After the most shocking episode of the series to date, Still Watching hosts Richard Lawson and Chris Murphy chat with PR expert Risa Heller about her advice for the Roys, and discuss the future of the Roy dynasty. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Apr 17, 2023•53 min•Season 40Ep. 4
Still Watching hosts Richard Lawson and Chris Murphy unpack the seismic, life altering event that occurred during “Connor's Wedding” the third episode of the final season of Succession. Plus, VF's Julie Miller chats with Succession actress Justine Lupe about Willa's wedding day. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Apr 10, 2023•51 min•Season 40Ep. 3
The Roy kids have a heart-to-heart with Logan in the unlikeliest of places. Still Watching hosts Richard Lawson and Chris Murphy break down the episode with guest Bess Levin. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Apr 03, 2023•46 min•Season 40Ep. 2
Succession returns for its fourth and final season—and Still Watching is here to unpack the Roy children's big purchase, the dissolution of Tom and Shiv's marriage, and what, exactly, happened to Anne Pierce in Maine. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Mar 27, 2023•41 min•Season 40Ep. 1
Vanity Fair ’s TV podcast returns to cover the Emmy-winning drama, whose fourth and final season premieres Sunday. Spring is in the air, and it’s time to pick an heir. Succession returns for its fourth and final season on Sunday, March 26th—and Still Watching , Vanity Fair ’s TV analysis podcast, is all over it. Hosts Richard Lawson and Chris Murphy will dive deep into the final 10 episodes of the Emmy-winning series—which remains as “sleek and engaging” as ever in its last round, according to L...
Mar 23, 2023•12 min
Vanity Fair's Richard Lawson and Chris Murphy devoured all of the second season of The White Lotus on HBO, and are wrapping up the year with an interview with series creator, writer, and director of the show: Mike White! This week, find out which one of the story lines was hardest to write, Jennifer Coolidge and the murderous gays, how White decided on the themes of the second season and what to expect in the future when The White Lotus ventures into a third season! Learn about your ad choices: ...
Dec 13, 2022•38 min•Season 38Ep. 8
Still Watching is wrapping up our Sicilian vacation as Vanity Fair's Richard Lawson and Chris Murphy check-out of the second season of The White Lotus on HBO. This week, Richard and Chris tune in for the seventh and final episode of the second season of White Lotus, titled "Arrivederci." We finally end up with a body. The gays are trying to kill Tanya, and Portia's trip takes a nightmarish turn. Daphne, Cameron, Harper, and Ethan find something like resolution at the end of their vacation. This ...
Dec 12, 2022•50 min•Season 38Ep. 7
Still Watching is watching other people on a Sicilian vacation as Vanity Fair's Richard Lawson and Chris Murphy check-in to the second season of The White Lotus on HBO. This week, Richard and Chris tune in for the sixth and penultimate episode of the second season of White Lotus, titled "Abductions." Portia and Tanya find themselves lured into a situation they don't fully understand, Ethan becomes paranoid about Harper and Cameron, Albie and Lucia's relationship becomes much more complicated. Th...
Dec 05, 2022•52 min•Season 38Ep. 6
Still Watching is watching other people on a Sicilian vacation as Vanity Fair's Richard Lawson and Chris Murphy check-in to the second season of The White Lotus on HBO. This week, Richard and Chris tune in for the fifth episode of the second season of White Lotus, titled "That's Amoré." Tanya and Portia head off with their new friends, Albie and Lucia's relationship evolves, Harper forces some hard truths and Mia gets to sing again! This podcast includes an interview with Adam DiMarco who plays ...
Nov 28, 2022•50 min•Season 38Ep. 5
Still Watching is watching other people on a Sicilian vacation as Vanity Fair's Richard Lawson and Chris Murphy check-in to the second season of The White Lotus on HBO. This week, Richard and Chris tune in for the fourth episode of the second season of White Lotus, titled "In the Sandbox." Tanya gets close to Tom Hollander’s Quentin, Harper sinks deeper into herself after a disturbing discovery, and Mia makes a career play. This podcast includes an interview with Haley Lu Richardson who plays Po...
Nov 21, 2022•52 min•Season 38Ep. 4
Still Watching is watching other people on a Sicilian vacation as Vanity Fair's Richard Lawson and Chris Murphy check-in to the second season of The White Lotus on HBO. This week, Richard and Chris tune in for the third episode of the second season of White Lotus, titled "Bull Elephants." Harper and Daphne split off from Cameron and Ethan (who run across Mia and Lucia!). Tanya gets some negative news from a tarot card reading. Portia and Alfie cross paths with a cold man in a pool. This podcast ...
