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Ep 319: Allison gives a Dune Part 2 (SPOILER-FREE reaction) and Allison and Meredith offer their Best Films of 2023 and Oscars 2024 predictions. Honorary mentions: All of us strangers Anatomy of a fall How to blow up a pipeline Spider-Man across the spider verse Past lives American fiction Priscilla When evil lurks Infinity pool Beau is afraid Dicks the musical No hard feelings Wonka Sick Blackberry Society of snow John Wick 4 M3GAN

Ep 318: Allison and Meredith discuss The Cut financial advice columnist who got scammed out of $50k and the growing epidemic of online scams, check in with True Detective Night Country before the finale, and freak out about The Traitors (SPOILERS)

Ep 317: Allison and Meredith discuss DUNE HYPE, Oscars 2024 nominations, Nyad, Origin, Fallen Leaves, and Mr. and Mrs. Smith

Ep 316: The new strain of Covid is an unwelcome party guest, Golden Globes recap, Dune re-release next week, The Curse finale, True Detective, Deadloch, and The Passenger

Ep 315: Train derailments and loud monkeys and then Allison and Meredith discuss Maestro, Past Lives, Zone of Interest, and American Fiction.

Ep 314: Allison and Meredith discuss the new trailers for Dune: Part Two and Civil War and Allison recs: Poor Things, Wonka, Godzilla Minus One, Slow Horses, and Colin From Accounts, and anti-recs Leave The World Behind

Ep 313: Allison and Meredith discuss Henry Kissinger finally dying, and George "Diva Down!" Santos' expulsion from Congress. Recs (SPOILERS): Napoleon, May December, Eileen, Dream Scenario, Rubber, and Ponytpool.

Ep 312: Allison and Meredith discuss the WGA strike aftermath and Allison recs: The Killer and Bargain, very lukewarm recs Saltburn, and Allison and Meredith rec: The Curse, Fellow Travelers, A Murder at the End of the World, Blackberry, and finally they discuss the Madame Web trailer.

Ep 311: Allison loses her phone in Koreatown and UAW and SAG strike updates. Allison recs Blink 182's new album One More Time, Anatomy of a Fall, lukewarm recs The Holdovers, and anti-recs Five Night at Freddy's, and Allison and Meredith rec: When Evil Lurks, and Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor, and Meredith recs The Lady Eve (1941)

Ep 310: Allison and Meredith discuss the ongoing strike and Allison recs: Killers of the Flower Moon (NO SPOILERS), Dicks: The Musical, Allison and Meredith rec: the series Chucky and Fall of the House of Usher, and Allison lukewarm recs Totally Killer

Ep 309: Allison and Meredith discuss the WGA deal and Diane Feinstein's death, and Allison recs: All Of Us Strangers and Priscilla (no spoilers), Loki, and anti-recs Gen V, and Meredith recs: The Creator, Gen V, and lukewarm-recs VHS 85

Ep 308: Allison and Meredith discuss the status of Allison's mental health as she watches all the Saw films (spoiler: It's not going great), rec The Pope's Exorcist, give some strike updates, and discuss Russell Brand and our culture of accomplices

Ep 307: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) and Meredith discuss strike updates and how the studios are losing, the response to Poor Things and anti-sex reviews, Vulture exposes the bribe system of Rotten Tomatoes, Rolling Stone's Jimmy Fallon profile and toxic late night culture, and how the PR machine that worked in the 90s doesn't work anymore, from Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner to Danny Masterson, Ashton Kutcher, and Mila Kunis

Ep 306: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) and Meredith (@meredithlclark) discuss Trump's mugshot, strike updates (including Dune getting delayed to 2024), World Cup drama, and Allison recs: Silo, Dark Winds, Rye Lane, and Hijack

Ep 305: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) and Meredith (@meredithlclark) discuss the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike, William Friedkin's legacy, Meredith renting a theater to see Barbie, and rec: Talk To Me (SPOILERS), They Cloned Tyrone, Full Circle, Passages, and Cobweb

Ep 304: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) and Meredith (@meredithlclark) rec Barbenheimer (some spoilers for Oppenheimer). Plus, SAG-AFTRA strike updates and the wild story of Christopher Nolan's maybe hitman brother (codename: Oppenheimer).

