Heaven's Gate: A podcast about the Heaven's Gate cult.

Doctor Who, "Blink": A Hell Of A Good Episode Of Television

CW's Riverdale: Gossip Girl by way of Twin Peaks. Half as good as you think it might be and twice as watchable.

World War Z (the book): A meticulous, global history of the zombie apocalypse.

Starz's American Gods: A beautiful adaptation of a book I honestly didn't like that much.

The Magicians Book One: A cynical fantasy that gets better toward the end.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: A surprisingly sweet movie with a muggle who steals the show.

In the latest Party Chat, we're talking about essential reading that set the stage for modern science fiction.

Netflix's A Series Of Unfortunate Events: The funniest show about newly orphaned children you'll ever watch.

More Perfect: An excellent podcast about the United States Supreme Court.

Kubo and the Two Strings: An absurdly beautiful, hand-made hero's tale.