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Latest Episode6/17/2021

E26: FOR ALL MANKIND

Season 1, Ep. 26
Ana and Dan talk about Apple TV+’s best show that is not Ted Lasso, and wonder if the showrunners have really grappled with the radical changes they’ve made, maybe women fully participating in the Space Race would be an even bigger deal? That said! Great show. Also discussed: Is FAMK “Mad Men in space” or “West Wing in space”? There is IR in this series.
6/17/2021

E26: FOR ALL MANKIND

Season 1, Ep. 26
Ana and Dan talk about Apple TV+’s best show that is not Ted Lasso, and wonder if the showrunners have really grappled with the radical changes they’ve made, maybe women fully participating in the Space Race would be an even bigger deal? That said! Great show. Also discussed: Is FAMK “Mad Men in space” or “West Wing in space”? There is IR in this series.
6/5/2021

E25: CHILDREN OF MEN

Season 1, Ep. 25
Ana and Dan dive into one of the least-pleasant best movies of the modern era, a gorgeous and captivating tale of a world slowly winding down into violent nihilism and numb decadence. Except, what if life *isn't* over? There is IR in this movie.
5/28/2021

E24: KINDRED

Season 1, Ep. 24
A time-travel novel that shares the same premise as "Back to the Future," but is really about the moral gray areas within the institution of slavery. Surprisingly, there is IR in this book.
5/22/2021

E23:Starship Troopers

Season 1, Ep. 23
Ana and Dan take on Paul Verhoeven's misunderstood and mismarketed military romp. Can you make such a faithful parody of fascist propaganda that it becomes... fascist propaganda? Do you want to know more? There is IR in this movie.
5/15/2021

E22: ALTERED CARBON

Season 1, Ep. 22
Ana and Dan stumble through a drizzly, neon-lit cityscape, beset by hard-as-nails dames and colorful assassins -- in the future. Join us for a slight detour through Ana's favorite micro-genre. There is IR in this book.
5/7/2021

E21: THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER (UNLOCKED)

Season 1, Ep. 21
Ana and Dan talk about the hunkiest entry into the next Marvel phase and its ham-fisted but sincere investigation of this country's whiteness protection program. There is IR in this television series.
4/30/2021

E20: SCHLOCK OR AWE: BATTLESTAR GALACTICA V1

Season 1, Ep. 20
Ana and Dan turn a roving red eye on what's schlocky, what's serviceable, and what's genuinely scary about 1978's Mormon science fiction masterpiece. There is IR in this television pilot.