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We're back with our first wrap-up in a while. It's the best of what we read and watched in September, October, AND November of 2024. Lots of good stuff here.

Introduction (00:00)

Mailbag (4:29)

Books (10:52)

Movies (22:30)

What's Coming Up and Our Albums (1:34:33)

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Well, we finally did it. It's Casablanca for this episode.

Introduction (00:00)

Op-Ed Corner (7:09)

Double Indemnity Ep 175

The Big Sleep Ep 136

Chinatown Ep 138

Movie Discussion (11:19)

What's Coming Up (44:37)

Albums and Outro (46:08)

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Well, we made it. For our 200th episode we are taking a look back over our first 4 1/2 years by selecting our podcast favorite book and movie of each decade. Join us for a fun discussion and nice retrospective.

Introduction (00:00)

Rules of the Game (7:45)

The Game Itself (9:50)

Summary and Look Ahead (1:21:30)

Our Album Recs (1:25:53)

Thanks so much for all the listening over the years !

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We're back in action with the best of what we read and watched in August of this year. Back to our intercontinental format with this one.

Introduction/ What we've been up to (00:00)

What you guys put in the mailbag (7:35)

What we read (16:08)

What we watched (30:48)

What's coming up on the pod (1:18:50)

What we think you should be listening to (1:20:30)

Lot's of big milestones coming up, so stay tuned!

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A little different episode this time around, as we take a look at Battlefield Earth (2000), notorious for being one of the worst movies ever made. Find out what we thought of it, some of our opinions on what makes a movie bad, and much more here in this episode.

Introduction (00:00)

Decision to Leave (7:02)

Battlefield Earth (17:58)

What's coming up and our album recs (49:18)

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We're back with our July wrap-up for this time around, with the best of what we read and watched in July here in one place.

Intro (00:00)

Mailbag/ Show and Tell (4:17)

Books we read (10:10)

Movies we watched (21:10)

Album Recs (1:04:48)

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Challenge Week is back for the first time in quite a while. We have an excellent selection this week, with Bringing Up Baby (1938) d. Howard Hawks and Amadeus (1984) d. Milos Forman. Two excellent pictures directed by two of our best boys.

Intro (00:00)

Mailbag and etc (4:54)

Bringing Up Baby (18:54)

Amadeus (37:12)

The Fireman's Ball was featured in ep 84

What's Coming Up (51:07)

Album recs (52:40)

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We're back right on time with a June Wrap-up filled with fun discussions, primarily what we read and watched in June 2024.

Introduction (00:00)

Mailbag (8:58)

w/ special guest Sierra

What we Read (19:34)

Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler

Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Middlegame by Seanan McGuire

What We Watched (36:15)

24 Hour Party People (2002)

Asteroid City (2023)

The Place Beyond the Pines (2012)

Thief (1981)

To Catch a Thief (1955)

Heathers (1989)

ParaNorman (2012)

Hundreds of Beavers (2022)

Kinds of Kindness (2024)

What's Coming Up on the Pod (1:05:20)

Our Album Recs (1:06:44)

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Welcome one and all, especially if this is your first time visiting us. We decided that our first episode doesn't really paint a good picture of what we do here, so we made a bonus episode as an intro to the pod.

So this is what Speaking English is all about: a little about ourselves, what you can expect from us here, and what we do in our different types of episodes.

Thanks for listening, and hope to see you around !

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We're back in action this week again with another wrap-up episode of the best of what we read and watched in May 2024:

Introduction and Weeks (0:00)

Mailbag and Op-Ed (12:19)

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance featured in Ep. 15

Books we read (17:22)

Federico Garcia Lorca by Ian Gibson

Animal Farm by George Orwell

Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire

Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

La Nochevieja de Montalbano by Andrea Camilleri

Movies we watched (32:46)

The Addams Family (1991)

Red River (1948)

The Blues Brothers (1980)

My Neighbor Totoro (1988)

Evil Does Not Exist (2023)

¡Three Amigos! (1986)

City Lights (1931)

When Marnie Was There (2014)

Challengers (2024)

Perfect Days (2023)

Ivan's Childhood (1962)

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

Coming Up on the Pod (1:21:54)

Our Album Recs (1:23:09)

Ladies of the Canyon -Joni Mitchell

A Sailor's Guide to Earth -Sturgill Simpson

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It's a new movie this time around, as we watched The Fall Guy (2024) d. David Leitch, a PG-13 picture we may add. A fun time for all involved.

Bullet Train was discussed in Episode 158 for the record.

Introduction and what we've been up to (0:00)

Mailbag (7:36)

The Fall Guy (17:34)

What's Coming up on the Pod (44:40)

Our album recs (47:22)

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