The West Wing: "17 People"In what's widely regarded as one of TV's all-time best bottle episodes, the staff of The White House stays late for two reasons: a tense confrontation in the Oval Office about the President's health, and a writers' ro

DRAGON BALL Z's heroes learn to drive (with Stik Braxton)

23 days ago 1h 35m

Dragon Ball Z: "Goku's Ordeal" (aka "License Mastery? Goku's Newest Trial")Author and Podcaster Stik Braxton returns for Akira Toriyama's hugely influential anime and one of the most famous filler episodes of all time -- the one where Goku and

SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH gets addicted to pancakes

Mar 20th, 2024 1h 57m

Sabrina the Teenage Witch: "Pancake Madness"The answer to the riddle is cakes on the griddle! In this parody of Very Special Episodes and Reefer Madness, Sabrina (Melissa Joan Hart) gets hooked on pancakes... and we're pretty sure it got this

AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER does a stage play (with Spencer Johnson)

Mar 6th, 2024 2h 3m

Avatar: The Last Airbender: "The Ember Island Players" Storyboard artist Spencer Johnson (Star Trek: Lower Decks, Scavenger's Reign) joins us for Nickelodeon's anime-inspired action series, and its famous recap episode where our heroes watch a

NEWSRADIO sinks the Titanic

Feb 21st, 2024 1h 43m

Newsradio: "Sinking Ship" What do you do when you're a surrealist sitcom that's been treated badly by NBC and pretty sure you're about to be cancelled? Blow all the network's budget on an effects-heavy period piece! In what was famously Phil H

ALIAS blows up its premise after the Super Bowl

Feb 7th, 2024 2h 10m

Alias: "Phase One" Just in time for the Big Game, we're covering when the classic J.J. Abrams spy thriller Alias scored the treasured Super Bowl lead out slot... and aired its wildest episode that not only demolishes its original premise and r

30 ROCK becomes a Real Housewives show (with Nick Coffman)

Jan 24th, 2024 1h 29m

30 Rock: "Queen of Jordan" HAM! Nick Coffman from Hard Drive and Smashing Game Time joins us for an iconic episode from the Tina Fey comedy that spotlights Angie Jordan (Sherri Shepard) and her Real Housewives-esque in-universe show, which inc

SUPERMAN investigates the death of Clark Kent

Jan 10th, 2024 1h 21m

Superman: The Animated Series: "The Late Mr. Kent" The Big Blue Boy Scout finds himself tangled in a noir-style murder mystery when his alter-ego of Clark Kent appears to be killed! With private eye-style flashback narration, a grounded crime

FRINGE goes on a musical noir fairy tale drug trip (with Merrilee O'Neil)

Dec 20th, 2023 2h 6m

Fringe: "Brown Betty" Merrilee O'Neil joins us for one of the strangest genre mash-ups of all time from this cult sci-fi show, where a grief-stricken mad scientist tells a fairy tale about glass hearts, singing corpses, and quantum laser knive

DOCTOR WHO takes a trip to Midnight (with Hamish Steele)

Dec 13th, 2023 2h 5m

Doctor Who: "Midnight" Hamish Steele (creator of Dead End: Paranormal Park and DeadEndia) joins us for one of Doctor Who's best and scariest episodes, which uses knocking, repetition, and a tourist bus to expose the darkness of humanity. On th

ANGEL gives Cordelia an alternate life

Dec 6th, 2023 2h 10m

Angel: "Birthday" It's an ode to Cordelia Chase in this It's a Wonderful Life homage, where Queen C faces certain death, is guided by an affable demon to reflect on her life choices, and finally lives the alternate life she always dreamed of a

FUTURAMA kills Fry

Nov 22nd, 2023 2h 7m

Futurama: "The Sting" Every TV viewer knows that even if the main character dies, things have to get back to normal somehow, right? This surreal, emotionally-charged episode explores every possibility of that premise, from dreams and hallucina

