Poda Bing: a Sopranos retrospective
TV & Film
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)
-Follow @podabing on IG, Twitter or wherever tf
-All archived episodes are available at https://podabing.show or anywhere you get podcasts.
Poda Bing Sopranos Trivia: Zoom Edition
5.07: In Camelot (with Dr. Justin)
067: Armen Garo
5.06: Sentimental Education (with John)
5.05: Irregular Around the Margins (with Justin Sayles)
Poda Bing Sopranos Trivia: Quarantine Edition
5.04: All Happy Families (with Rodrigo García)
066: Sheila Jaffe
065: Robert Desiderio
Poda Bing, PhD: Caravaggio
5.03: Where's Johnny
064: AJ Benza
063: Terence Winter
Poda Bing Listeners share their Kobe stories...
062: Sam McMurray
A special Poda Bing farewell to Kobe Bean Bryant
5.02: Rat Pack (with The Ringer's Justin Sayles)
061: Al Sapienza
060: Paul Schulze
Poda Bing, PhD: Nietzsche
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free