Ready or not, Squid Game is back with a twisted, f#%ed up, and at times badass opener for this final season. Join Daphne, Veronica, and Jason as we talk it out! Next up: Squid Game S3E2 “Starry Night”. Light us know your thoughts! You can email or send a voice message to squidgame@podcastica.com. Or check out our Facebook group, where we put up comment posts for each episode, at facebook.com/groups/podcastica. Check out all our other shows at podcastica.com.  Show support and get ad-free episodes and a bunch of other cool stuff: patreon.com/jasoncabassi  Or go to buymeacoffee.com/cabassi for a one-time donation. Huge thanks to Kirk Manley for illustrating and designing our amazing podcast art. We highly recommend checking out Kirk’s art at studiokm.com.  If it’s something in pop-culture that you love, there’s a good chance he’s drawn it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gi-hun is finally taking it to the man (but at what cost?) in another intense, disturbing episode. Daphne, Veronica, and Jason are here to talk it out.  Next up: Squid Game season 3 drops this summer, on June 27. We’ll talk to you then! In the meantime, Podcastica is gearing up for Yellowjackets, Cobra Kai, The White Lotus, Andor, Daredevil: Born Again, The Last of Us, and The Handmaid’s Tale, all coming soon! Come check us out on podcastica.com for podcasts on all those shows.  Or check out our Facebook group, where we put up comment posts for each episode, at facebook.com/groups/podcastica. Huge thanks to Kirk Manley for illustrating and designing our amazing podcast art. We highly recommend checking out Kirk’s art at studiokm.com.  If it’s something in pop-culture that you love, there’s a good chance he’s drawn it. Show support and get ad-free episodes and a bunch of other cool stuff: patreon.com/jasoncabassi  Or go to buymeacoffee.com/cabassi for a one-time donation. Fight the power! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Intense episode this week! Veronica’s out sick, so I quickly formed a group of two with myself and Jenny Ryan to talk it out. Whew! Next up: It’s the Squid Game season two finale, S2E7 “Friend or Foe”. Let us know your thoughts! You can email or send a voice message to squidgame@podcastica.com. Or check out our Facebook group, where we put up comment posts for each episode, at facebook.com/groups/podcastica. Huge thanks to Kirk Manley for illustrating and designing our amazing podcast art. We highly recommend checking out Kirk’s art at studiokm.com.  If it’s something in pop-culture that you love, there’s a good chance he’s drawn it. Show support and get ad-free episodes and a bunch of other cool stuff: patreon.com/jasoncabassi  Or go to buymeacoffee.com/cabassi for a one-time donation. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Karen and David join Jason this week to talk about what we all thought was the best episode of the season so far. But what the hell is In-ho up to though?  Next up: Squid Game S2E6 “O X”. Let us know your thoughts! You can email or send a voice message to squidgame@podcastica.com. Or check out our Facebook group, where we put up comment posts for each episode, at facebook.com/groups/podcastica. Huge thanks to Kirk Manley for illustrating and designing our amazing podcast art. We highly recommend checking out Kirk’s art at studiokm.com.  If it’s something in pop-culture that you love, there’s a good chance he’s drawn it. Show support and get ad-free episodes and a bunch of other cool stuff: patreon.com/jasoncabassi  Or go to buymeacoffee.com/cabassi for a one-time donation. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Squid Game has always shown the juxtaposition between the childlike and the horrific, and the beautiful and the grotesque, but this season it’s also very much leaning into the intense and the goofy. Is that working? Join Veronica and Jason as we talk it out! Links: Donate to LA Fire Department: https://supportlafd.kindful.com/?campaign=1040812&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaYCsJMFXSed_-UIi4B8i6-ABSydTzEOjibVqhNddz4ZKdoLY8KHdcwoHWs_aem_8oboJVng-WKfmV-BZBpn3A Donate to Red Cross for LA fires: www.redcross.org/kcal  Next up: Squid Game S2E5 “One More Game”. Let us know your thoughts! You can email or send a voice message to squidgame@podcastica.com. Or check out our Facebook group, where we put up comment posts for each episode, at facebook.com/groups/podcastica. Huge thanks to Kirk Manley for illustrating and designing our amazing podcast art. We highly recommend checking out Kirk’s art at studiokm.com.  