Episode 27 - Has Peak TV Already Peaked?

Loann and Art discuss how the landscape is changing for streaming television and they wonder if the promising period of "peak tv" may already be gone. 

Things discussed in this episode:

• Peak TV Is Over, Welcome to Trough TV by Sam Adams (Slate)
• The Enshittification of TikTok by Cory Doctorow (Wired) 

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026 - Is Summer Movie Season Officially Back in 2023?

Art and Loann start by talking about how moviegoing has changed since the pandemic, is it back to the way it used to be, or are too many people happy with watching stuff at home? ( 01:00 )

Then we discuss this upcoming summer movie season, including which movies we're excited to see on the big and the films we're approaching with skepticism. (35:00) 

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Episode 25 - Everything Everyverse - Is Hollywood Entering Peak Multiverse?

Loann and Art discuss the success of Everything Everywhere All at Once and the recent wave of multiverse storytelling for the big and small screen. We talk a little about the history of the multiverse in fiction, how it can be used, and how to separate it from other genres and subgenres.  

Loann's multiverse book recommendations: 

• The Peripheral by Charles Gibson 
• The Doors of Eden by Adrian Tchaikovsky  

Art's multiverse movie recommendations: 

• Triangle 
• Coherence 

Other things of interest talked about in this episode: 

Recursion by Blake Crouch  

The Sundered Worlds by Michael Moorecock 

The Man in the High Castle by Phillip K. Dick