Today on the 5: NBCUniversal has announced that subscribers to their Comcast or Xfinity services will no longer be getting the Premium version of Peacock for free. Apparently the idea is that people will then opt to pay for the streaming service. Yeah, that's a brilliant move.

Today on the 5: You may have seen the news that A24 is giving a movie deal to a young man with an extremely popular series of YouTube videos. The series that apparently sealed the deal is called The Backrooms, and after watching it I can see why A24 came calling.

Today on the 5: As a panicked response to Microsoft announcing a Bing integration of ChatGPT, Google held an event to unveil Bard. After watching the presentation video, I have to wonder if this is just another Stadia.

Tonight I'm joined by guest cohost Roejen of Project Archivist as we talk to filmmaker and B film historian Andrew Leavold, the man behind The Search for Weng Weng and Pub: The Movie.

This week we're talking Nothing, Forever, Supergirl: Woman Of Tomorrow, and Games Of Survival. Show music by HeartBeatHero and OGRE. Support the show!

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Today on the 5: Incredibly, a woman in Washington state has been allowed to walk around with an active case of tuberculosis for over a year. Now, a court is finally considering doing something about it. Tells you a lot about where the US is right now doesn't it?

Today on the 5: I've talked a few times about getting back in Fallout 76. The state of the game today makes me wonder if a launch in 2023 would have gone a lot differently.

Today on the 5: The streaming channel Nothing, Forever I talked about yesterday is currently offline. The reason behind the current suspension is unsurprising but it also has one interesting aspect.

Today on the 5: Ordinarily popular trends either blow right by me or just aren't my thing, but that changed last week. It's a bizarre Twitch streaming show called Nothing, Forever. I can't explain why I'm enjoying it so much, but it's riveting.

This week we're talking art, machine generated writing, Providence, and What Happened Was. Show music by HeartBeatHero and OGRE. Support the show!

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