Erik's back with more Short Circuits! Yet another celebrity started a war with fandom, and it's apparent he doesn't even understand what he was attacking (though I have no doubt the enraged overreactions only served to reinforce his opinions).
Erik's "short circuit" for this week is on something you may know very well—Decision Fatigue. Yes, it's a real thing. And while it's typically discussed in the context of consumerism or in a business setting, it also affects our media consump
Short Circuits is back! Now that Erik's schedule is freeing up, we'll be bringing you new episodes of Short Circuits each week. In this episode, Erik talks about the future of the show, shares a personal update, recommends some good podcasts
Erik answers a listener question about whether single-character Star Trek spin-off films could work and expands that into thoughts on what makes single-character spin-offs work in general.
On Tuesday, Netflix is releasing a reality special called The Push, in which an unsuspecting participant is put through a social experiment in which he's barraged with peer pressure in an attempt to commit murder. For real (or at least, so he