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ARC (Arts Review & Commentary)

The podcast is a literate and passionate look at how popular entertainment affects our lives, with a focus on television and movies.

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ARC: Thirteenth Annual ARCademy Awards Show, Part 2: Our Oscar Picks!

Send us Fan Mail In this second of our two-part episode of the 13th Annual ARCademy Awards, Jordan and I go over our Oscar picks of which nominees will win, who should win, and who was snubbed in preparation for the 98th Academy Awards

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ARC: Thirteenth Annual ARCademy Awards Show, Part 1: The Disappointing Year of 2025

Send us Fan Mail In this first part of our two-part episode of the 13th Annual ARCademy Awards, Jordan and I give our favorite and least favorite movies of 2025, as well as how being older has changed the way we look at movies.

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ARC: Twelfth Annual ARCademy Awards Show, Part 2: Our Oscar Picks!

Send us Fan Mail In this second of our two-part episode of the 12th Annual ARCademy Awards, Jordan and I go over our Oscar picks of which nominees will win, who should win, and who was snubbed in preparation for the 97th Academy Awards.

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ARC: Twelfth Annual ARCademy Awards Show, Part 1: The Boring Year of Movies in 2024

Send us Fan Mail In this first of two parts of our annual ARCademy Awards show, Jordan and I go over what movies we enjoyed and didn't enjoy during 2024.

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ARC 66: A Conversation with Gary Sullivan about older movies and their legacy

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of ARC, I chat with my good friend Gary Sullivan about our time together in local community theatre, and how working from home during the pandemic allowed us to watch stuff that we'd never seen. For Gary, it was old B-movies. Gary gives me a good history lesson on what the movie-going habits were like for audiences almost a century ago, and what hidden gems one…

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ARC: Eleventh Annual ARCademy Awards Show, Part 3: Our Oscar Picks!

Send us Fan Mail On the third part of our annual Oscar picks show, Jordan and I pick who will win, who should win, and who should have been nominated in the 96th Oscars.

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ARC: Eleventh Annual ARCademy Awards Show, Part 2: What We Hated in 2023

Send us Fan Mail On the second part of our annual Oscar picks show, Jordan and I go over what we didn't like in 2023. Apologies to fans of "Saltburn," but I was not impressed.

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ARC: Eleventh Annual ARCademy Awards Show, Part 1: What We Loved in 2023

Send us Fan Mail On the first part of our annual Oscar picks show, Jordan and I go over our favorite movies of 2023. Part 2 will be our least favorite, and Part 3 will be our picks in all of the categories.

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ARC 65: How "Dune" Shaped my Love of Science Fiction

Send us Fan Mail Originally recorded two years ago, this episode discusses how Frank Herbert's "Dune" and its subsequent sequels, prequels, and adaptations have shaped my love of science fiction, and how the franchise has helped inform my judgments on adapting literature to different media.

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ARC: Tenth Annual ARCademy Awards Show, Part 2: Our Oscar Picks!

Send us Fan Mail On the second part of our annual Oscar picks show, Jordan and I pick all who will win, who should win, and who should have been nominated in the 95th Academy Awards. (NOTE: Apologies for the less-than-stellar audio quality; I was unable to set my levels to reduce echo and reverb.)

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