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Listen to 'Gobbledygeek' Episode 217, "The Martian: Part 3 - The Rise and Fall of Ensley Guffey and the Spider-Men from Mars (feat. Ensley F. Guffey)"

Gobbledygeek episode 217, “The Martian: Part 3 – The Rise and Fall of Ensley Guffey and the Spider-Men from Mars (feat. Ensley F. Guffey),” is available for listening or download right here, and on iTunes here. What do cannibalism, Elton John, and pirate-ninjas have in common? They all figure into chapters

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Listen to 'Smoke Gets in Your Ears: A Mad Men Podcast' Episode 29

Smoke Gets in Your Ears: A Mad Men Podcast episode 29 is available for listening or download right here, and on iTunes here. For the penultimate episode discussing Mad Men season 6 (and the final episode discussing three hours of the series), AJ, Kenn, and Joe get serious about Sunkist.

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Listen to 'Gobbledygeek' Episode 216, "The Martian: Part 2 - Signal Acquired (feat. Hallie Prime)"

Gobbledygeek episode 216, “The Martian: Part 2 – Signal Acquired (feat. Hallie Prime),” is available for listening or download right here, and on iTunes here. For the second week of Gobbledy-Book Club 2015, Paul and AJ are joined by longtime friend (but first-time guest) Hallie Prime to discuss chapters 7-12 of

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Listen to 'Smoke Gets in Your Ears: A Mad Men Podcast' Episode 28

Smoke Gets in Your Ears: A Mad Men Podcast episode 28 is available for listening or download right here, and on iTunes here. Things get startlingly revelatory on Smoke Gets in Your Ears this week, as AJ, Kenn, and Joe make a major discovery about a very important character. As

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Listen to 'Gobbledygeek' Episode 215, "The Martian: Part 1 - Martian, Martian, Martian! (feat. Kenn Edwards)"

Gobbledygeek episode 215, “The Martian: Part 1 – Martian, Martian, Martian! (feat. Kenn Edwards),” is available for listening or download right here, and on iTunes here. After tackling the layers hidden beneath the puzzle-filled surface of J.J. Abrams and Doug Dorst’s S last year, the Gobbledy-Book Club returns to

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Listen to 'Smoke Gets in Your Ears: A Mad Men Podcast' Episode 27

Smoke Gets in Your Ears: A Mad Men Podcast episode 27 is available for listening or download right here, and on iTunes here. Our white, monied gang gets prepared for some major status quo changes as AJ, Kenn, and Joe continue their discussion of Mad Men season 6. The three

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Listen to 'Gobbledygeek' Episode 214, "Wezzo the Caring Brit (feat. Wesley Mead)"

Gobbledygeek episode 214, “Wezzo the Caring Brit (feat. Wesley Mead),” is available for listening or download right here, and on iTunes here. In what has become a Gobbledy-tradition, Wesley “Wezzo” Mead has made his third transatlantic pilgrimage to these great shores, where the mighty Bat-Turkey reigns supreme. This time around,

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Listen to 'Smoke Gets in Your Ears: A Mad Men Podcast' Episode 26

Smoke Gets in Your Ears: A Mad Men Podcast episode 26 is available for listening or download right here, and on iTunes here. Mad Men season 6: the jumping-off point. AJ, Kenn, and Joe begin their discussion of the show’s sixth season by discussing the two-part premiere “The Doorway,

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Listen to 'Gobbledygeek' Episode 213, "Frog Lies and Rock Facts"

Gobbledygeek episode 213, “Frog Lies and Rock Facts,” is available for listening or download right here, and on iTunes here. Two boys, lost in the woods. A fearsome beast roaming the forest. A frog with many names. Potatoes…and molasses. What do these things all have in common? They’re

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Listen to 'Smoke Gets in Your Ears: A Mad Men Podcast' Episode 25

Smoke Gets in Your Ears: A Mad Men Podcast episode 25 is available for listening or download right here, and on iTunes here. With “The Phantom,” Mad Men season 5 draws to a close in surprisingly bleak fashion for what at first seemed like an optimistic, enlightened year for the

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AJ's Top 10 Albums of 2014 & Paul's Top 5

There’s a running joke that Paul and I don’t know how to talk about music. And though we’ve been assured by reputable sources that we don’t too bad a job of it, well…I tried writing little blurbs for the albums on my list and felt

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Listen to the 'Gobbledygeek' Season 6 Premiere / 'The Deli Counter of Justice' Reading

Gobbledygeek episode 212, “Justice Will Be Read,” is available for listening or download right here, and on iTunes here. To kick off Gobbledygeek season 6, we have for you what we promised at the end of last season: a (nearly) full audio recording of The Deli Counter of Justice reading

