It’s the most wonderful time of the year. That’s right, it’s time for top 10 lists! Bryan and Taylor discuss the year in television and reveal their top 10 TV shows of 2016, including talk of exciting new podcast developments (0:55), surprising shows that made the cut (3:15), consensus television (7:10), tragicomedies (12:15), and a show Bryan watches that Taylor doesn’t (16:00). They also cover the new “Seinfeld” (21:05), the one show they apparently agree on (24:50), and their best shows of the year (33:30).
It’s that time of year where we all pretend the movies are okay! Bryan and Taylor did some double duty this week to bring you talk of the latest and greatest from the cineplex.
They discuss the tension between the opening of “Nocturnal Animals” and the rest of the movie (8:40), Taylor’s favorite moment of seeing “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” on opening night (19:10), and the surprising boldness and optimistic sadness of the film (21:15). Then they talk about some of their issues with the movie (28:05), praise the god Ben Mendelsohn (36:15) and break down the exciting new Hamilton Mixtape and Riz Ahmed’s very good year (43:00). Finally, Taylor and Bryan throw out a few movie recommendations (51:30).
Bryan and Taylor are live from Samurai World to discuss some long-teased shows. They start off talking about the surprising release of “Search Party” (2:55), Tig Notaro’s — dare I say it — brave “One Mississippi” (11:00), and Taylor’s mixed response to “Transparent” (17:20). Then Taylor tells Bryan why he should watch “Westworld” Season 2 (23:05) and they preview their end-of-year podcast (28:00).
“Survivor” Season 33 has come to a close, and we have one more special episode to help wrap things up. Levi Bradford returns and fellow Fantasy Survivor league member Ty Commons joins the fray to put a bow on another fun season of Jeff Probst & Friends.
They discuss the Fantasy Survivor results (1:05), and recap a wild three-hour finale night, including talk of lost HDMI cords (2:25), the Final Four tribal decision that didn’t pay off (7:45), a casting proposal for the show (12:10), the case for Ken McNickle (15:15), Adam’s mom [su2c.org/survivor] (19:20), the season’s best moments (26:45), and Ty’s Sunday conspiracy theory (29:30). Then they preview the Season 34 cast and Taylor tries to contain his excitement for Aubry’s return (33:25).
Special appearances by our champion, Jordan, preparing pizza. All hail the queen.
This week, we have a very special episode. Taylor is joined by the creator of the theme song of The Fauxworthy Podcast, Levi Bradford, to discuss the upcoming season finale of Survivor Season 33, including talk of their Survivor fandom beginnings (3:00), their Fantasy Survivor league (8:00), heartbreak on television (14:30), Fig-Tails (15:00), Survivor themes (18:35), forgotten Season 33 stars (24:10), Bret’s coming-out party (28:00), honorary Most Interesting Man in the World Ken McNickle (30:15), Adam’s hero journey (31:15), the finale’s weird timing (39:00) and predictions for Wednesday night (40:00).
(Apologies for the audio quality; it’s a bit in and out because we didn’t have Bryan’s mic for this. Hopefully it’s listenable for the most part, though. Tried to pull off some Audacity tricks to save it.)
