Best Tara Ariano Podcasts (2023)

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Again With This: Beverly Hills, 90210 & Melrose Place

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MP S07.E13: The Night The Lights Went Out At Melrose 40:22

2h ago40:22

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Eve is about as eager to get things going with Peter as a person can be. And she knows he and Amanda were formerly married. And she recognizes that her instincts about relationships may not be the greatest. But no, she is not going to listen to any of Amanda's suggestions about how to handle things with him. Megan is trying to walk the narrow line …

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Extra Hot Great: This Week In TV

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477: Should You Go For The Gold? 1:21:57

1d ago1:21:57

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Al Lowe Huff drags in a portable smelter -- and Dave gets high off the fumes -- for The Gold, a six-part scripted story about the 1983 Brink's Mat robbery in the UK. We're talking about proportions of process-iness, the class struggle in South London, and how much BAFTA-bait monologuing is too much, before we go Around The Dial with The Other Black…

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Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90s

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April 1990 Slumber Party: Movie Trivia, Nasal Mishaps & The Olive Garden 1:09:43

2d ago1:09:43

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It's the April 1990 Slumber Party, which means we've gotten into our sleeping bags despite having had WAY too much Jolt Cola. After sharing our results in the Rate Your Movie Knowledge quiz, we're playing your 20+ calls, on subjects ranging from the sound of dot matrix printers, how Jason Priestley's cuteness defies pixelation, and what criteria yo…

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Again With This: Beverly Hills, 90210 & Melrose Place

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MP S07.E12: The Rumor Whisperer 41:27

3d ago41:27

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After being drawn to Eve's (a) medical level of neediness and (b) siren song, Peter asks her out. And Amanda is all about it, giving Eve tips on how to land him and even lending her an outfit. But then Eve is a little too aggressive in kissing him goodnight, and too eager to try to walk back her first impression, to the degree that both Peter and t…

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Extra Hot Great: This Week In TV

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476: Rocking The Cradle With The Changeling 1:19:07

12d ago1:19:07

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AppleTV+'s latest sci-fi series is the "modern fairy tale" The Changeling; Dan Cassino returns to discuss what, if anything, we'd have liked to see change. Around The Dial takes us through BS High, Season 2 of Wheel Of Time, the original Japanese Iron Chef, and Murder, She Wrote. Eleanor pitches the Project Runway episode "A Suitable Twist" for ind…

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Again With This: Beverly Hills, 90210 & Melrose Place

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MP S07.E11: Not Quite All About Eve 41:23

14d ago41:23

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When Peter makes a whole scene at the not-jazz club keeping Lexi from telling Amanda what she knows about Peter, Kyle figures out that he might be able to confirm his vague suspicions about Peter by joining forces with her, even going to her fake office to arm-grab her about it. Lexi keeps it to herself...for now. When Kyle's not laser-focused on t…

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Extra Hot Great: This Week In TV

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475: TV Boss Thunderdome 1:26:20

20d ago1:26:20

1:26:20

To mark another Labor Day, we're turning our attention to TV bosses -- specifically, putting them all in a geodesic dome in a radiation-ravaged Australian Outback, and determining which of them would survive mortal combat with one another. We can say for certain that the ultimate victor will surprise you...but they surprised us! Listen for all the …

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Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90s

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April 1990 Fashion Etc.: Tattoos, Wigs & Strawberry Frankenstein 1:05:19

16d ago1:05:19

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The April 1990 issue knows exactly what you need to wear. Six essential pieces, half of which are actually visible in the fashion story! Tattoo prints and embroidery! Ballet slippers with gold shoelaces for some reason! WIGS! All this plus ads for Rit dye and a demented t-shirt, intern testimonials and world-class letters, and much much more in our…

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Again With This: Beverly Hills, 90210 & Melrose Place

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Special: Let’s Watch Grant Show In True Blue And Dina Meyer On Friends! 44:12

17d ago44:12

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From AWAWT 126: Let’s Watch Grant Show In True Blue! Midseason replacement True Blue is the 9-1-1 of its day...so why didn't it last longer than three months? Maybe because Law & Order, which staffed up with half TB's cast, came along and ate its lunch? Maybe because it spent its entire budget on music rights for this one episode, "Oldies But Goodi…

