#313 Dune: Prophecy, The Listeners, and A Man On The Inside. With guests Rebecca Hall, Aldis Hodge & Ben Watkins

#313 Dune: Prophecy, The Listeners, and A Man On The Inside. With guests Rebecca Hall, Aldis Hodge & Ben Watkins

Author: Empire Magazine November 18, 2024 Duration: 1:43:06

It’s absolute anarchy this week as we manage to begin the podcast first with a debate about proper podcast nomenclature and then with Kay and Boyd fighting over what does and does not constitute and illegal review. But bear with us and we promise the podcast proper does start eventually. And a good thing too, because Aldis Hodge and Ben Watkins join us to talk Cross (22:16) — though not to get cross — and Rebecca Hall drops by to talk The Listeners (49:12). Elsewhere, we give BBC1’s The Listeners the full review treatment (1:06:36), plus spice things up with Dune: Prophecy on Sky Atlantic (1:15:48) and discover whether Michael Schur and Ted Danson’s new comedy, A Man On the Inside (1:31:22), can hold a candle to The Good Place.

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