{"id":644,"date":"2020-08-20T11:37:08","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T18:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/?p=644"},"modified":"2020-08-20T11:39:07","modified_gmt":"2020-08-20T18:39:07","slug":"the-toy-department-episode-225","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/?p=644","title":{"rendered":"The Toy Department &#8211; Episode 225"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Episode 225, Madden and Kolsky open another attempt at a short pod with an unnecessary detour into sparkling water v. still water before moving on to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>HBO&#8217;s new series Lovecraft Country (6:55) and the wild, occasionally disturbing ride of the first episode&#8230; <\/li><li>The new Netflix movie Project Power (19:40), which might be a B movie, and whether the tone fit the quality&#8230;<\/li><li>A few thoughts on baseball (29:50) and its stupid unwritten rules&#8230; <\/li><li>Some NBA Playoff chatter (36:25) with thoughts on what happens moving forward&#8230; 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