In this week’s episode, Geoff and Justin talk about the divisive second season of House of the Dragon. But before these riders don their battle armor and climb their mounts, they must celebrate Austrian-American intelligence relations and the safety of Taylor and The Swifties. In other news, the movies are back! Thankfully so is millennial hottie Dylan O’Brien who is on the star-studded cast of a new SNL biopic premiering during the NBC comedy’s 50th season! The boys also learned that Fran Drescher is a fan of the pod, and that they inspired the latest SAG-AFTRA strike. When will Hollywood execs learn that people can never be replaced by AI? Speaking of: hope the big wigs at HBO (max) have their scorpions aimed and at the ready, as G&J are descending upon their headquarters and shouting dracarys for cutting this season of HOTD short by two episodes!

What’s Good?

Geoff: Veep (Max)

Justin: Hild by Nicola Griffith (Bookshop)

Links: 

Saturday Night First Look: How the SNL Movie Captures 1975’s Wild Opening Night⁠ (Vanity Fair)

⁠2 Youths Planned Attacks on Taylor Swift’s Vienna Concerts, Authorities Say⁠ (The New York Times)

⁠Borderlands Movie Review: So Bad It’s Just Bad⁠ (Kotaku)

Video game actors are officially on strike over AI (The Verge)

The Reason Why People Who Cross Picket Lines Are Called ‘Scabs’ (Mental Floss)

Aretha Franklin on Adele, Taylor Swift and Divas (YouTube)

‘House Of The Dragon’ To Get Shorter Season 2 As HBO Series Eyes Season 3 Greenlight (Deadline)

Middle Ages (Britannica)

Credits:

Song: Tollef - Time With You (feat. RVLE) [NCS Release]

Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds

Free Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/TWU

Creators & Producers: Geoff Taylor and Justin Benavidez

Show Art: Geoff Taylor

Audio Editor: Justin Benavidez

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