{"id":778,"date":"2021-06-22T11:20:39","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T18:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/?p=778"},"modified":"2021-06-22T11:20:48","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T18:20:48","slug":"the-toy-department-episode-264","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/?p=778","title":{"rendered":"The Toy Department &#8211; Episode 264"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Episode 264, Derek Madden and Matt Kolsky get into some NBA Playoffs issues before jumping out of the sports world and into some television to move through:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The latest from Top Chef: Portland (11:40), and how it took a miscarriage of justice to get us to the final three we probably wanted all along&#8230;<\/li><li>A comparison between the two new shows Physical (on Apple TV+) and AMC&#8217;s Kevin Cann F*** Himself (22:30) and how neither is entirely successful but each of our hosts has a preference for one over the other&#8230;<\/li><li>A comparison between two returning pod favorites in FX&#8217;s Dave and HBO&#8217;s Betty (34:15) and how both are wildly enjoyable and have very specific (and endearing) vibes&#8230;<\/li><li>A thorough breakdown of Entertainment Weekly&#8217;s (often misguided) list of the best Challenge contestants of all time (48:15) and where and how they went wrong in their rankings&#8230;<\/li><li>Homework for next Tuesday (1:03:25), including: more Top Chef in Portland, more NBA Playoffs action, a Netflix documentary called This Is Pop, HBO&#8217;s new special episode of I&#8217;ll Be Gone in the Dark and The Choe Show on FX\/Hulu&#8230;<\/li><\/ul>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_518\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-778-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/319419\/kolsky.info\/toydept\/episodeData\/TDEpisode264.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/319419\/kolsky.info\/toydept\/episodeData\/TDEpisode264.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/319419\/kolsky.info\/toydept\/episodeData\/TDEpisode264.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\/TDEpisode264.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/?powerpress_pinw=778-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/319419\/kolsky.info\/toydept\/episodeData\/TDEpisode264.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"TDEpisode264.mp3\">Download<\/a> | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('778-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_778-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_778-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; 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