A collection of pop culture podcasts full of smart, funny people who love talking about TV, movies, books, comics, games, and much more. This feed contains episodes from all the podcasts produced by The Incomparable.
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The people of The Incomparable play various games, including trivia, classic board games, word games, and even a few reimagined classic game shows from years gone by.
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The Incomparable Mothership is the flagship of the Incomparable podcast network. It’s all about geeky media we love, including movies, books, TV, and more, featuring a rotating panel of guests and hosted by Jason Snell and friends.
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The Incomparable Radio Theater is a series of original radio shows that pays homage to classic mid-20th century radio while also giving a nod to modern pop culture.
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The members of The Incomparable panel watch old movies selected by our old-movie sommelier, Philip Michaels, and then talk about them.
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Every Incomparable network episode about Star Wars (franchise).
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An advent calendar in podcast form, full of assorted holiday stuff picked by the people who bring you The Incomparable.
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A podcast in which we tell you about a book we just finished, and what we thought of it.
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We place less-loved science fiction films from the past under our microscope and try to understand what went wrong.
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Struggle to maintain a regular devotion time? This podcast is for you. It can be tough to daily focus on God when work and home life are busy. Sadly, days can slip away without allowing for valuable time spent with the Lord. If this resonates then The Incomparable Podcast is here to help. Our short, 8-10 minute episodes can accompany you on the commute, washing up, cooking dinner, and even in the shower. And more than that, they will focus your attention on the most important topic for a bus ...
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Listener William challenges our ruling about chargers and we get deep into the weeds of car charging. John Siracusa and Jason SnellDi Robot or Not?
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796: Grape Juice Plus
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1:09:53Our Ape Club reconvenes to celebrate the holidays with a viewing of 1971’s “Escape from the Planet of the Apes!” Is this an ape movie or an episode of “Mannix”? What happens when you change lanes on the Freeway of Time? Why is Zira the smartest of all creatures, ape or human? And was Dr. Cornelius framed by big government? Apes smart, humans dumb! …
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271: Peppermint Scented Fog
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1:02:04Bracket Case returns for the third time, and on this occasion our panelists whittle down a list of the best Christmas movies to determine which one is the most Christmassy of them all! Bracket Case 3 Annette Wierstra and Kathy Campbell with Shelly Brisbin, Erika Ensign, Jason Snell, Monty Ashley and Micki Maynard Support this show and other shows l…
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Live on stage at the Ohio Theatre in Madison, Indiana, it’s the Incomparable Radio Theater Live, with part three of the Adventures of Slim Skinner and the Cowhands of the Range! Slim is blue, Charlie is gone, the band is yodeling, there’s some creative arithmetic, David takes a coffee break with more coffee, and we learn what makes the sun rise…it’…
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The Wreath of Khan continues with our review of the “Star Trek: Khan” audio drama—available where you get podcasts. Scott McNulty and Jason Snell Referenced Works Star Trek: Khan Show Notes & LinksDi Vulcan Hello
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The Incomparable Mothership 796: Grape Juice Plus
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1:09:53Our Ape Club reconvenes to celebrate the holidays with a viewing of 1971’s “Escape from the Planet of the Apes!” Is this an ape movie or an episode of “Mannix”? What happens when you change lanes on the Freeway of Time? Why is Zira the smartest of all creatures, ape or human? And was Dr. Cornelius framed by big government? Apes smart, humans dumb! …
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Agents of SMOOCH 138: Chekhov's Antlers
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1:20:59This year is our 5th annual Holiday Movie Bingo Marathon. For this mission, our Agents watch three Christmas movies, including An Alpine Holiday, Merry Christmas Ted Cooper!, and A Keller Christmas Vacation. We unintentionally chose the theme of siblings, but there are still miscommunications, almost smooches, and European settings. And we learn th…
