Literate Ape co-editors Don Hall and David Himmel hold court, interview interesting people and talk about the perspectives of the week.
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It's a book club! Join Ryan and his friends every other Tuesday as they chat about books (and also tell you all about businesses they aren't sponsored by). From Mythology and Swords & Sorcery to Urban Fantasy or History, this book club is all about having a good time while exploring diverse literary genres. Currently, the club is making its way through: Le Morte d'Arthur, by Thomas Mallory The Obelisk Gate (Broken Earth, Book 2), by N.K. Jemisin Worse Guy, by Ruby Dixon
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Whether you're a comic book nerd, literature nerd or just weird in general, then the Comic Literate Podcast is just what you need. Join actual, real life friends Ryan and Jamie as they do deep dives in to old and new comic book titles as well as examining their literary influences and effects on the modern culture. New episodes every week until AI learns how to host podcasts.
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Carolyn and Laura combine girl talk and critical analysis to look at fitness media and trends through an anti-diet lens. They help listeners develop their fitness literacy to become smarter consumers of the fitness industry (while still having fun in the gym and on the internet). Think of it like getting advice from your big sister's friends but instead of dating and fashion they teach you how to not get scammed by the fitness industry's latest snake oil salesman. New episodes every Thursday ...
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Make Me Data Literate features Dr Linda McIver interviewing fascinating people who work with Data, asking the question: What is the one thing you wish everyone knew about data? From Maths Education to Misinformation, we'll cover everything that's interesting about Data Science and how it affects us all.
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Join two Jayhawks as we explore the diversity of religious belief around the world.
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Trashy TV doesn't have to be a guilty pleasure!
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Just three guys who love(d) books and movies and talk about a bunch of adaptations.
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Literary scholars Alicia Broggi and Erica Lombard go through the New York Public Library’s 1995 “Books of the Century” list. Each episode they discuss a book, learn about its author and history, talk to experts, and ask whether it really is one of the books of twentieth century.
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OctopusPark's Literate Gamer: a discussion of games, their meaning, and their impact on people and art.
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Chino High Summer School: Digging Deeper With Digital, Creating Media Literate Student
English 9 College Preparatory
California Content Standards, College and Career Readiness, and Training Digital Repsonsible Students
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Literate ApeCast Ep. 343—The Upending of Manhood: What Makes a Man Beyond a Cock?
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In a cultural landscape where the burning question has been “What is a woman?” for a decade, Don counters with the unspoken question.Af Don Hall
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Deadpool 2024- Plus Deadpool & Wolverine Review to end Merc with a Mouth Month!
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In this week's episode, Ryan and Jamie cap off Merc with a Mouth Month with both a comic and film review. The comic is this year's Deadpool series, written by Cody Ziglar, art by Roge Antonio, and colours by Guru-eFX. They also go on tangents on the meme rise of fame for Deadpool, how meta humour is like MSG, a game of "Name the Marvel Character",a…
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The Obelisk Gate | Chapters 19 & 20
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(7/7) Castrima goes to war. Nassun agrees to do something dangerous. Link dump: Hugo Award Drama (00:00) Introduction (01:24) Interlude (02:03) Chapter 19: you get ready to rumble (22:34) Interlude (34:10) Chapter 20: Nassun, faceted
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People Experience All Kinds of Things
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Part 3 of the summer Q&A series. Thanks for listening! Bonus episodes (including part 2 of this series) is on the Patreon! Click here to join
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"Every decision that we make, whether we're thinking about climate change, poverty, you know happiness, agriculture... how do we feed everyone, how do we clothe them, all of that is underpinned by data and mathematics.Af Dr Linda McIver, Australian Data Science Education Institute
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Literate ApeCast Ep. 342—Extreme Rhetoric Creates Its Own Enemies—We Are the Tone Police Today
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Lots of stuff in here—rhetoric creating an intentional backlash, gentle parenting, umbrellas in the park (Don admits he was wrong so mark the episode), and more! Hunker down on the toilet and enjoy…Af Don Hall
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Deadpool (2012)- The Best Deadpool Comic Series? (Featuring Wolverine and Captain America)
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In this weeks episode, Ryan makes Jamie read issues 15-19 of his favourite Deadpool comic run from 2012. Written by Gerry Duggan & Brian Posehn, art by Declan Shalvey, and colour by Jordie Bellaire. They also go on brief tangents about Deadpool's sexual orientation, Jamie attempting to recall Wolverine and Captain America's origins, how Hugh Jackma…
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(1/4) On an alien world, a human woman is tasked with rehabilitating the clone of a monster. Will she succeed, or is this guy even worse than the original? Read along with us! You can buy the paperback, ebook or the audiobook.* This is the first in a series of bonus episodes; I'm collaborating with Toni, the host of Romance Read Along. She is in se…
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Literate ApeCast Ep. 341—Is Hawk Tuah a Word or a State of Mind?
