anchor.diff:  "The Incomparable","30",2011-03-27,"2011","March","Sunday",66.7666666666667,"Jason Snell","Let Me Show You My Warp Bubble","Make it so, Number One! Star Trek: The Next Generation is on our agenda. We talk favorite episodes, least-favorite episodes, killer snowflakes, why Jean-Luc Picard is catnip to the ladies, why everyone loves Geordi, and why in the future no one needs Wet Wipes.","Shows","“Star Trek: The Next Generation”","Dan Moren, Glenn Fleishman, Lisa Schmeiser, Scott McNulty"
   "The Incomparable","29",2011-03-22,"2011","March","Tuesday",61.1,"Dan Moren","Magic Fridge","A hero with an unpronounceable name, magic that doesn’t actually do much, cardboard female characters, a story where nothing really happens, and the first and inconclusive part of a longer series?  Sounds like an acclaimed fantasy novel to us!  “The Name of the Wind” on this week’s Incomparable Podcast.","Books","Not provided","John Siracusa, Scott McNulty"
   "The Incomparable","28",2011-03-13,"2011","March","Sunday",61.8333333333333,"Jason Snell","Bad at High School","Zombie, Spaceship, or Wasteland? We explore the reasons Geek Culture exists, what it means, and if it really exists. Also: are nerds just as awful and exclusionary as jocks? Why will Oprah sit astride the apocalypse? Find out what happened when Scott McNulty met Kitty Pryde. And most importantly, learn the deadly secret about how Dungeons and Dragons relates to nuclear submarines.","Special","Geek Culture","John Siracusa, Lisa Schmeiser, Scott McNulty"
  -"The Incomparable","27",2011-03-07,"2011","March","Monday",65.8833333333333,"Jason Snell","Coal Mound Sex Scene","Turn on your perpetual-motion machine, man your Zeppelin, and fly away for our next edition of the Incomparable Book Club. We discuss “The Dream of Perpetual Motion” by Dexter Palmer, as well as answer the question, “What are you reading?\"","Books","Not provided","Glenn Fleishman, Scott McNulty"
  +"The Incomparable","27",2011-03-07,"2011","March","Monday",65.8833333333333,"Jason Snell","Coal Mound Sex Scene","Turn on your perpetual-motion machine, man your Zeppelin, and fly away for our next edition of the Incomparable Book Club. We discuss “The Dream of Perpetual Motion” by Dexter Palmer, as well as answer the question, “What are you reading?”","Books","Not provided","Glenn Fleishman, Scott McNulty"
   "The Incomparable","26",2011-02-28,"2011","February","Monday",58.9666666666667,"Dan Moren","Hitler Was a Rules Lawyer","Grab your pound of dice, a bag of Cheetos and your +1 wit, to join the Incomparable Podcast as we venture forth into the world of “Dungeons and Dragons” and other role-playing games.  Hey, at least we don’t LARP.","Games","Roleplaying Games","Scott McNulty, Jason Tocci, Tony Sindelar"
   "The Incomparable","25",2011-02-21,"2011","February","Monday",58,"Jason Snell","Studied His Agrippa","Hello. Our name is The Incomparable. You killed our father. Prepare to listen to a spoiler-filled podcast about the most quotable movie in the universe, “The Princess Bride.”","Movies","The Princess Bride","Dan Moren, Glenn Fleishman, Greg Knauss, Serenity Caldwell"
   "The Incomparable","24",2011-02-13,"2011","February","Sunday",61.4,"Jason Snell","My Word as Vorkosigan","Dive through a wormhole to defend the honor of the Imperium! We discuss Lois McMaster Bujold’s Vorkosigan series of novels, which we really can’t recommend highly enough. It’s swashbuckling Sci-Fi adventure with some great characters and a big canvas. And you can read most of them for free!","Books","The Vorkosigan Saga","Dan Moren, Scott McNulty, Serenity Caldwell"
  
