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Join us in this special episode of the Quarterly Report, we do a deep dive into global news: the whiskey war, NASA in Australia, black hole clusters, what science says about standing on one leg, potential new cancer treatments, gun control in the USA. We also explore our favourite movies and shows this month, including The Boys, Thor: Love and Thunder, The Umbrella Academy and Ms Marvel! We also cover our highlights of the last 3 months to cap off this quarter, as well as giving quarter 2 of 2022 an overall rating/review. This is our longest episode yet, absolutely full of news and views from your favourite dynamic duo.If you’d like to get in touch with us or follow our social media, we have pages on the following links:https://www.twitter.com/LukeProsperPodhttps://www.instagram.com/smittyandpreezypod/https://www.facebook.com/smittyandpreezypodhttps://www.tiktok.com/t/@smittyandpreezypodhttps://shows.acast.com/the-quarterly-reportTime Codes:Intro - [0:00-3:35]Greetings & catching up - 0:00Global news - [3:36-12:37]Sad bits of news - 3:40Premier League & other sports - 4:20End to the “Whiskey War” - 6:36Death of former Japanese Leader Shinzo Abe - 11:00STEM News - [12:38-24:19]NASA activity in Australia - 12:38Black Hole Clusters - 18:05Photoimmunotherapy - 19:00Study about standing on 1 leg for more than 10 seconds in mid to later life - 19:55World’s first Quantum Computer Integrated Circuit - 21:20Samsung’s new 3 nanometre chip (improvement on 5nm chip) - 21:54Toyota Recall - 22:16Internet Explorer shut down after 27 years - 22:47Video Game News - [24:20-27:53]E3 2022 cancelled - 24:20The Quarry - 25:10Diablo: Immortal - 25:50Why won’t Rockstar just release GTA 6 already? - 26:35More Global News - [27:54-33:30]South Korea claims North Korea launched 8 SRBM’s - 27:54Drone crashes into Russian oil refinery causing fiery explosion - 28:30US gun control law passed with bipartisan support - 29:50Biden okay after falling off bike - 31:33McDonald’s Szechuan & Cajun Sauces in Australia - 33:10TV Shows & Movies - [33:31-1:00:54]Rick & Morty Szechuan sauce obsession & commentary on Rick - 33:31The Boys Season 3 - 35:50Tangent on Brightburn [SPOILERS] - 39:40Comments on the Anti-Hero genre - 41:47More on The Boys - 42:29Thor: Love and Thunder Review (Minimal Spoilers) - 45:50Has the MCU lost its touch? - 47:38Honourable mentions - 50:22Prosper’s indifference toward Toy Story - 51:10Luke hasn’t watched The Lion King in 1 sitting - 51:50Morbius segue & Disney/Pixar tangent - 54:40Minions memes & other honourable mentions - 55:10Only Murders In The Building - 56:07Umbrella Academy - 57:06Ms. Marvel - 58:02Poor working conditions in Marvel VFX department - 58:45She-Hulk anticipation & bad VFX - 59:01Superman & Lois - 1:00:05Brief & Unrelated - [1:00:55-1:01:00]Union worker strikes - 1:00:55Reviewing Quarter 2 of 2022 - [1:01:00-1:16:25]Highlight nominees - 1:01:00Star Wars Tangent - 1:04:04More nominees - 1:06:14Prosper’s Highlight of the Quarter - 1:06:55Luke’s Highlight of the Quarter - 1:11:07Prosper’s rating of the Quarter - 1:13:55Luke's rating of the Quarter - 1:15:23Outro - [1:16:26-1:19:09]Post-amble - 1:16:26Socials and farewell - 1:17:00 Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.