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Always Be Watching
by Dan Barrett
There's too much TV to watch. We're all feeling it.Each week Dan & Chris meet to talk about what they've been watching and enjoying. Sometimes they're joined by famous friends, or play TV trivia games. You never quite know what you're going to get from these guys.
Episodes
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Always Be Watching Podcast: RIP
This is it. The final episode of the Always Be Watching podcast. And what an episode it is. Okay - don't expect much from this podcast. This is really just podcast host Dan Barrett advising the many ABW listeners that the podcast has concluded. You're invited to join Dan over at his new podcast:...
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The one with The Mandalorian s2 | Saved By The Bell 2020 | Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of Fun | Perry Mason
This week on the podcast Dan is joined by returning guest Blake Howard (One Heat Minute and the All The President's Minutes podcast). The two of them take a deep dive into what's going on with The Mandalorian this season with a very specific focus on the recent episode 'The Jedi' which saw the...
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The one with Love and Monsters, The Queen's Gambit, and The Wolf of Snow Hollow
Michael Meloni pops by for this week to fill in for Chris Yates who is away on assignment. Dan and Mike discuss the new Netflix drama The Queens Gambit, as well as new films Love and Monsters, and The Wolf of Snow Hollow.
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The one with Feels Good Man, Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian, and Host
Dan and Chris are back for another Always Be Watching podcast. What treasures have they unearthed this week? Dan celebrates the icon of white supremacy Pepe with the doco Feels Good Man. (This probably should have been reworded differently). Chris celebrates an icon of capitalism and corporate...
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The one with Fargo, Trial of The Chicago 7, On The Rocks, and Trolls World Tour
The gang is back together. Dan and Chris have settled their differences and have decided it would be proper to once again talk about the TV and movies they have been watching. This week: Fargo Season 4 - FX, Hulu, SBS, SBS On Demand Trial of The Chicago 7 - Netflix and in cinemas now On The Rocks…
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The one with I'm Thinking of Ending Things | Close Enough | The Social Dilemma
Dan and Chris this week are joined by Mark Humphries. You probably know him best as the host of the beloved, but cancelled too-soon Ten game show Pointless. Or maybe you know him from his weekly satirical sketches on the ABCs flagship current affairs show 730. We know him as a guy who really…
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The one where we discuss Mulan | The Third Day | My Octopus Teacher | Utopia
The podcast is a little different this week with returning guest Simon Foster stopping by to fill-in for an absent Chris Yates. We talk about the new Disney+ feature film Mulan, HBO's The Third Day, Netflix's My Octopus Teacher (which is less sexy than it has been suggested), and new Amazon Prime...
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The one with Bill & Ted Face The Music | Away | Cheers | Cobra Kai
We go deep into the nostalgia well this week. Apologies to our bountiful Gen Z listeners. Bill & Ted Face The Music - In Cinemas Now and on VOD in the US (04:24) Away - Netflix (23:11) Cheers - On Stan in Australia, and on both Hulu and Peacock in the US (31:17) Cobra Kai - Netflix (48:09) Don't...
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The one with Raised By Wolves | Eurovision: The Story of Fire Saga | Lovecraft Country | Hoops
It's that time of the week again for you to put down the remote control and slide into some headphones for another Always Be Watching podcast. And after you hear what we have to talk about, you'll be rushing back to your TV remote with some fresh ideas of interesting things to watch. This week:...
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The one with Tenet | High Score | Biohackers | Into The Unknown: The Making of Frozen 2
Dan and Chris have taken to the microphones once more after spending the past week having taken to their couches. And what more... they have new and exciting things to discuss: Tenet - In cinemas now (02:48) High Score - Netflix (20:21) Biohackers - Netflix (33:55) Into The Unknown: The Making of...
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The one where Mel Tait joined us to discuss: Sorry To Bother You, Staged, The Other Two, and A Country Practice / A Country Podcast
Joining boy wonders Dan Barrett and Chris Yates in the ABW cave is the beyond lovely Mel Tait, the talented multi-hyphenate (ABC Radio host, playwright, and now co-host of the upcoming A Country Podcast). We quickly get talking about what we've been watching. Sorry To Bother You (Streaming on...
