563: Checking The Perimeter With Murderbot

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!

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👤 Kathryn VanArendonk (extrahotgreat.com/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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🦤 Kathryn VanArendonk at Vulture (vulture.com/author/kathryn-vanarendonk)
🦋 Kathryn on Bluesky (bsky.app/profile/kvanaren.bsky.social)
🌮 The ATX Festival (atxfestival.com)
🤖 Kathryn's Murderbot review at Vulture (vulture.com/article/murderbot-alexander-skarsg…)
🏋️‍♀️ Tara's Overcompensating review at Cracked (cracked.com/article_46585_the-new-sex-comedy-o…)
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