Special Intro: Puppeteer Steve Whitmire

Film at 11: Free Guy (2021)

Book IT: The Neil Gaiman at the End of the Universe (2021) by Arvind Ethan David 

Scroll With IT: Amazon is everywhere, even in your robot dog. Too Much Scrolling and Professor Pamela Bedore invite you to join us for our Halloween group read.  We’re reading The Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan this month. Grab a copy and read with us.

Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tms10521

Special Intro: Author Robert J Sawyer

Film at 11: Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (2021)

Book IT: The Gods Themselves (1972) by Isaac Asimov

Scroll With IT: It’s an odd time in our history. Beware the devious licks and prepare yourself for more of The Tiger King.

Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tms92821

Special Intro: Jim Koch - founder and brewer of Samuel Adams

Film at 11: Show Me the Father (2021)

Book IT: Leave Me Alone and I'll Make You Rich: How the Bourgeois Deal Enriched the World (2020) by Deirdre McCloskey and Art Carden 

Scroll With IT: We remember Norm MacDonald. Is Facebook a news organization? Lucid’s new electric vehicle can take you there.

Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tms92121

Special Intro: Animator Bob Camp from Ren & Stimpy

Film at 11: Reminiscence (2021)

Book IT: And Then She Vanished (2021) by Nick Jones 

Scroll With IT: Smart Glasses, Apple’s App Store, John Mulaney, and Steve from Blue's Clues all have changed our world. They all have new information to share with us this week.

Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tms91421

Special Intro: Author Tal M. Klein

Film at 11: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)

Book IT: The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (2018) by Stuart Turton

Scroll With IT: COVID is changing everything we do from school to auto manufacturing but at least we can play video games all day.

Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tms9721

Special Intro: Activist and author Cory Doctorow 

Film at 11: What If…? (2021) 

Book IT: Professor Pam joins us to discuss another book that we didn’t get to in our book club Sandwiches at Irregular Hours. This week it’s Project Hail Mary (2021) by Andy Weir 

Scroll With IT: Apple is the company built on privacy. What they’re doing with encryption in the name of security may change that perception. 

Show Notes: http://bit.ly/tms83121

Special Intro: Mary Jo Pehl from MST3K and Rifftrax

Film at 11: Rifftrax LIVE: Hobgoblins

Book IT: The Skeptic's Guide to American History by Mark A. Stoler

Scroll With IT: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory turned 50. Topps is no longer making baseball cards and Elon Musk has an amazing dancing robot.

Show Notes: http://bit.ly/tms82421

Special Intro: Jarrett Payton from WGN sports

Film at 11: The Suicide Squad (2021)

Book IT: Oona Out of Order (2020)  by Margarita Montimore

Scroll With IT: Is Waze Getting Worse? What’s the future of movie theaters? Apple has peeled up the corner of end-to-end encryption. Is their caveat justified?

Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tms81721

Special Intro: Brian Brushwood has a new podcast World’s Greatest Con

Film at 11: Dwayne Johnson film festival (not Jungle Cruise)

Book IT: Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn't, and Why It Matters (2021) by Dr. Steven E. Koonin 

Scroll With IT: Google has the time crystal, Anime Magic is coming to Rosemont and Free Comic Book Day is coming to your local comic book shop

Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tms81021

Steve and Chip meet author S.A. McClure and discuss her prolific writing. Go to http://www.samcclure.com for all of the details