Poda Bing: a Sopranos retrospective

Alternate Thursdays

  • 59 minutes 20 seconds
    Redux 1.08

    Poda Bing runs it back on "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti".

    Note: Poda Bing Redux is also on YouTube.


    01:11 The connection between Christopher and espresso machines

    02:07 The art of iconic opening shots

    02:56 Merz b. Schwanen vs. Members Only

    04:32 Espresso machine symbolism?

    05:09 Opening shots across cinema

    08:07 The art of iconic opening fits

    08:45 What Christopher's dream said about Adriana

    10:45 On going places we don't want to

    14:31 Tony's "spring cleaning"

    17:14 Christopher's writing travails

    20:02 Christopher wants a NIL deal

    21:11 Another installment of Vik's Legal Corner

    21:55 Understanding derogations

    26:29 Joan Didion's could have helped Christopher

    26:54 Writer distractions

    28:43 Establishing shots and *possibility* of conflict

    29:31 (Some more) thoughts on the final Soprano sequence

    30:04 How Vito got made

    32:18 Some "sweeping" tactics

    33:44 The lengths one must go to to get Livia to eat lunch

    35:20 The art of working in tight spaces

    36:57 Chris and Paulie have a moment

    39:10 Shlomo would have had something to say about arcs, too

    42:49 Noah's "arc"

    43:42 On the matter of where the bodies are buried

    45:26 Richard's "two tickets to paradise"

    46:45 Tony understands, it just takes time

    49:03 The elite-ness of Agent Harris

    52:00 Comparing and contrasting a Melfi family dinner with a Soprano one

    52:48 What Columbus and Meucci have in common

    53:29 Melfi's payment policy laid bare

    54:06 Livia's semi-annual meeting of "Mothers Betraying Sons"

    55:10 On receiving *that* phone call that spurs us to action

    56:10 The different prisms of therapy on the show

    56:37 Therapists with a flair for storytelling

    58:15 Outro


    -Poda Bing is an Alternate Thursdays production created by Vik Singh (@helloimvik)

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    -All archived episodes are available at https://podabing.show or anywhere you get podcasts.

    2 February 2024, 7:37 pm
  • 35 minutes 50 seconds
    Redux 1.07

    Poda Bing runs it back on "Down Neck".

    Note: Poda Bing Redux is also on YouTube.


    00:00 Intro

    01:53 Sacramental wine 101

    04:45 Hoopers portrayed in cinema

    06:06 Call the Union!

    09:54 The art and science of Gandolfini

    11:58 Soprano math

    12:49 Cross talk stagecraft

    17:43 The hold of "The Holdovers"

    19:36 Scene dimensions

    21:18 (One of the reasons) why Tony keeps us coming back

    22:16 Like father like son

    24:22 The "wisdom" of crowds

    26:03 Is it all just a big nothing?

    26:45 What would Tony think of generative AI?

    28:44 Feech shoulda hired Clarence Darrow

    30:00 What if Tony got that electric organ?

    32:06 Better halves

    33:52 How to receive bad news from across a table

    34:23 Carmela distinguishes herself

    35:01 The best therapy


    -Poda Bing is an Alternate Thursdays production created by Vik Singh (@helloimvik)

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    -All archived episodes are available at https://podabing.show or anywhere you get podcasts.

    18 January 2024, 5:25 pm
  • 51 minutes 12 seconds
    Redux 1.06

    Poda Bing runs it back on "Pax Soprana".

    Note: Poda Bing Redux is also on YouTube.


    00:00 Intro

    01:00 The importance of skin care in this thing of ours

    02:25 The importance of proper Italian delis

    03:27 Bridge awe (again)

    04:16 Sinatra all over Tony's shirt

    05:09 Melfi's flirt meter

    06:28 Best part about coffee dates

    08:38 The power of Melfi's non-answers

    10:41 The Elia Kazan-ness of certain shots this episode

    12:39 Junior and David Stern

    14:00 The respect for everyday characters in the show

    14:30 Choice cuts

    18:59 Would Tony be a fast texter?

    21:25 An idea for Dua Lipa

    22:03 The surgical precision of Johnny Sack's introduction

    23:56 People at tables waiting

    24:52 General writing nerdery

    25:56 The ritual of garage conflicts

    28:36 How not to court someone

    30:45 Chase and Kandinsky connection

    31:47 I miss "Flight of the Conchords"

    35:11 Tony's path to coming clean to Melfi

    39:39 How to handle being a witness to a crime perpetrated by O.C.

