Podcast
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The Owl House
Disney's animated series The Owl House follows the adventures of Luz, a girl who travels through a magical doorway to an enchanted land called the Boiling Isles. There, she makes new friends, faces challenges, and learns her own kind of magic. What do we think of the series so far? Find out on this week's episode.
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
It's our 25th episode, and we celebrate by discussing the 1950 classic C.S Lewis story The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Also this week: Evan looks forward to Marvel's Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Brian mentions Roblox's recent IPO, and Linnea is excited for Pi day. In addition -- does Linnea continue her streak of getting the best fortunes? Find out!
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WandaVision
The season finale of Marvel's WandaVision just aired, so what better time to talk about it! Also on the podcast - find out why we refer to the show as Long Division, our pop-culture shout-outs of the week, and trying to make sense out of Evan's fortune cookie.
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Flora and Ulysses
Flora and Ulysses is a new movie available on Disney+, and is based on the book Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo. This week, we talk about where the movie works and where it falls short. In addition, we learn that Linnea doesn't like blood draws, Evan loves Pokémon, and Dr. Seuss would have been 117 this week.
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Hilda
The Netflix animated series Hilda follows the adventures of a girl growing up in a world that is at once both familiar and magical. It is a world inhabited by elves, giants, trolls, nisse (house guardians) and other creatures from Scandinavian folklore. The show has had two seasons (26 episodes total), and has received much critical acclaim. On this episode, was talk about a few of the characters, and why we like the show.
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Q•bitz
We're mixing things up a little bit this week! We open the show with a few pop-culture highlights from the news. Following that, we review the game Q•bitz, a challenging game of pattern matching. Finally, each of us open a fortune cookie to see what we can expect in the coming week.
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One Crazy Summer
One Crazy Summer, a book by Rita Williams-Garcia, tells the story of three girls who travel to Oakland California in 1968 in search of the mother who abandoned them. It is a story about sisterhood, motherhood, and relationships, set amid the turbulence of the late 60's and the rise of the Black Panther movement.
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Groundhog Day
This week we celebrate Groundhog Day by watching the 1993 movie of the same name. Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell starred in this comedy/fantasy/romance movie about a man stuck in a time loop, living the same day over and over again.
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Pixar Shorts
Pixar Popcorn, a series of 10 mini-shorts, debuted late January 2021 on Disney+. These quick, 2 minute episodes feature many of Pixar's beloved characters going about their daily routines. This week on the show, we talk about this new crop of animation, and delve into a number of the studio's previous shorts, many of which we had never seen. In addition, Linnea and Evan try to convince Brian that every Pixar movie is interconnected and exists in the same universe.
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Imhotep
Imhotep is an award-winning strategy game for 2 to 4 players ages 10 and up. The object of the game is to transport stone blocks from your quarry to the building site, and create monuments that rival those of the great Egyptian architect Imhotep himself! Linnea hosts our discussion of the game, and as always, we play a sample round so you can get an idea of the game mechanics.