This episode has us chatting with Bob Sykora about his new book, The Utopians Are In Love. He also joins us for Life From the Writer's Perspective, reads a poem, and provides our Worker of the Week. What can't he do?

The Utopians Are In Love is available now from Game Over Books.

4 - The Utopians Are In Bob Sykora

Just so ya know, our Pick the Flick tier is back on so you can give us some scratch to choose our Frame Rate topics. We’d like to thank Doctor Slaphammer for suggesting Videodrome for our epic return.
Also, Tom Reimann joins the pod to discuss all things Cronenberg and to remind us all to long live the new flesh.

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894. Frame Rate: Videodrome (Feat. Tom Reimann)

Adam Ganser and Abe Epperson discuss the 1998 anime Cowboy Bebop. This time, we talk about session #12, the second part of the mid-Pefect Session doubleheader, Jupiter Jazz. 3, 2, 1. Let’s jam.

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895. See You Space Podboys - Session #13: Jupiter Jazz, Part 2

Topics Include: Jay Kelly, Train Dreams, Ella McCay, Looking Through Water, Blue Moon, Rental Family, Nuremberg, If I Had Legs I'd Kick You, Him, Cold Storage, Shelby Oaks, Wayward, Whistle, Silent Night Deadly Night, No Other Choice, and the future of Friday The 13th.

Hypecast - 8.8.2025

Our heroes talk about symbolism and junk.

We Just Watched... Weapons

This episode covers 2017’s It, the famous fun clown story. Michael and Abe discuss why they made the clown SO sexy and discuss the Kingiverse at large. 

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897. Kings of King: It (2017)

Sarah and Bridgett discuss how the fears of adults and the fears of children are different (and the same). How we can reason our ways out of things and how irrational fears persist. Also, how children do not fear death and that means we should fear them.

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898. Rough Stuff: Childhood Fears

Anything worth doing is better done with other people, to paraphrase Mariame Kaba. This week, we're talking a lot about the collaboration that goes into making art. Brendan and Chris tell some songwriting stories, and later shoutout readers at lit mags. In between, Chris sits down virtually with author Lincoln Michel to talk stealing time to write, reading contemporary novels, and secret focaccia.

Buy Metallic Realms here: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Metallic-Realms/Lincoln-Michel/9781668058671

Check out Lincoln's blog: https://countercraft.substack.com/

The L&E website, including the Shipwrecked Sailor blog: https://www.lazyandentitled.org/

The blog Chris referenced about Spencer writing a song: https://www.lazyandentitled.org/?p=152151897

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B & The Nothingness: https://bandthenothingness.bandcamp.com/

Drifting Between Nebulae With Lincoln Michel

We Just Watched... In the Mouth of Madness

Topics Include: Marty Supreme, Adulthood, Swiped, The Cut, Steve, Task, Highest 2 Lowest, Dream Eater, the next Rambo film, and the Mortuary Assistant.

Hypecast - 8.15.2025 - Featuring Bridgett Greenberg

Michael and Abe, very white dudes, discuss the themes, execution, and techniques of Ryan Coogler’s Sinners. Movie’s pretty good. 

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4 - The Utopians Are In Bob Sykora

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