Westworld FM

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A podcast about HBO’s Westworld TV Series by the Midwest Podcast Network

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Westworld FM episodes:

08.23.2022
Season 4 Wrap-Up
In this episode Nick and Alex discuss the entirety of Westworld season 4 with Jon, Bryan, and Erica from the Midwest Game Nerds Podcast! What did we like and dislike about the season as a whole? Have we already seen some...
08.19.2022
4×08 Que Sera Sera
In this episode Nick and Alex discuss season 4 episode 8 of HBO’s Westworld titled “Que Sera Sera”! What did the end of the episode mean to us? Does death mean anything in Westworld anymore? Is this a season finale or...
08.10.2022
4×07 Metanoia
In this episode Nick and Alex discuss season 4 episode 7 of HBO’s Westworld titled “Metanoia”! What’s off about this week’s episode? Will Stubbs survive the finale? Are the hosts really dead? All of that and much more on this weeks...
08.04.2022
4×06 Fidelity
In this episode Nick and Alex discuss season 4 episode 6 of HBO’s Westworld titled “Fidelity”! What’s next for Caleb? What’s going on with Clementine? Will C’s opinion of hosts change? All of that and much more on this weeks episode! All...
07.28.2022
4×05 Zhuangzi
In this episode Nick and Alex discuss season 4 episode 5 of HBO’s Westworld titled “Zhuangzi”! What exactly is transcendence? What disease are the hosts catching from the outliers? What’s the nature of Christina’s reality? All of that and much more...
07.20.2022
4×04 Generation Loss
In this episode Nick and Alex discuss season 4 episode 4 of HBO’s Westworld titled “Generation Loss”! How is James Marsden just so damn gorgeous? What does Charlores really want with Caleb? Was there love between Maeve and Caleb? All of...
07.19.2022
Season 4 Mid-Season Check-In
In this bonus episode Nick and Alex check-in with the Midwest Game Nerds to see what they think of the latest season of Westworld so far! Feedback can be sent to [email protected] Support us on Patreon.com by clicking on the button below...
07.13.2022
4×03 Années Folle
In this episode Nick and Alex discuss season 4 episode 3 of HBO’s Westworld titled “Années Folle”! Who is Aurora Perrineau playing? How long was Bernard in the Sublime? What weapon is buried in ‘The Forbidden Lands’? All of that and...
07.08.2022
4×02 Well Enough Alone
In this episode Nick and Alex discuss season 4 episode 2 of HBO’s Westworld titled “Well Enough Alone”! Is Christina human? Is the world around her a simulation or the real world? What’s the point if it’s a red herring? All...
06.29.2022
4×01 The Auguries
In this episode Nick and Alex discuss the season four premiere of HBO’s Westworld titled “The Auguries”! What is the data that William is after in the Hoover Dam? How much time has passed in the series? Is Christina in a...
01.08.2021
Introducing: Multimedium
The way we tell stories is always evolving. Join Tim and Willie as they guide you through the changing shape of storytelling on Multimedium; a show that analyzes a single work of art, and the many forms it can take. Find...
05.14.2020
Season 3 Wrap-Up
In this episode Nick, Jon, and Alex discuss the entirety of Westworld season 3! What did we like and dislike about the season as a whole? Does the show need to be a mystery box? Where do we think season 4...
05.06.2020
3×08 Crisis Theory
In this episode Nick and Alex discuss season three finale of HBO’s Westworld titled “Crisis Theory”! Why do we see Dolores in Park 5? Does the mere existence of Rehoboam jeopardize the future of humanity? What’s so off about Stubbs and...
04.30.2020
3×07 Passed Pawn
In this episode Nick and Alex discuss season three episode seven of HBO’s Westworld titled “Passed Pawn”! How will Serac ‘heal’ the outliers? Is everything on the level with Maeve? Is it William or Caleb who will be the last bastion...
04.22.2020
3×06 Decoherence
In this episode Nick and Alex discuss season three episode six of HBO’s Westworld titled “Decoherence”! Was William’s AR therapy factually accurate? Why isn’t Serac better prepared? Will William finally get to speak with Arnold? All of that and much more...
