Episode 10, ‘The greatest show ever cancelled’, on Firefly
In this extra nerdy episode, Dave and Steven delve deep into the characters, stories, and mysteries of one of the greatest shows ever cancelled: Joss Whedon’s Firefly.
Episode 9, ‘Let’s keep comparing Nicolas Cage to Samuel L. Jackson’, Actor Profile: Nicolas Cage
In this episode Dave and Steven go on a scattershot journey through the insane career of actor and legend Nicolas Cage.
Show Notes:
Intro Clip: The Wicker Man
Dave and Steve both mess up what The Family Man is a derivation/remake of: it is neither Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol nor the Louis Armstrong song What A Wonderful World
The Official Biography of Nicolas Kim Coppola
Genius or Madman?: The development of the Nicolas Cage persona
What is the best part of a Nicolas Cage film?
Steven gets into far too much detail about how he feels about Nicolas Cage’s body
Episode 7.5, ‘The Shadow Episode’, on the Ender’s Game series. Again.
In this bonus episode, Dave and Steven continue their discussion of the Ender’s Game Series… because if you couldn’t tell, they really like those books.
DISCLAIMER: If you haven’t read the Ender’s Game Series or don’t like it, or if you enjoyed the movie, don’t listen to this podcast.
Show Notes
Intro Clip: Ender’s Game, The Movie
Disclaimer: If you haven’t read the series or don’t like it, you’ll want to ignore this bonus episode.
Musing about the Descolada
Do not watch the Ender’s Game movie.
The significance of Jane
As a character
As a narrative element
The problem with technological change and science fiction
Episode 7, ‘You’re Explaining a Sci-Fi Book and It Sounds Crazy’, on the Ender’s Game series
Dave and Steven discuss The Ender Series in great, great detail… maybe too much detail.
WARNING: If you haven’t read Ender’s Game, or any of the Ender books, do not listen to this podcast. You will not like it, and it will spoil everything or you.
Show Notes
Intro Clip: Ender’s Game, The Movie
Our first literary episode
Sequel-bait, short stories and the origin of the series
The distinction between the Enderverse books and the author Orson Scott Card
Starting at the end of Ender’s Game
Steven overuses the word “beautiful”, almost completely negating its meaning
The Style Guide
Ep. 7: You're Explaining a Sci-Fi Book and It Sounds Crazy
Episode 4, ‘It has nothing to do with guys that rob an office’, on David Mamet
Dave and Steven discuss the first show in Paper Street Theatre’s 2015/2016 season: David Mamet. (This episode contains explicit language and adult themes).
