place, Season 2

    Or is is the Bad Place?!

  • Bootleg cover art
    February 3, 2018
    Rocket Surgery: "The Cosmic Man"

    The boy has given me much pleasure.

  • Bootleg cover art
    February 1, 2018
    Defocused 182: 22 Jump Street

    We recommend seeing the movie before listening. It’s worthy of your time.

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 24, 2018
    Midnighter

    Comic Book Club talks DC’s “Midnighter” (vol. 1 and 2) and “Midnighter and Apollo.”

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 23, 2018
    Defocused 181: 21 Jump Street

    Dan and Joe discuss a lot of jokes from this movie. Also Halloween … for reasons.

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 21, 2018
    UK Trivia III

    More UK trivia to confuse North Americans.

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 18, 2018
    Travelers

    Welcome to the 21st.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 14, 2018
    Random Pursuit 5

    The Random Pursuit library has grown! The 20th Anniversary Edition may not actually be the worst. Who knew?

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 2, 2018
    Defocused 178

    No movie topic this week, just catching up on what we did over the holidays.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    December 28, 2017
    Spirited Away

    Miyazaki Club returns.

  • Bootleg cover art
    December 20, 2017
    Star Wars: The Last Jedi (panel three)

    The increasingly inaccurately named UK rebel edition!

  • Bootleg cover art
    December 20, 2017
    Star Wars: The Last Jedi (panel two)

    Chip leads a panel of Doctor Who fans to talk about Star Wars!

  • Bootleg cover art
    December 18, 2017
    Defocused 176: Star Wars: The Last Jedi

    Dan and Joe like many things about the film, but they have some notes.

  • Bootleg cover art
    December 15, 2017
    Star Wars: The Last Jedi (panel one)

    May the porgs be with you.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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!

  • Bootleg cover art
    December 6, 2017
    Defocused 175: Bad Santa

    We discuss the crass, but acclaimed, movie from 2003. Also sandwiches.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    December 4, 2017
    Defocused 174: Trading Places

    Dan tries to avoid saying “problematic”.

  • Bootleg cover art
    December 2, 2017
    Holiday Traditions

    Many guests, many holiday traditions from around the world.

  • Bootleg cover art
    December 1, 2017
    It's A Wonderful (Terrible?) Life

    The case for and against this holiday classic. David Loehr plays the villain.

  • Bootleg cover art
    November 27, 2017
    Defocused 173: Gremlins

    So much casual murder.

  • Bootleg cover art
    November 21, 2017
    Defocused 172

    Non-movie episode about Dan’s trip to LA.

  • Bootleg cover art
    November 20, 2017
    Buffy Season 2

    That’s my favorite shirt! That’s my only shirt!

  • Bootleg cover art
    November 19, 2017
    Inconceivable!: Stop Talking About X-Men

    More geeky trivia, this time leavened with swearing about scorekeeping!

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    November 11, 2017
    What Remains of Edith Finch / Tacoma

    Video game club! Spooky houses and space stations!

  • Bootleg cover art
    November 11, 2017
    Victorian Parlour Games the Second

    We’re back with more perplexing parlour games! You may buy an egg by the end!

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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!

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    November 2, 2017
    Labyrinth

    SMELL BAD.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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!

  • Bootleg cover art
    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!

  • Bootleg cover art
    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!

  • Bootleg cover art
    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!

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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!

  • Bootleg cover art
    October 23, 2017
    A Fall Reading List

    notallbooks

  • Bootleg cover art
    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!

  • Bootleg cover art
    October 20, 2017
    Old Movie Club: Postwar Intrigue!

    “The Third Man” and “The Spy Who Came In From the Cold.”

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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!

  • Bootleg cover art
    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!

  • Bootleg cover art
    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!

  • Bootleg cover art
    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!

  • Bootleg cover art
    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!

  • Bootleg cover art
    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!

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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!