04.15.2020
3×05 Genre
In this episode Nick and Alex discuss season three episode five of HBO’s Westworld titled “Genre”! Is Serac really acting in the interest of humanity? Who or what is Caleb, really? Will any of Dolores’ acolytes stray from her path? All...
04.08.2020
3×04 The Mother of Exiles
In this episode Nick and Alex discuss season three episode four of HBO’s Westworld titled “The Mother of Exiles”! Is William a host yet? Are we seeing two versions of events simultaneously? Would Maeve even be happy in the Valley Beyond?...
04.01.2020
3×03 The Absence of Field
In this episode Nick and Alex discuss season three episode three of HBO’s Westworld titled “The Absence of Field”! Which host is in Charlotte’s body? Who stole Maeve’s pearl for Serac? Is Serac even a real person? All of that and...
03.25.2020
3×02 The Winter Line
In this episode Nick and Alex discuss season three episode two of HBO’s Westworld titled “The Winter Line”! How might Maeve and Serac’s interests be aligned? Is Bernard also in a simulation? What is the square root of negative one? All...
03.18.2020
3×01 Parce Domine
In this episode Nick and Alex discuss season three episode one of HBO’s Westworld titled “Parce Domine”! Why does the shot of Caleb waking up feel so familiar? What exactly does Rehoboam do? Is Caleb a host? All of that and...
07.08.2018
Season 2 Wrap-Up
In this episode Nick, Jon, and Alex discuss the entirety of Westworld season 2! What did we like and dislike about the season as a whole? Did the non-linear storytelling of this season do it a disservice? Where might season 3...
06.27.2018
2×10 The Passenger
In this episode Nick, Jon, and Alex discuss season two finale of HBO’s Westworld titled “The Passenger”! Is William’s fragile mental state the key to breaking the cognitive plateau? Did Sizemore’s big moment work? What did that after credits scene mean?...
06.20.2018
2×09 Vanishing Point
In this episode Nick, Jon, and Alex discuss season two episode nine of HBO’s Westworld titled “Vanishing Point”! What’s Emily really trying to achieve with William? What did Bernard actually delete in his code? How would a transference of consciousness work?...
06.12.2018
2×08 Kiksuya
In this episode Nick, Jon, and Alex discuss season two episode eight of HBO’s Westworld titled “Kiksuya”! Does the show finally have a hero to root for? Why does Akecheta switch between English and Lakota? How can he walk through the...
06.06.2018
2×07 Les Écorchés
In this episode Nick, Jon, and Alex discuss season two episode seven of HBO’s Westworld titled “Les Éscorchés”! How does the title relate to the episode? What’s Hale’s definition of a “total catastrophic incident”? Why was Bernard able to slip out...
05.29.2018
2×06 Phase Space
In this episode Nick, Jon, and Alex discuss season two episode six of HBO’s Westworld titled “Phase Space”! What’s the meaning of the ultra widescreen aspect ratio? Why does William leave Emily behind in the park? What exactly is the Cradle?...
05.22.2018
2×05 Akane no Mai
In this episode Nick and Alex discuss season two episode five of HBO’s Westworld titled “Akane no Mai”! Why are a third of the hosts found in the flooded valley “empty”? How can Maeve mind control hosts? Are Maeve and Dolores...
05.16.2018
2×04 The Riddle of the Sphinx
In this episode Nick and Alex discuss season two episode four of HBO’s Westworld titled “The Riddle of the Sphinx”! Does love have a place in a host-ruled world? What’s the meaning of a “cognitive plateau”? Who did Bernard print the...
05.08.2018
2×03 Virtu e Fortuna
In this episode Jon and Alex discuss season two episode three of HBO’s Westworld titled “Virtu e Fortuna”! When do the scenes in “The Raj” take place? Is Dolores truly sentient or is she still just following programming? What’s going on...
05.01.2018
2×02 Reunion
In this episode Jon and Alex discuss season two episode two of HBO’s Westworld titled “Reunion”! Where is the city that Arnold and Dolores are at? What was Delos Corporation’s ultimate goal for Westworld? Why wouldn’t Jim Delos have to step...
04.24.2018
2×01 Journey Into Night
In this episode Nick and Alex discuss season two episode one of HBO’s Westworld titled “Journey Into Night”! How many timelines are we at already? Where is Westworld located? How much time has passed between the timelines? What might happen when...
