Purely Academic with Jonathan Lack & Sean Chapman
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Purely Academic with Jonathan Lack & Sean Chapman
Critics and teachers Jonathan R. Lack and Sean Chapman host this monthly variety series where we talk about our favorite video games, movies, anime, and much more, having fun and maybe even learning something along the way. From the creators of The Weekly Stuff Podcast and Japanimation Station. Visi...
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Purely Academic #21 - Hades II, Ghost of Yōtei, Xbox Pricing Madness, and more!
We’re back for the month of October with an exciting episode covering both the highs and lows of the video game industry in 2025. In terms of ‘low,’ w...
Purely Academic #20 - September Nintendo Direct + Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle Review
It’s a 2-part episode of Purely Academic as we discuss the recent Nintendo Direct presentation – our first big event from Nintendo since the launch of...
Purely Academic #19 - How I Spent My Summer Vacation: Dark Souls, Dexter, Donkey Kong & More!
Our August episode of Purely Academic is one of our busiest recordings to date, as Sean and Jonathan break down how they spent their summer vacations,...
Purely Academic #18 - Reviewing Marvel’s THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS
After looking back over all the previous attempts to bring Marvel’s Fantastic Four to the big screen last month, we review the introduction to Marvel’...
Purely Academic #17 - Reviewing James Gunn’s SUPERMAN (Spoiler Discussion)
We’re back sooner than usual, with a special episode focused entirely on James Gunn’s SUPERMAN! The film is the official launch of the new DCU, but mu...
Purely Academic #16 - Xbox Layoffs, Switch 2 Adventures, Indiana Jones, Andor & More!
For the July installment of ‘The Monthly Stuff,’ we break down the news of Xbox’s latest round of devastating layoffs, give fuller impressions of the...
Purely Academic #15 - Fantastic Four x Four: Reviewing Every Fantastic Four Movie
With Marvel’s ‘first family’ finally joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe next month in The Fantastic Four: First Steps, we thought it would be a goo...
Purely Academic #14 - Nintendo Switch 2 First Impressions + Doctor Who Season 2 Review
It’s a jam-packed ‘Monthly Stuff’ episode for June as we give our first impressions of the Nintendo Switch 2 at launch and react to the latest season...
Purely Academic #13 - The DOOM Episode! Classic DOOM Retrospective!
Purely Academic continues its new format, with our second episode for May focusing on the month’s topic: In this case, we’re celebrating the release o...
Purely Academic #12 - Xbox Price Hikes, Assassin’s Creed Shadows, Outlandish Nintendo Switch 2 Accessories & More!
Purely Academic has a new format starting this month, where we’ll be releasing two episodes a month: One focused on a specific topic, and the other fe...
Purely Academic #11 – The Great Gatsby 100th Anniversary Celebration Spectacular
This month, we’re trying something new by releasing the individual segments once a week, to spread the mountain of content we recorded out over the wh...
Purely Academic #10 – The Top 10 Most Unlikely Gundam Creative Collaborations
This month, we’re trying something new by releasing the individual segments once a week, to spread the mountain of content we recorded out over the wh...
Purely Academic #9 – Pirate Yakuza, Daredevil, and Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water
This month, we’re trying something new by releasing the individual segments once a week, to spread the mountain of content we recorded out over the wh...
Purely Academic #8 – Nintendo Switch 2 Unveiling Analysis: Price, Performance, and Uncertainty
This month, we’re trying something new by releasing the individual segments once a week, to spread the mountain of content we recorded out over the wh...
Purely Academic #7 – Listener Mail Extravaganza! Plus Dynasty Warriors, Shows That Should Copy Dragon Ball, & more!
For March, we’ve put together a really fun grab-bag of an episode, including a topic segment where we answer a big pile of listener mail from our amaz...
Purely Academic #6 - Citizen Kane, Dynasty Warrior Origins, and the Weirdest Anime ‘Ships
It’s February, the month of love, and we’re celebrating it in style, first by talking about one of our most beloved (and oft-referenced) movies, Orson...
Purely Academic #5 - The Top 10 Video Games of 2024
For our first episode of 2025, we take a look back at the very best in video games from 2024, with Sean and Jonathan both presenting their picks for t...
BONUS - The Top 10 Films of 2024 with Jonathan Lack
In this special bonus episode, Jonathan Lack counts down the Top 10 Films of 2024!
You can read the text of this episode, and see links to full...
Purely Academic #4 – Reviewing Metaphor ReFantazio and Learning the True Meaning of Christmas
For our December episode, we go deep with Atlus’ outstanding new JRPG, Metaphor: ReFantazio. Like Persona 5, the team’s previous game, this is a work...
Purely Academic #3 – Gamera Heisei Trilogy, Metaphor ReFantazio Impressions, and Sean’s Best Birthday Gifts
It’s our busiest episode yet, with a giant six-hour extravaganza to get you through the month of November. Our main topic concerns the Gamera Heisei t...
