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Ep.97: Westworld - 307 - Telegraph

Westworld - April 30, 2020 16:32 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
"Westworld" Episode 7's Telegraph has more laughs per minute than anything we've done this season. Listeners wrote and called in about Maeve's story arc, the real Dolores Prime, illogical fight scenes, EMPs, passed pawns, and French accents. You guys really can't let go of the accents. In this...

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Ep.95: Westworld - 307 - Telegraph

Westworld - April 30, 2020 16:32 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
"Westworld" Episode 7's Telegraph has more laughs per minute than anything we've done this season. Listeners wrote and called in about Maeve's story arc, the real Dolores Prime, illogical fight scenes, EMPs, passed pawns, and French accents. You guys really can't let go of the accents. In this...

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Ep.96: Westworld - 307 - Passed Pawn

Westworld - April 28, 2020 08:35 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Westworld Season, 3, Episode 7, revealed a massive clue to Caleb's true identity. If you missed it, you aren't alone. If you want to know what it is, you'll have to listen.  This week's Deep Dive covers Solomon's definition of an outlier, robo smelling salts, super-crappy targeting systems, EM...

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Ep.95: Westworld - 307 - Instacast

Westworld - April 27, 2020 05:36 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
We wanted the scoop on Caleb Nichols' background, and boy did we get it. Westworld Season 3, Episode 7, delivered detailed history, gave Solomon a voice, revealed the dark secrets behind Serac's grand plan, and gave us a bloody showdown for good measure. Our instant-reaction episode also inclu...

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Ep.94: Westworld - 306 - Telegraph

Westworld - April 24, 2020 14:54 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
"Westworld" listener mail this week focuses on why William thinks he's "the good guy," whether host pearls are irreplaceable, how bad a mom Charlotte was, how to pronounce Serac (again), and the season's biggest reveal: Big D is a robot. This Telegraph, covering Episode 6 of Season 3, also fea...

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Ep.93: Westworld - 306 - Decoherence

Westworld - April 21, 2020 19:48 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
It only took six episodes, but Gene finally has tinfoil! Find out why he thinks Charlotte Hale was acting weird, and hear Big D's far more plausible explanation. Ashley adds to the mix with a breakdown of William's WWE group therapy, and we round out coverage of Westworld Season 3, Episode 6, by...

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Ep.92: Westworld - 306 - Instacast

Westworld - April 20, 2020 04:10 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
What a save! Episode 6 seemed to pump the brakes on all of Season 3's momentum in the opening minutes but finished with a real bang as our Westworld warriors found violent new motivations that set the stage for an explosive finale. Big D loved the William group therapy session, and Ash was int...

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Ep.91: Westworld - 305 - Telegraph

Westworld - April 17, 2020 16:50 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Ashley beat-boxing, Gene struggling with the N-word, Big D confusing real life with "Universal Soldier"—this Telegraph edition of Shat on TV is a doozy. "Westworld" Season 3, Episode 5, inspired listeners to write and call in about Caleb's biblical allusions, Rehoboam's limitations, Dolores' m...

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Ep.90: Westworld - 305 - Genre

Westworld - April 14, 2020 19:41 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Ready to get weird? Let's get weird. Ashley dissects Caleb and Serac. Big D gives lessons on hallucinogens and shoulder-fired missiles, and Gene takes you on a magical musical journey through Westworld Season 3, Episode 5: "Genre." The Shat Crew also digs into Rehoboam weaponizing hope, why th...

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Ep.89: Westworld - 305 - Instacast

Westworld - April 13, 2020 05:31 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Your hosts are all back on the "Westworld" train! Choo-choo! Gene stops complaining. Ash heaps on the praise, and Big D wants to know where he can get some Genre. Season 3, Episode 5, fleshed out the mesmerizing Serac, reminded us of the talent in Evan Rachel Wood and Aaron Paul, blasted a kic...

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Ep.88: Westworld - 304 - Telegraph

Westworld - April 10, 2020 18:05 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Listener mail this week focused on Caleb, Dolores's pearl clones, an underpopulated Neo Los Angeles, lost lines of dialogue, William's punishment, and blood identity scanners. "Westworld" Season 3, Episode 4 also inspired email and voicemail covering Charlotte Hale tinfoil, hamartia, "Rent" th...

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Ep.87: Westworld - 304 - The Mother of Exiles

Westworld - April 07, 2020 15:06 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Gene and Ashley take heat from listeners, and Big D skates by as we dive deep into Season 3, Episode 4: "The Mother of Exiles." This edition of Shat on TV explores a multi-Dolores universe, including the emergence of Dolores Prime, and asks "Who has the key to the Sublime?" We also dig up ever...

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Ep.86: Westworld - 304 - Instacast

Westworld - April 06, 2020 05:58 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
All you pearl-divers got your answer as "Westworld" Season 3, Episode 4 revealed more of Dolores' master plan, kicked up the violence, and turned on the sex appeal.  Gene was left wondering, "Why Caleb?" Ashley raised an eyebrow at how Bernard and Stubbs knew so much, and Big D scribbled down ...

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Ep.85: Westworld - 303 - Telegraph

Westworld - April 03, 2020 17:21 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Texas shows up strong in this listener mail edition of Shat on TV: Westworld. Your email and voicemail concerning Season 3, Episode 3, brought in lots of expertise, from theoretical physics to medical protocol.  This week's topics include time as a loaf of bread, the "noble savage" philosophy,...

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Ep.84: Westworld - 303 - The Absence of Field

Westworld - April 01, 2020 00:28 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Who the Hale is Charlotte? Roger Roeper returns to "Shat on TV" to explore the biggest question presented by Westworld Season 3, Episode 3: "The Absence of Field." Ash explains the poem behind the episode's title and reaches back to Ancient Rome to illustrate the predicament Caleb is facing. G...

