This week we discuss Mortal Kombat II, Tuner, some announcements from Google I/O, and how things were like before the internet and social media took over our lives!

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Recorded on May 15th, 2026

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Amidst a super-sized supply of toilet paper, we've got reviews on Secret Agent, Marty Supreme, and How to get to Heaven from Belfast. We also cover some sports news, birthdays, some follow-ups from last episode including the bizarre Gamestop attempt to acquire eBay, and more!

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Recorded on May 8th, 2026

Hosted By: Lucas "Luke" Ciprian, Alysha S., Matt H., & Virginia J.

This week we discuss our review of Apex (2026) starring Charlize Theron and Taron Egerton, we cover a myriad of tech topics including "Ask YouTube", the new Steam Controller, and Hytale - a potential successor to Minecraft. We also cover our usual sports news with the Cavs getting through the playoffs, NHL playoffs, and some off-shoot topics including Game of Thrones, GameStop potentially buying Best Buy, and a recent Josh Johnson comedy show.

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Recorded on May 1st, 2026

Hosted By: Lucas "Luke" Ciprian, Alysha S., Matt H., & Virginia J.

We're back to talk about DTF St. Louis, and our first book review of My Next Breath by Jeremy Renner!

We also cover The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, a 3D-printed snail, some listener comments, a couple of Matt's other favorite movies, sports news, trivia, and more!

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Recorded on April 24th, 2026

Hosted By: Lucas "Luke" Ciprian, Alysha S., Matt H., & Virginia J.

We return from our break to bring you reviews on Pizza Movie, Normal, and Crime 101. We've got more sports news for you with the Cavs entering the first round of the playoffs, we remember the passing of Chyna from 10 years ago, some discussion on YouTube Shorts in general and how they're now letting you put a limit on how long you watch them, Netflix adding Jackbox games into their party game selections, and more!

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Recorded on April 17th, 2026

Hosted By: Lucas "Luke" Ciprian, Alysha S., Matt H., & Virginia J.

This week we discuss two movies, Zazie Beetz in They Will Kill You, and Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried in The Housemaid; we also cover some sports news, a recent Daniel Tosh comedy show, a bit from Josh Johnson in Game Changer, and plenty more!

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Recorded on April 3rd, 2026

Hosted By: Lucas "Luke" Ciprian, Alysha S., Matt H., & Virginia J.

Virginia returns as we gather for a ton more reviews, and a bit of tech news! We've got new podcast art, we're now on TikTok, one our one shorts videos blew up a bit on YouTube (DVDs vs Blu-rays), Matt's reviews of Hamnet and Mercy, tech news including the RAM shortage increasing the prices of consumer products, Samsung phones starting to AirDrop, some Sportsball news, Alysha's notes on Arnold Schwarzenegger's FUBAR show - seasons 1 and 2, and we finish up with Virginia's review of Vicious starring Dakota Fanning.

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Recorded on March 27th, 2026

Hosted By: Lucas "Luke" Ciprian, Alysha S., Matt H., & Virginia J.

With Virginia out this week, we welcome our first guest host, Marcus! We discuss a slew of tech topics including Amazon's ultrafast shipping, Ostara (The Spring Equinox), our regular Sportsball update, birthday memories & video games (with plenty of juicy stories from Matt), and a quick synopsis of Train Dreams & Project Hail Mary.

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Recorded on March 20th, 2026

Hosted By: Lucas "Luke" Ciprian, Alysha S., Matt H., & Marcus W.