  • Bootleg cover art
    October 2, 2017
    You May Very Well Be At Risk!

    A game from Glenn!

  • Bootleg cover art
    September 30, 2017
    Random Pursuit IV

    12 different Trivial Pursuit Games, five contestants, one winner.

  • Bootleg cover art
    September 29, 2017
    TNG 30

    “Encounter at Farpoint” and “All Good Things…” as Star Trek: TNG turns 30.

  • Bootleg cover art
    September 21, 2017
    Roald Dahl

    Jason was really afraid of clouds, because the Cloud Men lived there. Also, you might find a golden ticket!

  • Bootleg cover art
    September 20, 2017
    Defocused 165

    No movie this week. Some nonsense, and some nonsense about spending money on Apple things.

  • Bootleg cover art
    September 18, 2017
    Low Definition XIV

    Rodeo Baby, astride his boustrophedon and pitchfork in hand, rides off into the sunset.

  • Bootleg cover art
    September 17, 2017
    Random Pursuit 3

    More trivia, selected randomly!

  • Bootleg cover art
    September 17, 2017
    Inconceivable! 17

    The latest edition of our nerdy panel quiz show.

  • Bootleg cover art
    September 16, 2017
    Clone Wars/Rebels

    Discussing the Star Wars animated series, Clone Wars and Rebels!

  • Bootleg cover art
    September 15, 2017
    Disney Draft

    Animated features from Disney! Drafted!

  • Bootleg cover art
    September 14, 2017
    Defocused 164: The Matrix Revolutions

    Dan and Joe are back after a break to finish the trilogy off.

  • Bootleg cover art
    September 6, 2017
    Star Wars Episode IX Director Draft

    Silly and serious! A fatal combination.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 30, 2017
    Game Show: Victorian Parlour Games

    A collection of ladies and gentlemen play games in our podcast parlour.

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 29, 2017
    Whisper of the Heart

    Miyazaki club? Anime club? Ghibli Club!

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 28, 2017
    The Dark Tower (book series)

    Seven books, 4000 pages, four readers.

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 21, 2017
    Defocused 163: The Matrix Reloaded

    Maybe don’t undo your whole movie with some bad dialog at the end?

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 8, 2017
    Defocused 160

    No movie this week. We discussed Dan’s Ohio trip, Netflix and Disney, and UHD HDR Apple TV.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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’.

  • Bootleg cover art
    July 31, 2017
    The Tick

    Spoon!

  • Bootleg cover art
    July 25, 2017
    Defocused 158: Drive

    With Special Guest Merlin Mann.

  • Bootleg cover art
    July 25, 2017
    Inconceivable! 16

    Your semi-regular game of nerdery, nonsense, and, of course, puns.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    July 17, 2017
    Defocused 157: Baby Driver

    Discussion of Edgar Wright’s latest film.

  • Bootleg cover art
    July 13, 2017
    Low Definition XIII

    Do not duffifie.

  • Bootleg cover art
    July 12, 2017
    Defocused 156: Her

    Dan and Joe discuss 2014’s ‘Her’. “What if Samantha was a hot dog?”

  • Bootleg cover art
    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?

  • Bootleg cover art
    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!

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    July 5, 2017
    Doctor Who Series 10 Wrap-up

    Does whatever a cyber can!

  • Bootleg cover art
    June 28, 2017
    Defocused 154: Mortal Kombat

    Techno beats.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    June 17, 2017
    Random Pursuit II

    More random! More trivial!

  • Bootleg cover art
    June 16, 2017
    Random Pursuit

    So much trivia.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    June 4, 2017
    Wonder Woman

    Jason’s off covering Apple stuff so Erika fills in with a panel devoted to “Wonder Woman.”

  • Bootleg cover art
    May 31, 2017
    Game Show: Glenning!

    Tales! Of! Glenn!

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    May 30, 2017
    Life is Strange

    Square Enix’s video game “Life is Strange” is our topic.

