The Toy Department features radio professionals Matt Kolsky and Derek Madden discussing, debating and dissecting all things sports, entertainment and pop culture. It's a free-wheeling, unfiltered chat about the lighter side of the modern world.
In Episode 159, Derek Madden and Matt Kolsky literally talk about weather before moving into the world of pop culture to break down:
The upcoming NCAA Tournament (1:35) and Kolsky’s decision not to fill out a bracket…
The season finalé of Top Chef (9:30), with thoughts on food, contestants, judges and (of course) Padma…
Netflix’s new movie Triple Frontier (21:05) and whether it’s worthy of its cast…
The return of Showtime’s Billions (26:25) and how well it has developed a big cast of interesting characters…
The premiere of the final season of Catastrophe (32:00) on Amazon and whether it is still breaking new ground in season four…
The series finale of Pete Holmes’ HBO show Crashing (35:30) and how the guys would have liked to see more…
Homework for next week (43:50), including: the Mötley Crüe biopic The Dirt on Netflix, plus two Hulu shows — The Act and Shrill, and LOTS of college basketball…