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FED Talks
by fedtalks
We talk about short-lived TV shows with the people who love them. And in between those episodes it’s general pop-culture talk, true stories, and general attempts to be funny.
Episodes
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Episode 252 - Lisa Gilroy is on Every Show
Catching up on some TV and movies this week, including St Denis Medical, Youth, and Lisa Gilroy's third show in the last two months, along with the mess that is Digger and re-discovering 28 Days Later and confirming that it rules.
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Episode 251 - Spooky Cider
This week, we're talking about EJ's yard sale and a mystery dog. Also, nerd complaints about the DC episode of Stuart Fails to Save the Universe, and true enthusiasm for Minions and Monsters. And we're getting into the Scream-branded flavors of Angry Orchard Hard Cider and sampling Headless...
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Episode 250: Episode 250!
We're celebrating an anniversary with some Top Ten lists. Top Ten One Season TV Shows! Top Ten Minions! Top Ten Shows that Should have been on the NYT List! Top Ten Daredevil Writers! Top Ten Statham Movies! More!
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Episode 249 - It Turns out, My Microphone is Broken
Yes, I know it sounds bad and you'll hear me realize halfway through that my microphone is broken. I'm doing my best! This week we're talking Taskmaster, Golden Axe, Resident Evil, and Despicable Me 4. It's a real Mad Libs over here!
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Episode 248 - Paper Lanterns
See, because I talk about the new season of The Paper and also Lanterns. I don't know man, we're coming up on 250 episodes and I'm out of titles. Also, Minions: Rise of Gru is an absolute delight!
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Episode 247 - Des-Physical Me(dia)
This week, a brief look at recent physical media purchases, Adria Arjona speculation, the Lanterns supporting cast and Despicable Me 3. Also, I try to remember what various Jason Statham movies were rated. Excitement has a name, and it's this episode!
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Episode 246 - Coyote, Minions, and More!
This week we're talking Tony, Coyote vs Acme, Tony, how weird nerds get when superheroes acknowledge the existence of racism, and Minions! It's a real grab bag!
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Episode 245 - The Jason Statham Film Festival: Mutiny! Also, DC TV!
There's a new Jason Statham movie in theaters, so there's a lot to talk about! Plus, three current and recent DC shows that warrant some discussion. It's a jam-packed episode!
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Episode 244 - The Enthusiasm List Returns!
We're taking our bi-monthly look of the upcoming things in pop culture that look good. We've got Clayface, Farty Gary Oldman, Resident Evil, Batman, and more! Also, the Minions deep dive continues with Despicable Me 2!
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Episode 243 - The Jason Statham Film Festival - Commercials
We talk about Jason Statham's new Discover commercials and then find an old series of ads for Kit Kat. We look at Tom Waits' three movies coming up this year, and how Masters of the Universe manages to be everything that's wrong with nostalgia IP filmmaking. We have a lot to talk about!
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Episode 242 - Brand New Fly
This week we're talking about Spider-Man: Brand New Day and the new Tom Waits track. Plus Caped Crusader, Futurama, and Furious. It's a grab bag of mostly nerd stuff!
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Episode 241 - FED Talks the Podcast the Show
We're catching up on media stuff! The Odyssey! A comedy from ten years ago! The revival of an animated series from the nineties! We're staying very current!
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Episode 240 - Recent Events
EJ finally talks about the Recent Events he keeps alluding to. This one is about personal stuff, so there's almost no Jason Statham talk. Still some, though.
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Episode 239 - Award Talk?
For the first time in years, EJ's excited about the Emmy nominations! And he's depressed about the future of video games. But he's excited about the glories of Gail Daughtry, so this is a mostly positive episode.
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Episode 238 - A New Enthusiasm List
I'm looking forward to things in July and August and here's where I tell you about them. King of the Hill! Futurama! The Dink! Batman AND Spider-Man? In this economy?!?
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Episode 237 - The Big Catch-Up!
Catching up on recent movies and TV - Disclosure Day! Toy Story 5! Sheep Detectives! Spider-Noir! Stuff about Widow's Bay that I maybe said in a previous episode but there's no way to know! It's a smorgasbord of good stuff that I'm just now getting around to.
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Episode 236 - Catching Up
I promise I had Good Reasons to miss a few weeks, but we're not getting into that right now. This week, we're talking about The Mandalorian and Grogu and my experience at the live Comedy Bang! Bang! show. One of those was a lot better than the other, and if you could just get some Babu Friks into...
