Women in Backgammon co-founders Christine Merser and Karen Davis interview mother-son duo from the Czech Republic – 23-year old Grandmaster Zdenek Zizka (ZZ) and top-rated European woman player Eva Žižková. ZZ’s new book The Zizka Method emphasizes assessing how the game is likely to evolve in the future under alternative plays. Eva shares how she recognized and nurtured her son’s talent at an early age while developing her own skill as a first-rate competitor. ZZ, as he is affectionately known, is the number one rated player on Backgammon Galaxy out of 30,000 players. He recently won the Athens Open. Eva finished third in the 8th Merit Open Ladies Event in North Cyprus, the largest backgammon tournament in the world. Thanks to Candace Mayeron, producer of the 2021 California State Championship, for bringing them to the U.S. for the first time.

Interview with mother-son duo Grandmaster Zdenek Zizka & top-rated woman player Eva Žižková

Amazon Prime’s A League of Their Own Series: Join Wilder and Hollister as they celebrate and evaluate the new Amazon Prime series, A League of Their Own. Hollister takes us back to 1992’s A League of Their Own with Penny Marshall, and some of the highlights. Don’t miss out on this series, or their review.

TV Series Review: A League of Their Own Series

Bad Sisters. “If those are bad sisters, I want to be one!,” said Hollister. Mixing comedy with drama (tragedy?) is a good combination according to Hollister and with some exceptions in approach, Wilder agrees. Don’t miss their review of this new series by Sharon Horgan of Catastrophe fame and fortune.

Apple TV’s Bad Sisters Series Review

House of the Dragon. Game of Thrones. Don’t get Wilder started on the fantasy appeal for both. But she even won Hollister over with the need to at least give House of the Dragon a try. Plot. Cinematography. Acting. Special Effects. And, and, and. The plot line is amazing and one of the things Wilder points out is that unlike Game of Thrones, this might, just might, put women on the map as the great leaders they can be. Hollister and Wilder debate the redeeming value of having rape-laden shows on the screen and whether they have a ‘right’ to be there. Interesting.

TV Series Review: HBO’s House of the Dragon

Join Hollister and Wilder as they explore their favorite Halloween films. Spoiler alert: not all are about Halloween. They are, however, classics and it’s a great list of what to watch to get in that dark, scary place.

List of 6 Halloween Films

Lena Dunham’s latest creation is out and ready to be seen by mothers and daughters all across the land. Brave girl, that Lena Dunham. No one tackles the Medieval Ages in film. Recipe for failure is the reason why, but she goes forth, fearless in her quest to bring her favorite childhood book to life. Don’t miss this review. And according to Hollister, don’t miss the film.

Movie Review: Catherine Called Birdy Review

Tim Miller is back, guest co-hosting with Hollister and this podcast is chock full of film. They don’t agree on Air at all, with comparison’s by Hollister to Jerry Maguire versus Tim’s comparison to Moneyball. Some interesting takes on the new surge of Hollywood remakes. What do Spielberg and Tim have in common? A lot actually, and recommendations - quick ones for what is coming in April and what Tim and Hollister saw in March.

Interview with mother-son duo Grandmaster Zdenek Zizka & top-rated woman player Eva Žižková

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