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Wherein we review the second half of The Duke and I and we also discuss: childhood roller skating injuries, old school contraceptive techniques and products, shooting people to defend your sister's honor, complications of marriage and drunkenness on consent, and un-scandalous scandal magazines.

Wherein we review the first half of The Duke and I and we also discuss: the efficacy of pretending to date someone to avoid having to date someone, good romance novels versus just porn, judging your child's IQ at 2 years old, having to be officially licensed to dance, regency era TMZ, and random guesses as to the true identity of Lady Whistledown.

Wherein we introduce our new book - The Duke and I by Julia Quinn and we also discuss: our preferred place in the peerage, naming you children via word puzzle, the other books that led Danielle to fall in love with this series, our familiarity with Shondaland, and our expectations for nudity in the Netflix show.

Wherein we indulge in our favorite holiday tradition: complaining about a romance novel turned in Hallmark movie - in this case, A Timeless Christmas by Alexis Stanton. We also discuss: romance novels we'd rather see, the viability of reheating fish at work, marriages of convenience, the pure love of delivery pizza, alternate endings to the movie and, of course, (not so) ancient coins.

Wherein Danielle joins us to discuss the movie version of The Exorcist and we also cover: cat Halloween costumes, other movies that scared Danielle, real-life dangers in scary movies, terrifying medical procedures, film projection techniques, and Danielle's family history with a specific copy of the Exorcist book.

Wherein we review the rest of the book version of The Exorcist - covering Parts 3 and 4 and we also discuss: animal sightings, everyday mind reading, ghost priests, demonic possessions as a remedy for crises of faith, what actually is a cossack, and Chris makes and than defends one of the most insane statements we can recall.

Wherein we review Part 2 of The Exorcist and we also discuss: the Rock's kissing preferences, Religious Slash-fiction, Hygienic implications of Black Mass, what language demons spoke before Latin, and the only event, thus far, that was so shocking we couldn't even say it on mic.

Wherein we review Part 1 of The Exorcist and we also discuss: Sesame Street and Jewish holidays, delicious cream soda, Demons who get a bad rap, Ouija boards as a gateway to demonic mischief, and the relative ease of moving to Panama.

Wherein we introduce our new book for the Halloween season - The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty and we also discuss: Rec League Soccer, other scary (or not so scary) movies, Dungeons and Dragons as a gateway to satanic ritual, and the Exorcist's cursed film set.

Wherein we conclude Season 5 with a review of the movie version of Casino Royale and we discuss how to use bar soap, films on airplanes, what is Tiktok, Austin Powers as an influence on James Bond, how expensive tuxedoes are, and potential new Bonds.

Wherein we review the rest of Casino Royale, we discuss asynchronous and online temple attendance, missed opportunities for spy slash pics, torturing men on easy mode, old timey phone lingo, and get some insider info on the 2020 census.

Wherein we review the first half of Casino Royale, we rejoice in the incredibly mundane, try to understand gambling strategies, and discuss what a cool MFer James Bond is.

Wherein we kick off Season 5 and introduce our next book, Casino Royale by Ian Fleming, we discuss pop culture blind spots, college sports apathy, confusing IP rights, and of course, ancient coins..

Wherein we think back over our first year and some of our favorite, funniest, and most surprising moments.

Wherein go off script and discuss the 2011 movie Rise of the Planet of the Apes (and the rest of that trilogy as well), Simian Disease as a parallel for COVID, the plight of good people playing on-screen bad guys, the ease of space travel, lack of ape kissin, Caesar as every religious parallel, and new streaming apps - all while our celebrity enemies list grows.

Wherein we discuss the 1968 Planet of the Apes movie, a shocking revelation from Danielle, Space smoking, the proper gender ratio to repopulate a planet, ape kissing, and the relationship of My Little Pony to archeology.

Wherein we discuss the rest of the book Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle, the sugary cereal mash that all humans love, toilet paper companies giving it their all, lab animal relations, and the dangers of keeping a house gorilla.

herein we discuss the first 20 chapters of Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle, the wrong way to play Animal Crossing, Sci Fi handwaving, the hotness of footprints, ape fashion sense, and how to intelligently eat a sugar cube.

Wherein we open up Season 4 by discussing our next book, Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle, Chris tells us why it was a favorite of his growing up, we talk about things that people might not expect us to be quite so interested in, we weigh the virtues of YooHoo plus vodka, and Travis makes a few personal reading recommendations for our current times.

Wherein we discuss the movie version of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Danielles favorite story about Other Chris, recognizing famous people in cameo roles, how we continue to try to keep busy during quarantine, and someone maybe lets the next book slip.

Wherein we discuss part 2 of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, hanging around with loose cannons, how to pronounce Pineal, and how we are staying sane in the early stages of the COVID quarantine.

Wherein we discuss part 1 of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, lucid descriptions of non-lucid events, the purchasing power of your drug dollar in 1971, doubling down when you get yourself in trouble, and, of course, ancient coins.

Wherein we kick off season 3 by discussing the our next book - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S Thompson, times we got ourselves into trouble while traveling and movies we watched over the break.

Wherein we celebrate the holiday season by discussing a Hallmark movie and its corresponding novel, The Mistletoe Secret by Richard Paul Evans.

Wherein we discuss the recent movie adaptation of Dr Sleep, the book, and its predecessor, The Shining, discrepancies between the different versions, fan theories, other things that are keeping us entertained, and, of course, Tub Lady.