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For the last time (for now), your “hosts” Kelly and Don get together for an initial reaction to an episode of Westworld, this one specifically being the Season Two finale. Join them for a slightly longer reaction since it includes 50% more episode than normal and some thoughts on the reaction shows this year. - Host Kelly Guimont with Don Melton.

For a moment the Chirpers thought season 2 might be less gross than season 1, but this episode is awash in So. Much. Goo. Kirsten reveals her greatest fear for you all to take advantage of, and the Chirpers discuss the advantages of winter livin’. They lament another Doc and Wynonna fake-out and speculate about what moonshine Doc is cooking up in the basement of Shorty’s. - Host Erika Ensign, Annette Wierstra and Kirsten Goruk.

Is a Mac a PC? Is an iPad a computer? Does John favor a broad definition or a narrow one? - Host John Siracusa and Jason Snell.

Highlights: all downhill from the second Evan opens his mouth, emotional devastation, plays with music, family relationships, crying and singing, when you try your best but you don’t succeed. - Host Quinn Rose with Jesse Beren.

While discussing the penultimate episode of season three, our hosts are flummoxed by Sam’s seeming Kryptonian as Reign but Human as Sam nature, since she totally came from Krypton as far as anyone can tell. What did the Goth Powerpuff Girls do to her? - Host Trish Matson with Brianna Taeuber.

Hope you like the Smiths. Hayden Gibson discusses the modern classic of introvert life, The Perks of Being a Wallflower. - Host John McCoy with Hayden Gibson and Brian Hamilton.

The Incomparable’s Book Club reaches the finish line of our annual SF/Fantasy award read, as we discuss the six nominees for the Hugo Award for best novel. From new series to concluded trilogies to standalone epics, this year’s list had a lot of variety. And for good measure, we throw in a few of the short-fiction nominees that we really liked. - Host Jason Snell with Scott McNulty, Erika Ensign and Aleen Simms.

Scott read a book, and now he wants to talk about it! That book? “Revenant Gun” by Yoon Ha Lee. What does he have to say about it? Listen to the podcast and find out. - Host Scott McNulty.

Doug Savage, creator of Savage Chicken and Laser Moose and Rabbit Boy, joins Scott to discuss DS9’s “Ferengi Love Songs” (S5E20). Topics include the wide variety of alien vermin that must infest DS9, the problematic nature of Ferengi, and sweet elderly lobe love. - Host Scott McNulty with Doug Savage.

The season 2 premiere is jammed packed with new characters and non-stop action as our heroes attempt to rescue Dolls. As always, shipping is in abundance and there are plenty o’ fashion discussions. The Chirpers speculate, analyze, and have lots of questions for the new season. Most importantly, is Doc, Doc without his hat? - Host Erika Ensign, Annette Wierstra and Kirsten Goruk.