Read it and Weep used to be a podcast about books. Now we talk about movies and other pop culture with a confidence level unearned by our actual knowledge.
Alex and Ezra are back with a sports fact showdown! One sports fact will be remembered for eternity. The other? Immediately forgotten. Also, if you want faces with your sports facts, they're here on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZn1pCjh-4w And if you like the show, come to the Patreon ! We're talking favorite sport facts here--for free!
It's a new season! Welcome to Read it and Weep Season 8: Embrace the Weep! This season is all about the media that moves us and our friends. So obviously, OBVIOUSLY, it had to be Eurovision. For this, I've roped in my friend Cathy to tell me about the highs and lows of Eurovision. Anthony's prepared some slides ! Also we're on YouTube (at least until I get annoyed with video editing) We recommend:…
Hey friends of the Palgorithm! No episode yet, but we'll be dropping Eurovision by mid-July and it'll be edited in Europe for extra worldliness! Meanwhile, thanks so much for the plane-based media recs , no notes, would consume on a plane again. If you have any bus-based media recs , send them my way!
Like the show? Support the show! Alex and Ezra are long-time friends who are both a mile wide and an inch. After careful research, we've determined there are exactly 1,206 things to know about the world, so we're setting out on a quest to learn one fact about everything that's ever happened BUT NOT TWO. This episode? We learn just one thing about Twist Ties and Noses. YouTube: Watch our faces and…
Season 8 is starting soon! Shape it by giving us feedback on the Patreon ! Hot Frosty 2: Hot Ice. Cool Canadian hockey phenom Shane Hollander and Brusque Russian hockey hot-shot Illya Rosanov are rivals on the skates but, surprise, lovers between the sheets. They're hot and cold as public and private lives cross-check each other, but in an uplifting, very needed example of queer joy, it's all…
Like the show? Support the show ! Space, the final frontier. But also time , some would say, a more final frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. To go cheat at dom jot and get stabbed in the back. To get robbed by a time traveler while saving a planet. To prevent 22 years of war by killing off Tasha Yar again. And to boldly meet Kelsey Grammars like no one has met Kelsey…
Vote on our next running movie! This is a special one. Not only are we talking running, we're doing it with my friends Dru Johnston (NipGuards episode) and Ben Kegan . Ben made a whole incredible documentary about running. We even have NCAA indoor champion Colby Alexander joining us to talk about his experience in the movie. Check it out: "SECONDS AWAY follows Belgian-American runner Peter…
Quick: vote on what we're watching for our Time Travel Star Trek Episode. No longer a tea pot, Angela Lansbury is mystery writer Jessica Fletcher, living in Cabot Cove, Maine, a lovely community except for all the MURDER! We watched: S4 E7- If it's Thursday, it must be Beverly S7 E10 - Murder in F Sharp S10 E5 - A Virtual Murder Some bonus recs: S2 E14 - Keep the Home Fries Burning S2 E20 -…
Like the show? Support the show! Space. On a crappy mining ship in the future, everyone dies except for Dave Lister, a lowly technician, who survives for 3 million years in stasis. Joining him are the suave descendant of his cat, the hologram of his dead pompous bunkmate, a low-polygon max headroom-looking android, and the ship's computer who, depending on the episode, is a man, a woman, an idiot,…
Like the show? Support the show! Three unhoused people try to return a baby on Christmas in Tokyo. No notes. This Satoshi Kon film is just perfect. Strong recommend you watch it however/wherever you can (Tubi, Hoopla, however you can track it down). The RIAWlgorithm also recommends: Todd's shows Amphibia & Wylde Pak Porco Rosso Cruel Intentions/Dangerous Liaisons Next up, Red Dwarf with Stephen…