Blood, guts, and designer dresses. It’s time to explore American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace. This week Brod and Damask are joined by the wonderful Lauren Jankovskis. They need all the help they can get, because behind all the glamour and nineties fashion there is a whole lot of horror. TIME CODES Off Topic/Hot Topic - 00:01:09 'The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story' Spoiler Free Review - 00:49:48 Story Time With Damask - 01:06:37 Deep Dive Spoiler Discus...
May 02, 2018•2 hr 22 min•Ep. 63
Who can forget Johnnie Cochran’s famous line, “If the glove doesn’t fit, you must whip it.” Wait, no, I don’t think that’s right… Either way, this week Damask and Brod exhume and examine American Crime Story: The People v O.J. Simpson. Will they love it as much as Rob Kardashian loves saying “Juice” or will they hate it as much as America hated Marcia Clarke’s hair, face and personality? OH, and make sure you stick around to the end of the episode to hear Damask and Brod as they go FULL SPOILER ...
Apr 26, 2018•2 hr 18 min•Ep. 62
Robots, sociopaths, and family dynamics! There’s a lot to explore in season 1 of Lost in Space. But the most pressing issue is how high can Parker Posey’s hair get before it collapses in on itself? This week Brod and Damask are joined by the incredible Cameron Williams known for his work on Vice, ABC Radio, Junkee, Buzzfeed and a whole lot more! TIME CODES Off Topic/Hot Topic - 00:07:34'Lost In Space: Season 1' Spoiler Free Review - 00:39:49Story Time With Damask - 00:55:09Deep Dive Spoiler Disc...
Apr 19, 2018•2 hr 44 min•Ep. 61
After five long seasons we've finally reached the end of THE WIRE. Damask and Brod head back to the streets of Baltimore for one more lap…or, they would if the police department had any money to fix their busted cars. Yes, this final season introduces the big bad guy that will bring down all of law-enforcement and print media in one fell swoop: budget cuts. DUN DUN DUUUUUUUUN! TIME CODES Off Topic/Hot Topic - 00:02:07 'The Wire: Season 5' Spoiler Free Review - 00:26:27 Story Time With Damask - 0...
Apr 13, 2018•2 hr 9 min•Ep. 60
Season 1 of The End of the F***ing World is just like every other teen drama. You know how it goes: two teenagers drawn together, navigating the turbulent waters of young love. She is a rude, angry outsider while he is a psychopath who wants to kill her in a gory fashion. That old chestnut. Join Brod and Damask as the sink their teeth into the this edgy show with a big, bleeding, mutilated heart. TIME CODES Off Topic/Hot Topic - 00:01:50 'End of the F***ing World: Season 1' Spoiler Free Review -...
Apr 06, 2018•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 59
In the tradition of The Breakfast Club, Mean Girls, and High School Musical, season 4 of THE WIRE looks at the lives of teenagers. And if you thought the political and legal systems in Baltimore were bad, just wait until you see the education system. Nothing says fun quite like a show focusing on the degradation and devastation of whole generations. Come join the discussion! TIME CODES Off Topic/Hot Topic - 00:01:53'The Wire: Season 4' Spoiler Free Review - 00:36:37Story Time With Damask - 00:52...
Mar 29, 2018•2 hr 15 min•Ep. 58
This is it, make or break time. Brod and Damask have stuck with the Marvel/Netflix TV universe through thick and thin, but recent releases have pushed morale to an all time low. Can JESSICA JONES Season 2 deliver the same quality as season one and bring these super-powered serials out of the darkness and into our hosts' favour? Take a long deep breath of you ability enhancing asthma-pump and follow Hunting Seasons once more into the breach. TIME CODESOff Topic/Hot Topic - 00:02:34'Jessica Jones:...
