Poda Bing: a Sopranos retrospective

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An episode-by-episode discussion of The Sopranos with occasional notable fans, cast and crew. Co-hosted by Vik Singh of Alternate Thursdays and John Loughlin and Justin Pakdaman of popular Instagram handle @sopranosgram

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6.18: Kennedy and Heidi

05.13.2021

Pack your bags for Vegas and get "comfortably numb" (buttons optional) with Poda Bing's ode to Kennedy and Heidi. Don't forget your glasses! Selected topics discussed/References made: George Michael, Bob Seger, An Inconvenient Truth, Drazen Petrovic, Jason Kidd, Vince Carter, ...

Poda Bing: a Sopranos retrospective episodes:

05.13.2021 6.18: Kennedy and Heidi Pack your bags for Vegas and get "comfortably numb" (buttons optional) with Poda Bing's ode to Kennedy and Heidi. Don't forget your glasses! Selected topics discussed/References made: George Michael, Bob Seger, An Inconvenient Truth, Drazen Petrovic, Jason Kidd, Vince Carter, ...
04.18.2021 6.17: Walk Like a Man "Walk" through this gem of an episode one more time with us. Don't forget your Poda Bing glasses! Selected topics discussed/References made: Duncan Sheik, DJ Shadow, Pink Floyd, Rick Rubin on IG, Anthony Edwards, Harry Potter vs. Crash cloaks, Doug ...
04.04.2021 6.16: Chasing It Through 80 episodes, the Sopranos has been a bit like a Roulette wheel: we never quite know where things are gonna land. "Chasing It" is no different. From "Whitecaps lite" to oases in one's week, grab your Poda Bing glasses ...
03.13.2021 6.15: Remember When Remember when Tony said "remember when" and your jaw hit the floor? Let's remember that and more together. Don't forget your Poda Bing glasses. Selected topics discussed/References made: Chatter (the book), Mac Demarco, Daft Punk (RIP), Pomodoro Technique, Limitless, Bradley ...
02.24.2021 071: Kathrine Narducci & Gino Cafarelli A conversation with the incredible Kathrine Narducci followed up with another chat with her talented best friend, Gino Cafarelli. Friendly ask: Poda Bing is a labor of love and has been since day 1. If you love the pod, your ...
02.23.2021 6.14: Stage 5 Parse all the bloody stages of Stage 5 with bloody Poda Bing. Evidently there's a lot there. Selected topics discussed/References made: Talib Kweli, Eckhart Tolle, 1983 Mercedes Turbo Diesels, Richie back from the dead?, John Woo, Face Off, Broken Social ...
01.29.2021 6.13: Soprano Home Movies Come Samba with Poda Bing from Ipanema to Lake Oscawana as we pay respect to this perfectly tuned grand entrance to a final season. Selected topics discussed/References made: Lake Oscawana, Beretta's logo, Tesla stock, Donald Glover, Morrissey, Rudy Giuliani, Allen ...
01.12.2021 6.12: Kaisha Come marinate in the "regularness" of Kaisha one more time with Poda Bing as we look at the greatest episode where "nothing happens". Selected topics discussed/References made: Criterion Collection, T1000, Ready Player One, Donovan McNabb & TO beef, Amitabh Bachchan, ...
12.24.2020 6.11: Cold Stones What better time to revisit Paris with Carmela and Ro than the holidays? Hope you enjoy Poda Bing's look back at one of the great penultimate episodes of the Sopranos series. Happy Holidays to all of you and thanks for ...
12.08.2020 6.10: Moe n' Joe Circle back through Moe n' Joe with Poda Bing on a Lionel of your choice. Friendly ask: Poda Bing is a labor of love and has been since day 1. If you love the pod, your support matters and means ...
11.24.2020 6.09: The Ride Just in time for Thanksgiving -- go back and "feast" on "The Ride". Don't forget your Poda Bing glasses! Friendly ask: Poda Bing is a labor of love and has been since day 1. If you love the pod, your ...
11.10.2020 6.08: Johnny Cakes Johnny Cakes with all the Poda Bing sides! Had a lot of fun making this one. Hope you enjoy. Friendly ask: Poda Bing is a labor of love and has been since day 1. If you love the pod, your ...
10.28.2020 6.07: Luxury Lounge Luxury Lounge gets the Poda Bing treatment. Let's see if we can get in and come away with some swag of our own but without knocking down a legend curbside. Friendly ask: Poda Bing is a labor of love and ...
10.13.2020 6.06: Live Free or Die Live Free or Die gets the Poda Bing treatment. Let's go back to Dartford and go antiquing for a couple few hours. Friendly ask: Poda Bing is a labor of love and has been since day 1. If you love ...
09.29.2020 6.05: Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request... Johnny Sack hosts a wedding; Muscles Marinara practices counting to ten; and LeBron's got some competition in the form of Bacala. Don't forget your Poda Bing glasses for this rigorous look back at a sleeper high caliber episode... Friendly ask: ...
