Why is there no dog nip? Default fonts, the coming machine takeover, lots more, and the movie Waterworld. Next week: the original Gremlins for Christmas!

Holiday parties, arcade games, vintage snacks, and the movie "Flow." Next week- "Waterworld."

Tales from Hawaii, making conversation, clickbait headlines, holidaze, and the movie "These Final Hours." Next week: the 2024 Latvian animated "Flow."

Music references, spam call inequality, childhood word games, the open mic equivalent of Hollywood, the dopamine psych out of social media, anti-Vegas, and of course the 1995 movie "12 Monkeys." Next pod is 12/1, with 2013's "These Final Hours."

The five senses, what constitutes a deli, a puzzling encounter, the wizarding comedy universe, and Ray Bradury's 1952 short story "A Sound Of Thunder." Next week: the movie "12 Monkeys."

The anatomical details of God, flair baristas, Star Wars knowledge, city nicknames, plus the 2006 movie Idiocracy. Next week: Ray Bradbury's "A Sound Of Thunder."

The neuroticism of playing yourself back, the internet's effect on knowledge and cultural memory, plus the 1998 movie Deep Impact. Next week: Idiocracy!

Adam's back! An episode of half European travel talk and half the John Hillcoat movie adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's bleak masterpiece.