Podcast Overview
<p>Idle Talk is a conversational podcast about games, cinema, and everything in between. Hosted by Grace Benfell & Cole Henry, they meet every (other) week to answer your questions, update each other on movies, books, and games, and talk about at least one thing they both took a look at. The *original* media crit hangout podcast. </p>
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Publishing Since
6/1/2020
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Recent Episodes
July 3, 2021
Idle Talk 10: Army of the Dead Spoilercast
<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">In this episode, we are joined by friend of the show Liv (@NoLoveDeepTrans on Twitter) to talk writer/director/cinematographer Zach Snyder’s newish zombie heist movie.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Follow Grace on Twitter @grace_machine.<br>Follow Cole on Twitter @colehenry19.<br>Art is by Kit Liechty @kitleichty<br>Follow the show at @idletalkpod<br>Email us questions at questionsforidletalk@gmail.com</p>
June 6, 2021
Idle Talk 9: The Gamer Zone
<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Hello all,</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">it’s a been a little bit so we did a casual episode to get back into the swing of things and ended up talking about those irritating artifacts of capitalist culture, video games. We are gamer after all. Cole introduces the camp pleasures of Resident Evil 8 and the silly open world of Maneater. Grace starts a deep discussion of Mafia III, which is a pretty weird and special game by our estimation.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Follow Grace on Twitter @grace_machine.<br>Follow Cole on Twitter @colehenry19.<br>Art is by Kit Liechty @kitleichty<br>Follow the show at @idletalkpod<br>Email us questions at questionsforidletalk@gmail.com</p>
January 19, 2021
Idle Talk 8: Mandelorian Spoilercast (w/ Chris Compendio)
<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Your regular cohosts Cole and Grace are joined by Chris Compendio (@compendizer) to talk "Book 2" of The Mandalorian. Before diving in we talk the mechanization of corporate IP, Darth Vader comic books, and Brandon Sanderson's disaster novel Elantris. We then talk about our favorite episodes, our least favorite moments, and what it means to make a Star Wars thing after the black hole of Rise of Skywalker.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Follow Grace on Twitter @grace_machine.<br>Follow Cole on Twitter @colehenry19.<br>Art is by Kit Liechty @kitleichty<br>Follow the show at @idletalkpod<br>Email us questions at questionsforidletalk@gmail.com</p>
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- What is Idle Talk?
<p>Idle Talk is a conversational podcast about games, cinema, and everything in between. Hosted by Grace Benfell & Cole Henry, they meet every (other) week to answer your questions, update each other on movies, books, and games, and talk about at least one thing they both took a look at. The *original* media crit hangout podcast. </p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
This podcast updates daily.
- Where can I listen to this podcast?
This podcast is available on 4 platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more. You can also use the RSS feed directly.
- Does this podcast accept guests?
Yes, this podcast regularly features guests.
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