Ep 303: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) and Charles (@CharlesRockhill) offer their 100% unbiased anaylsis of Madison, Wisconsin (Love you, Madison!), Allison explains the Oppenheimer hype to Charles, and recs: Asteroid City while Charles recs No Hard Feelings and lukewarm recs Netflix's Glamorous.

Ep 302: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) and Erek (@Erek_Smith) chat about how everyone is suddenly an expert in Submersibles AND Russia, Erek's chess tournament in Vegas, and Allison's First Hike Ever. Allison recs: Thanksgiving Play, Black Mirror S6, I Think You Should Leave S2, and The Other Two S3. Erek recs: The Bear, Creed III, and Ford v Ferrari (a film Allison claims she never saw, but absolutely did, AND REVIEWED ON THE SHOW)

Ep 301: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) and Charles (@CharlesRockhill) discuss NYC turning into Dune, Muna live at Stonewall, the Vanderpump Rules reunion, Trump's indictment, and Allison recs: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, and Charles lukewarm recs: The Little Mermaid and Renfield

Ep 300: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) and Meredith (@MeredithLClark) celebrate EPISODE 300 with a chat about the WGA Strike, debate De Niro vs. Pacino hotness, and pre-cap the Succession finale.

Ep 299: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) and Meredith (@MeredithLClark) discuss the state of Yellowjackets, Ted Lasso, and Barry and answer a Patreon question about faaaashioooooonnn. Allison recs: The Sign in Sidney Bernstein's Window, Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol 3, the Dune Part 2 trailer, and Jury Duty and Meredith recs: Eurovision and seeing Barbie in Madison

Ep 298: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) and Meredith (@MeredithLClark) discuss Allison's trip to Australia and lift post-blue check on Twitter. Allison recs: Beau is Afraid and Meredith recs Tales From The Crypt: Demon Night, and they both rec Succession's final season so far.

Ep 297: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) and Meredith (@MeredithLClark) discuss Trump's indictment, the Jonathan Majors abuse allegations, Wisconsin's Supreme Court election, the Gwyneth Paltrow trial, Pump Rules, and the very weird trailer for The Pope's Exorcist. Recs: Succession, John Wick: Chapter 4, Yellowjackets, and Servant Follow Allison and Meredith on Letterboxd! https://letterboxd.com/allisonkilkenny/ https://letterboxd.com/meredithlclark/

Ep 296: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) and Meredith (@MeredithLClark) discuss the Oscar 2023 results and Allison recs: Babylon, Swarm, and anti-recs Cocaine Bear and Meredith recs: Re-watching The Sopranos and Amateur on Criterion Follow Allison and Meredith on Letterboxd! https://letterboxd.com/allisonkilkenny/ https://letterboxd.com/meredithlclark/

Ep 295: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) and Meredith (@MeredithLClark) make their 2023 Oscar predictions and it's very much an Old Academy vs. New Academy vibe. Follow Allison and Meredith on Letterboxd! https://letterboxd.com/allisonkilkenny/ https://letterboxd.com/meredithlclark/

Ep 294: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) grapples with the new knowledge that Hilaria Baldwin's birthday is Jan 6, and recs: Snack Vs. Chef (with some notes), and she and (@meredithlclark) discuss the gross Armie Hammer redemption arc. Allison recs: Last Of Us ep3 and lukewarm recs Knock At The Cabin, they lukewarm rec: Infinity Pool, and Meredith recs: M3GAN and Fear No Evil Follow Allison and Meredith on Letterboxd! https://letterboxd.com/allisonkilkenny/ https://letterboxd.com/meredithlclark/ Light Treason news is a 100% listener-supported show! If you're a fan of what we do and want to keep us going, donate at lighttreason.news or patron.com/allisonkilkenny

