While manically preparing for this episode, Julie did her best to avoid Dr. Mandrake. Scott's job was to get lunch, but dangit the cafeteria was closed again so they had to eat the last of the ca...
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Scott's practicing his upsidedown piano playing. Julie's driving Salieri crazy asking for more fancy candy. Episode 328: Amadeus starring Tom Hulce and F. Murray Abraham. Download or l...
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Julie looks at her rosary and thinks devotional thoughts. Scott buys his rosary a ticket to Disneyland to ensure his survival on Pirates of the Carribean. Episode 327: The Rosary of Our Lady by R...
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Julie thinks Father Logan has dreamy eyes and Scott is judging Inspector Larrue for his pointed investigation. They both confess they love this little known Alfred Hitchcock movie while discussin...
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Scott and Julie, freshly knighted, recorded this podcast even though their helmets didn't fit. Episode 326: The Hedge Knight by George R. R. Martin. Download or listen via this link: |Episode #32...
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Scott practices his mad trident skills. Julie practices throwing paper. SO MUCH PAPER. Episode 325: Bholaa, directed by and starring Ajay Devgn. Download or listen via this link: |Episode #325| S...
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Julie and Scott thought they were going to a Japanese Opera dicussion group (which was supposed to be held between Art History and Conversational French), but ended up learning how to dig up a gr...
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Scott has been trying to use his powers to predict the results of NFL games. Julie uses hers to power-knit a scarf for her grandson. Kim teaches them both that there are better things to do with ...
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Julie and Scott go to O'Reilly's. Julie orders some Swiss water, and Scott gets the Chicken Visuvio. Episode 322: Return to Me, directed by Bonnie Hunt, and starring Minnie Driver and David Ducho...
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Scott and Julie are invited to an Edward Lear costume party. Julie dresses up as an old man with a beard. Scott dresses up as an owl. And they danced by the light of the moon. Episode 321: The Fe...
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Julie wanted a 1966 Jaguar. Scott wanted a 1968 Mustang. Now they both want a Gran Torino just like Walt's! Episode 316: Gran Torino, starring and directed by Clint "Get Off My Lawn" Eastwood. Do...
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What's behind door number one? Scott guesses... Julie guesses... They're both wrong. Episode 319: One Door Away from Heaven by Dean Koontz. Download or listen via this link: |Episode #319| Subscr...
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Halfway through the podcast, Julie and Scott forgot what they were doing. Luckily, they had a Polaroid of Christopher Nolan with "Trust this guy" written on it. Episode 318: Memento, directed by ...
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We've got mystery, a novel from Japan, sci-fi, Shakespeare, a deal with the devil, and much more! We are proud to present the 2024 schedule for A Good Story is Hard to Find! Jan. 9 — Guest - Ki...
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After reading this story, Julie and Scott stopped giving portraits to their annual guests. Episode 317: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde Download or listen via this link: |Episode #317| ...
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Is this a podcast we see before us? Proceeding from our obsessed brains? Scott and Julie talk about Macbeth (1979, starring Ian McKellen and Judi Dench) in Episode 316. Download or listen via thi...
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Julie and Scott go back to the Dark Ages and are surprised to find the Sun shining. Episode 315: Bearing False Witness: Debunking Centuries of Anti-Catholic History by Rodney Stark Download or li...
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Julie likes coffee cups with thin rims. She does not like books with large print. Scott likes bourbon and rain. He doesn't like mushrooms. They have deep possibly irreconcilable differences when ...
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Julie challenges the Marquis to a duel, and Scott writes a play about it. There was a standing ovation! Which was great. But then there was a riot. Which was not. Episode 313: Scaramouche by Rafa...
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Julie and Scott have noticed that wherever they travel they are followed by a montage and a tiny plane moving on a map. Episode 312: Raiders of the Lost Ark! Download or listen via this link: |Ep...
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Julie and Scott use their powers of invisibility to sneak their own candy into the new Mission Impossible movie. Episode 311: The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells Download or listen via this link: |E...
