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Apollo 13 (1995)

This week marks the 25th anniversary of the release of Apollo 13. It was a movie A.Ron and I loved back then and we were pleasantly surprised to see how well it held up. Join us for a discussion of the film, the real Apollo missions, the future of space exploration, and beyond.

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Kingdom: S02E04-06 and Patreon topics – Off the Clock

We’ve seen all of Kingdom season 2 now and we’re ready to talk about it. We also have a Patreon question about our thoughts on Legion and some discussion about A.ron’s experience with The Last of Us 2.

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904 – The Obliged

In an episode of The Walking Dead that’s good enough to please no one, it’s all about whether you’re going to make Negan a martyr and whether Daryl and Rick can climb out of their desperate pit of emotion. I dunno. Daryl’s sidewalls are pretty high and Rick’s roots are as shaky as Negan’s grip on sanity.

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LWJ&A – Episode 253 – Father’s Day Confessions

A.Ron talks about his Father’s Day experience, including a few confessions. Jim repairs his Aeron (not a typo). Potential new holidays to replace broken ones. The politics of being apolitical. Freestyle canoeing. Last of Us 2 thoughts, and much more.

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Episode 32 – Val Kilmer has moved beyond “dad bod”

In Episode #32, originally aired on 06.26.2015: A.Ron’s Mad Max drive-in experience, brunch is put on trial, Google and Delphi’s autonomous driving near-miss, Val Kilmer, and more. This one’s a banger.

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Dark: Season 2 & Kingdom: S02E01-03

A couple of Netflix shows today. We’ve seen all there is to see of Dark and we’re ready to talk about it leading up to the release of the third season this Saturday. Also, we gush about the first half of season 2 of the ancient-Korean period-action-political-drama-zombie series, Kingdom.

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903 – Warning Signs

Right now there’s a writer sitting somewhere in Georgia, maybe Hollywood, or more likely hell, thinking about what a great metaphor this episode’s tomato was. It’s probably the same writer who was self-impressed when they decided that Gabriel was an ‘A’. Both of those writers suck.

We couldn’t figure out what either meant or why we should care about any of it, which makes this episode a B+ by The Walking Dead standards.

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LWJ&A – Episode 252

This week we talk about Juneteenth, the wonders of baking soda and super glue, stinky foods, really really long trails, and much more.

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Episode 31: Bill Simmons’ Silent Partners

This week we talk about Bill Simmons new partnership with HBO, plans for our “Silent Movies” feature, our impending 10 million download milestone (thanks, Game of Thrones!) as well as E3 2015.

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Da 5 Bloods (2020)

After we announced last week that we’d be covering Fruitvale Station, Spike Lee went and dropped his latest joint, Da 5 Bloods, on Netflix, to rave reviews. So, we’ve decided to postpone Fruitvale Station for a week in favor of timely coverage of what’s sure to be a strong contender come Oscar season. Join us for the podcast to hear our what we thought.

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