Episode

Episode 64: "Jim Henson Was Right." - Shin Ultraman / Project Hail Mary

Podcast
Make Me Watch It
Published
Apr 2, 2026
Duration seconds
7914
Processing state
not_requested
Canonical source
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brendanagnew/episodes/Episode-64-Jim-Henson-Was-Right----Shin-Ultraman--Project-Hail-Mary-e3hahfd
Audio
https://anchor.fm/s/e7947db0/podcast/play/117834669/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-2%2F4ed8b2f1-1723-cd93-267a-2c1c9cd10ccb.mp3
JSON
/v1/public/podcasts/make-me-watch-it-7098023/episodes/episode-64-jim-henson-was-right-shin-ultraman-project-hail-mary
Markdown
/podcast/make-me-watch-it-7098023/episode-64-jim-henson-was-right-shin-ultraman-project-hail-mary.md

Actions

  • POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/make-me-watch-it-7098023/episodes/episode-64-jim-henson-was-right-shin-ultraman-project-hail-mary/transcription-requests
    Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
  • GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/make-me-watch-it-7098023/episode-64-jim-henson-was-right-shin-ultraman-project-hail-mary.md
    Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

Summary

The Brendans are amaze amaze amazed by a returning special guest and a brace of hope-punk sci-fi adventures this week as A.J. Wilden climbs aboard to talk Shinji Higuchi's Shin Ultraman and Phil Lord & Chris Miller's Project Hail Mary . There's also trailer talk about recent teasers for the likes of Spider-Man: Brand New Day , Dune: Part Three , and The Furious , discussion of the lasting power of Christopher Nolan, hot takes about how Arnold Schwarzenegger's Commando is secretly woke. Look, it's been a weird year and we're feeling punchy, but we have fun here. Our Opening/Closing Music is from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): "Skies of Hope" by RA https://uppbeat.io/t/ra/skies-of-hope Recommendations: Magica Riot Kamen Rider Zeztz A.J. Wilden is on ⁠BlueSky⁠ and ⁠Letterboxd⁠ , you can follow Foley on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and/or read his work on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Cinapse⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , and you can follow Agnew on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , writing at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Cinapse⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ occasionally, and wherever you can bloody well find him.