The Experiment: Uncle Spam

Top Gun: Maverick is out soon! But can any movie with fast planes, Tom Cruise, and beach volleyball truly compare to the classic fighter pilot movie about, as writer Shirley Li puts it, "cute boys calling each other cute names"? Find out with Shirley, Megan Garber, and David Sims ...  Show more

In a possibly-soon-to-be-post-Roe v Wade world, our hosts Sophie Gilbert, Megan Garber, and Hannah Giorgis thought it'd be worth re-examining the Judd Apatow/Seth Rogan comedy "Knocked Up," to discuss the way the movie treats women's bodily autonomy, angry reactions from men, and ...  Show more

The first ‘spam’ email, sent to ARPANET users on behalf of the Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), landed in Inboxes on 3rd May, 1978. Marketer Gary Thuerk was responsible for the idea - but his execution was flawed, as he inadvertently filled the body of his message with email ...  Show more

On this episode, the guys are left scratching their heads over the “prestige zombie drama” World War Z! How checked-out was Brad for this one? Couldn’t they have found anything for Mireille Enos to do besides sit by a phone and mope? And good gravy, ...

Espion, une vie sous légende. Le Bureau des Légendes, première fiction française à avoir eu accès à la DGSE, dévoile un univers froid, très éloigné des habituels fantasmes associés à l’espionnage. À l’occasion de la sortie de la saison 5, Espion, une vie sous légende offre un poi ...  Show more

These Are My Children premiered on NBC on 31st January, 1949; the world's first televised soap opera. It lasted only four weeks on air, was broadcast live, and had a tiny budget, but influenced the production of the genre for decades.  As dramas primarily created by and for women ...  Show more