positive.code: "The Incomparable","220",2014-11-15,"2014","November","Saturday",74.6166666666667,"Jason Snell","Authentic Cop Mustache","We wade into the world of webcomics, discussing the explosion of sequential art on the Internet and our very favorite webcomics. If you don’t spend hours and hours reading comics after listening to this episode, we haven’t done our jobs.","Comics","Webcomics","Erika Ensign, John Siracusa, Tony Sindelar, Glenn Fleishman"
  "The Incomparable","219",2014-11-08,"2014","November","Saturday",82.4833333333333,"Jason Snell","Terrible Things for Awful Reasons","Old Movie Club returns! And things get dark awfully fast, because we watched two Film Noirs: “Kiss Me Deadly” (1955) and “Out of the Past” (1947). These films contain action, punching, unlikely romance, death by fishing line, horrible ethnic stereotypes, questionable female characters, inexplicable plots, and a box containing a nuclear whatsit. Va-va-va-voom!","Not provided","Film Noir movie club","Philip Michaels, Erika Ensign, Steve Lutz, David J. Loehr"
  "The Incomparable","218",2014-11-01,"2014","November","Saturday",84.4666666666667,"Jason Snell","Three Dads and a Superfast Baby","We review the new TV shows of the fall, including the influx of new comic-book based series such as “The Flash,” “Gotham,” and “Constantine.” Also we highlight some of the best shows the fall has to offer, and laugh at some of the worst.","Shows","2014 Fall TV shows","Philip Michaels, Lisa Schmeiser, Dan Moren, Monty Ashley, David J. Loehr"
  "The Incomparable","217",2014-10-25,"2014","October","Saturday",78.15,"Jason Snell","Weird Reverse Hidden Charisma","Come with us if you want to live! It’s time for our re-watch of 1984’s classic sci-fi/horror/monster/car chase movie “The Terminator.” It’s a film that offers a fine distillation of everything ’80s, from Linda Hamilton’s Guess jeans to the pulsating Casio keyboard soundtrack. How do Kyle Reese’s stolen pants remind him of home? And whatever you do, keep an eye out for a gigantic Austrian! ","Movies","“The Terminator.”","Erika Ensign, Steve Lutz, David J. Loehr"
  "The Incomparable","216",2014-10-18,"2014","October","Saturday",67.8,"Jason Snell","Maps of London","London is a thriving modern metropolis, but beneath its streets and behind its doors are ancient, magical secrets. In this episode, a group of (North) Americans discuss some of our favorite London-based urban fantasy novels. This is a spoiler-light episode, so listen in and get ready to add a whole bunch of books to your to-read list. Plus, what are we reading?","Books","Urban fantasy novels set in London.","Erika Ensign, Dan Moren, David Burkhart"
  "The Incomparable","215",2014-10-11,"2014","October","Saturday",88.5833333333333,"Jason Snell","Someone Is Threatening My Whales","Set your phasers to stun and get ready for another round of our panel’s choices for the best and worst of “Star Trek.” This time, we’re debating the best and worst Trek series and movies. Jason and Brianna’s mirror-universe duplicates are revealed. And Tony spends a lot of time talking about sea life.","Shows","More of the best and worst of “Star Trek.”","Moisés Chiullan, Brianna Wu, David J. Loehr, Scott McNulty, Tony Sindelar"
  "The Incomparable","214",2014-10-04,"2014","October","Saturday",72.5166666666667,"Jason Snell","Fun is Underrated","Space detectives! Pathologically honest spaceship captains! Murderous alien molecules! Solar-system-wide diplomacy! You’ll find all this and more in “The Expanse,” a sci-fi novel series by James S.A. Corey that’s soon to become a SyFy channel series. The members of our Book Club highly recommend it. Also: What are we reading?","Books","“The Expanse” book club.","Dan Moren, Scott McNulty, David J. Loehr"
  
