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After the penultimate episode of Mare of Easttown, it's becoming increasingly clear that we get to choose our own adventure ending: Do you think it's some combo of Rosses who are to blame? Is it the Dylan-Jess-random friend trifecta? Or are you sticking with Siobhan? None of the details are coming together to give us the answers this week, but we still have plenty to talk about. Join Bet...

We're taking a break from our Mare of Easttown coverage to bring you a different type of TV show breakdown: Julie, Janna and Beth discuss everything we loved, hated and didn't quite understand (or agree on) about Marvel Studio's Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Follow Julie and Janna on Twitter for more! The Cool Table podcast is produced and edited by Beth Thorne . Content support is...

I like to save my surprised gasps for true television moments. The reveal of the Bent Neck Lady. Hold the door. When Hot Priest sees the camera. You know. The BIG moments. And the fifth episode of Mare of Easttown, Illusions, gets two of them. It's a two gasp episode. Join Beth and Amy at The Cool Table as they discuss all the tied up loose ends, all the lingering and changing theories and th...

Episode Four of Mare of Easttown, Poor Sisyphus, gave us about 17% of the answers we were looking for, and a lot more questions. Secrets abound, and the tension is ratcheting up for the final few episodes of the series. Join Beth and Amy at The Cool Table as we discuss how our theories are evolving, how much we love Jean Smart and where exactly Mare's mustache must be. Also, please rate us an...

Before Sunday's episode of Mare Of Easttown airs, get a rundown of everything that happened in Episode 3, 'Enter Number Two' with Amy and Beth at The Cool Table. All the theories, all the plot points you might have missed and huge helping of fangirling over Jean Smart and Evan Peters. Skip to minute 12 if you want less chatting at The Cool Table and want to get directly to the episo...

HBO is over here getting us hooked on another cop procedural even thought we swore them off. But this one has sleepy eastern corridor towns, Kate Winslet, Jean Smart and a heaping helping of misdirection. We are helpless against that. Mare of Easttown has some amazing characters, but at its core, it's a whodunnit, and we think we know who done it. Want to talk to someone - anyone - about all...

It's time to meet The Dregs of Ketterdam with the ladies of The Cool Table. This is Grisha Book Club  - where we meet live to discuss the books we love and love to read. Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo and the characters of Six of Crows are headed to Netflix THIS WEEK, but not before the girls at The Cool Table break it all down with you.  The Cool Table on YouTube The Cool Table on Facebook...

What are the great-great-grandmommas of the books we love to read now? Where did our love for historical romance, urban fantasy, and sweeping adventures come from? What are the books and the authors that brought the girls of The Cool Table together? Everyone and anyone can sit with us at The Cool Table, but when it comes to a certain set of books, there might be some prerequisites you should read...

Whether it's your first time or just your first time since the twenty-teens, reading Shadow and Bone is always an experience. This is Grisha Book Club at The Cool Table - where we meet live to discuss the books we love and love to read. Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo is headed to Netflix later this month, but not before the girls at The Cool Table break it all down for you like it's 20...

Bridgerton remains a full-on pop culture phenomenon, but here at the cool table, we knew about it before it was cool. We started Bridgerton Book Club to get ready for the Shondaland show, and our previous episodes were recorded live back in summer 2020. But finally, we got around to Benedict Bridgerton’s book: An Offer From a Gentleman by Julia Quinn. Insta-love, bad ideas from supposedly good guy...

THE HANGOUT OF WITCHES FINALE ... our final word on the last two episodes of season 2 of A Discovery of Witches. Everything from heart veins to final goodbyes to why tf are we supposed to care about Jack Blackfriars! To watch A Hangout of Witches, visit and subscribe to our YouTube Channel . To find out more about future hangouts, including our upcoming Bridgerton Book Club, follow us on Twitter o...

Join the girls at The Cool Table as they break down everything about the Book of Life and Marcus' third nipple in episode 7 and 8 of A Discovery of Witches! Follow all our LIVE hangouts and videos on YouTube and Facebook ! Follow Beth on Twitter and Instagram: @bethorne Catch all our entertainment news, reviews and pop culture rants at The Cool Table. So,  AHOW may be over, but we will be liv...

Matthew and Diana finally did it, and we decided to celebrate that. Join Beth, Heidi, La'Shay and Janna as they discuss episodes 5 and 6 of A Discovery of Witches season 2. And join us LIVE this coming Sunday night for A Hangout of Witches episodes 7 and 8! The Cool Table Youtube Channel The Cool Table on Facebook The Cool Table on Twitter

Steven Cree and vanity searching. Going home on night one with guys who seem sketchy. Final analysis on those damn miniatures. All that and more in week 4 of A Hangout of Witches: The Cool Table's live A Discovery of Witches after show. Enjoy! Subscribe to our Youtube channel to join the next one live: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3b6pFztVf47WiivDDaidYA Or follow us on Facebook to get a...

Queen Elizabeth, Gallowglass, Mary Sidney, John Dee, and those damn miniatures. There were a lot of special guests in Episode 3 of A Discovery of Witches. And we had a lot to say about all of them. Also, for the first time ever, a period show is Wig Approved. 

The Viscount Who Loved Me is the Julia Quinn novel everyone is reading, as it's going to be the basis of Bridgerton Season 2. Join the girls at The Cool Table as they discuss everything Anthony and Kate! 

The two bottle blondes of The Cool Table give some much-needed advice to everyone's least favorite blonde representative, Marjorie Taylor Greene. Her hair and her opinions are trash, but there is only one of those we think we can do anything about. 

Love Elizabethan London, Witchy Lore and Matthew Goode in leather doublets? Then you'll love our discussion of A Discovery of Witches, season 2, episode 2. Join the girls at The Cool Table: Beth, Karen, Heidi and La'Shay as we get serious AND silly about this book to screen adaptation. 

A Hangout of Witches is A Discovery of Witches after show! All the details you loved, the book to tv bits you missed and the Goode Stuff in between. Join the ladies at The Cool Table as they break down the first episode of season 2 of the hit show. 

If you've binged (and loved) Netflix's Bridgerton series by Shondaland TV, you don't want to miss our book club discussion of the first of Julia Quinn's novels, The Duke and I. Recorded way back in spring 2020, before the show came out, we have a a lot to say about the book itself, the Duke of Hastings, Daphne Bridgerton's choices, and speculations for the television serie...

We’ve been busy over the last year hosting live convos with our audience here at The Cool Table, and we’re bringing the best of those chats to The Cool Table podcast to start us off right. Rate, review and subscribe to save your seat!