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Returning guest Hannah Rogers joins Joe to discuss a classic novel by Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit tells the story of a girl who was born and raised in a debtor’s prison and her family’s struggles with poverty and then also unexpected wealth. It also tells the stories of several other characters, because Dickens writes expansive worlds filled with all types of people whose paths cross in unexpected ways.

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“Who hired this crew?”

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Returning guest Charly Kuecks joins Joe and Producer Andrew to talk about Muppet Treasure Island, a very loose adaptation of the Robert Louis Stevenson novel from 1883. There’s a lot of time spent singing the praises of the muppets and Tim Curry, which is the inevitable end point of every discussion about this film. 

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Returning guest Chris “Mav” Maverick joins Joe to play a game about the many, many X-Men characters in Marvel comics. Producer Andrew has selected a series of scenarios the X-Men might find themselves in. Then, Mav and Joe each propose a team to send on those missions, drafting from the hundreds of characters that have populated the mutant teams in Marvel’s X-Men books. We talk about the genre tropes of X-Men comics as well as the best and strangest characters that have appeared on the comics page.

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First time guest Hal Lublin joins Joe and returning guest John Darowski to discuss Sparks Nevada, Croach the Tracker, Rebecca Rose Rushmore, and the Red Plains Rider from The Thrilling Adventure Hour. The Thrilling Adventure Hour, a staged production in the style of old-time radio, released the various segments from the show as a podcast. Sparks Nevada, Marshal on Mars is a comedic sci-fi western following the adventures of Sparks Nevada (Mark Evan Jackson) and his faithful companion Croach the Tracker (Mark Gagliardi) as they right the outlaw wrongs on Mars. Hal Lublin was a regular actor on The Thrilling Adventure Hour and lends insights from his personal experience and his understanding of storytelling to our discussion.

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The Thrilling Adventure Hour – Wikipedia

Hal Lublin – Wikipedia

We Got This with Mark and Hal – Maximum Fun website

“Maybe it was Utah.”

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All-Star guest Todd Petersen joins Joe to discuss one of the early Coen Brothers films, Raising Arizona. This off-beat comedy sees an ex-con named Hi (Nicolas Cage) and an ex-cop named Ed (Holly Hunter) who want to have children but can’t, so they kidnap one child from a set of quintuplets.

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Raising Arizona – Wikipedia

Coen Brothers – Wikipedia

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“I’m like a hunter of peace.”

Returning all-star guest Norman Mitchell joins Joe to discuss Vash and Wolfwood from the anime series Trigun. The anime is based on the popular manga series created by Yasuhiro Nightow. Topics of discussion include character motivations, religion and violence, and moments when there can be simultaneous right answers that conflict with each other.

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Trigun – Wikipedia

Yasuhiro Nightow – Wikipedia

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Protagonist Podcast co-founder Todd Mack is back to discuss two short stories. “Circular Ruins” is by Jorge Luis Borges and tells the story of a wizard conjuring a being from his dreams. “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge is by Ambrose Bierce and tells the story of a man about to be hanged during the Civil War. The two stories are wildly different, but do share affinities in terms of twist endings and raising questions about what is real.

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Jorge Luis Borges – Wikipedia

Ambrose Bierce – Wikipedia

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All-Star guest Kjerste Christensen joins Joe to talk about aspirational media. We have a free-flowing conversation about the topic, and touch on issues of cultural literacy, what media is good for us to consume, and what media we still need to make time to watch or read.

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Joe and Producer Andrew are talking about Ben from the 1968 film Night of the Living Dead. This classic film is often cited as the first zombie film, and we talk about its place in pop culture history, its soul-crushing finale, and the low-budget production that created one of the most enduring franchises in entertainment. We also talk about Ben, played by Duane Jones, and the character’s significance in pop culture from the 1960s.

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Night of the Living Dead – Wikipedia

George A. Romero – Wikipedia

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First time guest Gene Luen Yang joins Joe to discuss the graphic novel Superman Smashes the Klan by Gene Luen Yang and Gurihiru. This comic book story is an updated tale inspired by a classic storyline from the Adventures of Superman radio show from the 1940s. It tells the story of Superman helping a Chinese American family who are being threatened by a hate-group, the Klan of the Fiery Kross. Gene Luen Yang is a writer and artist, was named the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature in 2016, was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 2016, and has won multiple awards for his comic books and graphic novels.

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Superman – Wikipedia

Gene Luen Yang – Personal website

Gurihiru – Wikipedia

Gene Luen Yang – Wikipedia

Superman Smashes the Klan – Amazon