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 213, Madden and Kolsky waste little time before jumping into:
This week’s episode of Top Chef (1:40) and Kolsky’s triumph as his nemesis is finally eliminated…
The latest two episodes of The Last Dance (14:25) and Madden’s distaste for Michael Jordan the person…
This week’s episode of The Challenge: Total Madness (37:35) and the dangers of underestimating the Barbie Beast…
Jerry Seinfeld’s new Netflix special 23 Hours to Kill (50:30) and how it fails to reach Seinfeldian heights…
HBO’s new Mark Ruffalo vehicle I Know This Much is True (52:20) and the concept of bad-time tv during a pandemic…
The second season of Netflix’s Dead to Me (58:20) and just how enjoyable the two lead actresses are…
The end of IFC’s Brockmire (1:02:00), a show everyone should go watch IMMEDIATELY, and the fate of real baseball…
Homework for TWO weeks from now (1:14:25), including: Hulu’s new Catherine the Great show The Great, TNT’s Snowpiercer, new comedy specials from Patton Oswalt and Hannah Gadsby, and season 2 of Homecoming on Amazon Prime…