Chatz: A Television Podcast

This A to Z show, eh? Sometimes an episode is about processing grief as a couple or losing your close friendships. And sometimes it's deeply concerned with gender politics and "being a man" in a way that feels utterly trapped in 2014 cisheteronormative storytelling. A land of contrasts from two people on opposite sides of the...alphabet. Magellan's Substack newsletter : https://notthatmagellan.sub...

Continuing our journey through thirteen shows canceled before airing thirteen episodes, we begin our discussion of 2014's A to Z, a series about two young lovers and their 8 month relationship. Why was this one canceled, that premise sounds amazing, not dated at all, and neither do the themes and character dynamics at all...unless... Magellan's Substack newsletter : https://notthatmagellan.substac...

Break out your snap bracelets, your Nickelodeon Gak, and your Arsenio Hall saxophone, because Chatz is covering That 90s Show this week! Does the reboot of the beloved 90s sitcom hold up to scrutiny? Is it worth checking out amongst a sea of good new TV and sitcoms? The answer might surprise you! In this discussion, we spoil various parts of the season. Here are timestamps for those spoilers.  0:0...

This is it, gang! The fans spoke up, and they actually finished Sense8. How does the beefy two and a half hour finale hold up as a conclusion to the show's multiple characters and high stakes storylines? What did the ChatzKidz like and dislike most about the series? Did they finally defeat transphobia? And what the heck are we watching next that can POSSIBLY stand up to it? EDIT: Because of timey-...

What's really left to say? Plots for an imagined Season 3 are established, a few characters are on the way to a happy ending, and others are kidnapped as if it is destiny that someone must get brought to a BPO lab every season. Just us for our discussion of the most canceled "series finale" we've seen in this week's Chatz8! Check out chatzpod.com for all things Chatzpod! Twitter Reddit Twitch Chat...

The ChatzKidz employ several clunky metaphors to describe the experience of watching these Sense8 episodes. When you can tell a show is canceled before its intended end, what remains but a handful of loose ends? But there's still fun to be had here. Some more BPO backstory, Daniela's time to shine, and more Bug of course. Check out chatzpod.com for all things Chatzpod! Twitter Reddit Twitch Chatzu...

Season Four of TNG brings with it much stronger scripts, emotional gut punch after emotional gut punch, and...Data's girlfriend! The Chatz gang dive deep into what is considered by many to be the best season of the series, and we found most of it pretty stellar! The lows are just decent, the highs are the series best, and Geordi finally gets good storylines. Come back in three months for the resol...

Happy Fucking New Year! We're excited to kick off a hopefully outstanding 2023 with some Sense8 episodes that we hope precede an outstanding back third of the season. Also, a quick production note: we had originally planned to release our next episode of TrekChatz today, but due to some behind-the-scenes logistical shuffling we will instead share that episode with you all next Sunday. After that,...

They can't all be winners, folks. Maybe we're getting jaded, but this much earnest goofy nonsense can only take a story so far. The biggest tragedy of these episodes is that a major character, CRUCIAL to the story, is killed and mourned in the span of about 2 minutes. But there's still fun to be had this week on Chatz8. Special shoutouts to me Allen for having a full-on meltdown about the second e...

"Obligate mutualisms" is just fun to say. Try it! And in this episode of Chatz8, we the hosts become a sort of obligate mutualism with you the listener. You need us to say "Crooms" in a funny voice, we need you to tell us how much we keep predicting and missing crucial plot developments every week. It's a beautiful sort of harmony. Check out chatzpod.com for all things Chatzpod! Twitter Reddit Twi...

Sense8 is back with a holiday special to break in the new season! We're still on the run, and the holidays bring both trials AND tribulations for our sensational pals. Allen finds a kinship in the character of Bug, Magellan is a big fan of the dance scenes, and we could all use a bit more actual Christmas content this year. Check out chatzpod.com for all things Chatzpod! Twitter Reddit Twitch Chat...

Everyone has something useful to contribute. Maybe you're a driver, a martial artist, or a professional actor. But maybe you're two nerdy podcasters? Where then do the ChatzKidz fall in a theoretical sensate cluster? Find out this and MORE in this week's Chatz8 discussion of the season finale of Sense8 Season One! Check out chatzpod.com for all things Chatzpod! Twitter Reddit Twitch Chatzums Email...

