{"id":788,"date":"2021-07-20T12:26:51","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T19:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/?p=788"},"modified":"2021-07-20T12:26:57","modified_gmt":"2021-07-20T19:26:57","slug":"the-toy-department-episode-268","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/?p=788","title":{"rendered":"The Toy Department &#8211; Episode 268"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Episode 268, Derek Madden and Matt Kolsky open with some Ted Lasso Season 2 excitement before discussing some currently available pop culture, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The new season of Netflix&#8217;s Never Have I Ever (3:40) and how it remains charming and enjoyable but doesn&#8217;t necessarily feel essential&#8230;<\/li><li>LeBron&#8217;s Space Jam (8:15) and how it&#8217;s a perfectly decent kids movie with a non-actor (but also non-terrible) star&#8230;<\/li><li>Netflix&#8217;s new action flick Gunpowder Milkshake (24:40) and how it&#8217;s basically the best version of exactly what you would expect it to be&#8230;<\/li><li>A few thoughts on an NBA Finals series (31:40) that has changed a lot since we last spoke&#8230;<\/li><li>Homework for next Tuesday (44:20), including: the new Hulu documentary McCartney 3, 2, 1, Apple TV+&#8217;s new musical satire Schmigadoon!, the new season of Miracle Workers (set on the Oregon Trail), the new HBO documentary Woodstock &#8217;99: Peace, Love and Rage and the second season of Ted Lasso&#8230;<\/li><\/ul>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6864\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-788-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/319419\/kolsky.info\/toydept\/episodeData\/TDEpisode268.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/319419\/kolsky.info\/toydept\/episodeData\/TDEpisode268.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/319419\/kolsky.info\/toydept\/episodeData\/TDEpisode268.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\/TDEpisode268.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/?powerpress_pinw=788-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/319419\/kolsky.info\/toydept\/episodeData\/TDEpisode268.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"TDEpisode268.mp3\">Download<\/a> | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('788-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_788-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_788-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; 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