{"id":515,"date":"2019-07-24T16:08:14","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T23:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/?p=515"},"modified":"2019-07-24T16:08:19","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T23:08:19","slug":"the-toy-department-episode-175","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/?p=515","title":{"rendered":"The Toy Department &#8211; Episode 175"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Episode 175, Derek Madden finds Matt Kolsky STILL on paternity leave and STILL without a high quality microphone to record into, but nevertheless they persist with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The conclusion of the second season of Big Little Lies (1:55), and whether the HBO drama had enough to justify coming back&#8230; <\/li><li>HBO&#8217;s teen drama Euphoria (14:15) and how it&#8217;s a unique and impressive work of prestige television&#8230; <\/li><li>Toy Department hits the movies, as Madden saw Stuber (25:05) and Kolsky saw the new Lion King (27:50)&#8230; 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