  • Bootleg cover art
    May 26, 2017
    TV Hall of Fame Draft

    “This show really is my everything.”

  • Bootleg cover art
    May 22, 2017
    Defocused 149: Caddyshack

    Follow up from last week about palomas, and Scott Conant, and then Kenny Loggins.

    Pool. Pond.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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!]

  • Bootleg cover art
    May 19, 2017
    Star Trek: Discovery trailer

    Breaking down 90 seconds of new Star Trek goodness. Is it proper Doctor Who?

  • Bootleg cover art
    May 18, 2017
    Rocket Surgery: Dungeons and Dragons

    Featuring sleepy Steve Lutz as Snails!

  • Bootleg cover art
    May 16, 2017
    Defocused 148: My Blue Heaven

    Dan really likes this movie. Joe found out it was a movie.

  • Bootleg cover art
    May 11, 2017
    Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

    In case you can’t wait a day and a half.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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
  • Bootleg cover art
    April 29, 2017
    Inconceivable! 15

    Underscore in underscore con underscore cievable.

  • Bootleg cover art
    April 27, 2017
    Humans (Channel Four, AMC)

    Season two of those wacky Synths!

  • Bootleg cover art
    April 26, 2017
    The Magicians (SyFy)

    (Don’t poop in the wellspring.)

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    April 23, 2017
    Game Night: Feuding Families III

    Feuding families try to guess the survey responses of Incomparable listeners!

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    April 17, 2017
    Defocused 145: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

    This probably would have been a good place to leave the series.

  • Bootleg cover art
    April 13, 2017
    Defocused 144: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

    Screaming and chasing and more screaming and more chasing.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    April 2, 2017
    Game Show: UK Trivia II

    More UK trivia, more trouble for Americans!

  • Bootleg cover art
    April 1, 2017
    Old Movie Club: Breaking Away and American Graffiti

    Coming of age movies from the 1970s.

  • Bootleg cover art
    March 30, 2017
    Star Trek Episode Draft

    The Die Is Cast! Unless it’s not.

  • Bootleg cover art
    March 29, 2017
    Book Club: N.K. Jemisin

    “The Fifth Season”, “The Obelisk Gate”, and the Inheritance Trilogy.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    March 24, 2017
    The Good Place

    Holy fork!

  • Bootleg cover art
    March 20, 2017
    Defocused 141

    No movie topic this week. Crackers, slit scan, and Netflix’s “skip intro” button were discussed.

  • Bootleg cover art
    March 17, 2017
    Low Definition XI

    The lesser of two weevils.

  • Bootleg cover art
    March 16, 2017
    Defocused 140: Hellboy

    This movie doesn’t make any sense so don’t expect to much from us.

  • Bootleg cover art
    March 16, 2017
    American Gods and Anansi Boys

    Neil Gaiman book club!

  • Bootleg cover art
    March 9, 2017
    "The Rocketeer"

    Jet packs, Timothy Dalton, Jennifer Connelly, and a whole lot more.

  • Bootleg cover art
    March 8, 2017
    Defocused 139: L.A Confidential

    Another ray of suuuunnnnn — no wait, wrong movie. Little darker.

  • Bootleg cover art
    March 1, 2017
    Defocused 138: La La Land

    Another day of sun.

  • Bootleg cover art
    February 25, 2017
    Unbreakable

    Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, M. Night Shyamalan, and a green poncho.

  • Bootleg cover art
    February 22, 2017
    Defocused 137: Hail, Caesar!

    Would that it t’were so simple.

  • Bootleg cover art
    February 20, 2017
    Rocket Surgery: The Wizard of Mars

    This movie has more in common with “Frankenstein Island” than “The Wizard of Oz.”

  • Bootleg cover art
    February 15, 2017
    Defocused 136

    No specific movie was covered in this episode. Pies were discussed.

