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This week Romance is in the air with special guest: Jessica Pryde writer, singer, reader, and Founder of Bookman’s Romance Book Club. Reneé is the lead and the quartet talk about: Love Languages, Fa...

17 Feb 202045min

The team had an assignment this week. Scott, Jeff, and Reneé assigned the others a piece of media to enjoy (okay, so maybe enjoy isn't quite the right word). Jeff's pick was the early aught film Grand...

7 Feb 20201h

In this bonus episode Scott and Jeff talk about the film Ford vs. Ferrari.

5 Feb 202033min

The team talks cultural appropriation. From sport team names, to conchas, and the problematic Apu from the Simpsons — all the ways it's possible to dishonor another culture. But, wait! It's not that s...

31 Jan 202049min

The team talks about what needs to be put to rest in 2020. Tropes, literary and cinematic techniques, including the over-used time travel fix-all. This episode includes a very niche reference to The S...

25 Jan 20201h 3min

Scott and Jeff review a great (the best?) film of 2019, JoJo Rabbit, dir. Taika Waititi.

22 Jan 202053min

Scott, Reneé, and Jeff discuss the role of fans in the creation of art. How do these cultural gatekeepers both positively and negatively affect the outcome of media in the day and age of immediate and...

21 Jan 20201h 4min

Jeff, Reneé, and Scott talk epic B movies, low-budgets, and the art of the not trying to be Oscar-worthy. What happens when a budget is small but the story is big (*cough* Harriet *cough*)? How do som...

10 Jan 202043min