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Julie needs her photo taken for the cover of Catholic Podcaster magazine. Scott girds up his dhoti and says, "Chin up, shoulders down, chin down." Snap! Episode 310: Maheshinte Prathikaaram. Down...
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While preparing Kellynch Hall for the renters, Julie and Scott overhear something that changes EVERYTHING. Episode 309: Persuasion by Jane Austen. Download or listen via this link: |Episode #309|...
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Julie and Scott answer an ad looking for people to spend three years on the moon. Gerty likes both of them! Episode 308: Moon (2009) starring Sam Rockwell. Download or listen via this link: |Epis...
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When the photographic bird starts following them, Scott tries to run away. Julie combs her hair and hopes for a close up. Episode 307: West of Eden by Harry Harrison Download or listen via this l...
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Julie and Scott roam the bazaar without guards. They learn a lot about taxes, then buy a bunch of very thin colorful fabrics to decorate the podcast studio. Episode #306: Jodhaa Akbar, starring A...
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Julie is reading the Pensées by Pascal. Scott is reading Pen Sees - the properly titled American version of the same book. Takashi Nagai would approve. Episode 305: A Song for Nagasaki by Paul G...
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When the bi-weekly piracy drill turned into a real emergency, Julie delivered a tight slap to get Scott to focus. Episode #304: Captain Phillips, starring Tom Hanks, directed by Paul Greengrass. ...
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Julie saw hundreds of people in NYC that she's glad she doesn't know. Scott didn't notice because he was reading The Humourous Tales of E. A. Poe. Episode 303: FlanneryCast 2023, The Habit of Bei...
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Julie and Scott got confuzzled. Mr. Ravioli suggested they rerun their original Mary and Max episode. Episode 302: Mary and Max, directed by Adam Elliot. Download or listen via this link: |Episod...
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Julie wants to take Scott's phone apart. That's when Scott knows she's gone Crazy Eddie. Episode 301: The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. Download or listen via this link: |...
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If only Julie had thought of the flag thing last time they saved a kid from a flaming inferno, Scott would still have hair. Episode 300: RRR (2022), directed by the great S. S. Rajamouli. Downloa...
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Julie remembers everything she read yesterday, and Scott's new nickname at work is "the Dumb Ox". Episode 299: St. Thomas Aquinas by G. K. Chesterton Download or listen via this link: |Episode #2...
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Julie grabs the shotgun, Scott downloads the analysis software, and Cy stocks up on bottled water... Episode 298: The Thanatos Syndrome by Walker Percy (with Cy Kellett, host of Catholic Answers ...
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Julie and Scott celebrate Christmas just as Dickens intended: with aliens, spaceships, and cigarettes. Episode 297: Selections from Christmas on Ganymede, edited by Martin H. Greenberg Download o...
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Julie and Scott at microphones, arms wide. The subject of episode 296 is Star Trek: The Next Generation. Julie and Scott talk about four episodes: Yesterday's Enterprise, Darmok, The Inner Light,...
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Julie was looking forward to reading Mr. Danielson's Book until she found out it was a kissing book. Episode 295: Miss Buncle's Book by D. E. Stevenson! Download or listen via this link: |Episode...
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Julie and Scott arm wrestle over whose favorite Vatican II topics would be included in this episode. Then they discover that if you talk long enough, they all fit! Episode 294: Reclaiming Vatican...
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Julie and Scott are looking for a new place to locate the Good Story home office. They are told that the Bransom is very nice! Episode 293: Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin. Download or listen via th...
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Scott and Julie know one thing. They're gonna need more cats. Find out why in Good Story 292: Let the Right One In (2008). Download or listen via this link: |Episode #292| Subscribe to the podcas...
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Scott paid $50 to sit at Julie's table only to get bumped by Henry Spofford III. Episode 291: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), starring Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe, directed by Howard Hawks. ...
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Julie and Scott set out in a convertible intending to record their latest podcast, but end up on a crime spree. Episode 290: Thelma and Louise, directed by Ridley Scott, starring Susan Sarandon a...
