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Watching The Americans is a fan podcast dedicated to the FX show, The Americans. Send us in your thoughts about each episode by calling 919-907-0542 or emailing [email protected]

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Watching the Americans episodes:

11.16.2019
BONUS: Lyra’s Jordan
We are thrilled to have had such a great introduction to the world of His Dark Materials this week! Seeing Lyra, Lord Asriel, the Master, the Gyptians, and of course Mrs. Coulter made us so happy! Plus: Pan and Stelmaria...
11.16.2019
BONUS: Welcome to The Alethiometer: A His Dark Materials Podcast
Welcome to Lyra’s world! We are Sara and Chip, hosts of the podcast Watching The Americans, which explored the world of Soviet spycraft in the 1980s on FX’s “The Americans”. Now we are turning to another place and time, that...
06.13.2018
WTA 130- Series Finale Roundtable!
Tovarishchi! After six amazing, incredible, and ultimately beautifully heartbreaking seasons, The Americans is done. There is so much richness in this show, and we want to take one last look at it all. To do so, we have our roundtable...
06.08.2018
WTA 129- START Bonus Feedback
The Americans, our collective passion for 6 years, has finally come to an end. And what an ending! No one dies, yet everyone suffers mightily. A fitting conclusion to one of the best television shows in the modern era! Of...
06.05.2018
WTA 128- START Feedback
The Americans, our collective passion for 6 years, has finally come to an end. And what an ending! No one dies, yet everyone suffers mightily. A fitting conclusion to one of the best television shows in the modern era! Of...
06.04.2018
WTA 127- Season 6 Episode 10 START
The Americans, our collective passion for 6 years, has finally come to an end. And what an ending! No one dies, yet everyone suffers mightily. A fitting conclusion to one of the best television shows in the modern era! Of...
06.03.2018
WTA 126- The Americans Series Finale Party and Aftermath Discussion!
It was a gathering, a party (not communist exactly!), and a little bit of our The Americans community together at the end. The bitter and the sweet mingled as we ground our teeth, yelled out, and shed a few tears...
05.30.2018
WTA 125- Kelly AuCoin Interview
What can we say about the awesomeness that is our friend Kelly AuCoin? He got us started as our very first interviewee and then connected us with other with people working on The Americans! So who better to be the...
05.29.2018
WTA 124- Jennings, Elizabeth Feedback
Could we be any more tense than we were this week? Could we have yelled at the TV any more? Could Philip be The Flash in an alternate universe? Well, The Americans universe is imploding, more characters are dying, and...
05.27.2018
WTA 123- Season 6 Episode 9 Jennings, Elizabeth
Could we be any more tense than we were this week? Could we have yelled at the TV any more? Could Philip be The Flash in an alternate universe? Well, The Americans universe is imploding, more characters are dying, and...
05.22.2018
WTA 122- Feedback for The Summit
The end is nigh and the deck is clearing! So this week we have some major unexpected revelations from the start! Shocking twists! A mercy killing! A not killing! Has Philip finally gotten through to the human being in Elizabeth?...
05.21.2018
WTA 121- Season 6 Episode 8 The Summit
The end is nigh and the deck is clearing! So this week we have some major unexpected revelations from the start! Shocking twists! A mercy killing! A not killing! Has Philip finally gotten through to the human being in Elizabeth?...
05.16.2018
WTA 120- Feedback for Harvest
You knew we had to have at least one more gruesome spy thing, didn’t you? Well we sure did this week, along with Stan’s spidey-sense kicking in, Dennis’s frustration, and Elizabeth remaining winless this season! At least Philip was there...
05.14.2018
WTA 119- Season 6 Episode 7 Harvest
You knew we had to have at least one more gruesome spy thing, didn’t you? Well we sure did this week, along with Stan’s spidey-sense kicking in, Dennis’s frustration, and Elizabeth remaining winless this season! At least Philip was there...
05.09.2018
WTA 118- Feedback for Rififi
It has taken almost six seasons, and now Henry finally takes center stage! Maybe the only reason he isn’t completely messed up is because the family left him alone all this time! It’s Thanksgiving and we see almost everyone left...
05.07.2018
WTA 117- Season 6 Episode 6 Rififi
It has taken almost six seasons, and now Henry finally takes center stage! Maybe the only reason he isn’t completely messed up is because the family left him alone all this time! It’s Thanksgiving and we see almost everyone left...
05.02.2018
