#220 Shrinking, Extraordinary, and Wolf Pack

#220 Shrinking, Extraordinary, and Wolf Pack

Author: Empire Magazine January 23, 2023 Duration: 1:16:11
This week Brett Goldstein and Bill Lawrence deliver the anti-Ted Lasso in Apple's Shrinking (which stars actual Harrison Ford), plus we find ourselves pleasantly surprised by new Disney+ original series Extraordinary, and swap Lupin for lupine in Paramount+ supernatural series Wolf Pack. Plus the team tackle questions around the tragic demise of physical media and there's a surprising amount of chat about '90s Europopsters Snap

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