{"id":543,"date":"2019-10-17T13:00:31","date_gmt":"2019-10-17T20:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/?p=543"},"modified":"2019-10-17T13:00:36","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T20:00:36","slug":"the-toy-department-episode-186","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/?p=543","title":{"rendered":"The Toy Department &#8211; Episode 186"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Episode 186, Derek Madden and Matt Kolsky apologize for any audio quality issues as Kolsky is en route from Sacramento to San Francisco, and then get into:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The new film Joker (2:30) and how both guys ended up confused and disappointed after watching it&#8230;<\/li><li>A much more enjoyable film, Netflix&#8217;s El Camino (20:45), the story of Jesse Pinkman and the delightful fan service of Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan&#8230; <\/li><li>The season final\u00e9 of HBO&#8217;s Succession (27:30) and how it is functioning at a tremendously high level, particularly given how difficult it is to describe&#8230; <\/li><li>Season 4 of USA&#8217;s Mr. Robot (45:10) and whether there&#8217;s anything new or interesting to see there&#8230; <\/li><li>A new album from a new band &#8212; the self-titled Black Pumas (48:40) &#8212; and whether they are worth following into the future&#8230;<\/li><li>A new album from an older band &#8212; Sturgill Simpson&#8217;s Sound &amp; Fury (52:15) &#8212; and whether the guys are into his southern rock turn, plus some pretty unnecessary shots at country music&#8230; <\/li><li>Homework for next week (1:02:10), including: HBO&#8217;s new series Watchmen (from Damon Lindelof), Amazon Prime&#8217;s new series Modern Love, Jenny Slate&#8217;s stand-up special on Netflix and probably a check-in on MTV&#8217;s The Challenge, plus (not mentioned) a BIG NBA PREVIEW&#8230;<\/li><\/ul>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_114\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-543-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/319419\/kolsky.info\/toydept\/episodeData\/TDEpisode186.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/319419\/kolsky.info\/toydept\/episodeData\/TDEpisode186.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/319419\/kolsky.info\/toydept\/episodeData\/TDEpisode186.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/319419\/kolsky.info\/toydept\/episodeData\/TDEpisode186.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/?powerpress_pinw=543-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/319419\/kolsky.info\/toydept\/episodeData\/TDEpisode186.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"TDEpisode186.mp3\">Download<\/a> | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('543-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_543-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_543-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; 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