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Muppets Now | American Pickle | I Think You Should Leave | Perry Mason
This is Always Be Watching - a podcast in which two grown men offer their considerable opinions on the children's entertainment program about Muppets. This week: Muppets Now (Disney+) - 01:37 American Pickle (HBO Max / Cinemas) - 19:01 I Think You Should Leave (Netflix) - 29:30 Perry Mason (HBO)…
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Always Be Streaming - 14 August 2020
What's worth streaming this weekend? This podcast offers you nothing but answers. This podcast is a bit of a trial. Do people want this? Please let me know.
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The Fugitive 2020 | True Stories (Talking Heads) | Halt & Catch Fire | The death of cinema?
It's a theme week as we travel back to the future. We start things off with a look at the 2020 version of The Fugitive, looking at what it gets right and wrong as a property based on a 60s and 90s TV show/movie. (03:25) But then we had back to 1986 for the Talking Heads movie True Stories.…
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Fear City: New York v The Mafia | Almost Famous | State & Main | Desperados | Jaws 3/4
On the Always Be Watching Pod, officially the podcast of record that cites the viewing interests of Dan Barrett and Chris Yates, the two watchers discuss the new Netflix documentary series Fear City: New York vs The Mafia. Dan has a grab-bag of movies he has watched recently including Almost...
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The Office Oral History | The Dark Knight Trilogy | Rosehaven
It was a bit of a quiet week for us watching new TV (there's so little of it around worth chatting about), but that didn't stop us getting passionate about the things we were actually watching. Dan went to the cinema and saw all three Christopher Nolan Batman movies - Batman Begins/The Dark...
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Laurel Canyon with director Allison Ellwood | The Old Guard | Jaws
Put on your facemasks and get ready for another talk about all the TV and movies we've been watching. This week at Always Be Watching HQ Dan and Chris have a chat about the new 2-part documentary Laurel Canyon and then speak with filmmaker Allison Ellwood about it. Dan and Chris also talk about…
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Hamilton | Star Trek 2: Wrath of Khan | Not Too Late Show with Elmo
The biggest theatre event on the planet this month took place not at the currently shuttered theatre, but on people's TV screens thanks to Disney+. Across the world people were watching Hamilton. Dan and Chris were particularly interested in how one takes a live theatre performance and actually...
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Floor is Lava and the rise of the great dumb game show
The biggest show on the planet has been Floor is Lava - Dan and Chris have both watched the show and absolutely bought into its ridiculous simplicity. Obviously, Dan has some criticisms. Floor is Lava is just one of several big format activity-based game shows on the air right now. Dan offers a...
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Perry Mason | Eric Andre: Legalize Everything | Freaks and Geeks
HBO launched a new Perry Mason TV series. Dan has one big concern with it. Meanwhile Chris lavishes praise on the new Netflix Eric Andre special. And then it's time for a look back at Freaks & Geeks. How does it hold up 20 years later?
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Frak The Police
Bad boys! Whatcha gonna do? Cops on TV have been around for as long as, well, as long as there has been TV. The cop show is unquestionably the most successful genre of TV, each week delivering morality plays with good guys vs bad guys are the lines that blur inbetween. This week on Always Be...
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Ramy | All The Right Stuff | Trip To Greece
Is Ramy the best show currently on TV? It's right up there, so Chris and Dan discuss the first episode of that. They also flashback to the 1983 film The Right Stuff. And then there's the fourth installment of the Trip To movies which takes Brydon and Coogan to Greece. Oh yeah... there's also the...
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Space Force | Love Life | Central Park | Spaceship Earth
To infinity and beyond! This week on the Always Be Watching podcast Dan and Chris want to get boots on the moon as they talk about the new Steve Carell comedy Space Force (02:30) - the critics hate it... Chris really digs it. Dan watched the buzzy new doco Spaceship Earth - spoiler alert: it's…
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Superstore | How To Make It In America. PLUS we talk Binge. AND: The weekly quiz
The gang this week discover they're creating too much content for one podcast. Chris finally gets off his keister and watches Superstore after Dan told him months ago that he'd love it. Spoiler alert: He loves it. (05:30) And Dan revisits an HBO classic How To Make It In America. (18:50) Why are...