09.10.2020 6.04: The Fleshy Part of the Thigh Go back and re-visit one of Paulie's greatest episodes and one of the best episodes of the entire series, 'The Fleshy Part of the Thigh', with us. Don't forget your Poda Bing glasses! Friendly ask: Poda Bing is a labor ...
08.26.2020 6.03: Mayham Poda Bing completes its journey with Tony in the "Bardo". Mayham answered many questions, raised others, gave us Tony back and elevated the series beyond its medium. Literally. Friendly ask: Poda Bing is a labor of love and has been ...
08.11.2020 6.02: Join the Club Poda Bing's look at Tony in the "Bardo". Join the Club is next level Sopranos (literally and figuratively). Spend some time with the pod and let's go back to Costa Mesa. Friendly ask: Poda Bing is a labor of love ...
07.15.2020 6.01: Members Only Poda Bing's look at the beginning of the end of The Sopranos, Members Only: a masterclass episode in setting us up for one more run at this thing of ours. Friendly ask: Poda Bing is a labor of love and ...
06.25.2020 5.13: All Due Respect Vik closes the books on season 5 with a rigorous inquiry on, arguably, the most important and special episode of the series: "All Due Respect" Friendly ask: Poda Bing is a labor of love and has been since day 1. ...
06.23.2020 5.12: Long Term Parking Vik parks in LAX's Long Term Parking (but just for an hour) to examine and revisit this classic episode of The Sopranos. Friendly ask: Poda Bing is a labor of love and has been since day 1. If you love ...
06.08.2020 5.11: The Test Dream Vik takes "The Test Dream" on a test drive. This episode also features an impromptu Test Dream-inspired rap. What. Friendly ask: Poda Bing is a labor of love and has been since day 1. If you love the pod, your ...
05.27.2020 5.10: Cold Cuts (with Lorenzo Antonucci) Vik takes a solo drive up to Kinderhook to revisit 'Cold Cuts'. Later, Lorenzo Antonucci (actor, producer and mastermind behind the Drea de Matteo Poda Bing conversation) stops by to catch up and spend some time at Uncle Pat's, too. ...
05.13.2020 070: Chris Caldovino Chris Caldovino, Billy Leotardo on the show, shares his Sopranos story and more. More to explore: On Game Federer, Vik Singh and Brian Clark relive and revisit every Roger Federer Grand Slam title. On Run it back, we look back ...
05.09.2020 Poda Bing Sopranos Trivia: Zoom Edition No. 2 A sampling from some of the best of Poda Bing's second quarantine Zoom trivia. More to explore: On Game Federer, Vik Singh and Brian Clark relive and revisit every Roger Federer Grand Slam title. On Run it back, we look ...
05.03.2020 5.09: Unidentified Black Males (with Ron Bernard) Vik and Ron (aka Sopranos Autopsy) identify as many unidentified aspects of this wonderful episode as possible over two hours. Topics discussed: -Mission Viejo -Masculinity -Tropes -Shakespeare & Chase -Sisco & Beyonce -Aerosmith -Abundant intentionality -Earned sentimentality -Ways we actively ...
04.27.2020 069: Joe Maruzzo (Joey Peeps) Joe Maruzzo, who played Joey Peeps on the show, walks-and-talks his way through his Sopranos story. Thanks for listening! -If you love the pod, you can support it by visiting: glow.fm/podabing -Follow @podabing on Instagram for a pictorial and caption ...
04.19.2020 5.08: Marco Polo (with Dan Dougherty) Vik and Dan swim their way through 'Marco Polo', spend quality time with Hugh along the way, and more. Topics discussed: -Hugh's gravitas -Tony B's downward spiral -Beretta export policy -Michael Jordan -Roger Federer -Pearl Jam -Art History -Opus Wines ...
04.15.2020 068: Joe Bosso Joe Bosso, who wrote "A Hit is a Hit", shares his Sopranos story and more, including insights from his time as A&R for Island Records. ❤️If you love the pod, you can support it by visiting: glow.fm/podabing
04.13.2020 Poda Bing Sopranos Trivia: Zoom Edition Poda Bing faithfuls try their hand at Poda Bing Sopranos Trivia...ON VIDEO!
04.12.2020 5.07: In Camelot (with Dr. Justin) Vik and Justin travel to Camelot for a couple hours to escape the regularness of life. "In Camelot" was a brilliant and layered installment of the The Sopranos. Rigorously revisit it with us. ❤️If you love the pod, you can ...
04.02.2020 067: Armen Garo Armen Garo (Coco on the show) shares his Sopranos story and more, including what life is like walking around when you're a 9th degree Black Belt! ❤️If you love the pod, you can support it by visiting: glow.fm/podabing
03.29.2020 5.06: Sentimental Education (with John) Vik and John get sentimental with "Sentimental Education." Lotta laughs and a lot of fun, despite the physical distancing. ❤️If you love the pod, you can support it by visiting: glow.fm/podabing
