35 - Apple+ Silo Episode 1: Freedom Day

About this episode

The episode discusses the first episode of the Apple+ series Silo and includes a segment where Marcy reads from the book Wool.

Season 3 of Idle Ride is finally here! Our plan is to review the Apple+ series Silo and the second season of HBO Max The Last of Us. For our first podcast episode, we will be discussing Episode 1 of Silo titled Freedom Day. This episode features a new segment that Paul coined as Marcy's Story Time, where she reads aloud passages from the book to compliment the show. Marcy also compares author Hugh Howey's book Wool to the show and how his writing style compares with Stephen K...

People in this episode

Hosts: Marcy Phillips, Paul Gentemann

Topics covered

• Apple+
• Silo
• The Last of Us
• book comparison
• storytelling
• TV review

Keywords

• Silo
• Apple+
• The Last of Us
• Hugh Howey
• Wool
• TV review
• story time

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Silo, The Last of Us, Wool

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