The Chicago Bears are the champions of the NFC North! It has been a long journey toward relevancy for the Bears, but we’re finally here again. It’s been too long. Now the White Sox gotta. This episode, I’ve got Chris (@gokuffy) and Chris (@antoniuspius) continuing our Kurosawa watch, this time with Seven Samurai. Then Ink […]
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