Purely Academic #2 - Halloween Trilogy, Astro Bot, PS5 Pro, Nihilistic Anime & More!
For the October installment of Purely Academic, Jonathan and Sean embrace the spooky season by talking Halloween – specifically, the recent Halloween ...
Purely Academic #1 - Series Premiere! Introducing Ourselves and the New Podcast!
For the first episode of this new incarnation of the podcast, Jonathan and Sean introduce (or reintroduce) themselves to listeners by interviewing eac...
UPDATES! Fade to Lack Subscriptions & New Podcast Premiere Date!
The Weekly Stuff Podcast may be dead, but that doesn't mean we are! Sean and Jonathan are here for a quick update to remind you that we're working on...
The Weekly Stuff #500 - Our Top 10 Favorite Anime Ending Themes & Doctor Who S14E7-8 Reviews
For our 500th episode, we’ve prepared one of the biggest and best podcasts we’ve ever made. Following up on episode 499, where we counted down our fav...
The Weekly Stuff #499 - Our Top 10 Favorite Anime Opening Themes & Doctor Who S14E5-6 Reviews
This month, The Weekly Stuff Podcast is reaching its 500th episode, and we’re celebrating with two massive episodes counting down our Top 10 Favorite...
The Weekly Stuff #498 - The Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Episode (& Doctor Who S14E3-4)
After many months and hundreds of hours of play, Sean and Jonathan have finally both finished Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, the second installment in Squ...
The Weekly Stuff #497 - Doctor Who Season Premiere & Xbox Studio Closures
Doctor Who returned this week for its new season (Series 14, Season 1, or Season 40, depending on who you ask), the first full run starring Ncuti Gatw...
The Weekly Stuff #496 - Jonathan’s Criterion Essay, Berserk, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth & More
Jonathan had a very exciting week as The Criterion Collection published an essay he wrote on Makoto Shinkai, thus checking off a major bucket list ite...
The Weekly Stuff #495 - Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Analogue Pocket, Ripley, and Anime Galore
In one of the grab-baggiest grab bag episodes we’ve ever recorded, Sean reviews a bunch of anime including Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, Solo Levelin...
The Weekly Stuff #494 - PS5 Pro, Persona 3 Reload, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, and more!
We’re back with a jam-packed episode covering lots of games, anime, and more! Sean and Jonathan have finally finished the massive 100-hour JRPGs both...
The Weekly Stuff #493 - Remembering Akira Toriyama & Ranking Dragon Ball Story Arcs
Akira Toriyama, creator of Dragon Ball and Dr. Slump, and illustrator of the Dragon Quest franchise, passed away this week at the age of 68. His influ...
The Weekly Stuff #492 - The Future of Xbox, Fantastic Four, Persona, Like a Dragon & More!
After weeks of breathless speculation, Xbox unveiled some relatively minor details about the multiplatform future vision of the brand, which prompts u...
The Weekly Stuff #491 - Our Top 10 Favorite Superhero Movies!
Superhero movies are quickly becoming a dead genre in Hollywood, as evidenced by this weekend’s coldly-unanticipated release of Madame Web, so we thou...
The Weekly Stuff #490 - Persona 3 Reload & Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Impressions & More!
Today’s episode is wall-to-wall packed with exciting stuff, as we give first impressions on Persona 3 Reload and Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Jonat...
The Weekly Stuff #489 - Reviewing Persona 3: The Weird Masquerade Stage Play
This Friday sees the release of Persona 3 Reload, the remake of one of our very favorite video games ever made, and to celebrate, we’re resurrecting a...
The Weekly Stuff #488 - The Top 10 Video Games of 2023
The time has come, once again: Sean and Jonathan are here to count down the Top 10 Video Games of 2023, in what was one of the most densely packed yea...
The Weekly Stuff #487 - Doctor Who Christmas Special 2023 Review & Year-end Catch-up!
The New Year and the THIRTEENTH SEASON of The Weekly Stuff Podcast (whoa!) begins with a lot of catch-up on what we’ve been doing over the holidays –...
The Top 10 Films of 2023 with Jonathan Lack - Bonus Episode!
In this special bonus episode, Jonathan Lack counts down the Top 10 Films of 2023!
You can read the text of this episode, and see links to full...
The Weekly Stuff #486 - Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Special 3 – “The Giggle” Review
The 60th anniversary mini-season of Doctor Who has come to a rousing and surprising close with “The Giggle,” with David Tennant and Catherine Tate fac...
The Weekly Stuff #485 - Godzilla Minus One & Doctor Who Special 2 Reviews
Godzilla Minus One & Doctor Who Special 2 Reviews | The Weekly Stuff Podcast #485
It’s a very enthusiastic week here on the podcast as w...