{"id":633,"date":"2020-07-16T23:25:33","date_gmt":"2020-07-17T06:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/?p=633"},"modified":"2020-07-16T23:25:41","modified_gmt":"2020-07-17T06:25:41","slug":"the-toy-department-episode-220","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/?p=633","title":{"rendered":"The Toy Department &#8211; Episode 220"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Episode 220, Madden and Kolsky discuss the fact that one of them will be finishing a bottle of ros\u00e9 (or is it rosado?) throughout the program before getting into:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>This week&#8217;s season finale of The Challenge: Total Madness (2:30) and the anticlimax that was a one-episode, less-insanely-difficult-than-imagined final&#8230;<\/li><li>A turn to the world of movies (22:55) starting with the Charlize Theron action vehicle The Old Guard&#8230;<\/li><li>An examination of the Andy Samberg\/Cristin Milioti film Palm Springs (30:40) and its unique take on a well-worn concept&#8230; 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