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David and Phineas catch up on the last month and do a deep dive into college football. Then they discuss finishing up a writing project and play a game. Finally, Phineas and David challenge each other to name their favorite Christmas movies in a new Top Five. If you disagree with David or Phineas, let us know by tweeting us at @auburnMWC with the hashtag #MWCTop5 or e-mail us at askmwc@writersblockradio.com with your own top five.
It's Halloween! David and Phineas catch up on the Halloween weekend and Phineas' party and his new mustache. Then they discuss horror storytelling and the uncanny and play a game. Finally, Phineas and David challenge each other to name his favorite vampire movies in a new Top Five. If you disagree with David, let us know by tweeting us at @auburnMWC with the hashtag #MWCTop5 or e-mail us at askmwc@writersblockradio.com with your own top five.
David and Phineas catch up on the week and Phineas talks about his trip to Virginia to his brother and David reflects on the losses of Auburn football and USA National Team soccer. Then they discuss revision and play a game. Finally, David challenges Phineas to name the worst superhero movie in a new Quick Take. If you disagree with Phineas, let us know by tweeting us at @auburnMWC with the hashtag #MWCQuickTake or e-mail us at askmwc@writersblockradio.com with your own quick take.
David and Phineas catch up on the week and Phineas talks about his trip to Atlanta to see comedian John Mulaney perform and to encourage people to see the new Netflix show American Vandal. Then they discuss rhetorical context and how it is shaped by the cultural moment. Finally, Phineas challenges David to name his favorite animated shows in a new Top Five. If you disagree with David, let us know by tweeting us at @auburnMWC with the hashtag #MWCTop5 or e-mail us at askmwc@writersblockradio.com with your own top five.
David and Phineas catch up on the week and reflect on the Emmy's. Then they discuss research strategies and play a game. Finally, David challenges Phineas to name his favorite teen movies in a new Top Five. If you disagree with Phineas, let us know by tweeting us at @auburnMWC with the hashtag #MWCTop5 or e-mail us at askmwc@writersblockradio.com with your own top five.
David and Phineas catch up on the summer after an unintended break and David shares stories about his daughter and Phineas tells the story of how he proposed to his girlfriend. Then they discuss the writing process and play a game. Finally, Phineas and David answer listener questions. If you have a question for The Writers' Block, you can tweet to us @auburnMWC with the hashtag #AskMWC or e-mail us at askmwc@writersblockradio.com. Your questions may be read on the air and answered live.
The Writers’ Block Episode 76(a): The Fate of the Furious Guardians of the Galaxy With the radio station closed, David and Phineas saw some movies and wanted to talk about them. They saw The Fate of the Furious and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. If you disagree with our assessment of the films, you […]
David and Phineas catch up on the week and discuss white supremacist Richard Spencer's anticlimactic visit to Auburn and David tells tales from his plague-ridden family. Then they discuss how to study for and tackle exams as finals week approaches. Finally, Phineas and David answer listener questions. If you have a question for The Writers' Block, you can tweet to us @auburnMWC with the hashtag #AskMWC or e-mail us at askmwc@writersblockradio.com. Your questions may be read on the air and answered live.
After some brief technical difficulties, David and Phineas sleepily catch up on the week and David shares his thoughts on the ending of Girls while Phineas shares his thoughts on the movie Get Out. Then they discuss the campus drama related to white-supremacist and alt-right face Richard Spencer's visit to Auburn, before they examine and challenge the rhetoric of white supremacy. Finally, Phineas challenges David to name his favorite movie music moments in a new Top Five. If you disagree with David, let us know by tweeting us at @auburnMWC with the hashtag #MWCTop5 or e-mail us at askmwc@writersblockradio.com with your own top five.
David and Phineas catch up on the week and reflect on the resignation of former Governor Robert Bentley and David shares stories from his trip to Birmingham. Then they explore buddy comedies and play a game. Finally, David challenges Phineas to name his favorite buddy comedies in a new Top Five. If you disagree with Phineas, let us know by tweeting us at @auburnMWC with the hashtag #MWCTop5 or e-mail us at askmwc@writersblockradio.com with your own top five.
After an unexpected month off the air, David and Phineas catch up and David shares his PhD accomplishments and Phineas discusses the merits of the new film, Kong: Skull Island. Then they explore diegesis and play a game. Finally, Finally, Phineas challenges David to name the fictional universe he would want to live in in a new Quick Take. If you disagree with David, let us know by tweeting us at @auburnMWC with the hashtag #MWCQuickTake or e-mail us at askmwc@writersblockradio.com with your own quick take.
David and Phineas catch up on the week and discuss Ben Carson's odd statements about slavery and immigration, and David shares his thoughts on the series Hannibal. Then they explore reluctant action heroes and play a game. Finally, Phineas and David answer listener questions. If you have a question for The Writers' Block, you can tweet to us @auburnMWC with the hashtag #AskMWC or e-mail us at askmwc@writersblockradio.com. Your questions may be read on the air and answered live.
David and Phineas catch up on the week and the Oscars, and Phineas shares his thoughts on the Netflix original series, The OA. Then they explore video game design/mechanics and play a game. Finally, David challenges Phineas to name his favorite video games in a new Top Five. If you disagree with Phineas, let us know by tweeting us at @auburnMWC with the hashtag #MWCTop5 or e-mail us at askmwc@writersblockradio.com with your own top five.
David and Phineas catch up on the week and their trip to Ole Miss for SWCA, a writing center conference, and Phineas shares his thoughts on the new film John Wick Chapter 2. Then they explore video game storytelling and play a game. Finally, Phineas challenges David to name his favorite video games in a new Top Five. If you disagree with David, let us know by tweeting us at @auburnMWC with the hashtag #MWCTop5 or e-mail us at askmwc@writersblockradio.com with your own top five.
It's Valentine's Day and David and Phineas reflect on the day and discuss the relevance of the Grammy Awards. Then they explore the death of print with the rise of media, and what is lost in that transition. Then Field Correspondent Jakob Geiger sits down with Auburn University's Dr. Scott Simkins in a new Writer Spotlight. Finally, Phineas and David answer listener questions. If you have a question for The Writers' Block, you can tweet to us @auburnMWC with the hashtag #AskMWC or e-mail us at askmwc@writersblockradio.com. Your questions may be read on the air and answered live.
In the first live episode of the year, David and Phineas share stories from the past two months, including the Super Bowl, David's baby's first birthday, and Phineas' thoughts on The Young Pope. Then they explore the rhetoric of social media in politics. Finally, Phineas and David answer listener questions. If you have a question for The Writers' Block, you can tweet to us @auburnMWC with the hashtag #AskMWC or e-mail us at askmwc@writersblockradio.com. Your questions may be read on the air and answered live.
It's The Writers' Block's winter hiatus, but David and Phineas have some fresh content to bring you. It's a non-denominational holiday miracle! The Writers' Block proudly presents a fireside reading of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Part four (of four): The Final Spirit.
It's The Writers' Block's winter hiatus, but David and Phineas have some fresh content to bring you. It's a non-denominational holiday miracle! The Writers' Block proudly presents a fireside reading of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Part three (of four): The Second Spirit.
It's The Writers' Block's winter hiatus, but David and Phineas have some fresh content to bring you. It's a non-denominational holiday miracle! The Writers' Block proudly presents a fireside reading of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Part two (of four): The First Spirit.
It's The Writers' Block's winter hiatus, but David and Phineas have some fresh content to bring you. It's a non-denominational holiday miracle! The Writers' Block proudly presents a fireside reading of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Part one (of four): Marley's Ghost.
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