Star Wars: The Clone Wars: "The Box"

Tommy and Cassie Proffitt of Distant Echoes join to talk about this unexpected homage to the horror film Cube, where an undercover Obi-Wan and a ragtag group of bounty hunters try to survive and escape the deadly traps of a giant space box.

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Star Trek: Voyager: "Fair Haven" and "Spirit Folk"

Eric Berry (of Starfleet Escape Podcast and Ranger Command Power Hour) joins to talk about two holodeck episodes that pay homage to romance novels and fae folklore thanks to a holographic Irish village, complete with a philosophical examination of having a hologram boyfriend. 

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Scrubs: "My Musical"

Eric Dewey (director of the Four Eyed Radio Network and host of Interstellar Comms and Socially Awkward Studios) joins for one of the most renowned sitcom musicals ever made, where a surprisingly realistic medical condition causes Sacred Heart Hospital to break out in song and dance.

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Charmed: "Cat House"

Cassie Proffitt of Distant Echoes joins to talk about a magical meta clip show, featuring lots of cats, jokes about old hairstyles, and creative workarounds to avoid showing a prominent cast member.

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Digimon Adventure 02: "His Master's Voice" / "The Call of Dagomon"

Joshua Aaron Moore (sportswriter and author) dives into the dark ocean of this notorious and creepy episode, which uses H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos as a metaphor for depression.

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Pushing Daisies: "Girth"

Greg Leatherman (of It's Super Effective and Very Random Encounters podcasts, and writer of Glitter Hearts) joins to talk about a layered Halloween episode exploring both literal and metaphorical ghosts -- including a fire-spewing ghost horse.

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Batman: The Animated Series: "P.O.V."

Gavin Mevius of The Mixed Reviews Podcast joins to chat about a Batman episode with very little Batman, told from the perspectives of secondary cop characters Renee Montoya, Harvey Bullock, and a rookie voiced by Disney's Beast, along with a barrage of censorship troubles.

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Lost: "Exposé"

Tyler and Nate from Animorphing Time bring the razzle dazzle to this Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead-style story, which revisits Lost's history through the eyes of its infamously hated diamond-loving duo and celebrates classic schlocky TV.

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King of the Hill: "Pigmalion"

Tommy Proffitt of Distant Echoes joins to talk about this dark and infamous Halloween episode that puts Luanne in the clutches of a twisted pork mogul played by Michael Keaton, complete with every troubling mental health trope you could think of.

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House: "Three Stories"

Andrea La-Rosa Jimenez joins to talk Dr. House's reality-bending med school lecture made of false flashbacks, Carmen Electra, and a surprise origin story.

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