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KMUW's Fletcher Powell says the director of The Eternal Daughter Joanna Hogg is a master at framing the people and places you see on screen.

Fletcher Powell says a new movie about a dystopian future deserves an audience.

KMUW’s Fletcher Powell says a new movie sequel reinforces the promise of its star.

KMUW's Fletcher Powell says a new movie is *almost* great.

Book reviewer Suzanne Perez looks at a novel that illuminates a disturbing episode in American history.

Jumping off from some recent Twitter confusion, we look at how much trouble there can be when we misplace our modifiers, or just let them dangle in the wind. Recording this podcast, no animals were harmed.

We set aside our usual games and quizzes for a wide-ranging discussion about the necessity of grammar rules, when we need them and when we don't, who gets to decide what's "right" and what's "wrong," and whether we need to rethink that.

We continue on with our discussion of trademarks by looking at words that were once trademarked, but have become so widely used that they've actually lost that trademark. Also, Kathy sings! And Ross explains why he never sings.

Hey, can we trademark this? No, I mean, can we trademark the word, "this"? We may not be lawyers, but that's never stopped us from having opinions, especially when it comes to trademarking every word under the sun. I'm sure we can trademark "digression" though, we've cornered the market on that one...

Which came first, the chicken or the chickening out? The egg or the egging on? The noun or the verb? Today we're looking at verbing nouns and nouning verbs, and maybe even a little adjectiving while we're at it. Trust us, this episode is NOT cringe!