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Books & Nachos is merging with Now Playing Podcast. This Books & Nachos feed will no longer be updated as of September 1st. If you want to continue to get Books & Nachos shows, please subscribe to Now Playing Podcast at NowPlayingPodcast.com
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Books & Nachos is merging with Now Playing Podcast. This Books & Nachos feed will no longer be updated as of September 1st. If you want to continue to get Books & Nachos shows, please subscribe to Now Playing Podcast at NowPlayingPodcast.com
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Books & Nachos is merging with Now Playing Podcast. This Books & Nachos feed will no longer be updated as of September 1st. If you want to continue to get Books & Nachos shows, please subscribe to Now Playing Podcast at NowPlayingPodcast.com
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JK Rowling collaborates with a pair of theater veterans to tell her eighth Hogwarts adventure Harry Potter and the Cursed Child as a stage play. And while Brock, Stuart, and Arnie couldnāt score tickets, they are ready to review the published script. What happens when Harryās son goes Slytherin, and travels back in time to change the outcome of the Triwizard Tournament? Listen to find out if fans throw the author into a Goblet of Fire for messing with a classic tale.
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This week Brock, Stuart, and Arnie graduate from Hogwarts as they complete JK Rowlingās seventh and final Harry Potter novel, The Deathly Hallows. Is the boy wizard ready to lead the fight against a Ministry of Magic overtaken by Death Eaters? Where exactly has Dark Lord Voldemort hidden the last piece of his soul? And what is the real reason Professor Snape hates Harry so much? Find out if your predictions for the conclusion come true. Listen Now!
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Harry Potter was āthe Chosen Oneā for readers around the world even before his sixth adventure became a global best-seller in summer 2005. Now the skeptics rally around the boy wizard too, in the hopes heāll be able to stop the return of dreaded sorcerer Voldemort. Did a mysterious Half-Blood Prince provide answers for defeating evil in the margins of Harryās potions book? Brock, Stuart, and Arnie piece this Tom Riddle together on the latest podcast.
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Readers around the globe celebrated the 2003 release of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. So why are so many terrible things being printed in newspapers about the boy wizard on his fifteenth birthday? Is it all in Harryās head that Voldemort has infiltrated the Ministry of Magic, and changed Hogwarts curriculum so that students are left defenseless against his rise? Listen now as Brock, Stuart, and Arnie remember what it was like to be an angry teenager.
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Brock, Stuart, and Arnie are cheering in the stands for Harry Potter as he finally gets into the ring with nemesis Voldemort for his massive fourth novel The Goblet of Fire. Can Dumbledore and gruff new Defense Against Dark Arts professor Mad Eye Moody prepare the boy wizard for the fight of his life? And will the hormonal teenager have a harder time finding a date for the Yule Ball than competing in the Triwizard Tournament? Find out when you Listen Now!
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Wizard studies might be going well for Harry Potter in third adventure Prisoner of Azkaban, but what he really needs is a law degree so he can keep homicidal maniac Sirius Black locked in jail. Will the man responsible for making the wizard boy an orphan return to Hogwarts and finish off the family tree? And can Harry negotiate a stay of execution for Hagridās pet hippogriff after it bites Draco Malfoy? The time for Brock, Stuart, and Arnie to put the next book on trial is now!
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Brock, Arnie, and Stuart invite you into their flying car as they head back to Hogwarts, and pry open the cover of The Chamber of Secrets. This second Harry Potter novel finds the boy wizard trying to unmask the Slytherin heir who threatens to commit genocide on Muggle-born classmates. Was house elf Dobby right to warn children away from a school year that might petrify them? Have a seat on the toilet and listen to the hosts moan about it all. Listen Now!
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Brock, Arnie, and Stuart use their combined podcasting magic to revive Books & Nachos so that the literary adventures of Harry Potter can finally be discussed! How did this orphaned boy wizard enchant so many millions of readers from all around the world? And are philosophers or sorcerers responsible for the stone at the center of this first installment? You wonāt need a wand to conjure the answers. Just strap on a pair of headphones and Listen Now!
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Snake Plissken is back, but which Snake Plissken is the real Snake Plissken? After reviewing four BOOM! Studios Escape from New York graphic novels, Jakob and Jason shake the pillars of heaven to see John Carpenterās antihero go head-to-head with an alter ego from Little China. Thatās right, Jack Burton is back, and heās teaming with Snake to take on villains of the past, and present. Join us once more for the final episode in our Books & Nachos Escape from New York series.
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Fun times in Cleveland again! Snake Plisskenās been retired for more than a decade, but when the government comes for his land, heās going to lead a revolution against the one percent! The final volume in BOOM! Studiosā Escape from New York series leads directly into the events of John Carpenterās Escape from L.A., but does the creative team know that? Jakob and Jason have some questions, and a whole lot of fun, saying goodbye to Snake in the penultimate episode of our Books & Nachos Snake Plissken series.
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Snake Plissken just wants to get away, but first, heās got a bone to pick with his former president. In the third volume of BOOM! Studiosā Escape from New York series, the hero of John Carpenterās iconic action film returns to his roots, breaking into the worldās largest prison to take down an arch nemesis. Itās the showdown this series has been building toward, and hosts Jakob and Jason are here to break it down. Could it overcome the campiness of Escape from Florida and the unneeded detour that was Escape from Siberia? Well, this oneās got a flying car. Nuff said.
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Snake Plissken leaves the Sunshine State for Siberia in the second volume of "Escape from New York" by BOOM! Studios. John Carpenter's eyepatch-wearing outlaw is sent to a frozen warzone by a vengeful president, but before he can face down his enemy, Snake must outwit bears, soldiers, a man from his past, and a cult of comet worshippers. It's as crazy as it sounds, but is it any good? Jakob and Jason follow Snake's journey in our ongoing Books & Nachos series, which ties into our Escape from New York retrospective on Now Playing Podcast.
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In 2014, comic book publisher BOOM! Studios acquired the rights to produce new stories based on John Carpenterās āEscape from New Yorkā and its hero Snake Plissken. Their first story picks up seconds after the finale of Carpenterās 1981 film, with Plissken on the run from the United States Police Force and seeking refuge in the āfreeā state of Florida. But Snakeās in for a helluva fight at every turn. Does āEscape from Floridaā live up to the legacy of Carpenterās creation? Itās hard to say when you canāt tell whatās happening from page to page. Follow Snakeās journey with hosts Jakob and Jason, and find out if this is a worthy successor.
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Filmmaker John Carpenter scored a hit when his āEscape from New Yorkā hit theaters in 1981, introducing the world to Kurt Russellās eyepatch-wearing antihero Snake Plissken. But thereās more to the story than what audiences saw on the screen. This week Jakob and Jason (making his Books and Nachos debut) break down author Mike McQuayās adaptation of Carpenterās film, including the deleted scenes and backstory that add new dimension to the Plissken character and the authority figures that force him into a suicide mission on the prison island of Manhattan. PLUS, our hosts break down two additional Plissken stories in comic book form; āAdventures of Snake Plisskenā and āJohn Carpenterās Snake Plissken Chronicles.ā
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Before it became one of the most beloved movies of all time, The Godfather was a blockbuster novel with characters and plot points that never made it to the screen. Join long lost podcaster Stuart as he comes home to his Books & Nachos family and parses out all the changes made to Mario Puzoās classic.
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Ben's three-year-old brother Eric disappeared five years ago, but Ben continues to search. When Ben takes a job at the store where Eric vanished things are not all that they seem. Join Brock for his spoiler-free review of Bad Man to see if this is the perfect thriller to cap off your summer reading list!
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