Ep 293: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) and (@meredithlclark) rec: Skinamarink and Sick (Peacock), Allison recs: M3GAN and The Last of Us, and Meredith recs Virtuosity (1995). Also, they chat about scams and how a lady threw a baby at Allison. Follow Allison and Meredith on Letterboxd! https://letterboxd.com/allisonkilkenny/ https://letterboxd.com/meredithlclark/ Light Treason news is a 100% listener-supported show! If you're a fan of what we do and want to keep us going, donate at lighttreason.news or patron.com/allisonkilkenny

Ep 292: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) anti-recs Bardo and The Whale and Lukewarm Recs White Noise and All Quiet On The Western Front, Allison and Meredith (@meredithlclark) rec: The Menu and Glass Onion, and Meredith recs Party Girl. Follow Allison and Meredith on Letterboxd! https://letterboxd.com/allisonkilkenny/ https://letterboxd.com/meredithlclark/ Light Treason news is a 100% listener-supported show! If you're a fan of what we do and want to keep us going, donate at lighttreason.news or patron.com/allisonkilk

Ep 291: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) and Meredith (@meredithlclark) run through their top films of 2022. Follow Allison and Meredith on Letterboxd! https://letterboxd.com/allisonkilkenny/ https://letterboxd.com/meredithlclark/ Light Treason news is a 100% listener-supported show! If you're a fan of what we do and want to keep us going, donate at lighttreason.news or patron.com/allisonkilkenny.

Ep 291: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) and Meredith (@meredithlclark) discuss shirtless soccer players (we're pro!) and rec: White Lotus S2 and The Harbinger and Allison recs: the Atlanta series finale, Derry Girls S3, and Beavis and Butthead on Paramount+, and lukewarm recs: 1899. Follow Allison and Meredith on Letterboxd! https://letterboxd.com/allisonkilkenny/ https://letterboxd.com/meredithlclark/ Light Treason news is a 100% listener-supported show! If you're a fan of what we do and want to keep us going, donate at lighttreason.news or patron.com/allisonkilkenny.

Ep 290: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) and Meredith (@meredithlclark) discuss the Midterm results, the passing of director Jeff Barnaby, and Twitter being on fire. Allison recs: Wakanda Forever, Interview With The Vampire, and The Crown and Meredith recs: The Hunger (1983), Satan's Slaves 2: Communion, and The Long Good Friday. Follow Allison and Meredith on Letterboxd! https://letterboxd.com/allisonkilkenny/ https://letterboxd.com/meredithlclark/ Light Treason news is a 100% listener-supported show! If you're a fan of what we do and want to keep us going, donate at lighttreason.news or patron.com/allisonkilkenny.

Ep 289: Early voting is open! Find your early voting poll here. Follow Allison and Meredith on Letterboxd! https://letterboxd.com/allisonkilkenny/ https://letterboxd.com/meredithlclark/ Allison (@allisonkilkenny) recs: Triangle of Sadness, Banshees of Inisherin, and Dark Glasses, and Meredith (@meredithlclark) and Allison rec: Decision To Leave and The Lure, lightly rec: VHS99, and anti-rec Halloween Ends. Light Treason News is a 100% listener supported show! Donate at the website or Allison's Patreon ✨

Ep 288: Remember to check that you're registered to vote! Many states still have time before the deadline!! Allison (@allisonkilkenny) and Meredith (@meredithlclark) delight in the $1 billion Alex Jones Sandy Hook verdict and rec: Pearl (SPOILERS) and The Midnight Club. Allison also recs: Bones And All, Hulu's Hellraiser, Werewolf By Night, Tár, and House of The Dragon. And Meredith recs: The Remaking by McLeod Chapman and All The White Spaces by Ally Wilkes. Light Treason News is a 100% listener supported show! Donate at the website or Allison's Patreon ✨

Ep 287: Check out LTN's bonus ep with Duncan Birmingham, writer/director of Who Invited Them! Allison (@allisonkilkenny) anti-recs: Don't Worry Darling and Blonde (SPOILERS), lukewarm recs: Amsterdam, and recs: Pearl, the Bones and All trailer, All My Friends Hate Me, and The Shallows. Erek (@erek_smith) recs: The Sporanos and all the hot goss in chess. Light Treason News is a 100% listener supported show! Donate at the website or Allison's Patreon ✨

