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LWJ&A – Episode 324 – Unsalted, Unplowed, Undriveable

Lunchtime! It’s a snow day today, which prompts us to talk about that most nostalgic of feelings when you know there’s the possibility of an unscheduled day off from school. Then we go deep into A.Ron’s chimney to talk about the woes of remodeling. Finally, it’s all topped off by listener questions.

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Killjoy (2000)

We went into Killjoy nearly blind but podcast commissioner Doug assured us that it was bad enough to wrap back around to good. Turns out Doug was exactly right. The creators chose the homeopathic approach to budgeting, mixing no more than 1 part money to every 100 parts runtime. Despite that, we enjoyed our time with it. Join us for the podcast to find out exactly why.

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)

What do you say about a movie that’s better the first time around but is a little confusing even on subsequent watches, requires multiple trigger warnings, and seems to want to end about 45 minutes before the runtime expires? Join us for our The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo podcast to find out.

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Station Eleven, Peacemaker, The Righteous Gemstones, Children of Time, Patron Topics – Off the Clock

This time we’re capping off Station Eleven with a talk about all 10 episodes before going into the surprise hit, Peacemaker, dipping a toe into The Righteous Gemstones, and revisiting Children of Time now that we’ve both finished it. Top all of that off with a scoop of Patron Topics and you’ve got an episode of Off the Clock.

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Chapter 4: The Gathering Storm

This episode made Boba Fett look like a real buffoon. Unfortunately, that’s not our recollection of the character from the original series and there are no number of “flashbactas” that can make us ok with it. Join us for the episode for some talk about what didn’t work and why.

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LWJ&A – Episode 323 – Breaking and Etherneting

Lunchtime! This week Jim talks about his plans to rewire his house with ethernet cables, then we talk about some of the TV and games we watched and played over the holiday break, including Unpacking and Warhammer 40k: Space Marine.

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The Expanse wrapup w/ Pete Peppers & BenjaTV

We recently sat in on a massive 3-hour livestream with Pete Peppers and BenjaTV about the end of The Expanse. If you want to watch the video you can find it on Pete’s YouTube channel or if you’re a club member, you can listen to it here as a podcast. Enjoy!

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Risky Business (1983)

Everyone has seen the video of a young Tom Cruise gyrating his way through his parents’ living room in his tighty-whiteys but did you know there’s a whole movie that happens after that? That movie is “Risky Business”, the topic of this week’s Prestige podcast.

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Season 6 Wrapup

Join us for one last episode of the Beltalowda podcast to celebrate the end of the perhaps the best sci-fi show to date. It’s a super-sized, feedback-packed episode where we quibble a little over the necessity of certain events and wonder what could have been but come out the other side appreciating what we did get.

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Chapter 3: The Streets of Mos Espa

The obligatory action scene this week is a real disappointment but the rest of the episode held up pretty well. Join us for the podcast to hear our thoughts on The Book of Boba Fett’s third chapter, The Streets of Mos Espa.

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