The Avatar Returns

Listen to 'The Avatar Returns' Episode 34

The Avatar Returns episode 34 is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. The Legend of Korra Book Two: Spirits finally meanders to it’s somewhat muddled but more-or-less satisfying status quo-shattering conclusion with the final three chapters; 212, “Harmonic Convergence,” 213, “Darkness Falls,” and 214,

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Listen to 'Gobbledygeek' Episode 289, "Video Killed the Radio Star (feat. Joseph Lewis)"

Gobbledygeek episode 289, “Video Killed the Radio Star (feat. Joseph Lewis),” is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. Ever gotten so low you’ve thought about building a machine that’ll transport your consciousness inside a tricaster? Yes? Well then, buddy, have we got the

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Listen to 'Gobbledygeek' Episode 288, "Stay Evil, Dollface (feat. Scott Stamper)"

Gobbledygeek episode 288, “Stay Evil, Dollface (feat. Scott Stamper),” is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. Suicide is painless, so they say. But is Suicide Squad? That’s up to Paul and Arlo to decide, as they slather on clown makeup and hide their fuzzy

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Listen to 'Gobbledygeek' Episode 287, "Time of the Preacher"

Gobbledygeek episode 287, “Time of the Preacher,” is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. Willie Nelson, John Wayne, preachers, bloodsuckers, angels, and arsefaces. Welcome to the world of Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon’s classic Vertigo comic book Preacher, which has now been adapted into

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Listen to 'The Avatar Returns' Episode 33

The Avatar Returns episode 33 is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. This week on The Avatar Returns we read the immortal classic Through the Looking-Glass, and What Korra Found There, also known as The Avatar’s Adventures in Wonderland. In chapter 209, “The Guide”

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Listen to 'Gobbledygeek' Episode 286, "Grendel: Part 5 - The Incubation Years"

Gobbledygeek episode 286, “Grendel: Part 5 – The Incubation Years,” is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. This week on Gobbledygeek, Arlo has Pokémon fever! That’s right, he has become one of the hordes of mindless zombies trawling their backyards and local establishments for Japanese

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Listen to 'Gobbledygeek' Episode 285, "I Ain't Afraid of No Girls"

Gobbledygeek episode 285, “I Ain’t Afraid of No Girls,” is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. Can you dislike Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters reboot without being a woman-hating, frothing-at-the-mouth MRA cave troll? Well, Paul and Arlo sure hope so. While championing the concept of

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Listen to 'The Avatar Returns' Episode 31

The Avatar Returns episode 31 is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. As The Avatar Returns continues its exploration of The Legend of Korra Book Two, Eric thinks Unalaq’s boringness continues to bore, Paul thinks Korra’s temperamental teenager act continues to grate, and

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Listen to 'Gobbledygeek' Episode 284, "Motorcycle Ninjas on the Forbidden Planet"

Gobbledygeek episode 284, “Motorcycle Ninjas on the Forbidden Planet,” is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. The Geek Challenge. It’s a time-honored tradition: Paul makes Arlo watch some silly ’80s cheesefest, Arlo subjects Paul to a stuffy revered classic. Everyone loses. In the interest

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Listen to 'The Avatar Returns' Episode 30

The Avatar Returns episode 30 is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. Six months later…we rejoin our regularly scheduled Avatar universe, already in progress. The Legend of Korra Book Two kicks off with a gurgle as angry squid spirits drag unsuspecting sailors to their

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Listen to 'The Avatar Returns' Episode 29

The Avatar Returns episode 29 is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. M. Night Shyamalan directed a movie. Arlo made us watch it. We didn’t like it. We talk about it. We’re sorry. (Ed. note: we experience intermittent audio issues throughout recording, because

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Listen to 'Gobbledygeek' Episode 283, "Grendel: Part 4 - The Devil Inside / Devil Tales"

Gobbledygeek episode 283, “Grendel: Part 4 – The Devil Inside / Devil Tales,” is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. Descents into madness on the hellish streets of New York City. The tragic inevitability of violence. Bitter, brutal punchlines. This is the world of Matt Wagner’s

