In Episode 44 of Fireside Chat, after briefly chatting about the March 2012 issue of Empire magazine that's chock full of Hunger Games awesomeness, we speak with Dr. Jen Scott Curwood of the University of Sydney about the role that The Hunger Games has played in her research on literature, literacy, and online spaces. We then discuss Capitol Couture and The Hunger Games' chances at next year's Oscars. To conclude, we react to the strangest Crackpot Theory we've ever heard (hint: it's Madge-related).