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Jane Espenson (@janeespenson) is a television screenwriter whose work includes “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,” “Buffy The Vampire Slayer,” “Angel,” “Battlestar Galactica,” “Torchwood,” and “Game of Thrones.” Her legendary blog, a resource for aspiring writers, is archived at janeespenson.com. She is currently a producer on ABC’s “Once Upon a Time” and a web series she co-created with Brad Bell called “Husbands,” which is raising funds on Kickstarter for its second season.

Brodie, Gene, and Libby talk with Jane about linguistics, science, archaeology, serialized television, and moving up the ranks of the writing world.

Shakeytown Radio Minute: TV Tuesday (16:45)

Helium’s “Magic Box” opens what is supposed to be a Tuesday talking about television, but becomes complaining about television critics. We try not to spoil “American Horror Story,” “Dexter,” “Burn Notice,” and “The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret.” Plus, an embarrassing story related to “Portlandia.”

“The King Of TV” Paul Goebel is an actor, comedian, and host of “The Paul Goebel Show” podcast. He was TV Land’s Ultimate TV Fan, the TV Geek on “Beat The Geeks,” and the chef who did something unsavory with your French toast in “Not Another Teen Movie.” On this episode, we discuss the boob tube, anger issues, animal rights, and Morrissey’s racism.

Also, the music of the Misfits.