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Listen to 'Gobbledygeek' Episode 282, "The X-Files: Season 2 (feat. Wesley Mead)"

Gobbledygeek episode 282, “The X-Files: Season 2 (feat. Wesley Mead),” is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. Proving their first X-Files episode with renowned British person Wesley “Wezzo” Mead was no fluke, man, Paul and Arlo continue their sporadic discussion of Chris Carter’s ’90s

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Listen to 'The Avatar Returns' Episode 28

The Avatar Returns episode 28 is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. This week The Avatar Returns returns to the Avatar. We continue our discussion of Dark Horse Comics’ ongoing Avatar: The Last Airbender graphic novel series with Volume 2 – The Search. We talk about

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Listen to 'Gobbledygeek' Episode 281, "The Glow of Vengeance"

Gobbledygeek episode 281, “The Glow of Vengeance,” is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. One is born of Harlem; one is born of vengeance. One hopes to attain the Glow; one hopes to slake the bloodthirst of the mother she never met. For the latest

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Listen to 'The Avatar Returns' Episode 27

The Avatar Returns episode 27 is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. Book One of The Legend of Korra closes with a bang as Team Avatar and the United Forces face off against Amon and the Equalists. Chapter 111, “Skeletons in the Closet” finally reveals

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Listen to 'Gobbledygeek' Episode 280, "No Mo' FOMO (feat. Jason Tabrys)"

Gobbledygeek episode 280, “No Mo’ FOMO (feat. Jason Tabrys),” is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. I took the turkey’s pen Here we go again. It’s Koko with that joke flow that cannot slow, you’re like “oh, hell no” But oh yes…

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Listen to 'The Avatar Returns' Episode 25

The Avatar Returns episode 25 is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. Ugh, teenage love triangles. Or quadrangles. Polyhedrons? Whatever they are, ugh! Even in the world of Avatar, kids have hormones. Fortunately, The Legend of Korra manages to deal with the bulk of this

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Listen to 'Gobbledygeek' Episode 279, "Gobbledycook"

Gobbledygeek episode 279, “Gobbledycook,” is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. Strap on your aprons and grab your spatulas, it’s the new episode of Gobbledygeek! This week, Arlo finally gets Paul to go along with his crazy culinary crusade, as the boys cook two

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Listen to 'Gobbledygeek' Episode 278, "Grendel: Part 3 - Devil's Legacy, Part 2"

Gobbledygeek episode 278, “Grendel: Part 3 – Devil’s Legacy, Part 2,” is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. Times are tough in Matt Wagner’s nightmarish neon near-future New York as Paul and Arlo continue their year-long Four-Color Flashback trip through Grendel. This time, the

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Listen to the One Year Later 'Smoke Gets in Your Ears: A Mad Men Podcast' Special

The One Year Later Smoke Gets in Your Ears: A Mad Men Podcast special is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. It has been one year since Don Draper offered to buy the world a Coke, one year since the end of Mad Men, and

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Listen to 'The Avatar Returns' Episode 24

The Avatar Returns episode 24 is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. Amon wants a revolution, but first we get a revelation. Chapter 103, “The Revelation” to be precise, wherein we learn that the leader of the Equalists, while really scary and kind of a

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Listen to 'Gobbledygeek' Episode 277, "Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Records Your Podcast (feat. Matthew Jackson)"

Gobbledygeek episode 277, “Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Records Your Podcast (feat. Matthew Jackson),” is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. After many months of mounting obsession, Paul and Arlo finally tackle Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway phenomenon Hamilton: An American Musical. (We hope you’ve

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Listen to 'Gobbledygeek' Episode 276, "Friendly Fire (feat. Guffey und Koontz)"

Gobbledygeek episode 276, “Friendly Fire (feat. Guffey und Koontz),” is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. Are these the men with which I am to defend Captain America? Well yes, but ladies first: K. Dale Koontz and her husband/Wanna Cook? co-author Ensley F. Guffey,

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Listen to 'The Avatar Returns' Episode 23

The Avatar Returns episode 23 is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. It’s a new age, and there’s a brand new Avatar! 70 years have passed since Aang and his friends ended the Hundred Year War, and the world has moved on. Paul,