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Hey folks, Jon Rind was unfortunately out of town for this recording session, but the rest of the boys from BOP are here to 'splain you some sick flicks! We start things off with the star of the critiquosphere, Calvary, before getting around to Assault on Arkham, Dallas Buyers Club and even a bit more on Guardians of the Galaxy. Then, in the second segment, we answer some of your questions for Post Office Poison, including directors putting their personal lives in their work, watching movies at the gym, models vs CGI and more!

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Thanks for listening, and be sure to come back in two weeks for our discussion on El Topo!

After some technical difficulties with our last recording, we are back with the do-over of episode 87! We go over Guardians of the Galaxy, Boyhood, The One I Love, and Blue Jasmine before going in depth with our 50th Movie of the Month, Fiddler on the Roof!

Next episode we'll be answering your listener mail so send your questions over to [email protected] or to @crosstawk on Twitter. See ya in two weeks!

Round 2 (Season two?) of Syndicated beings!   Andy's back on deck with his next pick, and his pick is the 2007 action-comedy: Chuck.  The world of Chuck Bartowski is filled with spies, nerds, gunplay, karate, and lots of sexual innuendo.

Neal, Nathan, and Luke join Andy to give their thoughts on Chuck.  What do they think?  Do they all agree, or do we have a genuine disagreement on the show?  Tune in to find out!  

Next time on Syndicated, we'll be talking about the first 12 episodes of Arrow.  Email us your thoughts!

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Get ready for the biggest single-artist episode we've ever done! We broke the limit for a guy who broke limits in music across the decades: Miles Davis. This is a listener request show, but Jonny is fortunate to have an experienced jazz fan in co-host Jon Rind. They explore this mysterious music together, learning to listen deeply to this true American legend. If you've never tried jazz before, we hope this will be a great entry point! Be sure to also check out the previous DMP episode on John Coltrane, who can be heard on a good portion of this Miles Davis playlist:

1. Boplicity (Birth of the Cool)

2. If I Were a Bell (Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet)

3. Four (Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet)

4. When I Fall in Love (Steamin')

5. So What (Kind of Blue)

6. In a Silent Way / It's About Time (In a Silent Way)

7. Spanish Key (Bitches Brew)

8. Right Off (Jack Johnson)

Encore:

Mahavishnu Orchestra - "Miles Beyond" (Birds of Fire)

Welcome back to Box Office Poison! This episode, Karl, Jon, Mike, and Stan get together to discuss Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Snowpiercer, Life Itself, and a whole lot more. Then in our second segment Jonny joins us to talk about his pick for Movie of the Month Contact!

Next episode we are gonna go through another batch of listener mail so send in your questions/comments/concerns to [email protected] or hit us up on Twitter (@crosstawk). See ya then!

Each Syndicated host has picked their first show (Friday Night Lights, Veronica Mars, Fringe, and House of Cards) and so it's time for the first "bonus round" episode of Syndicated.  In these special episodes, we will open up the floor to a listener submission, or perhaps return to a previously covered show to look at later seasons.

This time around, we welcome the host of Crosstawk's own Discover Music Project, and co-host of Box Office Poison, Jonathan Metts.  Jonny has brought the Netflix distributed, BBC-originated show "Derek" to the panel, and so we spend an hour talking about this lovely little piece of kindess.  Do we all love the show as much as Jonny?  Hard to say!

I know we'd promised a follow-up to Friday Night Lights, and that's coming eventually.  It might be the next episode, or it might come a bit later.  The next show we're covering, aside from that FNL follow-up, is the NBC action-comedy "Chuck", so be sure to send in your listener mail questions and commentary, and we'll read them on the show!  

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Veteran co-host Jason Farmer is back for another round of DMP, and this time he's brought the awesome female singer and multi-instrumentalist, Grace Potter. Along with her band The Nocturnals, she has released several albums and developed a thrilling live performance style over the past decade or so. Grace Potter explores many different kinds of music and shows off influences like Bonnie Raitt, Grace Slick, and even Ozzie Osbourne. We can't wait to hear what this lady does next!

1. Treat Me Right (Nothing But the Water)

2. Left Behind (Nothing But the Water)

3. Nothing But the Water [I] (Nothing But the Water)

4. Cortez the Killer (Live at the Jammys)

5. Paris [Ooh La La] (Grace Potter and the Nocturnals)

6. Goodbye Kiss (Grace Potter and the Nocturnals)

7. The Lion, the Beast, the Beat (The Lion, the Beast, the Beat)

8. White Rabbit (Almost Alice)

9. War Pigs (Live at Red Rocks)

Encore:

Halestorm - I Get Off (Halestorm)

After a long break, Scott and Jonny are back with a new episode focusing on a very special topic: space suits! Did you know that some suits are entirely self-contained spaceships (that you can wear)? Learn all about these technological marvels that enable astronauts to become immersed in harsh, alien environments. Space suits are the most identifiable, most human part of spaceflight, and they happen to be one of Jonny's specialties. Very big thanks to Scott for hosting and editing this episode! (Music intro/outro added for Crosstawk edition -- "What's the Use?" by Phish, Fuji Rock Festival Sound Check, 7/29/1999.)

We now return to your regularly scheduled programming with a brand new episode of Box Office Poison! Karl, Jon, and Jonny get together to discuss They Came Together, Obvious Child, How to Train Your Dragon 2, and more! Then in the second segment Stan joins us to help answer your listener mail. We cover obscure comic book villians, the validity of the Bechdel Test, the upcoming George Lucas museum, and of course, Wishmaster!

If you want to send in your questions, comments, concerns, and/or compliments, get at us on twitter (@crosstawk), Gmail, or in the comments section. Next episode we're gonna cover Jonny's movie of the month, Contact. See you then!

Having watched the first part of the season, we now move on to the second half of season one for House of Cards, Nathan's pick.  We talk about Frank, Claire, Zoey, the Rib Shack Guy, Peter Russo, and all of the other characthers who live to serve the Frank Underwood Story.  What do we think about all this?  Tune in and find out!

Next time on Syndicated: We return to Dillon, TX and discuss seasons 2 and 3 of Friday Night Lights!

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