Recent Posts
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The Minnesota State Fair
This week we discuss the Minnesota State Fair, and get a small peek behind the scenes of marching in the parade, since both Linnea and Evan are in their high school marching band.
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Our Picks for the Top 15 Animated TV Series
It's our 152nd episode, and in all that time we've never assembled a top ten list (or in our case, a top 15). So without further ado, the three of us each present our top 5 picks in the category of animated TV series. See what you think! And send us and e-mail with your top five - we'd love to hear them! Linnea
- She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
- Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Over the Garden Wall
- Spy X Family
- My Hero Academia
- Steven Universe
- Adventure Time
- The Owl House
- Gravity Falls
- Amphibia
- Cowboy Bebop
- Phineas and Ferb
- Hilda
- Robotech
- Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts
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Paper Girls
Paper Girls is an 8 episode series on Amazon Prime. The show tells the story of four paper delivery girls in 1988 who become caught up in a time war and suddenly find themselves in 2019.
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150th Episode!
Hard to believe it, but here we are posting out 150th episode! This week, we repeat our format from the 100th episode, and talk about things related to the number 150.
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Barbie
Barbie is a musical fantasy comedy movie by director Greta Gerwig. In the film, Barbie, played by Margot Robbie, has an existential crisis, and travels to the real world to try to solve her dilemma. Ken, played by Ryan Gosling, joins her along the way, and discovers that life in the real world is quite different than in Barbieland. The movie is silly, funny, and has a lot to say about the societies in which we live.
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Bluey
Bluey is an Australian animated television series geared toward the very young (preschool) crowd, but can be enjoyed by anyone. The show follows the lives of a family of anthropomorphic dogs, and the fun that can be had with a loving family. The series has won the Best Children's Program award for 4 years in a row at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards.
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The Secret of Kells
The Secret of Kells is a 2009 animated movie about the making of the famous Book of Kells. The movie tells the story of Brendan, a young boy living in an abbey under the watchful eye of his uncle the Abbot Cellach. Brendan longs to learn the art of illumination from the monks at the monastery, and when Brother Aiden arrives (along with his cat Pangur Bán) Brendan befriends him and agrees to help with the creation of the book. Along the way, Brendan ventures outside the abbey walls to fetch materials for ink, meets a mysterious woodland fairy named Aisling, fights a deity of destruction and death, and has to contend with a Viking invasion.
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Nimona (movie)
Nimona is a 2023 animated movie directed by Nick Bruno and Troy Quane, and available on Netflix. The movie is an adaptation of ND Stevenson's graphic novel of the same name, and is set in a sci-fi/fantasy world of knights and monsters. The movie features the voice acting talents of Chloë Grace Moretz, Riz Ahmed, and Eugene Lee Yang. We reviewed the graphic novel on episode 67 back in January 2022.
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The Bad Batch – Season 2
Season 2 of the Disney+ animated series The Bad Batch was released weekly from January to March of 2023. The 16 episodes continue the story of Omega, Hunter, Wrecker, Tech, Crosshair, and Echo, as they travel the galaxy and learn more and more of what the Empire has become. While most of the season followed a mission of the week format, the last 4 or so episodes really cranked up the action and story, elevating the end of the season to a great ride in the Star Wars universe.
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Pride Festival
This week, Linnea, Evan and their friends went to the local Pride Festival, and talk about their reactions to the event.