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Justin Michael, guy on the internet and 2019 daily poet, joins Scott to discuss VOY’s “Worst Case Scenario” (S3E25). Topics include Scott’s excitement to see the tools one uses to write a holonovel, whether or not holodecks have their own integrated power systems, and the shocking reveal of Seska… which is shocking if you remember who Seska is. - Host Scott McNulty with Justin Michael.

We’re kicking off Season 5 of Not Playing by getting all speed and irascible with the first installment of the the storied automotive action franchise, 2001’s The Fast and the Furious. Hot topics include how bad a cop Brian O’Conner is, the disappointing treatment of female characters circa 2001, and why exactly this movie spawned an action franchise. 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! - Host Lex Friedman and Dan Moren.

Welcome back to “Inconceivable!”, the show that tests two teams’ knowledge of the nerdy, the useless, and the obscure. This time around, our teams test their knowledge of fictional characters’ epitaphs, compound word games, and award-winning books and movies that share a common word. It’s Jean MacDonald, Scott McNulty, and Liz Myles versus James Thomson, Kathy Campbell, and Tony Sindelar. - Host Dan Moren and Lex Friedman with Jean MacDonald, Scott McNulty, Liz Myles, James Thomson, Kathy Campbell and Tony Sindelar.

You should be thankful that I stayed awake for this whole thing. - Host Joe Rosensteel and Dan Sturm.

This mini-season of Eglath’s Angels concludes with a deadly vampire battle, a powerful wizard, and a talking hammer. - Host Scott McNulty with Erika Ensign, Aleen Simms, Tony Sindelar, Steve Lutz, Dan Moren and Jason Snell.

The entire conversation is pants. (The Brits will get that.) - Host John Siracusa and Jason Snell.

Climb on a dragon and join us for our traditional breakdown of the just-completed season of “Game of Thrones.” Did the story reach a satisfying conclusion? Were the character arcs consistent? Did the structure of the season satisfy us or undercut our assumptions about what the show was really about? And what is to become of the Night’s Watch? One last time, we go to Westeros. - Host Jason Snell with Monty Ashley, Kelly Guimont, Kathy Campbell and Dan Moren.

In lieu of a regular episode, this week we bring you a portion from our latest members only episode, in which Kerri Kearse and I developed high school theater seasons comprised entirely of shows that had to be heavily adapted from their original adult content. If you want to hear more, click on the link in the description to sign up for an Incomparable membership. We’ll be back next week with a regular episode! - Host Quinn Rose with Kerri Kearse.

On our previous episode, guest Kathy Campbell came on to discuss the pilot of Voyager, “Caretaker.” On this episode, Guy English is here to discuss the finale, “Endgame.” Guy was recently a panelist on The Incomparable’s episode about what makes a good (or bad) TV series ending. Turns out, we both like the Voyager finale better than we remembered. (Spoiler alert: all our episodes have spoilers, but Endgame is double trouble. You have been warned.) - Host Jean MacDonald with Guy English.

In this episode, Kathy talks to Sam and Sarah about how doing laundry in a deep, dark basement makes you want to start listening to podcasts, some cross stitch projects, and a Delores Umbridge dunk tank. Oh, and a ton of podcasts that they love to listen to too. - Host Kathy Campbell with Sam Mattos and Sarah Gardner.