The Episodes
After Lunch 105 | Mystery Movie Night: Memories, Matchsticks, and Mountains
Evan asks Dave, David, Erik, and Michael to find the hidden connection (other than the fact that none of them are English-language films) between Solaris (1972), Le Dîner de Cons (1998), and Force Majeure (2014). [...]
After Lunch 104 | Holodeck Party
Michael and Rob welcome back Corinna Bechko and Ben Graham to adapt books and movies into Star Trek holonovels. Each panelist picks a character from the source material that they want to play and then [...]
After Lunch 103 | After Dinner Lounge – Tubi or Not Tubi
Evan, Michael, Pax, and Rob ramble about the Hardy Boys, Batman, kids, surprising personality traits, and how to watch TV. Among many other things. Download or listen to the episode here.
After Lunch 102 | After Dinner Lounge – There’s Always Been Asses
Evan, Michael, Pax, and Rob enjoy a rambling conversation about The Sandman, Ringu (and The Ring), Cyclops’ heat vision, Black Panther comics, and ever so much more. Download or listen to the episode here.
After Lunch 101 | Without a Clue (1988)
Michael and Rob gather in the study to talk about an odd Sherlock Holmes movie. Michael Caine plays Holmes and Ben Kingsley is Watson in this parody where Watson is the brilliant detective and Holmes [...]
AfterLunch 100 | Episode One Hundred
To commemorate the hundredth episode of AfterLunch, Evan, Michael, Pax, and Rob discuss the evolution of the show over the last couple of years and think about where it might possibly go from here. But it's [...]
AfterLunch 99 | Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Hail Hydra. Download or listen to the episode here.
AfterLunch 98: Big Screens Little Sentences
Michael, Rob, and Evan welcome Christian Nielsen (Pop Culture Retrofit) and new guest Siskoid (The Fire and Water Podcast Network) to guess movie titles based on one-sentence descriptions of the plot. It's kind of hard, [...]
The Episodes
After Lunch 109 | After Dinner Lounge – I Derailed You With Farts
Michael, Rob, Evan, and Pax continue this month's Lounge discussion with topics like live music, changing attitudes with age, and of course... multiverses. They talk about their own personal multiverses, but also lots of spoilery [...]
After Lunch 108 | After Dinner Lounge – Distant Waterfall
Michael, Rob, Evan, and Pax chat about what they've been listening to and reading lately with special attention given to old comic strips, Star Trek novels, Percy Jackson vs The Kane Chronicles, and Michael's audio [...]
After Lunch 107 | Avengers Assemble, Season 1
Michael and Rob are joined by Michael's son, David May, to talk about the first season of the Avengers Assemble cartoon, how it compares to the MCU, and whether or not they'll ever speak of [...]
After Lunch 106 | Dr No (1962)
Michael, Rob, and Karen Flieger discuss the first James Bond feature film: how it compares to the Fleming novel while setting the stage for the 60-year (and running) series of movies about the world's favorite [...]