New episode, featuring two of the greatest scenes and one of the best needle drops in all of The Americans, and much much more

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New episodes (as of last week)!
Amy Schiller joins to discuss White Lotus season 3, Nietzsche, simping for pop culture, Materialists, love and money, the cultural phenomenon of the new(ish) Pope, a bit of Zohran, and so much more.
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Coping with the world through fake podcast ads with @emilykcrandall.bsky.social for @delugecast.bsky.social

New episode: we + the characters of The Americans are all dissociating. Coping with multiple subjectivities, sex and death (the usual), and more. Plus, Mischa back and @dvh26.bsky.social is winning in her ongoing quest to predict the future (of the series) notgreatbookstv.podbean.com/e/100-the-am...

New episode! We are joined by @kennan.bsky.social to talk about the family and its impingements, bowling, the Jennings' fantasies of America, bugs, the return of [redacted!] and, improbably, Alex Chilton

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Our episode on Americans 502: the unwritten rules of (spy) families and (families of) spies, a Midwest jaunt with a @dvh26.bsky.social geoguessing adventure, Bennigans chat, Paige angst, a Phillip-Stan friendship breakdown and so much more.

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We are so back for Season 5 of The Americans and are pumped for grain season. Covering S5E01, we discuss mothering, nighttime spycraft, Tuan's intro, parenting advice from two non-parents, the Olympics, and oh so much more. Are there new bits? of course.

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New episode! Joined by the incomparable @gorenlj.bsky.social for The Americans 4x5, we tackle emotional turmoil, pill-popping, and fake (?) priests. We unpack intense sex scenes, ponder french bread pizza, & offer a rousing rendition of Plato SZN. Enjoy!

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A very special new Hepta-Pod episode! @desireeweber.bsky.social and @sidsimpson.bsky.social join us to discuss the film arrival and the novella on which it is based, Ted Chiang's "Story of Your Life".

Language, politics, free will, temporality and more!

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Time to hunker down in a chemical weapon-induced quarantine. Join Danielle and John for The Americans 4x4, ”Chloramphenicol”. There are more weird dreams, intense convos, narrative *choices* and William's got jokes. And of course, PLATO SZN!

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S4E2: Truth-telling, Nina, and Pastor Tim (who may be a Victorian ghost). Plus, an extended review of Coneheads? notgreatbookstv.podbean.com/e/71the-amer...

S4E3: Spying is a MLM + EPCOT is an ideological fantasy. Things go off the rails? notgreatbookstv.podbean.com/e/73-the-ame...

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We've been remiss in Bluesky-ing our episode drops, but:

The Americans, S4E1: how does the narrative structure of reflect the emotional dynamics of the episode? Also, it's both Glanders SZN and Plato SZN notgreatbookstv.podbean.com/e/70-the-ame...

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Over at notgreatbookstv.podbean.com you will find:
--Episode-by-episode breakdowns of The Americans through S3
--Summer '23 coverage of the Young Pope (aka Hot Confessor Summer)
--Summer '22 coverage of Loki and Moon Knight
--no ambition, just vibes

Americans S4 episodes coming in late October!