In Episode 425, Madden and Kolsky wish everyone a Happy Juneteenth before jumping into a holiday recording with:
The excellent documentary Becoming Led Zeppelin on Netflix (2:50) and how it tells a fascinating and compelling story about a great rock band…
The harmless Amazon Prime film Deep Cover (12:45) and why it seems to be getting so much love…
The Netflix series Tires (15:50) and a general discussion about Shane Gillis…
A few NBA thoughts on the way out (23:05) as our hosts just want everyone to get to the offseason safely…
Homework for THREE weeks from now (28:50), including: the newest season of The Bear on FX, the new Apple TV+ show Smoke and probably some other stuff to be determined later…
In Episode 139, Derek Madden and Matt Kolsky briefly check in on Kolsky’s new radio show before dissecting:
Season 2 of Netflix’s Making a Murderer (2:15) and whether the story bears further investigation or is simply a source of anger and sadness…
The debut of Matthew Weiner’s The Romanoffs on Amazon (12:40) and how it is a good hang and somewhat less high-concept than expected…
Greta Van Fleet’s debut album Anthem of the Peaceful Army (24:45) and how it’s unnecessarily pretentious and judgmental to reduce them to nothing more than a cover band…
The new 21 Pilots album Trench (35:00) and the guys’ diverging opinions on the quality and originality of the band in general…
A tiny taste of basketball (51:05) with a discussion of the Rajon Rondo/Chris Paul fight…
A run-down of albums Kolsky is planning to listen to (54:10) just to check if Madden is willing to give any of them a try…
Homework for next week (59:40), including: a whole lot of Netflix — the British series Bodyguard, Adam Sandler’s new special 100% Fresh and Hassan Minaj’s new show Patriot Act — plus LeBron James’ new HBO show The Shop and new albums from Open Mike Eagle (What Happens When I Try To Relax) and Esperanza Spalding (12 Little Spells)…
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