452 | Medium Spaceships Sweet 16

Continuing our quest to determine the greatest spaceship of all time, Michael and Rob welcome Jeeg and John "Engineernerd" Vanover back to the show to talk about medium-sized ships. Be sure to check out Episode 426 where we determined the best Large Spaceship and stay tuned for future episodes in which we settle the best Small Spaceship and then take the Final Fours from each category to figure out the ultimate winner of any size.

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311 | Drama and Miscellaneous TV Themes Sweet 16

Michael and Rob welcome back Carlin Trammel from last week and also John Vanover to nominate and vote on TV themes from dramas or any other genres that didn't fall into one of the previous categories we've covered. It's an especially eclectic hodge podge of musical styles this episode (making it particularly difficult to vote) in our road to determine the greatest TV theme song of all time.

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122 | Greetings from Fantasy World!

Building on Episode 27, in which an After Lunch panel created a science fiction themed amusement park, Michael, Rob, Mike Westfall, and John Vanover add to that with new lands devoted to various fantasy books and games like Assassin's Creed, Legend of Zelda, The Dresden Files, and Tolkien's Middle Earth.

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23 | The Expendables of Period Movies

Lizzie Twachtman, John Vanover, and Jeeg join Rob and Michael to create an historical period film with an all-star cast of actors known for their historical period films. And if that's not enough for ya, stay tuned to the end for Real Talk about New Math and Arrested Development. 

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7 | Pandemic Palliates

A palliate is something that reduces or eases the symptoms of something horrible. In this special episode of AfterLUNCH, Rob Graham talks to AfterLUNCH guests and listeners to learn what has brought them joy or relief during the uncertainty and isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic. Tune in and find out what movies, TV, video games, creative activities, and other things your podcast friends have been into to get them through. 

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Nerd Lunch Extra Helping | Temple of Doom, The B-Side

Nerd Lunch episode 247 had been a fairly negative discussion of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, but Pax wasn't able to be involved and wanted to offer an alternate opinion. To that end, he assembled a different panel that included Rob, John Vanover, and a new guest named Brad (aka FijiMermaid). 

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Nerd Lunch 241 | Star Trek III Drill Down

As the finale in Nerd Lunch's month-long series of episodes focusing on Star Trek, Pax and CT welcomed back Rob as well as John Vanover to search for answers in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. Just how old is the Enterprise? Why are the Grissom’s cushions pink? And just how pon farr did Saavik have to go with Spock?

Also, this is like the third time Rob had to answer one of Michael's Fourth Chair Carryover Questions.

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