WTA 116- Feedback for The Great Patriotic War
This is probably the first time since the death of Nina that we were left completely speechless by an episode of The Americans! Things are really coming apart at the seams, in every sense in every relationship, from Gennadi and...
04.30.2018
WTA 115- Season 6 Episode 5 The Great Patriotic War
This is probably the first time since the death of Nina that we were left completely speechless by an episode of The Americans! Things are really coming apart at the seams, in every sense in every relationship, from Gennadi and...
04.25.2018
WTA 114- Feedback for Mr. and Mrs. Teacup
We thought last week was the most depressing episode yet of The Americans. Well, we were wrong! Nothing goes right this week, from travel agency finances and fancy school payments to sensor heists to trips to watch a World Series...
04.23.2018
WTA 113- Season 6 Episode 4 Mr. and Mrs. Teacup
We thought last week was the most depressing episode yet of The Americans. Well, we were wrong! Nothing goes right this week, from travel agency finances and fancy school payments to sensor heists to trips to watch a World Series...
04.18.2018
WTA 112- Feedback for Urban Transport Planning
Can Philip have a sadder face? He outdoes himself this week! Plus, Elizabeth gets to kill someone. Wha? And the Oleg-Stan bromance recommences! It awaits us in The Americans Season 6 Episode 3 “Urban Transport Planning” which aired April 11,...
04.16.2018
WTA 111- Season 6 Episode 3 Urban Transport Planning
Can Philip have a sadder face? He outdoes himself this week! Plus, Elizabeth gets to kill someone. Wha? And the Oleg-Stan bromance recommences! It awaits us in The Americans Season 6 Episode 3 “Urban Transport Planning” which aired April 11,...
04.11.2018
WTA 110- Feedback for Tchaikovsky
The fast-paced opening of Season 6 shifts into a more deliberate and devolving state for poor overworked Elizabeth! Philip loses a client, and Paige gets musical! We also get Stan: marriage counselor? Plus: FBI Mailbot makes his triumphant return! It’s...
04.09.2018
WTA 109- Season 6 Episode 2 Tchaikovsky
The fast-paced opening of Season 6 shifts into a more deliberate and devolving state for poor overworked Elizabeth! Philip loses a client, and Paige gets musical! We also get Stan: marriage counselor? Plus: FBI Mailbot makes his triumphant return! It’s...
04.06.2018
WTA 108- Katie Irish Interview
Season 6 of The Americans is finally here! What are the Jennings wearing? Katie Irish, Costume Designer for the show knows all! Katie returns to answer our questions about the costumes in Season 6, fashion in the 1980s, and more!...
04.04.2018
WTA 107- Feedback For Dead Hand
And so it begins...the last Season of The Americans! What a debut for us this week - we jump back to the future three years and enter a world familiar yet changed. We check in with the gang - Stan...
04.02.2018
WTA 106- Season 6 Episode 1 Dead Hand
And so it begins...the last Season of The Americans! What a debut for us this week - we jump back to the future three years and enter a world familiar yet changed. We check in with the gang - Stan...
03.29.2018
WTA 105- Seasons 4-6 Roundtable!
Tovarischi! The debut of the final season of The Americans is here at long last! Before we start our regular shows, we have finished our rewatch of the entire series and asked some of our long-term audio contributors to help...
03.28.2018
WTA 104- Kelly AuCoin Interview
We are getting so close to the debut of the last season of The Americans, tovarischi! To prepare, we reached out to the man who gave us our first interview, our good friend Kelly AuCoin aka Pastor Tim! Kelly reveals...
02.22.2018
WTA 103- Seasons 1-3 Roundtable!
Tovarischi! We are closing in on the debut of the final season of The Americans! So we started a rewatch of the entire series and asked some of our long-term audio contributors to help us break down Seasons 1-3! Joining...
09.12.2017
WTA 102- James Heinzen Interview
This hiatus is unbearable tovarischi! To help tide you over we have a surprise for you: an interview with modern Russia scholar Professor James Heinzen from Rowan University! Jim talks with us about his background, how he got interested in...
06.15.2017
WTA 101- Season 5 Roundtable!
Well, this season of The Americans generated so much chatter that we feel we must add to the noise! Who better than our crack panel of experts! We gather at the roundtable with our friends and co-hosts Kathleen (aka alternakat),...
06.07.2017
WTA 100- Kelly AuCoin Interview
Can you believe we turn 100 this week with The Americans, tovarischi? Us neither! Who better to celebrate this milestone with us than the man who started our interviewing adventures, our good friend Kelly AuCoin aka Pastor Tim! Kelly chats...
06.04.2017