DONNA REED does TV's first Rashomon episode

Nov 8th, 2023 1h 40m

The Donna Reed Show: "Have Fun" We're venturing back to the late 1950s for a piece of television history you may not have known about -- the first ever Rashomon-style episode! Though Donna Reed became known as the ur-example of a typical sitco

THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE unnerves us with unbroken takes (with Nadia)

Oct 25th, 2023 1h 57m

The Haunting of Hill House: "Two Storms" Nadia from Inside All Day Podcast joins us for this equal parts scary and sad episode of the acclaimed Netflix adaptation of Shirley Jackson's famous novel, where horror mastermind Mike Flanagan uses am

SO WEIRD makes a concert out of a clip show

Oct 11th, 2023 1h 59m

So Weird: "Encore"We're starting off spooky season with one the most inventive, ingenious, and emotionally impactful uses of a clip show from So Weird, an oft-forgotten (but very good) Disney Channel original series from the Zoog Disney era! T

STRANGE NEW WORLDS crosses over with LOWER DECKS (with Cass Proffitt)

Sep 25th, 2023 2h 13m

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: "Those Old Scientists"We're going where no TV show has gone before -- comedy cartoon characters crossing over into a serious live-action drama! Cass Proffitt of Distant Echoes joins us as the animated Boimler and

COMMUNITY goes into a 16-bit game

Sep 11th, 2023 1h 43m

Community: "Digital Estate Planning"The study group plays an old school video game to help Pierce win his inheritance in this wildly ambitious episode! We talk about Titmouse's amazing animated rendering of a fake game, the perils of ironic ra

THE GOOD PLACE goes into Janet's void

Aug 28th, 2023 2h 3m

The Good Place: "Janets"You'd think "one actor in an empty space" would be a straightforward idea for an episode, but not for this forking ambitious show, which has D'Arcy Carden play every one of the human cast at the same time inside a huge

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Q&A with the Ds

Aug 14th, 2023 1h 30m

David has joined Derek as the new permanent co-host, and we're welcoming him with a special mailbag episode! Listeners sent in a bunch of Qs, and the two Ds have lots of As... including plenty of podcast lore, the most suggested episodes, works

QUANTUM LEAP leaps into a vampire

Jul 31st, 2023 1h 24m

Quantum Leap: "Blood Moon" Gavin Mevius leaps from The Mixed Reviews and into a gothic horror homage from Quantum Leap's weird final season, where Dr. Sam Beckett seems to possibly leap into a classic vampire, maybe, definitely. And while dov

UGLY BETTY is beautiful in an alternate reality

Jul 17th, 2023 1h 11m

Ugly Betty: "Million Dollar Smile" Bridge from May the Power Protect You Podcast joins for this momentous episode that lets America Ferrera's Betty get out of the braces and into an It's a Wonderful Life-style alternate reality where she was

THE FACTS OF LIFE goes cruising

Jul 3rd, 2023 1h 5m

The Facts of Life: "Cruisin'"Chris Cummins of Sci-Fi Explosion joins for a late-night cruise through town in this American Graffiti tribute and ultimate hangout episode! While the Facts girls aren't doing the gay type of cruising, it's still a

SUPERNATURAL shatters the fourth wall

Jun 19th, 2023 2h 4m

Supernatural: "The French Mistake"Manika Dulcio from the I've Been Meaning To Watch That podcast joins for one of TV's most meta episodes ever, where Sam and Dean Winchester are thrown out of their fictional reality and onto the set of their o

ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN does a found footage episode

May 29th, 2023 1h 44m

Ultimate Spider-Man: "Exclusive"Doug Fink is here for a Walloping Websnappers crossover! A Spidey vs. Hulk disaster is shown from the lens of Mary Jane's camera, leading to ambitious animation and incredibly creative storytelling choices. We d

RIVERDALE tells a witchy love story spanning three generations (in a parallel universe, sort of)

May 15th, 2023 1h 40m

Riverdale: "The Witching Hour(s)"Cassie Proffitt (of Distant Echoes) joins to unravel the madness of Riverdale's parallel universe Rivervale arc, and this standout episode that borrows the structure of the film The Hours to tell a surprisingly