The Juggernaut

You love countdown shows! And we love doing 'em every so often, too! Today, our buddy Todd VanDerWerff from Vox.com rejoins us, and we count down our favorite TV shows that have aired in the 2010s. Where will your favorites finish? Prepare to be amazed and outraged!

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Todd's Top 10:

10. Girls

9. Rectify

8. Hannibal

7. The Americans

6. Community

5. Breaking Bad

4. Enlightened

3. Orange is the New Black

2. Louie

1. Mad Men

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Chris' Top 10:

10. Silicon Valley

9. Veep

8. Better Call Saul

7. Archer

6. Louie

5. MR.ROBOT

4. Fargo

3. The Americans

2. Breaking Bad

1. Mad Men

"O.J. Made In America" is a heavy favorite to win the Best Documentary Feature at the 2017 Oscars. Producer Caroline Waterlow describes her journey to this lofty point, including a love of research and doing the hard jobs that others didn't want to do, and which helped her manage the incredible amount of O.J.-related footage for the film.

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The hardest thing to do in TV is master tone. We've all seen so many shows! We aren't exactly aware the moment a show's tone has failed us, but we do get a sense that things have gotten "less believable," or that the show is "all over the place," or that it "doesn't know what it wants to be." Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers are two of the creators of a fave new series of ours, "Search Party," and throughout their careers, they've proven that they're masters of consistent, hilarious and unpredictable tone.

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Grammy-winner John Congleton is one of the most sought-after record producers in indie music today, both because he's insanely talented and because he hates being bored. In his own uncompromising career as a rock musician, John pushes buttons and boundaries with a wild mix of rock, jazz, and noise, and his production career conveys a similar impatience with doing what's expected: his collaborations with St. Vincent, Cloud Nothings, Strand Of Oaks, Mountain Goats, Earl Sweatshirt and dozens of others illustrate his insanely wide range.

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Follow John - @congletonjohn

Check out John's band The Nighty Nite - https://www.amazon.com/Until-Horror-Goes-Congleton-Nighty/dp/B01BIOBBAE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1486270617&sr=8-1&keywords=John+Congleton

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Songs Used:

"Just Lay Still" - The Nighty Nite

"Jenny Go Go" - Xiu Xiu

"Mouth Breather" - The Jesus Lizard

"Happiness is a Warm Gun" - Breeders

"People II The Reckoning" - AJJ

"Brainwash" - Suuns

We watched a whole lot of movies so you don't have to! Join us in our annual tradition where Chris and Josh count down the Top 10 Films of 2016.

Chris' Top 10 Films Of 2016

10. Arrival 9. La La Land 8. 10 Cloverfield Lane 7. Toni Erdmann 6. Louder Than Bombs 5. The Fits 4. American Honey 3. Moonlight 2. The Handmaiden 1. The Lobster

Josh's Top 10 Films Of 2016

10. Arrival 9. Nocturnal Animals 8. Paterson 7. Moonlight 6. Sing Street 5. La La Land 4. Tower 3. The Handmaiden 2. Manchester by the Sea 1. The Lobster

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We welcome critic Tina Hassannia to discuss the films of Kelly Reichardt. Reichardt is an uncompromisingly personal and idiosyncratic director whose movies take their time but land like sledgehammers when you least expect it. From "Meek's Cutoff" to "Wendy And Lucy" to 2016's acclaimed "Certain Women," Reichardt's films are empathy-producing machines worth catching up with.

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After 20 years of trying, Michael O'Shea finally is an overnight success: his micro-budget indie horror teen drama, "The Transfiguration," unexpectedly found its way into the Cannes Film Festival. It's Mike's first feature after decades of writing and working countless side jobs, and there's no question he brings a unique story and refreshing (and professional) sensibility to his ascendancy.

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John Munson is in Semisonic, and yes, you do know that one song they had. Yet his music career has spanned many more bands and eras, and he's become one of Minneapolis's most-connected and best-liked musicians. Hearing him spin yarns is a blast, as is his perspective on where the recording industry has been and where it's going, if anywhere!

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Check out John's work - Semisonic - Trip Shakespeare - The New Standards - The Twilight Hours

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Songs:

"Whole Lotta Love" - Led Zeppelin

"Father Connot Yell" - Can

"Great Gig in the Sky" - Pink Floyd

"Lulu" - Trip Shakespear

"Sioux City Swinger" - The Twilight Hours

"Starman" - Rachel Loshak with the New Standards

Eli Horowitz is more than a writer who distributes his stories in non-traditional packages. Mostly: he's an entertainer seeking to land the occasional philosophical haymaker simply by writing himself out of the wild parameters he sets for himself. Along with Micah Bloomberg, he's also one-half of the team who created the smash podcast "Homecoming," and you'll love listening to him tell stories, including the one about the time he sat in a room and directed Oscar Isaac and Catherine Keener.

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Check out more of Eli's work - http://www.elihorowitz.net/

Listen to Homecoming - https://gimletmedia.com/Homecoming/

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As a novelist, Matt Ruff skirts the fine line between literary and genre fiction, and his books are always surprising. He's inventive, he's funny, and he's highly moral as a writer: even in his wild, fantastic scenarios, conflicts come down to good/evil schisms that Matt excavates even as he's making you laugh. Where does this exploration of ethics come from? And what level of bravery does it take to embody characters who don't look like you do?

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Buy Matt's new novel - "Lovecraft Country: A Novel"

Matt's awesome website - http://www.bymattruff.com/

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