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This episode just appeared on the other side of the stage! Amazing! And now, the Chinese rings! Episode 289: The Prestige by Christopher Priest. Download or listen via this link: |Episode #289| S...
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Scott brings Julie a shortbread biscuit before they record every podcast. She's dying to find out where he buys them. Episode 288: Ted Lasso, Season 1, from Apple TV. Download or listen via this ...
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Julie and Scott take the bus to Mars. After a few glitches involving nanomachines (none of which were their fault), Julie spends the trip working on her low-g samba and Scott runs laps. Episode 2...
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Julie took a crazy bet with some British officers and now Scott has to figure out what an "over" is. Episode 286: Lagaan (2001), starring by Aamir Khan. Download or listen via this link: |Episode...
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Julie sets out for Utah with 3000 cows and a saddlebag full of podcasting equipment. Scott won't follow until he's done playing cards. Episode 285: Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry. Download or li...
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If Scott has to listen one more time to Julie telling that joke about finding hidden depths in Jaws, he's going to ship off with crazy Captain Quint. Episode 284: Jaws (1975), directed by Stephen...
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Julie and Scott infuriate the local Bishop, who suggests they go on a road trip. They decide to attend a theological discussion where each person of the Trinity is represented by a bottle of wine...
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Julie and Scott are ready for their close up. They spend the whole way down the stairs trying trip each other. Episode 282: Sunset Blvd (1950), directed by Billy Wilder. Download or listen via th...
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Julie jumps right in the nest with all the dragon eggs. Scott knows there is something important to tell her about those eggs, but he can't remember because he's still groggy from going between. ...
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Scott wants the giant robot to be like Superman. Julie is worried it will be more like C3P0... Episode 280: The Iron Giant (1999), directed by Brad Bird. Download or listen via this link: |Episod...
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Scott had to help count the corpses because Julie kept losing track. This isn't what they expected to be doing when King Stephen asked for a special favor. Episode 279: One Corpse Too Many by Ell...
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This week, Good Story handles the tough questions: Has Julie been replaced by a robot? Why does Scott see dead people? Will the audience stay tuned all the way to the big closing number? In Episo...
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Julie falls for a brooding man with intense eyes and a superhuman way with scarves. Scott falls for a train, which he will chase as soon as he finds his shoes. Episode 277, the first half of Sile...
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Axe held high, Scott slides down an ice bridge to avenge his friend's death. Julie prophesies that limbs will fly. Episode 276: Njal's Saga. Download or listen via this link: |Episode #276| Subsc...
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Julie warms up to play her violin while Scott drags his tuba from below decks. They are both interrupted by a call to arms in the fog... Episode 275: Master and Commander (2003), starring Russell...
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Julie suspected Professor Plum. Scott thought he was in the library with the poison. Then they realized they weren't in a murder mystery. So they hopped on their mules for New Mexico, where the c...
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A mysterious stranger brings Julie and Scott a copy of Ecclesiastes to read. Scott and Julie loved the "eat, drink, and be merry" part. The mysterious stranger eventually gave up on explaining th...
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Around Christmas time, Julie thinks deep thoughts... If Santa is at Macy's who is making all the toys? How many Christmas cocktails are too many? Does Scott sleep with his beard outside or inside...
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Julie tries to high-five a flippered Delfein. Scott reads St. Zenobius' instructions to the atheist doctor on the spaceship. Episode 271: "The Star" by Arthur C. Clarke and "Joyful and Triumphant...
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For those wanting to read the St. Zenobius story: Here's the St. Zenobius story link. About the real St. Zenobius
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Julie swept floors to earn money for the vacuum tubes Scott used to record this podcast. Those tubes held on just long enough to talk about three Star Trek episodes from the Original Series: Enem...
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Julie and Scott were on guard duty this week. Julie met a nice transparent fellow who saw a murder. Scott was reading what was on the lion statue's bum. Episode 269: Rivers of London by Ben Aaron...