Capheus Onyango is a classic "fictional character I wish was real", Lito and Nomi share an incredibly beautiful tender moment, and the ChatzKidz are frankly eating it right up. Next week, we're finishing Season One of Sense8! Check out chatzpod.com for all things Chatzpod! Twitter Reddit Twitch Chatzums Email : chatzpod@gmail.com Our main podcast feed art was done by Camilla Franklin, whose work c...

Amanita is a super sleuth, Lito is feeling all the emotions at once, and Chatz is still enjoying Sense8 this week! The episodes are good, the themes are clear, and we imagine a Sense8 that's just the vibes and hanging out without the big conspiracy stuff. Check out chatzpod.com for all things Chatzpod! Twitter Reddit Twitch Chatzums Email : chatzpod@gmail.com Our main podcast feed art was done by...

Sense8 continues apace, bringing with it themes of queer love in hard times, the flexibility of gendered emotions, and the exact difference between hash and cigarettes. What a season, what a season. Check out chatzpod.com for all things Chatzpod! Twitter Reddit Twitch Chatzums Email : chatzpod@gmail.com Our main podcast feed art was done by Camilla Franklin, whose work can be found at https://cami...

This month, we fulfill your wildest fantasies by reviving our discussions of these two fantasy revivals. Is the House full of Dragons? And just how Powerful are these Rings? Listen to the episode and find out why don't ya! 0:02:45- Spoilers for Rings of Power Episodes 5-8 begin here. 0:28:45- Spoilers for House of the Dragon episode 6-10 begin here. Check out chatzpod.com for all things Chatzpod....

Sense8 continues to ask the question "How corny is too corny?" this week, and we had a great time discussing the slowly unraveling mythology of the series, its earnest anti-capitalist stint, and of course...what's going on. The song and the...the concept. We discuss what's going on and What's Going On. There you go. As always, we strongly recommend joining us and watching the episodes each week wi...

Let us return to 2015 for a moment. The world was in a terrifying place, elections were coming in the US, but...guys, gay marriage was legalized in the US by the Supreme Court! It is this earnest light of hope in a terrifying world that Sense8 comes crashing onto Netflix. Does its spiritual message of connectedness and worldly love shine through a corny first pair of episodes? Or does it stay in t...

To give ourselves time to sync up with the eight individuals comprising Chatz across the world (it's really just us right now...unless...) we are re-broadcasting a formerly Patreon-exclusive episode of PilotChatz, where we watch TV pilots and decide if they're worthy of covering in full on the main feed. Next week we'll be back with our first full discussions of the pilot and S1E2, so stay tuned f...

When Picard said "make it so," we didn't realize he meant make it so...good! (Season 3 of TNG, that is). This time around we engage with some brewing tensions with the Romulans, your classic Troi/Riker/Crusher have crushes episodes, and some of the very best that this show has to offer so far. Check out chatzpod.com for all things Chatzpod! Twitter Reddit Twitch Email : chatzpod@gmail.com Our main...

Let us go back to a time when event television meant discussing the latest goings on in Westeros. Or perhaps when a trip to the movies meant checking in with Frodo and his little friends? This month on Should You Watch, we discussed the FIRST HALVES of HBO's House of the Dragon and Amazon Prime's The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power's first seasons. Did we like them? Are they worth a watch? F...

Well, this is it folks. Kevin takes one last exciting trip to dream world to find some answers we may or may not have needed. And then, in the series finale, Nora and Kevin have a totally chill conversation with no massive implications or touching conclusions whatsoever. (Seriously, it's one of the best scenes in television) Stay tuned to the end of this meaty episode for our announcement of the n...

We reference this article in the first half of the episode. I promise it'll make sense: https://www.avclub.com/this-lion-fucks-1844904182 The second episode discussion features a very frank discussion of suicide and self-harm. The National Suicide Hotline number is 9-8-8. If you are uncomfortable with any aspect of that discussion, we encourage you to skip part 2. We loved "Certified", in many way...

Kevin Sr. begins a walkabout of sorts, which is fine and good I guess. But then his tale intersects with one of the mysterious horsemen from last week, and we're off to the races. In our second episode discussion, we break down the crumbling relationship of Kevin and Nora, and look for a source of hope. The Leftovers is barreling towards its conclusion, and we're just along for the ride at this po...

The Leftovers season 3 opens with a bang as the Guilty Remnant situation is taken care of, parallels are made in the distant past, and the future looks...stranger. Perfectly so, you might say. Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today...is a new episode of The Chatzovers! Check out chatzpod.com for all things Chatzpod! Twitter Reddit Twitch Chatzums Email : chatzpod@gmail.com Our main pod...