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On Episode 8 of X-Ray Vision, Jason Concepcion and Cody Ziglar have a latte with The Riddler! In Previously On\u2026(2:56) Jason and Zig briefly discuss the release changes in upcoming Disney films and mourn the cancellation of FX on Hulu\u2019s Y: The Last Man. In the Airlock (13:44) Jason and Zig dive deep (deeeeep) into the trailers that emerged from this past weekend\u2019s DC FanDome, including The Batman, The Flash, HBOMax\u2019s Peacemaker and more. In The Omnibus (42:36), Jason continues his exploration of the \u2018deadly games\u2019 genre to further analyze the economic and sociopolitical ideas behind Netflix\u2019s smash hit Squid Game. Next, writer & podcaster Dave Schilling drops by this week\u2019s Hive Mind (58:59) for an astute conversation around what makes HBO\u2019s Succession the best show on TV & why we love the Roys despite their awful behavior. Finally, in The Endgame (1:24:48) Jason and Zig play Top Fives for their \u2018favorite\u2019 fictional billionaires. Use #XRVEndgame & tweet at Jason to let us know what you think of their choices!\n\nTune in every Wednesday and don\u2019t forget to Hulk Smash the Follow button!\xa0\n\nFollow Jason: twitter.com/netw3rk\nFollow Crooked: twitter.com/crookedmedia\n\nPLUGS:\xa0\nDave Schilling & Jonah Ray\u2019s Galaxy Brains & Dave\u2019s LA Times article on why men should wear skirts.\n\nZig\u2019s twitter: twitter.com/yayforzig & his pod (co-hosted with Brodie Reed) The Dark Weeb: available wherever you get your podcasts!\n\nThe Listener\u2019s Guide for all things X-Ray Vision!\nBatman (\u201989), Directed by Tim Burton and starring Michael Keaton in the titular role with Jack Nicholson turning in a hammily deranged performance as the Joker; the film\u2019s campy atmosphere and theatricality is both eye-catching and divergent from the gritty, more noir later Batman films of the 2000s. Available on HBOMax.\n\nFlashpoint, a 2011 crossover comics series, the bulk of which was written by Geoff Johns with art by Andy Kubert. As alluded to by Jason, this series radically shifted the landscape of the DC universe and led to the The New 52 reboot of DC\u2019s ongoing series.\n\n1989: Bob Dylan Didn\u2019t Have This to Sing About, by prominent cultural theorist and poet Joshua Clover originally published in 2009, which analyzes the year 1989 in popular music and the outgrowths (such as rap, grunge, acid house, etc.) that emerged in the following decade. Clover is currently a Professor of English & Comparative Literature at UC Davis. Available on Bookshop.com.\n\nPeep Show, a British sit-com that ran from 2003 to 2015 and was written by Jesse Armstrong, among others. Following the lives of two best friends, the show, with its offbeat humor, unconventional POV filming style (hence the name \u2018peep show\u2019), and voiceover narration offering the internal monologue of the characters\u2019 thoughts, never achieved wide audiences but garnered critical acclaim across its run. Available lots of places.\n\n\n\nFor a closed-captioned version of this episode, please visit crooked.com/xrayvision..\xa0\nFor a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@crooked.com and include the name of the podcast.