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EPISODE · Jun 18, 2025 · 1H 15M

567: Telling The Truth About We Were Liars

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And that truth is: none of us thinks you should bother, including returning guest Will Leitch, who agrees that We Were Liars moves too slowly; shows AND tells too fart-sniffily; wastes the talents of an impressive cast, including Mamie Gummer and David Morse; and is based on a property whose author sounds fake. We went Around The Dial with the very real The Chicken Sisters, Untold, and The Mortician before Tara's Canon pitch reunited us with Party Down's third-season premiere. General Hospital won, Doctor Odyssey (maybe??) lost, and Dan Cassino got us all a volume discount on long-running shows in Game Time. Cannonball verrrrrry sloooowwwly into our all-new episode now!GUESTS👤 Will LeitchTOPICSLead Topic: 🤥 We Were LiarsAround The Dial: 🐔 The Chicken SistersAround The Dial: 🏟️ UntoldAround The Dial: 🪦 The MorticianAround The Dial: 👺 The Devil's PlanThe Canon: 🎉 Party Down S03.E01: Kyle Bradway Is NitromancerWinner & Loser: 🏥 General HospitalWinner & Loser: 🚢 Doctor OdysseyGame Time: 📺 Intermittent FASTingSUPPORT THE SHOW🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more!🛍️ Shop our merch store!NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site🎶 Will Leitch on the Rick Astley/popularity conundrum🏙️ Will at NYMag📰 Will at WaPo📚 Buy Will's books🎉 EHG 448 on the return of Party Down😝 Tara runs down the best non-Daily Show comedic performances by TDS cast on Cracked💀 Sarah reviews The Mortician📖 Exhibit B.'s paperback sale📷 Photo: Amazon Content Services LLC

Author Will Leitch returns to assess a new richies-mystery adaptation on Prime Video, plus a Party Down Canon pitch and much more!

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