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Best Villain 2007: This. Is. PRADA!!! w/ Cullen Atchley

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Best Villain 2007: This. Is. PRADA!!! w/ Cullen Atchley
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Kenny and Ben are joined by their friend Cullen for a spirited look at Best Villain 2007! Jack Nicholson proved he still had it with his role in The Departed but was he better than the villains of Saw III, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, 300, and The Devil Wears Prada. The gang gets to the bottom of it while also discussing multiple Wahlbergs and Wahlberg-adjacent figures, the only Best Villain performance delivered entirely while lying down, the effectiveness of our first all-CGI villain, the South Park 300 spoof, Ben’s disappointment that Meryl Streep wasn’t playing the literal devil, and more! It’s an episode that Miranda Priestly herself would approve of!

S05E6/7 – “Christmas Carol” & “Emily”

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S05E6/7 - "Christmas Carol" & "Emily"
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We bring you Scully pregnancy trauma as we talk about S05E06/07 “Christmas Carol” and “Emily”. We discuss Scully’s autonomy (or lack of) and motherhood and its portrayal in sci-fi, the course of the mytharc in season 5, and our long lost beloved, Melissa Scully.

Tune in next time when we watch S05E10 “Chinga” and follow us on Twitter @condensedtruth!

Torchwood S02E03 – To the Last Man

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Torchwood S02E03 - To the Last Man
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David and Michel talk about how it would feel to be woken up once a year while being kept in a cupboard the other 364 days, while also delving into how this episode is literally just a retread of multiple episodes of Torchwood Season One. It’s To the Last Man!

Best Kiss 2022: Love Bites

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Best Kiss 2022: Love Bites
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Kenny and Ben take a break from Best Villain to return to the world of kissing and this year’s Best Kiss nominees. Jackass Forever had a surprise victory with their interspecies kiss between man and snake but was that really better than kisses from Euphoria, Emily in Paris, The Batman, and Spider-Man: No Way Home? Kenny and Ben get to the bottom of it while also discussing the even better snake kiss that happened during Poopies’ acceptance speech, what Euphoria gets right about the teenage experience, knockoff Peloton bikes, the increasing prominence of Catwoman in recent comics, Spider-Man fanservice, and much more. Kissing is back and you won’t want to miss it!

Torchwood S02E02 – Sleeper

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Torchwood S02E02 - Sleeper
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David and Michel dissect sleeper agents, sitcoms with the name Todd in them, and other shows I guess. We do talk about the sleeper agents, though. Definitely. It’s Sleeper! I hardly knew her!

Best Villain 2006: Not Enough Finger Stuff w/ Ethan Brundeen

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Best Villain 2006: Not Enough Finger Stuff w/ Ethan Brundeen
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It’s been a long hiatus but the wait is finally over. Kenny and Ben are back and they’ve brought their pal Ethan with them for a rousing discussion of Best Villain 2006! Hayden Christiansen won that year for his turn as Anakin “Darth Vader” Skywalker in Revenge of the Sith, but was he really better than the villains of Saw II, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Batman Begins, and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe?! The boys get to the bottom of it while also discussing if anyone could have given a good Anakin performance, needle pits, a blow by blow description of Kenny’s favourite Goblet of Fire scene, the Nickelback TV spot for Batman Begins, the craziness of the Narnia franchise, and more! We’ve been gone a long time but we haven’t missed a beat (arguably!)

S05E04 – “Detour” feat Nick

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S05E04 - "Detour" feat Nick
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Nick (@NickRichWrites) returns to finally talk an eco-horror monster of the week episode with S05E04 “Detour”. Mulder and Scully ditch a work seminar in Florida to find an elusive creature famously from the area, hijinks ensue!

-Slight correction, the role in “Post-modern Prometheus” was written for Roseanne Barr!

Tune in next time when we watch S05S6/7 “Christmas Carol” and “Emily” and follow us on Twitter @condensedtruth!

Torchwood S02E01 – Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

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Torchwood S02E01 - Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
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Torchwood! Is!! GOOD?! David and Michel are back on that Cardiff beat like the PC Andy enthusiasts that they are as they rave about how Torchwood is actually kinda good now???? Wild!

Doctor Who Special Episode & S04X – Time Crash & Voyage of the Damned

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Doctor Who Special Episode & S04X - Time Crash & Voyage of the Damned
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Ro! Ro! ROBOT?! Podtor Whocast delves into Doctor Who’s Christmas adventures once again – but WAIT! There’s more! Before we talk heads in boxes, recency bias in magazine polls, and short hand, we talk about Peter Davison and uh, yeah, I don’t know. Not much else. I don’t know. It’s TIME CRASH and VOYAGE OF THE DAMNED!

S05E03 – “Unusual Suspects” feat Kat

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S05E03 - "Unusual Suspects" feat Kat
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Returning guest Kat comes on to talk about the origins of our beloved nerds, the Lone Gunmen, in S05E03 “Unusual Suspects”. We fall into the conspiracy rabbit hole with Frohike, Byers, and Langly as a run in with a mysterious woman alters their lives. We talk about this episode placing The X Files in the Tommy Westphall universe.

Tune in next time with S05E04 “Detour” and follow us on Twitter @condensedtruth!