  • Bootleg cover art
    February 12, 2017
    Action Castle II

    There is a sign here. Make wish.

  • Bootleg cover art
    February 9, 2017
    Laputa: Castle in the Sky

    Yay! More Miyazaki!

  • Bootleg cover art
    February 8, 2017
    Defocused 135: Spaceballs

    We discussed then, just now.

  • Bootleg cover art
    February 7, 2017
    Fahrenheit 451 and 1984

    You seen one dystopia, you seen ‘em all.

  • Bootleg cover art
    February 2, 2017
    Defocused 134: Dredd

    Dr. McCoy is Batman.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 27, 2017
    Defocused 133: Judge Dredd

    Armand Assante is so wet, and unblinking.

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 26, 2017
    Black Mirror

    13 episodes, and they all end with a scream.

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 23, 2017
    Low Definition X

    Low Definition X, recorded January 20, 2016.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 16, 2017
    Comic Book Movie Pitches

    A whole lot of movies we imagine based on comic books.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    January 3, 2017
    Defocused 130: The Running Man

    Raw recording of Dan and Joe talking about 1987’s movie about 2017.

  • Bootleg cover art
    December 20, 2016
    Rogue One Rebel Panel

    Antony Johnston leads a ragtag group of Europe-based rebels into action to talk “Rogue One.”

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    December 17, 2016
    Defocused 127: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

    Dan and Joe discuss ‘Rogue One’. Spoilers right from the start.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    December 5, 2016
    Westworld Season 1

    Spoilers for the entirety of season 1 of HBO’s “Westworld.”

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    November 28, 2016
    Star Wars Travesty Draft

    Bad things from Star Wars.

  • Bootleg cover art
    November 25, 2016
    Defocused 125: Scrooged

    Dan and Joe discuss Scrooged, and new potatoes, to kick off their Christmas-themed December episodes.

  • Bootleg cover art
    November 25, 2016
    Defocused 124: Spies Like Us

    Dan, Joe, and Anže Tomic discuss this 1980s film, and vans.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    November 18, 2016
    Tim Burton's Batman films

    “Batman” (1989) and “Batman Returns” (1992).

    Turns out Jason doesn’t like Tim Burton very much!

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    November 10, 2016
    The Twilight Zone

    Discussing the classic Rod Serling anthology series.

  • Bootleg cover art
    November 9, 2016
    Defocused 122: The Nice Guys

    Raw recording of Dan and Joe discussing ‘The Nice Guys’.

  • Bootleg cover art
    November 3, 2016
    Defocused 121: Dazed and Confused

    Dazed and Confused is briefly mentioned.

  • Bootleg cover art
    October 26, 2016
    Defocused 120

    Raw recording of Dan and Joe talking about stuff and things. Things and stuff.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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!

  • Bootleg cover art
    October 20, 2016
    The Godfather

    John Siracusa, John Gruber, Joe Rosensteel, and David Loehr join Jason to discuss Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Godfather.”

  • Bootleg cover art
    October 20, 2016
    Defocused 119: The Thing

    Raw recording of Dan and Joe discussing John Carpenter’s ‘The Thing’.

  • Bootleg cover art
    October 13, 2016
    The Right Stuff

    1982’s “The Right Stuff” gets the Old Movie Club treatment.

  • Bootleg cover art
    October 13, 2016
    Low Definition: Spooky Edition

    October surprise!

  • Bootleg cover art
    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

  • Bootleg cover art
    October 8, 2016
    The Beer Episode

    Recorded Oct. 4 but unreleased for days!

  • Bootleg cover art
    October 4, 2016
    Defocused 117: Predator

    Raw recording of ‘Predator’ episode.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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).

  • Bootleg cover art
    September 21, 2016
    Defocused 115: Top Gun

    Highway to the breath away.

  • Bootleg cover art
    September 17, 2016
    Alien

    At long last, Antony gets his wish. We talk 1979’s “Alien.”