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Lions, Towers & Shields 133: Clown Car Full of Raincoats
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1:08:47Deanna Durbin and Gene Kelly. Gotta be a musical, right? Actually, it’s a film noir, whose connection to Christmas is limited at best. So much misdirection, and I haven’t even told you the plot. Christmas Holiday Shelly Brisbin with Randy Dotinga and Micheline Maynard Referenced Works Christmas Holiday Show Notes & Links Get in touch with the show …
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Game Show 271: Peppermint Scented Fog
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1:02:04Bracket Case returns for the third time, and on this occasion our panelists whittle down a list of the best Christmas movies to determine which one is the most Christmassy of them all! Bracket Case 3 Annette Wierstra and Kathy Campbell with Shelly Brisbin, Erika Ensign, Jason Snell, Monty Ashley and Micki Maynard…
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Who watches the Watch House? Not us, the book is better. Ross Cleaver returns to discuss Robert Westall’s The Watch House (1977). John McCoy with Ross Cleaver Show Notes & Links *Pathetic Fallacy* post to accompany this episode The 1988 BBC adaptation (if you must)Di Sophomore Lit
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A crew of adventurers (some new, some old friends) gathers to do some academic research! And then hit the road toward the actual adventure. The Slaying Stone, Part 1 Tony Sindelar with Aleen Simms, Annette Wierstra, Chelsea Hackman, Heather Berberet, James Thomson and Jason Snell Show Notes & Links Edited by Erika Ensign. The Slaying Stone…
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We kick off “The Wreath of Khan,” our monthlong celebration of Star Trek’s favorite mad tyrant, with a look back at where it all started: “Space Seed.” At least, after Khan wakes up 15 minutes into the episode… Scott McNulty and Jason Snell Referenced Works Star Trek (The Original Series) Show Notes & Links…
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795: Put the Magic Baby Down
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1:20:25Set in a bright retro-future world, “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” doesn’t have anything to do with the Marvel Cinematic Universe… yet. We analyze the latest attempt to translate Marvel’s first family to the big screen, including the trade-offs involved in introducing characters, not retreading the origin story again, turning Galactus into Rumpl…
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The Incomparable Mothership 795: Put the Magic Baby Down
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1:20:25Set in a bright retro-future world, “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” doesn’t have anything to do with the Marvel Cinematic Universe… yet. We analyze the latest attempt to translate Marvel’s first family to the big screen, including the trade-offs involved in introducing characters, not retreading the origin story again, turning Galactus into Rumpl…
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Jeremy meets an intriguing woman…primarily because he wasn’t invited to the office game of Celebrities. Breakups are hard. What’s not hard is breaking DOWN… another Sports Night episode. Lex Friedman and Brian Warren Referenced Works Sports Night [Amazon] Show Notes & LinksDi Sorkin' In It
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Lions, Towers & Shields 132: Clothes, Cars and Acreage
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1:02:36Tracy and Hepburn do “battle of the sexes” and help Judy Holiday launch her film career. There’s a random Cole Porter song, and T & H are adorable. George Cukor directs a great script. Adam's Rib Shelly Brisbin with David J. Loehr, Nathan Alderman and Micheline Maynard Referenced Works Adam's Rib Show Notes & Links Get in touch with the show at lts…
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Total Party Kill 530: The Most Beautiful Owl in the Room at the Moment
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1:10:56In the thrilling conclusion to our 8-bit adventure, our heroes stab someone to cure him, face off against a beholder, and try to find their way out of a multi-layered, increasingly silly, pixel-based prison! Candlekeep - The Curious Tale of Wisteria Vale, Part 5 Tony Sindelar with Aleen Simms, James Thomson, Mikah Sargent, Monty Ashley and Tiff Arm…
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Stephen Hackett has called us out and requests John’s ruling. John Siracusa and Jason Snell Show Notes & Links Connected 538: A Future That Is Now Stuck in the PastDi Robot or Not?
