For our promised Halloween Special, returning guest Ethan Reader joins Dean to discuss the Christopher Pike novel The Midnight Club and its new Netflix adaptation.

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In this episode we discuss George Saunders's short story "Escape From Spiderhead," as well as the 2022 Netflix film Spiderhead that was based on it, starring Chris Hemsworth. 

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Alex and Dean talk about Patricia Lockwood's fragmented Twitter-esque novel, and its exploration of our Very Online lives. We talk about what's great and what's not so great about the time we spend online. We see how traumatic experience in the novel wakes the protagonist up to a sense of the holiness of our attention. And finally, we look at some lines from Lockwood's essay "How to We Write Now?" (link below) to see a few practical ways we can create a slower, quieter space for authentic human experience. 

Link to Patricia Lockwood's "How Do We Write Now?": 
https://tinhouse.com/how-do-we-write-now/

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In this episode Dean and special guest Ivan discuss superhero comics and graphic novels by exploring the Marvel character of Gwenpool. 

Never heard of Gwenpool? We're so excited to introduce you to this amazing character. Here's the list of comic books we'll be discussing in this episode, which will be collected in an omnibus in November, 2022, and which can all be found on the Marvel Unlimited digital comics subscription:

The Unbelievable Gwenpool (2016) #0 - 25
Gwenpool Holiday Special Merry Mix Up (2016) #1
Rocket Raccoon and Groot (2016) #8 - 10
Champions (2016) #5
Edge of Venomverse (2017) #2
Secret Empire: Brave New World (2017) #1
West Coast Avengers (2018) #1 - 10
Superior Spiderman (2018) #7 - 8 
Gwenpool Strikes Back (2019) #1 - 5 

(If you're short on time, the essential stories are the two runs that are headlined by Gwepool: The Unbelievable Gwenpool and Gwenpool Strikes Back)

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In this week's episode, Alex and Dean discuss The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (2003) as well as two media adaptations: the 2009 feature film, and the 2022 HBO television show. 

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Alex and Dean bring on notable horror expert Ethan to talk about the horror genre and ghost stories, featuring Joe Hill's short story "The Black Phone," from his collection 20th Century Ghosts. We also cover the new film adaptation starring Ethan Hawke, The Black Phone, as well as director Scott Derrickson's earlier film Sinister--and lots of other horror goodness. 

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Alex and Dean cover Michael Crichton's 'Jurassic Park' and 'The Lost World' with special guest Susie, expert on all things Jurassic Park. We review the books, all of the movies, a TV show, and video games. We also make some dinosaur sounds. 

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Alex and Dean discuss the first half of Ted Chiang's Exhalation (2019), which includes the stories "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate," "Exhalation," "What's Expected of Us," and "The Lifecycle of Software Objects."

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