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Someone’s got a secret! Pretty much everyone has a secret, to be honest. This week we’re back to cover the second episode of Marvel’s Secret Invasion. Join us as we play the thrillling game of Script or Skrull!? - Dan Moren, John Moltz and Guy English.

After eight years of the podcast I finally do the inevitable. Shelly Brisbin discusses John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath (1939). - John McCoy with Shelly Brisbin.

Damn, it doesn’t always feel good to be a gangster. Mobster Lex Friedman takes young up-and-comer Dan Moren under his wing as they watch the 1990 classic GoodFellas. Hot topics include cameras that won’t stay still, the way you get whacked, and so many drugs. Programming Note: In addition to this capsule episode, which contains our discussion before and after the film, members can watch along with Lex and Dan in a full-length commentary track, available in the members-only First Class feed. If you’re not already a member, why not sign up? And if you are, now’s a great time to update your membership allocations and maybe throw a little support in the direction of Not Playing. Thanks! - Lex Friedman and Dan Moren.

As an adjunct to the Summer of Spielberg, we are revisiting the Indiana Jones movies we only glossed over the last time we covered them! We begin with “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom,” which gets credit for trying something different and demerit for failing at a lot of that. - Jason Snell with Annette Wierstra, Steve Lutz, Moisés Chiullán and David J. Loehr.

Captain Kirk is back—sort of—in this week’s La’an-focused “Strange New Worlds,” which takes viewers on a time-travel ride reminiscent of some of Star Trek’s best movies and episodes. Does it deliver top-notch Trek vibes? We think so. - Scott McNulty and Jason Snell.

The year is 1968. The setting is Chicago, at the Democratic National Convention. Tensions are high. And Lex and Brian are ready to hold court, with a podcast about Aaron Sorkin’s 9th film, The Trial of Chicago 7. Sorkin assembles yet another incredible cast, this time with Sasha Baron Cohen, Eddie Redmayne, Jeremy Strong, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. We won’t spoil our takes on the film until you listen to the show, but we’ll just say this: Some of the cast is guilty… of the best accent work yet in Sorkin’s oeuvre. Bang the gavel — it’s Sorkin time. - Lex Friedman and Brian Warren.

Katie Mack, astrophysicist and author, joins Scott to discuss “A Simple Investigation)” (DS9 S5E17). Topics include the evolving nature of DS9 characters, Odo’s furniture, and the problems with the Idanian spying system. Watch A Simple Investigation for yourself: Amazon Instant Video Paramount Plus DVDs - Scott McNulty with Katie Mack.

In which it’s time to quit horsing around and pony up. - Tony Sindelar with Aleen Simms, James Thomson, Kathy Campbell, Monty Ashley and Tiff Arment.

The “big movies” in theaters have failed to excite Monty and Rhias, so they’ve been watching weird stuff. Stuff like Terminus (a future-sport Vansploitation movie with a creepy AI with a moving mouth), Invitation to a Murder (some spoilers are involved, but they don’t matter), Freak Dance (the UCB dance-movie parody that turns out to have Sam Reigel in it!), and Unwelcome (cool Irish redcaps!). - Monty Ashley and Rhias Hall.

This time we’re throwing shade. But do sunglasses? - John Siracusa and Jason Snell.