The Hedge Knight. Railroad’s Tales of Dunk and Egg is the best thing he’s ever written in the ASOIAF universe, and the long overdue adaptation has finally made it to television. Red & Ivan smack the fleas out of their clothes and head to the Inn at the Crossroads to talk HBO’s A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.

Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS

As always:

Listen
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
Air date:

Kids These Days. After an impossible number of false starts we’ve finally managed to get a live action Starfleet Academy. Red & Ivan pull on their redshirts and head to an airlock to discuss Paramount+s Star Trek: Starfleey Academy.

Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS

As always:

Listen
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
Air date:

Rookies. The hottest show of the year came out the day after American Thanksgiving and almost 6 weeks after Canadian Thanksgiving. And who better to discuss the intersection of professional hockey and sex between men? Red & Ivan strap on their *checks notes* skates and immediately fall on the ice where they remain to discuss HBO Max’s Heated Rivalry.

Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS

As always:

Listen
Heated Rivalry
Air date:

The Innovator. Season One came out April of 2024 so Fallout just barely beats the “every two years” allegations by getting Season 2 out just before the new year. Red & Ivan emerge from their executive cryo chambers to talk Prime Video’s Fallout.

Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS

As always:

Listen
Fallout 2x01: Old-Fashioned Market Research
Air date:

La Chica o El Mundo. Writer Vince Gilligan wrote several dozen episodes of The X-Files and several of its spin-offs and then vanished for 25 years, producing no other works. Now he’s back doing the only thing he’s ever done: creating excellent speculative fiction. Red & Ivan join the hive mind and think about Apple TV’s Pluribus.

Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS

As always:

Listen
Pluribus 1x09: Unknown Word or Podcast
Air date:

Listen
Pluribus 1x08: A Minute Amount of Maid
Air date:

The Gap. Writer Vince Gilligan wrote several dozen episodes of The X-Files and several of its spin-offs and then vanished for 25 years, producing no other works. Now he’s back doing the only thing he’s ever done: creating excellent speculative fiction. Red & Ivan join the hive mind and think about Apple TV’s Pluribus.

Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS

As always:

Listen
Pluribus 1x07: I Am Not Going to the Library
Air date:

HDP. Writer Vince Gilligan wrote several dozen episodes of The X-Files and several of its spin-offs and then vanished for 25 years, producing no other works. Now he’s back doing the only thing he’s ever done: creating excellent speculative fiction. Red & Ivan join the hive mind and think about Apple TV’s Pluribus.

Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS

As always:

Listen
Pluribus 1x06: It’s No Albuquerque
Air date:

Please, Carol & Got Milk. Writer Vince Gilligan wrote several dozen episodes of The X-Files and several of its spin-offs and then vanished for 25 years, producing no other works. Now he’s back doing the only thing he’s ever done: creating excellent speculative fiction. Red & Ivan join the hive mind and think about Apple TV’s Pluribus.

Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS

As always:

Listen
Pluribus 1x04-1x05: ACAB
Air date:

Pirate Lady & Grenade. Writer Vince Gilligan wrote several dozen episodes of The X-Files and several of its spin-offs and then vanished for 25 years, producing no other works. Now he’s back doing the only thing he’s ever done: creating excellent speculative fiction. Red & Ivan join the hive mind and think about Apple TV’s Pluribus.

Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS

As always:

Listen
Pluribus 1x02-1x03: Thirty Helens Agree
Air date: