Saturday Morning Draft - Pour a sugary bowl of cereal and sit down in front of the TV for a long morning of entertainment. It’s time for our Saturday Morning draft, in which nine people of various ages draft favorite their favorite kid programm

453: Turn Left at the Asteroid

Mar 30th, 2019 1h 31m

Rocket Surgery: "Star Raiders" (1983) - It’s the Rocket Surgery Film Festival! In this episode, we’re watching something that proves that computer-game film adaptations were a bad idea from the very beginning! Based on a late 1970s Atari game,

391: You Stole My Layer

Jan 27th, 2018 1h 45m

"Doctor Who" story draft - In the 54 years of “Doctor Who” there have been roughly 275 different stories. We collected seven “Doctor Who” fans and forced them to pick favorites in a draft format! The result is a great selection of 28 stories fr

374: Just Give Me 35 Years

Oct 8th, 2017 1h 52m

The Dark Tower novels - It took thousands of pages over seven novels, but eventually Stephen King finished his genre-busting series, The Dark Tower—and eventually we finished it too! Join four faithful readers who have taken the journey with Ro

354: Sons of Caledonia

May 23rd, 2017 1h 2m

Dan Moren wrote a book! - A panelist from the very first episode, Dan Moren is now a published science-fiction novelist. Dan’s book, “The Caledonian Gambit,” was released today. Seven years ago, before The Incomparable even existed, Jason read

325: The Monster Mash

Nov 5th, 2016 1h 21m

Monster/Supervillain Draft - Live from the Now Hear This podcast festival in Anaheim, it’s our supervillain/monster draft. What makes a villain super? When is hating a monster actually just a misguided case of space racism? Who—other than Lex F

322: Tastes Like College

Oct 15th, 2016 1h 43m

The beer episode. - We’ve done episodes where we’ve sat around and drunk beer before, but we always had the thin veneer of some other topic to guide us. This time, however, the topic of the episode is beer, and we’ve conscripted listener (and A

320: The Power! The Power! The Power!

Oct 1st, 2016 1h 37m

Rocket Surgery: "Frankenstein Island" - Our rocket surgeons take on 1981’s “Frankenstein Island,” Jason’s go-to bad movie from his high school days. What do balloons have to do with Frankenstein? What’s that brain doing in that tupperware conta

307: Mascot Hands

Jul 4th, 2016 1h 50m

"Cool Cat Saves the Kids" - Our Rocket Surgery panel attempts to apply logic to “Cool Cat Saves the Kids,” an inexplicable educational film featuring a couple of people in animal suits, some music videos, parade footage, and many questionable l

Ghostbusters (Incomparable 64)

Mar 4th, 2016 1h 22m

Hey, there’s a new “Ghostbusters” trailer! From 2011, here’s our discussion of the original 1984 film.

Die Hard (Incomparable 17)

Jan 14th, 2016 56m 42s

Rest in peace, Hans Gruber. In 2010 we declared “Die Hard” the best Christmas movie ever.

Inside Out (Incomparable 254)

Oct 30th, 2015 1h 38m

If you didn’t listen to our episode about “Inside Out” back in July, well, the movie’s available on video now. So watch it. And then listen as we draw a circle around our own parental sadness and instead focus on the joy of an instant Pixar cla

Back to the Future (Incomparable 41)

Oct 19th, 2015 1h 14m

From 2011: Turn on your flux capacitors, calculate how many “jigabytes” your hard drive contrains, and prepare for our deconstruction of the “Back to the Future” movie series. Which film reigns supreme? Plus, we talk about other time-travel mov

Man Versus Mars (Incomparable 187)

Sep 21st, 2015 1h 13m

“The Martian” is about to hit theaters, but we talked about the book version in early 2014. Get caught up!

John Scalzi and more (Incomparable 37)

Aug 31st, 2015 1h 3m

We hear that sci-fi writer John Scalzi is popular. Back in 2011 we talked about a bunch of his books, especially the Old Man’s War series.

260: High Five

Aug 22nd, 2015 57m 46s

Fifth anniversary episode - On the occasion of our fifth anniversary, we present this special episode where Jason and five of our favorite panelists come together live around a table to talk about nothing in particular. Host Jason Snell

The Comic-Con Episode (Incomparable 152)

Aug 1st, 2015 1h 6m

This may or may not be one of our best episodes, but it’s our best episode recorded outdoors. In the spirit of summer, please enjoy this somewhat rambly but quite amusing discussion with Steve, Greg, and Jason, along with some special surprise

255: Summer Superhero Spectacular: Round One

Jul 11th, 2015 2h 33m

Summer Superhero Spectacular round 1 - In celebration of the four days of Comic-Con 2015, we present a four-day celebration of silly superhero debates! We’ve seeded 64 heroes into a tournament that’s designed to find the most incomparable super

Star Wars Episode 3 - The Complete Omnibus (Incomparable 237-238)

Jun 21st, 2015 3h 5m

Earlier this year we watched “Star Wars: Episode 3 - Revenge of the Sith” and then reviewed it with our usual precision and cruelty. This is a special, never-before-released cut of the two-part episode, putting everything back together in a sin

Star Wars Episode 1 - The Complete Omnibus (Incomparable 136-137)

Jun 15th, 2015 2h 19m

Back in 2014 we watched “Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace” and then reviewed it. Mercilessly. This is a special, never before released cut of the two-part episode, putting everything back together in a single audio file for your listen

250: Stay Inside My Aura

Jun 6th, 2015 1h 23m

Zardoz - Draw a beard on your face with a Sharpie, prepare to learn math via touch, and we’ll take you to the second level! Our trek into films of questionable quality continues with John Boorman’s 1974 sci-fi epic “Zardoz,” starring Sean Conne

A Superhero Draft (Incomparable 149)

Jun 1st, 2015 1h 27m

From 2013: The Incomparable’s Superhero Draft is now in session, and justice is on the clock! Hear our collection of panelists assemble several excellent super-teams. Who will inhabit the Hall of Justice? And why are Superman and Batman looking

Emperor Aquaman (Incomparable 44)

May 19th, 2015 57m 36s

Same as it ever was. Right now Marvel is undergoing a major comic-book reboot, and DC Comics is in the throes of its own continuity-charged event. So let’s go back to 2011 and remember the last time this happened…

TV Fantasy Pitches (Incomparable 59)

May 10th, 2015 1h 21m

We conclude our TV Fantasy Draft with the unveiling of our series pitches. Vampire and ghost detectives! Star Trek meets the West Wing! A sitcom starring a robot and an omnipotent being! A gritty techno-drama. A psychedelic drama set on a Zeppe

Glenn Won on Jeopardy! (Incomparable 112)

Apr 25th, 2015 1h 25m

Our very own Glenn Fleishman was on three episodes of “Jeopardy!” in 2012. We debriefed him about his adventures immediately on his return, and then banked the episode until they aired. This episode also talks about game shows and their modern