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We start with the ‘hawk tuah’ girl and gradually wind around to the use of photography to fool us, face blindness, ‘kidney’ friends, and the realization that David’s sons are to be called ‘master.’Af Don Hall
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Cable and Deadpool- Continuing Merc with a Mouth Month to the 00s
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In this weeks episode, Ryan makes Jamie read the 2004 comic series, Cable and Deadpool. Written by Fabian Nicieza and art by Mark Brooks and Patrick Zircher. They also go on tangents like Jamie briefly explains Deadpool's origin, Ryan badly explains the history and origin of Cable, why Arrested Development was so good, and which heroes have the mor…
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(6/7) We contemplate what it means to be human. Nassun learns a thing or two about love. We lose one of our oldest friends. Read along with us! You can buy the book here. This episode is brought to you by Gregg Bush. Please support his campaign for MO House District 50 by donating to his ActBlue.Support us on Patr…
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Literate ApeCast Ep. 340—The Growth of Self Perception
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David has Harry on his mind (shock!) and Don has thoughts. Also, there is a question of personal branding for both monkeys.Af Don Hall
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Deadpool 1997- Starting Merc With a Mouth Month With His First Ongoing Series
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In this weeks episode, Ryan makes Jamie read Deadpool's first ongoing series from 1997. Written by Joe Kelly, pencils by Ed McGuinness and inks by Nathan Massengill. They also go on tangents about MCU fantasy booking, Jamie's comparison of Deadpool to Shakespeare, Jamie's disdain for this specific portrayal of the Irish accent, and an attempt at a …
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Literate ApeCast Ep. 339—Some Jews Go to the Ozarks
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The Himmel crew head off to vacation at the Lake of the Ozarks. David recorded some of it for your edification. Hall slept in.Af Don Hall
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DC's Shazam! (2023)- A Great Comic Staring Captain [REDACTED]
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In this weeks episode, Ryan makes Jamie read the 2023 ongoing series, Shazam!. By storytellers Mark Waid and Dan Mora with colours by Alejandro Sánchez. They also go on tangents about why heatwaves feel worse in England, why they still claim to not be Star Wars fans, how all gods are real...sort of, and their favorite kids TV shows. Timecodes 00:00…
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The Obelisk Gate | Chapters 13-15
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(5/7) Tonkee takes some rash actions. Castrima is threatened. Nassun hears something messed up and then does something messed up. Read along with us! You can buy the book here.Link dump: Superman's Fortress of Solitude "There is something in my suit!" from Evolution (2001) Mistborn This episode is brought to you by Gregg Bush. Please supp…
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Literate ApeCast Ep. 338—Are We Satanists and the Long Grift of Therapy
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The Literate Apes consider whether they are dyed in the wool Satanists and Hall pulls hard on the thread of perpetual therapy as a solution to any sort of real world problems.Af Don Hall
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Phantom Road- Imagine Lost but in an 18 Wheeler
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In this weeks episode, Ryan makes Jamie read the 2023 comic book series, Phantom Road. Written by Jeff Lemire, art by Gabriel H. Walta and colour by Jordie Bellaire. They also go on tangents about Mystery Box style fiction, how the original mystery box series was The Twilight Zone, Jamie explains MKUltra and also goes on a rant about Harry Potter T…
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Literate ApeCast Ep. 337—Talking to Cops in the Park
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Hall is working with a lot of Chicago police in his job in the park and has a few observations. Himmel is not as anti-cop as he appears.Af Don Hall
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Birds of Prey- DC Women Superheroes Do A Taken/Oceans 11
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In this weeks episode, Ryan makes Jamie read the 2023 ongoing, Eisner Award nominated series, Birds of Prey. Written by Kelly Thompson, art by Leonardo Romero and Arist Deyn, and colours by Jordie Bellaire. They also go on tangents about how great Margot Robbie is, how great The Big Short is, debating the semantics of a plot hole, and Ryan badly ex…
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(4/7) Alabaster tells us everything. Schaffa has hazy dreams of the past. Nassun turns a friend into stone. Read along with us! You can buy the book here.This episode is brought to you by Gregg Bush. Please support his campaign for MO House District 50 by donating to his ActBlue.Support us on Patreon and get ad-free epis…
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Literate ApeCast Ep. 336—Old Men Complaining About Getting Older
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The chimps are starting to feel the march of time in their lower backs and ankles and sit in Himmel’s kitchen and bitch about it.Af Don Hall
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Ultimate Spider-Man- The Best Spider-Man Comic for Years!
