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Unjustly Maligned

A pop culture show about the sometimes strange things we love, that other people… don’t. Each episode, comics and games writer Antony Johnston asks a new guest to explain why that thing you hate is ac... Read more

Ranked #1

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49: "Big Trouble in Little China" with Michael Palmer

49: "Big Trouble in Little China" with Michael Palmer

It should have been the biggest action movie of 1986… instead, it was the flop that drove John Carpenter out of Hollywoo... Read more

14 Mar 2016

1hr 17mins

Ranked #2

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42: "Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith" with Brianna Wu

42: "Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith" with Brianna Wu

Just ahead of “The Force Awakens” release, game designer and podcaster Brianna Wu joins Antony to round off our very own... Read more

14 Dec 2015

1hr

Ranked #3

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15: "Watchmen" with Merlin Mann

15: "Watchmen" with Merlin Mann

Writer and podcaster Merlin Mann joins Antony to stand up (mostly) for the “Watchmen” movie, discuss the difficulty of s... Read more

8 Jun 2015

59mins

Ranked #4

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37: "Dune" with Meredith Yayanos

37: "Dune" with Meredith Yayanos

Musician and writer Meredith Yayanos joins Antony to walk (without rhythm) through her love of David Lynch’s “Dune”, fro... Read more

9 Nov 2015

1hr 3mins

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Ranked #5

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24: "Monopoly" with Cory Casoni

24: "Monopoly" with Cory Casoni

Marketing guru and board game nerd Cory Casoni joins Antony to roll the dice and move his mice, while explaining that ev... Read more

10 Aug 2015

46mins

Ranked #6

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27: "Constantine" with Helene Wecker

27: "Constantine" with Helene Wecker

Nebula and World Fantasy Award-nominated author Helene Wecker joins Antony to talk Constantine’s unjustly maligned visua... Read more

31 Aug 2015

1hr 6mins

Ranked #7

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39: "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" with Clara Fernandez-Vara

39: "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" with Clara Fernandez-Vara

NYU game professor Clara Fernández-Vara joins Antony to confess her love of all things Indiana Jones, even including the... Read more

23 Nov 2015

1hr 13mins

Ranked #8

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38: "Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again" with Moisés Chiullan

38: "Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again" with Moisés Chiullan

Podcaster and comic aficionado Moisés Chiullan joins Antony on the eve of “Dark Knight 3“‘s release to stand up for the ... Read more

16 Nov 2015

1hr 18mins

Ranked #9

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46: "Lady in the Water" with Dan Moren

46: "Lady in the Water" with Dan Moren

Few directors divide opinion so much as M Night Shyamalan, but writer Dan Moren dives in headfirst to attempt a rescue o... Read more

1 Feb 2016

1hr 1min

Ranked #10

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20: "Jupiter Ascending" with Serenity Caldwell

20: "Jupiter Ascending" with Serenity Caldwell

Journalist and podcaster Serenity Caldwell joins Antony to revel in one of the most unjustly maligned movies of 2015, “J... Read more

13 Jul 2015

57mins

Ranked #11

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51: "Cricket" with Paul Cornell

51: "Cricket" with Paul Cornell

As St George’s Day approaches, gentlemen in England’s green and pleasant land take to the field for a game that can last... Read more

11 Apr 2016

51mins

Ranked #12

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22: "Face/Off" with Neven Mrgan

22: "Face/Off" with Neven Mrgan

Programmer and game designer Neven Mrgan joins Antony to defend John Woo’s “Face/Off”, lament the march of realism in ac... Read more

27 Jul 2015

1hr 1min

Ranked #13

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79: "Star Trek: Enterprise" with Pete Mele

79: "Star Trek: Enterprise" with Pete Mele

The spirit of Star Trek has seen the franchise reinvented, revisited, and even rebooted, for more than 50 years — but of... Read more

5 Jun 2017

1hr 15mins

Ranked #14

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34: "Repo! The Genetic Opera" with Brian Hamilton

34: "Repo! The Genetic Opera" with Brian Hamilton

Podcaster and film lover Brian Hamilton joins Antony on a journey into the ultra-gothic future world of organ repossessi... Read more

19 Oct 2015

1hr 8mins

Ranked #15

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71: "GURPS" with Monty Ashley

71: "GURPS" with Monty Ashley

In what must surely be our thinnest premise yet, Monty Ashley joins Antony to ostensibly defend GURPS from its detractor... Read more

6 Feb 2017

1hr 17mins

Ranked #16

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12: "Murder, She Wrote" with Scott McNulty

12: "Murder, She Wrote" with Scott McNulty

Writer and podcaster Scott McNulty joins Antony to explain why “Murder, She Wrote” is unjustly maligned, how it changed ... Read more

18 May 2015

48mins

Ranked #17

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74: "The Matrix Reloaded" with Filip Selldén

74: "The Matrix Reloaded" with Filip Selldén

“The Matrix Reloaded” wasn’t the sequel people were expecting, but was swapping bullets for brains really such a bad ide... Read more

20 Mar 2017

1hr 5mins

Ranked #18

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41: "Robotech" with Chip Sudderth

41: "Robotech" with Chip Sudderth

Sci-fi podcaster Chip Sudderth joins Antony to defend (though not three times)”Robotech”, the 1980s anime series maligne... Read more

7 Dec 2015

1hr 9mins

Ranked #19

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47: "True Detective Season 2" with Erik Aho

47: "True Detective Season 2" with Erik Aho

Everybody loved “True Detective” Season 1… but not so much Season 2. Musician and LA native Erik Aho joins Antony to sta... Read more

15 Feb 2016

1hr 6mins

Ranked #20

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76: "Krull" with Carrie Patel

76: "Krull" with Carrie Patel

Every kid who came out of the theater from “Krull” wanted a glaive… even if they were in no rush to see the movie itself... Read more

17 Apr 2017

1hr 14mins

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