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In this episode, Steve discusses Altered Carbon the book and cyberpunk genre stuff. He rambles a bit about video games he’s been playing on his PS4. He also talks about the Netflix show The Queen’s Gambit and about the upcoming Major League Soccer final between the Columbus Crew and Seattle Sounders.

In this episode, Steve welcomes Nikki: our official food, wine, and travel correspondent. She dishes about what she’s been watching (Eater’s Guide to the World on Hulu) and what she’s been reading (My Life in France by Julia Child). She also brings a delicious French wine to share (Mas d’Alezon Le Presbytere 2019)

In this episode, Steve chats about what he watched and read over his Thanksgiving long weekend. He finished season 4 of The Crown and the latest season of The Great British Baking Show. He's also been reading My Life in France by Julia Child but he's not done yet. There was also this article in the New York Times about how people in their 20s and 30s are lining up around the block for Covid tests just so they can feel ok about going home for the holidays. He discusses My Octopus Teacher, a documentary he watched and really liked. He relates it to his own experience as a teacher as well as in his personal life.

In this episode of Steve's book review, tv review, and game review podcast series, he discusses virtual reality gaming and his thoughts and experiences with it. First, he talks about the book Warcross, the best-selling science fiction book by Marie Lu. Then he talks about playing NBA2K20 on his PS4 and how he's nervous playing in the Neighborhood. Finally, he talks about his foray into anime with Sword Art Online, an anime series about a virtual reality game gone very wrong.

In this episode, Steve discusses the 1960 classic book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and the 1962 Academy award-winning movie starring Gregory Peck. He compares the two and navigates the differences. Both focus on serious themes like class, racial injustice, poverty, empathy, and courage. Both are also from a while ago, but still have scenes and characters that we can relate with very closely in our current world.

Super double bonus overeating Thanksgiving vacation extreme podcast episode. In this episode, Steve talks about two books that are fun and easy to read while you have a couple days off. Nothing to See Here and Something in the Water. Then he talks about two fun games to play with family and friends if you're stuck inside: Spaceteam and Among Us. Then he talks about two bingable shows, Long Way Up on Apple TV+ and Sunderland Til I Die on Netflix. Steve finds a common thread of fun and personal connections through all of these choices.

In this episode, Steve discusses the books, video games, and movies he's been into lately: I am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sanchez, Need For Speed: Payback (PS4), and Taxi Driver. Steve talks about reading books with diverse characters and stories, the innocent fun of getting points for destroying things in video games, and why Taxi Driver is still a need-to-watch movie in 2020.