Mar 16, 2018•2 hr 33 min•Ep. 57
We’re no longer sitting on the dock of the bay in season 3 of The Wire, instead we’re back chasing after the elusive Stringer Bell and the Barksdale Crew. Can McNulty get his man or will he spend his whole life chasing his tail? Can Major Colvin make real change or will the world of politics destroy his hard work? And most importantly, will we get to perv on Lieutenant Daniels’ beautiful body? Seriously, that guy is RIPPED. TIME CODESOff Topic/Hot Topic - 00:02:23'The Wire: Season 3' Spoiler Fre...
Mar 08, 2018•1 hr 56 min•Ep. 56
THE GOOD PLACE has changed forever but has it been for the better? Will this bold new take on the sitcom format yield favourable results, or will shaking up the formula blow-up in Michael Schur's face? Brod and Damask are joined once again by graphic designer and all-round great guy Sean Kirkpatrick to examine the data. TIME CODESOff Topic/Hot Topic - 00:02:12'The Good Place Season 2' Spoiler Free Review - 00:27:43Story Time With Damask - 00:40:16Deep Dive Spoiler Discussion - 00:48:01Final Thou...
Feb 28, 2018•1 hr 55 min•Ep. 55
It's time to get the band back together! After putting away some drug dealers, Baltimore's best boys on the beat head to the docks to sniff out some good-ol' blue collar crime. The expert policin' is as engrossing as ever (especially if you're a fan of Windows XP era cargo tracking programs), but can this new nest of wharf workin' do-badder's compare to last season's loveable lot from the projects? Take a listen to Damask and Brod's full case report on everything good, the bad, and Ziggy. TIME C...
Feb 21, 2018•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 54
After a first half full of potential but lacking in character, Brod and Damask return to STAR TREK: DISCOVERY to find our nobel crew lost in a very strange place indeed. Part 2 of Season 1 asks all the big questions. Can the writers finally moved past this less than engaging Klingon War? Would a whole slew of fun new ideas be enough to give this show new life? Is it possible, with enough plot mechanics, to make Tyler a character we give half a damn about? And, most importantly, can packing a sto...
Feb 16, 2018•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 53
Listen up, nerds! Brod and Damask are taking the train to THE GOOD PLACE. And while they don’t have Janet around to help they were able to wrangle someone just as knowledgeable, Sean Kirkpatrick. Will this trio judge The Good Place worthy of its name? Or will they condemn it for all eternity to a life of eating spiders and watching college improv? TIME CODESOff Topic/Hot Topic - 00:03:34'The Good Place' Spoiler Free Review - 00:27:54Story Time With Damask - 01:00:44Deep Dive Spoiler Discussion -...
Feb 08, 2018•2 hr 6 min•Ep. 52
WE'RE BACK! After an extended Australian summer break, Brod and Damask return to tackle one of the greatest TV show of all time. No, not NCIS. Not Big Bang Theory. Not The Voice. Not Fuller House. All of those choices are terrible! We're talking about THE WIRE, you idiot. With the body count in Baltimore rising the Bad News Bears of police task-forces, rule-breaking hero McNulty, the fiercely loyal Greggs, their stoic lieutenant Daniels, and everyone’s favourite Freamon, pursue the Barksdale gan...
Feb 01, 2018•2 hr 8 min•Ep. 51
Look at that! Somehow, nearly a year after starting the podcast, Hunting Seasons has made it to 50 episodes! Damask and Brod have watched a LOT of television, some good, some not so good, some down-right awful. To celebrate this milestone and see off the podcast for 2017, our hosts are jumping into a show also celebrating a milestone; FIREFLY. Famous for it's premature cancellation and passionate fandom, Joss Whedon's sci-fi romp turns 15 years old this year. Does the show rise to it's significa...
Dec 13, 2017•1 hr 56 min•Ep. 50
This week Damask gets together with special guest Loren de Jong to talk about lady things like… sexual servitude, gender roles, dystopian civilisations, and fighting the patriarchy. That’s right, we’re talking about The Handmaid’s Tale! Come join us as we fight the power and become carpet munching gender traitors! CONTACT USEMAIL: huntingseasonspodcast@gmail.com FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/huntingseasons TWITTER: www.twitter.com/huntingscast Broderick Gordes: www.twitter.com/bgordes Damask Leary:...
