Poda Bing: a Sopranos retrospective

Alternate Thursdays

  • 13 minutes 57 seconds
    Redux 1.11

    Poda Bing runs it back on "Nobody Knows Anything".

    Note: Poda Bing Redux is also on YouTube.


    -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.

    6 March 2025, 11:44 pm
  • 18 minutes 24 seconds
    Redux 1.10

    Poda Bing runs it back on "A Hit Is A Hit".

    Note: Poda Bing Redux is also on YouTube.


    -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.

    24 February 2025, 9:56 pm
  • 12 minutes 59 seconds
    Redux 1.09

    Poda Bing runs it back on "Boca".

    Note: Poda Bing Redux is also on YouTube.


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

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    12 February 2025, 4:30 pm
  • 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)

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    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)

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    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)

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    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)

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    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)

    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.

    12 May 2023, 6:36 pm
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