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The Star Trek universe goes teen drama -- and, for once, does it in the/a future instead of the pre-TOS "past." Since it's a Trek property, Andrew returned to talk about Paul Giamatti feasting on his anachronistic lines, whether the show works better as sci-fi or Space High, and where it ranks in Paramount-era Trek shows. We went Around The Dial with Ponies, Andrew's middlebrow-TV catch-up, and Shining Vale before Tara used up her djinn wishes on a What We Do In The Shadows Canon entry. Profilers won, McConaughey lost, and we prayed for guidance in a religious-network Game Time. Escape from your hidden prison planet and join us!
GUESTS
👤 Andrew Cunningham
TOPICS
Lead Topic: 🧑🏽‍🏫 Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
Around The Dial: 🕵🏻‍♀️ Ponies
Around The Dial: 🫱🏻‍🫲🏽 The Diplomat
Around The Dial: 💪 Invincible
Around The Dial: 🧠 High Potential
Around The Dial: 👻 Shining Vale
The Canon: ⚰️ What We Do In The Shadows S04.E06: The Wedding
Winner & Loser: 🔎 Ann Burgess
Winner & Loser: 🍺 Matthew McConaughey
Game Time: 🙏 Thou Shalt Guess The Title
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🦋 Andrew Cunningham on Bluesky
📚 Andrew's book-discussion podcast, Overdue
🖖 Alan Sepinwall's review of Starfleet Academy
👔 Tara's Justin Theroux piece for GQ
✊ Minneapolis-St. Paul mutual-aid resources
🦋 Norm Charlatan on Bluesky
💄 Listen To Sassy
📷 Photo: Brooke Palmer / Paramount+

The Pitt returns to take viewers through another remarkably busy day in the ER at Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center. What is there to celebrate in the show's fictional Fourth of July? Heather Cocks, our S01 guest, returns to talk about it. Around The Dial takes us through a passel of recent comedy specials from George Civeris, Kumail Nanjiani, Frankie Quiñones, and Sarah Squirm (aka Sarah Sherman); Heated Rivalry creator Jacob Tierney's previous hockey show, Shoresy; and Bookish, old to Brits but new to PBS. Seth pitches a Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee for induction into The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Non-Regulation Game Time that's beating down our door. Find a comfortable seat in chairs (ideally away from Mr. Digby and his compelling odors) and join us!
GUESTS
👤 Heather Cocks
TOPICS
Announcement: 🫥 Sarah Is Away
Lead Topic: 🏥 The Pitt
Around The Dial: 🤪 Frankie Quiñones: Damn That's Crazy
Around The Dial: 💭 Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts
Around The Dial: 💨 George Civeris: A Sense Of Urgency
Around The Dial: 🤮 Sarah Squirm: Live + In The Flesh
Around The Dial: 🥅 Shoresy
Around The Dial: 📚 Bookish
The Canon: 🐝 Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee S01.E06: The Patriarchy Hasn't Let Me Down
Winner & Loser: 🤠 The Lowdown
Winner & Loser: 🧙‍♀️ Executives at Charmed
Game Time: 🚪 Knock Three Times
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🕳️ Tara's review of The Pitt's S02 premiere, at GQ
🏍️ “So You Noticed Dr. Robby Wasn’t Wearing A Motorcycle Helmet” at Vulture
🤢 "Sarah Sherman Is Grosser Than You Think" at The New Yorker
✍️ Tara's author page at GQ (new pieces coming this week!)
💃 Go Fug Yourself
📚 Links to buy Heather and Jessica's books
🍸 Drinks With Broads
👩‍💻 Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee Zoom Watch Party with Lolly Adefope, Aaron Chen, Rose Matafeo, and Paul F. Tompkins
🧑‍💻 Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee Zoom Episode 4 with Ayo Edebiri, Rose Matafeo, Blair Socci, and Paul F. Tompkins
📷 Photo: Warrick Page / HBO Max

For our latest game of Would You Rather?, we asked past guests, friends, and listeners to challenge us with brand-new TV-related scenarios. They came through with some of the craziest conundrums we've ever contemplated. Listen to find out how sick they, and we, actually are!

TOPICS
Lead Topic: 🤔 Would You Rather?

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For this special episode, we're returning to the bracket format, but slimmed down for just your three co-hosts: we made up an Elite Eight of TV superheroes -- no one from the DC or Marvel universes allowed -- and argued through which deserved to go all the way. Which hero stands atop the rest of our selected comers? Listen and learn!

TOPICS

Lead Topic: 🦸🏻 The TV Superhero Bracket

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🦅 Jonathan Chase from Manimal

🐆 Manimal's opening credits

⏳ Dan Vasser from Journeyman

🕰️ Journeyman on Wikipedia

📏 Cootie from I'm A Virgo

👨‍🚀 Steve Austin from The Six Million Dollar Man

🃏 Charlie Cale from Poker Face

🚗 Brett Matthews from Turbo Teen

🤺 Samurai Jack

📠 Awesome-X from Frisky Dingo

We are off this week for EHG Prime but present you with this EHG Club unlock of EEHG 330: Gone Fishing With John

We aren't sure about J M Buffy's reasons for forcening us to watch early-nineties cult show Fishing With John, but we mostly liked the surrealist slow-TV vibes we got from musician/actor John Lurie's rando travelogue. Ask EHG went deep on Ken Marino's Emmy reel, snacking cereals, and a Sean Bean reboot of Mr. Bean before Dave pitched a CSI cold open for the Tiny Canon. We made Not Quite Top 11 Lists about TV fish, cartoons, and holiday title puns, and wrapped (geddit??) things up with an Extra Credit Game Time from Sarah Claus. Dry off your mittens and have a listen!

TOPICS

15s Of Fame: 😮 Do Doo Do Doo Do

Forcening Pool: 🎣 Fishing With John S01.E04: Willem Dafoe

Ask EHG: 💉 TV Tattoos

Tiny Canon: 🐀 C.S.I. S02.E23: The Hunger Artist

Not Quite Top 11: 🌺 Inappropriate Movies You Most Want To See Made Into A Mortal Kombat/Toxic Avenger/Beetlejuice Style 90s Saturday Morning Cartoon

Not Quite Top 11: 🎄 Shows We're Relieved Never One-Off Changed Their Titles For Christmas Episodes

Not Quite Top 11: 🐟 TV Fish

Game Time: 🎅🏻 Merry Quizmas

Mini: ❄️ Making Our Hallmark (Dec 2016)

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🎣 Fishing With John S01.E04: Willem Dafoe

🔥 "To Build A Fire" by Jack London

🐀 CSI S02.E23: The Hunger Artist on Hulu

📷 Photo: HBO