Wax Episodic | Obsessive TV Talk with Jason Cabassi

Compulsory nude figure drawing, a sudden orbital vaporizing laser, and a hi-tech, futuristic slaughterhouse are just a few of the things that made this episode odd as hell, but never dull! Join Kirk, Jim, and Jason as we talk it out!

Next up on Wax Episodic: Lanterns S1E5 “Lights Out”. Let us know your thoughts!

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Or join our Discord where you can leave comments and chat with hosts and other listeners: https://discord.gg/6WUMt3m3qe

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Check out Kirk’s incredible pop-culture illustrations, everything from the Avengers, to the New York Nicks, to Taylor Swift, and a lot more, all at studiokm.com. You won’t be sorry you did!

Prefer a standalone Lanterns podcast? You can find all our Lanterns episodes, and nothing else, at https://podcastica.com/podcast/casting-light

Support the show

Show support and get ad-free episodes and a bunch of other cool stuff at ⁠patreon.com/jasoncabassi⁠.

Or make a one-time donation at ⁠buymeacoffee.com/cabassi⁠.

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On Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wax-episodic-obsessive-tv-talk-with-jason-cabassi/id1824392797

On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7sA66ySwVRIsdzBBdriEGV

Or just search for Wax Episodic wherever you get podcasts.

Also on Wax Episodic:

We cover these other intelligent, engaging, oftentimes delightfully twisted series:

Severance (Apple TV): A mind-bending show where office workers’ minds are severed into two selves, one that exists only at work, and the other only outside. It’s beautiful, brilliant, funny, gripping, mysterious, thrilling, thought-provoking, and meticulously crafted in every way. Hosted by Jason and Karen’s innies.

Fallout (Amazon): A crazy retro-futuristic, post-apocalyptic melange of wholesomeness and depravity. One of the best looking shows on TV, funny as hell, violent AF (but in a cartoony way), with a great cast, including Ella Purnell (Yellowjackets) and Walton Goggins (The White Lotus, The Righteous Gemstones). Not to be missed! Hosted by Jason, Kara, and Kasi.

Pluribus (Apple TV): Everyone is transformed into a pleasant hive mind — except for Carol (Rhea Seehorn), the most miserable woman on the planet, who must save the world from happiness. It sounds weird, and it is… in the best way. Created by the great Vince Gilligan, of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. Hosted by Jason and Karen.

IT: Welcome to Derry (HBO): A fun, scary, and surprisingly great prequel to the 2016 and 2019 IT movies, with Pennywise stalking the children of 1962 Derry. A mix of heart, mystery, charm, and some shockingly disturbing Nightmare on Elm Street-esque horror. Cohosted by Shawn of Strange Indeed.

Alien: Earth (FX): From the brilliant Noah Hawley (Fargo, Legion), this one really scratches that sci-fi itch. A greedy corporate tech overlord transfers the consciousness of a group of terminally ill children into highly performant synth bodies. And the Xenomorph is in it, too. Also, Tim Olyphant! Hosted by Jason, Kara, and Randy.

Check out other podcasts on our network at podcastica.com.

Thank you!

What’s next for Wax Episodic?

As I (Jason) mentioned on the podcast, the plan is to go on hiatus for awhile, and come back for the new HBO show, Lanterns, premiering August 16.

Lanterns is an upcoming new superhero/detective series, but I’m most excited about it because of where it’s airing (because HBO has been producing high-quality shows for years), and also the kick-ass bunch of creators and actors who are involved: Lanterns is headed up by Damon Lindelof (LOST, The Leftovers, Watchmen), Chris Mundy (Ozark, True Detective), and Tom King (Mister Miracle, The Vision), stars Kyle Chandler (Friday Night Lights, Bloodline), Aaron Pierre (Rebel Ridge), and co-stars Nathan Fillion (Firefly, Castle).

Premise: Green Lanterns are intergalactic peacekeepers who wear rings that give them extraordinary powers. The series follows experienced Lantern Hal Jordan and new recruit John Stewart as they investigate a murder in Rushville, Nebraska, which Jordan believes is an extraterrestrial incident and leads them to darker mysteries and reckonings.

P.S. There’s a chance we’ll be back with a surprise or two before Lanterns. Either way keep us in your feed and we’ll talk to you soon!

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So great to get some of John’s backstory this week, making it much more clear why his parents set him on this years-long course to become a Green Lantern. A thoughtfully told, thought-provoking tale, and Jim and Kirk are here to talk it out.

