We’re wrapping up the aughts with a bet sandwich! We’ll look at the predictions we made for the media we consumed this decade, and make new predictions about the decade to come. For the first time ever, Gina wins something! But who will win the most tense trivia battle yet? You may be surprised. It’s all very Trans-Neptunian.

Roll up those sleeves (even though you’re not supposed to) and put on your best belly shirt, because this week we’re talking about Avatar (top grossing) and The Hurt Locker (Best Picture).  Join Gina and Steven as we pick apart “unobtanium,” expound on the ridiculousness of cereal choices, and invent something called Manifest Underwear.

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We’re taking you to the big cities of Gotham and Mumbai this week with The Dark Knight (top grossing) and Slumdog Millionaire (Best Picture). Join Steven and Gina as we take a hard look at the morality of vigilante justice and whether or not a fairy tale ending negates a movie’s challenging themes. It’s not the podcast you need, but it’s the podcast you deserve. Or...is it the other way around?

We couldn’t get enough pirates last time, so this week we’re at it again with Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (top grossing) and No Country for Old Men (Best Picture). Join us as we take a hard look at some very not-cool violence, discuss why getting married in the middle of a swordfight on a ship is not a great idea, and analyze Javier Bardem’s distinctive haircut. Oh, and everyone needs to stop kissing Keira Knightley. Seriously.

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Release the kraken! This week we’re talking about Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (top grossing) and The Departed (Best Picture). We explore the speed and reliability of sea travel, the challenge of assembling a three-piece suit, and Steven’s very aggressive Boston accent. How many years of servitude would you wager for this podcast?

“Unthinking” is the word of the week, with Crash (best picture) and American Idol (top-rated TV show). 

Join Gina and Steven as we ask the tough questions: What would you do if you thought you were making “Do the Right Thing” but actually made “Driving Miss Daisy”? Was everyone a maxxinista in 2005? And who the #*$@ is Brian Dunkleman? Cingular Wireless customers can text “VOTE” to 1-866-SWKT.

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This week it’s all about characters who grew up in the swamps, with Shrek 2 (top grossing) and Million Dollar Baby (best picture). Join Steven and Gina as we interrogate basic Republican melodrama structure, rigidly enforced gender binaries, and ogre stereotypes. Are the Fairy Godmother’s elves an anti-capitalist statement? Does sex make you a murderer? Tune in to find out!

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It’s the year of terrible lighting design, male singers singing exclusively in their lower registers, and...consensual voluntary pederectomies?? This week we’re looking at CSI (top rated TV show) and the top ten hit songs of 2003. From the show that forever made jurors believe they were experts to a lawsuit about the phrase “it’s your birthday,” we think you’ll be Crazy in Love with this podcast!

It’s the year of the adaptation that may be better than the original, with Chicago (Best Picture) and Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (top grossing). Join us because we know a whoopee spot - and Gina and Steven both obviously know what that phrase means, by the way. We’re bringing you jazz and liquor, hobbits and elves, women who kill and the biggest problems with the genre of fantasy. Plus, Gina’s Orlando Bloom obsession.

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If you have a subscription to Yankee Candle, then this episode’s for you. This week we’re talking about A Beautiful Mind (Best Picture) and Friends (top rated TV show). Join Rachel, Ross, Monica, Chandler, Joey, Phoebe, Steven, Gina, and all those memorable characters from A Beautiful Mind as we ask the tough questions: what the hell is Jennifer Connolly’s job? Does hanging out in coffee shops make you too hip?