What makes something original? And does it really matter? Can't good ideas draw off others? We dive into this part of storytelling in the first Easier Said of 2020!

As 2019 wraps up, we take this opportunity to reflect on the blessings we've had this year and over the decade - memes, we mean. Join as we reflect on ten whole years of memes and evaluate memes, what it means to be a meme, the categories of memes, and much more!

We take a look at the elements and issues that come into play in worldbuilding in fantasy and sci-fi. Tune in as we check out things like mythos, depth, consistency, and more!

Genre fiction covers quite a range of things. Here we take a glance at a slew of different types of fiction and the different boxes they fit in and the tropes they employ, not to mention a big examination of mixed mythology!

A month out from the final installment of the Skywalker saga, we take a broad look at the ideas, theories, and predictions about the Rise of Skywalker. Who lives? Who dies? Are the Ewoks coming back? Does someone invent the porgburger and settle on a distant world with a newly successful restaurant chain? We all know Jar Jar is a Sith Lord, but is Boss Nass pulling his strings? 

We explore it all, and then twist endings to wrap up the new trilogy, all here on Easier Said!

Long overdue, in this episode we play a game choosing between options we all anonymously submitted into our basket and debate our choices! But then -- we close the show out definitively answering the Trolley Problem. Join us!

Where does the film and TV world go from here? Who is going to get caught looking silly without a streaming service of their own?

How has the wide array of media for TV, movies, music, and literature affected the way in which we consume entertainment? We talk about how culture has become relative to individual taste.

We tackle a big topic, debating whether art, history, philosophy, classical studies, poetry, and literature even matter! What do they offer us? What impact do they make? Join us, and join in on the conversation! 

This episode we address the subject of a lot of controversy, and somehow never even mention the JJ Abrams' Star Trek movies. If that doesn't pique your interest for this podcast, we talk all about the differences between all three of these things and whether or not filmmakers should bother with any of them.