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Hello nerds and welcome to our 21st episode! Join us as we fangirl over Cynthia Erivo, chatting about her tv specials, live performances, Harriet and, of course, Elphaba. We also discuss our current tv faves: Alien: Earth, Stranger Things 5, The Diplomat and expereince a shared flashback to The West Wing. And are you ready for Mouin Rouge “film to …
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Incomparable Radio Theater 4.7: The Adventures of Slim Skinner and the Cowhands of the Range, Part 3
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Live on stage at the Ohio Theatre in Madison, Indiana, it’s the Incomparable Radio Theater Live, with part three of the Adventures of Slim Skinner and the Cowhands of the Range! Slim is blue, Charlie is gone, the band is yodeling, there’s some creative arithmetic, David takes a coffee break with more coffee, and we learn what makes the sun rise…it’…
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Agents of SMOOCH 137: Anyone but Emily
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1:15:51Today’s mission is long overdue. Our agents have been preparing for it for 4 long seasons. It’s time to go to France, even if we can’t speak a word of French and are actually pretty bad at our jobs. This is a mission of love and of hate and Emily in Paris. Join our Agents as they explore why they are always annoyed with Emily and yet are enamoured …
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The Incomparable Mothership 794: Oops! All Rats
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1:16:40We celebrate Fangsgiving with a visit to darkest Transylvania (and Germany) for the plague-stricken, rat-infested tale of “Nosferatu”, a legally questionable knock-off of “Dracula” more than a century old that surprisingly reinvigorates the classic lines of the Dracula story. "Nosferatu" (2024) Jason Snell with Steve Lutz, Annette Wierstra, Tiff Ar…
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794: Oops! All Rats
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1:16:40We celebrate Fangsgiving with a visit to darkest Transylvania (and Germany) for the plague-stricken, rat-infested tale of “Nosferatu”, a legally questionable knock-off of “Dracula” more than a century old that surprisingly reinvigorates the classic lines of the Dracula story. "Nosferatu" (2024) Jason Snell with Steve Lutz, Annette Wierstra, Tiff Ar…
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270: More Questions About Buildings and Food
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1:05:25It’s the return of Eat or Be Eaten! Three years after its debut episode, here are some more questions that are all food or drink related. Let’s call this one “lunch”. You may become hungry while listening, or, like the contestants, you may just need a drink. Eat Or Be Eaten 2 Shelly Brisbin and Kathy Campbell with Antony Johnston, Annette Wierstra,…
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Game Show 270: More Questions About Buildings and Food
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1:05:25It’s the return of Eat or Be Eaten! Three years after its debut episode, here are some more questions that are all food or drink related. Let’s call this one “lunch”. You may become hungry while listening, or, like the contestants, you may just need a drink. Eat Or Be Eaten 2 Shelly Brisbin and Kathy Campbell with Antony Johnston, Annette Wierstra,…
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The answer, my friend…is not a lyric in the any of the songs the McCoy Brothers discuss. For this annual drunk Thanksgiving Special, Rob, Dan, and John talk about Where Have All the Flowers Gone?, One Tin Soldier, and Alice’s Restaurant. John McCoy with Rob McCoy and Dan McCoy Show Notes & Links Pathetic Fallacy: Hurrah for the Pumpkin Pie A compan…
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Plummeting frogs, chaff owls, and seducin’ medusas - oh my! The party fights and reunites as their path through pixelated perdition continues! Candlekeep - The Curious Tale of Wisteria Vale, Part 4 Tony Sindelar with Aleen Simms, James Thomson, Mikah Sargent, Monty Ashley and Tiff Arment Show Notes & Links Edited by Warren Frey. Candlekeep Mysterie…
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793: Table 19, Your Pizza's Ready
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1:10:07Ever wonder what happened to The Oneders? We celebrate Hanksgiving by discussing Tom Hanks’s love letter to ’60s pop that’s also a clear-eyed look at the machinery of the entertainment business, “That Thing You Do!” Powered by a legitimately classic pop song, a stunning cast (turns out, Tom Hanks knows some people), and scenes of joy, warmth, and k…
