Olympic Basketball – The Toy Department

In Episode 415, Madden and Kolsky briefly recount Derek’s London experience before diving into:

The last two weeks of The Challenge All-Stars: Rivals (5:50) featuring plenty of drama and the elimination of a major favorite…
A trio of Netflix content:
- The new basketball comedy Running Point (20:45), the Mindy-ness of it all and whether it passes muster with its basketball knowledge…
- Olympic basketball docu-series Court of Gold (25:40) and the wonderful world of basketball’s many stars…
- The new limited series Zero Day (30:30) and whether the content stands up to the massively talented cast…
Homework for next week (38:50), including: another episode of The Challenge All-Stars: Rivals, the return of Top Chef (this time in Canada), Bill Simmons’ documentary series Celtics City on Max and the new Hulu comedy series Deli Boys…

In Episode 396, Madden and Kolsky don’t bother with small talk because somebody is UPSET as they get into:

The opening episode of The Challenge’s 40th season (1:05) and how the opening salvo (or lack thereof) in the Battle of the Eras left one of our hosts quite upset…
The Matt Damon/Casey Affleck film The Instigators (43:15) and whether it qualifies for the much-discussed (on this pod, anyway) “gourmet cheeseburger” designation…
Steph Curry as Steph Curry in Mr. Throwback (48:45) and whether or not Steph Curry should quit his day job 🙂 …
A few thoughts on Steph Curry at his day job (56:35) or whatever you would call what he did at the Olympics…
Some distinctly non-expert opinions on Olympic Breaking (1:09:05) and the apparent controversy around it…
Probably more talk about USMNT soccer and Chelsea Football Club (1:12:10) than anyone asked for…
Homework for a light show next week (1:28:30), including: another episode of The Challenge Season 40 and the new Apple TV+ show Bad Monkey…

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