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Scott McNulty’s reading habit defies logic and requires a steady diet of fresh ereaders. When not reading, Scott is a mildly successful tech author living high above downtown Philadelphia with his wife and her many jars.

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Scott’s Guest Appearances

The Incomparable #79: Everything Sounds Beautiful in German

February 19, 2012 at 1:00pm • 1 hour 5 minutes

We’re creating the Incomparable Film Festival! Each day for a week, one of us will introduce five films (to be screened at an imaginary location not to be determined). To prevent duplication of selections, our seven participants will choose favorite films in a draft format. When all is said and done, 35 classic movies will be chosen by our panel of geeks. (Part 1 of 2.)

Special guests: Dan Moren, Glenn Fleishman, John Siracusa, Scott McNulty, Serenity Caldwell, and Steve Lutz

The Incomparable #73: Ugh - A 2011 Clip Show

January 7, 2012 at 7:30pm • 1 hour 4 minutes

We bid farewell to 2011 by listing the favorite things we inhaled into our brains during the past year. We also recall our favorite podcast moments, read a whole bunch of listener comments, and more. (Although this is a clip show, two-thirds of the running time is actually original material!)

Special guests: Dan Moren, Scott McNulty, Serenity Caldwell, and Steve Lutz

The Incomparable #72: The Screams of Trees

December 26, 2011 at 1:00am • 40 minutes

All hail the power of motherhood! We discuss this year’s “Doctor Who” Christmas special, “The Doctor, the Widow, and the Wardrobe.” Plus, why Christmas episodes make us feel warm inside, and the amazing scanner-blocking powers of wool!

Special guests: Dan Moren, Glenn Fleishman, Scott McNulty, and Serenity Caldwell

The Incomparable #70: At the Time, They Were Just Average Height

December 10, 2011 at 1:00pm • 1 hour 10 minutes

It turns out we all like They Might Be Giants! So we did an entire episode about geeky music. We pick favorite TMBG songs, and then bring up some other geeky tracks we love by Fountains of Wayne, Moxy Früvous, and “Weird Al” Yankovic.

Special guests: Glenn Fleishman, Lex Friedman, and Scott McNulty

After Dark #69: After The Incomparable #70

December 10, 2011 at 1:00pm • 9 minutes

Glenn, Jason, Lex, and Scott after The Incomparable 70.

Special guests: Glenn Fleishman, Jason Snell, Lex Friedman, and Scott McNulty

The Incomparable #69: Love Conquers All, But So Do Guns

December 5, 2011 at 1:00pm • 1 hour 15 minutes

Break out your gaming laptop and pass the ammunition: It’s time to discuss Neal Stephenson’s “REAMDE.” Why does the book’s plot take a hard left turn halfway through? Why does Stephenson struggle to write endings—and does he succeed this time? Is this book about family, the victory of the outsider, or blowing things up? (Can’t it be all three?)

Special guests: Dan Moren, Glenn Fleishman, Scott McNulty, and Serenity Caldwell

The Incomparable #66: Regular People Like Us

November 14, 2011 at 12:15pm • 60 minutes

Ernest Cline’s “Ready Player One” is a sci-fi novel that’s chock full of references to 1980s culture. But is it a good book, or are the references all that it’s got going for it? What will John Hughes movies be like in the future? And what do Cline, P.G. Wodehouse, and Umberto Eco have in common?

Special guests: Dan Moren, John Siracusa, Scott McNulty, Serenity Caldwell, and Monty Ashley

The Incomparable #65: Maine is Purgatory

November 6, 2011 at 1:30pm • 1 hour 20 minutes

A new TV season is here! We analyze the new shows, plus some returning favorites. Among our targets: Revenge, Homeland, Terra Nova, Once Upon a Time, Grimm, Person of Interest, American Horror Story, Ringer, A Gifted Man, Boss, and returning shows The Walking Dead, Fringe, Community, Supernatural, Haven, and Dexter. Also: Why does Scott McNulty think every show is Prime Suspect?

Special guests: Dan Moren, Lisa Schmeiser, Scott McNulty, John Siracusa, and Ben Boychuk

The Incomparable #63: Like a Good Book Exploded

October 27, 2011 at 12:45pm • 48 minutes

Is “The Wise Man’s Fear” a rich fantasy novel about storytelling and myth-making, or is it a collection of good story elements scattered across an overlong plot? Could it be both? Ninjas! Off-camera shipwrecks! Board games! Sexism! Off-camera courtroom drama! Discursions within digressions within framing sequences! Join us as we discuss yet another 1000-page fantasy novel, the sequel to “The Name of the Wind.”

Special guests: Dan Moren, John Siracusa, Scott McNulty, and Serenity Caldwell

The Incomparable #62: The Pig is Chekhov's Gun

October 23, 2011 at 3:15pm • 43 minutes

We discuss “A Dance With Dragons,” the latest 1000-page installment in George R.R. Martin’s bestselling “Song of Ice and Fire” fantasy series. Is this series going to end well? Which parts of this book were good, and which just treaded water? Would adding Klingons have helped? Why are trees the Westeros equivalent of security cameras? These are the sorts of questions you ask deep in the middle of a long fantasy series.

