Episode 99: The Shelby Shakedown
Posted by billsimmon on 08 Feb 2010 | Tagged as: episodes
Mike’s show notes follow after the jump.
Original air date: 2/7/10
Total run time: 2:00:51
File size: 58 MB
Episode 98: Back This Week: LOST & the Dems’ Mojo
Posted by billsimmon on 02 Feb 2010 | Tagged as: episodes
Mike’s show notes are after the jump…
Original air date: 1/31/10
Total run time: 1:57:39
File size: 56.5 MB
I know we just skipped a show 3 weeks ago, but…
Posted by billsimmon on 24 Jan 2010 | Tagged as: housekeeping
…Steve is asking that we cancel today. He’s not feeling well *and* he’s fighting a work-related deadline. He writes, “There’s obviously a ton of content to talk about — all of it awful and demoralizing….” I don’t know what he means. The Walking Dead pilot was picked up by AMC this week. That’s great news!
Anyway, we’ll be back next week to try and cheer everyone up. Until then, here are some links to items we probably would have discussed today…
You can pretty much glance at any post at Steve’s blog from the past several days (since Scott Brown’s disappointing victory in MA) and find within any of the compelling reasons why the House should, in Steve’s words, “Pass. The. Damn. (healthcare) Bill.”
The SCOTUS Citizens United decision was huge and unambiguously bad for democracy. It’s a stickier wicket than your standard right-left 5-4 SCOTUS decision though, and I was looking forward to bouncing this off Steve for some analysis. But even in light of my own free speech-imbued grey-scale take on the ideology at work in the decision, I don’t think there’s any question that practically speaking, given the nature of our current electoral system, this is really, really bad. I thought Lessig’s response was compelling, natch.
No Dollhouse this week. The series finale is on Friday.
Emily and I will likely be seeing Legion tonight. It’s rocking a full 23% at Rotten Tomatoes, so it should be a good time.
Eve has compiled the following list of other genre topics as well…
- Everything you need to know about every sci-fi TV
series this week - good, keep it tight: Abrams Considering an End Point For “Fringe”
- interesting: AMC Orders Pilots for The Walking Dead and The Killing
- some decent ideas: 10 sci-fi TV shows we wish would get prequels like Caprica
- um, not sure what to make of this: Versace launches fashion line
(really) inspired by Tron - possibly more Roddenberry ideas coming our way
See you next week!
Episode 97: All Sports & Weather All the Time
Posted by billsimmon on 19 Jan 2010 | Tagged as: episodes
Mike’s show notes follow after the jump…
Original air date: 1/17/10
Total run time: 1:57:35
File size: 56.4 MB
Episode 96: Underwear Bomber Apoplexy
Posted by billsimmon on 12 Jan 2010 | Tagged as: episodes
It’s a new year for PSFR!
Mike’s show notes are below the jump…
Original air date: 1/10/10
Total run time: 1:53:20
File size: 54.4 MB
Happy new year! No show today.
Posted by billsimmon on 03 Jan 2010 | Tagged as: housekeeping
Our first episode of 2010 has been canceled due to weather. Burlington is expecting gusty snowy weather with an accumulation of 3-5 inches and gusts up to 30 mph. Not biblical weather, but no fun to drive in, particularly if you’re coming from Essex Junction, like Steve. Plus Emily is sick with flu-like symptoms so she probably would have skipped the show anyway, and frankly, there’s not a ton of material to discuss in either politics of SF.
I’d like to encourage folks to use the comments section of this post to say hi, ask questions, rant about something — whatever floats your respective boats.
Episode 95: The Senate’s Christmas Miracle
Posted by billsimmon on 28 Dec 2009 | Tagged as: episodes
Mike’s show notes follow after the jump.
Original air date: 12/27/09
Total run time: 1:53:28
File size: 54.5 MB
Episode 94: Left vs. Left
Posted by billsimmon on 22 Dec 2009 | Tagged as: episodes
Mike’s show notes follow after the jump…
Original air date: 12/20/09
Total run time: 1:57:30
File size: 56.4 MB
Episode 93: Michael Bay’s Wet Dream Cramdown
Posted by billsimmon on 15 Dec 2009 | Tagged as: episodes
Mike M.’s show notes follow below the jump…
Original air date: 12/13/09
Total run time: 2:00:01
File size: 54.9 MB
Episode 92: Mid-Season Finale!
Posted by billsimmon on 07 Dec 2009 | Tagged as: episodes
No, we’re not taking a winter break, but all of the shows are, apparently. Pre-show notes follow…
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Dollhouse is back!
SGU (mid-season finale)
FlashForward (mid-season finale)
Fringe
Doctor Who coming back 12/12
AP: is Obama too much like Spock?
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Economy
-Best job numbers in two years:
-Stimulus creates up to 1.6 million jobs
-Cantor’s absurd jobs’ plan:
-Use TARP funds on job creation:
Afghanistan
- How we got in this mess
- Obama’s plan
- Why it might work
- Why it might not
Health Care
- Obama on the Hill
- New round of talks on compromise
- Premiums will shrink
- Gregg pens obstruction manual
- Nelson’s Stupak threat
Environment/Energy
- Copenhagen
- CRU emails
- GOP wants to stop addressing climate change altogether
SPSST
- House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio)
- Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas)
- Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-Mich.)
- Arlington, Tenn., Mayor Russell Wiseman
- Former Bush Press Secretary Dana Perino
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Original air date: 12/6/09
Total run time: 1:56:23
File size: 53.3 MB
