The Televerse #174- 2014 Best Of Smorgasborgy

The podcast’s year-ending Best Of extravaganza concludes this week with Simon and Kate’s picks for just about everything other than their Top 20 TV Series. Categories range from Best Performance, Best Cinematography, and Best Original Score to more niche categories like Best Shipping Moment, the Life Vest Award (performance/element singlehandedly buoying an otherwise terrible show), and the La-La-La Award (show we most care about being spoiled for). Each section is bookended with some of 2014’s most memorable original music and musical performances. Please leave us a comment with your favorite moments and anything else from TV in 2014!

By |2016-02-05T12:46:06-06:00December 31st, 2014|The Televerse|0 Comments

The Televerse #173- Top 20 TV Series of 2014

The podcast’s year-ending Best Of extravaganza begins this week with Simon and Kate’s picks for the Best TV Series of 2014, focusing on their Top 10 shows, but expanding to cover 22 different highlights of the year in television. Simon and Kate go show by show, talking about what prompted them to include, or exclude, each series from their lists. Please share your Top 20 in the comments!

By |2019-06-06T06:39:29-06:00December 24th, 2014|The Televerse|0 Comments

This Is Our Design #25- “Releves” with Simon Howell

What do co-hosts Sean Colletti and Kate Kulzick do when they're not wielding combs and setting each other on fire? (It's a common activity 'round here.) (It's not, really.) They talk with intelligent people about Hannibal, such as Sound On Sight's own Simon Howell. This week's discussion features—among other things—thoughts on cliffhangers, Abigail as a narrative device, and technical flourishes (visual and aural). Also, enjoy Sean trying to say things in French. As always, expect an excellent "Kate's Classical Corner," "The Devil in the Details," and "Spoiled Meat" to round out this penultimate episode of Hannibal season one. Please feel free to join the discussion by leaving a comment.

By |2020-05-23T19:00:23-06:00November 23rd, 2014|This Is Our Design|0 Comments

This Is Our Design #24- “Roti” with Sarah D. Bunting

It's another in-depth podcast that you have in front of you, but if you were expecting anything else at this point, you are literally insane. We recommend a Dr. Lecter. We also recommend you take into careful consideration what co-hosts Sean Colletti and Kate Kulzick have to say, because special guest Sarah D. Bunting from Tomato Nation brought out the best in them. Tune in for discussions of the seen and unseen, Freddie Lounds' place in the series, and issues of identity. Also stick around for your podcast staples, "Kate's Classical Corner," "The Devil in the Details," and "Spoiled Meat," because why wouldn't you? Seriously, why? Feel free to join in the discussion by leaving some comments.

By |2020-05-23T19:00:30-06:00November 20th, 2014|This Is Our Design|0 Comments

This Is Our Design #23- “Buffet Froid” with Libby Hill

Hello, good evening and welcome back to This Is Our Design. Is it not the evening for you? Wrong! It's the eternal night for Hannibal with this episode, which redefines creepy. We couldn't find three people with strong stomachs and high tolerances for horror to discuss this episode. Instead, you'll have to settle for co-hosts Sean Colletti and Kate Kulzick as they take turns peeking from behind corners to see if anything is under the bed across the hallway. Joining them in paralytic fear is Libby Hill from the Los Angeles Times. Is Jack Crawford bedrock? How prevalent is mental illness in this series? Is it taken seriously? All the questions—and more—will be answered. If you aren't too terrified, you might be around long enough to catch "Kate's Classical Corner," "The Devil in the Details," and "Spoiled Meat," but we can already sense your anxiety and fear as you read these words...these words...written...FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE! Wait, Halloween was a couple weeks ago? Whatever. This stuff is still scary.

