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Poker Face Goes To Interesting Places

Poker Face Goes To Interesting Places

Update: 2025-07-11
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Tony Tost, now showrunning Poker Face, reflects on the show's expertly woven mysteries, genre roots, and why women who don't want to pick up a gun keep finding themselves forced to fire. Tost, an expert in poetry and Johnny Cash, brings a reverence for populist storytelling to a format that straddles the procedural and the mythic. He also discusses why westerns are still a hard sell in Hollywood—even when they're smart, stylish, and starring Sydney Sweeney. Plus, Mike gets hit with a burst of esprit de l'escalier over NATO dues and Plymouth Barracudas.

Produced by Corey Wara


Production Coordinator Ashley Khan


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Poker Face Goes To Interesting Places

Poker Face Goes To Interesting Places