Asexuality is not the same thing as not liking sex, at all.

Man, I must have slept through that movie because I do not remember Spock’s bear hands.

I quite liked The Accountant - its handling of ASD is so far from reality that it didn't feel as offensive as other bad portrayals.

Yeah, it's still on 4OD.

If you watch the trailer it very clearly explains that the issue is because Apu was the only representation of Indians on American TV at the time.

I actually kinda liked that film but the "he has more in common with Einstein than ordinary people" line, jesus that's offensive. People with ASD aren't a different species.

Yeah, season 1 is a slog (I hated it so much that I gave up on it until all the great reviews finally pulled me back in and I watched the whole of season 2 and 3 in the past week) but seasons 2 and 3 are genuinely incredible TV and absolutely worth watching.

I don't know how much of Scott's previous work he has written or co-written

Pretty much (although at the request of the chef)

OK, so in terms of the framing device:

Both. The personalities that inhabit McAvoy are more than just personalities, the body they inhabit has actual physical differences when the different personalities are in control of the body (e.g. one has diabetes.)

Can we get a Spoiler Space?

I think the video has to be real because we see it happen, it isn't being described by Prairie. It'd be a huge misdirect if other things could turn out to be false as well.

The books were in an Amazon box, but then, given how strict her parents were, I can't imagine that she had access to any kinds of funds to buy them online.

In Episode 1, when Steve gets her wifi, she immediately googles Homer and finds a video of him talking about his NDE and how he came back stronger than ever too.

Immediately, The OA sets up a fascinating question as to whether Prairie/OA is a reliable narrator.

I second this. I really enjoyed the first 7 episodes but the ending was bad.

I also like St. Anger and found Death Magnetic laboured (although I re-listened to it in prep for this and liked it more than I expected to) and have been enjoying Hardwired.

Andrew Lloyd Webber's rap first appeared on the podcast last year (where I assume it was improvised).

Jon Daly's Ryan Gosling and Tom Lennon's suck-and-fuck.