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After seeing Shah Rukh Khan's live show, Julie and Scott plan a revue of their own. Their big number is performed by two look-alike fans who locked them in their dressing room. Scott and Julie do...
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Julie is running in circles in the Long Gallery. Scott's science fiction book has become inexplicably Squashily Sentimental. Episode 267: Three Tales of Love and Terror - Honeysuckle Cottage by P...
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Julie is trying to learn to cook grits in 10 minutes. Scott asks the witness — and only the witness — how many fingers he is holding up. Episode 266: My Cousin Vinny (1992) Download or listen...
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John Paul II shakes his staff and shouts, "A Good Story is Hard to Find!" Scott and Julie cheer. Everyone else looks confused. Episode 265: John Paul the Great: Remembering a Spiritual Father by ...
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Julie practices walking with a bowl of live coals on her head. Meanwhile, Scott makes final adjustments to his Lawnmower of Death. Episode 264: Baahubali: The Beginning and Bahubali 2: The Conclu...
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Julie has watched all 397 episodes of The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon. Three times. Scott missed most of the episodes because he had to convince the security system that everything is normal,...
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Julie and Scott hold tryouts for a new co-host. Julie wants the one with the good looking swing. Scott wants the one whose wife looks most like Karl Urban. Billy Beane tells them they're asking t...
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Julie and Scott travel across America, using only Blue Highways, keeping a sharp lookout for banana slugs and ho-made pies. Episode 261: Blue Highways by William Least Heat-Moon. Download or list...
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Scott is in training to be a Man of Intent. Julie is trying to control her borzois. They recover by having cocktails at the Metropol's bar. Vodka. Straight up. Episode 260: A Gentleman in Moscow ...
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Julie couldn't win enough at the roulette wheel to get an exit visa to Lisbon until Scott, wearing a very fine white tuxedo jacket, told her to bet on 22. Episode 259: Casablanca (1942) starring ...
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Julie's making Turkey Bone Gumbo and Peach Crumb Pie. Scott's trying to cut these veggies extremely thin. And there's not a rat to be seen, anywhere in the kitchen. At least not one that hasn't w...
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Scott's got a new job at the saw mill. Julie's helping Frank at the store. They expect great things from these exciting new careers! See how wrong their expectations are in this discussion of the...
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Julie and Scott were at the barbecue minding their own business, when suddenly someone started throwing vases. Also the Civil War started. All this and more in the first half of Gone with the Win...
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Julie, Scott, and 170,000 of their closest friends are stuck in Kuwait. Which one of them will tell Ranjit about the state of the toilet? Episode 255: Airlift (2016) starring Akshay Kumar. Downlo...
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Julie's worried about zombies. Scott's worried about another flood. When Gilgamesh shows up with only part of the Bull of Heaven, they really get worried. The Epic of Gilgamesh is the subject of ...
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Julie and Scott go to France, but they probably should have gone to China. Episode 253: Looper (2012), directed by Rian Johnson and starring Joseph Gordon-Leavitt, Bruce Willis, and Emily Blunt. ...
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Julie and Scott are pretty sure this guy they're on a road trip with is an archangel. Or Karl Urban. One or the other. Episode 252: The Book of Tobit from the Old Testament. Download or listen vi...
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Julie spills her Mogen David extra heavy malaga wine cooler on Scott's white rug. With a great effort, Scott holds his temper. It is Lent, after all. A New Leaf (1971), written and directed by El...
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Scott smiles when he says that. Julie refuses to say that at all. Episode 250: The Virginian by Owen Wister. Download or listen via this link: |Episode #250| Subscribe to the podcast via this lin...
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Julie throws in with some marshals on a manhunt. Scott stays behind to seek a writ of replevin. Episode 249: True Grit (2010). Download or listen via this link: |Episode #249| Subscribe to the po...
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Julie and Scott remember doing this episode with one other person, but how can they be sure? Will Duquette joins them for Episode 248 and he brought Tuyo by Rachel Neimeier with him. Download or ...
