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This episode: Sortino is absent. We still like 11.22.63. Masterchef Junior is better than Masterchef Senior. Marshall explains American Idol. Sarah breaks down Spotlight and The Big Short. Marshall goes primal for Far Cry. Bryn read some new comics but hates spiders.

We had a blast discussing this stuff and hope you enjoy listening! If you do, we'd appreciate a rating on iTunes. If you'd like to chat, you can find us on Twitter at @vicarious_fm, or you can join our Slack team!

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• Joshua Sortino is @sortino
• Sarah Jackson is @sarahberus
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Show Notes

• 0:08 - Heart! (from Captain Planet)
• 3:02 - Opening to Far Cry Primal
• 3:38 - Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Cosmos (1980 and 2014), and Carl Sagan
• 3:52 - The Pale Blue Dot
• 4:31 - "Fhloston Paradise" from The Fifth Element
• 4:44 - "Multipass"
• 5:56 - SKIP TO 17:24 TO AVOID 11.22.63 SPOILERS
• 5:56 - 11.22.63
• 8:46 - The redhead dude's name is Bill Turcotte, played by George MacKay.
• 11:28 - Patton Oswalt
• 11:56 - Final Destination
• 12:42 - Deus Ex the game vs. deus ex machina
• 13:50 - Jack Ruby and the conspiracies
• 17:24 - House of Cards
• 17:32 - Donald Trump brags about the size of his penis
• 19:00 - Robin Wright is Princess Buttercup from The Princess Bride and Jenny from Forrest Gump
• 19:53 - Kevin Spacey's impressions
• 20:12 - Inside the Actor's Studio
• 20:30 - Masterchef Junior
• 20:41 - Masterchef (Senior)
• 21:12 - Gordon Ramsey
• 21:25 - Hell's Kitchen
• 22:36 - American Idol
• 22:47 - Sanjaya
• 22:54 - Joe Bastianich and Christina Tosi
• 24:01 - The Great British Baking Show
• 25:45 - Editor's Note: According to the IMDb page, it seems The Great British Baking Show and The Great British Bake Off are two names for the same show.
• 26:10 - Miss Mary (Berry) and Paul Hollywood (the other judge)
• 26:35 - Paula Deen
• 27:24 - Gordon Ramsay's Ultimate Cookery Course
• 27:58 - Alton Brown and Good Eats
• 28:29 - Bill Nye, the Science Guy
• 29:26 - Graham Elliot, Lidia Bastianich, and Felidia
• 30:08 - Patch Adams
• 30:28 - Getting slimed on Nickelodeon
• 31:57 - American Idol
• 32:48 - Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, and Randy Jackson
• 34:27 - Jennifer Lopez, Keith Urban, and Harry Connick, Jr.
• 36:11 - Shelby Tweten
• 36:37 - Air Guitarist Magic Cyclops
• 36:50 - Larry Platt - "Pants on the Ground"
• 37:00 - William Hung - "She Bangs"
• 37:42 - David Archuletta - "Imagine"
• 39:30 - Search "primary results"
• 39:45 - Search "oscars 2016"
• 40:24 - Spotlight and The Big Short
• 40:57 - Zodiac
• 41:36 - Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, and Rachel McAdams
• 44:29 - Sub-prime mortgage crisis
• 45:00 - Margot Robbie plays Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad
• 45:28 - Ferris Bueller's Day Off
• 45:47 - Gambler's fallacy
• 44:50 - Darrell Hammond as Donald Trump on SNL
• 49:09 - The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine DLC
• 49:19 - Just Cause 3
• 50:34 - Best of Stifler (NSFW) from American Pie
• 51:47 - Hot Coffee mod from Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
• 53:18 - Far Cry Primal
• 58:54 - Minecraft
• 59:02 - Oculus Rift
• 1:00:42 - Don't Starve
• 1:01:21 - ARK: Survival Evolved, Rust, and DayZ
• 1:03:07 - Red Dead Redemption
• 1:05:29 - Editor's Note: "Skinchanger" is what the A Song of Ice and Fire series calles shapeshifters.
• 1:06:35 - Editor's Note: Marshall is referring to the Batman: Arkham series's detective mode and Tomb Raider's survival instincts.
• 1:09:35 - Metroid, Mega Man, Shadow Complex, and Assassin's Creed
• 1:13:50 - Tom Clancy's The Division
• 1:16:45 - Avengers Standoff: Assault to Pleasant Hill #1
• 1:17:07 - Civil War (2015)
• 1:17:24 - X-Men: Battle of the Atom
• 1:18:11 - Daredevil/Punisher: Seventh Circle Infinite Comic
• 1:18:26 - Black Widow (2016-)
• 1:19:50 - The Wicked + The Divine
• 1:20:41 - Spider-Woman (2015-) and Spider-Gwen (2015-)
• 1:20:54 - Jessica Drew
• 1:22:17 - Web Warriors (2015-)
• 1:22:47 - Spidey, The Amazing Spider-Man, Spider-Man (2016-), and Silk (2015-)
• 1:23:26 - Amazing Spider-Man & Silk: Spider(Fly) Effect Infinite Comic