Special guests: Dan Moren, Scott McNulty, and Serenity Caldwell

The Incomparable #60: Thanks For Everything... Now Go Die

October 7, 2011 at 8:15pm • 1 hour 6 minutes

Why do secret agents wear make-up under their eyepatches? When do text messages not properly convey thanks for saving the universe? Are the Cybermen the worst villians ever? We wrap up the sixth season of “Doctor Who” with discussion of the last three episodes as well as the season as a whole.

Special guests: Dan Moren, Glenn Fleishman, John Siracusa, Scott McNulty, and Serenity Caldwell

The Incomparable #59: Flitting is in (TV Fantasy Pitches)

October 2, 2011 at 7:45pm • 1 hour 21 minutes

We conclude our TV Fantasy Draft with the unveiling of our series pitches. Vampire and ghost detectives! Star Trek meets the West Wing! A sitcom starring a robot and an omnipotent being! A gritty techno-drama. A psychedelic drama set on a Zeppelin! And John Siracusa’s pitch seems awfully familiar somehow.

Special guests: Dan Moren, Glenn Fleishman, John Siracusa, Scott McNulty, Serenity Caldwell, and Steve Lutz

The Incomparable #58: Greyskull Anonymous (TV Fantasy Draft)

September 23, 2011 at 10:00pm • 1 hour 14 minutes

Who are the best TV characters of all time? Six people set out to draft teams of 10 characters each, from which they would form some of the strangest TV ensembles ever seen. Will Captain Kirk, Columbo, and The Fonz end up on the same show? Perhaps the craziest episode we’ve ever done highlights dozens of our favorite characters from TV history.

Special guests: Dan Moren, John Siracusa, Scott McNulty, Serenity Caldwell, and Steve Lutz

The Incomparable #56: Let Me in the Frickin' TARDIS!

September 12, 2011 at 12:00pm • 58 minutes

Press the Green Anchor and jump into a parallel timestream: it’s time to talk “Doctor Who.” In this flash episode we deconstruct the two most recent episodes, “Night Terrors” and “The Girl Who Waited.” And here’s a hint: we liked one of them way more than the other.

Special guests: Dan Moren, John Siracusa, Glenn Fleishman, Scott McNulty, and Serenity Caldwell

The Incomparable #55: If a Show Never Airs, Can It Be Cancelled?

September 4, 2011 at 11:00pm • 1 hour 1 minute

This podcast is cancelled! We discuss TV shows that failed to reach their proper natural lifespan. When all is said and done, you’ll hear recommendations for 25 excellent series that burned bright and weren’t allowed to fade away. Fantasy football drafts were never this good.

Special guests: Dan Moren, Glenn Fleishman, Scott McNulty, and Serenity Caldwell

The Incomparable #53: Let's Quilt Hitler

August 29, 2011 at 1:00am • 42 minutes

Flash podcast! A largely unedited Skype conversation after this weekend’s “Doctor Who” midseason premiere, “Let’s Kill Hitler.”

Special guests: Dan Moren, Glenn Fleishman, Scott McNulty, and Serenity Caldwell

The Incomparable #52: A Cthuluesque Vomiting of Ideas

August 21, 2011 at 11:00pm • 59 minutes

Rip off your hearing limbs and join us for the first anniversary edition of The Incomparable. As with the first podcast, the Book Club discusses a China Miéville novel: in this case, “Embassytown.” Also: What are we reading? Glenn is reading a comic book. We are disappointed.

Special guests: Dan Moren, Glenn Fleishman, and Scott McNulty

The Incomparable #51: Zombie Marmaduke (Hugo Awards 2011)

August 14, 2011 at 8:00pm • 1 hour 6 minutes

We read the 2011 Hugo nominees for Best Novel. Sit back and enjoy our reviews of “Blackout/All Clear,” “Cryoburn,” “The Dervish House,” “Feed,” and “The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms.” Plus, we recommend a few of the nominated short stories.

Special guests: Dan Moren, Glenn Fleishman, and Scott McNulty

The Incomparable #48: Can I Get Some Extra Dragons on That, Please?

July 11, 2011 at 4:00pm • 1 hour 12 minutes

From the Wall in the north (behind which lurk the fearsome White Walkers) to across the Narrow Sea (which is sort of dull), the first season of HBO’s “Game of Thrones” has everything the George R. R. Martin book has, with perhaps more attractive naked people having sex in front of you. Also: Uncomfortable chairs.

Special guests: Dan Moren, John Siracusa, Scott McNulty, Serenity Caldwell, and Monty Ashley

The Incomparable #47: Death Star University

July 1, 2011 at 11:00am • 1 hour 4 minutes

Continuing our discussion of “Star Wars,” the original film. We praise the jump to hyperspace, explain why TIE fighter pilots wear black, ponder how Han and Leia somehow turn up in an Aaron Sorkin scene, reveal why there is no Space OSHA, comment on Ben Kenobi’s old man slippers and incomparable pseudonym, and expose the rebellion so rich it can have its own university and mint its own medals. (Part 2 of 2.)

Special guests: Dan Moren, John Siracusa, Scott McNulty, and Greg Knauss