    43:32 The notion of intermediaries and how Livia is *not* a good one

    48:04 "Hesh's Horses" and Vik's quotation book

    50:05 The sweet & sour of this episode


    Poda Bing is an Alternate Thursdays production created by Vik Singh (@helloimvik)

    Follow @podabing on IG, Twitter or wherever tf

    All archived episodes are available, for free, at https://podabing.show and anywhere you listen to podcasts.

    26 September 2023, 9:02 pm
  • 47 minutes 11 seconds
    Redux 1.05

    Poda Bing runs it back on "College".

    Note: Poda Bing Redux is also on YouTube.


    Poda Bing is an Alternate Thursdays production created by Vik Singh (@helloimvik)

    Follow @podabing on IG, Twitter or wherever tf

    All archived episodes are available, for free, at https://podabing.show and anywhere you listen to podcasts.

    31 August 2023, 7:01 am
  • 1 hour 8 minutes
    Redux 1.04

    Poda Bing runs it back on "Meadowlands".

    Note: Poda Bing Redux is also on YouTube.


    Poda Bing is an Alternate Thursdays production created by Vik Singh (@helloimvik)

    Follow @podabing on IG, Twitter or wherever tf

    All archived episodes are available, for free, at https://podabing.show and anywhere you listen to podcasts.

    17 July 2023, 3:56 pm
  • 1 hour 1 minute
    Redux 1.03

    Poda Bing runs it back on Anger, Denial, Acceptance.

    Note: Poda Bing Redux is also on YouTube.


    Poda Bing is an Alternate Thursdays production created by Vik Singh (@helloimvik)

    Follow @podabing on IG, Twitter or wherever tf

    All archived episodes are available, for free, at https://podabing.show and anywhere you listen to podcasts.

    13 June 2023, 6:46 pm
  • 1 hour 2 minutes
    Redux 1.02

    Poda Bing runs it back on 46 Long.

    Note: Poda Bing Redux is also on YouTube.


    Poda Bing is an Alternate Thursdays production created by Vik Singh (@helloimvik)

    Follow @podabing on IG, Twitter or wherever tf

    All archived episodes are available, for free, at https://podabing.show and anywhere you listen to podcasts.

    28 May 2023, 3:25 am
  • 1 hour 12 minutes
    Redux 1.01

    Poda Bing runs it back.


    Poda Bing is an Alternate Thursdays production created by Vik Singh (@helloimvik)

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    All archived episodes are available, for free, at https://podabing.show and anywhere you listen to podcasts.

    12 May 2023, 6:36 pm
  • 2 hours 52 minutes
    6.21: Made in America

    Poda Bing's farewell to The Sopranos.


    It's been an incredible ride. Thank you.

    Much love,

    Vik


    Poda Bing is an Alternate Thursdays production created by Vik Singh (@helloimvik)

    Follow @podabing on IG, Twitter or wherever tf

    All archived episodes are available, for free, at https://podabing.show and anywhere you listen to podcasts.

    18 June 2021, 11:17 am
  • 2 hours 7 minutes
    6.20: Blue Comet

    All aboard Poda Bing's examination of Blue Comet, the penultimate episode of The Sopranos.


    Selected topics discussed/References made:

    Macrumors.com, Highlander, Marlo Stanfield, McKann, Jay Z, John Creese, Mariah Carey, Jamiroquai, Kobe Bryant, Collateral, Albie's gestures, Ethereum, blockchain, DHL, Con Air, Nicholas Cage, Tim Grover, The Hart Foundation, Burt Reynolds in Deliverance, Biff Tannen, Bunk Moreland, William Wallace, and more!


    Poda Bing is an Alternate Thursdays production created by Vik Singh (@helloimvik)

    Follow @podabing on IG, Twitter or wherever tf

    All archived episodes are available, for free, at https://podabing.show and anywhere you listen to podcasts.

    18 June 2021, 11:09 am
  • 1 hour 46 minutes
    6.19: The Second Coming

    Slouch toward the end of the series with Poda Bing as we rigorously examine the final three episodes, beginning with "The Second Coming".


    Selected topics discussed/References made:

    Joan Didion, Joni Mitchell, Mark Suster, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Bone Thugs, Syrio Forel, Sunglass Hut, Chris Cuomo, Milli Vanilli, UB40, Fine Young Cannibals, Extreme, Don Henley, Tranceport, Liam Neeson, Dead Poet's Society, Tony Parker chasing loose balls, Judge Dredd (wtf?), Whiplash, sir Was and more!


    Poda Bing is an Alternate Thursdays production created by Vik Singh (@helloimvik)

    Follow @podabing on IG, Twitter or wherever tf

    All archived episodes are available, for free, at https://podabing.show and anywhere you listen to podcasts.

    27 May 2021, 7:29 am
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