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Recorded on April 17th, 2026

Hosted By: Lucas "Luke" Ciprian, Alysha S., Matt H., & Virginia J.

This week we discuss two movies, Zazie Beetz in They Will Kill You, and Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried in The Housemaid; we also cover some sports news, a recent Daniel Tosh comedy show, a bit from Josh Johnson in Game Changer, and plenty more!

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Recorded on April 3rd, 2026

Hosted By: Lucas "Luke" Ciprian, Alysha S., Matt H., & Virginia J.

Virginia returns as we gather for a ton more reviews, and a bit of tech news! We've got new podcast art, we're now on TikTok, one our one shorts videos blew up a bit on YouTube (DVDs vs Blu-rays), Matt's reviews of Hamnet and Mercy, tech news including the RAM shortage increasing the prices of consumer products, Samsung phones starting to AirDrop, some Sportsball news, Alysha's notes on Arnold Schwarzenegger's FUBAR show - seasons 1 and 2, and we finish up with Virginia's review of Vicious starring Dakota Fanning.

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Recorded on March 27th, 2026

Hosted By: Lucas "Luke" Ciprian, Alysha S., Matt H., & Virginia J.

With Virginia out this week, we welcome our first guest host, Marcus! We discuss a slew of tech topics including Amazon's ultrafast shipping, Ostara (The Spring Equinox), our regular Sportsball update, birthday memories & video games (with plenty of juicy stories from Matt), and a quick synopsis of Train Dreams & Project Hail Mary.

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Recorded on March 20th, 2026

Hosted By: Lucas "Luke" Ciprian, Alysha S., Matt H., & Marcus W.

This week we reflect back to when the pandemic started 6 years ago, the Oscars/Academy Awards, our usual slew of sports topics, Google Maps, YouTube being the new media giant, a review of the Google TV Streamer 4K (in hazel, not porcelain!), and the new Disney+ Verts feature.

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Recorded on March 13th, 2026

Hosted By: Lucas "Luke" Ciprian, Alysha S., Matt H., & Virginia J.

The Mamalukes crew discusses Night Agent: Season 3, some pasta facts and opinions (pierogies are pasta?), the implications of losing physical media and digital media ownership, Matt's review of Send Help starring Rachel McAdams & Dylan O'Brien, and more!

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Recorded on March 6th, 2026.

Hosted By: Lucas "Luke" Ciprian, Alysha S., Matt H., & Virginia J.

This week we discuss Bugonia starring Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons, Marvel's latest show Wonderman featuring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, sports news (including Olympics highlights, Patrick Mahomes contract restructure) the Year of the Fire Horse, and Apple Podcasts getting video and how that relates to how our podcast is produced and put out to the world.

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Recorded on February 20th, 2026

Hosted By: Lucas "Luke" Ciprian, Alysha S., Matt H., & Virginia J.

This week we discuss the Friday the 13th and various superstitions from around the world, the debut of the Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die movie, musicians on YouTube, the passing of James Van Der Beek, and lots more!

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Recorded on February 13th, 2026.

Hosted By: Lucas "Luke" Ciprian, Alysha S., Matt H., & Virginia J.