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Episode 235 - Vin's Talking Crazy Again
This week, we're talking about how the new Mortal Kombat movie kind of rips and Widow's Bay is fantastic. But man, we have to discuss Vin Diesel and the collapse of one of the world's biggest movie franchises. Sometimes that dude says stuff just to hear how it sounds.
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Episode 234 - The TV Shows of 2026 (so far)
This week, EJ's going through all the TV shows of 2026 that he has watched to completion. And they've mostly been pretty good! DTF! Daredevil! Pitt! Reggie Dinkins! More!
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Episode 233 - The May and June Preview
This week, I'm taking a look at some things that I'm excited about coming up in May and June. Toy Story 5! Spider-Noir! The Ground Beefing Tour! 007! The Deli Boys! Supergirl! More!
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Episode 232 - A New Enthusiasm List
EJ talks about some things he's been enjoying, including DTF St Louis, the new Tom Waits song, and a video game from nine years ago. Boots on the Ground
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Episode 231 - Let's-a Go!
This week, I try to break down how the Mario Galaxy Movie is exceedingly well-made but also not very good, but also I loved it. Who even knows anymore? Plus Jury Duty and Jaws 2!
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Episode 230 - D(aredevil)TF St. Louis
It's TV time as we talk about an early contender for my favorite show of 2026 - DTF St. Louis! Also, catching up on The Pitt and Daredevil: Born Again. We're talkin' good TV!
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Episode 229 - The Coco Chronicles
Back from vacation, and EJ's talking about his trip and his best friend. Also some recent movies and that Spider-Man trailer, but it's mostly Coco.
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Episode 228 - Hail to the King
In light of Bruce Campbell's recent cancer diagnosis, I take an episode to talk about my favorite guy. We're all rooting for you, Bruce!
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Episode 227 - I Can't Believe I Didn't Reference Jackee
Checking in with some TV talk, including anticipatory excitement for DTF St Louis and enthusiasm for Strip Law and its extremely podcast-friendly cast. Also, The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins is really funny. Sometimes it's fun to just enjoy TV!
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Episode 226 - The Coen Bros. Film Festival: Blood Simple and Crimewave
We begin our sporadic but comprehensive look at the Coen Bros. filmography! This week, EJ talks about their first movie, Blood Simple plus a bonus look at Crimewave, their collaboration with Sam Raimi. We're talking about what major director had the best debut and the sheer lunacy of Crimewave, a...
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Episode 225 - As Close to a Super Bowl Wrap-Up as We're Going to Get
This week, we're sort of looking at the Super Bowl movie trailers. Also, some recent good TV and I'm surprised at how good Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die and Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie are. It's largely a positivity episode except for how that Mandalorian teaser was pretty weak.
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Episode 224 - A Return to Talking About Jason Statham
This week, some things I've been enjoying recently. Ponies, Primal, The Pitt, and at least one other show that doesn't start with 'P'. Also, the Jason Statham Film Festival returns with Shelter and it's always a pleasure to talk about Sam Raimi.
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Episode 223 - Looking Ahead to 2026
This week, it's the 25 things we're looking forward to in 2026! The Odyssey! Daredevil! Coyote vs Acme! Two Jason Statham movies! The world may be a turd pit, but we're grabbing joy where we can!
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Episode 222 - Top 25 of '25
Kicking off the new year by talking about the Top 25 TV Shows of last year! It's one of those episodes where I'm enthusiastic and we're all having fun with good TV.
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Epsiode 221 - The Best TV Shows of 2025 with Hayley Leier
In one of our greatest holiday traditions, Hayley Leier (ADHD-DVD) returns to talk about the best TV shows of the year. Pluribus! Severance! The Chair Company! Platonic! Much more!
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Episode 220 - The 2025 Tom Waits Birthday Bash
Happy birthday Tom Waits! This year, inspired by the new Knives Out, we're talking about Tom's songs in movies and TV. From The Wire to Beavis and Butt-Head, I'm covering the things I like! Also, with the help of AI, we determine whether or not Tom Waits is Hellboy.
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Episode 219 - Peacemaker Season 2 with Rachel Hadaway
The delightful Rachel Hadaway (host of Rachel's Chart Chat on the People are the Enemy podcast) returns to talk about Season 2 of Peacemaker. We're talking bird blindness, super pets, John Cena being awesome and much more. We had so much fun talking about our favorite guy and hope you'll join us!...
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Episode 218 - Cranksgiving 2025
It's the most sacred holiday on our calendar! After doing two commentary tracks and two drinking game commentary tracks, this year EJ drank weed soda while watching Crank. You will notice that the runtime of this episode is significantly shorter than the movie... I'm not proud of this one.
