Author: Shiri Sondheimer

February 19, 2014

Breaking Prediction: Racoon with Machine Gun

And a bunch of other, really cool shit: Shiri’s Prediction: I’m going with short and sweet (for once): Hells. Yeah. And, in other news, Chris...

February 19, 2014

That to Which We Are Listening

Shiri is listening to: I just finished this weeks’ Pop Culture Happy Hour (pop culture on public radio? What??) and Welcome to Nightvale (pseudo-news from a small, creepy town in...

February 18, 2014

That’s Stahl Folks.

Dear everyone involved in Almost Human: I like your show. Really, I do. It’s visually stunning, the banter is fantastic, and there’s just enough of a...

February 18, 2014

Let’s Talk Process: The Ritual

While the brain of a writer is an unpredictable, highly tangential thing, the writer herself tends to crave routine the way a small child does....

February 17, 2014

Prediction: Sabotage

This one was Luke’s idea, so don’t blame me… Shiri’s Prediction: Big, steaming pile of *meh.* A clip show of the Governator’s acting career...

February 16, 2014

Sentenced: 02-16-2014

Shiri is Sentenced by: pg. 53, panel 6 of Gotham Central, Book One: In the Line of Duty by Ed Brubaker and Greg Rucka, art by Michael Lark...

February 15, 2014

That Which We Are Reading

Shiri: Currently immersed in Mary Doria Russell’s Children of God, sequel to The Sparrow. Perhaps ever so slightly less perfectly executed (the very end of...

February 14, 2014

Of Vice and Men

Well, of vice and people. Writer people. Fine. Me. I’m in the mood to keep it light, so when I say vice I’m speaking, for...

February 13, 2014

Prediction: Pompeii

Shiri’s Prediction: I wouldn’t see this movie if someone offered to pay me to do so because I would never, ever be able to...

February 12, 2014

This. This Right here. This is Why Twitter is Awesome.

The Saga of Bob and Vlad, by John Scalzi and Tom Tomorrow.

Watch this space, new episodes coming soon!!! March 13, 2017
When we decided to put the podcast on hold there was always a hope that we would be able to start it up again. Well, that day has come. We are going to change the format up a bit, more details about that as we record new episodes. And, to get everyone's appetite whetted, we […]
Hiatus... April 5, 2016
Luke here. This blog and the podcast that it exists to support are a labor of love. In a crazy week, sitting down and recording an episode or banging out some blog posts is one of the things I look forward to the most. That being said, the two of us are crazy busy, and […]
58: Going Places March 21, 2016
This week, Luke and Shiri take a ride in the Midnight Taxi Tango. Next, we journey into the television version of The Expanse. We conclude, as always, with the Grrrrr and the Arrrrrgh.
57: Altered Procedurals March 7, 2016
57: Altered Procedurals This week, Luke and Shiri talk Vertigo’s Sheriff of Babylon. Next, we talk the new X-Files and Lucifer. We conclude, as always, with the Grrrrrr and Arrrrrrgh.
56: Inglorious, Hateful Assholes and the Person Who Writes Them February 8, 2016
This week, Luke and Shiri bid farewell to two legends, David Bowie and Alan Rickman. Next, we talk Quentin Tarantino’s Hateful Eight and Inglorious Basterds. We conclude, as always, with the Grrrrr and the Arrrrgh.
55: The Game Has The Feet… January 25, 2016
This week, Luke and Shiri talk Conan Doyle’s original procedural superstar Sherlock Holmes. Next we enter the mind palace of The Abominable Bride. We conclude, as always, with the Grrrrrr and the Arrrrrgh.
Episode 54: Staaaaaar Waaaaaars! (prepare for spoilers) January 11, 2016
Episode 54: Staaaaaar Waaaaaars! (prepare for spoilers) This week, Luke and Shiri talk The Force Awakens. That is all. Lot’s to talk about. We conclude, as always, with the Grrrrrrr and the Arrrrrrrrrrrgh.
53: Us and Ms. Jones December 28, 2015
53: Us and Ms. Jones We had a whole fancy episode planned, but we end up mostly just talking about Jessica Jones and then end, as always, with the Grrrrr and the Arrrrrgggghhhhh.
52: The Expanse and Flipside of Fairyland December 14, 2015
52: The Expanse and Flipside of Fairyland After a “What We’re Excited About” Lightening round, Luke and Shiri leap out into The Expanse to discuss Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey. Next, we splat into Scottie Young’s I Hate Fairyland. We end, as always, with the Grrrrrr and the Argggghhhhh.
Turkey stole our episode. November 30, 2015
Well, we have been running without a safety net around here for a bit. And, it has finally caught up with us. In the past we have kept a buffer. Just one or two episodes already recorded and ready to go. In case work, home life, NaNoWriMo, or the celebration of turkeys interfered with the recording of […]