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The Mothership

Get down and nerdy with this USA TODAY podcast every Friday as hosts Brett Molina, Kelly Lawler and Brian Truitt dissect the geekiest video games, TV shows and movies.

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Our final 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' review with spoilers

Our final 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' review with spoilers

Warning: This episode contains spoilers! This week the crew gives their final review of "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalke... Read more

27 Dec 2019

40mins

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Our picks for best TV shows, films and video games of 2019 & the decade

Our picks for best TV shows, films and video games of 2019 & the decade

This week the crew shares their favorite things from 2019 and the decade. Each host will name four of the best TV shows,... Read more

13 Dec 2019

35mins

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Star Wars: 'The Rise Of Skywalker' trailer review

Star Wars: 'The Rise Of Skywalker' trailer review

The new movie Star Wars: "The Rise of Skywalker" is fast approaching. In preparation for the end of this epic saga, the ... Read more

25 Oct 2019

24mins

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Spoiler-Town! 'Spider-Man: Far From Home' review

Spoiler-Town! 'Spider-Man: Far From Home' review

This week Movie Critic Brian Truitt & Mike Ryan, Sr. Entertainment Writer for Uproxx review Spider-Man: Far from Hom... Read more

5 Jul 2019

31mins

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Our review of HBO's 'Watchmen'

Our review of HBO's 'Watchmen'

TV Critic Kelly Lawler gives a detailed six episode review of HBO's new series "Watchmen". Tech Reporter Brett Molina jo... Read more

20 Oct 2019

24mins

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Summer review, fall preview of nerdy TV, movies and video games

Summer review, fall preview of nerdy TV, movies and video games

This week's episode is chock-full of laughs. Television Critic Kelly Lawler is back aboard the Mothership. She and our F... Read more

16 Aug 2019

41mins

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Our spoiler-free review of 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker'

Our spoiler-free review of 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker'

This week TV Critic Kelly Lawler, Film Critic Brian Truitt and Tech Reporter Brett Molina review the ninth and final ins... Read more

20 Dec 2019

33mins

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Game of Thrones: Winter is finally over!

Game of Thrones: Winter is finally over!

Film Critic Brian Truitt, TV Critic Kelly Lawler and Tech Reporter Brett Molina dissect the season finale of "Game of Th... Read more

24 May 2019

39mins

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'Knives Out' is out; let's talk mysteries with Maureen Johnson

'Knives Out' is out; let's talk mysteries with Maureen Johnson

Best-selling Author Maureen Johnson stops by to talk about her obsession with mysteries and what is best about the genre... Read more

23 Nov 2019

31mins

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Streaming services decoded

Streaming services decoded

In this week's episode the crew explains the negative and positive benefits to all the recently debuted streaming networ... Read more

8 Nov 2019

34mins

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What we are looking forward to this new year

What we are looking forward to this new year

This week Nate Scott, Managing Editor of “For The Win,” joins the Mothership and speaks with Tech Reporter Brett Molina ... Read more

10 Jan 2020

36mins

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'The Rise of Skywalker,' Disney+ and 'Black Panther': A breakdown from D23

'The Rise of Skywalker,' Disney+ and 'Black Panther': A breakdown from D23

This week the crew chats about pop culture trailers debuted at the D23 Expo and future programming for Disney Plus and H... Read more

30 Aug 2019

23mins

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'The Mandalorian' spoiler-town review

'The Mandalorian' spoiler-town review

Spoilers there will be! Movie Critic Brian Truitt coins a new term for the new Disney+ TV series in this episode. TV Cri... Read more

15 Nov 2019

32mins

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