Gweek 162 – Jason Snell & Joshua Glenn

Mark Frauenfelder 5:41 pm Wed Sep 24, 2014

Guests for this episode of Boing Boing's pop culture podcast are IDG editorial director Jason Snell and Joshua Glenn, publisher of HiLoBrow.

We discuss the following:

Jason's podcasts: The Incomparable and TeeVee

The new season of Doctor Who

Book three of The Expanse Series: Abbadon’s Gate

Robert Kirkman’s long-running superhero series: Invincible

Kern Your Enthusiasm: a series of posts at HiLobrow.com about 25 typefaces, by 25 contributors

Save the Adventure: Singularity & Co.’s digital book club, dedicated to rescuing great adventure novels from obscurity

Deceptive Practice: A documentary about Ricky Jay’s career as a magician.

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