S2E7 - A God among Bugs

Root Cause, and Wolf & Cub

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We discuss the philosophy of white boards, and then... the gang argues about Harold's lazy infosec, we cheer for the return of Zoe Morgan, and the veterans' (and fan) favorite character appears. There is an extended Ramin Djawadi lovefest in this episode, and then some severe concern that the John/Harold dynamic is tamping down Jude and Justen's horniness quotient.

In WOLF and CUB, we see the last of Will Ingram, we namecheck the National Radio Quiet Zone, and eventually start arguing over Sherlock actors.

Article Jude mentioned (warning: serious spoilers, read at your own risk)

Numbers Categorization 1:

1. Nice people who have been caught in a bad place
2. Nice enough people who make boring bad choices
3. People who have fucked up and are living in the moment
3A. Thief-soldier
3B. Criminal with a heart of gold
4. Miserable boring white dudes who probably don't deserve redemption

Numbers categorization 2:

x-axis: Deserves To Be Saved
y-axis: But Do We Care

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Music is by Arne Parrott, who can be found at http://atptunes.com/

This show is edited and produced by Aaron Olson, who can be found at @urizenxvii

S2E6 - Finch is Grace Kelly

Episodes: Super, Legacy

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Oh god, more pet talk? Zathras quits.

We admit to the temporal distortion of our show dovetail.

In Super, Carter gets elevated to Team Machine, we dip into Burn Notice for a bit, and we talk about playing with knowledgeable audiences' expectations.

In Legacy, Justen brings up MMA, we realize that Reese's go-to undercover move is to complain about his eccentric rich boss, and we give the episode a solid B-.

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Ana can be found at @The_Mianaai, and also made our show art.

Both Ana and Justen can also be found on The Compleat Discography, a Discworld re-read podcast.

Jude Vais can be found at @eremiticjude. His other work can be found at Athrabeth - a Tolkien Podcast and at Garbage of the Five Rings.

Clips from the original show remain copyrighted by their original rightsholders, and are used under the Fair Use doctrine.

Music is by Arne Parrott, who can be found at http://atptunes.com/

This show is edited and produced by Aaron Olson, who can be found at @urizenxvii

The Apple of Star Treks

Strange New Worlds S1E04: Memento Mori

CW: Sean Connery

A few minutes of Neelix hate? Star Trek has a very loose understanding of astrophysics. Jude comes up with a list of all the other species out there that might eat colonists. Kirk doesn't f*ck as much as you think? The cast does some deep dives into how plot armor works in Star Trek. Sorry, Scott Paladin.

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Justen can be found at @justenwrites

Ana can be found at @The_Mianaai, and also made our show art.

Both Ana and Justen can also be found on The Compleat Discography, a Discworld re-read podcast.

Jude Vais can be found at @eremiticjude. His other work can be found at Athrabeth - a Tolkien Podcast and at Garbage of the Five Rings.

Music attribution: Space War by IdanKupferberg from Pixabay

This show is edited and produced by Aaron Olson, who can be found at @urizenxvii

S2E5 - A Xerox Alto

Episodes: Get Carter and Number Crunch

Warning: 5 minutes of pet talk.

In Get Carter, Jude gets weirdly defensive about his philosophy training, we discuss relevant numbers and machine learning, and John goes full Batman. Mutant? Vengeance demon? Something like that. Fusco is actually a good cop, but also a terrible liar.

In Number Crunch, we see that Jude has learned how to write a CONCISE GODDAMN SUMMARY, Ana discusses the relative merits of an IDE that doesn't auto-scroll, Finch is Sophie, and John can't act his way out of a paper bag. Does every New Yorker just know instinctively how to launder money?

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Justen can be found at @justenwrites

Ana can be found at @The_Mianaai, and also made our show art.

Both Ana and Justen can also be found on The Compleat Discography, a Discworld re-read podcast.

Jude Vais can be found at @eremiticjude. His other work can be found at Athrabeth - a Tolkien Podcast and at Garbage of the Five Rings.

Clips from the original show remain copyrighted by their original rightsholders, and are used under the Fair Use doctrine.

Music is by Arne Parrott, who can be found at http://atptunes.com/

This show is edited and produced by Aaron Olson, who can be found at @urizenxvii

S2E4 - A Bag of Juice

Witness and Foe

Witness: metaplot 2! Justen's bad NY accents, John's questionable phone choices, and Charlie--I mean, Elias--teasing the third-act reveal in the middle of the episode. Elias is the Bester of Person of Interest.

Foe: A long discussion of cold war surveillance state methods, Justen goes feral over gun porn, Jude goes even more feral over questionable gun choices, and John/Harold slice-of-life fan fiction is liberally sprinkled across everything.

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Justen can be found at @justenwrites

Ana can be found at @The_Mianaai, and also made our show art.

Both Ana and Justen can also be found on The Compleat Discography, a Discworld re-read podcast.

Jude Vais can be found at @eremiticjude. His other work can be found at Athrabeth - a Tolkien Podcast and at Garbage of the Five Rings.

Clips from the original show remain copyrighted by their original rightsholders, and are used under the Fair Use doctrine.

