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Actually, I need this sea in an extra wide. Caroline Fulford discusses postcolonialism and recurring fires in Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea (1966). - John McCoy with Caroline Fulford.

It’s election night, in 2012, and the team has decided to resign, but what’s this? The head of the network won’t let them? This and much more coming up in the first of a two-part collection of episodes to round out Season 2 of The Newsroom. “Hey Lex, do you think we should resign, too?” “No way, Brian, we’re going to keep Sorkin in it!” - Lex Friedman and Brian Warren.

We’re adults, Dan. What can’t make us sad? - Joe Rosensteel and Dan Sturm.

Can our heroes resist an onslaught of disco centipedes in an otherwise drab town? Can they keep stay-stay-staying alive? - Tony Sindelar with Dan Moren, Jason Snell, Kathy Campbell, Mikah Sargent and Tiff Arment.

Imagine, if you can, a reality where Biff Conklin won! You can’t because that’s an Elseworld. If you’d like to tune in for a bit of holiday cheer as we discuss the first four episodes of What If? season 2 then we’ve got you covered. Like the dark fog of a besieged Xandar lit up by justice. The love of an adoptive family. The persistence of the pernicious to become purple, powerful, and petty is perfect. And, as always, Jeff Goldblum finds a way. - Dan Moren, John Moltz and Guy English.

Spatulas, scrapers, flippers, and home economics. - John Siracusa and Jason Snell.

We won’t retract a single word of this podcast episode, but the same can’t be said for the team at News Night. The Genoa report blows up in their faces, with nary a whiff of chemical weapons in sight. Who’s resigning? Who’s in trouble? Who’s Sorkin’ in it? We definitely know the answer to that last one. - Lex Friedman and Brian Warren.

Feuding Families, Marvel Cinematic Universe Edition, returns again for a sequel! Or is it a reboot? A multiverse variant? Answers submitted by our lovely listeners, some of which are correct, as the two feuding families determine who is the worst of the X-men, the best MCU movie, and what a planet is. - Jason Snell with Tony Sindelar, Cicero Holmes, Jean MacDonald, David J. Loehr, Moisés Chiullán, Monty Ashley, Shannon Sudderth and Scott McNulty.

In this new Candlekeep Mysteries adventure, A Deep and Creeping Darkness, a band of mismatched adventurers visit the realm’s largest library. Literary snobbery ensues. - Tony Sindelar with Dan Moren, Jason Snell, Kathy Campbell, Mikah Sargent and Tiff Arment.

Monty and Rhias watched a bunch of movies and now they are going to talk about them. They also watched some television shows, including Street Dance of China, and they have some thoughts on those as well. And they have some things they’re looking forward to in 2024! - Monty Ashley and Rhias Hall.