If it’s something in pop-culture that you love, there’s a good chance he’s drawn it. Show support and get ad-free episodes and a bunch of other cool stuff: patreon.com/jasoncabassi  Or go to buymeacoffee.com/cabassi for a one-time donation. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Back to the games! A few new twists on this otherwise familiar situation made this episode a lot of fun (in a darkly twisted way, of course). Listen in as Daphne and Jason break it down.  Next up: Squid Game S2E4 “Six Legs”. Let us know your thoughts! You can email or send a voice message to squidgame@podcastica.com. Or check out our Facebook group, where we put up comment posts for each episode, at facebook.com/groups/podcastica. Huge thanks to Kirk Manley for illustrating and designing our amazing podcast art. We highly recommend checking out Kirk’s art at studiokm.com.  If it’s something in pop-culture that you love, there’s a good chance he’s drawn it. Show support and get ad-free episodes and a bunch of other cool stuff: patreon.com/jasoncabassi  Or go to buymeacoffee.com/cabassi for a one-time donation. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ooh, things are getting interesting this ep, with that great twist at the end, and we think this season is shaping up to be a great evolution of the series. John Veronica and Jason as we talk it out.  Next up: Squid Game S2E3 “001”. Let us know your thoughts! You can email or send a voice message to squidgame@podcastica.com. Or check out our Facebook group, where we put up comment posts for each episode, at facebook.com/groups/podcastica. Huge thanks to Kirk Manley for illustrating and designing our amazing podcast art. We highly recommend checking out Kirk’s art at studiokm.com.  If it’s something in pop-culture that you love, there’s a good chance he’s drawn it. Show support and get ad-free episodes and a bunch of other cool stuff: patreon.com/jasoncabassi  Or go to buymeacoffee.com/cabassi for a one-time donation. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Squid Game is back and is so far delivering on the promise of the season one finale, which is that Seong Gi-hun would try to find the leaders of the game. But is it good? Join Daphne, David, and Jason as we talk it through.  Next up: Squid Game S2E2 “Halloween Party”. Once you’ve seen it, send us your thoughts and we’ll respond on the podcast. You can email or send a voice message to squidgame@podcastica.com. Or check out our Facebook group, where we put up comment posts for each episode, at facebook.com/groups/podcastica. Huge thanks to Kirk Manley for illustrating and designing our amazing podcast art. We highly recommend checking out Kirk’s art at studiokm.com.  If it’s something in pop-culture that you love, there’s a good chance he’s drawn it. Show support and get ad-free episodes and a bunch of other cool stuff: patreon.com/jasoncabassi  Or go to buymeacoffee.com/cabassi for a one-time donation. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Squid Game returns next week (Dec 26) for its long-awaited second season, and we’re excited to get to it! It’s been awhile, so Daphne and Jason are here to catch you up on everything that happened in the first season, what stood out to us the most, and our hopes for season two! Squid Game Season 2 trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ed1sGgHUo88 Next up: Squid Game S2E1 “Bread and Lottery”. Once you’ve seen it, send us your thoughts and we’ll respond on the podcast! You can email or send a voice message to squidgame@podcastica.com. Or check out our Facebook group, where we put up comment posts for each episode, at facebook.com/groups/podcastica. Huge thanks to Kirk Manley for illustrating and designing our amazing podcast art. We highly recommend checking out Kirk’s art at studiokm.com.  If it’s something in pop-culture that you love, there’s a good chance he’s drawn it. Show support and get ad-free episodes and a bunch of other cool stuff: patreon.com/jasoncabassi  Or go to buymeacoffee.com/cabassi for a one-time donation. Green light! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Squid Game season one comes to a fittingly gloomy end, with some intriguing teases for possible directions in season two, and Karen is here to talk it through with David and Jason.Thanks everyone for listening along with us, and we hope you found the show to be as worthwhile as we did. Keep us in your feed, as we plan to be back for Squid Game season two, which we’re hoping will drop sometime later this year.In the meantime, check out some of our other podcasts at Podcastica.com. We cover other dark, intelligent shows like Yellowjackets, Handmaid’s Tale, The Last of Us, The Walking Dead, and lots more.Huge thanks to Kirk Manley for illustrating and designing our amazing podcast art. We highly recommend checking out Kirk’s art at studiokm.com. If it’s something in pop-culture that you love, there’s a good chance he’s drawn it. Show support and get ad-free episodes and a bunch of other cool stuff: patreon.com/jasoncabassiOr go to buymeacoffee.com/cabassi for a one-time donation. Red light!