{"id":624,"date":"2020-06-11T22:57:18","date_gmt":"2020-06-12T05:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/?p=624"},"modified":"2020-06-11T22:57:26","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T05:57:26","slug":"the-toy-department-episode-216","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/?p=624","title":{"rendered":"The Toy Department &#8211; Episode 216"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Episode 216, Madden and Kolsky are once again compelled to briefly address the issues of the day before spinning off into less pressing concerns:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>This week&#8217;s penultimate episode of Top Chef (7:50) and how a stacked final stacks up&#8230;<\/li><li>This week&#8217;s episode of The Challenge (23:40), the many dramas of Dee Nguyen and the prospects for the home stretch of this season&#8230;<\/li><li>HBO&#8217;s new series I May Destroy You (41:05) from Michaela Coel and how interesting it appears at first blush&#8230; 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