04.16.2018
2×00 Season 2 Primer
Westworld season 2 is almost upon us! The premiere is on Sunday, April 22nd at 9 PM EDT and we plan on recapping shortly thereafter with the second season of Westworld FM! In this brief primer episode Alex and Nick...
01.19.2018
The Alienist Recap Episode 1×00 – The Alienist Primer
This episode serves as a brief primer for the new recap podcast about TNT’s limited series adaptation of The Alienist by the Midwest Podcast Network! Alex and Nick introduce themselves, talk about their interest in the series, Nick’s love for Caleb Carr’s...
12.13.2016
Season 1 Wrap-Up
In this episode Nick and Alex discuss all of season one of Westworld as well as your emails and tweets! There’s also a brief discussion with friends who were not listening to podcasts or reading Westworld articles as they watched. What loose...
12.06.2016
1×10 The Bicameral Mind
In this episode Nick and Alex discuss episode ten of HBO’s Westworld titled “The Bicameral Mind”! What’s next for the Man in Black? How did William really deal with Logan? Where could season 2 of the show be headed? All of...
12.04.2016
Bonus Episode: Interview with Kate Rene Gleason
In this bonus episode Alex interviews Kate Rene Gleason who plays the role of “Surveillance Tech” in episodes 4, 6, and 8 of season 1 of Westworld! You can find Kate on Facebook, twitter @katerenegleason, or at http://katerene.com You can find us on...
11.29.2016
1×09 The Well-Tempered Clavier
In this episode Nick and Alex discuss episode nine of HBO’s Westworld titled “The Well-Tempered Clavier”! Where is Stubbs off to? Is Maeve actually going to accomplish something? How exactly did Arnold die? All of that and more on this week’s...
11.22.2016
1×08 Trace Decay
In this episode Nick and Alex discuss episode eight of HBO’s Westworld titled “Trace Decay”! Is the maze a physical place or not? Why does William disappear on Dolores sometimes? What part of Ford’s new narrative is based in truth? What...
11.15.2016
1×07 Trompe L’Oeil
In this episode Nick and Alex discuss episode seven of HBO’s Westworld titled “Trompe L’oeil”! What does Ford mean when he says the hosts are free under his control? What else have we only seen through the eyes of Bernard? What...
11.08.2016
1×06 The Adversary
In this episode Nick and Alex discuss episode six of HBO’s Westworld titled “The Adversary”! Who is “The Adversary”? What does Ford actually know about the maze? Why does Maeve have the upper hand against Felix and Sylvester? All of that...
11.01.2016
1×05 Contrapasso
In this episode Nick and Alex discuss episode five of HBO’s Westworld titled “Contrapasso”! Will Old Bill have any more screentime on the show? What is the meaning behind Ford’s greyhound story? Why would Logan know about Arnold but not Bernard?...
10.25.2016
1×04 Dissonance Theory
In this episode Nick and Alex discuss episode four of HBO’s Westworld titled “Dissonance Theory”! What do the details we’ve learned about Logan and the Man in Black mean? How and why is the maze connected to “freedom”? How is Wyatt...
10.18.2016
1×03 The Stray
In this episode Nick and Alex discuss episode three of HBO’s Westworld titled “The Stray”! Whose voice is Dolores hearing in her head? Why does Ford see so much of Arnold in Bernard? Did Bernard stumble upon the hosts’ malfunctioning issues...
10.11.2016
1×02 Chestnut
In this episode Nick and Alex discuss episode two of HBO’s Westworld titled “Chestnut”! Why is the Man in Black in search of “the maze”? What’s going on in Maeve’s “memories”? Does Bernard have ulterior motives? What exactly are the checks...
10.04.2016
1×01 The Original
In this episode Nick and Alex discuss episode one of HBO’s Westworld titled “The Original”! What is the man in black trying to do in Westworld? Are the strange things happening in the park actually “mistakes”? What does Bernard whisper to Peter?...
09.29.2016
1×00 Westworld Primer and Westworld (1973) Review
This episode serves as a brief primer for the podcast! Alex and Nick introduce themselves, talk about their interest in the new Westworld TV series, and review Michael Crichton’s original Westworld film! You can find us on twitter @WestworldFM Feedback can be sent to...