Syndicated with Lesley and Ben

Lesley and Ben’s season on International TV continues with 30 Coins, another Spanish language horror series. Now what are the odds! We talk about how international tv is working great for streaming companies, our personal affinity toward religious and folk horror (including plenty of examples), and the incredible set design of Pedraza, Spain, the location of 30 Coin’s story.We covered Season One, Episode Three, El Espejo. When a wedding guest violently crashes his car on the way to the reception, an investigation of his living quarters reveals that he has a cursed demon mirror in his apartment. It happens. Even though he doesn’t initially believe the mirror is anything but a normal mirror, Father Vergara stays up all night to investigate it. Town mayor Paco and Veterinarian Elena attempt to help him but Vergara rebuffs their curiosity and tries to handle it alone... until the mirror lashes out against him. Unfortunately, shortly after we recorded this episode, HBO decided not to renew 30 Coins. Fingers crossed the story gets to continue some other way.

We did our time, listener! 13 long episodes in crime tv. You can’t make us go back in there! It’s time to wrap up our crime season, and we could think of only one show to throw the book at us. Lesley and Ben cover The Wire, the lauded HBO prestige police procedural starring Lance Reddick, Idris Elba and Dominic West. We started with the season two finale, Any Port in a Storm and were stunned by the quality of the story so far. Was everyone else right? Was The Wire always this good?Plus we talk about crime procedurals role in history, different stories for different demographics and magnetic appeal of Idris Elba. Syndicated with Lesley and Ben is a twice monthly podcast about television, genre and storytelling in which your hosts watch one episode of a new show and explore the history of television one episode at a time. From family room sitcoms to space exploration shows, reality TV to procedurals and game shows, we’re going to cover it all and give you the context you need to understand the wonderful world of television and the stories we love. Our Logo is by Terra Bosart, the theme song is by Mandra Sigma and the show is edited by Jay Gagnon.

Lesley and Ben are now on an international crime spree. We’re tackling Lupin, the Netflix produced French thriller series about the adventures of Assane Diop, a man who has modeled himself after pulp character Arsene Lupin, the Gentleman Thief. We talk about Sherlock Holmes, pulp fiction of the early 1900s, foreign television, expanding our cultural horizons and how to execute a good plot twist. Also we talk a lot about France. Sacre bleu! Syndicated with Lesley and Ben is a twice monthly podcast about television, genre and storytelling in which your hosts watch one episode of a new show and explore the history of television one episode at a time. From family room sitcoms to space exploration shows, reality TV to procedurals and game shows, we’re going to cover it all and give you the context you need to understand the wonderful world of television and the stories we love. Our Logo is by Terra Bosart, the theme song is by Mandra Sigma and the show is edited by Jay Gagnon.

Cabot Cove has no shortage of murders and there is no one more qualified to solve them than mystery writer Jessica Fletcher. Editor Jay Gagnon brings us Murder She Wrote, the number one source of Angela Lansbury material. Lesley, Ben and Jay stumble through a charming double murder in the high stakes cutthroat world of fiction publishing. Logically, we picked an episode that guest stars Better Call Saul’s Michael McKean. Syndicated with Lesley and Ben is a twice monthly podcast about television, genre and storytelling in which your hosts watch one episode of a new show and explore the history of television one episode at a time. From family room sitcoms to space exploration shows, reality TV to procedurals and game shows, we’re going to cover it all and give you the context you need to understand the wonderful world of television and the stories we love. Our Logo is by Terra Bosart, the theme song is by Mandra Sigma and the show is edited by Jay Gagnon.

Chip Chip Cheerio. Top of the Morning. Other Such Phrases. Lesley and Ben are trying something different with this episode of Syndicated. Instead of having a guest, or showing each other one of our confirmed favorite shows, we decided to take a chance on Peaky Blinders together. Imagine our shock finding out that Sam Neill is in this and that Peaky Blinders, is in fact, pretty good. Plenty of Oppenheimer talk in this one, don’t worry.Syndicated with Lesley and Ben is a twice monthly podcast about television, genre and storytelling in which your hosts watch one episode of a new show and explore the history of television one episode at a time. From family room sitcoms to space exploration shows, reality TV to procedurals and game shows, we’re going to cover it all and give you the context you need to understand the wonderful world of television and the stories we love. Our Logo is by Terra Bosart, the theme song is by Mandra Sigma and the show is edited by Jay Gagnon.

Any excuse to talk about Walton Goggins. Lesley sits Ben down so that they can talk about Justified, the FX modern day neo western starring Timothy Olyphant as the morally grey lawman Raylan Givens and Walton Goggins as irredeemable skinhead cult leader Boyd Crowder. Their dynamic is fascinating and we talk at length about the relationship between the two while dissecting what happens to crime when the law doesn’t matter round these parts. Syndicated with Lesley and Ben is a twice monthly podcast about television, genre and storytelling in which your hosts watch one episode of a new show and explore the history of television one episode at a time. From family room sitcoms to space exploration shows, reality TV to procedurals and game shows, we’re going to cover it all and give you the context you need to understand the wonderful world of television and the stories we love. Our Logo is by Terra Bosart, the theme song is by Mandra Sigma and the show is edited by Jay Gagnon.

We welcome back Rachel Collins for… just one more thing, so that we can talk about Columbo! Peter Falk starred as Lt. Columbo from 1968 to 2003 and we’re heartbroken that we can only cover one fantastic episode of this show. And since Rachel is guesting this episode, it’s the Dick van Dyke one. Whodunits, gunshots in the junkyard, photographic evidence, fan art of Columbo’s wife and the history of TV movies, we talk about this real snapshot of 20th Century pop culture. Syndicated with Lesley and Ben is a twice monthly podcast about television, genre and storytelling in which your hosts watch one episode of a new show and explore the history of television one episode at a time. From family room sitcoms to space exploration shows, reality TV to procedurals and game shows, we’re going to cover it all and give you the context you need to understand the wonderful world of television and the stories we love. Our Logo is by Terra Bosart, the theme song is by Mandra Sigma and the show is edited by Jay Gagnon.

Woke Up This Morning, Got Yourself a Podcast. Lesley and Ben are starting their crime season off strong with the Godfather of all crime tales. We’re covering the history of HBO, cable premium channels and Tony Soprano! We could think of no better episode than The Pine Barrens, where Paulie Walnuts and Christopher Moltisanti get lost while trying to off a member of the Russian mob. Conversations about set design, the interior decorating of the 90s, and the gaudiness of the criminally rich. A mobster going to therapy? What’s the worst that can happen. Syndicated with Lesley and Ben is a twice monthly podcast about television, genre and storytelling in which your hosts watch one episode of a new show and explore the history of television one episode at a time. From family room sitcoms to space exploration shows, reality TV to procedurals and game shows, we’re going to cover it all and give you the context you need to understand the wonderful world of television and the stories we love. Our Logo is by Terra Bosart, the theme song is by Mandra Sigma and the show is edited by Jay Gagnon.