Dickie Copeland returns to chat about the expansive universe encompassing the novel Ender’s Game and all of its sequels and related works, about which there are many spoilers so consider yourself warned! Though Dickie and Jen came to the series from different perspectives, they’re fascinated by, fuzzy on, and horrified at the same bits, and both at least masochistic enough to wish they could play the Mind Game. But don’t ask them how to pronounce Bonzo or Achilles, because they know they say them both wrong.

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Follow Dickie on Twitter and check out her amazing poetry on her website!

First Meetings in Ender’s Universe

Ender’s Game and its original sequels Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, and Children of the Mind

Ender in Exile

Ender’s Shadow and its sequels Shadow of the Hegemon, Shadow Puppets, and Shadow of the Giant

Shadows in Flight, the latest Shadow series book

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Mark David Christenson returns to talk about stunt casting, the practice of casting very famous people in small roles for movies, TV, or theater. Entertainment today has gone a bit cameo crazy, but Jen and Dave contend stunt casting can have as much chance of hurting a project as it does of helping it. And let’s face it, for every time Bill Murray pops up in something uncredited, Winona Ryder’s wearing a weird space robe and sticking out like a sore thumb.

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Follow Dave on Twitter and check out his podcast One Photo Reviews. And if you’re in LA, see him on the UCB Harold team Mister Town City, come to his UCB Spank show He Gets It 6/19/13, and come check out our indie improv show, The Manifesto Show.

Cate Blanchett in Hot Fuzz

All of Stan Lee’s cameos

Bill Murray in Get Smart

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Jacki Merchant returns this week to join Jen in dissecting the new season of Arrested Development and weigh in on how it compares to the original series. They go through the hits, the misses, the things that are just plain different about the Netflix version, and the things that (depending on your level of optimism) either didn’t pay off or hinted at more to come. Of course, there are a bunch of spoilers since it would be impossible to talk about this new season’s highly overlapping timeline without giving something away. Consider yourself warned!

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The A.V. Club article about the correlation between the critical reception of Arrested Development and the Netflix stock fall on 5/28

The old and new seasons of Arrested Development are both on Netflix

NBC’s Ed

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It’s hard to believe this podcast has been going on for a year! Jen takes the anniversary as an opportunity to give some updates on topics from previous episodes and share some unaired clips. Plus she tells you where to find some fun promo videos for the podcast, because she’s been doing them for a little while but hasn’t mentioned them on the show itself. And who wouldn’t want to watch a couple throw marshmallows at bowls tied to each other’s heads in a living room replica of Double Dare?

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You can follow PrePopCulture and Jen on Twitter and find the PrePopCulture video promos on YouTube.

Check out JJ Abrams’ TED talk on his Mystery Box and his discussion of Star Trek on the Daily Show, plus Damon Lindelof telling Grantland about the Dark Tower optioning process

Check Arrested Development’s official Twitter to find Bluth’s Original Frozen Bananas

The East

Eternal Darkness sequel kickstarter

Come to the LA Indie Improv Festival on May 25!

Locke & Key

Michael Moorcock’s advice on writing a book in three days

Patton Oswalt’s Star Wars filibuster

Check out Out of Print and its YouTube channel

Steampunk Legos

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Casey Feigh (Crashbar) and Nick Mandernach (Room 101) return to discuss the upcoming 2nd Annual LA Indie Improv Festival. From where it all started in 2012, to the ways the festival has grown this year, to how the teams are selected and scheduled, these three give you an inside look at anything and everything you might want to know about this event. So take a listen, and come out to enjoy the LA Indie Improv Festival on May 25! Oh, and if you’ve got a line on any fruit punch SoBe Power, let Casey know. He’s jonesing for it.

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Follow Casey and Nick on Twitter and check out their indie improv shows Crashbar and Room 101. You can also see them in UCB Harold team John Velvet and their hip hop improv group, Hip Hop Penguin.

Check out the LA Indie Improv Festival on 5/25/13! We’re still taking volunteers and accepting donations. We’re also doing a Cagematch fundraiser on 5/18/13!

The Manifesto Show is also still taking submissions until 5/19/13 for the 2nd Annual Manifesto Late Night Show on 5/24/13. Click the link for details on how to submit a team!

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Did yesterday’s episode on steampunk make you wish you had some steampunk toys of your own? Check out this new line Lego is releasing in July 2013!