Nov 14, 2022•47 min•Season 38Ep. 3
All ten episodes of season 5 of The Crown are now on Netflix, and Dynasty 's Erin Vanderhoof joins Vanity Fair reporter Julie Miller for a special Still Watching breaking down the first five episodes of the new season. Catching up with the royals in the 90s, the decades of Charles and Diana's bitter divorce and the Queen's "annus horribilis", the new season includes plenty of drama for every adult member of the royal family, plus the introduction of new key figures like Mohamed Al-Fayed and Hasn...
Nov 09, 2022•37 min•Season 39Ep. 1
Still Watching is watching other people on a Sicilian vacation as Vanity Fair's Richard Lawson and Chris Murphy check-in to the second season of The White Lotus on HBO. This week, Richard and Chris tune in for the second episode of the second season of White Lotus, titled "Italian Dream". Everything gets more complicated for the couplings of the second season, especially for Dominic and Tanya. Portia and Alfie find common ground, Harper can't stop picking at Cameron and Daphne. This podcast incl...
Nov 07, 2022•43 min•Season 38Ep. 2
Still Watching is watching other people on a Sicilian vacation as Vanity Fair's Richard Lawson and Chris Murphy check-in to the second season of The White Lotus on HBO. This week, Richard and Chris rejoin Mark White's dark comedy series for a news season about flawed people at an international five star hotel, another titular White Lotus. Besides Jennifer Coolidge's Tanya and Jon Gries' Greg, there's a whole new cast that includes this week's interview subject Will Sharpe who plays Ethan on the ...
Oct 31, 2022•57 min•Season 38Ep. 1
Welcome back to Still Watching: House of the Dragon, covering the first season of HBO's Game of Thrones prequel series: House of the Dragon. This week, for the season finale, "The Black Queen" Vanity Fair's Josh Wigler is joined by co-host Richard Lawson to analyze what happened on Dragonstone when Rhaenyra learned Aegon had been crowned king and attempts to hold the realm together while gathering banners for a looming war. For a transcript of this episode, please follow this link. Learn about y...
Oct 24, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Season 37Ep. 12
Welcome back to Still Watching: House of the Dragon, covering the first season of HBO's Game of Thrones prequel series: House of the Dragon. This week, for the penultimate episode of the first season, "The Green Council" Vanity Fair's Josh Wigler is joined by co-host Richard Lawson to oversee the doings at King's Landing that lead to the coronation of King Aegon II, as the Hightowers seize control of King's Landing after Visery's death. For a transcript of this episode, please follow this link. ...
Oct 17, 2022•1 hr 24 min•Season 37Ep. 11
Welcome back to Still Watching: House of the Dragon, covering the first season of HBO's Game of Thrones prequel series: House of the Dragon. This week, for the eighth episode of the series, "The Lord of the Tides" Vanity Fair's Josh Wigler is joined by co-host Richard Lawson for another time jump on the series. Rhaenyra and Daemon are lured back to King's Landing to defend their claim, where they find the Hightowers in control, because Viserys in even worse. Vaemond Velaryon makes play to be Lor...
Oct 10, 2022•1 hr 20 min•Season 37Ep. 10
Welcome back to Still Watching: House of the Dragon, covering the first season of HBO's Game of Thrones prequel series: House of the Dragon. This week, for the seventh episode of the series, "Driftmark" Vanity Fair's Josh Wigler is joined by co-host Richard Lawson to Attend Laena's funeral at Driftmark, which brings our quarreling families and their children to the same location for some child-on-child violence and the claiming of Vhager. For a transcript of this episode, please follow this link...
Oct 03, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 37Ep. 9
Welcome back to Still Watching: House of the Dragon, covering the first season of HBO's Game of Thrones prequel series: House of the Dragon. This week, for the sixth episode of the series, "The Princess and the Queen" Vanity Fair's Josh Wigler is joined by co-host Richard Lawson to jump ahead a decade in Westeros. Allicent's children have grown up, Rhaenyra has three children of their own. A rumor about the father of Rhaenyra's kids causes mayhem in the realm. For a transcript of this episode, p...
Sep 26, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Season 37Ep. 8
Welcome back to Still Watching: House of the Dragon, covering the first season of HBO's Game of Thrones prequel series: House of the Dragon. This week, for the fifth episode of the series, "We Light The Way," Vanity Fair's Josh Wigler is joined by co-host Richard Lawson to finally meet Daemon's wife and attend Rhaenyra's wedding. For a transcript of this episode, please follow this link. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Sep 19, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Season 37Ep. 7
Welcome back to Still Watching: House of the Dragon, covering the first season of HBO's Game of Thrones prequel series: House of the Dragon. This week, for the fourth episode of the series, "King of the Narrow Sea," Vanity Fair's Josh Wigler is joined by VF's Katey Rich to take another time jump and catch up with the Targaryens in Westeros. Daemon is back from the Stepstones with a new title. Rhaenyra rejects all of her suitors and escapes to into King's Landing through some secret passageways. ...