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Scott believes that having 3 out of 5 gods on your side is pretty darned good, but Julie insists that only One will do. Episode 247: Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold Download or listen vi...
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Julie hides Scott's shoes. Scott unravels the arm of Julie's sweater. With great patience, Mr. Rogers composes a song about knocking it off. Episode 246: Won't You Be My Neighbor? (2018), a docum...
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Julie and Scott didn't pay any attention to the signs, so they found themselves headed the wrong way on a one-way ramp. But Mamaw did a 3-lane u-turn they are fine. Episode 245: Hillbilly Elegy b...
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Julie brought granola bars for the short train ride to Busan. Scott brought a whole baseball team. Join them on the Train to Busan (2016), a South Korean zombie film. Download or listen via this ...
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Scott smells oranges. Julie smells strawberries. They worry about receiving a psychic message... and then realize they're in the fruit section at the store. Episode 243: The Shining by Stephen Ki...
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BONUS: Here is an episode of the Shelf Wear Podcast, in which Scott and guests talk more books. Julie was a guest, and we talked about The Best Cook in the World: Tales from My Momma's Kitchen by...
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Julie and Scott head down to Brazil. They are told not to drink the coffee. But the cups are so small — what could it hurt? Episode 242: Notorious (1942), directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Download...
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Julie and Scott start to feel uneasy, so go on a trek to find a new warren. And hopefully some carrots. And lettuces. Episode 241: Watership Down by Richard Adams. Download or listen via this lin...
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Hi all! We'll be a week late on this episode because Scott's internet was down at recording time. We've had Karl Urban call the internet provider, who immediately assured him that all the hamster...
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Scott and Julie dream about piles of gold getting bigger and bigger and bigger. Episode 240: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, directed by John Huston. Download or listen via this link: |Episode ...
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Bright-eyed Julie and cunning Scott visit the underworld to find out answers to important questions, like who makes the best biscuits and gravy in the universe. They stop to pet a dog on the way....
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Scott's vacation plan is much more exciting than usual until Julie points out that The Odyssey is not a travel guide. Good Story 238: The Odyssey, Part 1 of 2. Download or listen via this link: |...
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Scott and Julie were surprised to find that Ranjhaar clubs encourage shooting into the air while dancing, making them question what they learned in their firearm safety course. Goliyon Ki Raaslee...
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Julie and Scott suspect foul play and have eliminated no suspects. All clues point to donuts and donut holes all the way down. Episode 236: Knives Out (2019), directed by Rian Johnson. Download o...
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Julie and Scott looked for Grendel's mom's lair but ended up at Six Flags. They were glad they left their armor behind. While riding the Texas SkyScreamer, they discussed Beowulf, translated by S...
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Scott and Julie make a pinkie promise that they will not mention motions on their road trip. On the way, they'll talk about Piku, an Indian movie from 2015. Download or listen via this link: |Epi...
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Julie and Scott, a couple of Papists, waited among the crowd of Puritans by the prison. Imagine their surprise when they found out they were not there for a baby shower. Episode 233: The Scarlet ...
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Julie and Scott thought Dunkirk would be nice this time of year. But the lines at the beach are way too long! Episode 232: Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk(2017). Download or listen via this link: |Ep...
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Julie jaunted into the library with the only telepath on Mars. "Where is Lord of the Rings shelved?" she demanded. "Where!" Scott looked up, but quickly returned his attention to the paperwork fo...
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Julie's scarf is stolen by a heartless thug. Scott removes his shirt and tight slaps everyone in sight. He learned to do this by watching Singham (2011) starring Ajay Devgn. Download or listen vi...
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Scott prepares to give an uplifting speech from Management about CREEB*. Julie makes everyone duct tape tattoos for their foreheads. Good Story 229: Bellwether by Connie Willis. *Catholic Readers...
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Here's a special episode, because Julie wrote another book! Scott interviews Julie about "Thus Sayeth the Lord", a book she wrote about the biblical prophets. Most of the prophets in the Bible di...
