Squid Game is a brutal, profoundly disturbing, darkly funny, beautifully designed, superbly acted, intelligent, thrilling masterpiece, exploring themes of desperation, inequality, greed, morality, human nature, and survival. And also, it's really disturbing (did I mention that?).
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Squid Game has always shown the juxtaposition between the childlike and the horrific, and the beautiful and the grotesque, but this season it’s also very much leaning into the intense and the goofy. Is that working? Join Veronica and Jason as we talk it out! Links: Donate to LA Fire Department: htt...
Back to the games! A few new twists on this otherwise familiar situation made this episode a lot of fun (in a darkly twisted way, of course). Listen in as Daphne and Jason break it down. Next up: Squid Game S2E4 “Six Legs”. Let us know your thoughts! You can email or send a voice message to squidg...
Ooh, things are getting interesting this ep, with that great twist at the end, and we think this season is shaping up to be a great evolution of the series. John Veronica and Jason as we talk it out. Next up: Squid Game S2E3 “001”. Let us know your thoughts! You can email or send a voice message t...
Squid Game is back and is so far delivering on the promise of the season one finale, which is that Seong Gi-hun would try to find the leaders of the game. But is it good? Join Daphne, David, and Jason as we talk it through. Next up: Squid Game S2E2 “Halloween Party”. Once you’ve seen it, send us y...
Squid Game returns next week (Dec 26) for its long-awaited second season, and we’re excited to get to it! It’s been awhile, so Daphne and Jason are here to catch you up on everything that happened in the first season, what stood out to us the most, and our hopes for season two! Squid Game Season 2 ...
Squid Game season one comes to a fittingly gloomy end, with some intriguing teases for possible directions in season two, and Karen is here to talk it through with David and Jason. Thanks everyone for listening along with us, and we hope you found the show to be as worthwhile as we did. Keep us in y...
In some ways a quieter episode here near the end, but in some ways more tense, emotional, and tragic than ever. As always, lots to talk about, and in particular we had an in-depth back-and-forth about the morality of Sang Woo. Join Jason, David, and Veronica as we talk it through. We love reading, p...
It’s the infamous, brutal glass bridge this week. Talk about a f#%ed-up game. And the sleazy “VIPs” have arrived to watch alongside, you know…. us ;) Join David, Daphne, and Jason to talk it through. We love reading, playing, and responding to your comments and thoughts about Squid Game, so send the...
Ooh, here’s maybe the best episode of Squid Game and just a standout episode of any TV show ever, in our estimation. Marbles anyone? We love reading, playing, and responding to your comments and thoughts about Squid Game, so send them in! You can email or send a voice message to talk@podcastica.com ...
No one trusts anyone in this intriguing behind-the-scenes episode, as Jun-ho gets in deeper, finds out all about the depraved organa-harvesting operation, and learns more about the nature of the games and his brother’s relationship to them. Squid Game room-scale VR experience: https://sandboxvr.com/...
Just went you thought s#!t couldn’t get any more real on Squid Game, it did this episode. Kinda turned into a prison movie. So brutal, and well-crafted, and thought provoking as always. We love reading, playing, and responding to your comments and thoughts about Squid Game, so send them in! You can ...
Squid Game: The Challenge season 1 is done! Join Jonathan, Daphne, and Jason around our triangular dinner table as we go through the finale with all our thoughts. Plus we talk through the “making of” special with behind-the-scenes info on all the games and the series as a whole, some news with some ...