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On November 8th, 2020, we lost beloved TV personality and game show host, Alex Trebek, who hosted 37 seasons of Jeopardy! My guest Emily, a former champion from Jeopardy! shares her fond memories of her time on the show, and what the show and Alex Trebek have meant to her long-term.

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Ariel reunites with a group of film friends - Zoya Fansler, Barbara Sadhana and Andy Gyurisin, the creative manager and film programmer at the Alamo Drafthouse Winchester who crafts communities dedicated to film. Together they discuss how their viewing habits have changed in 2020, and the films that defined 2020 for them.

All films discussed on the podcast can be found in this list on the podcast Letterboxd account: https://boxd.it/aQKMK

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Ariel reflects on the nature of alternate realities and narratives promoted to justify political violence across American history. She discusses what the Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma has to tell us about this particular moment in our country's history, and how we got here. Included is a re-broadcast of the interview conducted in October 2020 with Jeff Orlowski, the director of The Social Dilemma, and Larissa Rhodes, producer.

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To ring in 2021 right, Kieran hosts a rousing game (and loving tribute to) QI. Also known as Quite Interesting, this British panel show tests the knowledge of guests on esoterica, with a dose of silliness thrown in for good measure. Join the party as Ariel, Megan, Dan, and Ellen prove their ignorance once and for all with some punny, trivial, goofy fun.

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As we say farewell to 2020, Ariel sits down with three fellow members of the Comics Bookcase crew, Zack Q, Harry, & Jacob. Together they evaluate the best graphic novels and comics of the many they read and reviewed this year. ComicsBookcase.com is a website that features analysis, reviews, creator interviews and in-depth discussion of any and every aspect of the comic creation process.

You can find the list of recommended reading from the full staff of Comics Bookcase here:
https://www.comicsbookcase.com/reading-lists-archive/best-comics-2020-comics-bookcase-staff

You can find Ariel's writing about some of her favorites of the year here:
https://www.comicsbookcase.com/reading-lists-archive/ariel-baska-2020-comics

Thank you to our editor William Dass (@wbdass) and to Daniel Kelly for designing our logo.

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In this episode, Monica Belton, a social worker specializing in racial trauma and healing, and Andrea Weiskopf, a teacher researching modern textbook treatments of the concept of slavery,  join us to discuss the words that moved us most toward action in our anti-racist efforts this year. As a multi-racial group of educators, we talk about our approaches to the difficult conversations of this year, and what books we would recommend for different legs of the anti-racist journey. 

This episode was edited by William Dass @wbdass

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Ariel is joined by Joyce, Linda, and Clyde, three avid readers, to discuss the books that carried them through this difficult year. Which books surprised them the most? Which books prompted the best or most difficult conversations? Listen and share in their passion for the written word. 

This episode was edited by William Dass

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Ariel sits down with Ron and Andrew to discuss the games that have gotten us through this strange year in the life of our world. From RPGs to interactive family games, we've got recommendations that come from our own desert islands, adrift in the ocean of 2020.

This episode was edited by William Dass.

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Ariel talks to Lisa and Brad Gullickson of the Comic Book Couples Counseling Podcast about Darwyn Cooke's graphic novel adaptations of the Parker novels by Donald Westlake writing under the pseudonym Richard Stark.

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Ariel and Kieran discuss the film from 1950 that should really be titled, 2020: The Movie. A generally overlooked noir in its time, Panic in the Streets stars Richard Widmark, Jack Palance, Zero Mostel, and Barbara Bel Geddes. With connections from the Ottoman-Turk Empire, to the Hollywood Blacklist, to the pandemic, we're taking you everywhere Philip Marlowe would never dare to tread.

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