709 Meridian

D, Andrew, and the Titans get back to the story of when Dick Grayson killed some kid at a luau or something. Given it's a story ostensibly twenty episodes in the making, the hosts have a lot to say... much of it even about the episode.

For our sins, we asked for a Bruce Wayne. For our sins, they gave us one. Wait, a second, no, we didn't. Doesn't Alfred make more sense? Anyway, tune in for the high drama as D and Andrew try to make it through. Andrew probably tries convincing everyone Iain Glen's good, actually, but... There's also lots of talking. So much talking. On the show. The hosts are just trying not to fa...

After their brief sojourn away from the Tower, D and Andrew return to discover... another TITANS episode where it's a different (better) show, this time one starring Superboy. Tune in!

Tonight, D and Andrew will brave the city and the wack for all the compelling drama of the cult classic film, DISCO GODFATHER. Watch along as they experience the unforgettable characters, the vibrant settings, and the inspired performances of Rudy Ray Moore, Carol Speed, and the rest of the cast; preserved and augmented in this one-of-a-kind podcasting event. Disco will never die

It's 100 episodes (at one count or another) so D and Andrew take a break from TITANS to turn back the clock to 1977 and ABAR, THE FIRST BLACK SUPERMAN. D's already seen it, so he gets to build up the h!@& f#&!@^ s#&@-ness of the plot twists. Tune in. Guaranteed, there's nothing like ABAR.

It takes a whole bunch of the episode, but eventually D and Andrew get interested in Jason Todd in peril. Is there a crowbar reference in the episode? Depends on which episode we're talking about, 709 or TITANS. You'll just have to tune in to find out!

Well, D and Andrew finally get to the Deep. Sorry, the Emerald Aqualad. Wait, no just Aqualad. He just acts like comic Roy Harper and looks like some guy on THE BOYS. Anyway, tune in as they discuss... secret origins, missed opportunities, and holy sh!$ cliffhangers.

D and Andrew put on their forehead lamps to investigate Titans Tower for any free floating, full torso, vaporous apparitions. Wait, no, "Ghosts" refers to secrets revealed piecemeal in flashback, which is just TITANS, doesn't seem like it deserves a whole episode. The Titans have an "identity crisis" of sorts, D and Andrew try to keep up.

D and Andrew head into TITANS SEASON TWO proper (after the first episode of the season wrapped up the previous one and teased what's coming). D tries to manage all the expectations. Andrew threatens to talk about Doctor Who (he does not). The Teen Titans hit each other with sticks.

D and Andrew finally discover the anti-life equation and unlock the boom tube to... wait, no, wrong terribly rendered CGI big bad. No, they go with the Titans to rural... Ohio? Michigan? Doesn't matter. There's an ending and a setup. There are those things in this episode. Tune in as D and Andrew try to figure out what else is going on.

Certainly an episode entitled DICK GRAYSON isn't going to be a cheap-ish mind game episode without much to do with the series, ongoing story arcs, or anything else. Listen as Andrew and D discover, actually, it is going to be a cheap-ish mind game episode but at least the second season teaser's good?

D and Andrew finally get to Kory's intergalactic secret origin which just happens to take place... in an Arrowverse abandoned warehouse. But there is a twist ending? And some special effects? (momentarily). Surely the whole season and the fate of the world aren't going to hinge on some dude rekindling a high school crush....

D and Andrew reach the antepenultimate episode of the season, which involves the astoundingly grim and gritty back story for Hawk and Dawn. Sorry, Hawk and Don, Sorry, Hank and Don. No, wait, trying again--Hawk and Dawn. Dang it. Anyway. It's problematic, weird, boring, and bad, though your intrepid hosts do seem more interested in giving the JACK REACHER show a shot.

D and Andrew head ... to a different part of Chicago? And there's a train somewhere? Is it New York? Anyway. They tag along as Dick goes to visit Donna Troy and we get some superhero action for once. Albeit not like fight scene superhero action. But we again get a sense of how the show could be better (Donna Troy). And isn't. Though Andrew's finally (somewhat) invested in Raven's f...

D, Andrew, and the rest of the TITANS head to Arkham Asylum... wait, no, they didn't get permission to use Arkham. But we do get a delightful episode about our lovable teenage (and early twenties) superheroes getting tortured. A lot. Also a surprise guest star.

D, Andrew, Richard, and Jason all head to the Windy City for what starts as a talking heads episode between two emotionally abused young men who share the same malevolent legal guardian but then becomes a great procedural for the show TITANS isn't (or hasn't yet been). Tune in as they talk crowbars, jokers, circuses, and so on.

D and Andrew head back to the Tower to catch up with the Titans, who spend this episode getting to know each other, getting to know all about each other. We also discover Robin in the Titans-verse is one of those non-metahuman superheroes who needs his suit to have any ability. There's still more Nuclear Family. And we find out Titans-verse has giant barns instead of the Arrow-verse's ware...

After years of watching DOOM PATROL, Andrew gets to see how they first appeared and then gets to tell D all about how different the TITANS version is from the regular PATROL. They also discuss better and worse castings, the Middle West, and much more.

D and Andrew head through the dimensional portal and find themselves in the barren wastelands of... Michigan, where the Titans are on a collision course with destiny. Listen as our intrepid hosts discuss disco fight choreography, missing butlers, and much more.

D and Andrew are headed to Gotha... Bludhave... Detroit. Really, Detroit? OCP has questions. Anyway. For 709 Meridian's next adventure, the hosts are doing a watch-through (and talk-through) of the DC Universe/HBO MAX series "Titans," from the writer of "Batman & Robin." Listen as they discuss adaptations, expectations, special effects, and bad wigs.

D and Andrew watch KING KONG LIVES, the charmless 1986 sequel to the 1976 KONG. Listen as they remember they should've thought better of watching KONG LIVES, as Andrew implores D to ignore the terrible action and listen to the pretty (albeit not particularly well-matched) music, and they talk about, I don't know, actors or something. It's a bad movie, y'all, a bad movie.

Join D and Andrew on their trip to the Island of the Skull or whatever they call it in this groovy(?), campy(?) seventies take on the "America's Biggest Hero." Listen as they slack-jaw at the good and bad from the beautiful blond(e) leads, the glorious Rick Baker, the beautiful photography, and so much more.

D and Andrew fire up the sirens and head out looking for the ghosts of blockbuster summers future with GHOSTBUSTERS II. Listen as they discuss... production problems, continuity concerns, special effects shenanigans, vapid villains, and much more!

It's radical, it's factual, it's grammatical--709 MERIDIAN finally gets around to 1984's GHOSTBUSTERS, deciding just to pair the eighties duet and skip the legacy-sequels, reboots, preboots, and deboots. Join D and Andrew as they sit back and enjoy the Ivan Reitman classic, and marvel at the cylinders clicking, one after another. Oh, and the Richard Edlund VFX... baker's kiss.

D and Andrew suffer JEWEL OF THE NILE. Including the credits probably for the first time ever. Listen as they... talk about better movies, try to think of how to make this terrible movie better, think about their life decisions given they've both seen the movie more than once, appreciate the dulcet tones of Billiam Ocean, and, I don't know, make fun of Michael Douglas some more.