Ep 286: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) and Meredith (@meredithlclark) interview Duncan Birmingham, Writer/Director of Shudder's Who Invited Them about his horror influences, bisexual lighting, and polite home invasions. Light Treason News is a 100% listener supported show! Donate at the website or Allison's Patreon ✨

Ep 286: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) and Meredith (@meredithlclark) advocate saying fuck you to politeness and rec: The original Goodnight Mommy, Barbarian, and Speak No Evil (SPOILERS). Light Treason News is a 100% listener supported show! Donate at the website or Allison's Patreon ✨

Ep 285: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) and Meredith (@meredithlclark) discuss the Queen being dead and Venice Film Festival insanity and rec: Hatching, Who Invited Them, Speak No Evil, and Saloum. Plus, books: All The White Spaces and This is How You Lose The Time War. Light Treason News is a 100% listener supported show! Donate at the website or Allison's Patreon ✨

Ep 284: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) and Erek (@erek_smith) discuss adulting, cat updates, and sleep apps. Allison recs: Nope (again), Titanique, She Hulk, The Rehearsal, A League Of Our Own, and Orphan: First Kill. Erek recs: Wyonna Earp, Homestead Rescue, MasterChef, Drug Church's Hygiene, Fontaines D.C., and Hans Niemann. Light Treason News is a 100% listener supported show! Donate at the website or Allison's Patreon ✨

Ep 283: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) and Meredith (@MeredithLClark) discuss Trump's alleged light treason and laugh at Alex Jones. Also, Ezra Miller Watch, and recs for the Bones and All trailer, Bodies Bodies Bodies, Sandman, and Prey. Light Treason News is a 100% listener supported show! Donate at the website or Allison's Patreon

Ep 282: Hello, Troublemakers! Allison (@allisonkilkenny) and Meredith (@meredithlclark) rec: NOPE (SPOILERS) and Renaissance and Meredith recs Jeanna Kadlec's Heretic. Light Treason News is a 100% listener supported show! Donate at the website or Allison's Patreon

Ep 280: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) recs Thor: Love and Thunder and offers final thoughts on Stranger Things s4 (SPOILERS), New York's nuclear attack PSA, and awful human being Lea Michele taking over for Beanie Feldstein in Funny Girl. Light Treason News is now on Spotify! Leave us a nice ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review! In bad news: Jayland Walker is the latest victim of a routine traffic stop, Ohio man charged with raping 10-year-old who later crossed state lines for abortion, and Secret Service subpoenaed for erased Jan. 6 texts. DONATE TO AN ABORTION FUND In good news: Extremely dope space stuff incoming and after nearly two years, Biden has reversed (most of) Trump's terrible Title IX policies. Light Treason News is a 100% listener supported show! Donate at the website or Allison's Patreon

Ep 279: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) rates ELVIS a fiasco and recs The Black Phone and Allison and Meredith (@meredithlclark) rec Watcher and Meredith recs: Daughters of Darkness and A Summer Place. Light Treason News is now on Spotify! Leave us a nice ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review! In bad news: Disatrous SCOTUS decisions on Roe v. Wade, separation of church and state, Miranda Rights, and the environment. And SCOTUS is coming for same-sex marriage, birth control, and gay sex next. DONATE TO AN ABORTION FUND In good news: Kentanji Brown Jackson becomes the first black Supreme Court Justice, Emmett Till's family calls for justice after finding an unserved arrest warrant in his case, and Minnesota (hilariously) stumbles into legalizing THC. Light Treason News is a 100% listener supported show! Donate at the website or Allison's Patreon

Ep 278: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) and Meredith (@meredithlclark) rec: The Innocents and Mad God and Allison recs: Fire Island and Ms. Marvel, followed by a brief discussion about the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial. Light Treason News is now on Spotify! Leave us a nice ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review! In bad news: Proud Boys' organized efforts to breach the Capitol and the far-rights assault on an Idaho Pride event, and journalists killed in the Amazon. In good news: Chris Evans' puppy interview is glorious, Rebel Wilson uproar shows outting is from a bygone era, and a new Beyonce album is on the way. Light Treason News is a 100% listener supported show! Donate at the website or Allison's Patreon

