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We're knee deep in training camp injuries, so that's how you know the NFL is truly back. Joined by CBS Sports' producer to the stars, we talk about the departure of Dan Snyder, the cheapening of running backs and the continued Blackening of the Quarterback position. I'm telling you guys, this not having a rooting interest has brought the NFL back for me, and you need to get on board!

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Welcome to the 12 month NBA calendar as the offseason has become just as newsworthy as those 82 nights a year. Before the Nuggets defend their rings, join Justin and I breaking down the most interesting teams in the 2023-2024 offseason.

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Podcast Week rolls on with Day Two, and we're talking the return of college football. Joined by fellow DudeYouCrazy alumni Chad Floyd, we're celebrating all that is UGA staring down the barrel of a third consecutive National Title. We work out how the hell I'll explain these Dawgs to future Palm, and also take a lap around the world of CFB. A lap that travels through Athens, Georgia if you want to hold the hardware in January. 

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Kicking off Podcast Week 2023 with everyone's favorite podcast guest, it's a return to a world Between Two Palms! As we await the newest Palm, we're talking all the sports things we missed in July - celebrating YOUR Atlanta Dream, ESPN layoffs and the ballad of Shohei Ohtani. Happy episode 250! Tap in for five days of podcasting greatness!

Guest: SPalm - @snusans

 

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We know last episodes we covered Year One but we decided to revisit that volume as well as volume 12 of the Williamson run of The Flash. Year One was worth a revisit because it not only reestablishes some of the lost history of Barry Allen but also starts off a new one as well (Barry meeting not only Wally but Wallace at the same time). It also takes a villain that we didn't think twice about and make him terrifying. Who would think the Turtle would be so scary?

Then we get a return of Hunter Zolomon and we get an update to the great Blitz storyline. Turns out the clown DID have a gun. And through that all, Snart and the original rogues start putting their final plan in place. 

Issues:

The Flash Year One

Volume 12: Death and the Speed Force

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Director: Christopher Nolan

Writers: Christopher Nolan, Kai Bird, Martin Sherwin

Starring: Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon

Runtime: 3 hours

Synopsis: The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.

Kriss, Ro and Brandon talk about the latest from director Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer. This is a star studded cast in a very long but good movie. The first hour is a bit challenging but overall everything comes together. Not to mention, there's also a lot of Florence Pugh...assets...to admire.

 

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My TBR pile is out of control in the best of ways. I've had more time to read this year, but less time to review and share the gems hiding among the stacks littering my living room. Thus is born a new segment: Ro's Reading List. Where I'll highlight some of the books I've read recently that you're going to want to add to your TBR list. 

Top Three Recommendations: 

The Faithless by C. L. Clark 

Pub Date: March 07, 2023

Snapshot Review: If you've listened to the podcast before, then you already know I was all-in with C. L. Clark's Magic of the Lost trilogy before I hit the midway point of The Unbroken. The second installment, The Faithless, is here with more political intrigue, power struggles, and tumultuous relationships.

Clark works all their strengths infusing this often brutal and gritty story with a simmering tension. The drama and angst between characters unravels in a painstakingly built world. Luca's locked in a battle to regain control of Balladaire from her increasingly reprehensible uncle Duke Nicolas Ancier who refuses to relinquish his regency in favor of her rule. And now Touraine must reckon with both her intense feelings for Luca and her complicated relationship with the empire that stole her youth and her freedom in order to protect the gains made by the revolution in Qazāl by being Luca's ally in truth, and in-person. Clark turns down the volume on the action to make room for deadly court intrigue. But this stellar follow-up offers enough murderous plotting and complicated heated relationship drama to be worth every single word put to page.

The Faithless' a harrowing stone cold groove written by someone unafraid to drag you through your feelings, challenges your belief systems, and leave you with (problematic) favs. Nothing should be taken for granted, especially not victory in love, or war. Set aside some time. You're not going to want to put this one down once you start.  10/10 absolutely *recommend. 

