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Ep 257: We're BACK, baby! Erek (@erek_smith) joins the show for the first in-person ep since lockdown began. Allison (@allisonkilkenny) celebrates the history of Dunkaroos and recs: The Vast Of Night, Rutherford Falls, and Saint Maud and reads some Patreon stories about Pride and a few recs, while Erek recs: Manhunt and The Practice In bad news: Racism in sports from Naomi Osaka being fined by the...

Ep 256: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) reads Patreon recs and your wildest stories and recs: Qanon Anonymous's episode about Jim Caviezel, Girls5Eva, Hacks, Shrill, and Olivia Rodrigo's album Sour In bad news: Ben Platt's wig, only 35 House Republicans voted for the January 6 commission, Texas gov signs "heartbeat" abortion ban into law, and Biden's slowly changing tone on Israel In good news: Matt Ga...

Ep 255: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) reads Patreon recs and recs: RuPaul's Drag Race (and Drag Race pods), Mare of Easttown, and Shiva Baby. In bad news: Billy Crystal calls comedy a "minefield," Bill Gates was homies with Jeffrey Epstein (remember??), and rich idiot Caitlyn Jenner is running for governor In good news: US backs waiving intellectual property rules on Covid vaccines, Trump's new websi...

Ep 254: BONUS! Allison (@allisonkilkenny) and Meredith (@MeredithLClark) interview First Cow's Orion Lee (@orion8lee) about working with director Kelly Reichardt, the many shapes of bromances, AAPI representation, filmmaking in the time of Covid, and working with Evie the cow 🐄 Light Treason News is supported by members! To sign up and keep the show going, visit lighttreason.news

Ep 253: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) and Meredith (@MeredithLClark) make their Oscar predictions and discuss the George Floyd murder trial and Derek Chauvin being found guilty on all counts, even while police continue to kill people like Ma'Khia Bryant and Andrew Brown Jr. Oscar Predictions Best Supporting Actor: Should and Will win is Daniel Kaluuya Supporting Actress: (Allison) Should is Yuh-Jung...

Ep 252: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) and Meredith (@MeredithLClark) rank their top 10 films of 2020/early 2021. Feel free to cheer in agreement or yell at us on Twitter! #lighttreasonpod @lighttreasonpod 10. Allison: I'm Thinking Of Ending Things Meredith: Greenland 9. Allison: Kajillionaire Meredith: Sound of Metal 8: Allison: Palm Springs Meredith: Possessor 7. Allison: Barb and Star Meredith: Ano...

Ep 251: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) reads a Patreon rec and discusses the Alabama bill that would make it a felony to prescribe hormone blockers to trans youth and recs: The Snyder Cut (hear me out!!), The Suicide Squad trailer, Falcon and Winter Soldier, Minari, and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom In bad news: Mass shootings (in Atlanta and Colorado) are back in the news but they never really left us, th...

Ep 250: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) reads some Patreon recs and a ghost story 👻 and recs Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar and Meredith (@meredithlclark) recs Eurovision before they share their Last Normal Day, discuss the Vanity Fair Armie Hammer profile, and Oprah's interview with Harry and Meghan (including William and Pierce Morgan's responses) In bad news: Kyrsten Sinema profoundly sucks, Rep...

Ep 249: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) reads some Patreon recs and Erek (@erek_smith) recs Buffy and X-Files and Allison recs Nomadland (with caveats) and anti-recs I Care A Lot In bad news: CPAC was its normal shitshow, the stimulus makes it out of the House but will probably lose the $15/hour minimum wage hike, the Biden administration bombs Syria and some Democrats in Congress are wondering if was...

Ep 248: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) recs Judas and the Black Messiah, Small Axe, and Never Rarely Sometimes Always In bad news: The Texas blackouts are what happens in a racist, classist privatized state; and Biden rejects a proposal to cancel $50,000 in student debt In good news: Rush Limbaugh is dead, Ted and Heidi Cruz are busted fleeing their state for warmer weather, and the South Carolina law...

Ep 247: Erek @(Erek_Smith) sends greetings from North Carolina and recs Hell's Kitchen, The Chase, chess on Twitch, and Dirty Money's S2 episode on conservatorships, while Allison (@allisonkilkenny) recs Framing Britney Spears, the Hollywood Reporter's article on Shelley Duvall, and Promising Young Woman (no spoilers). They also briefly chat about the Super Bowl and the weird optics of the NFL pus...

Ep 246: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) reads Patreon recs, requests, and life updates and recs: Sound Of Metal, Lupin, Industry, Wandavision, and anti-recs Malcolm & Marie, while Meredith (@MeredithLClark) recs Save Yourselves, The Insider, and Promising Young Woman In bad news: The Armie Hammer story is about abuse and not just sensationalized cannibalism headlines, 199 Congressional reps were a-okay...

Ep 246: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) reads a Patreon message about redheads and Melatonin and recs: In And Of Itself and David Byrne's America Utopia before Charles (@charlesrockhill) shares a disturbing dream and recs: The Goes Wrong Show, Bling Empire, Anything For Jackson, and details the Olivia Rodrigo-Sabrina Carpenter drama In bad news: Coronavirus variants and the vaccine shortage, the little...