negative.code: "The Incomparable","246",2015-05-09,"2015","May","Saturday",82.9333333333333,"Jason Snell","The Shmoop Index","This episode is all about assigned reading from our school days. Stuff we loved and, more importantly, stuff we hated. Does Jason hate all French literature, or just Emma Bovary? Whose teachers assigned Ursula LeGuin and Kurt Vonnegut? And will Charles Dickens tear our friendly group of podcasters apart? Be sure to do the reading—there might be a quiz tomorrow.","Books","Assigned reading","Erika Ensign, Andy Ihnatko, David J. Loehr"
  "The Incomparable","245",2015-05-04,"2015","May","Monday",82.1166666666667,"Jason Snell","Incomparable, Assemble!","Six members of The Incomparable panel went to see “Avengers: Age of Ultron” together, in person! And afterward we convened at Dan Moren’s house to discuss it over pizza and beverages. This is that conversation.","Movies","Avengers: Age of Ultron","John Siracusa, Dan Moren, Tony Sindelar, Serenity Caldwell, Andy Ihnatko"
  "The Incomparable","244",2015-04-25,"2015","April","Saturday",94.7166666666667,"Jason Snell","The Adventures of Maggie the Mutant","Comic Book Club returns to discuss two ’90s stories featuring art by Alex Ross, “Marvels” and “Kingdom Come.” These books—one each for Marvel and DC, each available in a single trade paperback—feature lavish art and intriguing themes about the relationship between superhumans and regular humans. How do they told up two decades later? Our panel of longtime comic experts and babes in the continuity woods weighs in.","Comics","Marvels and Kingdom Come","Chip Sudderth, Erika Ensign, Lisa Schmeiser, Moisés Chiullan, Monty Ashley"
  "The Incomparable","243",2015-04-17,"2015","April","Friday",96.15,"Jason Snell","Find My Lightsaber","A new “Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens” trailer has appeared! And, as was fated, we are here to deconstruct it within an inch of its life. Dark Side IKEA end tables! John Boyega quotes us the odds! Bespoke evil ships! And is that a glimmer in your eye, or just some lens flare? Plus we give some love to BB8, everyone’s favorite robotic soccer ball.","Movies","Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Trailer 2 analysis","John Siracusa, Serenity Caldwell, Dan Moren"
  "The Incomparable","242",2015-04-11,"2015","April","Saturday",107.933333333333,"Jason Snell","‘B’ for Bad Captain","Lay in a course and engage the warp drive! Our “Star Trek” Debate Club returns with spirited discussion of the best and worst captains in the galaxy, along with the best and worst aliens. Plus we get controversial with our choices for the most overrated and underrated things in “Star Trek,” and engage in a bit of lightning philosophy. Live long and prosper!","Shows","Star Trek Debate Club part 3","Brianna Wu, Tony Sindelar, Moisés Chiullan, David J. Loehr, Scott McNulty"
  "The Incomparable","241",2015-04-04,"2015","April","Saturday",101.75,"Jason Snell","Shopping With Mrs. Gehrig","Play ball! It’s opening weekend, so Old Movie Club returns with two classic baseball movies: “Pride of the Yankees” and “The Bad News Bears.” Even if you don’t like baseball (like Erika), you may enjoy these movies just fine! One’s a biopic from the 1940s complete with a song, and the other is an appropriately gross 1970s comedy. Join us, won’t you?","Movies","“Pride of the Yankees” and “The Bad News Bears”","Erika Ensign, Philip Michaels, Steve Lutz, Monty Ashley, David J. Loehr"
  "The Incomparable","240",2015-03-27,"2015","March","Friday",105.95,"Jason Snell","Pooping Alien","Our Rocket Surgery visit to bad sci-fi movies returns with a look at 1984’s “The Ice Pirates.” Foam robots! Swords and lasers! A mysterious water world! A strange balance of racism and social commentary! Bad effects! Baby animals! Robert Urich! A space herpe! Questional castration methods! Poop jokes! Oakland Raiders! John Carradine! Please, someone make it stop.","Movies","“The Ice Pirates”","Steve Lutz, Andy Ihnatko, David J. Loehr, John Siracusa, Joe Rosensteel, Monty Ashley"
  