The party reunites, beats up some statues, and encounters language barriers in their quest to save a scared Dwarf from a questionable wellness clinic.

Candlekeep - The Price of Beauty, Part 5

Tony Sindelar with Aleen Simms, Annette Wierstra, James Thomson, Mikah Sargent and Monty Ashley

Edited by Warren Frey.

Time may change me, but I can’t trace time! We ping-pong through the personal history of the USS Discovery as Michael tries to teach herself how far she’s come, Rayner learns to let the Burn go and live a little, and Stamets gets to construct a box to crush a Time Bug. Also, a Short Trek is surprisingly relevant! We break it all down.

Scott McNulty and Jason Snell

We follow up on some feedback about our theme songs, and theme songs in general, while taking on whether we use the Skip Intro button when we should be listening to TV theme songs.

John Siracusa and Jason Snell

End theme lyrics written and sung by Lex Friedman. 🐸

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It is episode 200 of everyone’s beloved super-hero TV shows, movies, and dumb jokes podcast — BIFF! This week we tackle X-Men Origins: Wolverine. In which things happen to our hero rougjly in sequence until the end where he forgets them all. As a special episode two hundred treat we quickly revisit the various shows we’ve watched over the years and give a few briefs thoughts about each. Biff has a been great fun for all of us and we’d like to thank you all for reading along and being true Biffs.

Dan Moren, John Moltz and Guy English

Lauren Graham hosts Studio 60 (but we barely see her). Christine Lahti plays a reporter and we see more of her (a Lahti of her? Is that a thing?). We get a lot of Matt/Harriet star-crossed romance (yawn). But we do get a lotta lute (which is fun to say, try it!).

Meanwhile Jordan passes on a surefire hit, and we’re still shipping her and Danny (the kids still call it shipping, right?).

Anyway, it’s a new Sorkin’ In It (yay!).

Lex Friedman and Brian Warren

Our book club reconvenes to discuss the “Shades of Magic” series by V.E. Schwab, as well as the start of a second trilogy, “The Fragile Threads of Power.” Before the spoilers begin, we’ll explain the parallel fantasy world structure and explain why it’s such a great series. Then we’ll discuss the newest book in the series.

Plus: What are we reading?

"The Fragile Threads of Power"

Jason Snell with Scott McNulty, Erika Ensign, Aleen Simms and Heather Berberet

Listener’s Note: Our annual shortlist tour begins in our next episode with “Translation State” by Ann Leckie, “Witch King” by Martha Wells, and “Starter Villain” by John Scalzi.

What are we reading?

Scott:

Aleen:

Heather:

Erika:

Jason:

Our agents are kicking off their Sunday shoes for this mission. It’s time to fight for your prom and get Footloose. This mission explores how teenagers gonna teenage and whether Footloose still holds up 40 years later. Join our discussion of sex, religion, politics, and shaking your bootie in a rainfall of glitter. Back to the Future makes several surprising cameos, but it all makes sense—trust us. So get up off of your knees and everybody cut footloose.

Footloose (1984)

Annette Wierstra with Shelly Brisbin and Julia Skott

Note: We had some technical difficulties for the first few minutes. Julia’s track quality improves a few minutes in.

Related episodes:

David J Loehr, writer and podcaster, joins Scott to discuss “Things Past” (DS9 S5E8). Topics include the lack of Neelix, Odo’s tortured soul, and the creepy uncanny vibe that allows for effective, and cheap, Star Trek episodes.

Next on Random Trek: “Genesis” (TNG S7E19) with James Thomson.

Scott McNulty with David J. Loehr

Watch Daedalus for yourself:

And don’t forget to check out Magnum, podcast.

This week Burnham and Book take another hike to find a clue; Tilly explains to Rayner that he’s not on his old “Star Trek” show anymore; Saru tumbles into a Ni’Varian episode of “Veep”; and Gray and Adira go their separate ways, worlds apart. It’s all about connections, you see. And this episode connects Scott and Jason to each other, and both of them to you. See, we’re going with the Disco flow.

Scott McNulty and Jason Snell

Here are Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift at their hottest, with an adaptation of Theodore Dreiser’s An American Tragedy. Just as in Night of the Hunter, Shelley Winters maybe ought to watch her back. George Stevens directs, and here, he’s beginning his epic period. In the 50s, he’ll direct Giant and Shane, among others. This one is full of melodrama and social aspiration and also has a bunch of Oscars, including Stevens’ first for directing. It’s nice to look at.

A Place in the Sun

Shelly Brisbin with Randy Dotinga, Nathan Alderman and Micheline Maynard

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The Movie: review/commentary on a single classic film

The Self-Referential LTS

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