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Episode 217 - Podlands
This week, EJ watches his favorite new show of the year, Pluribus! Also, Roofman is surprisingly delightful and we wrap up the Predator franchise (for now) with Badlands, a movie that rules. It's all enthusiasm this week, baby!
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Episode 215 - Podcast of Podcasts
This week's episode was hastily thrown together while I edit next week's episode. So we talk a little about Slow Horses, Chair Company, Down Cemetery Road and quite a lot about Predator: Killer of Killers. And then some existential, well, not dread exactly. More like some kind of malaise.
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Episode 214 - An Elevated Transporter
In a little bit of a catch-up episode, we make some Cranksgiving plans, and discuss the alphabetical order of James Bond movies. Plus, the Predator rewatch gets us to the awesome Prey and we compare Drive to the Transporter series. You might say I see things.... a little bit differently.
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Episode 213 - The Enthusiasm List for November and December
This week, EJ talks about the things he's looking forward to before the end of the year. TV! Movies! Games! Comics! Podcasts! The main five forms of entertainment! In the Franchise Report, The Predator is a slog but we also watched Edge of Tomorrow and fell in love all over again.
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Episode 212 - Chairs and Peace
This week, EJ discovers that he's somebody's type. We review the premiere of The Chair Company (awesome) and the finale of Peacemaker (also awesome), and in the Franchise Report, we dig into Predators and remain surprised that it wasn't directed by Robert Rodriguez.
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Episode 211 - A Brief History of Stilt-Man
This week, we're talking about One Battle After Another and also a history of Daredevil's tallest villain. In the Franchise Report, a Predator 2 viewing leads us to discover a Quibi version of The Fugitive. We're all over the place today!
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Episode 210 - Slow and Low
This week, we're looking at some recent TV shows that have thematic connections if you squint hard enough - Slow Horses, The Lowdown, and Task. Plus some thoughts on Peacemaker and the newly functional DC Universe and in the Franchise Report, we take on Predator and end up joining the Bill Duke…
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Episode 209 - The Happy List
It's a crumbling nightmare world out there, so EJ's talking about the things that make him happy. The movies, games, podcasts, comics, and TV shows that put a smile on his face. Wizards, mysteries, revivals, radical empathy, and Superman. It's a no bummers episode! Except for the implied bummers…
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Episode 208 - We're All Doing Our Best Here
We're getting back to the original premise of the show this week (EJ talks into a microphone to get away from crushing depression). There's a little bit of TV talk but mostly disappointment in the surprise sequel to one of the greatest comedies ever. The vibes are a little weird this week.
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Episode 207 - Jaws: A Good Movie
It's a media catch-up week with new seasons of Peacemaker and Only Murders in the Building, plus Alien: Earth and The Paper. And over on the movie side, the 50th anniversary re-release of Jaws makes it clear that Jaws is, in fact, a good movie. Who could have known?
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Episode 206 - Superman with Tim Kenny
Tim Kenny returns to the show to talk about Superman (2025). We both liked it and we have a lot to say! Too much? Possibly! We also talk about the Peacemaker season premiere and the transition from one continuity to another, along with some general DC excitement.
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Episode 205 - A Very Limited Fall Preview
This week, EJ looks at some of the September and October releases that are on his radar, for good or for ill. (Spinal Tap 2 seems, if we're being honest, ill-advised.) Plus, some talk of Long Story Short and Nobody 2.
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Episode 204 - A Coward Watches Weapons
This week, EJ enjoyed a movie that was probably too scary for him and feels like he's missing important cultural context for Shin Godzilla. We also talk about the second seasons of Platonic and Twisted Metal and check in with the Monsterverse rewatch. There's a lot of monster talk this week!
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Episode 203 - I Tell You What
We're talking about the revivals of The Naked Gun and King of the Hill. Is it OK for Liam Neeson to make a racial profiling joke? Is Dale Gribble still funny after paranoid conspiracy nuts ruined America? We'll talk about it! Also, in the Franchise Report, we kick off a Monsterverse series with...
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Episode 202 - The Visible Woman
This week, EJ's talking Fantastic Four: First Steps and the idea of superheroes as progressive fantasy. Plus, a back-to-back watch of Hot Fuzz and The World's End has us swimming in great British character actors. It's all movie talk, baby!
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We talk about short-lived TV shows with the people who love them. And in between those episodes it’s general pop-culture talk, true stories, and general attempts to be funny.
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