Ben & Grace’s party went great. Heavy traffic and trying to get to a show before it starts does not make for great decompression time, Heart of the Beast almost knocks it out of the park, and we unpack so many things wrong with the makeover reality series The Swan.

It’s been all about party prep at #1 Barron Plaza for the last few weeks. May Day is a fun movie until all the messaging, and our lives are in a wobbly transition time.

Jude gets delivered to school, Kat gets a few days to herself, and Mac gets a gout flare-up. Dog Stars is disappointing, Coyote v Acme is cute, and we simply note how not admitting women are different from men is destroying the world. Bonus content: TBD Our locals page is now accepting subscriptions! Move over from Patreon so more of your tips go to us and not Apple. Books: Read along with Mac - Trojan Odyssey by Clive Cussler Other great stuff we like: It’s OK to Be Catholic

We get a little break from the heat as we fruitlessly try to plan around Jude’s goings and comings. Lanterns disappoints, Cold Storage is dumb dumb, but strangely watchable, and S4 has made a believer out of Mac. In Catholic stuff, we talk about what’s wrong with modern, female-centered, prestige TV. Bonus content: No bonus content this week. Our locals page is now accepting subscriptions! Move over from Patreon so more of your tips go to us and not Apple. Books: Read along w

We finally sit down for a show amidst dishwasher failures, trips out of town, listener meet-ups, and neighborhoods running rampant with dinosaurs! Obviously that last one was Oak Street, and we find time to get into The Diplomat and read from a month’s worth of email. Bonus content: We talk about OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies Our locals page is now accepting subscriptions! Move over from Patreon so more of your tips go to us and not Apple. Books: Read along with Mac - Trojan