For Kilmas this year we travel to 19th century Arizona for “Tombstone,” where Wyatt Earp, his brothers, and their shady pal Doc Holliday (Val Kilmer!) confront a bunch of rotten outlaw thugs and their own mortality. Will our noted hater of westerns, Erika, accept the possibility of a Kilmas miracle? Listen to find out!

"Tombstone"

Jason Snell with Monty Ashley, Brian Warren, Erika Ensign, Annette Wierstra and Tony Sindelar

It’s the Christmas tradition we created ourselves! We don our Santa hats, gather our Bingo cards, and surround ourselves with lots of snacks. It’s time for this year’s in-person Christmas movie marathon. This year we watched:

Get on your pjs, make yourself comfy, and join us!

Annual Christmas Movie Marathon

Annette Wierstra with Steven Schapansky, Erika Ensign and Kirsten Goruk

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It’s S1E8 of Sports Night — Thespis! Somehow, functional grown adults believe they are being haunted by a Roman god. Or a Greek ghost. Or something. Meanwhile, Isaac frets about his pregnant daughter, and a dumb joke about a turkey is telegraphed from a mile away. Luckily, Brian and Lex are. Let’s Sorkin’ In It together.

Lex Friedman and Brian Warren

Welcome to our 13th episode! We dish about how we got here (from podcast engagement to podcast marriage) and thank some folks who helped us along the way. We had a celebrity sighting and perhaps a bit too much familiarity with ALIEN: Romulus swag from the Comic Con 2024 panel. Heather brings a serious and timely topic to the pod - how to use your senses to stay grounded when things feel really big and scary. Join us for some solid squee and some solid psychology.

FTS backstory, face hugging aliens, and staying grounded

Stacy Watnick and Heather Berberet

The site of our podcast marriage!

The podcast masters

The home of Sasappis (aka Román Zaragoza)

Here be the actual face huggers

Connecting to the world through your senses

The tenth edition of Mind Meld is a Christmas special! Listen as our contestants try to match their knowledge of what they think they should know, or if they’ll do better at matching what they shouldn’t know.

Mind Meld 10

Tony Sindelar and Kathy Campbell with Annette Wierstra, Dan Moren, Glenn Fleishman, Jason Snell and Mikah Sargent

The Keys from the Golden Vault return, with a new addition to the group! Zanter Quickhands joins Jaee Raff, Levithia du Issigri, and K’ronng, as they break into a mansion and take a short rest in a very nice bathroom!

Keys from the Golden Vault - Reach for the Stars, Part 1

Tony Sindelar with Annette Wierstra, Erika Ensign, Lincoln Hayes and Monty Ashley

Edited by Erika Ensign.

We’re fans of G.I. Robot and he’s got some pals. This week we’re back in Amanda Waller town to discuss the first two episodes of James Gunn’s Creature Commandos. A greater gang of misfits you’ve never seen since the last of Gunn’s many works. Following that we turn our sights to Kraven-the latest, and possibly final, effort in Sony’s Spider-Man villain universe.

Dan Moren, John Moltz and Guy English

Ahoy, mateys! Your Star Wars pals Dan, Tony, and Kat are back to discuss the latest episode of Skeleton Crew, including kids who are no dummies, adorable space owls, and what reference sources to trust with your word definitions.

Dan Moren, Tony Sindelar and K Benesh

Listener Ben and his sister-in-law have come up with a sophisticated system of rules for when and when not to leave a gratuity. But someone else may have his own rules.

John Siracusa and Jason Snell

This year’s Ape Club holiday party is 1972’s “Conquest of the Planet of the Apes,” in which the people of Future 1991 use apes as slaves until there’s an uprising led by a talking ape with a familiar name: Caesar. Were the 1970s ape sequels all as bad as we were led to believe, or is “Conquest”… actually kind of good? Join us and find out!

"Conquest of the Planet of the Apes"

Jason Snell with John Moltz, Annette Wierstra, Brian Warren and David J. Loehr