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Episodes Monday Rundown September 29 - October 5 2025
This week: Taylor Swift, Chappell Roan in concert, and one of the year's best films.
Lily Osler
Writer, Trekkie, incompetent knitter. Managing Editor at Episodes.
video games
Silksong hates you because it wants to teach you to dance
A game already notorious for its difficulty finds art and beauty amid destruction, Lily Osler writes.
state fair
Need for seed: a quest for the real Minnesota at the state fair
The pop-culture depiction of the state is only sort of right, writes Lily Osler.
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Episodes Monday Rundown September 8 - 14 2025
This week: Two classic visions of the Midwest, a true-crime doc, and the Strange New Worlds finale.
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Episodes Monday Rundown September 1 - 7 2025
This week: Akira Kurosawa, John Wayne, and Sabrina Carpenter. Legends all!
sabrina carpenter
In Sabrina Carpenter’s world, camp is the opposite of heteropessimism
Somehow, heartbreak feels good in a place like Sabrina Carpenter's discography.
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Episodes Monday Rundown August 25 - 31 2025
This week: Sabrina Carpenter, '90s Trek, and two great video essays.
movies
Episodes Monday Rundown August 18 - 24 2025
This week: folk horror, not-so-scary monsters, and giant moths. In three different projects!
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Episodes Monday Rundown August 11 - 17 2025
This week: Eddington, Alien: Earth, and Strange New Worlds fanservice
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Episodes Monday Rundown August 4 - 10 2025
This week: Princess Mononoke! Weapons! A much larger number of lepers than usual for this feature.
movies
Episodes Monday Rundown July 28 - August 3 2025
This week: The Naked Gun, a lovely new romance novel, and TWO Star Treks!
movies
Episodes Monday Rundown July 21 - 27 2025
This week: The terrific debut feature I Like Movies, The Batman, and Spock's wedding(??!)