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Everyone's complaining about "Ghostbusters" and chasing Pokemon! Jon, Steven and Howie Weingarten review both and decide if either is a good or bad thing. Also, a toddler attacks!

Walter J. Podrazik invites Jon and Steven to the Museum of Broadcast Communications for a talk on the last decade of TV before the internet. He explains how America's self-confidence led to innovations in sitcoms and drama and how the 24 hour news cycle created reality television. Also, a look into the book he co wrote with Harry Castleman, "Watching TV"!

It's the 4th of July and Jon and Steven are taking the long weekend to think about 2016 so far. Does "Civil War" hold up to a second viewing? Are people still mad at Captain America? Do we still hate "Batman v Superman"? Plus, why Jon can't stop talking about Albert Brooks movies on Netflix!

George Lucas has left Chicago! The lucas museum will not happen in their town and Jon, Steven and Elliot Serrano have strong options about that. Also, Indy 5! Star Trek lawsuits! And the undying love Jon harbors for Peter Capaldi.

Joe returns from Tucson, Arizona with a report from the astronaut convention! What's a veteran of the Apollo missions like in his 80's? Why don't we fund NASA anymore and what does it mean for privatized space travel? Who's going to Mars just to get laid? All this and several tangents will be explored.

Jon describes why there's no podcast this week, then kind of turns it into a podcast. He discusses how AMC's "Preacher" is going, the importance of Fantagraphics "Complete Peanuts" and why his Uncle Jimmy is the funniest guy he ever met.

Live from De Paul University! Jon joins Michi Trota, Wally Podrazik and Danette Chavez for a rounding discussion on what Star Trek mean in each decade it aired, and what the streaming series means for where it's going.

So much is going on! Jon, Steven, Joe and Elliot Serrano cover the knee jerk reactions of the internet over the latest Captain America story, what it means for Watchmen to share the DC universe with Batman and exactly how confusing the X-Men timeline has become with the new movie.

With the end of the New 52 comes the end of DC's most celebrated run. Jon and Steven look over the classic stories and near misses of Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo's long run on"Batman". Also, how the run created the perfect comeback for one of comics best pencilers after years on "Spawn".

Celebrated artist Darwyn Cooke passed away suddenly this weekend. Jon and Steven discuss the impact his style had on the comics community, from his work with Bruce Timm on Batman animated comics and the "Batman Beyond" tv series, his classic redesign of Catwoman, his revival of the Spirit, his beautiful recent variant covers and his masterpiece, New Frontier.