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The Incomparable Jason Snell joins Scott to discuss “The Empath” (TOS S3E8).

Topics include Patrick Stewart (does not appear in “The Empath”), Walter Koenig (also does not appear in “The Empath”), blackbox theaters, and the magic of mime.

Host Scott McNulty with Jason Snell.

Watch The Empath yourself, if you dare:

Lindsey shares a personal connection with a worldwide phenomenon, sparking a lovely conversation about storytelling and community.

(Special thanks to Romancing the Vote 2026 for bringing another fabulous guest to the show!)

Host Sandra Wong with Lindsey Allen.

(Apologies for the bumpy sound quality, folks. Erika did her best with what I got to her, for which I’m so grateful!)

Last episode Vision let Ultron the the wheel and it turns out the first thing that ‘ol softie wants to do is take his grandson out for a pint. After which Paladin captures Tommy and we’re off for a showdown in Madripoor. In cyber-space Ultron and Jocasta have a flirty will-they-won’t they conversation but the question is if they’ll destroy humanity.

Hosts Dan Moren, John Moltz, and Guy English.

For Halloween we watched a… not particularly spooky movie. It’s the 30-year-old supernatural comedy “The Frighteners,” starring Michael J. Fox and directed by Peter Jackson, who was about to embark on making many “Lord of the Rings” movies. We are not sure we see the connection! But this movie… is not normal. Who is the target audience? Why does Jeffrey Combs appear, mid-film, combing it up at 100%? How many ghosts of loved ones would you want at your hot date at the Medieval Times? We have lots of questions, but very few answers!

"The Frighteners" (1996)

Host Jason Snell with Monty Ashley, Tiff Arment, and Steve Lutz.

Our Director of SMOOCH has unretired. Why? Because there are too many smoochable missions this fall to resist. So we’re back for a new season from Halloween to Valentine’s Day.

We start with nostalgia and midnight margaritas and Practical Magic 2. Join us as we speculate about how we would break the curse and whether we would eat apple pie with custard.

Practical Magic 2

Host Annette Wierstra with Kirsten Goruk.

Not enough SMOOCH? Listen to our episode about the OG Practical Magic.

Is this the first LTS episode during which one panelist offered to smack another? Let me know in the comments.

The 1940s were, among other things, the era of the composer biopic. Most were sanitized depictions of their subjects, but “Night and Day” works extra hard not to be truthful about its subject, Cole Porter. All this, while still doing him the enormous favor of casting Cary Grant to play him. Oh, did I mention that the film has been restored by Warner Archive, so we’ll have a pretty print to see?

Night and Day

Host Shelly Brisbin with David J. Loehr, Micheline Maynard, Nathan Alderman, and Philip Michaels.

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The Movie: review/commentary on a single classic film

The Self-Referential LTS

Next time, we’ll watch

Host John McCoy with Bill O'Donnell.

The legendary made for public television movie, made by New York station WNET.

Welcome back to “Inconceivable!”, the show that tests two teams’ knowledge of the nerdy, the useless, and the obscure.

This is a special episode of the show, recorded live at LACon V! As such, the audio quality is a little variable, but the fun and frivolity are still easily heard, as is the growing contempt the contestants have for the host and his punishing questions.

Inconceivable! Episode 40

Hosts Dan Moren and Jason Snell with Auston Habershaw, Catherynne M. Valente, John Coxon, Nikhil Prabala, Sandra Rosner, and Trish Matson.

Shocktober 2026 comes to a close with the finale to “Tag O’Keene’s Final Rest.” In order to lay Tag to rest, the party will need to fight a Minotaur with a bull.

Shocktober 2026, Part 4

Host Tony Sindelar with Aleen Simms, Annette Wierstra, James Thomson, Kat Griffiths, and Mikah Sargent.

Edited by Erika Ensign.

A scary robo-Jawa is on a murder spree and our intrepid Vision Squad is on the case. We learn the identity of the Butcherbird serial killer and it turns out it is all connected. Can Vision, Tommy, and his gang of four (five?) AIs crack the case in time to save Laura Roslin?

Hosts Dan Moren, John Moltz, and Guy English.