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In some ways a quieter episode here near the end, but in some ways more tense, emotional, and tragic than ever. As always, lots to talk about, and in particular we had an in-depth back-and-forth about the morality of Sang Woo. Join Jason, David, and Veronica as we talk it through. We love reading, playing, and responding to your comments and thoughts about Squid Game, so send them in! You can email or send a voice message to talk@podcastica.com. Or check out our Facebook group, where we put up comment posts for each episode, at facebook.com/groups/podcastica Please follow and rate us on your podcast platform of choice, which helps other people find us and also makes us feel good inside. Seriously, it’s really great and really quick and easy way to show your appreciation.To find us, go to podcastica.com/podcast/squid-game-cast and click “Where to Listen”. Huge thanks to Kirk Manley for illustrating and designing our amazing podcast art. We highly recommend checking out Kirk’s art at studiokm.com. If it’s something in pop-culture that you love, there’s a good chance he’s drawn it. Show support and get ad-free episodes and a bunch of other cool stuff: patreon.com/jasoncabassiOr go to buymeacoffee.com/cabassi for a one-time donation. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s the infamous, brutal glass bridge this week. Talk about a f#%ed-up game. And the sleazy “VIPs” have arrived to watch alongside, you know…. us ;) Join David, Daphne, and Jason to talk it through. We love reading, playing, and responding to your comments and thoughts about Squid Game, so send them in! You can email or send a voice message to talk@podcastica.com. Or check out our Facebook group, where we put up comment posts for each episode, at facebook.com/groups/podcastica Please follow and rate us on your podcast platform of choice, which helps other people find us and also makes us feel good inside. Seriously, it’s really great and really quick and easy way to show your appreciation.To find us, go to podcastica.com/podcast/squid-game-cast and click “Where to Listen”. Huge thanks to Kirk Manley for illustrating and designing our amazing podcast art. We highly recommend checking out Kirk’s art at studiokm.com. If it’s something in pop-culture that you love, there’s a good chance he’s drawn it. Show support and get ad-free episodes and a bunch of other cool stuff: patreon.com/jasoncabassiOr go to buymeacoffee.com/cabassi for a one-time donation. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ooh, here’s maybe the best episode of Squid Game and just a standout episode of any TV show ever, in our estimation. Marbles anyone? We love reading, playing, and responding to your comments and thoughts about Squid Game, so send them in! You can email or send a voice message to talk@podcastica.com. Or check out our Facebook group, where we put up comment posts for each episode, at facebook.com/groups/podcastica. Please follow and rate us on your podcast platform of choice, which helps other people find us and also makes us feel good inside. Seriously, it’s really great and really quick and easy way to show your appreciation.To find us, go to podcastica.com/podcast/squid-game-cast and click “Where to Listen”. Huge thanks to Kirk Manley for illustrating and designing our amazing podcast art. We highly recommend checking out Kirk’s art at studiokm.com. If it’s something in pop-culture that you love, there’s a good chance he’s drawn it. Show support and get ad-free episodes and a bunch of other cool stuff: patreon.com/jasoncabassiOr go to buymeacoffee.com/cabassi for a one-time donation. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

