FR 149: The Cause of Cable’s Decline

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Hosts: Tom Merritt, Brian Brushwood.

Bill would make it illegal for ISPs to slow down online video services, NFL, MLB Tell Supreme Court: If Aereo Wins, We’re Bailing on Broadcast, and more.

Guest: John Hess

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Running time: 1:17:39

TNT 885: Woo Woo to Internet

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Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar, and Jason Howell.

Apple buying Kinect-maker, NFL threatens to leave broadcast if Aereo wins, Sony sells 1 million PS4s, and more!

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Running time: 50:08

TNT 884: Toblerphone

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Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar, and Jason Howell.

Is this the last huge game console launch season? How about wraparound phones! Fight for your right to unlock a phone, and more!

Guests: Darren Kitchen and Len Peralta

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Running time: 54:46

TNT 883: $3 Billion? No Thanks.

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Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar, and Jason Howell.

Snapchat says no to Facebook’s billions, Amazon puts your Windows desktop on the Kindle, MapQuest is back, and more!

Guest: John Falcone

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Running time: 46:02

TNT 882: Netflix Looking Purdy

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Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar, and Jason Howell.

Moto G wants to be your hot cheap phone, Sony surprised people still like music, Twitter lets you change history, and more!

Guest: Kevin Purdy

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Running time: 49:05

Autopilot S3E05 – Jason of Star Command

Jason of Star Command is a live action television series by Filmation which ran between 1978 and 1981. The show revolved around the exploits of space adventurer Jason (Craig Littler) and his colleagues, including Professor E.J. Parsafoot (Charlie Dell) and the pocket robot “Wiki” (formally W1K1). The show also starred Sid Haig as the evil Dragos, and, in the first season, James Doohan of Star Trek fame.[1] Jason was a spin-off of another Filmation live action show called Space Academy, which starred another sci-fi luminary, Jonathan Harris of Lost in Space fame.

S&L Podcast – #150 – Who’s the best?

Who’s the best? YOU are the best for making season 2 of Sword and Laser video possible. You also get to decide who’s the best by voting in the GoodReads best fiction polls for Science Fiction and Fantasy. And G. Willow Wilson is the best, because she won an award. Find out who else won awards and why we think Ancillary Justice might snag one too!

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Goodreads Best of 2013 semifinals voting begins for all categories including Science Fiction and Fantasy books.   
Explore the original manuscripts from ‘Frankenstein’ in your browser    
This Group Wants to Build a Museum of Science Fiction in Washington DC    
WINNERS: 2013 British Fantasy Awards 
WINNERS: 2013 World Fantasy Award    
Massive anthology of Twenty First Century science fiction hits shelves    
The Campbell/Hugo Conversion Rate    
    
CALENDAR
    
BOOK CHECK-IN    
    
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
Sucked in by the beginning! (no spoilers)    
The world vs First impressions    
        
BARE YOUR SWORD    
    
Songs that remind you of books    
    
TV, MOVIES AND VIDEO GAMES    
    
Orson Scott Card won’t see profits from the Ender’s Game movie    
    
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TNT 881: Count On Not Counting On Apple

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Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar, and Jason Howell.

What’s killing TV? You can’t buy the Retina iPad Mini in meatspace, Facebook joins most powerful lobby group in the world, and more!

Guests: Lamarr Wilson

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Running time: 48:14

FR 148: I Like Not Being a Criminal

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Hosts: Tom Merritt, Brian Brushwood.

​Why the Marvel/Netflix deal is the best decision they’ve ever made, Unlike the PS4, the Xbox One won’t support 3D Blu-ray playback at launch, and more.

Guest: Scott Wilkinson

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Running time: 1:05:12