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Preview: Donnie Darko May 07, 2021

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Pete and Karlo are joined by Tiffany Meuret (@TMeuretBooks) to discuss the 2001 cult classic Donnie Darko. Is Donnie a superhero? Why doesn't he fire his therapist? Listen in and find out!

Episode 115: Little Goddess (Ft. PJDU) May 04, 2021

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Pete and Karlo are joined by Kurt Schiller and Chris Woodward of Parents Just Don't Understand podcast to talk about the Hugo Award-winning novella, The Little Goddess by Ian McDonald. Spoiler alert: we all loved it despite some of its flaws and had a fruitful discussion about some of its themes, its prose and of course how best to cancel poor Ian today (not really).

Brazilian Sci-Fi, Baby! (Ft. Michel Lichand) Apr 30, 2021

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We sat down with Michael Lichand of @fmanalists and @that2ep fame to discuss a Sci-Fi classic by Montiero Lobato, a celebrated children's author in Brazil. It's....its safe to say that it did NOT go as expected, but it was a lively and interesting discussion.

Episode 114: Mortal Kombat (ft. pjdu) Apr 27, 2021

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Pete and Karlo are joined by Kurt Schiller and Chris Woodward of Parents Just Don't Understand podcast to make the techno noises for the Paul W. S. Anderson's 1995 crapterpiece, Mortal Kombat. Find out who the secret characters are, how this movie is both good and bad, and why Kano's special attack is chewing scenery with his mouth open.

Preview: Paranoia Agent Part 2 Apr 23, 2021

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In this preview Struggle Session's anime correspondents, Emma Bowers and Abby Denton return to talk about Satoshi Kon's show, Paranoia Agent. Watch out -- Lil Slugger might get you, too . . .

Episode 113: Paranoia Agent 1 (W/ Emma Bowers and Abby Denton) Apr 21, 2021

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Struggle Session's anime correspondents, Emma Bowers and Abby Denton return to talk about Satoshi Kon's show, Paranoia Agent. Watch out -- Lil Slugger might get you, too . . .

Preview: Podside Book Club Traitor Baru Cormorant Apr 16, 2021

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A preview of Podside's first book club episode! Listen in to our Discord community's discussions of Seth Dickinson's 2015 novel, The Traitor Baru Cormorant. Our next discussion will cover Chapters 6 - 10, on 4/13/21 starting at 9 PM EST so read along

Episode 112: Dawn of the POOA Apr 13, 2021

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Karlo is joined by Aaron and Carlee of Hit Factory Podcast to discuss the 2014 film, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. We discuss how Ape society is anchored to the past, how Caesar's a lib, and why Koba did nothing wrong.

Preview: The Craft (ft. RS Benedict) Apr 10, 2021

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Karlo's joined by the most dangerous woman in speculative fiction, R.S. Benedict to discuss the 1996 sleeper hit, The Craft. Find out why Fairuza Balk should've been the protagonist, why magic should belong to the masses and why Sarah's a blue-check witch. Check out Rite Gud: https://www.patreon.com/ritegud Read R.S. Benedict's brilliant piece in Blood Knife, Everyone's Beautiful and No One Is Horny: https://bloodknife.com/everyone-beautiful-no-one-horny/

Episode 111: The Vanished BIrds (With Illimani Ferreria) Apr 06, 2021

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Pete and Karlo are joined by Illimani Ferreira to talk about The Vanished Birds, Simon Jimenez' debut novel. Join us to find out how capitalism escaped containment, where the birds went, and why we think it's criminal that this book hasn't won every award possible. Buy the book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/609386/the-vanished-birds-by-simon-jimenez/ Vote for the Locus Awards: https://poll.voting.locusmag.com/

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