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The Incomparable Mothership 793: Table 19, Your Pizza's Ready
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1:10:07Ever wonder what happened to The Oneders? We celebrate Hanksgiving by discussing Tom Hanks’s love letter to ’60s pop that’s also a clear-eyed look at the machinery of the entertainment business, “That Thing You Do!” Powered by a legitimately classic pop song, a stunning cast (turns out, Tom Hanks knows some people), and scenes of joy, warmth, and k…
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A pitched battle with forest-dwelling medusas, a rock gnome smitten with said medusas, and giant angry birds harassing our heroes as they plummet to certain death are mere morsels of excitement in this installment of our adventurers’ saga inside a painting inside a book inside a house? Confusing? Yes! Candlekeep - The Curious Tale of Wisteria Vale,…
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Steven and Erika conclude a very good, but very dark story. 4E (6) Erika Ensign and Steven SchapanskyDi Lazy Doctor Who
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Erika and Steven talk about Davros, mostly. With good reason! 4E (5) Erika Ensign and Steven SchapanskyDi Lazy Doctor Who
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Steven and Erika talk about Nazis. I mean Daleks. No, I mean Nazis. But yeah, also Daleks. 4E (4) Erika Ensign and Steven SchapanskyDi Lazy Doctor Who
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792: Deep Books in a Trenchcoat
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1:47:23If you’ve been thinking of reading Science Fiction and Fantasy but had no idea where to start, we’re here to help. Our panel of longtime SF/F readers has some suggestions just for you! New to SF/F reading list Jason Snell with Aleen Simms, David J. Loehr, Erika Ensign, Heather Berberet and Sandra Wong Show Notes & Links David - The Human Division b…
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Deep Books in a Trenchcoat (The Incomparable Mothership 792)
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1:47:23If you’ve been thinking of reading Science Fiction and Fantasy but had no idea where to start, we’re here to help. Our panel of longtime SF/F readers has some suggestions just for you! Host Jason Snell with Aleen Simms, David J. Loehr, Erika Ensign, Heather Berberet and Sandra Wong Show Notes & Links David - The Human Division by John Scalzi Aleen …
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The Incomparable Mothership 792: Deep Books in a Trenchcoat
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1:47:23If you’ve been thinking of reading Science Fiction and Fantasy but had no idea where to start, we’re here to help. Our panel of longtime SF/F readers has some suggestions just for you! New to SF/F reading list Jason Snell with Aleen Simms, David J. Loehr, Erika Ensign, Heather Berberet and Sandra Wong Show Notes & Links David - The Human Division b…
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Sandra Wong announces a wee addition to The Incomparable network: a weekly(ish) chat show with famous guests, about their not-as-famous (possibly obscure!) geek-outs. Sandra Wong Show Notes & Links Sandra's podcast pageDi We Contain Multitudes
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Agents of SMOOCH 136: If You're Diane Keaton, You Wear Hats
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1:15:25We’ve recently lost the iconic Diane Keaton, and the Agency wanted to do a special mission to honour her work. We chose The First Wives Club with Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler and some amazing power suits. Join us for a celebration of women, friendship, and a good dance scene. The First Wives Club Annette Wierstra with Heather Berberet, Shelly Brisbin …
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Billy Wilder tells the story of a man’s (Ray Milland) alcoholic weekend, and the lies he tells to family and friends about his drinking. Surprisingly gritty and emotional for the era, and photography that heightens the mood. Also, Jane Wyman, Philip Terry, and Frank Faylen again. The Lost Weekend Shelly Brisbin with Nathan Alderman and Micheline Ma…
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Casey can’t see. It’s funny, even if it beggars belief. Sam’s leaving the show. That’s sad, even if it was inevitable. And there’s a break up on the show, but don’t worry, it’s not Brian and Lex. By some counts, this is our 100th show, and we’re still together, Sorkin’ In It. Lex Friedman and Brian Warren Referenced Works Sports Night [Amazon] Show…
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