Poda Bing: a Sopranos retrospective

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A podcast that rigorously examines The Sopranos through deep dives, streams of consciousness, conversations, interviews, trivia and NBA analogies. Produced by Alternate Thursdays. Created and hosted by Vik Singh.

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Redux 1.05

08.31.2023

Poda Bing runs it back on "College". Note: Poda Bing Redux is also on YouTube. Poda Bing is an Alternate Thursdays production created by Vik Singh (@helloimvik) Follow @podabing on IG, Twitter or wherever tf All archived episodes are available, ...

Poda Bing: a Sopranos retrospective episodes:

08.31.2023 Redux 1.05 Poda Bing runs it back on "College". Note: Poda Bing Redux is also on YouTube. Poda Bing is an Alternate Thursdays production created by Vik Singh (@helloimvik) Follow @podabing on IG, Twitter or wherever tf All archived episodes are available, ...
07.17.2023 Redux 1.04 Poda Bing runs it back on "Meadowlands". Note: Poda Bing Redux is also on YouTube. Poda Bing is an Alternate Thursdays production created by Vik Singh (@helloimvik) Follow @podabing on IG, Twitter or wherever tf All archived episodes are available, ...
06.13.2023 Redux 1.03 Poda Bing runs it back on Anger, Denial, Acceptance. Note: Poda Bing Redux is also on YouTube. Poda Bing is an Alternate Thursdays production created by Vik Singh (@helloimvik) Follow @podabing on IG, Twitter or wherever tf All archived episodes ...
05.28.2023 Redux 1.02 Poda Bing runs it back on 46 Long. Note: Poda Bing Redux is also on YouTube. Poda Bing is an Alternate Thursdays production created by Vik Singh (@helloimvik) Follow @podabing on IG, Twitter or wherever tf All archived episodes are ...
05.12.2023 Redux 1.01 Poda Bing runs it back. Poda Bing is an Alternate Thursdays production created by Vik Singh (@helloimvik) Follow @podabing on IG, Twitter or wherever tf All archived episodes are available, for free, at https://podabing.show and anywhere you listen to podcasts.
06.18.2021 6.21: Made in America Poda Bing's farewell to The Sopranos. It's been an incredible ride. Thank you. Much love, Vik Poda Bing is an Alternate Thursdays production created by Vik Singh (@helloimvik) Follow @podabing on IG, Twitter or wherever tf All archived episodes are ...
06.18.2021 6.20: Blue Comet All aboard Poda Bing's examination of Blue Comet, the penultimate episode of The Sopranos. Selected topics discussed/References made: Macrumors.com, Highlander, Marlo Stanfield, McKann, Jay Z, John Creese, Mariah Carey, Jamiroquai, Kobe Bryant, Collateral, Albie's gestures, Ethereum, blockchain, DHL, Con Air, ...
05.27.2021 6.19: The Second Coming Slouch toward the end of the series with Poda Bing as we rigorously examine the final three episodes, beginning with "The Second Coming". Selected topics discussed/References made: Joan Didion, Joni Mitchell, Mark Suster, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Bone Thugs, Syrio Forel, ...
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. Poda Bing is an Alternate Thursdays production created by Vik Singh (@helloimvik) Follow @podabing on IG, Twitter or wherever tf All ...
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. Poda Bing is an Alternate Thursdays production created by Vik Singh (@helloimvik) Follow @podabing on IG, Twitter or wherever tf All archived episodes are available, ...
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! Poda Bing is an Alternate Thursdays production created by Vik Singh (@helloimvik) Follow @podabing on IG, Twitter or wherever tf All ...
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. Poda Bing is an Alternate Thursdays production created by Vik Singh (@helloimvik) Follow @podabing on IG, Twitter or wherever tf All ...
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. Poda Bing is an Alternate Thursdays production created by Vik ...
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. Poda Bing is an Alternate Thursdays production created by Vik Singh (@helloimvik) Follow @podabing on IG, Twitter or ...
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... Selected topics ...
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! Selected topics discussed/References made: -Northern Exposure -Diving ...
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. Selected topics discussed/References made: -Cadillacs and the Mafia -Luka x LeBron -Does ...
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. Selected topics discussed/References made: -Book: The Snow Leopard -Seven ...
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. Topics discussed: -H.L. Mencken -West of the Nile -Janice's favorite ...
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" Topics discussed: -Temple of the Dog -Tony B's options -Tony B's piece -Van Morrison -Silvio ...
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. Topics discussed: -Steroids -Annie Lennox -Led Zeppelin -Deerhunter -The bigger problem: Adriana or Christopher? -Did Sanseverino squander a ...
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. Topics discussed: -Dream depictions in art, music, tv, and film -Tame Impala -A$AP Ferg -Two of the best lines of the ...
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. Poda Bing is an Alternate Thursdays production created by Vik Singh (@helloimvik) Follow @podabing on IG, Twitter or wherever tf All archived episodes are available, for free, ...
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. Poda Bing is an Alternate Thursdays production created by Vik Singh (@helloimvik) Follow @podabing on IG, Twitter or wherever tf All archived episodes are available, for ...
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. Poda Bing is an Alternate Thursdays production created by Vik Singh (@helloimvik) Follow @podabing on IG, Twitter or wherever tf All archived episodes are ...
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. Poda Bing is an Alternate Thursdays production created by Vik Singh (@helloimvik) Follow @podabing on ...
04.13.2020 Poda Bing Sopranos Trivia: Zoom Edition Poda Bing faithfuls try their hand at Poda Bing Sopranos Trivia...ON VIDEO! Poda Bing is an Alternate Thursdays production created by Vik Singh (@helloimvik) Follow @podabing on IG, Twitter or wherever tf All archived episodes are available, for free, at ...
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. Poda Bing is an Alternate Thursdays production ...
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! Poda Bing is an Alternate Thursdays production created by Vik Singh (@helloimvik) Follow @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. Poda Bing is an Alternate Thursdays production created by Vik Singh (@helloimvik) Follow @podabing on IG, Twitter or wherever tf All ...
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. Poda Bing is an Alternate Thursdays production created by Vik Singh (@helloimvik) Follow @podabing on ...
03.20.2020 Poda Bing Sopranos Trivia: Quarantine Edition A special quarantine edition of Poda Bing Sopranos Trivia. Poda Bing is an Alternate Thursdays production created by Vik Singh (@helloimvik) Follow @podabing on IG, Twitter or wherever tf All archived episodes are available, for free, at https://podabing.show and anywhere ...
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. Poda Bing is an Alternate Thursdays production created by Vik Singh (@helloimvik) Follow @podabing on IG, Twitter or ...
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. Poda Bing is an Alternate Thursdays production created by Vik Singh (@helloimvik) Follow @podabing on IG, ...
02.14.2020 5.03: Where's Johnny Like Junior in this episode, Vik wanders aimlessly across "Where's Johnny?" Poda Bing is an Alternate Thursdays production created by Vik Singh (@helloimvik) Follow @podabing on IG, Twitter or wherever tf All archived episodes are available, for free, at https://podabing.show ...
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 ...

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