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Scott created an AI that looks like Shah Rukh Khan for Julie. She applies a Turing Test to recreate the Dard E Disco dance from Om Shanti Om. Scott argues that this tests only one thing and it is...
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Julie writes some beautiful letters while Scott shops for a new operating system. Episode 227: Her (2013), directed by Spike Jonze, starring Joaquin Phoenix. Download or listen via this link: |Ep...
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Scott doesn't understand why no one likes his fancy new robe. Julie can't sleep because of all the ladder climbing next door. We discuss yet more of Genesis, in chapters 25:12 - 50. Download or l...
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Julie loves the rainbows. Scott has another glass of wine. This world of Genesis isn't so bad, they think, until they stop in Sodom get directions to Lot's house. We discuss more of Genesis, both...
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Julie and Scott follow the instructions in Genesis 1 to make a universe. They arm wrestle to see whether it should begin with a Big Bang or a series of soft angelic whistles. In Episode 224 they ...
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Special guest Joseph warns Julie to avoid Dr. Cesares' cocktail hour. Scott waits in line for communion. He feels surprisingly healthy afterwards. Episode 223: The Devil's Backbone (2001), direct...
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Finding themselves in need of some mirrors and clocks on Christmas Day (doesn't everyone?), Julie and Scott find the only open shop in town. And there's a line. Episode #222: Markheim by Robert L...
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Julie and Scott thought that Babette's feast was a potluck so they brought their finest regional dishes. Julie brought nachos, Scott brought a cheeseburger. And Cokes for everyone! Episode 221: B...
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Temple One (Julie) and Temple Two (Scott) read yet more Flannery O'Connor. Flannery's territory makes them feel like displaced persons but they keep going because the lives they save may be their...
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Julie uses mad skills to hunt cats. Scott is heartbroken when his iPod battery runs out. Episode 219: The Book of Eli, starring Denzel Washington. Download or listen via this link: |Episode #219|...
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Julie and Scott hope to sell enough Pinkerton's Champion Stain Remover and Paragon Detergent to buy a family ghost. The Canterville Ghost, Episode 218. Download or listen via this link: |Episode ...
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Julie and Scott (aka Quandary and Ruckus) are ready fight off the aliens. They promise to be home by 10. Episode 217: Attack the Block (2011). Download or listen via this link: |Episode #217| Sub...
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Julie and Scott use the Gate of Years in this podcast. Unfortunately, that means you'll have to wait till 2039 for the second half of this episode. Exhalation: Stories by Ted Chiang, Episode 216....
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With a week before the world ends, Julie grabs everything from her shelf and runs. Scott spends the whole time looking for his license and registration. But before all that, they managed to recor...
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Julie prepares for a duel while Scott stays at the tables until his luck turns. Friday's Child by Georgette Heyer, Episode 214. Download or listen via this link: |Episode #214| Subscribe to the p...
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Julie watched Saif Ali Khan struggle with some sugar cane while Scott taught Kareena Kapoor how to sing. Episode 213: Omkara. Download or listen via this link: |Episode #213| Subscribe to the pod...
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Scott finds the Holy Grail in a hollowed out book. Julie prays to fall on her face like all good people. Episode 212: Jo Walton's Lent. Download or listen via this link: |Episode #212| Subscribe ...
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This week on A Good Story is Hard to Find: a good movie about a good man with a good heart who discovers it is hard for a good man to be king. Episode 211: Black Panther. Download or listen via t...
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Scott pulls the previous king out of the fridge. Julie's chair demands rum and coke as a libation. Episode 210: King Peggy: An American Secretary, Her Royal Destiny, and the Inspiring Story of Ho...
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This week Julie plays her own stalker while Scott counts Khans. Episode 209: Rab ni Bana de Jodi. Download or listen via this link: |Episode #209| Subscribe to the podcast via this link: Feedburn...
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Julie and Scott pulled 34 during most of this podcast. Episode 208: The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown. Download or listen via this link: |Episode #208| Subscribe to the podcast via this ...