03.23.2020 5.05: Irregular Around the Margins (with Justin Sayles) Vik and Justin explore ALL the margins of "Irregular Around the Margins", another impeccably created episode of The Sopranos, while observing meticulous social distancing protocols. ❤️If you love the pod, you can support it by visiting: glow.fm/podabing
03.20.2020 Poda Bing Sopranos Trivia: Quarantine Edition A special quarantine edition of Poda Bing Sopranos Trivia. ❤️If you love the pod, you can support it by visiting: glow.fm/podabing
03.14.2020 5.04: All Happy Families (with Rodrigo García) The one where Feech gets put on a bus and sent back to prison. Vik goes through the episode with Poda Bing glasses and then sits down with the director, Rodrigo García, to explore and discuss this wonderful, layered episode. ...
03.07.2020 066: Sheila Jaffe Sheila Jaffe shares her personal story, experience on The Sopranos, her creative partnership with Georgianne Walken, and the intricacies and serendipity that went into casting this brilliant ensemble over the course of 86 episodes. Sheila’s a master at what she ...
03.02.2020 065: Robert Desiderio Robert Desiderio shares his Sopranos story, working with David Chase early in his career, tennis, writing, podcasts, Who's the Boss and more. ❤️If you love the pod, you can support it by visiting: glow.fm/podabing
02.28.2020 Poda Bing, PhD: Caravaggio A conversation with UCLA professor of renaissance and early modern art, Dr. Bronwen Wilson, about Caravaggio, The Sopranos and the link between the two. ❤️If you love the pod, you can support it by visiting: glow.fm/podabing
02.14.2020 5.03: Where's Johnny Like Junior in this episode, Vik wanders aimlessly across "Where's Johnny?" ❤️If you love the pod, you can support it by visiting: glow.fm/podabing
02.10.2020 064: AJ Benza AJ Benza joins the podcast to share his Sopranos stories and experience, how he got featured in the series, his career as a celebrity insider and reporter during the prime of the show's run, and many personal anecdotes with the ...
02.04.2020 063: Terence Winter Executive Producer, writer, and director Terence Winter joins Poda Bing for a studio conversation about his work on The Sopranos and his legendary career. Topics discussed include: pivoting away from straight-and-narrow career paths; key moments in virtually every single one ...
02.01.2020 Poda Bing Listeners share their Kobe stories... Poda Bing listeners share their Kobe stories. Well, one guy didn't really have a story, actually, but we salvaged it so it didn't mean ugatz! Poda Bing is an Alternate Thursdays (@alternatethursdays) production created by Vik Singh (@vik.js)
01.31.2020 062: Sam McMurray Poda Bing sit down with Sam McMurray. He talks about the bee on his hat and more. Thank you for listening. Sorry, in advance, about the audio. Whaddya gonna do? Poda Bing is an Alternate Thursdays (@alternatethursdays) production created by ...
01.27.2020 A special Poda Bing farewell to Kobe Bean Bryant A special Poda Bing farewell to Kobe Bean Bryant. Rest in peace, Kobe + Gianna and the 7 others who lost their lives on Jan 26, 2020. Poda Bing is an Alternate Thursdays (@alternatethursdays) production created by Vik Singh (@vik.js) ...
01.24.2020 5.02: Rat Pack (with The Ringer's Justin Sayles) Vik is joined by The Ringer's Justin Sayles to dissect and discuss the second episode of season 5, "Rat Pack." -If you love the pod, you can support it by visiting: glow.fm/podabing -Follow @podabing on Instagram for a pictorial and ...
01.22.2020 061: Al Sapienza Poda Bing gets the Al Sapienza experience! . News & Announcements: If you love the pod, you can support it by visiting: glow.fm/podabing Follow @podabing on Instagram for a pictorial and caption companion to the show If you'd like to ...
01.17.2020 060: Paul Schulze Paul Schulze, who played Father Phil Intintola on the show, joins the pod for a fun conversation about his Sopranos story, relationship with Edie Falco, how to dress when you meet Sylvester Stallone, and what it's like being a Knicks ...
01.10.2020 Poda Bing, PhD: Nietzsche For the first installment of Poda Bing, PhD, Vik visits Prof. John McCumber of UCLA to get an education on the life and work of Friedrich Nietzsche. . News & Announcements: If you love the pod, you can support it ...
01.07.2020 5.01: Two Tonys (with Rob Weiss) Vik is joined by very special guest and friend of the pod Rob Weiss to dissect and discuss the season 5 premiere, Two Tonys. Rob wrote, produced and directed on HBO's Ballers, Entourage, and How To Make It In America ...

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