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Extra Hot Great: This Week In TV

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474: In Not-So-Hot Pursuit Of Wanted: The Escape Of Carlos Ghosn 1:18:31

23d ago1:18:31

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Stephanie Green is back to talk about a too-long, badly structured true-crime series from AppleTV+, and the many opportunities Wanted: The Escape Of Carlos Ghosn wastes to tell a good story. Sarah thought it had nonfiction The Morning Show vibes, a characterization Tara resented; listen to our correct-length, non-backloaded conversation and see if …

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Again With This: Beverly Hills, 90210 & Melrose Place

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MP S07.E10: Dr. Jealousy 37:49

29d ago37:49

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Kyle is still morbidly focused on Amanda, Peter, and the missing diary page, which is such a waste of energy since Peter is probably going to trip himself up soon enough: LEXI has winkled out his most recent terrible secret, which if Kyle knew she'd done should make him very ashamed that she's shown him up. When Kyle's brother Ryan isn't reading wa…

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Extra Hot Great: This Week In TV

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473: This Week In EHG Anniversary TV History 1:02:24

1M ago1:02:24

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To celebrate the 10th (!!!) anniversary of EHG Mark II, we're flashing back to the week of August 17-23 in historical TV listings. Our time travel takes us back to 2003 for the fourth-season finale of The Amazing Race; to 2012, for a trip to the Hamptons with Royal Pains; and to the very day of our first episode to watch Lance Reddick's visit to NT…

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Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90s

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April 1990 Pop Culture: Milk, Deadheads & Jason Priestley 41:25

1M ago41:25

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Is Tremors actually a better movie than its marketing would have you believe? Will new Young Guns make the Young Guns sequel more compelling than the original? Who exactly is ruining the scene outside Grateful Dead shows? And why didn't Jason Priestley talk to Christina -- surely Sister Kate couldn't be keeping him that busy? We answer all these qu…

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Again With This: Beverly Hills, 90210 & Melrose Place

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MP S07.E09: Where The Hookers Grow 41:16

1M ago41:16

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Having convinced himself that Megan is suicidal, Michael leaves town to follow her to the trailer park he's been given to understand she grew up in. Except whoops, it's a stately manor with horses all over the lawn, and parents who totally know what she's been doing since she left home; it was, according to Megan's mother Teresa (Shirley Jones!), t…

Podcasts Worth a Listen

Tara Ariano Podcasts

Podcasts Worth a Listen

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Listen To Sassy: Life In The 90s

Tara Ariano, Pamela Ribon and David T. Cole

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Again With This: Beverly Hills, 90210 & Melrose Place

Again With This: Beverly Hills, 90210 & Melrose Place

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The Sweet Smell of Succession

The Sweet Smell of Succession

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Extra Hot Great: This Week In TV

Extra Hot Great: This Week In TV

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Appointment Television

Appointment Television

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MP S07.E13: The Night The Lights Went Out At Melrose 40:22

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477: Should You Go For The Gold? 1:21:57

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April 1990 Slumber Party: Movie Trivia, Nasal Mishaps & The Olive Garden 1:09:43

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MP S07.E12: The Rumor Whisperer 41:27

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476: Rocking The Cradle With The Changeling 1:19:07

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MP S07.E11: Not Quite All About Eve 41:23

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475: TV Boss Thunderdome 1:26:20

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April 1990 Fashion Etc.: Tattoos, Wigs & Strawberry Frankenstein 1:05:19

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Special: Let’s Watch Grant Show In True Blue And Dina Meyer On Friends! 44:12

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474: In Not-So-Hot Pursuit Of Wanted: The Escape Of Carlos Ghosn 1:18:31

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MP S07.E10: Dr. Jealousy 37:49

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473: This Week In EHG Anniversary TV History 1:02:24

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April 1990 Pop Culture: Milk, Deadheads & Jason Priestley 41:25

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MP S07.E09: Where The Hookers Grow 41:16

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