By |2020-05-23T19:00:38-06:00November 17th, 2014|This Is Our Design|0 Comments

This Is Our Design #22- “Trou Normand” with Myles McNutt

Like the image of a totem of bodies, This Is Our Design is here to haunt your waking moments. You thought you could be done with all this Hannibal discussion already. You thought you would be safe once the summer finished. But you were dead wrong. Moving on to people who are hopefully not dead wrong each week, co-hosts Sean Colletti and Kate Kulzick are joined by Myles McNutt of Cultural Learnings and The A.V. Club to talk about "Trou Normand" and things not disturbing in the slightest. Join the crew as they break down themes of disappearing, the use of killers who aren't Hannibal Lecter in his series, and the roles of Alana Bloom and Jack Crawford in this memorable first-season episode. Also, don't sleep on the segments "Kate's Classical Corner," "The Devil in the Details," and "Spoiled Meat." In fact, don't sleep at all. We sure don't. Feel free to join the discussion by leaving a comment.

By |2020-05-23T19:00:55-06:00October 26th, 2014|This Is Our Design|0 Comments

This Is Our Design #21- “Fromage” with Randy Dankievitch

Just when you thought Hannibal was a nice, quiet character drama in which people talk about stuff while sitting in chairs...BAM! Full-on, hand-to-hand combat action! Yeah! The folks here at This Is Our Design brought our karate belts to show off for the occasion. Unfortunately, Sean's white belt caught fire while recording. This week, co-hosts Sean Colletti and Kate Kulzick are joined by Randy Dankievitch from Processed Media (and several other TV-related publications). Many monumental things occur in the discussion, not least of which is finding TV correlations to Shakespearean tragedies. If that's not enough for you, then certainly "Kate's Classical Corner," "The Devil in the Details," and "Spoiled Meat" will be, right? If not, you can find us. We'll be there...in the shadows...playing vocal chords like a cello.

By |2020-05-23T19:01:02-06:00October 5th, 2014|This Is Our Design|0 Comments

This Is Our Design #20- “Sorbet” with Molly Eichel

Join in and listen to co-hosts Sean Colletti and Kate Kulzick as they are joined by the fabulous Molly Eichel, whose reviews of Hannibal you've probably already read at The A.V. Club. There's a lot to break down here, including some in-depth thoughts on the man himself, Hannibal Lecter. But also prepare for an extra detailed "Kate's Classical Corner" in addition to "The Devil in the Details" and "Spoiled Meat," which have been taking the universe by storm. Or so we'd like to think. Feel free to join in the conversation by leaving a comment.

By |2020-05-23T19:01:08-06:00October 2nd, 2014|This Is Our Design|0 Comments

This Is Our Design #19- “Entree” with Steve Prokopy

In this episode, co-hosts Sean Colletti and Kate Kulzick are joined by Steve Prokopy of Ain't It Cool News as they delve into a bigger, sadder Jack Crawford who could use a helping hand (or arm). Stick around for all the hidden treasures of "Kate's Classical Corner," "The Devil in the Details," and "Spoiled Meat," which isn't as disgusting as it sounds. Or maybe it is. You can let us know by leaving a comment!

By |2020-05-23T19:01:15-06:00September 29th, 2014|This Is Our Design|0 Comments

This Is Our Design #18- “Coquilles” with Zack Handlen and Dennis Perkins

Nostalgia is only one feeling we draw on in This Is Our Design, however. The others are much less benign. They are, in fact, troubling, just like Hannibal. We'd like to say "Luckily, you have co-hosts Sean Colletti and Kate Kulzick to guide you," but there's nothing lucky about that, at least regarding Sean, who curses at his inanity at some point in this podcast (listener discretion is advised). However, special guests Zack Handlen and Dennis Perkins from The A.V. Club swoop in to alleviate the whole situation. Tune in for some lengthy discussions of friendship, inevitability, and the wonder that is Gina Torres. Also, stick around for the following recurring segments: "Kate's Classical Corner," "The Devil in the Details," and "Spoiled Meat," and sit in awe at how cleverly titled they remain, even after the novelty has worn off. Have a listen and feel free to join the discussion by leaving some comments.

By |2020-05-23T19:01:22-06:00September 12th, 2014|This Is Our Design|0 Comments
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