The Incomparable Superfeed

Rhias and Monty watched Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (it was fine) and that means they have seen all of the movies nominated for Best Animated Feature. And several more animated movies besides that! So this episode turns into a retrospective on the year in animation. - Monty Ashley and Rhias Hall.

The time agents suspect Tess is up to something, Minnie knows Olivia is up to something, Josephine doesn’t want to know what Matthew is up to, and Tess takes Olivia on a tour of the future…or the past depending on your perspective…whichever is more romantic… - Andie Arthur and David J. Loehr.

This week, we’re drafting some spies, secret agents, and con artists. Con artists? Why not? They all use similar skills—sometimes, it’s impossible to tell the difference. From fiction to spoof to inspired by real life, we’ve got it all. Also, is that Cate Blanchett or Tilda Swinton? Good luck, Jim. This episode will self destruct in five seconds. - David J. Loehr with Tom McGrath, Chris Klimek and Nathan Alderman.

Sam gets nuts with a look at what was good and what was challenged in 2022. We renegotiate our format to start talking about HBO’s “The Last of Us,” a potential palate cleanser for the dawn of 2023. #RIPJayBriscoe - Sam Adams and Philip Mozolak.

We find magic PEZ, oily books, and a well-appointed study featuring a helluva portrait. Art by Elizabeth Fijalkowski ~ aka Lizziefij - Tony Sindelar with Aleen Simms, Dan Moren, Erika Ensign, Jane Ritt and Mikah Sargent.

Ben has some incredible follow up about flour, which leads us right into our Jakarta interlude before jumping right back to Boston. Tiff, Ben, and Brian learn more about the cordyceps than the video game ever taught us, while Joel learns even more about himself and his relationship to Ellie than he ever knew. Plus, prepare your appetite for the Mushroom of the Week! - Ben Rice McCarthy, Brian Hamilton and Tiff Arment.

Listener Rob and Listener Reiner, who are not Director Rob Reiner, want to know if they are Friends of the Show. - John Siracusa and Jason Snell.

Monty and Rhias talk about Hollywood Revue of 1929, RuPaul’s Drag Race, The Most Assassinated Girl in the World, and also Missing, the movie that just came out in theaters. - Monty Ashley and Rhias Hall.

Put on your headset and get ready to jump into a polt, because we’re going to discuss “The Peripheral,” Prime Video’s adaptation of William Gibson’s novel. What makes its approach to certain famous sci-fi tropes unique? How interesting are the accents? Why is there an invisible car? We’ll answer those questions as soon as we flee to another stub. - Jason Snell with Dan Moren, Erika Ensign, Lisa Schmeiser and Antony Johnston.

I have good feelings about this one! Zach Powers returns to discuss desparate criminals and mysterious benefactors in Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations (1861). - John McCoy with Zach Powers.