Hype #153 - Token Females

Hype Podcast tackles some of the week’s biggest news stories including the Female Doctor, the Wrinkle in Time trailer, everything from D23 and the season premiere of Game of Thrones!Where to even begin with this week’s many, huge news stories?! We do our best to contain ourselves during what is clearly the female takeover of all known fictional universes… with little to moderate success.If you like what you hear, consider supporting Hype Podcast on Patreon for even more pop culture content and special features! This week, we’re releasing a lengthy discussion of the Doctor Who casting news. Thanks to everyone who’s supported us thus far!How We Hype: – Marama shares her thoughts on Spider-Man: Homecoming – Selina watched the Netflix movie To the Bone, and we discuss the responsibilities involved with telling such a controversial story.News: – Everything we learned at D23 Expo, from the Aladdin casting to the AMAZING A Wrinkle in Time trailer – Also from D23: A new behind-the-scenes video from Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and stunning character posters – Hasbro says there’s still no Rey in Star Wars Monopoly, which is bullshit – Relevant to Hype interests, we’ve got the first look at the Ready Player One movie. Wade looks… surprising – The 2017 Emmy nominees have been announced, with Westworld and This is Us leading their categories – The next star of Doctor Who will be A WOMAN! Jodie Whittaker, to be specific. We briefly break down our thoughts.TV Show of the Week: – Game of Thrones is back, and we do our best to provide a spoiler-free discussion of the season 7 premiere – Selina watched the pilot of The Bold Type, which is very different from Game of Thrones, but still very good.As always we wrap up with Listener Feedback, which this week includes a tweet we’ve been putting off for way too long: asking us to make a desert island playlist! Share your thoughts on anything we talked about by leaving a comment on this post, tweeting us @HypableHYPE, and/or emailing [email protected] there are any issues downloading this episode from iTunes, please refer to this guide.If there are any further technical issues, feel free to contact Hypable’s podcast manager at [email protected]