Vulture's Kathryn VanArendonk is back to talk about Apple TV+'s Murderbot, and whether the books do a better job of exploring questions of gender and essential humanity without Alexander Skarsgard's Ken-doll crotch confusing matters. Should YOU give it a watch? We went Around The Dial with Overcompensating, Secret Lives Of Mormon Wives, and Leverage: Redemption's third season before Anne offered another variation on the Utahn theme with a Real Housewives Of Salt Lake City Canon Presentation. Kelli Giddish won, Tom Hardy lost, and we all tried to survive the process of Venn-diagramming premiere and finale casting in Game Time. Hack into your governor modules and join us!



GUESTS

👤 Kathryn VanArendonk



TOPICS

Lead Topic: 🤖 Murderbot

Around The Dial: 🏋️‍♀️ Overcompensating

Around The Dial: ⏳ Kids Right Now Shows

Around The Dial: 🎭 The Rehearsal

Around The Dial: 🤫 The Secret Lives Of Mormon Wives

Around The Dial: 🥷 Leverage: Redemption

The Canon: 🧂 The Real Housewives Of Salt Lake City S04.E16: Mysteries, Revealed?

Winner & Loser: ⚖️ Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Winner & Loser: 🦴 Tom Hardy

Game Time: 🛟 Survivor Round II



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NOTES

🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site

🦤 Kathryn VanArendonk at Vulture

🦋 Kathryn on Bluesky

🌮 The ATX Festival

🤖 Kathryn's Murderbot review at Vulture

🏋️‍♀️ Tara's Overcompensating review at Cracked

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📷 Photo: Apple



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