WTA 99- Feedback for The Soviet Division
What a gripping ending to the penultimate season of The Americans! We start out with a bloody mess, get a beautiful moment in Moscow, check in with many of our characters, and wind up ever more tortured with Philip and...
06.02.2017
WTA 98- Season 5 Episode 13 The Soviet Division
What a gripping ending to the penultimate season of The Americans! We start out with a bloody mess, get a beautiful moment in Moscow, check in with many of our characters, and wind up ever more tortured with Philip and...
05.28.2017
WTA 97- Feedback for The World Council of Churches
It’s the penultimate episode of the penultimate season, so the J’s threw everything plus the kitchen sink at us! Oleg, the PGU, and the Burovs! Stan, Dennis and Sofia! Poor Pasha and Tuan! Paige, Henry, Philip and Elizabeth! Mischa and...
05.27.2017
WTA 96- Season 5 Episode 12 The World Council of Churches
It’s the penultimate episode of the penultimate season, so the J’s threw everything plus the kitchen sink at us! Oleg, the PGU, and the Burovs! Stan, Dennis and Sofia! Poor Pasha and Tuan! Paige, Henry, Philip and Elizabeth! Mischa and...
05.21.2017
WTA 95- Feedback for Dyatkovo
Action? You want action? Elizabeth and Philip deliver the mayhem this week for sure! Plus: the triumphant return of the beloved FBI Mailbot! And we have our friend and special guest host Barb Rankin to boot! It’s The Americans Season...
05.19.2017
WTA 94- Season 5 Episode 11 Dyatkovo
Action? You want action? Elizabeth and Philip deliver the mayhem this week for sure! Plus: the triumphant return of the beloved FBI Mailbot! And we have our friend and special guest host Barb Rankin to boot! It’s The Americans Season...
05.16.2017
WTA 93- Joe Weisberg & Joel Fields Interview
We did it! We obtained a bigger interview than either the KGB or FBI could muster - The Americans showrunners Joe Weisberg & Joel Fields! They join us live via satellite to discuss many aspects of the show, cagily evade...
05.15.2017
WTA 92- Feedback for Darkroom
Quiet family dinners in Moscow, hockey player boyfriends, lies and a wedding! All this and more await us in The Americans Season 5 Episode 10 “Darkroom” which aired May 9, 2017. It was written by Stephen Schiff and was directed...
05.12.2017
WTA 91- Season 5 Episode 10 Darkroom
Quiet family dinners in Moscow, hockey player boyfriends, lies and a wedding! All this and more await us in The Americans Season 5 Episode 10 “Darkroom” which aired May 9, 2017. It was written by Stephen Schiff and was directed...
05.08.2017
WTA 90- Feedback for IHOP
The slow burn of season 5 is really heating up! Henry off to boarding school? Oleg under fire? What will Stan do now? Is Tuan really calling home? And where is Paige? Plus: Martha and Gabriel! We are all eating...
05.06.2017
WTA 89- Season 5 Episode 9 IHOP
The slow burn of season 5 is really heating up! Henry off to boarding school? Oleg under fire? What will Stan do now? Is Tuan really calling home? And where is Paige? Plus: Martha and Gabriel! We are all eating...
04.30.2017
WTA 88- Feedback for Immersion
Claudia? Oh no! Oh yes! Our favorite (haha!) handler is back and so are we, talking about The Americans Season 5 Episode 8 “Immersion” which aired April 25, 2017. It was written by Tracey Scott Wilson and was directed by...
04.29.2017
WTA 87- Season 5 Episode 8 Immersion
Claudia? Oh no! Oh yes! Our favorite (haha!) handler is back and so are we, talking about The Americans Season 5 Episode 8 “Immersion” which aired April 25, 2017. It was written by Tracey Scott Wilson and was directed by...
04.23.2017
WTA 86- Feedback for The Committee on Human Rights
So it looks like Gabriel is really gone. What about Matthew? And what about Paige’s future? Whoa! Plus our friend Kathleen joins us! We are of course discussing The Americans Season 5 Episode 7 entitled “The Committee on Human Rights,...
04.21.2017
WTA 85- Season 5 Episode 7 The Committee on Human Rights
So it looks like Gabriel is really gone. What about Matthew? And what about Paige’s future? Whoa! Plus our friend Kathleen joins us! We are of course discussing The Americans Season 5 Episode 7 entitled “The Committee on Human Rights,"...
04.17.2017
WTA 84- Feedback for Crossbreed
Gabe leaving? Mischa gone? Stan and Dennis with a win? Detective Oleg? Paige and Marx and...Gabe? Minds are blown all across America with The Americans Season 5 Episode 6 entitled “Crossbreed”! It aired April 11, 2017, was written by Stephen...
04.15.2017
WTA 83- Season 5 Episode 6 Crossbreed
Gabe leaving? Mischa gone? Stan and Dennis with a win? Detective Oleg? Paige and Marx and...Gabe? Minds are blown all across America with The Americans Season 5 Episode 6 entitled “Crossbreed”! It aired April 11, 2017, was written by Stephen...

