{"id":1279,"date":"2026-04-22T12:25:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T19:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/?p=1279"},"modified":"2026-04-22T12:25:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T19:25:45","slug":"the-toy-department-episode-452","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/?p=1279","title":{"rendered":"The Toy Department &#8211; Episode 452"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Episode 452, Madden and Kolsky are HAVING A WEIRD DAY, independently and also together, complete with technological difficulties as they attempt to fully attend to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The most recent episode of Top Chef (1:05), featuring weird departures and weirder returns and the weird<em>est<\/em> quickfire challenge&#8230;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The return of the Netflix series Beef (23:30) for its second season, and what distinguishes the anthology-style series from its first 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