Next up on Wax Episodic: Lanterns S1E4. Let us know your thoughts!

You can email or send a voice message to brightestday@podcastica.com.

Or join our Discord where you can leave comments and chat with hosts and other listeners: https://discord.gg/6WUMt3m3qe

Or check out our Podcastica Facebook group, where we put up comment posts for each episode, at facebook.com/groups/podcastica.

Check out Kirk’s incredible pop-culture illustrations, everything from the Avengers, to the New York Nicks, to Taylor Swift, and a lot more, all at studiokm.com. You won’t be sorry you did!

Prefer a standalone Lanterns podcast? You can find all our Lanterns episodes, and nothing else, at https://podcastica.com/podcast/casting-light

Support the show

Show support and get ad-free episodes and a bunch of other cool stuff at ⁠patreon.com/jasoncabassi⁠.

Or make a one-time donation at ⁠buymeacoffee.com/cabassi⁠.

A quick, free, and easy way to support us is to leave a rating or a review:

On Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wax-episodic-obsessive-tv-talk-with-jason-cabassi/id1824392797

On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7sA66ySwVRIsdzBBdriEGV

Or just search for Wax Episodic wherever you get podcasts.

Also on Wax Episodic:

We cover these other intelligent, engaging, oftentimes delightfully twisted series:

Severance (Apple TV): A mind-bending show where office workers’ minds are severed into two selves, one that exists only at work, and the other only outside. It’s beautiful, brilliant, funny, gripping, mysterious, thrilling, thought-provoking, and meticulously crafted in every way. Hosted by Jason and Karen’s innies.

Fallout (Amazon): A crazy retro-futuristic, post-apocalyptic melange of wholesomeness and depravity. One of the best looking shows on TV, funny as hell, violent AF (but in a cartoony way), with a great cast, including Ella Purnell (Yellowjackets) and Walton Goggins (The White Lotus, The Righteous Gemstones). Not to be missed! Hosted by Jason, Kara, and Kasi.

Pluribus (Apple TV): Everyone is transformed into a pleasant hive mind — except for Carol (Rhea Seehorn), the most miserable woman on the planet, who must save the world from happiness. It sounds weird, and it is… in the best way. Created by the great Vince Gilligan, of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. Hosted by Jason and Karen.

IT: Welcome to Derry (HBO): A fun, scary, and surprisingly great prequel to the 2016 and 2019 IT movies, with Pennywise stalking the children of 1962 Derry. A mix of heart, mystery, charm, and some shockingly disturbing Nightmare on Elm Street-esque horror. Cohosted by Shawn of Strange Indeed.

Alien: Earth (FX): From the brilliant Noah Hawley (Fargo, Legion), this one really scratches that sci-fi itch. A greedy corporate tech overlord transfers the consciousness of a group of terminally ill children into highly performant synth bodies. And the Xenomorph is in it, too. Also, Tim Olyphant! Hosted by Jason, Kara, and Randy.

Check out other podcasts on our network at podcastica.com.

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Things are getting complicated this week, with details about who these aliens are and why they came to Rushville, Nebraska, and questions about what William Macon is up to, why Hal doesn’t want to report to the Guardians, how John can create a little green birdie sidekick, and a ton more. We do our best this ep to lay it all out for you!

Mentioned:

Check out Kirk’s incredible pop-culture illustrations, everything from the Avengers, to the New York Nicks, to Taylor Swift, and a lot more, all at studiokm.com. You won’t be sorry you did!

Next up on Wax Episodic: Lanterns S1E3. Let us know your thoughts!

You can email or send a voice message to brightestday@podcastica.com.

Or join our Discord where you can leave comments and chat with hosts and other listeners: https://discord.gg/6WUMt3m3qe

Or check out our Podcastica Facebook group, where we put up comment posts for each episode, at facebook.com/groups/podcastica.

Prefer a standalone Lanterns podcast? You can find all our Lanterns episodes, and nothing else, at https://podcastica.com/podcast/casting-light

Support the show

Show support and get ad-free episodes and a bunch of other cool stuff at ⁠patreon.com/jasoncabassi⁠.

Or make a one-time donation at ⁠buymeacoffee.com/cabassi⁠.