What's Watching the Americans about?

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Watching the Americans episodes:

BONUS: Lyra’s Jordan

BONUS: Welcome to The Alethiometer: A His Dark Materials Podcast

WTA 130- Series Finale Roundtable!

WTA 129- START Bonus Feedback

WTA 128- START Feedback

WTA 127- Season 6 Episode 10 START

WTA 126- The Americans Series Finale Party and Aftermath Discussion!

WTA 125- Kelly AuCoin Interview

WTA 124- Jennings, Elizabeth Feedback

WTA 123- Season 6 Episode 9 Jennings, Elizabeth

WTA 122- Feedback for The Summit

WTA 121- Season 6 Episode 8 The Summit

WTA 120- Feedback for Harvest

WTA 119- Season 6 Episode 7 Harvest

WTA 118- Feedback for Rififi

WTA 117- Season 6 Episode 6 Rififi

WTA 116- Feedback for The Great Patriotic War

WTA 115- Season 6 Episode 5 The Great Patriotic War

WTA 114- Feedback for Mr. and Mrs. Teacup

WTA 113- Season 6 Episode 4 Mr. and Mrs. Teacup

WTA 112- Feedback for Urban Transport Planning

WTA 111- Season 6 Episode 3 Urban Transport Planning

WTA 110- Feedback for Tchaikovsky

WTA 109- Season 6 Episode 2 Tchaikovsky

WTA 108- Katie Irish Interview

WTA 107- Feedback For Dead Hand

WTA 106- Season 6 Episode 1 Dead Hand

WTA 105- Seasons 4-6 Roundtable!

WTA 104- Kelly AuCoin Interview

WTA 103- Seasons 1-3 Roundtable!

WTA 102- James Heinzen Interview

WTA 101- Season 5 Roundtable!

WTA 100- Kelly AuCoin Interview

WTA 99- Feedback for The Soviet Division

WTA 98- Season 5 Episode 13 The Soviet Division

WTA 97- Feedback for The World Council of Churches

WTA 96- Season 5 Episode 12 The World Council of Churches

WTA 95- Feedback for Dyatkovo

WTA 94- Season 5 Episode 11 Dyatkovo

WTA 93- Joe Weisberg & Joel Fields Interview

WTA 92- Feedback for Darkroom

WTA 91- Season 5 Episode 10 Darkroom

WTA 90- Feedback for IHOP

WTA 89- Season 5 Episode 9 IHOP

WTA 88- Feedback for Immersion

WTA 87- Season 5 Episode 8 Immersion

WTA 86- Feedback for The Committee on Human Rights

WTA 85- Season 5 Episode 7 The Committee on Human Rights

WTA 84- Feedback for Crossbreed

WTA 83- Season 5 Episode 6 Crossbreed