Dec 06, 2017•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 49
We know. We said we wouldn't do it, yet here we are. Due to popular demand and a lack of self respect Damask and Brod are giving Marvel and Netflix one more shot. Does the gritty, gory and grunty THE PUNISHER aim true, or are we once again victims of a misfire? Join our hosts as they sift through the carnage to bring you a thorough and detailed postmortem. CONTACT USEMAIL: huntingseasonspodcast@gmail.com FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/huntingseasons TWITTER: www.twitter.com/huntingscast Broderick Go...
Nov 28, 2017•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 48
After 12 long years Gene Roddenberry's bright vision of the future returns to television (well, streaming services, but isn't that just what TV is now?) with STAR TREK DISCOVERY. Set a decade before Kirk famously captained the Enterprise, DISCOVERY explores a Star Fleet, typically wardens of peace and prosperity in the galaxy, at war with the Klingons. Is this bold new version of TREK on course to rival those that came before, or should they have perhaps not gone where no one has gone before? BL...
Nov 21, 2017•2 hr 1 min•Ep. 47
18 months after serving up it's first season on Netflix, The AFI, Peabody and Emmy award winning MASTER OF NONE returns with a freshly cooked batch of amusing observations, awkward dating anecdotes and envy inducing location shoots. Aziz Ansari once again stars as Dev Shah, a man on a mission to overcome heartache, find new love and learn how to make pasta! Did Damask and Brod find this latest course to be as satisfying as the first? Allora , you'll just have to listen to find out! SHOW NOTES:'A...
Nov 20, 2017•2 hr 18 min•Ep. 46
Aziz Ansari's debut sitcom/dramedy MASTER OF NONE exploded onto our computer and TV screens as a critical darling. The show ventures into the life of a millenial who's dealing with first dates, pasta-making, broken condoms, stereotypes, gender issues, and heartbreak. There are a whole lot of topics to cover that create an unforgettable show. But is the scope of the first season too broad? Or is Master of None able to find right balance? Listen to Brod and Damask discuss just that... CONTACT USEM...
Nov 17, 2017•1 hr 56 min•Ep. 45
In an effort to bring you the very best STRANGER THINGS 2 content Brod and Damask did a little digging. Like, literal digging. Into a tunnel. And there were vines. And the vines attacked them and they couldn't leave. It was a whole thing and now the episode is late. They are very sorry, and to make up for it they've made this a super long episode. Yay for even more free podcast than usual! Picking up nearly a year after returning the incident with the faceless bear thingy, Will is still dealing ...
Nov 05, 2017•2 hr 23 min•Ep. 44
In preparation for the impending release of the next chapter, Damask and Brod have ventured into The Upside-Down to bring you their review of Netflix's original sci-fi/horror series STRANGER THINGS Season 1. Using an intricate system of party-lights your hosts take a deep dive into what made this show an instant hit, how 80s nostalgia works for those who have no memory of the era, and try to calculate just how wide Winona Ryder's eyes are capable of opening. Seriously though, Joyce Byers is the ...
Oct 25, 2017•1 hr 58 min•Ep. 43
Is it better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all? Not only were the characters of FREAKS AND GEEKS faced with this question, so too were the shows fans. After only 12 of the filmed 18 episodes were aired, the series was brutally cancelled. Nearly 20 years first broadcasting, many still consider it's axing to be one of the greatest injustices in television history. This week Brod and Damask enrol in the FREAKS AND GEEKS short course to deduce if this cult classic is truely wort...
