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As we in the UK celebrate the attempt to 'splode the establishment, our friends across the pond are grabbing their huge election! Which crusty old white man will come to power next? We largely ignore that and talk about sapient apes, Peruvian comedy bears, and perfect scrambled egg! They're calling again..

Woooo! It's the spoopy week culminating in All Hallow's Eve, so we are talking about scary things this ep, including the kid-friendly darkness of Return to Oz, the weird fascination for melting people in the 80s, and virtually spooky tours of our home city! With added Deathliness courtesy of our special ghost - sorry - GUEST!

Andy needs to get something off his chest this week, and thankfully Arron is there as always to help vent! So with the help of a good crisp sandwich, an impromptu Woganoff, and a toast-eating wife, we set the world to rights - and drag you lot along for the ride!

We catch you in a temporal pincer this week, as your Protagonists Arron and Andy both arrive at the same point: having seen TENET, one before, and one after! Spoilers abound, of course, but remember: if you're doing a car chase backward AND forward in time -

A TOYOTA'S A TOYOTA!

It's a triple-A pod this week, as Arron has a super secret (from Andy) special guest, providing the third A! So watch out for Drop Bears, vaccinate against Koalamydia, and lock up your turkey basters - cos we are about to find out how Han Solo telly surfs, decry cringey playground insults, and get to the real talk that other pods don't, like gay crabs and obesinility!

In case you missed him, we've got Miles back on this week, with a shopful of nursery rhymes, a safe space on Twitter to discuss Parenthood, the magic of theatre, and what to do if you're growing a tail and the trailers have started! All this, and a game changer!

Why do US Radio stations have a K in them? What has The Rock been cooking? Why would a hospital put up a statue of Andy? What's in Arron's tracked parcel? And how many people might you find on a Wednesday afternoon in an IMAX screen during a global pandemic? The answers, dear listener, lie within...

Trudging through the poopfield that is 2020, we look to entertainment (both real and imagined) to save our sanity! From Jaws and Robert Shaw's harrowing account of a night lost at sea, to imagined 80s cop joint Gorilla Homicide! And from Olivia Wilde's "Booksmart", to Jeff Goldblum's alternate version of Tron! All this plus impending Bill and Ted, flashback (aha) to computer game Another World, and who do you book when Michael Cera is rained off?

Dee you Cee what we Cee? It's a Direct Connection to Desirable Characters Done Correctly, Does Catwoman Deserve Cream? Does Cheetah Draw Claws? Disguised Colin - Different Cobblepot! All this and more as Battinson Begins!

If you are what you eat, what are you if you are what you watch others eat? We ponder the oddity of mealtime voyeurism, Arron flip-flops between going to the shop and the gym, Andy gets all grumpy about the fate of the world, plus we wonder what the Fox going on, as Disney get the Tippex out for 20th Century!