• Uzzle

    This week, we try out a family puzzle game called Uzzle. It is a pattern matching game for 1-4 players ages 4 and up.



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    21m | Mar 18, 2024
  • Avatar: The Last Airbender (Live Action) Season 1, Episodes 1-4

    The Netflix live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender premiered on February 22, 2024, and is based on the popular Nickelodeon animated series of the same name.

    The story follows Aang, the last surviving Air Nomad and the Avatar, a being with the power to bend all four elements. Awakened from a hundred-year slumber, Aang must master all the elements to bring balance to a world ravaged by war. Alongside him are the resourceful Waterbender Katara and her brother Sokka.

    This week we talk about the first half of season 1, plus our usual pop-culture news and fortune cookies.



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    30m | Mar 11, 2024
  • The Lego Movie

    The Lego Movie is an animated comedy film produced by Warner Bros., and was a critical success when it premiered in 2014. It tells the story of average people-pleasing construction worker Emmet, who stumbles on the fabled Piece of Resistance, an item that has been foretold to save the world from evil Lord Business and his mysterious item, the Kragle. Brimming with both humor and heart, The Lego Movie is a great film for the entire family.



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    23m | Mar 4, 2024
  • Bend It Like Beckham

    18-year old Jess wants to play soccer, but her Indian family would rather she stay home and focus more on her culture. She meets Jules, a member of a local women's soccer team, and joins the team behind her parent's backs. This is the basic plot of the 2002 dramedy Bend It Like Beckham, which was a surprise hit, and launched the career of Keira Knightley.

    This week we give our thoughts about this movie, plus our usual pop-culture news and fortune cookies!



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    21m | Feb 26, 2024
  • Superbowl Ads, Part 2

    This week we cover the ads that aired during the second half of the Superbowl. We also add our usual pop-culture references, fortunes, and announce that we've signed up for Bluesky!



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    25m | Feb 19, 2024
  • Superbowl Ads, Part 1

    This week, we try something totally new. We ditch our usual format, and instead do a running commentary on the ads that aired during the Super Bowl.



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    27m | Feb 12, 2024
  • School Life

    This week we check in with Linnea and Evan about current events in middle- and high-school, and talk about things like dances, class projects, and the like.



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    21m | Feb 5, 2024
  • Dixit

    Dixit is a fun game that comes with 84 beautifully illustrated cards depicting dreamlike scenes.

    Each round, one person, called the story-teller, chooses one card from their hand, describes a word or phrase about that card, and places it on the table face down. The remaining players also get to choose a card from their hand that they think would match the word or phrase, and also place the card face down on the table. The cards are shuffled, revealed, and each is assigned a number.

    Players then secretly vote on which card they think the storyteller played. Points are awarded to those whose cards get votes, but watch out! If too many people vote for your card, you will get no points, which is why the storyteller wants to give only vague or subtle hints about their card rather than outright revealing it.



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    22m | Jan 29, 2024
  • Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

    Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget is a 2023 stop-motion animated film by Aardman Animations, and serves as a sequel to the hit movie Chicken Run from 2000 (Not 2002, like Brian guessed on the show!)

    The film features the voices for Thandiwe Newton, Zachary Levi, and Bella Ramsey, and follows the story of our main chickens, Ginger and Rocky, as they try to save their daughter Molly from a high security poultry processing plant/prison.

    The movie is currently available on Netflix.



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    24m | Jan 22, 2024
  • Pokémon Concierge

    The four episode Netflix series Pokémon Concierge is a gentle and relaxing stop-motion animated show for families with young kids. It's cute, a bit silly, and makes us all want to visit a tropical island.



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    26m | Jan 15, 2024
  • Patchwork

    This week, Linnea and Brian discuss the 2-player board game called Patchwork.



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    18m | Jan 8, 2024
  • New Year's Resolutions

    Happy New Year! This week, we talk about new year's resolutions.



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    18m | Jan 1, 2024
  • Christmas Memories

    We publish our show every Monday morning, and this year (2023) that happens to fall on Christmas Day. Our show this week features a few of our personal favorite memories, foods, and songs about the holiday.



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    20m | Dec 25, 2023
  • The Boy and the Heron

    The Boy and the Heron is a 2023 animated feature from the legendary writer and director Hayao Miyazaki, and produced by Studio Ghibli. The movies tells the story of 12-year-old Mahito who, after moving to the country to escape Tokyo during the war, enters a mysterious tower at the behest of a strange talking heron.



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    26m | Dec 18, 2023
  • The Shepherd

    Author Frederick Forsyth's novella The Shepherd was published in 1975, and has been read nearly every Christmas Eve by radio host Alan Maitland on the CBC radio show As It Happens since 1979.

    The Shepherd tells the story of an R.A.F. fighter pilot who encounters trouble while flying over the North Sea on Christmas Eve in the 1950s. As promised on the show, you can listen to the story on the CBC website.

    The story was recently adapted for live action, and can be found on the Disney+ streaming service.



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    24m | Dec 11, 2023
  • Spotify Wrapped

    The music streaming service Spotify is out with their yearly summary of each user's musical tastes and highlights. The feature, called Wrapped, is very popular, and is the talk of the lunch table on the show this week.



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    26m | Dec 4, 2023
  • Alphabet Stoop

    This week we review a brand new word building game called Alphabet Stoop by game designer Charlie McCarron and Pops & Bejou Games. The game is for 2-5 players ages 6+.



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    19m | Nov 27, 2023
  • The Marvels

    The Marvels is a superhero film that combines the forces of Captain Marvel, Monica Rambeau, and Ms. Marvel. When the powers of the three heroes become entangled, they need to learn to work as a team to defeat the villainous Dar-Benn and her Kree army.



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    28m | Nov 20, 2023
  • Bananagrams

    Bananagrams is a word game that feels like a cross between Boggle and Scrabble. In the game, each player takes a number of letter tiles from a central group of 144, then arranges those tiles to form any number of connected words in a crossword-like shape. Once a player uses all their starting letters, they call "peel" and each player takes an additional letter to add to their growing maze of words. This process continues until all the tiles in the center are used. Race against your opponents to use all your letters first and win the game!



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    32m | Nov 13, 2023
  • Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

    Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur is a 16 episode animated series that premiered on the Disney Channel in February 2023, and was subsequently released on Disney+.

    The show follows the day-to-day adventures of 13 year old Lunella Lafayette, a whip-smart girl living in New York, who discovers a mysterious portal generator under her apartment. When she activates it, a giant red tyrannosaurus steps through, and becomes her trusty pal. With the help of Lunella's friend Casey, the two become the super-hero team Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur.



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    27m | Nov 6, 2023
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