***

Blood Debts by Terry J. Benton-Walker

Pub Date: April 4, 2023

Snapshot Review: Terry J Benton-Walker's Blood Debts builds exactly the right tale of generational magic (and curses) set in a New Orleans you need. 

Sixteen year old twins Clement and Cristina Trudeau, heirs of a powerful magical legacy, are in mourning for their father and caring for their sick mother. On the anniversary of the greatest magical massacre that saw their family thrown from power, the twins discover that their mother isn't sick, she's cursed.  If they're to save their family and avoid another massacre, this estranged duo will have to rebuild their trust that's been lost with the swiftness. Benton-Walker's New Orleans lives and breaths with fierce relevance.

The Trudeau's intensely personal battle happens against a backdrop rife with political artifice and dangerous societal divides as unsettled gods and the undead lurk in the shadows. Debts' shifting points of view add narrative insight with a deeply relatable edge and a side of tension. The character development keeps pace with the deepening drama offered with witty dialogue rife with biting one-liners. The allegory's unapologetic and the cliffhangers stress-inducing. So go on ahead and put in a pre-order for the sequel, Blood Justice now. 

If contemporary fantasy is your bag, then Blood Debts' blood-soaked tale of family drama steeped dangerous magic and life-altering generational trauma is absolutely it. *8/10 would recommend. 

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The Blighted Stars by Megan E. O'Keefe

Pub Date: May 23, 2023

Snapshot Review: The Blighted Stars brings together Naira Sharp, a genetically enhanced spy intent on bringing down a wealthy corporate family by any means necessary and Tarquin Mercator, the wayward scion of said family pulled back into the fold and tasked with proving the safety of their mining processes.

What do you get when you blend an enemies-to-lovers and stranded on a planet full-throttle mystery in space together?

A few months ago we announced that we would be reducing the number of individual shows here at MTR Network and that at the end of this year Super Tuesday Recap would come to an end. Seeing how The Flash was the last of our long recurring shows we covered on Super Tuesday Recap, it made the most sense to bring the podcast to a close. However, before we do that, we wanted to end where we began by going allllll the way back to our beginning and cover the show that started it all: Agents of SHIELD.

It's been almost a decade since the show debuted and we have to say....it's still damn good. Lots of folks will tell you that the first season wasn't good until the big reveal after Winter Soldier but after rewatching the first 13 episodes of season 1, those folks don't know what they're talking about. Agents of SHIELD is a prime, rare example of a show that was run by creators who knew what story they wanted to tell, stuck to that script and then had the top cover to be able to take as long as they needed to. The first 13 episodes of season 1 really lay the groundwork for not only the rest of season 1 but the rest of the series. Looking back it's really masterful storytelling. The pace is actually pretty quick as well which is something to note because in later season the pace picks up even more.

This is going to be a fun and exciting rewatch. Listen as Kriss and Dpalm sing the praises of this great show.

 

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Director: Christopher McQuarrie

Writers: Bruce Geller, Erik Jendresen, Christopher McQuarrie

Starring: Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson

Runtime: 2 hour 43 minutes

Synopsis: Ethan Hunt and his IMF team must track down a dangerous weapon before it falls into the wrong hands.

We discuss our problematic cult leader fave Tom Cruise in yet another great action film, Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One. 

Ro's convinced that Dead Reckoning-Part One resets the bar consistently leveraging its own lore & action choreography without undercutting the intrigue & character dynamics driving the narrative. Nobody does globetrotting spy-craft escapades like the Mission Impossible franchise

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Director: James Mangold

Writers: Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth, David Koepp

Starring: Harrison Ford, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Antonio Banderas, Karen Allen

Runtime: 2 hour 34 minutes

Synopsis: Archaeologist Indiana Jones races against time to retrieve a legendary artifact that can change the course of history.

It's 2023 and we're talking about an Indiana Jones movie. Who would have thunk it? Well, at least there's Nazis being punched in the face. So maybe that's worth checking out Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. Listen to our review and let us know.

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