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Ep.83: Westworld - 303 - Instacast

Westworld - March 30, 2020 07:04 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
If your main question after Season 3, Episode 3, was "who's in those pearls?" you missed a lot of really good TV. Westworld's genre-switching was phenomenal; Tessa Thompson's portrayal of an other inside Charlotte Hale's shell was impeccable; and plausible glimpses of future tech were both aston...

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Ep.82: Westworld - 302 - Telegraph

Westworld - March 27, 2020 14:15 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Listener mail after "Westworld" Season 3, Episode 2 covers great minds like Lacan, Fromm, Faucault, Sartre, Barthe, Chomsky, and Rahobo.  Ashley and Gene compare brain boners. Big D finds a mispronunciation mate, and we celebrate the memory of a Shat listener who is no longer with us. Long...

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Ep.81: Westworld - 302 - The Winter Line

Westworld - March 25, 2020 02:17 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Shat on TV's coverage of Westworld Season 3, Episode 2: "The Winter Line" starts off intelligently with discussions of free will vs sentience, the nuance between hero and villain, and Ash's brilliant overview of Louis Althusser's views of subjection and the state. Things take a turn as Dick Eb...

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Ep.80: Westworld - 302 - Instacast

Westworld - March 23, 2020 03:39 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Was "Westworld" Season 3, Episode 2 a thrilling mind-bender or a "Rick and Morty" ripoff? "The Winter Line" took as back to the park and some familiar faces, including ... Drogon?  Maeve dropped a math bomb; Big D got on the Aaron Paul Train; and Gene Lyons thinks he's smarter than everyone el...

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Ep.79: Westworld - 301 - Telegraph

Westworld - March 21, 2020 04:05 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Lister mail after the "Westworld" Season 3 Premiere covers Caleb's humanity, the toll of trauma on military veterans, the anime "Psycho Pass," livestock lessons in an "umm, actually," and sucking a butt. Things get steamy as Ash's husband calls in; Gene bemoans his position as the podcast's sc...

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Ep.78: Westworld - 301 - Parce Domine

Westworld - March 17, 2020 09:32 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Is the "real world" just a simulation? Is Francis a fidelity test? What's Incite up to, and why is Gene Lyons so happy? We answer these questions and more in Shat on TV's first "Westworld" Deep Dive of Season 3.  Episode 1, "Parce Domine" brought us a Bible lesson, a new face for artificial in...

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Ep.77: Westworld - 301 - Instacast

Westworld - March 16, 2020 05:16 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Westworld Season 3 started off with a bang, literally, as new characters stepped onto the scene, familiar faces got their hands dirty, and HBO reminded us why it's the king of TV production. The sets were amazing, the vision of the future was painstakingly detailed (if not derivative), and nud...

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Ep.76: Westworld - Season 3 Kickoff Telegraph

Westworld - March 10, 2020 07:50 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
"Westworld" fans write in and the Shat Crew responds to email about where Season 3 occurs, how to watch Season 2, where we've seen Kid Cudi before, who's in Charlores' magical pearls, and more. We also read reviews (some nice, some not-so-nice) of our newest host, Ash, and Roger learns big wor...

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Ep.75: Westworld - Season 3 Preview

Westworld - March 05, 2020 05:38 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Saddle up for Season 3 with a look back at the biggest Westworld moments, a look forward to the fresh setting, and an introduction to the incoming cast and returning characters.  Roger Roeper, Gene Lyons, and new host Ash also share their wish lists for the episodes to come, discuss the abbrev...

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Watchmen - Podcast Introduction

Westworld - October 04, 2019 03:13 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
The Shat on TV crew that brought you "Game of Thrones," "Westworld," "True Detective," "American Gods," and "Taboo" launch their newest TV venture: "Watchmen" on HBO. “Watchmen” takes place in an alternative, contemporary reality in the United States, in which masked vigilantes became outlawed...

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True Detective - Podcast Introduction

Westworld - January 16, 2019 07:03 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
While we're waiting for "Westworld" to return, the Shat on TV crew is covering Season 3 of True Detective for your listening pleasure. It's truly one of HBO's greatest franchises and the best thing on TV right now. We hope you enjoy.

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Ep.74: Westworld - Season 2 Mean Mail

Westworld - July 28, 2018 06:07 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Let the hate flow through you! It's time for Shat on TV: Westworld's Mean Mail edition of the Telegraph. This special episode wraps up listeners' final thoughts on Westworld Season 2, then turns the guns on Big D, Gene, and Kerri. Roger somehow emerges unscathed. Hear about Gene's sexual issue...

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Ep.73: Westworld - The Westies

Westworld - July 19, 2018 05:04 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Sure "Westworld" was recently nominated for 21 Emmy Awards, but who cares about the same old boring Award shows when you have the Shat on TV Westies!  After hundreds of fan votes, we'll announce the winners of such categories as:  Best Showdown Best Battle Best Dressed Hottest Romance ...

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Ep.72: Westworld - Season 2 Bonus Telegraph

Westworld - July 09, 2018 05:43 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
"Westworld" Season 2 is over, but viewers are still talking! We keep the conversation going with more than a dozen listener emails, voicemails, and closing thoughts. Have a listen and remember to vote in the inaugural Shat on TV Westie Awards at www.shatontv.com/westies. We'll announce the win...

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Ep.71: Westworld - Season 2 Recap

Westworld - July 05, 2018 01:29 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
You asked for a Westworld Season 2 recap. Who are we to say no? Here's where we finish lingering debates, answer questions still bugging fans, and begin showing signs of cognitive plateau. You'll hear the Season 2 shat score, the biggest swings in character development, why lower ratings are n...

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