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While Julie aims the dish at the moon, Scott patrols Sector A. Both are trying to find pretzels. Episode 207: The Dish (2000). Download or listen via this link: |Episode #207| Subscribe to the po...
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Julie and Scott are appalled to find that N.I.C.E. bought the lot next door. Episode 206: That Hideous Strength by C. S. Lewis. Download or listen via this link: |Episode #206| Subscribe to the p...
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Julie lost her remote and can't get home. Scott has a plan to find it that may or may not involve betel leaves. Episode 205: PK (2014). Download or listen via this link: |Episode #205| Subscribe ...
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Julie and Scott were supposed to do whatever God asked on Perelandra, but they were distracted by apples and fixed lands. They are now waiting for a new assignment. Episode 204: Perelandra by C. ...
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Scott did the podcast shirtless and covered in mud. Julie worries she'll never be able to get the carpets clean. Episode 203: The Ten Commandments (1956). Download or listen via this link: |Episo...
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Julie and Scott were kidnapped and are now on a spaceship headed for Mars. Julie misses all of humanity. Scott just wants a cheeseburger. Episode 202: Out of the Silent Planet by C. S. Lewis. Dow...
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Scott got off the train just for a minute. Julie spent the rest of the podcast looking for him, enduring tight slaps from law enforcement and at least two musical numbers. Good Story 201: Bajrang...
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Just before recording this podcast, Scott broke into Julie's house and replaced all the artwork with velvet paintings of dogs playing poker. Their special guest Marc may or may not have been appa...
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Julie was last seen at The Hole in the Wall, but Scott only made it to The Trusty Servant. Neither can figure out why they keep doing what Gary tells them. In Episode 199, they discuss The World'...
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Julie sees ghosts that constantly tell her where the bad books are. Scott was a saint, but only for most of the day last Thursday. Good Story 198: The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold. Do...
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Psychologically, Julie and Scott are very confused... but personally, they don't feel bad at all. Neither does Ernst Lubitsch, who directed The Shop Around the Corner, the subject of Episode 197....
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Julie and Scott were abiding in the fields in the night, minding their own business, when three guys showed up looking for directions. Julie started to draw a map by starlight while Scott haggled...
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Julie taps a message in Morse Code about where the bad guys are meeting. Scott thought she was asking for bourbon. Episode 195: Infernal Affairs (2002). Download or listen via this link: |Episode...
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Julie can't find all her pink ribbons. Scott's whirling, whirling, whirling in a circle. They've got a bad feeling about this. In Episode 194, two stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne: "Young Goodman B...
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Julie knows there's going to be trouble when Scott picks up a drum kit at the drug store. Episode 193: A Quiet Place, directed by John Krasinski. Download or listen via this link: |Episode #193| ...
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Julie's hanging on to her skeleton. Scott is trying to hide from the wind. Obviously Ray Bradbury's better at horror than they realized! Episode 192: The October Country by Ray Bradbury. Download...
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Scott warned Julie against going to the pool. She was sorry she ignored him when a were-possum wouldn't let her out of the water. If only she'd brought Scott's sword cane! Good Story 191: Cat Peo...
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Julie is content to stay in the New World, but Scott argues that his phone gets no signal there. Episode 190, Captain from Castile by Samuel Shellabarger. Download or listen via this link: |Episo...
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Scott and Julie decide to get their genetics tested. The results are in: their DNA says they are top notch opera singers. Tickets on sale soon! Episode 189, Gattaca (1997), directed by Andrew Nic...
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Julie and Scott hear some hubbub about alien invasion in the rural areas, but they don't believe a word of it. Episode 188: The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells! Download or listen via this link:...
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Julie bought a new oven for the food truck, Scott bought a 50lb sack of corn starch. They both enjoyed Chef (2014), directed by Jon Favreau. Episode 187. Download or listen via this link: |Episod...
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On their way to Petra, Julie thought she overheard Scott telling someone "You do see, don't you, that she's got to be killed?" What he actually said was, "You do see, don't you, that burgers are ...
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