
Theodicy & Thor: Love and Thunder
Thor: Love and Thunder opens with one of philosophy’s oldest questions: if gods exist and have the power to prevent suffering, why don’t they? But does the film dig into this or abandon it for jokes?
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Thor: Love and Thunder opens with one of philosophy’s oldest questions: if gods exist and have the power to prevent suffering, why don’t they? But does the film dig into this or abandon it for jokes?

Pete Wright has spent his career as the invisible force behind other people’s voices, but when he steps in front of the microphone for his own show about legacy and death, he discovers something unexpected about courage and change. In this role-reversal conversation, Carrie sits down with her own producer to explore the collection of small choices that leads to a well-lived life.

Mandy finally watches Jurassic Park and discovers why everyone’s been quoting “clever girl” for 30 years. With Pete, Andy, and Tommy as her guides, she learns what made this dino-horror-adventure flick a true cinematic game changer.

David Lynch’s Dark Suburban Masterpiece Join hosts Krissy Lenz and Nathan Blackwell with special guests Andy Nelson and Pete Wright as they dive into David
This week on Make Me A Nerd, Mandy Kaplan, Pete Wright, and Tommy Metz III dive into the warped techno-nightmare world of Black Mirror — and somehow make it hilarious. From pastel dystopias to digital space prisons, it’s a wild ride through the future we’re all politely hurtling toward.

Haunted houses? Try haunted spaces—and even more haunted people. This week on Sitting in the Dark, Tommy, Pete, Kynan, and Kyle dive into Session 9, Ouija: Origin of Evil, and The Others to find out why the scariest thing lurking in any building… might just be you.

Does historical fiction need to tell the truth? Writer Pete Wright rejoins us at the table to discuss that question. Then we’ll spin up a story about the dangers of digital life after physical death.

For nearly a century, horror films have told us a story—one of terror, of survival, of the inevitable confrontation between innocence and brutality. But there’s one story, in particular, that has evolved in ways both subtle and seismic: the story of the Final Girl.

This month, your host, Kynan Dias, and a coven of his most insightful monster aficionados – Pete Wright, Kyle Olson, and Tommy Metz III – go under the sheets into a chillingly erotic realm: the intersection of horror and sex.

This week, Mandy slays into Buffy the Vampire Slayer, a show she’d previously avoided. Joined by Pete Wright and Kyle Olson, she confronts her assumptions about vampires and the supernatural in stake and song.