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In this weeks episode, Ryan makes Jamie read the currently on going series, Ultimate Spider-Man. Written by Jonathan Hickman and art by Marco Checchetto and David Messina. Ryan also badly explains the history of the Marvel Ultimate Universe, decides who would win between Captain America and Batman, and Jamie gets exposed for never reading prologues…
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You Don't Need To Be Doing All That
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We've been training the last 6 weeks for this yapathon! In this episode we rant about anti-fat fitness "motivation" and answer your questions about macro trackers, DOMS, cycle syncing, and more. Check out the Patreon for bonus content and early access to new episodes :)
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Literate ApeCast Ep. 335—The Best Parents and The Gifts They Give
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Parents often shower their love upon us by buying us lawn mowers and droids. These are the tales of parenting through commerce.Af Don Hall
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Transformers- Better than the films? (Yes, but it was a pretty low bar to be fair)
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In this weeks episode, Ryan makes Jamie read the currently ongoing and currently Eisner Award nominated comic book series, Transformers. Written and drawn by Daniel Warren Johnson with colour by Mike Spicer. You'll also hear about Ryan's dumb idea for a comic book, Ryan explaining some of the wrestling moves that the Transformers do to each other, …
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The Obelisk Gate | Chapters 7-9
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(3/7) Jija finds the comm he's looking for. We discover Castrima has enemies. Nassun tells Schaffa about her mother. Link dump: Black hair Looking for an Enemy: 8 Essays on Antisemitism Read along with us! You can buy the book here.This episode is brought to you by Gregg Bush. Please support his campaign for MO House District 50 by donating…
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Literate ApeCast Ep. 334—On Turning 45 | In Search of Balance
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Himmel flips the calendar page from 44 with a wife and a job to 45 divorced and unemployed. Tough freaking year. He shares the lessons he learned in this tumultuous 365 days.Af Don Hall
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Nightwing(2016)- Examining Dick Grayson's Pirate Booty
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In this weeks episode, Ryan makes Jamie read issues 105-110 of the currently ongoing, Eisner Award nominated series Nightwing. Written by Tom Taylor and art by Bruno Redono, Stephen Byrne and Sami Basri. They also talk about how the unique perspective of issue 105 has earned it's own award nomination, some quick back stories for Dick Grayson and Da…
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Literate ApeCast Ep. 333—Stolen Sriracha and Elvis Presley for Mother’s Day
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Hall joins David in his newly emptied home, does his dishes, and they discuss everything from the divorce to Elvis Presley. Also some Stallone, Israel, and the smoke show that is J. Brush.Af Don Hall
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Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees- Winnie the Pooh as a Serial Killer...But Good
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In this weeks episode, Ryan and Jamie discuss the 2023 limited series, Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees, with story and art by Patrick Horvath and letters by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou. They also discuss it's similarities to Dexter, it's themes of natural vs unnatural violence, whether it's pretentious to be called Jesus, and swear words are magic. Y…
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The Cull- Stranger Things meets Narnia
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In this weeks episode, Ryan and Jamie discuss the 2023 limited series, The Cull, which is written by Kelly Thompson, art by Mattia De Iulis and lettering by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou. They also go on tangents about their love of American diners, the similarities between TMNT and Sex in the City, the underrated TV show Misfits and the ChatGPT robot that…
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(2/7) Boilbugs are gross. Hoa tries to explain stone eaters. Nassun discovers how to manipulate her father. We discover Magic! Read along with us! You can buy the book here.On May 16th-19th, and May 23rd-26th, 2024, Julia and Ryan performed Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap at the Maplewood Barn Community Theatre. You can view the gallery here. T…
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Star Wars-gasbord (like smorgasbord...but with Star Wars comics instead of cheese)
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In this weeks episode, Ryan and Jamie celebrate May the 4th by going through some of the current, ongoing Star Wars comic titles from Marvel. Specifically, Mace Windu, Jango Fett, and Darth Maul - Black, White & Red. They also go on tangents about the difference between American trucks and British lorries, Jamie's child trauma from Disneyland, and …
