Hollywood Prospectus Podcast: Breaking Bad, TV Trade Machine, and A$AP Ferg
Strap on your high heels, ladies and germs, it’s time to head to the desert. Week 2 of Breaking Bad’s final season brought us all sorts of terrifying, gut-punching delights, and Chris and I brought our shovels. In addition to discussing the goings-on between Marie and Skyler and Huell and his blood pressure, we wondered if Breaking Bad (starting at 2:25) has any equals in terms of visual storytelling and if it’s part of the fun or part of the problem to spend time guessing at the ending. A similar query could be asked of our next topic (25:45), Grantland’s latest foray into stylized time-wasting, the Fantasy TV Trade Machine. Chris is the Picasso — though I would say Jonah Hill — of this business, so we spent some time refiguring Grey’s Anatomy, Boardwalk Empire, and Game of Thrones before challenging each other to get Don Cheadle from the blah House of Lies to the much better Mad Men. (And you can send your own trade ideas to GrantlandTVTrades@gmail.com.) Finally we dusted off our cassocks to chat about Trap Lord (53:00), the debut album from the self-appointed Hood Pope, A$AP Ferg. This is a very strange, very good record, one that either heralds a new direction for rap or a complete lack of attention in the corner offices at RCA (Onyx and B-Real on the same track … in 2013?). Bring Kleenex. It’s about to get sniffly.
Listen to the podcast here: ESPN.com Podcenter.
Subscribe to the Grantland Pop Culture on iTunes, and check out our podcasts page.
Filed Under: Grantland Network, Breaking Bad, Podcasts, TV Trade Machine
More from Andy Greenwald
-
The State of Scary TV: ‘The Returned’ and ‘Ash vs Evil Dead’ Join ‘The Walking Dead’ in Offering High-Quality Horror
-
‘The Andy Greenwald Podcast’: Aya Cash of ‘You’re the Worst’
-
‘The Andy Greenwald Podcast’: ‘Fargo’ Showrunner Noah Hawley
-
I Loathe the ’80s: ‘Wicked City’ Is an Empty Journey Into the Dark Heart of the Sunset Strip
-
Capes & Crossovers: How Franchises Invaded Television
More Grantland Network
-
‘Jalen and Jacoby’: Discussing DeMarcus Cousins, the Thunder, and More
-
‘The Lowe Post’ Podcast: Howard Beck on Pursuing Kevin Durant
-
‘The Andy Greenwald Podcast’: Aya Cash of ‘You’re the Worst’
-
‘The Grantland NFL Podcast’: Week 7 Review Part 2
-
‘The Andy Greenwald Podcast’: ‘Fargo’ Showrunner Noah Hawley
More Hollywood Prospectus
-
Brand Echh: Sandra Bullock and Billy Bob Thornton Can’t Save the Lame ‘Our Brand Is Crisis’
-
50 Scenes That Do Not Appear in the Fox ‘X-Files’ Revival
-
In Praise of Beach Slang, 2015’s Best, Most Sincere Rock Band
-
Who Was Missing From Taylor Swift’s Miami Squad?
-
Happy ‘Halloween’: The Best Horror-Movie Monsters