Oct 18, 2017•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 42
In a world of big hair, glitter bombs, and spandex join a group of ladies as they turn the world of wrestling on it's head. It's 1985 and opportunities for women to play interesting and diverse roles are practically non-existent. What's a gal to do but take a character masterclass and learn how to pile drive? This week Damask and special guest Loren de Jong explore this vibrant world and discuss everything from stereotypes to 80s sports movies. CONTACT USEMAIL: huntingseasonspodcast@gmail.com FA...
Oct 11, 2017•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 41
Faster than you can say 'Mcdonald's Mulan szechuan nugget dipping sauce' Hunting Seasons is ready to talk all about the just barely concluded third season of RICK AND MORTY. Arriving an endless epoch after season 2 aired, was season 3 able to live up to the lofty expectations cultivated from extended anticipation, or did the creators shit the bed like a Rick after an all night bender? Brod and Damask have the answers...and more! CONTACT USEMAIL: huntingseasonspodcast@gmail.com FACEBOOK: www.face...
Oct 02, 2017•2 hr 4 min•Ep. 40
Take another ride with Damask and Brod into the infinitely insane dimensions of RICK AND MORTY SEASON 2. After an utterly brain-bending, totally hilarious and occasionally heart-wrenching first season, is the return trip equally schwifty, or is this excursion the Jerry of the bunch? The answer is just one portal jump away. SHOW NOTES:'Rick and Morty: "Auto Erotic Assimilation" Review' - Alasdair Wilkins at The AV Club: https://tv.avclub.com/rick-and-morty-auto-erotic-assimilation-1798184587 CONT...
Sep 27, 2017•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 39
What up, my glip glops??? We ready to go on some wacky interdimensional travels? Season 1 of RICK AND MORTY explores infinite realities that ultimately leads our hosts to one conclusion..."Nobody exists on purpose, nobody belongs anywhere , everybody's gonna die. Come watch TV." So watch Rick and Morty, listen to our hosts discuss it, and realise that your existence is meaningless and insignificant. Wubba Lubba Dub Dub! CONTACT USEMAIL: huntingseasonspodcast@gmail.com FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/...
Sep 20, 2017•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 38
What took you so long?After weeks of MARVELous distractions (amoung other things), here is an episode we recorded weeks ago on the likely final season of LOUIE. Did the show go out with a bang, or should Louis C.K. have never returned after the momentous fourth season?Also, stick around after the end of the normal podcast! Continue to listen past the outro music for a bonus discussion about texting in theatres, Wonder Woman, Joss Whedon (pre-infidelity controversy) and more! CONTACT USEMAIL: hun...
Sep 09, 2017•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 37
The last time Brod and Damask visited TWIN PEAKS they left less than impressed. The passage of time was not kind to the old gal (Brod was ready to burn the place to the ground), but with a fresh coat of paint and the bar of expectation set extremely low, will THE RETURN to this quirky town leave a better impression on our hosts? In true Lynchian fashion, the answers only lead to more questions… SHOW NOTES:'Sherilyn Fenn Talks Twin Peaks: ‘Audrey is strong, even if she is kinda broken’' - Nick Mi...
Sep 05, 2017•1 hr 55 min•Ep. 36
Political intrigue. Death and gore. Fantastical dragons. Incest. GAME OF THRONES has something for everybody. While Georgie-Boy continues to delay the release of his next written instalment (most likely hoping Drumpf with start a nuclear conflict with North Korea and save him from ever having to finish his unwieldy narrative) the TV show pelts full throttle towards a conclusion. Season 7 brings us to the top of the home straight, but did it drift around the turn effortlessly or crash and burn in...
Aug 29, 2017•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 35
At last, we've made it. Brod and Damask enter the promised land to witness the coming-together of Netflix's Marvel original series' into one super team-up show THE DEFENDERS. Will the combination of so many powered protagonists make for the greatest comic-book show of all time, or will this mini-series be less than the sum of it's many considerable parts? SHOW NOTES:'The Defenders EP Talks Juggling Four Heroes - And The Crisis The Unites Them' - Shirley Li at Entertainment Weekly: http://ew.com/...
Aug 24, 2017•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 34