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The Great | Into The Night | Avenue 5 | Mint Condition
Television is the thing this year, my friends. And boy do we have some TV to talk about. This week: Mint Condition (Vimeo) - 01:55 The Great (Hulu / Stan) - 18:31 Avenue 5 (HBO / Foxtel / Binge) - 27:26 Into The Night (Netflix) - 34:20
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The Eddy | Dave | Ghost in The Shell - SAC 2045 | Jerry Seinfeld: 23 Hours To Kill
I've been advised to tell you by the Always Be Watching legal team that this podcast episode passes the legal definition of "too much show". This week Dan hits the streets of Paris and plays his jazz flute along with new Netflix drama The Eddy. Chris drops $10k on a verse that lets us know what…
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The Midnight Gospel | Home After Dark | Upload
The Midnight Gospel is a stoner animated philosophical comedy on Netflix. Opinions on this podcast are mixed. There's also the brand new pre-teen detective show on Apple TV+ Home After Dark. Dan has some very firm opinions on that. Meanwhile Chris has watched Upload on Amazon Prime Video and has...
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Normal People | Beastie Boys Story | Upload | Starship Troopers
This week Dan checks out the hyped new shows Normal People (Netflix) and Upload (Amazon Prime Video) - the good news is that both are great telly. Meanwhile Chris indulges his Beastie Boys fandom with the new feature doco Beastie Boys Story (Apple TV+) and gets nostalgic with the 1997 cult film...
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Point Break (1991) | Dummy | The Last Dance | Seth Green Quiz
We kick off the podcast with a nostalgic look back at the 1991 classic Point Break. Then Dan takes a look at the new Quibi comedy with Anna Kendrick facing off against a sex doll in Dummy. Chris then talks up the ESPN/Netflix doco about Michael Jordan 'The Last Dance'. And then we tackle this...
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Mystery Road | Tiger King: The King and I | SNL | Unorthodox
Dan takes a gander at the second season of Mystery Road. Chris considers the Tiger King aftershow on Netflix - The King and I. He questions TV made in the age of COVID-19. Dan raves about Unorthodox. And then it is round 2.5 of the weekly TV trivia game.
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Beef House | Explaining new streaming service Quibi | Lego Masters Australia s2 | Brew Brothers
This week on the Always Be Watching pod: *Chris tells us about the new Tim & Eric comedy Beef House on Adult Swim *Dan tries to explain what new streaming service Quibi is all about *Chris checks in with the second season of Lego Masters Australia *Dan talks about Brew Brothers - the new Netflix...
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Tiger King | Onward | Bosch | Television Masters - Round 1
Is there a bigger show right now than Tiger King? Chris offers his thoughts. Can a movie tug at heartstrings better than a Pixar film? Dan talks about new film Onward. Is Bosch the ultimate Dad show? Oh, and Dan and Chris start their competition with round one of their new trivia competition The...
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The Platform | Marc Maron: End Times Fun
This week on Always Be Watching it is just Dan with a microphone, some stuff he's been watching on Netflix, and a sense of existential unease. Both The Platform and the Marc Maron special End Times Fun are streaming now on Netflix.
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Paradise PD | Devs | Ugly Delicious | Amazing Stories
Recorded in the undisclosed Always Be Watching bunker is the Always Be Watching podcast. We've disinfected the remote control this week as we sit around with our masks and gloves on. This week: 11:55 Paradise PD (Netflix) 21:18 Devs (US: FX on Hulu | AUS: Foxtel) 29:54 Ugly Delicious (Netflix)...
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I Am Not Okay With This | Lego Masters USA | Breeders | Stateless | AJ & The Queen
We've been doing some watching. Of TV. Movies. Cute girls. Trains. Birds. Lots of things. But on this podcast we talk about telly shows and movies specifically. We're talking about the following. Listed in no particular order: I Am Not Okay With This (Netflix) New UK comedy Breeders…
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Duncanville | Gentefied | Survivor (season 40) | Richard Jewell | Terrace House
What an episode! Chris talks about TV! Dan talks about TV! They both talk about TV!
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Letterkenny | High Fidelity | Call of The Wild | Hunters | Locke & Key
Who would have ever thought that the Always Be Watching podcast would actually reach 50 episodes? Certainly nobody who has ever listened to it. This week Dan and Chris are excited to chat about: Letterkenny (Netflix) - 02:46 High Fidelity (Hulu) - 12:39 Locke & Key (Netflix) - 21:32 Call of The...
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Cheer | Birds of Prey and The Emancipation of One Harley Quinn | Mythic Quest | Great Australian Railway Journeys
Here's what you need to know about this episode: • Dan talks about Birds of Prey and The Emancipation of One Harley Quinn (in cinemas now), but really wishes he had instead talked about the film Little Women (which is also still in cinemas and is really f*%&ing good). • Chris talks about a…
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Uncut Gems | Hip Hop Evolution season 4 | Ragnarok | The Stranger
If Always Be Watching proves anything, we're eclectic. This week we have a really broad range of shows (and a movie) Hip Hop Evolution (season 4) - Chris dips back in to see where the Netflix show is up to with its fourth season Ragnarok - Dan takes a look at the new Scandi drama from Adam Price....
