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Guilty Treasures: Hardball, with Austen Rachlis
It's the final episode of our Guilty Treasures season! Award-winning podcaster Austen Rachlis stops by to profess her affection for Hardball, in which Keanu Reeves coaches an inner-city little league…
Guilty Treasures: Big Trouble in Little China, with Kate Milford
Acclaimed children's author Kate Milford joins us to talk about one of her favorite movies, John Carpenter's cult classic Big Trouble in Little China. Will she be able to win us over to its charms?
Guilty Treasures: Tremors, with Benjamin Zelkowicz
Author and animator Benjamin Zelkowicz joins us to share his love of the 1990 Kevin Bacon creature-feature Tremors, and the three of us have a good old time mining it for story insights.
Guilty Treasures: The Intern, with Peter C. Hayward
Master board game creator Peter C. Hayward joins us to sing the praises of the 2015 Nancy Meyers movie The Intern, but we have very different reactions. Who will join in the praise and who will say…
Guilty Treasures: Ace in the Hole, with Keir Graff
Acclaimed Novelist and Podcaster Keir Graff visits to make the case that Billy Wilder's first big flop, 1951's Ace in the Hole, might actually be his masterpiece. As it turns out, Jonathan and Matt…
Guilty Treasures: The Brave Little Toaster, with Betsy Bird
Jonathan and Matt welcome Matt's legendary wife Betsy to discuss one of the weirdest movies ever made, Disney's direct-to-video epic The Brave Little Toaster. Is it oddly great, or just greatly odd?
Guilty Treasures: Beau is Afraid, with James Kennedy
It's Old Home Week! Special Guest James Kennedy makes an impassioned case for Ari Aster's epic nightmare-fuel Beau is Afraid. Will Matt and Jonathan be won over?
Guilty Treasures: Girls Just Want to Have Fun, with Grace Lin
Can a quickie movie adaptation of a song, which didn't even have the rights to use Cyndi Lauper's version, actually be a good movie?? Superstar author Grace Lin makes the case, and Jonathan and Matt…
Guilty Treasures: Hook, with Lindsay Eagar
We welcome our first ever guest, Lindsay Eager, to make the case for Hook, Steven Spielberg's 1991 movie about a grown-up Peter Pan! Will she be able to convince us that it's unfairly maligned?
Guilty Treasures: Real Steel
We continue our Guilty Treasures series, where we (or guests) make the case for critically maligned works! This episode, can Jonathan convince Matt of the value of the Hugh Jackman robot-boxing movie…
Guilty Treasures: The Scorpion King
The second season begins! This season, Matt, Jonathan, and guests will be extolling the virtues of commercially unsuccessful or critically derided works, so Matt gets things going by making the case…
Bonus Episode: KPop Demon Hunters
We wrap up our first season with a bonus episode discussing KPop Demon Hunters and various things we've meant to discuss over the course of the season! Season 2 coming soon!
Shame Shelf: Anne of Green Gables
Matt got Jonathan to read a candidate for Great American Novel, so now Jonathan makes Matt read what might be the Great Canadian Novel, Lucy Maud Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables. Will Matt embrace…
Shame Shelf: Beloved
Matt finally gets Jonathan to read the most acclaimed American novel of the last 50 years, Toni Morrison's Beloved, a deadly serious book about slavery but also a thrilling ghost story and a tender…
Shame Shelf: Kill Bill
Jonathan gets Matt to finally (and reluctantly) watch Kill Bill, Volumes 1 and 2. Will Matt fall in love, or will he feel entirely different emotions?
Shame Shelf: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Matt shames Jonathan into finally watching The Good, The Bad and The Ugly! Note for clarity, since we use actor and character names interchangeably: Clint Eastwood plays Blondie (The Good), Lee Van…
Shame Shelf: Never Let Me Go
Jonathan shames Matt into finally reading Kazuo Ishiguro's 2005 novel Never Let Me Go, and they discuss many things, including the value of basing stories of conspiracy theories.
S1E5 Shame Shelf: Slaughterhouse-Five
Matt forces Jonathan to finally read "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut, and much discussion is had about whether or not it's okay to write a "dated" book.
Shame Shelf: Treasure Planet
Jonathan gets Matt to finally watch the infamous Disney flop Treasure Planet! Is it a secret masterpiece?
Shame Shelf: Vertigo
In our second full episode, Matt shames Jonathan into finally seeing Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 film Vertigo. The Sight and Sound Critics Poll ranks it as the second greatest film of all time...Will…
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