Ep 278: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) and Charles (@charlesrockhill) rec: Crimes of the Future (SPOILERS) and Allison recs RRR. Light Treason News is now on Spotify! Leave us a nice ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review! In bad news: Texas and Oklahoma mass shootings In good news: N.Y. passes a bill that raises the age to buy and own semi-automatic rifles and Canada's British Columbia temporarily decriminalizes some drug possession Light Treason News is a 100% listener supported show! Donate at the website or Allison's Patreon

Ep 277: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) and Meredith (@meredithlclark) kind of rec Men, rec The Staircase, and sort of anti-rec (unless you're a freak) The Sadness. Light Treason News is now on Spotify! Leave us a nice ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review! In bad news: Racist mass shooting in Buffalo, GOP votes against easing baby formula shortage, fifth circuit's ambush against the SEC, SCOTUS hands a victory to dark money, and Oklahoma lawmakers pass one of nation's strictest abortion bills. In good news: A SpaceX flight attendant said Elon Musk exposed himself and propositioned her for sex, documents show. The company paid $250,000 for her silence, Ukraine wins Eurovision, and after thirty years Claude Garrett is free. Light Treason News is a 100% listener supported show! Donate at the website or Allison's Patreon

Ep 276: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) and Charles (@charlesrockhill) review Pam Anderson in Chicago and kind of rec Multiverse of Madness. Light Treason News is now on Spotify! Leave us a nice ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review! In bad news: SCOTUS set to overturn Roe V. Wade and the Senate is more concerned with providing the Justices more security. In good news: Justice Alito's neighbors hate him and a reminder that property damage is not violence. Light Treason News is a 100% listener supported show! Donate at the website or Allison's Patreon

Ep 275: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) and Meredith (MeredithLClark) rec: The Northman, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, and Under The Banner of Heaven. In bad news: The UN's newest climate change report is its most dire warning yet, Wynn Bruce lighting himself on fire to protest lack of action on climate change barely gets coverage, unprecedented water restrictions in California, the far-right turned out in a big way for France's election, and Oklahoma lawmakers pass legislation to outlaw nearly all abortions In good news: Russian oligarchs cry as their megayachts are seized, employees at a Starbucks in Minnesota become the first in the state to unionize, writer Kim Kelly's new book is a timely ode to the labor movement, and Madison trans people and allies counter-protest TERFs

Ep 274: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) recs: Rothaniel, Severance, and Peacemaker. In bad news: NYPD botched protocol in the wake of the subway shooting (why is their budget $10 million+ again?), and it was a Syrian immigrant — not the cops — who finally ID'd the shooter leading to his arrest. Also, Elon tries to buy twitter, and conservatives continue to attack abortion rights. In good news: Judge Kentanji Brown Jackson sworn in as the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court, Biden signs USPS reform bill into law, QAnon followers are pivoting to MLM schemes, and a former Virginia police offer who stormed the Capitol is found guilty on all charges. Light Treason News is supported by members! To sign up and keep the show going, visit lighttreason.news

Ep 273: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) recs: Is It Cake?, Everything Everywhere All At Once, X, and Atlanta, and briefly talks about the Oscars and The Slap. In bad news: White House records of January 6 show more than a seven-hour gap in Trump's calls and NYC executes its plan to clear homeless encampments. In good news: Madison Cawthorn goes full Lady Whistledown and dishes about the seedy behavior of his fellow Republicans and Amazon workers on Staten Island vote to unionize. Light Treason News is supported by members! To sign up and keep the show going, visit lighttreason.news

Ep 272: Allison (@allisonkilkenny) reads some Patreon recs/updates and then recs Deep Water (SPOILERS) along with Meredith (@MeredithLClark) who also recs A24's X. Next, Allison and Meredith offer their 2022 Oscars predictions, speculations, and hot takes. Enjoy! Light Treason News is supported by members! To sign up and keep the show going, visit lighttreason.news