Episodes

  • 439 | After Midnight – Cycle of the Werewolf
    Jun 8 2026

    Michael and Jess continue their year-long exploration of Stephen King with the 1983 novella, Cycle of the Werewolf, illustrated by Bernie Wrightson. We talk about favorite characters, scariest moments, and of course the 1985 movie adaptation, Silver Bullet.

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    1 hr and 46 mins
  • 438 | Swashbuckling 16 with Chris Schweizer
    Jun 1 2026

    Michael and Rob welcome the amazing Chris Schweizer who's currently serializing his new swashbuckling fantasy comic Outlaw's Apprentice. We talk about the comic and its inspirations, but also our favorite swashbucklers in that time-honored tradition of putting them into brackets and voting on them.

    We hope you enjoy the tournament, but please do also check out Outlaws's Apprentice, because you'll enjoy that even more. And once you're hooked on the comic, visit Chris's Patreon page for cool behind-the-scenes updates on the story's creation.
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    2 hrs and 21 mins
  • 437 | After Dinner Lounge – Tell Me About the Creamy Part
    May 25 2026

    Pax, Rob, Michael, and Evan return to the lounge to talk about hitchhiking, Mortal Kombat II, The Devil Wears Prada 2, giving money to people on the street, music videos, Agatha Christie's Seven Dials, Rob's Disney cruise, Hacks, and Beethoven's 6th.

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    4 hrs and 21 mins
  • 436 | The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
    May 18 2026

    The After Lunch Irregulars (Jacob, Michael, Rob, and Pax) reconvene for a double episode, starting with an in-depth, spoiler-filled discussion of Guy Ritchie's Young Sherlock. If you're not ready for those spoilers yet though, skip ahead an hour to hear us talk about Disney's Holmes homage, The Great Mouse Detective!

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    2 hrs and 22 mins
  • 435 | After Dinner Lounge – Roy al Ghul
    May 11 2026

    Evan is back in the lounge! Joining Pax, Rob, and Michael to talk about Mansfield Park by Jane Austen, an identity crossroads, Kevin Smith writing Green Arrow, King Sorrow by Joe Hill, and ever so much more.

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    2 hrs and 59 mins
  • 434 | A Tribute to William Bruce West
    May 4 2026

    Our dear friend and frequent podcast guest William Bruce West passed away on April 12. We miss him dearly. Part of the grieving process has been to talk about our friend and share memories of him, so the podcast community that Will was such an important part of has put together this tribute episode. There are personal reminiscences, but also many, many clips of Will's appearances on various shows through the years.

    After Lunch is so pleased to present this episode, but we can't leave unrecognized that it was entirely produced - from initial concept to final edit - by Adam Pope, Will's regular podcasting partner these last few years. Thank you so much, Adam. And Godspeed, Will. Rest in Peace
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    2 hrs and 24 mins
  • 433 | The Cast List Card Game
    Apr 27 2026

    It's Game Night! We've formed two teams of movie fans: Jaime Hood, Joanna from Bloody Popcorn, Noel Thingvall, and Rob Graham on one team; Becky Tyler, Pax Holley, Jacob Bean-Watson, and Ben Graham on the other. We're playing The Cast List, a card game in which Michael acts as host, giving each team a list of movies to see if they can name an actor who has been in all those movies. Some of them are easy, some of them are quite hard. Play along and see how many you get!

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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • 432 | I Read Movies: Predator 2
    Apr 24 2026

    We talked about the movie Predator 2 earlier this week and the novelization by Simon Hawke came up a few times. To dig deeper into that, Pax is graciously allowing us to re-run the episode of I Read Movies where he explored the book and compared it to the movie.

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    32 mins