Rundown
Episodes Monday Rundown June 9 - 15 2025
This weeK: Death! The end of the Cold War! And Bob Dylan!
movies
Episodes Monday Rundown May 5 - 11 2025
This week: Emily watches Superman and Grease in an attempt to understand what 1978 felt like.
Rundown
Episodes Monday Rundown April 21-27 2025
Emily's descent into the comedies of her youth reaches its apotheosis: The Brady Bunch Movie.
Rundown
Episodes Monday Rundown April 7 - 13 2025
This week: The Wheel of Time! John Williams! My professional jealousy exposed!
Rundown
Episodes Monday Rundown March 31 - April 6 2025
This week: An amazing short-story collection about sexless jerks. And a mystery game!
Mailbag
March mailbag
This month: Good acting in bad movies! Bad accent work! And how to call out from work!
Rundown
Episodes Monday Rundown March 10 - 16 2025
Including: Yellowjackets, Chappell Roan, and lesbian witches. (These are all the same thing.)
Rundown
Episodes Monday Rundown March 3 - 9 2025
This week: a wonderful Canadian film, a heterosexual romance, and a creepy YouTube channel.
books
Woodworking is here! Come see me on my book tour!
Did you know I wrote a novel???? I don't know if I've mentioned it before.
Rundown
Episodes Monday rundown February 17 - 23 2025
Emily takes her kid to a movie. Also: Hitchcock, trans robots, and killer monkeys.
woodworking
Your novel-writing questions answered
By someone who has (almost) published one novel.
movies
February mailbag
What's Emily's kid into? And what are some perfect late winter stories?