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About Our Podcast & Crew

Welcome to the Pretige-ish Media Podcast where we cover prestige TV, movies, and other media in a prestige adjacent manner.

Shows covered include Yellowjackets, Black Mirror, Only Murders in the Building, The Fall of the House of Usher, True Detective, The Boys, Fallout, The Jinx, and House of the Dragon.

Hosted by:

Craig Lake

Show Contact: craigo@craigolake.com

Follow me on social:

@realrealbatman on X

@realrealbatman on Instagram

Middling podcast host. Retired parody rapper. Former maker of bad student films and 6 episodes of wrestling programming that should have never aired anywhere- but did. Currently a great dog dad, Lakers fan, and liker of many things in nerd culture, except the nerds.

Person standing behind a large ship's wheel with 'Captain's Quarters' sign overhead. Craig Lake

Co-Hosts:

Jessica Z

Follow me on social:

@joblessdogmom on X

@joblessdogmom on Instagram

She’s jobless. She’s a dog mom. She’s a human mom. She showers 2-3 days a week, and has one specifically odd toe.

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Dan McNair

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@danmcnair1017 on X

@danmcnair1017 on Instagram

By day, Dan is a mild-mannered middle age Casino professional with a career in Gaming stretching back to 2001 and other tours including media, government work, a silly lighting agency and retail management where first meeting a young Craig.

A graduate of Illinois State University in 1995, Dan grew up in the suburbs of Chicago before striking out west with a failed attempt at living in Omaha for 2 years (that felt like 10 years), 9 years in Las Vegas and 9 years in Reno (which felt like 10 centuries) and currently resides in Northern California somewhere between Yosemite and Yo mama.

Dan enjoys creative endeavors including writing a play no one has read, making a mockumentary no one should see (with Craig) and falling down during brief attempts at stand-up comedy.  He enjoys trivia, consuming pop culture, gaming, punk rock, reading smutty Sarah J Maas books, tolerating the Chicago White Sox and Chicago Bears and continuously refining his list of the Top 50 TV shows of all time.  

Identifying within the category of “happily divorced”, Dan has 3 amazing daughters, 2 cats and a dead plant.  He once hit a bear over the head with a flat screen TV but please don’t alert PETA, the bear was being a real dick.

Person sitting next to a person in a rabbit costume, black and white photo. Dan McNair

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