No Crisis Yet!

Hosted by Jonathan Lynch, Ben Brown

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Jun 2025

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About the show

Hosts Jonathan Lynch and Ben Brown bring their English degrees to bear upon shlocky television, movies, and games of the video variety.

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June 14, 20251 hr 1 min

137: Fielder Lands It

The Rehearsal finale is discussed, lauded, and wholly enjoyed by the hosts.

April 26, 202558 min

136: The Fielder Method

The Rehearsal Season 2 ups the ante while still saying true to the original format. But what IS the joke?

April 30, 20241 hr 20 min

135: Todd Howard Presents Jeff Bezos' Fallout Available Now on Prime

NOTE: Jon's end of the conversation has atrocious audio quality for reasons only known to the audio gods. Jon and Ben discuss how Amazon's Fallout show nearly perfectly threads the needle regarding a notoriously hard-to-nail tone of the games.

January 30, 202459 min

134: Armored Core in High Fidelity

Ben and Jon avoid re-litigating the rote marketing exercise of Starfield and focus on the new Armored Core and the increasingly diminishing returns of fidelity in new games.

September 29, 20231 hr 29 min

133: They Keep Getting Away With It

Todd Howard and company are at it again but this time INNNNNN SPAAAAAAAAACE.

June 19, 20231 hr 4 min

132: Barry x Succession Series Finales

Did Barry find redemption? Who assumed the mantle of Logan Roy? Jon and Ben discuss and analyze the series finales of Barry and Succession.

May 18, 20231 hr 0 min

131: Succession x Barry Check-In

Ben and Jon check-in at the halfway-ish mark on both Succession and Barry. How much misery can either of them handle?

January 5, 20231 hr 3 min

130: In Praise of Andor

Andor trades lightsabers and rote space battles for a grounded examination of authoritarianism and that decision has made it the best Star Wars project in decades.

December 1, 20221 hr 1 min

129: Swabbing the Steam Deck

Note: This episode was recorded late in 2022 but Jon just got around to editing it. Enjoy! Jon and Ben discuss the Steam Deck's incredible potential and the demise of Stadia.

September 1, 20221 hr 2 min

128: Discussing The Rehearsal

Nathan Fielder's and HBO's The Rehearsal examines artifice, reality television, and our expectations of the media we consume. It's all fodder for a great discussion between hosts Jon and Ben, who nailed it all in one take. Or did they?