A quick, free, and easy way to support us is to leave a rating or a review:

On Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wax-episodic-obsessive-tv-talk-with-jason-cabassi/id1824392797

On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7sA66ySwVRIsdzBBdriEGV

Or just search for Wax Episodic wherever you get podcasts.

Also on Wax Episodic:

We cover these other intelligent, engaging, oftentimes delightfully twisted series:

Severance (Apple TV): A mind-bending show where office workers’ minds are severed into two selves, one that exists only at work, and the other only outside. It’s beautiful, brilliant, funny, gripping, mysterious, thrilling, thought-provoking, and meticulously crafted in every way. Hosted by Jason and Karen’s innies.

Fallout (Amazon): A crazy retro-futuristic, post-apocalyptic melange of wholesomeness and depravity. One of the best looking shows on TV, funny as hell, violent AF (but in a cartoony way), with a great cast, including Ella Purnell (Yellowjackets) and Walton Goggins (The White Lotus, The Righteous Gemstones). Not to be missed! Hosted by Jason, Kara, and Kasi.

Pluribus (Apple TV): Everyone is transformed into a pleasant hive mind — except for Carol (Rhea Seehorn), the most miserable woman on the planet, who must save the world from happiness. It sounds weird, and it is… in the best way. Created by the great Vince Gilligan, of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. Hosted by Jason and Karen.

IT: Welcome to Derry (HBO): A fun, scary, and surprisingly great prequel to the 2016 and 2019 IT movies, with Pennywise stalking the children of 1962 Derry. A mix of heart, mystery, charm, and some shockingly disturbing Nightmare on Elm Street-esque horror. Cohosted by Shawn of Strange Indeed.

Alien: Earth (FX): From the brilliant Noah Hawley (Fargo, Legion), this one really scratches that sci-fi itch. A greedy corporate tech overlord transfers the consciousness of a group of terminally ill children into highly performant synth bodies. And the Xenomorph is in it, too. Also, Tim Olyphant! Hosted by Jason, Kara, and Randy.

Check out other podcasts on our network at podcastica.com.

Thank you!

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Lanterns opens strong with an episode that manages to slip in a ton of expositional Green Lantern lore, an intriguing small town mystery, a bunch colorful characters all pushing against each other’s edges (with some fantastic actors playing them), all while asking some deeper questions about human nature, and even throwing in a few jokes that actually made us laugh. Yeah, we’re in!

Next up on Wax Episodic: Lanterns S1E2. Let us know your thoughts!

You can email or send a voice message to brightestday@podcastica.com.

Or join our Discord where you can leave comments and chat with hosts and other listeners: https://discord.gg/6WUMt3m3qe

Or check out our Podcastica Facebook group, where we put up comment posts for each episode, at facebook.com/groups/podcastica.

Prefer a standalone Lanterns podcast? You can find all our Lanterns episodes, and nothing else, at https://podcastica.com/podcast/casting-light

Support the show

Show support and get ad-free episodes and a bunch of other cool stuff at ⁠patreon.com/jasoncabassi⁠.

Or make a one-time donation at ⁠buymeacoffee.com/cabassi⁠.

A quick, free, and easy way to support us is to leave a rating or a review:

On Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wax-episodic-obsessive-tv-talk-with-jason-cabassi/id1824392797

On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7sA66ySwVRIsdzBBdriEGV

Or just search for Wax Episodic wherever you get podcasts.

Also on Wax Episodic:

We cover these other intelligent, engaging, oftentimes delightfully twisted series:

Severance (Apple TV): A mind-bending show where office workers’ minds are severed into two selves, one that exists only at work, and the other only outside. It’s beautiful, brilliant, funny, gripping, mysterious, thrilling, thought-provoking, and meticulously crafted in every way. Hosted by Jason and Karen’s innies.

Fallout (Amazon): A crazy retro-futuristic, post-apocalyptic melange of wholesomeness and depravity. One of the best looking shows on TV, funny as hell, violent AF (but in a cartoony way), with a great cast, including Ella Purnell (Yellowjackets) and Walton Goggins (The White Lotus, The Righteous Gemstones). Not to be missed! Hosted by Jason, Kara, and Kasi.

Pluribus (Apple TV): Everyone is transformed into a pleasant hive mind — except for Carol (Rhea Seehorn), the most miserable woman on the planet, who must save the world from happiness. It sounds weird, and it is… in the best way. Created by the great Vince Gilligan, of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. Hosted by Jason and Karen.