No one trusts anyone in this intriguing behind-the-scenes episode, as Jun-ho gets in deeper, finds out all about the depraved organa-harvesting operation, and learns more about the nature of the games and his brother’s relationship to them. Squid Game room-scale VR experience: https://sandboxvr.com/ We love reading, playing, and responding to your comments and thoughts about Squid Game, so send them in! You can email or send a voice message to talk@podcastica.com. Or check out our Facebook group, where we put up comment posts for each episode, at facebook.com/groups/podcastica. Please follow and rate us on your podcast platform of choice, which helps other people find us and also makes us feel good inside. Seriously, it’s really great and really quick and easy way to show your appreciation.To find us, go to podcastica.com/podcast/squid-game-cast and click “Where to Listen”. Huge thanks to Kirk Manley for illustrating and designing our amazing podcast art. We highly recommend checking out Kirk’s art at studiokm.com. If it’s something in pop-culture that you love, there’s a good chance he’s drawn it. Show support and get ad-free episodes and a bunch of other cool stuff: patreon.com/jasoncabassiOr go to buymeacoffee.com/cabassi for a one-time donation. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Just went you thought s#!t couldn’t get any more real on Squid Game, it did this episode. Kinda turned into a prison movie. So brutal, and well-crafted, and thought provoking as always. We love reading, playing, and responding to your comments and thoughts about Squid Game, so send them in! You can email or send a voice message to talk@podcastica.com. Or check out our Facebook group, where we put up comment posts for each episode, at facebook.com/groups/podcastica. Please follow and rate us on your podcast platform of choice, which helps other people find us and also makes us feel good inside. Seriously, it’s really great and really quick and easy way to show your appreciation.To find us, go to podcastica.com/podcast/squid-game-cast and click “Where to Listen”. Huge thanks to Kirk Manley for illustrating and designing our amazing podcast art. We highly recommend checking out Kirk’s art at studiokm.com. If it’s something in pop-culture that you love, there’s a good chance he’s drawn it. Show support and get ad-free episodes and a bunch of other cool stuff: patreon.com/jasoncabassiOr go to buymeacoffee.com/cabassi for a one-time donation. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Squid Game: The Challenge season 1 is done! Join Jonathan, Daphne, and Jason around our triangular dinner table as we go through the finale with all our thoughts. Plus we talk through the “making of” special with behind-the-scenes info on all the games and the series as a whole, some news with some updates from Ashley about the glass bridge game and Dylan about his conduct in the marbles game, and some great feedback from you guys. Then we cap it off with some intriguing questions from Daphne about how we’d conduct ourselves if we were contestants on Squid Game: The Challenge.Which one of YOU will end up on season 2 of this show? We double-dog-dar you to enter, which you can do here: https://www.squidgamecasting.comWe love reading, playing, and responding to your comments and thoughts about Squid Game, so send them in! You can email or send a voice message to talk@podcastica.com. Or check out our Facebook group, where we put up comment posts for each episode, at facebook.com/groups/podcastica. Please follow and rate us on your podcast platform of choice, which helps other people find us and also makes us feel good inside. Seriously, it’s really great and really quick and easy way to show your appreciation.To find us, go to podcastica.com/podcast/squid-game-cast and click “Where to Listen”. Huge thanks to Kirk Manley for illustrating and designing our amazing podcast art. We highly recommend checking out Kirk’s art at studiokm.com. If it’s something in pop-culture that you love, there’s a good chance he’s drawn it. Show support and get ad-free episodes and a bunch of other cool stuff: patreon.com/jasoncabassiOr go to buymeacoffee.com/cabassi for a one-time donation. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re back to the real Squid Game show this episode, as are 93% of the players who’ve decided it’s better to risk death than to stay in their miserable lives. It’s a dark premise, but this episode was surprisingly light and fun… you know, aside from all the shootings. Daphne joins David and Jason this week to talk it out! We love reading, playing, and responding to your comments and thoughts about Squid Game, so send them in! You can email or send a voice message to talk@podcastica.com. Or check out our Facebook group, where we put up comment posts for each episode, at facebook.com/groups/podcastica. Please follow and rate us on your podcast platform of choice, which helps other people find us and also makes us feel good inside. Seriously, it’s really great and really quick and easy way to show your appreciation.To find us, go to podcastica.com/podcast/squid-game-cast and click “Where to Listen”. Huge thanks to Kirk Manley for illustrating and designing our amazing podcast art. We highly recommend checking out Kirk’s art at studiokm.com. If it’s something in pop-culture that you love, there’s a good chance he’s drawn it. Show support and get ad-free episodes and a bunch of other cool stuff: patreon.com/jasoncabassiOr go to buymeacoffee.com/cabassi for a one-time donation. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

