The Core: All Things Apple TV+ - Podcast Rankings and reviews

I really enjoy these folks, the pod is a great mix of being enjoyable and informative. Good sound quality, and just the right (minimum) amount of goofing off/getting sidetracked. One of my favorite pods (this and their Empire one).

I'm sad that I'm super late to the game and only found this podcast at the end of season 2. After feeling confused about the recent Severance episodes, I have been searching for a friendly podcast breakdown and I'm so happy I found it! Love the commentary, explanations and theories these guys bring to the table. Will definitely be using for other tv series moving forward. 10/10🌟

Hey, just found your podcast because I’m a fan of the Murderbot books and now the show. I appreciate you acknowledge that you haven’t read the books, which is totally fine. I just listened to your ep 1-2 podcast. FYI: Murderbot’s explicit pronouns in the book are “it.” (Not he, she, or they.) It’s not a “woke” thing, it’s the character and is important for the trajectory of the plot.

Thanks for putting this together! Excited to listen!

Some shows, like Severance, listeners just want to hear thoughtful insight to the show we are watching. If that’s what you’re looking for, don’t come here. These guys mostly bounce around ideas, coming up with random theory crafting that has very little to do with what we’re actually watching and spend the episode discussing them. The majority of which, will likely never come to fruition. It feels like an audio version of Reddit, and not in a good way. The production quality is top notch, and when they stick to the content of the show, it flows well. It’s just not nearly enough of that quality content

After several episodes I decided to give this a pass. Why? you may ask…Well (no pun intended), these lads are clearly Silo enthusiasts but there’s too much rambling about things like the careers of the actors, a muddle of plot chronology which may confuse listeners who haven’t actually watched the show, and a general tendency to head into the weeds (pun intended). I also don’t quite buy into their reason for not having read the books… One doesn’t have to offer spoilers; that’s kind of like LOTR fans who’ve never read Tolkien. If one wants secondhand Silo lore there’s always Wikipedia. :/