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(1/7) Nassun catches her father red-handed. We summon a couple of obelisks. Schaffa survives Meov. Link dump: Liquid Breathing David Hasselhoff in The Spongebob Squarepants Movie Read along with us! You can buy the book here.This episode is brought to you by Gregg Bush. Please support his campaign for MO House District 50 by donating to his ActB…
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Literate ApeCast Ep. 331—Hall is Unhinged
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Hall signed up for Hinge only to discover that the prospect of dating in a post-apocalyptic divorce scenario is almost too daunting.Af Don Hall
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Void Rivals- The Transformers/G.I Joe Universe Starts Here....sort of
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In this weeks episode, Ryan and Jamie discuss the 2023, ongoing series from Image Comics, Void Rivals, written by Robert Kirkman, drawn by Lorenzo De Felici and colored by Matheus Lopes. They also go on some long tangents about the British version of G.I. Joe, the upcoming Community movie, and how Marlon Brando was a difficult actor. So there's som…
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Literate ApeCast Ep. 330—Icons of Chicago and the Metric of Unrealistic Expectations
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Himmel was incensed by both a WBEZ bracket contest about Chicago icons and a woman trying to get child support from an anonymous sperm donor so that’s where we went.Af Don Hall
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#1- Sensational She-Hulk- Superhero, Rom-Com, Legal Drama and More?
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In this weeks episode, Ryan and Jamie discuss the 2023 ongoing series, Sensational She-Hulk, written by Rainbow Rowell and art by Andrés Genolet and Dee Cunniffe. Not so many tangents this week as Jamie was recovering from illness and Ryan was just tired. YouTube- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_2GA9q40JoBmnbOrkjGuJg Apple Podcasts- https://podc…
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Le Morte d'Arthur III | Chapters 8-15
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(2/2) The boys finish recounting the exploits of Sir Gawaine, then tell of the adventures of Sir Tor and King Pellinore. Read along with us! Zach is reading a version of the text adapted into modern idiom. Ryan is reading a more archaic version of the text that you can download digitally for free. This episode is brought to you by Gregg Bush. P…
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Literate ApeCast Ep. 329—Unfucking the Palates
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A discussion that includes ways to artistically be inspired, terribly dark fiction, and the road to work/art balance.Af Don Hall
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Fallout: New Vegas- All Roads- There's somehow only ONE Fallout comic
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In this weeks episode, Ryan and Jamie discuss the only Fallout related comic book that Bethesda have ever allowed to be produced for some reason. Fallout: New Vegas- All Roads is a prequel to the video game and was written by Chris Avellone, pencils by Jean Diaz and Wellinton Alves, and inks by Belardino Brabo and Nelson Pereira They also fill time…
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"The rise of populism has been substantial across the advanced world, indeed across developing countries as well. So those of us who believe in data need to be strong proponents of the publication of those data even when it produces results that make us uncomfortable.Af Dr Linda McIver, Australian Data Science Education Institute
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Literate ApeCast Ep. 328—Getting Unstuck and Finding Joy
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Hall is in his own transition, having recently uprooted and come home. Himmel is on the edge of the cliff, trying to find purpose and joy amidst a great upheaval. Also, Himmel uses a word he’s not supposed to. Listen for it.Af Don Hall
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Chip Zdarsky's Newburn- Too Cool for School or Just a Marty Sue?
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In this weeks episode, Ryan and Jamie discuss the 2021 ongoing series, Newburn, written by Chip Zdarsky and art by Jacob Phillips. They also go on tangents about cromulent T-shirts, the best John Wick films, and the superior modern adaptation of Sherlock Holmes. From 54.30, they also give their recommendations for The Bad Batch season 3, X-Men 97 a…
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Ryan, Julia, and Zach all get together for the first time to discuss the podcast on its 1st anniversary. They play a game, discuss their favorite episodes, and chat about the Fifth Season (heavy spoilers).
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NOTE: Due to some tech difficulties this episode got cut a little short We're really hoping to have it all resolved by our next recording session! In this episode we talked about some of the weird diet-y ads some of you have been getting targeted with as well as the Oprah Ozempic special and doomsday prepper fitness propaganda on reels. Enjoy! Chec…
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