What The Hell Is This Show?

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"What The Hell Is This Show?" is the question that Nick Bleeker and John Taggart ask every single week as the pair find themselves sharing their favourite (and least favourite!) television episodes with no context whatsoever!

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    • May 23, 2019 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 41m AVG DURATION
    • 28 EPISODES


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    A Feast For Thrones: S08E06 "The Iron Throne" With Maester John & Maester Jess

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2019 115:35


    On the FINAL episode of Feast for Thrones, Nick invites John and Jess (FINALLY) onto the show to do a mega breakdown of the final episode of the show. Every single tidbit is captured, so settle in and enjoy the LONGEST episode we've ever done!

    A Feast For Thrones: S08E05 "The Bells" With Maester John

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2019 85:28


    On an extended edition of the pod, we've got STRUCTURE! John and Nick dissect and dive in deep on the positives (lol) and the plot holes and terrible character moves of "The Bells"!

    Nick Watches S02E05 and S02E06 of F is for Family

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2019 26:42


    Nick revisits his childhood to see if he can rediscover of animated TV series!

    A Feast For Thrones: S08E04 "The Last of the Starks" With Maester John

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2019 77:27


    John is back to see out the series with Nick! We've got a late episode thanks to Nick's schedule being fucking awful, BUT we also have an incredibly healthy and excellent chat about the disappointment of "The Last of the Starks"!

    A Feast For Thrones: S08E03 "The Long Night" With Councilmember Sampson

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2019 89:06


    In the biggest episode of Thrones to date, Nick and Sampson sit down and try to recover from the sheer destruction of "The Long Night"!

    John Watches S03E13 of Justified - "Slaughterhouse"

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2019 26:19


    John heads out to the southern states of the US to get a little sweaty!

    A Feast For Thrones: S08E02 "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" With The Bitch of Westeros, The Mad Queen & Ser Saz

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2019 65:48


    ANOTHER Small Council joins the show this week in a HUGE return from the Bitch of Westeros! PLUS, the arrival of Liz, The Mad Queen and Ser Saz, the Queen of Cats. The gang sit down to discuss episode 2 of season 8 and drop some book knowledge!

    Nick Watches S02E05 of Poldark

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2019 30:01


    John drops ANOTHER period drama on Nick's plate!

    A Feast For Thrones: S08E01 "Winterfell" With Maester John and Maester Jazz

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2019 58:44


    GAME OF THRONES IS BACKKKK! So Nick is joined by two Maesters of the Realm, John and Jazz, to discuss the premiere episode of season 8!

    John Watches S05E07 Of Veep - "Congressional Ball"

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2019 23:39


    Nick drops another rapid, biting political comedy for John to suffer through (OR DID HE!)

    A Feast For Thrones: The Season 8 Primer Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2019 67:06


    We're BACK! Maester John joins the show to discuss season 7, the season 8 marketing and our favourite, least favourite and most bonkers theories!

    Nick Watches S02E07 Of The Tudors - "Matters Of State"

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2019 34:15


    John has been waiting to discuss Natalie Dormer on a show for too long, so he tricks Nick into watching The Tudors so he can talk Dormer for 35 minutes! (Not really, we discuss lots of history and the show too!)

    John Watches S01E06 Of Jack Ryan - "Sources And Methods"

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2019 25:17


    We're back for 2019! John gets all Tom Clancy on us and sits down to watch John Krasinski being very attractive in the action packed Amazon Prime show JACK RYAN!

    John And Nick Discuss The Man In The High Castle

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2018 33:37


    WHOA, one of us actually ran with a recommendation! Nick found himself totally binging MITHC and LOVING it so instead of a show recommendation, him and John discuss what they love about the show!

    Nick Watches S01E03 & S01E04 Of Chewing Gum

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2018 29:21


    John hits Nick with some more insane British comedy on Netflix!

    John Watches S04E05 Of The Thick Of It

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2018 28:25


    Nick fires back with some VICIOUS British political humour in the form of the brilliant The Thick of It. Does John love it? You'll be surprised to hear the answer is-- WE AIN'T TELLIN' YA! 

    Nick Watches S02E06 & S02E07 Of The Windsors

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2018 26:25


    John introduces some royalty onto the show as him and Nick blast through the unbelievably funny series The Windsors. 

    John Watches S02E13 Of Hannibal - "Mizumono"

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2018 27:33


    Things get tasty this week as Nick invites John over for a tasty (non-human, we promise) meal which turns out to be the season 2 finale of Hannibal!

    John Watches S01E03 And S02E08 Of Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2018 34:45


    John finds himself looking a bit meta as Nick shows him two of the strongest episodes of Comedy Channel's Review. 

    Nick Watches S01E01 And E02 Of Beautiful People

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2018 36:17


    It's comedy time on the show as John throws down an underrated and too-early-cancelled BBC show which is lead by a remarkable performance from Olivia Colman.

    John Watches S02E08 Of The Leftovers - "International Assassin"

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2018 29:52


    John announces he's seen one of the best episodes of television this week and guess what? It's THIS episode! Listen as he and Nick discuss alternative realities, the themes of belief and trust and whether we even understand the show in the first place!

    Nick Watches S01E06 Of Magnificent Century - "Episode 6"

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2018 25:01


    We have our first REJECTION has John cheekily trolls Nick late on a Wednesday night into watching an episode of a Turkish soap opera that takes itself WAY too seriously!

    John Watches S01E07 Of Barry - "Loud, Fast, And Keep Going"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2018 22:57


    On this week's episode, we take on our first comedy! Well, "comedy" given Barry is a rather dark show that has, like, kinda funny bits in it. 

    Nick Watches Part 8 Of Twin Peaks: The Return - "Gotta Light?"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2018 29:23


    John BAMBOOZLES Nick with a stunning piece of television that honestly didn't make a lot of sense to Nick. In this episode, the pair delve deep into the mind of David Lynch to try and contextualise everything about Twin Peaks!Produced by Fireside Favourites

    John Watches S01E07 Of Homeland - "The Weekend"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2018 29:40


    On this week's episode, Nick is sick and John finds himself working alongside the CIA in a bid to prevent a terrorist attack!

    Nick Watches S02E07 Of Man In The High Castle - "Land O' Smiles"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2018 29:10


    On this week's episode, John walks Nick into Nazi occupied America to see if he too would enjoy the TV SHOW set there!

    Nick Watches S03E12 Of Outlander - "The Bakra"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2018 25:52


    On this week's episode, Nick explores the romantic fantasy world of Outlander and comes out of the experience with surprising feelings!

    John Watches S03E09 Of Narcos - "Todos Los Hombres Del Presidente"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2018 21:10


    On the very first episode of the show, John finds himself wandering through the crazy organised crime of Narcos while Nick watches on with glee after John finds himself in a daze of confusion!

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