Ep. 144 The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)

Scott Carey (Grant Williams) faces down his arch nemesis- a large basement spider in Jack Arnold's 1957 cult film "The Incredible Shrinking Man."

A young man in his prime is exposed to strange chemicals and radiation that causes him to start shrinking one day & nothing seems to stop it. Tune in as Chris talks Condoms, Cats, & the unreliability of cake as the LSCE covers the Jack Arnold sci-fi classic “The Incredible Shrinking Man.” Join us!

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