HBO has imported Sky Atlantic's miniseries Catherine The Great -- starring seasoned queen portrayer Helen Mirren -- and first-time guest Karen Geier is Russian (sorry) to join us for a discussion all about it! Around The Dial takes us through Living With Yourself, Modern Love, The Politician, Buzz, Survivor, the latest in Ken Burns, and HBO's highly anticipated take on Watchmen! Karen presents the "Interlude" episode of The Righteous Gemstones for induction into The Canon. Then it's on to the week's Winner and Loser, and a non-regulation Game Time that's the mother you never had and the sister everybody would want...or that's just about guest stars playing characters' relatives on TV. Saddle up your sturdiest steed and join us!

GUESTS

👤 Karen Geier

TOPICS

Lead Topic: 🐴 Catherine The Great

Around The Dial: 🫵 Living With Yourself

Around The Dial: ❤️ Modern Love

Around The Dial: 🗳 The Politician

Around The Dial: 🏜 Survivor

Around The Dial: 🤠 Ken Burns's Country Music

Around The Dial: 🐝 Buzz

Around The Dial: ⌚️ Watchmen

The Canon: ⛪️ The Righteous Gemstones S01.E05: Interlude

Winner & Loser: 👍 Grace & Frankie Jane Fonda and Sam Waterston

Winner & Loser: 👎 Gabrielle Carteris

Game Time: 🧠 It's All Relative

NOTES

🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 273 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

🐦 Karen Geier on Twitter

👻 The On Belief podcast

👻 On Belief on Patreon

😢 The On Grief podcast

😢 On Grief on Patreon

🎙 KarenGeier.com

❤️ Maureen Ryan's Modern Love review at NYTimes.com

🏝 Again With This

🏝 Again With This on Patreon

🎶 MASTAS on Patreon

⌚️ James Poniewozik's Watchmen review