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This week, Donovan and Harrison follow up on a question that’s been brewing over their coverage of police procedurals, which suck and are terrible forever and evermore amen, which is: well, if it doesn’t look like that, then what does it look like? … More How Do You Fight Crime?
On this week’s episode, Peter from Dead Times returns to discuss the slow-moving apocalypse that isn’t so much ever around the proverbial corner but upon us already, in a staggered arrival. We take turns sharing our own experiences with climate education before delving into the facts of the case, from the UN, NOAA, and the groups actively working to combat the problem. It’s a difficult conversation, and one that’s been going on at least since the 1990s. While there’s reason to be hopeful, it’s far past time we got serious about the realities. … More How Do We Fight Climate Change?
This has been a long time coming. Almost thirteen years! Blue Bloods is a CBS juggernaut that’s developed a reputation for being your grandfather’s favorite show. It’s also perfectly symbolic of everything that’s wrong with the broader police procedural genre — when it’s lucid enough to even be coherent. It may not have the on-screen violence of its neighbors, but the racism and sexism and cultural relativism is so pernicious, quietly inflecting every moment of every last godforsaken episode. … More Why is ‘Blue Bloods’ Still on TV?
It’s grating to be back! For our first episode of the new millennium, we’re taking a retrospective look at what once were new ideas and trying — sometimes failing — not to simply prove we’re not basic or whatever, or that we automatically go along with what everybody’s saying. No, we’re above that. Above being above. So, below, in a sense. That’s basically what this episode is about. Trigger warnings, cancel culture, defund the police, and more! … More How Do You Disagree with the Mainstream?
Donovan and Harrison finish things off with a much longer second installment. There’s simply too much to talk about, from honorable mentions to the top five. Things are about to get spicy! 2022 had its share of wonders, from an essential Batman film to an essential Predator film. But what happens when one host’s healing reaction to Black Panther: Wakanda Forever meets another host’s stubborn grumpiness? … More Year End Review 2022 Part II: The Cloverfield Connection
For the first of our two-part saga, Donovan and Harrison come together, a friendship of rock and storm. Surely, no disagreement crests the horizon. Anyway, this is our yearly tradition, where we count down the top ten pieces of media we experienced, starting with numbers ten through five. Also on the menu, some of our lows, including Donovan’s epic screed against Thor: Love and Thunder. … More Year End Rise, Roar, Revolt 2022 Part I
Continuing into Part II (The Dark Middle Chapter) of QNA’s exploratory mission into America’s most embarrassing recesses, we have on returning favorite Peter “Comic Books” Peter, and spend a not-inordinate amount of time on everyone’s favorite British children’s author. … More “Don’t Say Gay” Bill and the history of Anti-LGBT propaganda in America – Part Two (Guest starring Peter!)
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We’ve arrived at our Battle of the Five Armies, famous Tolkien trilogy topper, counting down our top three. Personal growth, feminist musicals, feminist K-dramas, and the greatest anime of the year? … More Year End Review 2021 Part III
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