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Electric Bookaloo: Arya I

Anthony finally gets to talk about his favorite character! Lisa Woolfork talks about Sam and Arya. Robert Rouse talks about chapter 7 and discusses medieval travel narratives and cartography. Steve and Anthony get deep into the plot and themes of season one. Gregory Webster explores Arya’s complex identity. Anthony suggests four ways that Roman religion influenced Martin’s world: why is the number seven significant?

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Elf (2003)

What would Christmas be without a heartfelt message of cheer and togetherness? Elf starts out on a sad and lonely note, but by the end our spirits are lifted. Hopefully we accomplished the same this Christmas season with our podcasts. Thank you to everyone who has joined us for these past few weeks of celebration. Enjoy the final podcast of the season, and we’ll see you next year!

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S05E04 – Gaugamela

This episode is absolutely packed full of disasters. Seriously, there are at least four devastating crises! Bad things are happening on a system-wide scale and all of our characters are caught up in it. Join us as we discuss what the huge developments of this week’s episode might mean for the rest of the season.

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His Dark Materials – S02E06 – Malice

Cecily and Alexis say their goodbyes to their favorite tired joke, ask lots of questions about witches, and get pumped for some action!

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Cast Away (2000) – 20th Anniversary

Cast Away defined the survival genre when it came out in 2000 and it’s back again on its 20th anniversary to cap off the year of pure survival, 2020. Join us for the podcast as we discuss the themes of hope, scenes we can only watch through our fingers, and, of course, WILLLLSOOOONNN.

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S02E08 – Chapter 16: The Rescue

The Mandalorian is leaving our lives for another year, but not before delivering a mind-blowing amount of fan service and a major announcement of… something. Join us for the season finale discussion and enjoy the podcast. See you next season!

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Electric Bookaloo: Catelyn II

Gregory Webster and Don Riggs join Anthony to discuss Catelyn’s motives (both seen and unseen). Steve Ausburne talks about trial by combat, eating horse hearts, and falling from the moondoor. After talking with Chad about the maesters, Anthony dives deep into dragons as presented in medieval bestiaries. 

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Mank, Dark Matter, Joe Robinet, Patreon Topics – Off the Clock

This month’s Patron edition of “Off the Clock” isn’t as much about the TV and movies we’ve been watching as it is about what we’ve been reading and watching on YouTube.

A.Ron’s discussion of Mank tells the story of the writing of Citizen Kane. Jim follows up with another Blake Crouch novel, Dark Matter. Then A.Ron talks about his survivalist YouTube obsession, Joe Robinet. And we close it out with a discussion of the shows we wanted to talk more about this year and those we’re glad we didn’t bother with.

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S05E01, E02 & E03 – Exodus, Churn & Mother

Season 5 is finally here! Join us for our half-assed discussion of the first three episodes as the crew of the Rocinante is cast to the winds and the powers that be try to figure out what Marco Inaros’ grand plan is.

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Heat (1995) – 25th Anniversary Re-Release

Today is the 25th anniversary of an absolute classic crime drama, Heat. If we hadn’t already reviewed it we probably would take the opportunity to do so right now. However, thanks to the generosity of one of our most loyal listeners, Freddy C, you can hear what we thought of it circa Feb. 2018. Thanks again for the commission, Freddy, and everyone else, enjoy the re-release of Heat.

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