Hostel 43

Yet another 🔥 episode of everyone's favourite tv podcast. This week we explore the world of Celeste Ng via the tv adaptation of her 2017 novel, Little Fires Everywhere:

Who's the real villain of this story? (2:23)

Hot Take: Not everyone deserves to have children (10:06)

Surrogacy in the 80s was messy (19:00)

Bebe and her baby May Ling (32:57)

Should poor people be allowed to have kids? (40:00)

Elena's marriage and forced motherhood (45:20)

Role playing and family dynamics (1:01:45)

The three little fires: Lexie, Moody, and Trip (1:08:50)

Pearl and her micro-aggressions (1:26:25)

Izzy's closet story (1:44:50)

#reesewitherspoon #kerrywashington #fire

Goodbye, you... it's been one wild ride. This episode we explore:

Maddie v Reagan (0:10)

Justice 4 Bronte (5:10)

Now let's drag her! (10:30)

Reddit to the rescue? (13:25)

Bronte's crazy plot armour (17:20)

Why won't anyone just kill Joe? (20:48)

Rewriting the final season (22:36)

Joe in prison and R Kelly (26:14)

Possibly the worst season of the series. This ep we discuss:

Why this season fails (0:15)

Joe Goldberg with a British accent (2:02)

We unmask the "eat the rich" killer (13:29)

This could have been Fight Club! (18:15)

We don't love Kate tbh (25:13)

Marianne trapped in a box (29:56)

"Love is cruel, love is sweet", Thomas MacDonagh. We cover a lot this episode:

Hello, Love: Joe meets his match (7:30)

Was Love treated unfairly by the plot? (15:18)

We hate Candace: the original Bronte (25:22)

How we would react to being locked in a cage (31:20)

Cary & Sherry are #couplegoals (37:45)

You season 3 is giving Desperate Housewives realness (47:10)

Love and Theo's creepy affair (53:16)

Did Joe deserve prison time? (57:41) ... and much more!

Hello, you... beautiful listener. Join us as we spend the next few episodes dissecting the mind of our friendly neighbourhood psycho-killer Joe Goldberg. We discuss:

True crime and charming killers (4:00)

The big Beck backlash (14:44)

Joe's deep desire to 'protect' (24:36)

The cognitive dissonance of Joe Goldberg (33:00)

and Trigger warning: Is Joe a sexual predator? (43:10) **

One day, Dexter meets Emma at a party whilst the two are at uni. Sparks fly, feelings develop, but what follows is a long arduous journey of self-discovery and true love. In this extra giggly episode, we discuss:

Author David Nicholls and romance stories written by men (5:35)

Justice for Dexter (10:15)

The randomness of death (19:00)

Classism in the world of One Day (34:38)

Dex and Em's friendship journey (44:11)

Emma in her loser era (58:50) ... and much more!

*Bonus episode* In the final episode of our Succession deep dive we'll discuss our fave non-Roy characters and reflect on the show as a whole:

Starting strong with Tom and Gregg's relationship (1:40)

The Roys v The Pierces- new money rich (14:00)

Is cousin Gregg a villain? (25:50)

Is Succession more drama or more comedy? (33:30)

Marcia, marcia, marcia (41:00)

Gerri's guide to being a corporate baddie (47:15)

It's time for everyone's favourite eldest boy, Kendall Roy. The very definition of main character energy, Kendall has an epic journey from sad clown to prodigal son to wannabe King. This episode we cover:

"Oedipus Roy" (6:37)

Kendall's drug addiction (12:40)

Can you escape family? (17:25)

*Trigger warning* Kendall flirts with death (22:50)

Looking back at Kendall's best and worst business moves (29:25) and more!

This week is all about Waystar's resident wild child and co-CEO, Roman Roy. Famous for his insanely inappropriate jokes, this "bootleg Logan" definitely knows how to keep us on our toes. This episode we discuss:

Logan's Roman empire (6:25)

Dog food and Roman's kinks (9:20)

Roman as a sympathetic weirdo (15:53)

Whether Roman would actually make a good CEO (20:00) and much more!

Known for playing checkers while her enemies play chess, this Queen of the side-eye needs no introduction. Siobhan Roy (a.k.a Pinky) is the 'patriarchy princess' we're not quite sure we should be rooting for. In today's ep we discuss:

Shiv vs Kendall (4:44)

Is Shiv a killer or just an angry woman? (15:10)

From nepo baby to DEI hire (34:11)

Tom and Shiv's relationship dynamic (38:30)

Siobhan's killer last move (53:00) and more!