Description Ep 245: Allison's Melatonin adventure and online etiquette recs. More recs: Ted Lasso, His House, and Gangs of London (it's Sope Dirisu's world and we're just living in it) In bad news: Let's talk more about that attempted coup, including how Trump tried to oust acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen and may have used shell companies to fund the D.C. protests that led to the Capitol ins...

Ep 244: Patreon recs and then Allison (@allisonkilkenny) and Meredith (@MeredithLClark) discuss how the Armie Hammer story is really about abuse allegations and Allison recs Wandavision, A Certain Hunger, and Ghosts, while Meredith recs Starstruck and Greenland In bad news: The "QAnon Shaman" left a threatening note for Pence at the Capitol and the panic buttons were torn from Rep. Pressley's Cong...

Ep 243: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) anti-recs WW84 and Tenet and recs Soul and The Flight Attendant, while Charles (@charlesrockhill) recs My Big Fat Pet Makeover, Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, Big Mouth s4, Bridgerton, and Drag Race In bad news: Soooo let's talk about that attempted coup. In good news: Congress verifies the elections, Trump's rats jump ship, the Dems control the government, T...

Ep 242: BONUS ep! Allison (@allisonkilkenny) and Meredith (@MeredithLClark) speak with The Dark and the Wicked's (@tdatwfilm) Julie Oliver-Touchstone (@julie.oliver.touchstone) about ghosts, the devil, Imposter Syndrome, working with the great Bryan Bertino, and some of her fav sci-fi 😈 Check out The Dark and the Wicked! LTN will return with new episodes Jan 9! Light Treason News is supported by...

Ep 241: Erek (@erek_smith) recs Netflix's Manhunt, Nightcrawler, and Zodiac, while Allison (@allisonkilkenny) recs Kid Cudi's Man On The Moon III and TSwift's Evermore before reading another spoooooky tale from her Patreon (patreon.com/allisonkilkenny). Keep the creepies coming, kids! 😈 LTN will return with new episodes Jan 9! In bad news: CDC Chief warns the daily Covid fatalities will exceed th...

Ep 240: Meredith (@MeredithLClark) joins the show! Allison and Meredith rec: The Dark And The Wicked and Guns Akimbo, and Allison recs Mank and The Undoing finale, while Meredith recs Chelsea G. Summers' A Certain Hunger In bad news: U.S. keeps shattering Covid records as hospitals run out of beds, and Trump goes pardon crazy (even as the DoJ investigates a potential presidential pardon bribery sc...

Ep 239: Allison reads some Patreon recs and a spooooky ghost story and recs: The Dark And The Wicked, The Crown, The Undoing (sort of), and anti-recs Hillbilly Elegy, and Erek (@erek_smith) recs Succession and Unlocking The Cage In bad news: U.S. surpasses 13 million Covid cases as hospitals near capacity; online anti-vaxxer communities have become a pipeline for QAnon radicalization, and the Supr...

Ep 238: Maybe celebrity sightings and Allison and Charles (@charlesrockhill) anti-rec Knock Knock, Allison recs this mashup of Creep and All I Want For Christmas Is You: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZE4shVkwqIk, and Charles recs Kylie Minogue's Disco, Little Mix's Confetti, and The Duchess on Netflix Check out Allison's film Hum now showing at NYC Web Fest! https://watch.eventive.org/nycwebfest...

Ep 237: Allison and Erek (@erek_smith) discuss the election, Biden winning the presidency, pens, and Brooklyn being absolutely nuts right now. Recs: The Queen's Gambit, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, The Bay, Hell House LLC, The Wire, and the Sopranos Tix for NYC Web fest Nov 13 screening of Allison's film Hum are here: https://watch.eventive.org/nycwebfest2020/play/5f9c8faf7822e9003eb7a8d2/5f82198a8...

p 237: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) shares some spooky 🎃 news about plants, anti-recs Rebecca, and recs: Unsolved Mysteries s2, Bad Hair, and Mandy In bad news: Amy Coney Barrett confirmed and SCOTUS rushes to hear a case that could bring down Roe V. Wade, Don Jr. says Covid deaths are "almost nothing" on a day when the virus killed more than 1,000 Americans, White House chief of staff: "We are not...

Ep 236: Allison semi-recs Lovecraft Country's finale, anti-recs The Vow finale, and recs Fargo S4 and Millennium, while Meredith recs Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Vampires vs. the Bronx, and The Mortuary Collection In bad news: Jeffrey Toobin, Rudy Giuliani and the pathetic "I didn't mean to involve my dick" excuse, the final presidential debate shockingly didn't address ICE officers torturing Afri...

Ep 235: Allison and Erek (@erek_smith) discuss Netflix's The Social Dilemma and the Trial of the Chicago 7 Recommended reading: 9 (Kinda) Hilarious Lessons From My 99 Days on a COVID Ventilator In bad news: The stupid dueling town halls, Allison is not a fan of Dianne Feinstein, and Amy Coney Barrett's looming Supreme Court confirmation In good news: Chris Christie now takes Covid seriously after...