IT: Welcome to Derry (HBO): A fun, scary, and surprisingly great prequel to the 2016 and 2019 IT movies, with Pennywise stalking the children of 1962 Derry. A mix of heart, mystery, charm, and some shockingly disturbing Nightmare on Elm Street-esque horror. Cohosted by Shawn of Strange Indeed.

Alien: Earth (FX): From the brilliant Noah Hawley (Fargo, Legion), this one really scratches that sci-fi itch. A greedy corporate tech overlord transfers the consciousness of a group of terminally ill children into highly performant synth bodies. And the Xenomorph is in it, too. Also, Tim Olyphant! Hosted by Jason, Kara, and Randy.

Check out other podcasts on our network at podcastica.com.

Thank you!

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We’re back for another new show! Yes, this show is about members of the Green Lantern Corps, an intergalactic peacekeeping force whose members wear rings that give them powers (and we love that). But there’s a lot more about this series that has us intrigued. Like, why is it also apparently a gritty murder mystery set in rural Nebraska? And what does it mean that HBO, the king of prestige TV, picked it up, with three legendary writers at the helm: Chris Mundy (Ozark), Damon Lindelof (LOST), and Tom King (The Vision)?

That’s more than enough to have us—Jason, Kirk, and Jim—super excited for Lanterns. Join us for a spoiler-lite introduction to the series, followed by a more detailed dive into the trailer that recently debuted at Comic-Con.

Mentioned:

EW interviews Lanterns showrunner Chris Mundy: https://ew.com/lanterns-dc-space-cops-drama-dueling-timelines-exclusive-11971022

Next up on Wax Episodic: The Lanterns series premiere, on HBO Sunday, August 16! Let us know your thoughts.

You can email or send a voice message to brightestday@podcastica.com.

Or join our Discord where you can leave comments and chat with hosts and other listeners: https://discord.gg/6WUMt3m3qe

Or check out our Podcastica Facebook group, where we put up comment posts for each episode, at facebook.com/groups/podcastica.

Prefer a standalone Lanterns podcast? You can find all our Lanterns episodes, and nothing else, at https://podcastica.com/podcast/casting-light

Support the show

Show support and get ad-free episodes and a bunch of other cool stuff at ⁠patreon.com/jasoncabassi⁠.

Or make a one-time donation at ⁠buymeacoffee.com/cabassi⁠.

A quick, free, and easy way to support us is to leave a rating or a review:

On Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wax-episodic-obsessive-tv-talk-with-jason-cabassi/id1824392797

On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7sA66ySwVRIsdzBBdriEGV

Or just search for Wax Episodic wherever you get podcasts.

Also on Wax Episodic:

We cover these other intelligent, engaging, oftentimes delightfully twisted series:

Severance (Apple TV): A mind-bending show where office workers’ minds are severed into two selves, one that exists only at work, and the other only outside. It’s beautiful, brilliant, funny, gripping, mysterious, thrilling, thought-provoking, and meticulously crafted in every way. Hosted by Jason and Karen’s innies.

Fallout (Amazon): A crazy retro-futuristic, post-apocalyptic melange of wholesomeness and depravity. One of the best looking shows on TV, funny as hell, violent AF (but in a cartoony way), with a great cast, including Ella Purnell (Yellowjackets) and Walton Goggins (The White Lotus, The Righteous Gemstones). Not to be missed! Hosted by Jason, Kara, and Kasi.

Pluribus (Apple TV): Everyone is transformed into a pleasant hive mind — except for Carol (Rhea Seehorn), the most miserable woman on the planet, who must save the world from happiness. It sounds weird, and it is… in the best way. Created by the great Vince Gilligan, of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. Hosted by Jason and Karen.

IT: Welcome to Derry (HBO): A fun, scary, and surprisingly great prequel to the 2016 and 2019 IT movies, with Pennywise stalking the children of 1962 Derry. A mix of heart, mystery, charm, and some shockingly disturbing Nightmare on Elm Street-esque horror. Cohosted by Shawn of Strange Indeed.

Alien: Earth (FX): From the brilliant Noah Hawley (Fargo, Legion), this one really scratches that sci-fi itch. A greedy corporate tech overlord transfers the consciousness of a group of terminally ill children into highly performant synth bodies. And the Xenomorph is in it, too. Also, Tim Olyphant! Hosted by Jason, Kara, and Randy.

Check out other podcasts on our network at podcastica.com.

Thank you!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices