I think it's time we blow this thing. Get everybody in the nerds together. Three, two, one. Let's jam.

The incomparable. Number 442. January 2019. Don't touch that podcast dial.

Jason's now is not here.

He is on assignment.

I'm Tony Sindelar, filling in for him as we discuss the iconic anime series, Cowboy

Bebop.

I have assembled a crack team of whoever was available.

You can figure out for the listeners, which one's the ex-cop, which one's the ex-hitman,

which one the child hacker, which one the con artist, and which one is a trusty corgi.

First off, it's Dan Morin.

The special beef with bell peppers does actually contain beef tonight.

Just fair, fair warning to everybody out there.

Joining us with an empty stomach, it's Joe Rosensteele. Hi, Joe Steele. Hi, just brought an

empty stomach, like usual, like on every episode. Yeah. Also here, Lean Sims. What's the next

bounty? Also, also here, Moises Chiyan.

3-1, let's jam.

And last but not least, our anime professor, John Syracusa.

The preferred term is Datadog.

I wasn't sure if that was a spoiler.

That's the cutest version of John Syracuse so far.

Tony, as our noble captain, are we spoiling things right out of the gate?

What are we doing?

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