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Going Viral

Special Intro: Luke Gygax  
Film at 11: Navalny (2022)  
Adventures in a Black Box: SpongeBob the Musical  
Book IT: Concrete:  The Complete Short Stories 1986-1989 (1990) by Paul Chadwick 
Scroll With IT: Johns Hopkins has discontinued their Coronavirus Resource Center’s operations. Meta launches paid verification on Instagram and Facebook in the US. Gary Con XV happens this weekend – March 23rd-26th, 2023 in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.
Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tms32123

The Dogma of March Madness

Film at 11: Chris Rock: Selective Outrage (2023) 
Adventures in a Black Box: Alanis Morrisette’s Jagged Little Pill, the Musical (D-PAC, Durham, NC) 
Book IT: Earthside (2023) by Dennis E Taylor 
App-etite: Curiosity Stream 
Scroll With IT: March Madness is on TV, Steve is producing Spongebob the Musical this weekend, and Spring arrives on Monday, March 20, 2023 
Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tms31423

Oscars 2023 (with Kyle Hickman)

Special Intro: Chris Gersbeck - Host of The Dumb Industries Oscars Watch Party
Film at 11: The 95th Academy Awards take place Sunday, March 12, 2023 broadcast on ABC and our movie expert Kyle Hickman joins us this week to discuss our predictions
Scroll With IT: Friday is MAR10 Day, Saturday is Time Travel Weekend. Remember to Spring Forward
Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tms3723

The Pale Blue Eye (with Pamela Bedore)

Film at 11: Cocaine Bear (2023)
Book IT: The Pale Blue Eye (2003) by Louis Bayard
Scroll With IT: Mystery Science Theater 3000 is wrapping up season 13 on Friday and showing episodes from the season on Pluto TV starting March 1, 2023 (the not too distant future).
Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tms22823

Fat Tuesday: Quantumania

Special Intro: Gates McFadden – Dr. Crusher from Star Trek: Picard
Film at 11: Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)
Book IT: The Lost Recordings, Vol. 1: Hollywood (2022) by Bruce Campbell and Ted Raimi 
Scroll With IT: Digital video viewing tops traditional TV in the US, Smartphones Are Changing the War in Ukraine, and The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling begin today.
Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tms22123

Eros Returns

Special Intro: Jonathan Frakes – Will Riker from Star Trek: The Next Generation
Film at 11: Triangle of Sadness (2022)
Book IT: How Magicians Think: Misdirection, Deception, and Why Magic Matters (2021) by Joshua Jay 
Scroll With IT: Microsoft has AI search and Google is lagging behind. THe Chicago Auto Show is happening in Chicago. Meanwhile in Los Angeles, Gallifrey One is on this weekend!
Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tms21423

Curmudgeon Junction, What’s Your Function?

Special Intro: Baron Vaughn from Mystery Science Theater 3000
Film at 11: A Man Called Otto (2022)
Book IT: The Scarlett Bernard Trilogy by Melissa F. Olson 
Scroll With IT: Google is keeping an eye on ChatGPT, James Gunn is in charge of the DCU, and we are ready for some football! Super Bowl LVII is Sunday, February 12, 2023.
Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tms2723

Light From Uncommon Stars (with Pamela Bedore)

Special Intro: Brian Brushwood from Hacking the System
Film at 11: The Fabelmans (2022)
Book IT: Light From Uncommon Stars (2021) by Ryka Aoki
Scroll With IT: Chicago has an Alamo Drafthouse, Hacking the System is on Disney+, the University of Arkansas might buy the University of Phoenix, It’s Groundhog Day, again, and the 19th Annual Krispy Kreme Challenge is this weekend.
Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tms13123

Whale of a Tale

Film at 11: The Whale (2022)
Book IT: Legends and Lattes (2022) by Travis Baldree
Scroll With IT: Tech companies are laying off huge numbers of workers and AI is becoming even more real in our world.
Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tms12423

#@%!ing Subtle Art

Special Intro: Erika Ensign from Verity!
Film at 11: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck (2023)
Book IT: Layla (2020) by Colleen Hoover
Scroll With IT: The Chicago Bears have a new president, Angela Bassett has a Golden Globe Award, and we have new sitcoms molded from old sitcoms this week.
Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tms11723