  • Bootleg cover art
    September 15, 2016
    Defocused 114

    No movie this week. iPhone 7 thoughts, donuts, and cereal.

  • Bootleg cover art
    September 7, 2016
    Defocused 113: Demolition Man

    You can take this podcast, and you can shovel it.

  • Bootleg cover art
    September 1, 2016
    Video Game Club: Inside

    Talking about the Xbox One/PS4/PC game “Inside” by the people who brought you “Limbo”.

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 31, 2016
    Game Show: Family Feud (With Your Answers)

    You are the survey!

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 30, 2016
    Defocused 112: The Net

    Ordering pizza on the internet! Backdoors!

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 30, 2016
    Star Trek: First Contact

    For the 50th anniversary of Star Trek. Jason wants to give this movie a hug.

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 27, 2016
    Low Definition VII

    Brought to you by the British Hat Council.

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 26, 2016
    The Sparrow

    A bunch of very bad things happen to a Jesuit priest in this book.

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 25, 2016
    Defocused 111: Cobra

    Ugh.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 20, 2016
    Preacher Season 1

    James and Moze look back on the first season

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 19, 2016
    Old Movie Club: Billy Wilder

    “Sunset Boulevard” and “Stalag 17”.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 15, 2016
    Defocused 110: Beverly Hills Cop II

    ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 10, 2016
    Defocused 109: Beverly Hills Cop

    ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ and horrible, horrible, horrible junk food.

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 8, 2016
    Game Night: UK Trivia

    Antony Johnston bombards a panel of North Americans with trivia from the UK. Recorded August 7, 2016.

  • Bootleg cover art
    August 2, 2016
    Defocused 108

    No movie this week. Just stuff and things. Things and stuff.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    July 26, 2016
    Star Trek Beyond

    Jason, Scott, David and Erika talk “Star Trek Beyond.”

  • Bootleg cover art
    July 21, 2016
    Ghostbusters (2016)

    Four women do all the heavy lifting; Jason sits there and answers the phones.

  • Bootleg cover art
    July 17, 2016
    Comic Book Club: Astro City

    The comic book series “Astro City.”

  • Bootleg cover art
    July 16, 2016
    Low Definition 6

    The Brits sure do have some interesting ideas about what words mean.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    July 11, 2016
    Rocket Surgery: Frankenstein Island

    One of Jason’s favorite bad movies is in the spotlight.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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!)

  • Bootleg cover art
    July 7, 2016
    Spaceship Draft

    We picked a lot of spaceships. In draft form!

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    June 23, 2016
    Anime 103

    Prof. Siracusa has us watch two short Anime films.

  • Bootleg cover art
    June 23, 2016
    Flashcast: Flashpoint Special

    Your Flashcast pals talk about the animated Flashpoint movie.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.)

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    June 8, 2016
    Superhero TV Wrap

    Talking superhero TV shows from the past year. With Moze, Lisa, Monty, Dan, and Tony.

  • Bootleg cover art
    June 3, 2016
    Game Night: Trivial Pursuit 3

    Dumb questions with dumb answers from the 1980s. For the next edition of Game Show.

  • Bootleg cover art
    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.

  • Bootleg cover art
    May 26, 2016
    "Toy Story 2"

    Pixar Club continues with a discussion of the 1999 sequel to “Toy Story.” Have a hankie handy.

  • Bootleg cover art
    May 16, 2016
    Nebula Awards 2016

    Seven novels, no waiting.

  • Bootleg cover art
    May 10, 2016
    Low Definition 4

    We hope Glenn’s kids aren’t listening.

  • Bootleg cover art
    May 8, 2016
    "Captain America: Civil War"

    A discussion of “Captain America: Civil War” the weekend the movie came out.

  • Bootleg cover art
    April 18, 2016
    Old Movie Club: "His Girl Friday" and "The Thing"

    Two films from Howard Hawks.