Christina Applegate – The Toy Department

In Episode 213, Madden and Kolsky waste little time before jumping into:

This week’s episode of Top Chef (1:40) and Kolsky’s triumph as his nemesis is finally eliminated…
The latest two episodes of The Last Dance (14:25) and Madden’s distaste for Michael Jordan the person…
This week’s episode of The Challenge: Total Madness (37:35) and the dangers of underestimating the Barbie Beast…
Jerry Seinfeld’s new Netflix special 23 Hours to Kill (50:30) and how it fails to reach Seinfeldian heights…
HBO’s new Mark Ruffalo vehicle I Know This Much is True (52:20) and the concept of bad-time tv during a pandemic…
The second season of Netflix’s Dead to Me (58:20) and just how enjoyable the two lead actresses are…
The end of IFC’s Brockmire (1:02:00), a show everyone should go watch IMMEDIATELY, and the fate of real baseball…
Homework for TWO weeks from now (1:14:25), including: Hulu’s new Catherine the Great show The Great, TNT’s Snowpiercer, new comedy specials from Patton Oswalt and Hannah Gadsby, and season 2 of Homecoming on Amazon Prime…

In Episode 166, Derek Madden and Matt Kolsky discuss the advantages of listening to podcasts at 1.5x speed before honing in on:

The third-to-last episode of Game of Thrones (4:40) and how its many critics are our surest sign of social decay…
The Netflix film Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (32:05) and how its treatment of the Ted Bundy story makes for an odd and ultimately unsuccessful ride…
The new Netflix show Dead to Me (37:55) and how the charm of its lead actresses and some pitch perfect camp make it an extremely enjoyable experience…
A check-in on three show favorites: Billions on Showtime (42:05), Barry on HBO (49:00), and AMC/BBC America’s Killing Eve (55:05)…
A few thoughts on the NBA Playoffs (59:00), specifically the Warriors-Rockets series…
Homework for next week (1:03:50), including: HBO’s Chernobyl, the return of Sneaky Pete on Amazon, the return of Easy on Netflix, another episode of Game of Thrones and LOTS MORE NBA playoff action…

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