Music is by Arne Parrott, who can be found at http://atptunes.com/

This show is edited and produced by Aaron Olson, who can be found at @urizenxvii

Chekov's Non-Fungible Daughter

Ghosts of Ilyria

When was the last time you thought about The Game from TNG? 2048 doesn't give you an orgasm, unfortunately. Long side investigation into exactly when genetic modification laws were established in canon. More yelling. Some talk about the pressures of being an exemplar.

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Justen can be found at @justenwrites

Ana can be found at @The_Mianaai, and also made our show art.

Both Ana and Justen can also be found on The Compleat Discography, a Discworld re-read podcast.

Jude Vais can be found at @eremiticjude. His other work can be found at Athrabeth - a Tolkien Podcast and at Garbage of the Five Rings.

Music attribution: Space War by IdanKupferberg from Pixabay

This show is edited and produced by Aaron Olson, who can be found at @urizenxvii

Hemmer's House of Ribs

Children of the Comet

Episode 2 continues with a DEEP level of characterization for so many of our new best friends. We continue to be in love. And REALLY horny for Pike. And thoroughly unburdened by conversational boundaries.

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Justen can be found at @justenwrites

Ana can be found at @The_Mianaai, and also made our show art.

Both Ana and Justen can also be found on The Compleat Discography, a Discworld re-read podcast.

Jude Vais can be found at @eremiticjude. His other work can be found at Athrabeth - a Tolkien Podcast and at Garbage of the Five Rings.

Music attribution: Space War by IdanKupferberg from Pixabay

This show is edited and produced by Aaron Olson, who can be found at @urizenxvii

S2E3 - BO and Mustard

Judgment, and The Fix CW: Needles

Fictional gangs, questionable dining habits, and badly sold plots! John's first yellow box notation from the Machine, a ton of guest stars, and a brief diversion into suspension of disbelief about gunshot wounds. We're so glad the judge wasn't ****ing the nanny.

Our first outing with Zoe Morgan is productive, and Harold gets vicious with his money. Jude narrates his BSOD upon realizing a Zoe-April connection. We get sidelined by arguing about Treasure Planet vs. Muppet Treasure Island--leave your favorite in the comments.


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Justen can be found at @justenwrites

Ana can be found at @The_Mianaai, and also made our show art.

Both Ana and Justen can also be found on The Compleat Discography, a Discworld re-read podcast.

Jude Vais can be found at @eremiticjude. His other work can be found at Athrabeth - a Tolkien Podcast and at Garbage of the Five Rings.

Clips from the original show remain copyrighted by their original rightsholders, and are used under the Fair Use doctrine.

Music is by Arne Parrott, who can be found at http://atptunes.com/

This show is edited and produced by Aaron Olson, who can be found at @urizenxvii

S2E2 - Boring White Dude Doing Something for a Girl

Mission Creep, Cura te Ipsum

Mission Creep: In which we get the most concise Jude summary yet, Justen categorizes a wad of S1 numbers under this episode's label, and the Elias arc kicks off. John gets some rare characterization--a soft spot for vets--while Fusco starts to think about John's safety.

After some discussion of Harrison Ford shipping...

Cura te Ipsum: Lots of sound design talk, a villain with the worst affluenza ever seen on tv, we realize we haven't talked about Bluejacking yet, and there's some B5 contamination in the feed.

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Help us keep the lights on via our Patreon!

Justen can be found at @justenwrites

Ana can be found at @The_Mianaai, and also made our show art.

Both Ana and Justen can also be found on The Compleat Discography, a Discworld re-read podcast.

Jude Vais can be found at @eremiticjude. His other work can be found at Athrabeth - a Tolkien Podcast and at Garbage of the Five Rings.

Clips from the original show remain copyrighted by their original rightsholders, and are used under the Fair Use doctrine.

Music is by Arne Parrott, who can be found at http://atptunes.com/

This show is edited and produced by Aaron Olson, who can be found at @urizenxvii

S2E1 - Improbable Beards

"Pilot" and "Ghosts"

In which Ana discovers what it's like to be on the other side of the headphones, there's a fine distinction drawn between war crimes/regular crimes/violations of civil liberties, and we discuss ships we can't discuss.

In the pilot, we question Fusco's frisking ability if he can't find a goddamn grenade on an unconscious Reese, Finch is compared to a surprised owl, Fusco is named the anti-Garibaldi, and we summarize the principal characters. Jude has ISSUES with Hobo John's beard.

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Help us keep the lights on via our Patreon!

Justen can be found at @justenwrites

Ana can be found at @The_Mianaai, and also made our show art.

Both Ana and Justen can also be found on The Compleat Discography, a Discworld re-read podcast.

Jude Vais can be found at @eremiticjude. His other work can be found at Athrabeth - a Tolkien Podcast and at Garbage of the Five Rings.

Clips from the original show remain copyrighted by their original rightsholders, and are used under the Fair Use doctrine.

Music is by Arne Parrott, who can be found at http://atptunes.com/

This show is edited and produced by Aaron Olson, who can be found at @urizenxvii

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