Sep 12, 2022•1 hr 24 min•Season 37Ep. 6
Welcome back to Still Watching: House of the Dragon, covering the first season of HBO's Game of Thrones prequel series: House of the Dragon. This week, for the third episode of the series, "Second of His Name," Vanity Fair's Josh Wigler is joined by VF's Hillary Busis to leap forward another three years. This week we meet Aegon II, ride along to the Kingswood for a hunt, watch Princess Rhaenyra react poorly to the idea of marriage for the realm, as Deamon takes it to the Crabfeeder in the Stepst...
Sep 05, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Season 37Ep. 5
Welcome back to Still Watching: House of the Dragon, covering the first season of HBO's Game of Thrones prequel series: House of the Dragon. This week, for the second episode of the series, "The Rogue Prince," Vanity Fair's Richard Lawson and Josh Wigler take a six month time-jump with the show to see how crabs eat at the Stepstones before catching up with King Viserys and his ongoing problems of succession. Dameon, at Dragonstone, steals an egg. For a transcript of this episode, please follow t...
Aug 29, 2022•50 min•Season 37Ep. 4
Welcome back to Still Watching: House of the Dragon, covering the first season of HBO's Game of Thrones prequel series: House of the Dragon. This week, for the premiere episode "The Heirs of the Dragon," Vanity Fair's Richard Lawson and Josh Wigler return to Westeros to meet Princess Rhaenyra, Alicent Hightower and the other key players, while also visiting a tournament and seeing some Game of Thrones level violence. Oh, yeah, and the DRAGONS. For a transcript of this episode, please follow this...
Aug 22, 2022•52 min•Season 37Ep. 3
Welcome to Still Watching: House of the Dragon, covering the first season of HBO's Game of Thrones prequel series: House of the Dragon. Vanity Fair's Richard Lawson and Josh Wigler polish their swords and summon the dragon riders in preparation for a return to the drama surrounding the Iron Throne of Westeros further in the past than we've ever seen before. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Aug 16, 2022•34 min•Season 37Ep. 2
Welcome to Still Watching: House of the Dragon! This upcoming podcast will be covering the first season of HBO's Game of Thrones prequel series: House of the Dragon. Meet your hosts Richard Lawson and Josh Wigler, and prepare for new episodes on Mondays, starting next week, Monday August 15th. There will be dragons. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Aug 08, 2022•4 min•Season 37Ep. 1
There's a lot of television planned to come from Lucasfilm, beginning with an Obi-Wan Kenobi series premiering tomorrow on Disney Plus. This episode, Katey Rich is joined by Vanity Fair's Anthony Breznican to break down his Star Wars cover story for the magazine and give a further peek into the upcoming Star Wars series Andor, Ahsoka, The Acolyte and the mysterious "Grammar Rodeo" Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
May 26, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Season 36Ep. 1
Vanity Fair's Katey Rich and David Canfield are Still Watching: Candy, a five-night event limited series that released last week on Hulu. The series, starring Melanie Lynsky and Jessica Biel as two women entangled, is the newest true crime series to hit this spring. All episodes are streaming now. This episode David interviews executive producers Robin Veith and Jessica Biel on all five episodes and what inspired them to make Candy. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
May 16, 2022•1 hr•Season 35Ep. 1
Richard and Katey are back to discuss Hulu's new series Under The Banner of Heaven, based on the 2003 Jon Krakauer true crime book covering a murder and some history of the Mormon religion. It is being adapted into a series by Dustin Lance Black featuring performances from Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, and Wyatt Russell. Katey interviews Daisy Edgar-Jones, who plays Brenda on the series, about what it was like to learn about the Mormon community and portray a real person. Learn about your ad...
May 06, 2022•57 min•Season 34Ep. 1
This week, Vanity Fair 's Richard Lawson and Katey Rich cover the finale of WeCrashed, "The One With All the Money." Plus, Katey interviews Emily Jane Fox who wrote about the real life Nuemanns, and O-T Fagbenle who played Cameron Lautner on the show. This season Still Watching covered three shows that look at the recent past of technology companies: WeCrashed (covering the fall of WeWork) on Apple TV+, The Dropout (chronicling the fall of Theranos) on HBO, and Super Pumped: The Battle For Uber ...
Apr 22, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Season 33Ep. 10