A Bone To Pick is a combination of "Fresh Air" and "A Prairie Home Companion." The first two parts are reviews or commentary on television and literature, along with advice about what to watch or what to read. The second half contains humorous musings on
Scrubs is back on television, but on a different network; Christopher Buckley's "Supreme Courtship" is found to be uninteresting; and the difference between a tourist and a visitor.
The Screen Actors Guild might be going on strike, some thoughts about Eoin Colfer writing the 6th "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" novel, and I interview the winner of the Emmy Prediction Contest!
30 Rock is back on TV, Catherine Coulter's "Tailspin" isn't flying steady, and it's hard to write your own novel!
The first of a series of mini-podcasts, or "minicasts". This minicast topic: The return of "Heroes"
FOX's Fringe is a bit too far over the edge, A.J. Jacobs tries his hand at a "Year of Living Biblically", and the benefits of getting lost. Plus, enter the Emmy Contest!
American Idol gets a 4th judge, what's coming up for fall TV, Wil Wheaton shows us that he's more than "Just a Geek", and when are you too old for birthday parties? Plus: An Emmy Contest!
A look back at 2 weeks of Olympics coverage on NBC, John Grisham writes a legal thriller with heart in "The Street Lawyer", and the overuse of the word ironic. Now featuring iTunes searchability and art!Guardian Article: The Final Irony
This week: Part 2 of the Emmy discussion, Anthony Bourdain talks about restaurants' dirty little secrets in "Kitchen Confidential", and the perils of furniture shopping with an engineer. Actually, the perils of shopping with engineers in general.
The long-awaited Episode 2! Featuring Emmy nomination discussion, a look at Neal Stephenson's "Snow Crash", and is it a bad thing to want to have minions?
It's the first podcast! After the introductions, I talk about "Hell's Kitchen" on FOX, "Reality Show: Inside the Last Great Television News War" by Howard Kurtz, and my problem with libraries.