pJoe, Michael, and our first-time guest, Rusty, discusss Spike Jonzersquo;s #8216;Her#8217;: the thought-provoking story about the relationships of Theodore Twombly. This lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with his computerrsquo;s OS that is designed to behave like a sentient being. #8216;Her#8217; stars Joaquin Phoenix, Scarlett Johansson, Amy Adams, and Chris Pratt./ph2Show Notes amp; Links/h2ullih4a target="_blank" href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/her/"lsquo;Herrsquo; on Rotten Tomatoes/a/h4Sweet, soulful, and smart, Spike Jonze#8217;s Her uses its just-barely-sci-fi scenario to impart wryly funny wisdom about the state of modern human relationships./lilih4a target="_blank" href="http://www.apple.com/ios/siri/"Siri/a/h4Siri lets you use your voice to send messages, schedule meetings, place phone calls, and more./lilih4a target="_blank" href="http://redlettermedia.com/half-in-the-bag-the-legend-of-hercules-and-her"Red Letter Media video review/a/h4Mike and Jay celebrate cinemarsquo;s greatest month by seeing The Legend of Hercules and then try to make up for that by seeing Spike Jonzersquo;s latest film Her./lilih4a target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0343818"I, Robot/a/h4In the year 2035 a techno-phobic cop investigates a crime that may have been perpetrated by a robot, which leads to a larger threat to humanity./lilih4a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzV6mXIOVl4"lsquo;Herrsquo; trailer/a/h4lt;iframe width=quot;640quot; height=quot;360quot; src=quot;//www.youtube.com/embed/WzV6mXIOVl4quot; frameborder=quot;0quot; allowfullscreengt;lt;/iframegt;/lilih4a target="_blank" href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/spike_jonze/ "Director Spike Jonze/a/h4A notoriously shy prankster with a penchant for skateboarding and tall tales, Spike Jonze might not have been the most obvious candidate for quot;most promising directorquot; or quot;best first featurequot; status./lilih4a target="_blank" href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/joaquin_phoenix"Starring Joaquin Phoenix/a/h4Staying true to his last name, Joaquin Phoenix has made a career out of making a couple of films, disappearing, and then reappearing from the ashes to rise upward toward greater glory./lilih4a target="_blank" href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/amy_adams"Also starring Amy Adams/a/h4Adams decided on a professional acting career, and appeared in several films, including Catch Me If You Can (2002) and Cruel Intentions 2 (2000). She has also guest-starred in such television shows as The Office, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Charmed, The West Wing and Smallville/lilih4a target="_blank" href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/scarlett_johansson"And Scarlett Johansson/a/h4Universally known as one of the sexiest women in Hollywood, Scarlett Johansson has actually been acting professionally since the age of eight. A native of New York City, where she was born on November 22, 1984/lilih4a target="_blank" href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/chris_pratt/"And Chris Pratt was in it/a/h4Born June 21, 1979, native Minnesotan actor Chris Pratt scored his first big break on television as the troubled physician#8217;s son Bright Abbott on the WB series drama Everwood, opposite Treat Williams and others/lilih4a target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1798709"lsquo;Herrsquo; profile on IMDb/a/h4A lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with his newly purchased operating system that#8217;s designed to meet his every need./lilih4a target="_blank" href="http://www.herthemovie.com"Found the lsquo;Herrsquo; movie website!/a/h4/lilih4a target="_blank" href="http://www.drudgereport.com"Michael refers to The Drudge Report/a/h4/lilih4a target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120382"Joe references lsquo;The Truman Showrsquo;/a/h4An insurance salesman/adjuster discovers his entire life is actually a T.V. show./lilih4a target="_blank" href="http://lastresistance.com/4645/thoughts-bill-nye-vs-ken-ham-creationism-debate"Creationism Debate/a/h4/lilih4a target="_blank" href="http://debatelive.org"Watch the debate (available for a limited time)/a/h4Last night, Bill Nye the Science Guy and Ken Ham the Creation Man debated the question, ldquo;Is creationism a viable model of origins in todayrsquo;s modern scientific era?rdquo; I was happy the ldquo;great creationism debaterdquo; happened, but I have mixed feelings about how it turned out./lilih4a target="_blank" href="http://twentytwowords.com/if-facebook-movies-were-more-honest-theyd-look-like-this"Facebook ldquo;a look backrdquo; video parody/a/h4Tripp and Tyler, who most recently entertained us with conference calls in real life, have a fantastic new video poking fun athellip;well, all things Facebookhellip; lt;iframe width=quot;640quot; height=quot;360quot; src=quot;//www.youtube.com/embed/CDmVF_ku7vEquot; frameborder=quot;0quot; allowfullscreengt;lt;/iframegt;/lilih4a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/Godel-Escher-Bach-Eternal-Golden/dp/0465026567"Godel, Escher, Bach by Douglas Hofstadter/a/h4Douglas Hofstadterrsquo;s book is concerned directly with the nature of ldquo;mapsrdquo; or links between formal systems. However, according to Hofstadter, the formal system that underlies all mental activity transcends the system that supports it. If life can grow out of the formal chemical substrate of the cell, if consciousness can emerge out of a formal system of firing neurons, then so too will computers attain human intelligence./lilih4a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ender's_Game_(series)"lsquo;Enderrsquo;s Gamersquo; books (series)/a/h4The Ender#8217;s Game series (often referred to as the Enderverse or the Ender saga) is a series of science fiction books by Orson Scott Card. The series started with the novelette quot;Ender#8217;s Gamequot;, which was later expanded into the novel of the same title./li/ul