Dave and Pat discuss NBC dropping the Golden Globes and the future of the troubled award show (1:09). We review Netflix's thriller miniseries 'The Innocent' (6:41) and reality show 'The Circle' Season 2 (10:18). We review Disney Plus's 'Star Wars: The Bad Batch' and explain why the animated prequel exceeds expectations in its early going (13:43). We review post-punk band Squid's debut album 'Bright Green Field' (24:17), K-pop boy band NCT Dream's debut album 'Hot Sauce' (31:07), Bay Area rapper ALLBLACK's debut album 'TY4FWM' (39:25), Czarface and MF DOOM's 2nd collab album 'Super What?' (48:40), and Gia Coppola's perplexing satire film 'Mainstream' starring Andrew Garfield (56:41).

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