{"id":475,"date":"2019-03-20T12:22:06","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T19:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/?p=475"},"modified":"2019-03-20T12:22:29","modified_gmt":"2019-03-20T19:22:29","slug":"the-toy-department-episode-159","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/?p=475","title":{"rendered":"The Toy Department &#8211; Episode 159"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Episode 159, Derek Madden and Matt Kolsky literally talk about weather before moving into the world of pop culture to break down:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The upcoming NCAA Tournament (1:35) and Kolsky&#8217;s decision not to fill out a bracket&#8230; <\/li><li>The season final\u00e9 of Top Chef (9:30), with thoughts on food, contestants, judges and (of course) Padma&#8230; <\/li><li>Netflix&#8217;s new movie Triple Frontier (21:05) and whether it&#8217;s worthy of its cast&#8230; <\/li><li>The return of Showtime&#8217;s Billions (26:25) and how well it has developed a big cast of interesting characters&#8230; 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