Alex & Ezra's Quest for All* Knowledge: The Royal Marathon vs. Baseball's First Bullies
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Alex and Ezra are back with a sports fact showdown! One sports fact will be remembered for eternity. The other? Immediately forgotten. Also, if you want faces with your sports facts, they're here on YouTube. And if you like the show, ! We're talking favorite sport facts here--for free!
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Eurovision (2026)
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It's a new season! Welcome to Read it and Weep Season 8: Embrace the Weep! This season is all about the media that moves us and our friends. So obviously, OBVIOUSLY, it had to be Eurovision. For this, I've roped in my friend Cathy to tell me about the highs and lows of Eurovision. Anthony's prepared some ! Also we're on (at least until I get annoyed with video editing) We recommend: Local Flutes Touching Grass Democracy Lordi Daði Freyr Join the Patreon party! Answer free polls or give us money, all at
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Hi from Ireland (RIAW 8.00)
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Hey friends of the Palgorithm! No episode yet, but we'll be dropping Eurovision by mid-July and it'll be edited in Europe for extra worldliness! Meanwhile, thanks so much for the , no notes, would consume on a plane again. If you have any , send them my way!
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Alex & Ezra's Quest for All* Knowledge: Twist Ties and Noses
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Like the show? Alex and Ezra are long-time friends who are both a mile wide and an inch. After careful research, we’ve determined there are exactly 1,206 things to know about the world, so we're setting out on a quest to learn one fact about everything that’s ever happened BUT NOT TWO. This episode? We learn just one thing about Twist Ties and Noses.
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Heated Rivalry (2025) with Sarah Hatheway & Amanda Leinbaugh
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Season 8 is starting soon! Shape it by giving us on the ! Hot Frosty 2: Hot Ice. Cool Canadian hockey phenom Shane Hollander and Brusque Russian hockey hot-shot Illya Rosanov are rivals on the skates but, surprise, lovers between the sheets. They’re hot and cold as public and private lives cross-check each other, but in an uplifting, very needed example of queer joy, it’s all actually okay! They profess their love, come out to Shane’s parents, and get all the happy endings that they deserve. However many hockey sticks you like in your fantasy, you’re sure to get melted by Heated...
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Star Trek: The Next Generation - Time Travel! w/ Stephen Carter & Caitlin Gill
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Like the show? Support the ! Space, the final frontier. But also time, some would say, a more final frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. To go cheat at dom jot and get stabbed in the back. To get robbed by a time traveler while saving a planet. To prevent 22 years of war by killing off Tasha Yar again. And to boldly meet Kelsey Grammars like no one has met Kelsey Grammars before. We voted on our and picked these ST:TNG Time Travel episodes: 3.15 Yesterday's Enterprise 5.9 A Matter of Time 5.18 Cause & Effect 6.15 Tapestry The RIAW-lgorithm also recommends:...
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Seconds Away (2025) with director Ben Kegan, NCAA Indoor Champion Colby Alexander, and NipGuard Enthusiast Dru Johnston
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This is a special one. Not only are we talking running, we're doing it with my friends (NipGuards episode) and . Ben made a whole incredible documentary about running. We even have NCAA indoor champion joining us to talk about his experience in the movie. Check it out: "SECONDS AWAY follows Belgian-American runner Peter Callahan and his longtime coach, Patrick McHugh, as they chase a qualifying time fast enough to make the Olympic Games. When Patrick is diagnosed with cancer, their pursuit becomes an unflinching look inside the sacrifices, devotion, and rare bond...
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Murder She Wrote (1984) with Caitlin Gill & Amanda Leinbaugh
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No longer a tea pot, Angela Lansbury is mystery writer Jessica Fletcher, living in Cabot Cove, Maine, a lovely community except for all the MURDER! We watched: S4 E7- If it's Thursday, it must be Beverly S7 E10 - Murder in F Sharp S10 E5 - A Virtual Murder Some bonus recs: S2 E14 - Keep the Home Fries Burning S2 E20 - Menace, Anyone? S12 E16 - Murder Among Friends Thanks to for bringing this one too us and for Amanda Leinbaugh for being our main Maine expert! The RIAWlgorithm also recommends: Magnum PI ! ! Sue Grafton books Knives Out movies Murder, She Baked! Diane Mott Davidson...
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Red Dwarf (1989) with Stephen Carter
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Space. On a crappy mining ship in the future, everyone dies except for Dave Lister, a lowly technician, who survives for 3 million years in stasis. Joining him are the suave descendant of his cat, the hologram of his dead pompous bunkmate, a low-polygon max headroom-looking android, and the ship’s computer who, depending on the episode, is a man, a woman, an idiot, a genius. If you ever saw Star Trek and Doctor Who and thought–I want the opposite of this, you might just want to take a trip with Red Dwarf. The RIAWlgorithm also recommends: Avatars, but not complaining about it A ball pit...
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Tokyo Godfathers (2003) with Todd McClintock
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Three unhoused people try to return a baby on Christmas in Tokyo. No notes. This Satoshi Kon film is just perfect. Strong recommend you watch it however/wherever you can (Tubi, Hoopla, however you can track it down). The RIAWlgorithm also recommends: shows & Porco Rosso Cruel Intentions/Dangerous Liaisons Next up, Red Dwarf with Stephen Carter! Want to steer this show in some direction? Email us at ! See you in the new year!
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Space. On a crappy mining ship in the future, everyone dies except for Dave Lister, a lowly technician, who survives for 3 million years in stasis.
Joining him are the suave descendant of his cat, the hologram of his dead pompous bunkmate, a low-polygon max headroom-looking android, and the ship’s computer who, depending on the episode, is a man, a woman, an idiot, a genius. If you ever saw Star Trek and Doctor Who and thought–I want the opposite of this, you might just want to take a trip with Red Dwarf.
The RIAWlgorithm also recommends:
Avatars, but not complaining about it
A ball pit (but not that one)
Life on Mars
Dark
Bon Appetit, Your Majesty
The Lazarus project
11/22/63
Palm Springs
Kelsey Grammar Time-Travel
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Star Trek: TNG "Cause and Effect"
Encino Man
Captain America: The First Avenger
Blast from the Past
Blackadder
Dr. Who
Next up, Murder, She Wrote with Caitlin and Amanda!
Want to steer this show in some direction? Email us at podcasts@read-weep.com!