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Listen to 'Smoke Gets in Your Ears: A Mad Men Podcast' Episode 24

Smoke Gets in Your Ears: A Mad Men Podcast episode 24 is available for listening or download right here, and on iTunes here. AJ, Kenn, and Joe ring in the new year by chronicling the most devastating string of episodes season 5, and perhaps the entirety of Mad Men, has

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Paul's Top 10 Comics of 2014 (and AJ's Lament)

‘Saga’ art by Fiona Staples. Last week, we brought you our top 10 films of the year. It was different from past years in that while I still wrote words and words and words, Paul presented his list without comment. He continues that trend with his top 10 comics of

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Paul & AJ's Top 10 Films of 2014

The new year is less than two days old, so once again, it’s time to look back to our favorites of last year. As always, lists are imperfect, incomplete, and totally subject to change upon reflection and the passage of time. We’ll start with Paul; he remains skeptical

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Listen to 'Smoke Gets in Your Ears: A Mad Men Podcast' Episode 23

Smoke Gets in Your Ears: A Mad Men Podcast episode 23 is available for listening or download right here, and on iTunes here. For their final episode of 2014, AJ, Kenn, and Joe continue their discussion of Mad Men season 5 with looks at “At the Codfish Ball,” in which

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Listen to Episode 211, "The Sandman: Vol. X - The Wake (feat. Eric Sipple, Greg Sahadachny, K. Dale Koontz & Ensley F. Guffey)"

Art from ‘The Sandman’ #72 by Michael Zulli and Daniel Vozzo. Gobbledygeek episode 211, “The Sandman: Vol. X – The Wake (feat. Eric Sipple, Greg Sahadachny, K. Dale Koontz & Ensley F. Guffey),” is available for listening or download right here, and on iTunes here. Dearly beloved, we are gathered here

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Listen to 'Smoke Gets in Your Ears: A Mad Men Podcast' Episode 22

Smoke Gets in Your Ears: A Mad Men Podcast episode 22 is available for listening or download right here, and on iTunes here. Things get a little trippy this week, as AJ, Kenn, and Joe continue their look at Mad Men season 5 with a discussion of “Mystery Date,” in

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Listen to 'Smoke Gets in Your Ears: A Mad Men Podcast' Episode 21

Smoke Gets in Your Ears: A Mad Men Podcast episode 21 is available for listening or download right here, and on iTunes here. Zou bisou bisou, here’s to another season of Mad Men. Seasons 5 gets off to a start with awkward burlesques, hot cleaning action, a trademark Peach

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Listen to Episode 210, "I'm Having the Weirdest Day"

Gobbledygeek episode 210, “I’m Having the Weirdest Day,” is available for listening or download right here, and on iTunes here. This Christmas season, put a little love in your heart with Paul and AJ as they revisit Richard Donner’s 1988 reworking of A Christmas Carol, Scrooged. This year’

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Listen to 'Smoke Gets in Your Ears: A Mad Men Podcast' Episode 20

Smoke Gets in Your Ears: A Mad Men Podcast episode 20 is available for listening or download right here, and on iTunes here. Don makes another pilgrimage to California in the Mad Men season 4 finale “Tomorrowland,” while AJ, Kenn, and Joe engage in some exquisite girl talk about the

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Listen to Episode 209, "The Sandman: Vol IX - The Kindly Ones"

Art from ‘The Sandman’ #68 by Marc Hempel, Richard Case, and Daniel Vozzo. Gobbledygeek episode 209, “The Sandman: Vol IX – The Kindly Ones,” is available for listening or download right here, and on iTunes here. All good things got to finish some time. Paul and AJ have reached the climax

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Listen to 'Smoke Gets in Your Ears: A Mad Men Podcast' Episode 19

Smoke Gets in Your Ears: A Mad Men Podcast episode 19 is available for listening or download right here, and on iTunes here. As Mad Men season 4 winds to a close, things seem to be falling apart for damn near everyone at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce. This week, AJ,

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Listen to Episode 208, "Hiro's Journey or, To Interstellar and Beyond"

Gobbledygeek episode 208, “Hiro’s Journey or, To Interstellar and Beyond,” is available for listening or download right here, and on iTunes here. Whether you prefer your heroes fluffy and cuddly or coated with a layer of Depression-era dust–not that we’re suggesting those things have to be mutually

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Listen to 'Smoke Gets in Your Ears: A Mad Men Podcast' Episode 18

Smoke Gets in Your Ears: A Mad Men Podcast episode 18 is available for listening or download right here, and on iTunes here. This week, AJ, Kenn, and Joe turn toward a very eventful run of Mad Men episodes: “The Suitcase,” one of the series’ all-time high points; “The Summer