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Good Job, Brain! Trivia & Quiz Show Podcast Ep 22: DO NOT PASS GO
It’s our classic boardgames show and we share facts and origin stories of our favorite classic boardgames: Monopoly, Scrabble, and Trivial Pursuit. Boardgames modification quiz, the importance of Monopoly “house rules,” and we venture back into a bit of Star Wars trivia. ALSO: a VERY special ’80s version Pop Quiz, Hot Shot!, how to memorize the Bill of Rights, and we announce the winner of our Singing Robot-naming contest. Starring Karen Chu, Colin Felton, Dana Nelson, and Chris Kohler.

Totally Rad Show: RADegories
Jeff, Dan, and Alex try a new game in today’s episode - and this time, they’re competing with Mike, who is trying to stump them with obscure categorizations and tricky groupings of movies, games, and tv shows. Can you come up with better examples than the guys in their attempt to master Radegories?

Totally Rad Show: Movie Review - Klown
Imported from Denmark, the risque, ribald comedy Klown is set for a release On Demand here in the states. Dan, Alex, and Jeff take a look at the movie, which has been described as Curb Your Enthusiasm meets The Hangover. Is it a new comedy cult film that you have to see, or does it deserve a shnozzle of its own?

Totally Rad Show: Comic Book Review - Ant-Man Season 1
Coming out of Comic Con, Jeff, Dan, and Alex were buzzing about the proof of concept video shown at the Marvel panel for Edgar Wright’s take on Hank Pym, The Ant-Man. Luckily, even though the film is still quite a ways off, Marvel has a new Ant-Man hardcover collection, perfect for new fans of the character. Ant-Man Season One offers a re-telling of the origin, and a first adventure for the scientist that can shrink to the size of an insect. Do the guys love it, and what might it mean for the upcoming film?

Frame Rate 87: It’s Grandma Good
Olympics streaming angers, Google Fiber, Cloud Atlas astounds, and more.

The Unofficial One Piece Podcast – Episode 230, “The Quindecennial” (Part Two)
On the first part of the episode, Zach and Ed briefly discuss the Season 5/Strong World announcement. Then, we have a quickie interview with FUNimation Senior Brand Manager Charlene Ingram about the new One Piece announcements, including some questions we got from you guys. After that, we have a Manga Recap of Chapter 674 with Zach and Ed. Well it’s time for the rest of our arc-by-arc rankings! We start with Zach and Greg as we go through Greg’s picks for his Top 5 openings. Then we go from the Laboon Arc through Punk Hazard as each member of the team ranks each arc of the series. Who’s on the team? Well we have The Dude, Jason, Zach, and Firecrouch ranking theirs out, and we have Dennis (Ichnob), Steve, Jammer, and Dominic (Pwngoatjunkie) listing there’s out from the sidelines.