At long last, Gretchen Felker-Martin and I return with a new episode of our TV podcast Cut to Black! This time around we’re talking about the address to the College of Cardinals from The Young Pope—available here, here, or wherever you get your podcasts!

Gretchen Felker-Martin and I return to the airwaves after many a moon to discuss, of all things, the Season 8 finale of Little House on the Prairie. Yes, you read that right! You can find it on most any platform via our anchor.fm page, and here it is on Apple Podcasts.

On the latest episode of our TV podcast Cut to Black, Gretchen Felker-Martin and I discuss John C. Reilly’s remarkable performance as the title character in Tim & Eric’s Check It Out! With Dr. Steve Brule.

Also, after some discussion, Gretchen and I have designated my Patreon as the official Patreon of Cut to Black. If you’d like, a $5/month pledge will earn you our eternal gratitude. Thank you!

Gretchen Felker-Martin and I discuss the monsters of Nick Antosca’s Channel Zero in the latest episode of our TV podcast Cut to Black. Start off the Halloween weekend right!

In the most recent episode of our TV podcast Cut to Black, Gretchen Felker-Martin and I remember the life and work of Michael K. Williams—available here, here, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Gretchen Felker-Martin and I discuss the brilliance of the “Coffin Flop” sketch from Tim Robinson’s I Think You Should Leave and the dreadfulness of the television money-making machine in the latest episode of our television podcast Cut to Black—available here, here, or wherever you get your podcasts!

Gretchen Felker-Martin and I discuss the role of the smallfolk—peasants, soldiers, slaves—in Game of Thrones in the latest episode of our TV podcast, available here, here, or wherever you get your podcasts!

In this week’s episode of the Cut to Black podcast, Gretchen Felker-Martin and I discuss the bravura episode of The Leftovers “International Assassin,” with digressions into critical groupthink and the need to let the mystery be. Available here or wherever you get your podcasts!

In the new episode of our new podcast Cut to Black, Gretchen Felker-Martin and I discuss that one time on Mad Men when a guy got his foot run over by a lawnmower, as well as horror and violence on Mad Men more generally. Go listen at the link or wherever you get your podcasts!

In the new episode of our new podcast, Gretchen Felker-Martin and I discuss Michael Sheen’s extraordinary performance as the deeply troubled sportscaster Caspian Wint in the HBO mockumentary 7 Days in Hell as we attempt to answer the eternal question: Comedy—threat or menace?

The third episode of the new podcast on television from myself and Gretchen Felker-Martin is on the best fight scene ever filmed, the street fight from season three of Deadwood. It’s available at the link or wherever you get your podcasts!

The second episode of the new podcast on television from myself and Gretchen Felker-Martin is about the explosive finale of Breaking Bad Season 2. It’s available at the link or wherever you get your podcasts!

Go listen!

I’m please to announce the debut of Cut to Black, a new podcast about how we experience television from me and Gretchen-Felker Martin. Our first episode is on our favorite line of dialogue ever, from Boardwalk Empire‘s Richard Harrow. You can currently find us on Spotify and Anchor; more platforms should be forthcoming shortly, so thank you for your patience. Happy listening!