This week the Antagonist Podcast gets retro-futuristic! We’re discussing the trailer for Wes Anderson’s new film Asteroid City and the Apple TV+ series Hello Tomorrow!
Join The Antagonist Managing Editor Laura J. Burns with writers Dustin Waters, John Brown Spiers, and special guest Nick Roskelly as they stun you with their knowledge of pop culture.
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1:28 — Dustin sings Orly’s intro song.
5:20 — The Tale of Nick and the Basement Skunk.
10:13 — WWE owner Vince McMahon and his parallels with Logan Roy from Succession.
16:08 — Students in Tennessee rally against gun violence.
20:51 — An aging Billy Crudup and Hello Tomorrow!
28:51 — What are some of America’s great pilot episodes?
30:57 — Laura declares the Roswell pilot to be one of them, because it was hers.
35:27 — We really are talking about Hello Tomorrow!
44:58 — What one word would you use to describe this show?
48:35 — The importance of the human connection over emptiness.
52:21 — We badly sing Orly’s second song request of the night.
55:57 — The Asteroid City trailer teases an incredible cast.
1:05:36 — Reprise of the Basement Skunk
