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Sputnik

Ep. 335

This week we conclude our 2020 season with Chris' choice, Russia's Sputnik! Join us for monster chat, iron curtain chat, and technically difficult chat because Chris' audio was SO far out of sync with the rest of us it sounds a bit like we're talking throuh an interpreter at times.


Next week we begin another season of reranks, giving some classic films the proper one episode SFRS 2.0 treatment, with The Thing!

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