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The Incomparable Mothership is the flagship of the Incomparable podcast network. It’s all about geeky media we love, including movies, books, TV, and more, featuring a rotating panel of guests and hosted by Jason Snell and friends.
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- 6 days ago1h 47m
827: Organic Free-Range Cave Cheese
Non-linearly begin and end your journey across a wide range of cursed islands! We discuss Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey,” a film now in theatres and a story that’s (nearly) 3,000 years old! Pig sculpting! Lotus eating! Horrible horse hiding! Were we the sea people all along? That’s a tale as old as time. ”The Odyssey” Jason Snell with Brian Warren, Glenn Fleishman, Kathy Campbell and Moisés Chiullán Referenced Works The Odyssey (2026) Show Notes & Links Support this show and other shows like it on The Incomparable network by becoming a member. Members get early access to podcasts, bonus episodes, and more.
- 1 weeks ago1h 6m
826: Layers of Shenanigans
Our awards shortlist book club rolls on with a selection of books we’re much more receptive to: “A Drop of Corruption” by Robert Jackson Bennett, “The Raven Scholar” by Antonia Hodgson, and The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow. 2026 Awards Book Club, Part 3 Jason Snell with Aleen Simms, Erika Ensign, Scott McNulty, Heather Berberet and Paul Weimer Referenced Works The Everlasting [Amazon] [Apple] A Drop of Corruption [Amazon] [Apple] The Raven Scholar [Amazon] [Apple] Show Notes & Links Support this show and other shows like it on The Incomparable network by becoming a member. Members get early access to podcasts, bonus episodes, and more.
- 2 weeks ago1h 9m
825: 3D Printing With Xenon
What if “The Martian” but with an alien buddy? We break down “Project Hail Mary,” and marvel at what a good translation of a sort-of-unfilmable book it really is! Why do we love alien puppets so much? Why is Jason checking his watch at the end? We give this movie a thumbs down—by which we mean we liked it! Amaze amaze amaze! "Project Hail Mary" Jason Snell with Aleen Simms, Quinn Rose, Brian Warren and Casey Liss Referenced Works Project Hail Mary Show Notes & Links Support this show and other shows like it on The Incomparable network by becoming a member. Members get early access to podcasts, bonus episodes, and more.
- 3 weeks ago1h 16m
825: The Most Movie
Get out your PowerBooks and prepare to punch an alien in patriotic fashion! We celebrate Independence Day with a 30-year-old film, “Independence Day”! It’s a lot of movie. Is Jason ready to forgive it? "Independence Day" (1996) Jason Snell with Moisés Chiullán, David J. Loehr, Aleen Simms and Tony Sindelar Referenced Works Independence Day Show Notes & Links Support this show and other shows like it on The Incomparable network by becoming a member. Members get early access to podcasts, bonus episodes, and more.
- Jun 26, 20261h 17m
823: Someone on Both Sides of the Gunfight
We combine our love of “Star Trek” with the appreciation for old movies that can only be provided by our sister podcast Lions, Towers, and Shields, by drafting “Star Trek” actors (TOS and TNG only) and the movie roles we loved before they appeared on Star Trek! And be sure to listen to this summer’s LTS’s Star Trek summer event. Star Trek Movie crossover draft Jason Snell with Shelly Brisbin, Micheline Maynard, Cicero Holmes and David J. Loehr Referenced Works Star Trek (franchise) Show Notes & Links Cicero - Patrick Stewart, Gurney Halleck, “Dune” David - William Campbell, “Dementia 13” Micki - Jean Simmons, “Elmer Gantry” Shelly - William Shatner, “Judgment at Nuremburg” Jason - Wil Wheaton, “Stand By Me” Cicero - Michael Dorn, “Rocky” David - DeForest Kelley “Gunfight at the O.K. Corral” Micki - Whoopi Goldberg, “The Color Purple” Shelly - Joan Collins, “The Good Die Young” Jason - Lee Meriwether, “Batman” (1966) Cicero - LeVar Burton, “Grambling’s White Tiger” David - William Shatner, “Alexander the Great” (pilot) Micki - Frank Gorshin, “Where the Boys Are”, “That Darn Cat!” Shelly - Ricardo Montalban, “Mystery Street” Jason - David Warner, “Tron” Cicero - William Shatner, “The Explosive Generation” David - Ricardo Montalban, “The Fantasticks” (TV) Micki - Jeffrey Hunter, “King of Kings” Shelly - Elisha Cook Jr., “Born to Kill” Jason - William Shatner, “The Twilight Zone: Nightmare at 20,000 Feet” Alexander the Great pilot Nero Wolfe pilot Speak No Evil Gunfight at the OK Corral Neptune's Daughter The Fantasticks Support this show and other shows like it on The Incomparable network by becoming a member. Members get early access to podcasts, bonus episodes, and more.
- Jun 19, 20261h 19m
822: Jacket Into Cyberspace
William Gibson Book Club reconvenes to close out the legendary Sprawl trilogy with “Mona Lisa Overdrive,” a book in which there are lots of vibes from a lot of people who are secondary characters in a story being driven by an AI that we never really meet. Robot art projects! Many overlapping jackets, none of them the same size! And a car ride to… the future?! We break it all down. "Mona Lisa Overdrive" Jason Snell with Antony Johnston, Erika Ensign, Lisa Schmeiser and Glenn Fleishman Referenced Works Mona Lisa Overdrive [Amazon] [Apple] Show Notes & Links Support this show and other shows like it on The Incomparable network by becoming a member. Members get early access to podcasts, bonus episodes, and more.
- Jun 12, 20261h 28m
821: Historic Parking Garage
Get behind your typewriters! Old Movie Club follows the money to discuss 1976’s “All The President’s Men,” in which the power of dogged reportage and journalistic freedom triumphs over the banality of evil. "All the President's Men" Jason Snell with Philip Michaels, Shelly Brisbin, Micheline Maynard, Steven Schapansky, Dr. Drang and Jean MacDonald Referenced Works All the President's Men Show Notes & Links Support this show and other shows like it on The Incomparable network by becoming a member. Members get early access to podcasts, bonus episodes, and more.
- Jun 5, 20261h 9m
820: I Can Read It!
Our survey of award-nominated novels rolls on with “The Buffalo Hunter Hunter,” “When We Were Real,” and “Sour Cherry.” Not gonna lie: we’re struggling with the reading a bit this year. But at least one of these novels threw us a lifeline. 2026 Awards Book Club, part 2 Jason Snell with Scott McNulty, Erika Ensign, Aleen Simms, Heather Berberet and Paul Weimer Referenced Works The Buffalo Hunter Hunter [Amazon] [Apple] When We Were Real [Amazon] [Apple] Sour Cherry [Amazon] [Apple] Show Notes & Links Support this show and other shows like it on The Incomparable network by becoming a member. Members get early access to podcasts, bonus episodes, and more.
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