{"id":904,"date":"2022-08-12T15:52:02","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T22:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/?p=904"},"modified":"2022-08-12T15:52:03","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T22:52:03","slug":"the-toy-department-episode-310","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/?p=904","title":{"rendered":"The Toy Department &#8211; Episode 310"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Episode 310, Madden and Kolsky refuse to waste time before diving into this week&#8217;s pop culture smorgasbord:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The latest episode of The Challenge USA (1:25) and whether these CBS competitors are using the wrong strategy, plus the Fear of Tyson that seems to be pervasive in the house&#8230;<\/li><li>The latest Disney+ Marvel release, I Am Groot (32:00) and how it&#8217;s relatively insubstantial but largely enjoyable, plus a discussion of Vin Diesel&#8217;s voice-over workflow&#8230;<\/li><li>The second season of HBO&#8217;s Industry (37:40) and what makes it so interesting to Derek while Kolsky can&#8217;t get into it&#8230;<\/li><li>The newest season of All or Nothing, focusing on the Arsenal football club (46:20) and how entertaining a watch it is, thanks in large part to the wild insanity of Arsenal&#8217;s last season, which Madden experienced live as a die-hard fan&#8230;<\/li><li>The new Netflix fantasy series The Sandman (57:25) and how it&#8217;s really quite good and incredibly entertaining and watchable&#8230; 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