Hello, Connect listeners! Check out 'NO SKIPS with Jinx and Shea', a new Spotify and Ringer show dedicated to hip-hop's most iconic and unskippable albums, hosted by Brandon 'Jinx' Jenkins and best-selling author, Shea Serrano. Each episode focuses on a single album and discusses its cultural significance, best songs, hardest lyrics, unknown facts, and lasting legacy in hip-hop. New episodes drop Thursdays. In this special preview, Jinx and Shea discuss Jinx and Shea 50 Cent's 'Get Rich or Die Tryin.'
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Introducing 'NO SKIPS with Jinx and Shea'

Sometimes you need to forge a new path and have some damn fine bread. The prince of Zamunda travels to Queens, New York, to find a bride and himself, and a law firm fixer suffers a crisis of conscience. Jason and Shea connect 'Coming to America' and 'Michael Clayton'.
Hosts: Shea Serrano and Jason Concepcion
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Leaving Your Job: 'Coming to America' and 'Michael Clayton'

Sweater weather is upon us, so put on your cable-knits! A burnout bowling aficionado gets ensnared in a kidnapping scheme, and a mystery author's death throws an extended household into disarray. Jason and Shea sew together the themes of 'Knives Out' and 'The Big Lebowski.'
Hosts: Shea Serrano and Jason Concepcion
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Nice Sweater: 'Knives Out' and 'The Big Lebowski'

That’s what we call a sack lunch! A high school dirtbag dates a mean girl for cash, and two divorce mediators troll weddings in pursuit of casual sex. Jason and Shea step into the world of a**hole boyfriends to connect ‘Wedding Crashers’ and ‘10 Things I Hate About You.’
Hosts: Shea Serrano and Jason Concepcion
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A**hole Boyfriends: ‘Wedding Crashers’ and ‘10 Things I Hate About You’

We expel you! On a special Halloween edition of 'The Connect,' a college student flees from a shape-shifting, sexually transmitted poltergeist, and a suburban mom suffers heartbreak while also summoning a king of Hell. Jason and Shea connect 'It Follows' and 'Hereditary.'
Hosts: Shea Serrano and Jason Concepcion
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Relationship With a Ghost: 'It Follows' and 'Hereditary'

It's time to meet God and step into the world of deadly Latinos in film. An FBI agent gets caught in an assassination plot against a cartel leader, and a bionic woman goes back in time to protect the new savior of the future. Jason and Shea connect 'Sicario' and 'Terminator: Dark Fate.'
Hosts: Shea Serrano and Jason Concepcion
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Deadly Latinos: 'Sicario' and 'Terminator: Dark Fate'

King Kong ain't got s*** on this podcast! A crooked cop in debt to the Russian mob shows his young partner the ropes, and an NYPD detective works "the perfect bank robbery." Jason and Shea connect 'Training Day' and 'Inside Man.'
Hosts: Shea Serrano and Jason Concepcion
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Denzel Is a Bully: 'Training Day' and 'Inside Man'

Please just let them connect! A wealthy family fights off their murderous neighbors during 12 hours of legalized mayhem and a botanist survives 18 months stranded on the planet Mars. Jason and Shea connect ‘The Purge’ and ‘The Martian.’
Hosts: Shea Serrano and Jason Concepcion
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It’s Dangerous Outside : ‘The Purge’ and ‘The Martian’

They really did not think this through. But then, if they had we wouldn't have a movie. A mentally ill man creates a domestic terrorist startup, and a dinosaur theme park with multiple workplace deaths reopens to the public. Jason and Shea return to connect 'Fight Club' and 'Jurassic World.'
Hosts: Jason Concepcion and Shea Serrano
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Bad Idea, but Who Cares: 'Fight Club' and 'Jurassic World'

We'll do it live! San Diego's top news anchor sort of learns the meaning of diversity, and a mentally ill man goes on a murder spree. Jason and Shea find the connections between ‘Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy’ and ‘Joker.’
Hosts: Shea Serrano and Jason Concepcion
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THE CONNECT: Bad TV Appearances

Nobody cared who they were before they put on the mask. A group of friends from Los Angeles go on a bank-robbing spree, and a team of spies race to stop a terrorist with weapons of mass destruction. Jason and Shea connect 'Set It Off' and 'Mission: Impossible—Fallout.'
Hosts: Jason Concepcion and Shea Serrano
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THE CONNECT: Cool Mask!

Take a trip with us! The world of narcotics never seems as helpful as when two cops take down a Cuban drug ring and a never-been writer develops superhuman intelligence. Jason and Shea connect ‘Limitless’ and ‘Bad Boys II.’
Hosts: Shea Serrano and Jason Concepcion
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THE CONNECT: Say Yes to Drugs

Get off my plane! 'The Connect' takes to the skies and examines movies that you shouldn't watch on a plane. A Mexican teenager in Los Angeles hits the big time, and a United Nations field agent searches for a cure for zombies. Jason and Shea connect 'La Bamba' and 'World War Z.'
Hosts: Jason Concepcion and Shea Serrano
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THE CONNECT: Movies You Shouldn't Watch on a Plane

Get ready to learn through tough love. An influential fashion magazine editor lectures her assistant on the importance of punctuality and the origins of cerulean, and a music conservatory instructor commits battery on his students. Jason and Shea connect 'The Devil Wears Prada' and 'Whiplash.'
Hosts: Jason Concepcion and Shea Serrano
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THE CONNECT: Mean Mentors

Welcome to a world of increasingly poor decisions! A career bank robber falls hard for a federal agent, and four friends have a falling out when one gets addicted to the power of the gun. Jason and Shea connect the movies 'Juice' and 'Out of Sight.'
Hosts: Shea Serrano and Jason Concepcion
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THE CONNECT: Aww, Man! Why'd You Do That?

Jason and Shea take a look at the dangers of artificial intelligence and explore the connections between 'Ex Machina' and 'Upgrade.' A sentient robot seduces a human engineer, and a man brought back from paralysis thanks to an implanted AI chip goes on a rampage.
Hosts: Jason Concepcion and Shea Serrano
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THE CONNECT: I Thought This Computer Was My Friend

Getting through the day is better when you have your friends. Jason and Shea discuss the connections between ‘Office Space,’ a comedy where friends face off against unreasonable bosses and unruly printers, and ‘Scarface,’ an epic tale of best friends discovering the importance of work-life balance on the mean streets of Miami.
Hosts: Jason Concepcion & Shea Serrano
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THE CONNECT: Work Friends

Welcome to ‘The Connect’! Join Jason Concepcion and Shea Serrano as they discuss movies and what connects them. In each episode, they will focus on two movies that have a shared theme. They will break down the similarities between the two films through a series of segments and games. It’s a show about Jason’s and Shea’s love of the featured films, and of cinema as a whole.
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THE CONNECT: Trailer

By the time this final episode of 'With a Pencil' is over, you will have a definitive list of inductees into the Action Movie Hero Hall of Fame. Or maybe you won't. Shea is joined in the deliberation by writers Justin Halpern and Patrick Schumacker.
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WITH A PENCIL: The Action Movie Hero Hall of Fame

It's finally here! 'John Wick: Chapter 3—Parabellum' is released, and we can finally talk about it. What was the hardest part of the movie to watch? Who has the best cameo? Who gives the best performance? Shea is joined by director Oz Rodriguez and writer Jamil Smith to get to the bottom of these questions and more.
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