456 players winnowed down to just a few in these most recent, tension-filled episodes of the Squid-Game-based reality show, and we found it just as riveting (and at times, infuriating) to watch. Join Daphne, Jonathan, and Jason as we talk it through, and then join us later in the week for an episode on the season finale!We love reading, playing, and responding to your comments and thoughts about Squid Game, so send them in! You can email or send a voice message to talk@podcastica.com. Or check out our Facebook group, where we put up comment posts for each episode, at facebook.com/groups/podcastica. Please follow and rate us on your podcast platform of choice, which helps other people find us and also makes us feel good inside. Seriously, it’s really great and really quick and easy way to show your appreciation.To find us, go to podcastica.com/podcast/squid-game-cast and click “Where to Listen”. Huge thanks to Kirk Manley for illustrating and designing our amazing podcast art. We highly recommend checking out Kirk’s art at studiokm.com. If it’s something in pop-culture that you love, there’s a good chance he’s drawn it. Show support and get ad-free episodes and a bunch of other cool stuff: patreon.com/jasoncabassiOr go to buymeacoffee.com/cabassi for a one-time donation. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jason, Daphne, and Jonathan had a blast talking through the first five episodes of Squid Game: The Challenge, the new reality show based on Squid Game. We go into detail about all the games and tests, the psychological and strategic dynamics, our favorites and least favorites, comparisons to the Squid Game series and more! We love reading, playing, and responding to your comments and thoughts about Squid Game, so send them in! You can email or send a voice message to talk@podcastica.com. Or check out our Facebook group, where we put up comment posts for each episode, at facebook.com/groups/podcastica. Please follow and rate us on your podcast platform of choice, which helps other people find us and also makes us feel good inside. Seriously, it’s really great and really quick and easy way to show your appreciation.To find us, go to podcastica.com/podcast/squid-game-cast and click “Where to Listen”. Huge thanks to Kirk Manley for illustrating and designing our amazing podcast art. We highly recommend checking out Kirk’s art at studiokm.com. If it’s something in pop-culture that you love, there’s a good chance he’s drawn it. Show support and get ad-free episodes and a bunch of other cool stuff: patreon.com/jasoncabassiOr go to buymeacoffee.com/cabassi for a one-time donation. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

So interesting to have an episode set back in the normal world so early in the show, which seems like a strange choice, but it’s important to the story and David, Jason, and special guest Karen (yay!) are here to tell you why we think so. Stay tuned to the end if you want to hear a spoilery segment talking about how some of the events in this episode relate to later episodes.We love reading, playing, and responding to your comments and thoughts about Squid Game, so send them in! You can email or send a voice message to talk@podcastica.com. Or check out our Facebook group, where we put up comment posts for each episode, at facebook.com/groups/podcastica. Please follow and rate us on your podcast platform of choice, which helps other people find us and also makes us feel good inside. Seriously, it’s really great and really quick and easy way to show your appreciation.To find us, go to podcastica.com/podcast/squid-game-cast and click “Where to Listen”. Huge thanks to Kirk Manley for illustrating and designing our amazing podcast art. We highly recommend checking out Kirk’s art at studiokm.com. If it’s something in pop-culture that you love, there’s a good chance he’s drawn it. Show support and get ad-free episodes and a bunch of other cool stuff: patreon.com/jasoncabassiOr go to buymeacoffee.com/cabassi for a one-time donation. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices