Too Much Scrolling

The Sea of Tranquility (with Pamela Bedore)

Special Intro: Trace Beaulieu from MST3K and The Mads are Back 
Film at 11: Dumb Money (2023)  
Book IT: The Sea of Tranquility (2022) by Emily St. John Mandel  
Scroll With IT: Elon Musk might start charging us to use X.com (the social media site formerly known as Twitter), Microsoft is rolling a new update to Windows with AI baked in, Google is turning 25 this week. Beyond Burgers for everyone! 
Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tms91923

Safe Haven (with Courtney Gains)

Special Intro: Author Mike Chen  
Film at 11: A Haunting in Venice (2023)  
Book IT: Light Years from Home (2022) by Mike Chen  
Scroll With IT: Teddy Durgin returns to Too Much Scrolling and brings along Courtney Gains who played Malachai in Children of the Corn (1984). Courtney has a new album of music which he is releasing in October 2023. He’s touring the country with a showing of Children of the Corn and a concert. We can’t wait to see him in our corn field. 
Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tms91923

Zee or Zed

Special Intro: Tansy from Tasmania  
Film at 11: Cat VideoFest 2023 
Book IT: Zconomy: How Gen Z Will Change the Future of Business―and What to Do About It (2020) by Jason R. Dorsey & Denise Villa 
Scroll With IT: The late night hosts are helping out with their Strike Force Five podcast. The IRS is employing AI, and China is outlawing the iPhone.  We are celebrating Batman Day this week. #LongLiveTheBat  
Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tms91223

I Believe in GEF

Special Intro: Robert Murphy – Chicago radio host of Murphy in the Morning  
Film at 11: Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose (2023)  
Book IT: Muppets in Moscow:The Unexpected Crazy True Story of Making Sesame Street in Russia (2022) by Natasha Lance Rogoff  
Scroll With IT: We remember all of the joy that Jimmy Buffett brought us over the years (maybe we remember) and we’re keeping an eye on the surveillance drones that law enforcement is deploying. We are celebrating our 10th year of podcasting this year! Thank you to everyone who has supported us in this adventure. Leave us a voicemail and we will play it on the show!  
Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tms9523

Billions of Stars (with Pam Bedore)

Film at 11: Bottoms (2023)  
Bonus film discussion: Contact (1997)  
Book IT: The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (1995) by Carl Sagan  
Scroll With IT: Cap’n Crunch is finally uniform compliant, The Green Bay Packers acquired 'Foamation,' makers of original Cheesehead®, and we are having a premier party for Simon Pegg’s latest film, Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose (2023), this Friday, September 1, 2023. Join us at Flagship on the Fox in St. Charles, IL at 5:00 pm on Friday September 1, 2023  
Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tms82923

A Totally Rad Quest

Special Intro: Kevin Murphy from MST3K and Rifftrax  
Film at 11: Strays (2023)   
Book IT: Generations: The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents―and What They Mean for America's Future (2023) by Jean Twenge  
Scroll With IT: Chip had a great experience at Bryan Caplan’s CaplanCon this week, Kids in Montana won their lawsuit to force change in the fossil fuel industry. We are celebrating our 10th year of podcasting this year! Thank you to everyone who has supported us in this adventure. Leave us a voicemail and we will play it on the show! 
Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tms82223

1963 is Coming (with Don Simpson)

Special Intro: Chicago radio legend Eddie Volkman  
Film at 11: The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023)  
Book IT: Don Simpson joins us to discuss his new comic X-Amount of Comics: 1963 (WhenElse?!) Annual (Released 22 Aug 2023) 
Scroll With IT: NFL football pre-season has begun, College football is a mess, The Redemption of Jar Jar Binks podcast concluded this week, and Fermilab may have found a new force of nature. We are celebrating our 10th year of podcasting this year! Thank you to everyone who has supported us in this adventure. Leave us a voicemail and we will play it on the show! 
Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tms81523

Cowabunga, Cortana!

Special Intro: Greg Sestero – Author of The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made  
Film at 11: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023)  
Book IT: Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art (2020) by James Nester  
Scroll With IT: We celebrate the absurd art of Pee-Wee Herman this week as we are saddened by the loss of Paul Reubens, Microsoft’s Cortana, and Blues Brothers Con 2023.  We are celebrating our 10th year of podcasting this year! Thank you to everyone who has supported us in this adventure. Leave us a voicemail and we will play it on the show! 
Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tms8823

“X” Marks the Spot

Special Intro: Jonah Ray - Host of Mystery Science Theater 3000  
Film at 11: Barbie (2023)  
Book IT: Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (2023) by Jeff Strand  
Scroll With IT: Congress held hearings about UFOs, Twitter is X’d out, and the writers and actors strikes are changing podcasting too.  We are celebrating our 10th year of podcasting this year! Thank you to everyone who has supported us in this adventure. Leave us a voicemail and we will play it on the show! 
Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tms8123

The Ferryman (with Pam Bedore)

Special Intro: Emily Marsh - Host of Mystery Science Theater 3000  
Film at 11: Oppenheimer (2023)  
Book IT: The Ferryman (2023) by Justin Cronin  
Scroll With IT: Your data may be at stake when you file your taxes. Steve took a nostalgia trip across the country. We are celebrating our 10th year of podcasting this year! Thank you to everyone who has supported us in this adventure. Leave us a voicemail and we will play it on the show! 
Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tms72523