{"id":670,"date":"2020-11-17T11:28:37","date_gmt":"2020-11-17T19:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/?p=670"},"modified":"2020-11-17T11:28:49","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T19:28:49","slug":"the-toy-department-episode-236","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/?p=670","title":{"rendered":"The Toy Department &#8211; Episode 236"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Episode 236, Madden and Kolsky do some show housekeeping and discuss Netflix&#8217;s shiftiness before diving into:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The madness of this season of The Bachelorette (8:35) and how it compares to other love reality shows&#8230;<\/li><li>A check-in on pod favorite Fargo (30:30) and the beautiful oddities of Noah Hawley&#8217;s work throughout the show&#8230;<\/li><li>The start of Season 4 of The Crown (37:30) and whether the British royal family is worth engaging with for entertainment&#8230;<\/li><li>A wrap-up of The Good Lord Bird (44:20) and the hosts&#8217; differing opinions on the strange John Brown bio-series&#8230;<\/li><li>A final chat about everyone&#8217;s new favorite Netflix show, The Queen&#8217;s Gambit (51:25), and the allure of lead actress Anya Taylor-Joy&#8230;<\/li><li>Some NBA thoughts (59:30) with the draft and free agency on our doorstep specifically on what Minnesota and Golden State are likely to do with the first two picks&#8230;<\/li><li>Homework for TWO weeks from now (1:12:45), including: I Hate Suzie and Two Weeks To Live (both on HBO Max), Showtime&#8217;s John Belushi documentary, the resurrected Saved By The Bell, Kevin Hart&#8217;s new Netflix comedy special and the sword-making reality show Forged in Fire&#8230; plus Weeks 11 &amp; 12 of the NFL season and the NBA offseason&#8230;<\/li><\/ul>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1725\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-670-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/319419\/kolsky.info\/toydept\/episodeData\/TDEpisode236.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/319419\/kolsky.info\/toydept\/episodeData\/TDEpisode236.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/319419\/kolsky.info\/toydept\/episodeData\/TDEpisode236.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\/TDEpisode236.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/?powerpress_pinw=670-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/319419\/kolsky.info\/toydept\/episodeData\/TDEpisode236.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"TDEpisode236.mp3\">Download<\/a> | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('670-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_670-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_670-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;30&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/?powerpress_embed=670-podcast&amp;amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-toy-department\/id1064684433?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kolsky.info%2Ftoydept%2F%3Fp%3D670\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Episode 236, Madden and Kolsky do some show housekeeping and discuss Netflix&#8217;s shiftiness before diving into: The madness of this season of The Bachelorette (8:35) and how it compares to other love reality shows&#8230; A check-in on pod favorite Fargo (30:30) and the beautiful oddities of Noah Hawley&#8217;s work &hellip; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/?p=670\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[2252,2222,2250,2248,276,1224,3,2205,89,1559,61,2253,2242,2161,2247,2251,2246,2,254,19,2249,168,721,2243,2244,260,98,905,2245,2203,2218,40,4],"class_list":["post-670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-anthony-edwards","tag-anya-taylor-joy","tag-charlotte-hornets","tag-chess","tag-chicago-bulls","tag-chris-rock","tag-derek-madden","tag-ethan-hawke","tag-fargo","tag-gillian-anderson","tag-golden-state-warriors","tag-james-wiseman","tag-jason-schwartzman","tag-jessie-buckley","tag-john-brown","tag-lamelo-ball","tag-margaret-thatcher","tag-matt-kolsky","tag-minnesota-timberwolves","tag-nba","tag-nba-draft","tag-netflix","tag-noah-hawley","tag-princess-diana","tag-queen-elizabeth-ii","tag-showtime","tag-television","tag-the-bachelorette","tag-the-crown","tag-the-good-lord-bird","tag-the-queens-gambit","tag-the-toy-department","tag-toy-department"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/ToyDept_NEW-logo.jpg?fit=1400%2C1400&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6ZRMV-aO","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=670"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":671,"href":"https:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670\/revisions\/671"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}