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The Egyptian Sam Elliott

The Egyptian Sam Elliott

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LET’S GET SMOKED: Our hosts get niche and talk about the glory that is Netflix’s third season of the competitive cooking reality show, Barbecue Showdown.

TOPICS:
(00:00) Intro – The Weathercast
(01:45) Barbecue Showdown, season 3
(03:39) Why it’s a great show
(09:10) The range of the cast
(13:57) There are no losers on this show
(16:59) BBQ in the USA
(17:51) Standouts in the cast
(20:50) The judges
(23:20) Andrew was inspired to grind some meat!
(28:10) Outro – Happy birthday friend-of-the-show-and-on-the-ground-DC-correspondent, Taylor!
(29:50) Outtakes

RELEVANT EPISODES:

  • “Butt Magic” (16 October 2020): Where D. Bethel talks about his other favorite reality show, Alone.
  • “The Dark Magic of Smoke Rings” (09 June 2023): Where our hosts discuss the joys of season 2 of Barbecue Showdown.
  • “Sausageria” (29 December 2023): Where Andrew learns to stuff his own sausage.
  • “Attachment Point” (09 February 2024): Where Andrew gives listeners an update on his sausage-stuffing adventure.

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Mama Knight

Mama Knight

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ON STRIKE: Despite the heat, our hosts discuss all the striking that’s hitting Hollywood (and more!) quite hard right now. From the WGA to SAG-AFTRA (to UPS?!), it seems that the folks who are just trying to do their job and earn an honest living can’t get an inch from the studio heads, so far.

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RELEVANT EPISODES:

  • “Space Man From Pluto” (30 June 2023): Where our hosts worried about how entertainment executives would find AI-created work enticing (and cheap) alternatives to hiring actual creative people.
  • “Don’t Pull Out Your Deck” (14 July 2023): Where our hosts discuss the rising costs (and continuing failures) of movies.

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Maymory

Maymory

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THE OUTCAST: In celebration of the start of Pride Month, our hosts look at one of the most blatant attempt to address LGBTQ+ issues done by Star Trek: The Next Generation in their fifth season episode, “The Outcast,” and how its success in that endeavor may have changed over time.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

  • “All the Way” (26 September 2014): Where our hosts talk about the Highlander franchise.
  • “Wise Captain-Father” (19 April 2019): Where our hosts talk about how The Orville out-Star Treks Star Trek in a lot of ways (at the time).
  • “Dicksisms” (06 September 2019): Where our hosts talk about the prolific Doctor Who writer, Terrance Dicks.
  • “Televisionatic” (28 January 2022): Where our hosts discuss the game-changing pair of Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes, “Best of Both Worlds.”

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