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Picard | Awkwafina is Nora From Queens | Street Food | At The Drive In
On this week's podcast Chris takes off to the heavens with Star Trek Picard and questions what should be placed into a mouth with a new Netflix show about Street Food. Meanwhile Dan is focused on TV's new hip comedy Awkwafina is Nora From Queens and the documentary At The Drive In which isn't…
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Little America | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Medical Police | Stir Crazy
It's a pretty diverse week of shows here on the ol' ABW podcast. Dan and Chris discuss the anthology show about the experience of US immigrants Little America before diving into the world of privilege and minor annoyances that we've come to love on Curb Your Enthusiasm. We then discuss the weirdo...
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Sex Explained | The Laundromat | Spinning Out | Rick & Morty
It's another week, it's another Always Be Watching. This week Dan and Chris are talking about Sex.... Explained - the new documentary show from Netflix. There's also the sexy film about international finance tax shelters The Laundromat. We check out the soapy ice skating Netflix show Spinning…
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We watched: The Outsider | Jojo Rabbit | John Mulaney and The Sack Lunch Bunch | The Gloaming | The Two Popes | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
It's the first proper show of 2020 with Dan and Chris back in their respective chairs. This week they're chatting about the new HBO murder mystery The Outsider, Netflix comedy special John Mulaney and The Sack Lunch Bunch, indie smash hit Jojo Rabbit, and we offer up some quick thoughts on The...
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The Big Fat Quiz | Midsommar | The Mandalorian (finale chat)
Every episode of Always Be Watching is a special one. But this week is incredibly special with special guest co-host Simon Band joining Dan Barrett to discuss the shows recently watched. Simon is very British. Almost too British. So, he discusses the UK panel chat comedy show The Big Fat Quiz.…
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2019 in review
This week Dan and Chris cast their watching eyes back over 2019 - what were their highlights throughout the year?
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We watched: Making it | Threat Level Midnight (The Office)
It's the annual Always Be Watching holiday special. Dan and Chris kick off by talking about the TV shows they watched this week - Making It and Threat Level Midnight (a spin-off YouTube special from The Office). They then discuss their personal TV viewing habits over the end of year holiday…
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We watched: Mrs Fletcher | Living With Yourself | Servant | Kevin Smith: Silent But Deadly
We learned a lot of important lessons this week: *Mrs Fletcher is waaaaaaaaaaaaay less conservative than she seems *Servant is creepy AF *One Paul Rudd is better than two. *Dan really has some issues with Kevin Smith
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We watched: Frozen 2 | Knives Out | Tuca and Bertie | Upright
At long last Dan and Chris are reunited in the studio to discuss what men discuss: Introduction and casual Mandalorian / Watchmen chatter 11:16 Upright (Foxtel) starring comedian Tim Minchin 16:32 Frozen 2 (Playing now at the movies) 27:26 Knives Out (Playing now at the movies) 34:29 Tuca and...
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I watched: Brittany Runs a Marathon | The Toys That Made Us | The Irishman
Dan is flying solo this week and starts rambling into a microphone for 15 minutes with no edits. Ridiculous. He recommends checking out the Amazon Prime Video film Brittany Runs a Marathon, the Netflix show The Toys That Made Us, and new Netflix Martin Scorsese film The Irishman.
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We watched: The Mandalorian on Disney+
One of the biggest TV events of the year was the launch of the first-ever live action Star Wars TV series. Debuting on brand new streaming service Disney+, Star Wars: The Mandalorian was a pretty big deal to tens of millions of Star Wars fans across the world. Among those excited was your ol'...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
There's too much TV to watch. We're all feeling it.Each week Dan & Chris meet to talk about what they've been watching and enjoying. Sometimes they're joined by famous friends, or play TV trivia games. You never quite know what you're going to get from these guys.
HOSTED BY
Dan Barrett
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There's too much TV to watch. We're all feeling it.Each week Dan & Chris meet to talk about what they've been watching and enjoying. Sometimes they're joined by famous friends, or play TV trivia games. You never quite know what you're going to get from these guys.
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