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Description Returning guest Josh Allen joins Joe to discuss the class collection of scary stories that has haunted elementary school classrooms since the 1980s. Written by Alvin Schwartz with art by Stephen Gammell, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark … Continue reading →

Discussion Returning guest Nicole Freim joins Joe to discuss the film Barbie. Directed by Greta Gerwig, and starring Margot Robbie as Barbie, America Ferrera as Gloria, Ariana Greenblatt as Sasha, and Ryan Gosling as Ken, the film tells the story … Continue reading →

Description Returning guest John Darowski joins Joe to discuss the novel The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan. It tells the story of John Buchan on the run from both authorities and members of a criminal gang as he gets caught … Continue reading →

Description Returning guest George Tsakiridis joins Joe to discuss Better Call Saul, the prequel series to Breaking Bad. We’re discussing the pilot episode of the series, which stars Bob Odenkirk as Jimmy McGill, though viewers of Breaking Bad knew him … Continue reading →

Description Returning guest Josh Allen joins Joe to discuss one of the most famous Superman stories ever told. Written by Alan Moore with art by Curt Swan, this was the last Superman told before the DC Universe was reset at … Continue reading →

Description Returning guest Branden Ushio joins Joe to play a round of Pop Culture Fives. We choose a random pop culture topic and give rapid responses to the prompt (the rapidity of the responses varies greatly, we get into a … Continue reading →

Description Producer Andrew joins Joe to discuss the classic sci-fi film The Thing From Another World. This 1951 film tells the story of a group of scientists and military personnel stationed at an Arctic base who discover a flying saucer … Continue reading →

Description Returning guest Virginia McAllister joins Joe to discuss the novel The Will of the Many. Written by James Islington, the novel tells the story of a teenage protagonist, Vis Telimus, who works to overthrow the unjust class system that … Continue reading →

Welcome to the first episode of this special project, where John Darowski and Producer Andrew will discuss the Redwall book series by Brian Jacques in publication order. The first book, Redwall, follows the mouse Matthias as he learns to become a hero and … Continue reading →

Description Returning guest George Tsakiridis joins Joe to discuss the tv show Mad Men. Set in the 1960s and following the men and women whose lives revolve around an advertising firm, the series starred Jon Hamm in the role of … Continue reading →

Description Returning guest Nicole Freim joins Joe to discuss the classic comic book mini-series Kingdom Come. This non-canon story is set in a dystopian future that sees some of the classic DC superheroes come out of retirement to confront a … Continue reading →

Description First-time guest Neil Cohn joins Joe to discuss an academic perspective on comic books. Cohn recently published Speaking in Pictures, and we discuss his work and analysis of the comic book form. Support Patreon Show Notes Visual Language Lab … Continue reading →

Description Returning guest John Darowski joins Joe to discuss a film in the Detective Conan anime series, which is about a high school detective who was turned into a first grader but who still fights crime. That’s the general premise, … Continue reading →

Description Returning guest Allsion Epstein joins Joe to discuss Daphne de Maurier’s 1938 novel Rebecca. Told from the point of view of an unnamed protagonist, the story follows a young woman falling in love with an older widower and the … Continue reading →

Description Returning guest Branden Ushio joins Joe to discuss Starfleet Academy, one of the many streaming Star Trek tv shows that can be found on Paramount+. We’re discussing “The Life of the Stars,” which tells the story of some Starfleet … Continue reading →